Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi observed the Silver Blue Civilization’s social tensions and signs of change before visiting East Blade Interstellar Military Academy. There, he recognized a former Wildcat squad mercenary training as a cadet and surprised Vice Principal Nie Chang with an unannounced visit.

• Lin Yi listened to residents discuss interstellar pressure, cultural insecurity, and misuse of Star Sea Cradle Project subsidies as he toured the city.
• Lin Yi heard people criticize Lin Xuan’s reckless behavior and gossip about Lin Yao’s admirers, then saw signs of efforts to address civic problems.
• Lin Yi visited East Blade Interstellar Military Academy and watched cadets train, recognizing a former Wildcat squad member among them.
• Lin Yi entered Nie Chang’s office and stood silently until Nie Chang looked up, recognized him, and froze in shock.

Lin Yi secretly visited East Blade Military Academy, discussed Blue Star's progress and problems with Nie Chang, and announced he would travel with the third batch of reserve corps members. He reunited with his family, and news of his return quickly spread among Blue Star's powerful families.

• Lin Yi surprised Nie Chang at East Blade Military Academy, and Nie Chang described the civilization's rapid progress alongside its social and institutional problems.
• Lin Yi told Nie Chang he would return to the East Blade Mercenary Corps with the third batch of reserve corps members, then left to visit his family.
• Lin Yi reunited with Lin Ruiming and Zhou Jinghua, greeted Ye Qingyu, and gave her a small gift.
• Lin Ruiming called Lin Yao and Lin Xuan home after telling them that Lin Yi had returned.
• Lin Yao left a Source Energy salon, while Lin Xuan abandoned a night of racing and drove home carefully after speaking with Lin Yi.
• People at the salon and racetrack relayed news of Lin Yi's return to their families, triggering a stir among Blue Star's upper circles.

Lin Yi returned to Silver Blue Planet, reformed family and government affairs, and asserted the Silver Blue Civilization’s independence to outside powers. After spending more than ten days overseeing changes, he boarded the Morning Star with the third group of East Blade Mercenary Corps recruits and departed for the Star Sea.

• Lin Yi gave Lin Yao a Moonlight Stone pendant and warned her not to lose sight of her goals, while he cut off Lin Xuan’s extra training resources until he met the East Blade Mercenary Corps reserve standards.
• Lin Yi arranged a meeting with Silver Blue officials and outside representatives after confirming with Xuan Shu that he could disclose limited information about his senior siblings.
• Lin Yi revealed that Qian Huan had given him life-bearing planets and Zhen Yu had moved the Solar System, then presented the Red Gold Guard as an enforcer of Silver Blue law.
• Lin Yi criticized internal problems and upgraded Xuanji into a Star Domain Rank Intelligent Life to support oversight and governance; he then spent more than ten days directing reforms and cooperation plans.
• Lin Yi boarded the Morning Star with 3,500 recruits, and the transport ship departed as Nie Chang reflected on the changes Lin Yi had brought to Blue Star.

Lin Yi met with Qian Huan, who warned him about the risks of choosing the Time Rule and pursuing a difficult Higher Rule as his future core law. Despite her advice to keep a safer fallback, Lin Yi remained confident in his path.

• Xuanji relayed Qian Huan’s invitation, and Lin Yi accepted a Virtual Network meeting with his Third Senior Sister.
• Qian Huan praised Lin Yi’s progress and agreed to guide his cultivation while Zhen Yu guarded the Sin Prison.
• Lin Yi told Qian Huan he had chosen the Time Rule, and she explained how rule choices shaped a cultivator’s foundation and future prospects.
• Qian Huan warned that perfecting a Higher Rule as a core law could prove too difficult and urged Lin Yi to consider keeping a more manageable advanced rule as a fallback.
• Lin Yi thanked Qian Huan for her concern but declared that he was confident he could succeed.

