Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi learned that his admission to the Special Genius Training List had been approved and chose to move to Origin Star for safer, faster cultivation. As he prepared his companions and the East Blade Mercenary Corps for the transition, an unknown spacecraft arrived at the Frontier Legion fortress carrying twenty-one figures.

• Lin Yi calculated that mastering all nine rules could take nearly three thousand years, then began studying the Water Rule while awaiting help from the Registry.
• Qian Huan told Lin Yi that his exceptional admission to the Special Genius Training List had passed and explained the benefits of living on Origin Star.
• Lin Yi chose to move to Origin Star and planned to bring Lin Yao, Irelia, and three top-ranking members of the East Blade Mercenary Corps: Liu Yuan, Elizabeth, and Zhang Zhen.
• Lin Yi arranged for his clone to manage the corps while he was away and announced that the three merit-based places would rotate every hundred years.
• One month later, a small spacecraft appeared outside the Frontier Legion fortress, and twenty-one figures emerged under the lead of a composed man in a dark blue battle robe.

Captain Nafeng delivered the Supreme Council’s order admitting Lin Yi to the Human Race Special Talent Training Registry and assigned his squad to protect him. Lin Yi chose to relocate to Origin Star with Irelia, Liu Yuan, Elizabeth, and Zhang Zhen, and the chapter ended as their ship approached the Human Race’s heavily guarded capital.

• Captain Nafeng arrived at the fortress with twenty Imperial Guard Corps members and informed General Luger that he had come to find Lin Yi and deliver a Supreme Council decision.
• Nafeng formally admitted Lin Yi to the Human Race Special Talent Training Registry and announced that his squad would provide core security until Lin Yi reached World-Deriving Rank or received new orders.
• Lin Yi chose to move to Origin Star and summoned Irelia, Liu Yuan, Elizabeth, and Zhang Zhen to accompany him, while his clone remained to oversee the East Blade Mercenary Corps.
• During the journey, Nafeng explained that the Human Race no longer concealed Registry members because it had grown strong enough to protect its prodigies openly.
• After traveling through increasingly energy-rich regions, Lin Yi and his companions saw Origin Star’s vast defenses and radiant protective halos from the ship.

Lin Yi arrived at Origin Star, settled into his Star Source District manor, and accepted an invitation to a gathering hosted by Zhixing. After reviewing public information about the attendees, he examined the Registry’s Water Rule resources and contribution-point costs.

• Nafeng guided Lin Yi and his companions through Origin Star’s protective halo and brought them to Lin Yi’s manor in Star Source District.
• Lanyuan welcomed Lin Yi, bound his Registry permissions, arranged secondary access for his companions, and promised to coordinate Lin Yao’s arrival in two years.
• Lin Yi accepted Zhixing’s invitation to a welcome gathering attended by seven Eternal Deities, fifteen World-Deriving Rank members, and one Star Domain Rank member.
• Lin Yi asked Xuanji to retrieve public information about Zhixing and the other attendees, then reviewed their research fields and achievements.
• Lin Yi opened the Registry resource database, filtered for Water Rule comprehension aids, and examined the available resources and their contribution-point costs.

Lin Yi planned an accelerated path to comprehend the Water Rule, then attended a welcoming banquet where Zhixing explained why the Human Race needed him to win the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Tournament. The chapter left Lin Yi aware that winning could make him the Myriad Secret Realm’s leader and secure strategic support for his race.

• Lin Yi planned to exchange points for Water Rule resources and calculated that they could cut his expected breakthrough time to thirty-five to forty years.
• Lin Yi traveled to Dawnlight Palace and was welcomed by Zhixing and the Registry members at a banquet.
• Lin Yi met An Chen and He Mo, then struggled to follow the guests’ discussions about strategic developments across the alliance.
• Zhixing told Lin Yi that the tournament champion would lead the Pan-Spirit Alliance’s forces in the Myriad Secret Realm and could claim the role for the Human Race by taking first place.
• Zhixing explained that the leader received law-enforcement authority in the Secret Realm, giving the Spirit Race reason to offer the Human Race strategic support in exchange for cooperation.
• Lin Yi recognized the weight of his responsibility and resolved to listen and learn at the gathering.

Across more than a thousand years, Nie Chang watched Silver Blue Civilization grow while Lin Yi’s cultivation appeared to stall and public opinion turned against him. As East Blade Military Academy cadets registered for the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Tournament, Nie Chang wondered what Lin Yi was preparing to reveal.

• In New Era 391, Nie Chang learned that Lin Yi had moved to Origin Star and entered the Human Race Special Talent Training Registry, then added an encouraging message to his lesson plan.
• In New Era 603, Nie Chang read reports that Lin Yi remained at four fused rules and worried that the Death Rule had stalled his progress before the next Genius Tournament.
• In New Era 820, Nie Chang defended Lin Yi against online mockery, then found the Evolution Fluid Lin Yi had sent him and took confidence from the commander’s continued care for his former subordinate.
• In New Era 1033, Nie Chang attended the maiden voyage of the Silver Blue Civilization’s first independently built Star Sea Rank warship, the Humen, and reviewed the civilization’s growth while reflecting on Lin Yi’s declining public prominence.
• In New Era 1204, Nie Chang oversaw East Blade Military Academy cadets’ registration for the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Tournament and saw Lin Yi ranked sixteenth despite his apparent Quadruple Domain bottleneck.
• Nie Chang watched the controversy over Lin Yi’s ranking and wondered whether the commander’s stagnation was real and what he intended to show the Star Sea.