Qian Huan tested Lin Yi’s resolve and knowledge before teaching him the Time Rule’s Iron Law: the past could be traced, but the future could not be touched without catastrophic backlash. Lin Yi connected the law to his rebirth and the Ancient Jade, then learned that the Time Rule’s true power emerged through its fusion with space, which could produce abilities such as clones and resurrection.

• Qian Huan approved Lin Yi’s firm choice to pursue the difficult Time Rule and explained why resolve was essential to cultivating a powerful Law.
• Lin Yi admitted that he knew little about the Time Rule or its fusion with the Space Rule, so Qian Huan began explaining the River of Time and its Iron Law.
• Qian Huan said the past and present existed in the River of Time, while touching the undefined future caused backlash that even Supreme Existences could not withstand.
• Lin Yi wondered whether the Ancient Jade had reversed time or simulated six thousand years of future memories, and he questioned how it related to his rebirth and Purple Mist Space.
• Qian Huan explained that the Time Rule’s strength came from fusing with the Space Rule, producing supreme abilities including clones and resurrection.

Qian Huan explained the risks and uses of Space-Time Clones and resurrection, including how Illusion Law enabled Civilization Assessment proctors to revive the dead through Soul Imprint Reshaping. After she urged Lin Yi to focus on mastering the Time Rule, he returned to the Morningstar and ordered Xuanji to make the East Blade Mercenary Corps more combat-focused and begin planning an assassination of the Kunmo Race's Blade Prince.

• Qian Huan demonstrated Space-Time Clones and explained that they required time power to maintain, while resurrecting someone by retrieving them from the River of Time demanded far greater strength and carried deadly risks.
• Qian Huan revealed that Illusion Law users could resurrect assessment casualties more efficiently by recording deaths, retrieving Soul Imprints, and rebuilding bodies with the Life and Death Laws.
• Qian Huan warned Lin Yi not to attempt resurrection at his current level, encouraged him to practice clones after mastering the Time Rule, and gave him introductory books to study.
• Lin Yi returned to the Morningstar and ordered Xuanji to redesign the East Blade Mercenary Corps' training and mission assessments around combat growth rather than minimizing casualties.
• Lin Yi instructed Xuanji to gather intelligence on the Kunmo Race's Blade Prince and draft an assassination plan, resolving to settle the old grudge.

After returning to the Border Legion, Lin Yi challenged the Endless Tower solo and rapidly cleared the floors needed to advance from the fourth tier to the third tier. His achievement drew the training camp’s top geniuses to recognize him as a rising leader of the Human Race.

• After a year and a half of cultivation and training recruits, Lin Yi returned to the Border Legion and decided to earn more points by challenging the Endless Tower.
• Lin Yi’s teammates gathered to watch as he entered solo mode, and he swept through the floors at startling speed.
• News of Lin Yi’s progress brought Longge Xingtong, Youlan Yingge, Hui Yao, and other prominent geniuses to the tower.
• Lin Yi cleared the thirtieth floor and emerged as a newly advanced third-tier genius, drawing congratulations from the gathered prodigies.
• Hui Yao urged the Human Race geniuses to support Lin Yi, while Lin Yi recognized that he now represented the Human Race’s highest-ranked member in the camp.

After entering the Third-Tier Sequence, Lin Yi spent most of his new points on a weapon, armor, and a cultivation aid before attending a banquet hosted by Hui Yao. There, Hui Yao revealed his own Star Core bottleneck and offered Lin Yi a Star Vortex Twin Lotus to help him advance.

• Hui Yao and the Human Race geniuses congratulated Lin Yi on his promotion, and Lin Yi accepted Hui Yao’s invitation to a banquet at the Star Sea Pavilion.
• Lin Yi summoned Xuanji and redeemed Space Splitter, a Void Walker Suit, and a Star Heart Fragment, spending 450,000 points.
• Lin Yi attended Hui Yao’s banquet with Kenkes, Mo Yuan, and the rest of his team, where the Human Race geniuses toasted his promotion and Qing Feng, Cang Lan, Mo Yu, and Ling He spoke with him.
• Hui Yao privately asked Lin Yi about his Source Energy progress, and Lin Yi said he had condensed ninety-one Star Cores.
• Hui Yao explained that he had reached 299 Star Cores but remained stuck before the third domain, then offered Lin Yi his nearly expired Star Vortex Twin Lotus.

Lin Yi accepted Hui Yao’s gift, returned to Frontier Legion Fortress 93778, and led the East Blade Mercenary Corps to reinforce Broken Blade Outpost. After Lin Yi’s arrival drew the Blade Prince, Talolanke, toward the battlefield, Talolanke set out to hunt him.

• Lin Yi thanked Hui Yao for his goodwill and received a Star Vortex Twin Lotus, then returned to the fortress with the new prospective members and reunited with Irelia and Nightingale.
• Lin Yi directed Xuanji to track Talolanke and accepted a mission to reinforce Broken Blade Outpost, where Commander Bert’s forces were close to defeat.
• Lin Yi briefed his troops, created a high-grade Space Beacon aboard the East Blade, and sent the corps into battle by orbital drop.
• Lin Yi used his Gold Domain to devastate the Kunmo Race vanguard, rally the defenders, and reveal his presence to the enemy.
• Talolanke received word that Lin Yi had joined the battle and redirected the Blood Tooth toward the frontline to hunt him.

Lin Yi waited at Broken Blade Outpost for Blade Prince Talolanke to take the bait, then revealed his Triple Domain and Space Rule when Talolanke arrived. He overwhelmed Talolanke in battle and killed him, leaving Lin Yi victorious on the battlefield.

• Lin Yi defended Broken Blade Outpost and planned to give up the hunt if Talolanke did not appear within four days.
• Talolanke arrived in a crimson blast, announced his challenge, and sensed Lin Yi’s Triple Domain as Lin Yi unleashed his hidden power.
• Talolanke tried to flee, but Lin Yi used the Space Rule to intercept him and knocked him into a crater with a powerful kick.
• Talolanke launched successive attacks, including a field-wide molten-rock assault, but Lin Yi used Space Splitter to counter them.
• Lin Yi impaled Talolanke with Space Splitter, taunted him, and then destroyed him with the combined force of his Rules.

Lin Yi killed Blade Prince Talolanke, led the defeat of the Kunmo forces, and allowed the Legion to use the battle footage in a morale-boosting promotional video. After weeks in seclusion, he discovered that the video had made him famous across the Human Race.

• Lin Yi revealed his Triple Domain, killed Talolanke, and helped the Star Realm Army and East Blade Mercenary Corps drive back the Kunmo forces at Broken Blade.
• General Luger offered Lin Yi twenty million military merit and paid him one hundred thousand military merit for permission to use the battle footage in a promotional video.
• The Legion broadcast the video across the K-77 Star Domain, showing Talolanke's death as vengeance for fallen soldiers and inspiring the troops to fight.
• Lin Yi spent three weeks consolidating what he had learned from Talolanke before checking his Virtual Network messages.
• Xuanji told Lin Yi that he had become famous.

After killing Talolanke, Lin Yi learned that a military promotional video had made him popular across Human Race society. He organized a team to manage the attention and partnerships, then turned to reviewing his military merit and the Star Realm Army’s exchange list.

• Xuanji explained how Lord Tiange ordered Lin Yi’s promotional video screened across the Kunmo Race border war zone, after which it spread on Star Sea News and drew widespread attention.
• Lin Yi read public comments praising his Triple Domain and battlefield victory while discussing his background, Irelia, and his rise to fame.
• Xuanji told Lin Yi that merchants, media companies, factions, and individuals had sent him numerous partnership and connection requests.
• Lin Yi convened Liyue, Irelia, Li Zhenguo, Zhou Donglai, and others to plan how to manage his public image, partnerships, and risks.
• The group established a Lin Yi External Affairs Coordination Group and agreed to prioritize reputable military, academic, and research partners while rejecting unsuitable offers.
• After the others left, Lin Yi encouraged Irelia to ignore the online gossip, then returned from the Virtual Network and asked Xuanji to show his military merit balance and the Star Realm Army’s exchange list.