Lord Radiance approved sending Edith to the Genius Tournament after learning that rival races had prepared Nine-Fold Domain contestants, and gave her a Holy Source Crystal Core fragment so she could reach the same level. Lin Yi registered for the tournament and ordered the East Blade Mercenary Corps to enter its qualifying rounds as he prepared for a final push in the Gap of Time.

• Iser warned Lord Radiance that Lin Yi might have concealed his strength and could have reached the Six-Fold or Seventh Layer Domain, so he recommended replacing Liuguang with Edith.
• Lord Radiance revealed that the rival races had Nine-Fold Domain geniuses and ordered Edith to enter the tournament and kill them if she encountered them in the Myriad Secret Realm.
• Lin Yi learned that the Star Sea Observer's speculation had drawn attention, but he believed the remaining time was too short for the Spirit Race to prepare an extreme countermeasure.
• Lin Yi checked on his clone's shipment of comprehension crystals and planned to use them with the Gap of Time and his other resources for a final training push.
• Lin Yi registered as contestant AL-7942-331 and ordered eligible East Blade Mercenary Corps members to enter the qualifying rounds, offering rewards for their progress.
• Lin Yi reviewed the registered contestants, including his associates, and returned to training as excitement over the tournament spread across the Pan-Spirit Alliance.

Lin Yi learned that Edith Lanxing had become the tournament’s top seed and watched her dominate the first qualifier by reaching the eighth level of Central God Mountain. As Lin Yi prepared to compete on the ninth day, he hinted to Irelia that he might have a chance to reach the ninth level himself.

• Lin Yi discovered that Edith Lanxing had taken the top seed with eightfold Space-Time and Light-Dark domains, while he had fallen to seventeenth place.
• Lin Yi saw Irelia defend him and the East Blade Mercenary Corps against online abuse, including personal attacks aimed at her.
• Edith entered the A01 qualifier, climbed Central God Mountain, defeated the eighth-level projection of Moros, and amassed an overwhelming lead before declining to challenge the ninth-level projection of Lothar.
• Edith’s performance made her the tournament’s leading favorite, while media outlets largely dismissed Lin Yi as outclassed.
• Before Lin Yi’s ninth-day competition, Irelia encouraged him not to worry about online criticism, and Lin Yi hinted that he could reach the ninth level, leaving her stunned.

Lin Yi challenged the God Mountain and overwhelmed its guardians before defeating the Spirit Race sage projection, Lothar, in a hard-fought battle. He finished with 511 million points, more than twice Edith’s score, and took first place.

• Lin Yi went straight to the Central God Mountain, where his first glance destroyed the first-level projection and astonished spectators.
• Lin Yi climbed through the lower levels, crushing each guardian and reaching the eighth level in under fifteen minutes.
• Lin Yi defeated the eighth-level Star Nightmare Race projection, tied Edith’s score, and continued to the summit.
• Lin Yi fought Lothar, adapting his domain and close-combat skills to exploit the projection’s openings.
• Lin Yi destroyed Lothar’s projection and raised his score to 511 million, more than twice Edith’s total.
• The author asked readers for suggestions for a four-character title after the novel passed 1.1 million words.

After defeating Lothar’s projection, Lin Yi rested atop Central God Mountain while his first-place finish sent the Pan-Spirit Alliance into an uproar. As the tournament ended, Edith sought his contact information, and Lin Yi learned that five red-level connection requests awaited him.

• Lin Yi defeated Lothar’s projection, reached the summit with 51,100 million points, and rested as viewers and media across the Star Sea celebrated his victory.
• Zhixing and the other Eternal Deities praised Lin Yi’s Nine-Fold Domain and combat skill, while Human Race supporters, Irelia, Nafeng’s squad, Nie Chang, and Lin Yi’s senior disciples reacted to his achievement.
• Lord Radiance recognized Lin Yi as a powerful ally for the coming Secret Realm, ordered five days of fifth-level Time Tower access for Edith, and sent a formal congratulatory letter to the Human Race.
• Edith watched Lin Yi defeat Lothar, accepted that she needed to improve, and asked her brother to obtain Lin Yi’s Virtual Contact Mark so she could discuss their shared Space-Time Rules and future cooperation.
• After the ninth day ended, Lin Yi returned from the competition, thanked Xuanji, and learned that his imprint had received 37,123 messages, 11,773 connection requests, and five red-level access requests.