Lin Yi spent his military merit on resources to strengthen his Source Energy and aid his Time Rule comprehension, then negotiated tournament-based rewards with three corporate partners. After the partnerships made headlines, he led the East Blade Mercenary Corps back to Level 2 battlefields to hunt the weakened Kunmo Race forces.

• Lin Yi exchanged 7.4 million military merit for a complete Star Heart and three drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid, then spent another 10 million on the Sands of Time.
• Lin Yi absorbed the Star Heart during a month of cultivation, rapidly condensing more Star Cores.
• Lin Yi negotiated supplementary tournament rewards with Star Dome Dynamics, Tree of Life Pharmaceuticals, and Source Core Tech, tying major benefits to his performance in the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Tournament.
• The three companies publicized their partnerships and highlighted Lin Yi's potential tournament success, sparking debate across the Star Sea network.
• After learning that the Kunmo Race had scaled back its offensive following Talolanke's death, Lin Yi ordered the East Blade Mercenary Corps to resume operations and hunt enemies in Level 2 battlefields.

After forty years of devastating the Kunmo Race on Level 2 Battlefields, Lin Yi was ambushed by three of its strongest Star Core prodigies while responding to an attack on Cans Space Station. They offered to let him withdraw, but Lin Yi refused and prepared to fight.

• Lin Yi's repeated raids forced the Kunmo Race to seek help from Lord Blood Blade, who sent Gragu, Salis, and Barot to confront him.
• Lin Yi accepted an emergency mission to defend Cans Space Station and used his Shadow Shuttle Ship to reach the besieged station.
• Lin Yi anchored a Space Beacon to his ship, entered the battle, and used his Gold Domain to destroy Kunmo forces and stabilize the defensive line.
• Gragu, Salis, and Barot appeared and tried to persuade Lin Yi to leave, warning that their combined attack could wound him.
• Lin Yi assessed the three Kunmo prodigies and refused their offer to let him withdraw.

Lin Yi fought three Kunmo prodigies after they burned their essence blood to temporarily reach the Triple Domain, then killed Gragu by accepting Barot’s counterattack and quickly healed his own injury. Salis and Barot fled in different directions, and Lin Yi chose to pursue Barot.

• Lin Yi surprised Salis with a spatial spear strike, but she escaped with only a damaged shoulder before the three Kunmo prodigies activated their Blood Rule secret technique.
• Gragu, Barot, and Salis temporarily reached the Triple Domain by burning their essence blood and attacked Lin Yi together.
• Lin Yi endured their coordinated assault and waited for their power to weaken before exploiting a gap in their teamwork to strike Gragu from behind.
• Barot hit Lin Yi with a fatal-looking attack, but Lin Yi killed Gragu, healed his shoulder, and suppressed the lingering foreign energies.
• Salis and Barot fled in separate directions, and Lin Yi chose to pursue Barot because Salis's Distortion Rule would make her harder to catch and defeat.

Lin Yi killed Barot, routed the Kunmo army, and returned to Frontier Legion Fortress 93778 to recover. General Luger informed him that the Legion would award him Triple Domain Battle Merit for the two Kunmo prodigies he had killed, while the Kunmo Race decided to avoid him until the Shi Race could intervene.

• Lin Yi intercepted Barot as it tried to escape, neutralized its final attack with the Space Rule, and killed it before surviving its self-destruction.
• Lin Yi pursued the retreating Kunmo army with his Gold Domain until its survivors fled beyond the Level 2 Battlefield, then returned to his Shadow Shuttle Ship and headed for Frontier Legion Fortress 93778.
• King Rending Claw learned that Lord Haiyuan of the Shi Race had not responded and accepted the Kunmo Lord's order to avoid Lin Yi until the Shi Abyss Competition.
• Lin Yi returned to Frontier Legion Fortress 93778 ten days later, where Irelia welcomed him and Xuanji told him General Luger was waiting.
• Luger told Lin Yi that the Legion had approved the Triple Domain Battle Merit standard for the two Kunmo prodigies, with a preliminary award of eight hundred million Battle Merit for each.

Lin Yi sought a faster way to earn the 17 million military merits he needed for Momentary Bloom after the Kunmo Race’s retreat-and-counterattack strategy made battlefield missions unproductive. He chose to share cultivation knowledge on the Veteran Platform and told Xuanji to prepare an account and content strategy.

• Lin Yi received confirmation that his military merits would be transferred, then entered seclusion to plan how to improve his comprehension of the Time Rule.
• Lin Yi chose to save for Momentary Bloom, but the Kunmo Race repeatedly withdrew from his location and counterattacked the battlefields he left, slowing his earnings.
• Lin Yi asked Xuanji for other ways to earn military merits and rejected space-pirate missions and Secret Realm exploration while keeping research contributions as a backup.
• Lin Yi identified knowledge sharing on the Veteran Platform as a safe way to earn merits by offering insights into the Space Rule and other Rules.
• Xuanji recommended free Metal Rule lessons to attract attention and paid Space Rule and Life Rule content, and Lin Yi told her to register the account “East Blade-Lin Yi.”

Lin Yi built a growing military-merit income stream by publishing combat courses, while Irelia began sharing her Life Rule expertise as a specially invited consultant. About fifteen years later, Xuanji reported that they had earned enough merits to exchange for Momentary Bloom, and Lin Yi ordered her to secure it.

• Lin Yi's free Metal Rule courses gained recognition among officers and frontline fighters, and he later launched paid columns on the Space Rule and Life Rule.
• The Space Rule course drew limited but strategic interest, while the Life Rule course became popular with units seeking better battlefield survival and medical support.
• After reviewing requests for Irelia's expertise, Lin Yi encouraged her to answer professional questions, and she joined the platform as a specially invited Life Rule consultant.
• Xuanji forecast that Lin Yi's income and new institutional connections would help him obtain Momentary Bloom in about fourteen or fifteen years.
• About fifteen years later, Xuanji told Lin Yi they had accumulated enough military merits for Momentary Bloom, and Lin Yi ordered her to exchange for it immediately.

Lin Yi used Momentary Bloom, the Sands of Time, and his Spirit Enlightenment Qi to master the Time Rule and fuse it with his other domains. He emerged with a Quadruple Domain as the chapter ended.

• Yantu personally delivered Momentary Bloom to Lin Yi, praising his reputation and wishing him success in the Genius Tournament.
• Lin Yi entrusted Irelia with the group’s affairs and entered seclusion with Momentary Bloom and the Sands of Time.
• Lin Yi used the flower’s nine petals to enter absolute epiphany and rapidly deepen his understanding of the Time Rule.
• After the epiphany ended, Lin Yi spent his remaining Spirit Enlightenment Qi and mastered the Time Rule completely.
• Lin Yi fused the Time, Metal, Life, and Space-Time rules into a single composite rune, forming a Quadruple Domain.

Lin Yi completed the Quadruple Domain and perfected his Time Rule, then told Qian Huan, his Third Senior Sister, about his breakthrough. Qian Huan revealed she had prepared Momentary Bloom for him and offered to choose a treasure worth up to twenty Clan Merit, leaving Lin Yi awaiting her advice.

• Lin Yi demonstrated his mastery of time and space, reviewed the resources he had spent, and went to the Command Center to share his breakthrough with Irelia.
• Lin Yi contacted Qian Huan and told her he had fully mastered the Time Rule.
• Qian Huan revealed she had saved a Momentary Bloom for Lin Yi, but he had independently bought another one from the military merit treasury.
• Qian Huan offered to select a treasure worth up to twenty Clan Merit to replace her unused preparations and promised reward.
• Lin Yi asked Qian Huan for recommendations on a treasure suited to his circumstances, and she began considering what to choose.