After reaching the summit of the God Mountain, Lin Yi received contact requests from several Lords and consulted Lord Xuanyan and Lord Tiange about how to respond. Their gifts and messages offered him resources and a possible opportunity, while Lord Radiance’s purpose remained uncertain as Lin Yi accepted his request.

• Lin Yi examined contact requests from Lords Xuanyan, Tiange, Qiuyuan, Yanhuang, and Radiance, then told his companions to wait while he handled them.
• Xuanji informed Irelia and the others that several Lords had contacted Lin Yi, and Irelia urged the group to work hard to keep pace with him.
• Lord Xuanyan praised Lin Yi’s performance, awarded him 500 Clan Merit, and joined Lord Tiange in advising him to accept Lord Radiance’s request cautiously.
• Lin Yi learned that Lord Qiuyuan was connected to his senior brother Zhen Yu and was promised an important opportunity if he won the Genius Tournament.
• Lord Yanhuang raised Lin Yi’s talent classification to Tier One and granted him 2 billion Training Camp points.
• Lin Yi accepted Lord Radiance’s communication request after reporting it to Xuanyan and Tiange, and waited to learn why the Spirit Race Lord had contacted him.

Lin Yi met Lord Radiance, refused the Spirit Race’s recruitment offer, and recognized the political trap behind a gift of territory before accepting it after revealing he had informed Xuanyan and Tiange. He reported the meeting to the two Human Race Lords, who praised his foresight, and Tiange gave him the Sky-Escaping Shuttle to prepare for the Myriad Secret Realm.

• Lin Yi accepted Lord Radiance’s invitation to a private virtual space, where Radiance offered him resources worth 3,000 Clan Merit and a place in the Origin Holy Land if he joined the Spirit Race.
• Lin Yi declined to change allegiances, and Lord Radiance offered him the deed to the Shina Family’s former territory in the Reliate Star Domain.
• Lin Yi recognized that accepting or refusing the deed could create trouble, so he accepted it while revealing that he had already reported the meeting to Xuanyan and Tiange.
• Lin Yi returned to his cultivation room and immediately requested a meeting with Xuanyan and Tiange to report everything that had happened.
• Xuanyan and Tiange recognized that Lin Yi had thwarted Radiance’s scheme, and they reassured him that Radiance would honor his promise.
• Tiange gave Lin Yi the Sky-Escaping Shuttle, a weapon made of 108,000 sub-shuttles that could grow with his control, and Xuanyan urged him to prepare for the tournament finals.

After reaching the summit of God Mountain, Lin Yi congratulated his companions, gave Irelia the Shina Family’s ancestral territory, and prepared to use his rewards to advance his understanding of the Time Law. The Shina Family chose to keep its main branch in Human Race territory while rebuilding a branch in its homeland, and Lin Yi ended the chapter purchasing every available training aid for his breakthrough.

• Lin Yi praised Zhou Yuxuan, Kanlia, and Lin Yao’s tournament performances, advised them to prepare for the next round, and told Chen Yu to focus on refining his combat transitions.
• Lin Yi told Irelia that Lord Radiance had given him the title documents for the Shina Family’s former territory in the Reliate Star Domain, then transferred the territory to her.
• Irelia informed Liyue of the restored territory, and Liyue decided that most of the Shina Family would remain in Human Race territory while an elder led a branch back to Reliate.
• Lin Yi discussed tournament communications and celebration plans with Xuanji, then learned that the Registry had awarded him 100,000 points for his achievement.
• Lin Yi ordered Xuanji to redeem Time Law treasures and training services from the Clan Merit Treasury, Roster Resource Vault, and Star Core Level Training Camp, choosing every listed item.

Lin Yi and Silver Blue Civilization’s other participants entered the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Tournament preliminaries, where Lin Yi’s Nine-Fold Domain carried him through wave after wave of enemies. As Lin Yi and Edith remained the last contenders, Edith’s performance revealed that she too had reached a ninth-level domain, leaving their rivalry unresolved.

• Lin Yi studied the Great Evolution Time Wheel Deduction Model while Silver Blue Civilization prepared for the preliminaries and learned that 93,319 of its participants had qualified.
• Lin Yi and his allies entered the preliminaries, and Lin Yi’s overlapping Nine-Fold Domains annihilated the first Shi Race swarm as spectators watched.
• The insect waves and Abyss Beasts grew stronger, eliminating most participants; Xu Ning ranked 98th, Hui Yao ranked 76th, and Longge Xingtong ranked 14th.
• Lin Yi and Edith remained among the final ten contestants, using their domains and clones to survive increasingly powerful enemies.
• Analysts realized Edith’s domain exceeded the eighth level, and spectators concluded that she had reached the ninth level too, renewing the contest between her and Lin Yi.

Lin Yi won first place in the preliminaries by clearing the thousandth wave and defeating a second-level Star Domain Rank Abyss Beast, while Edith stopped at wave 999. After the elimination rounds, the finalists began a three-month preparation period, and Lin Yi’s returning clone arrived at Origin Star Manor.

• Lin Yi used his clone’s self-destruction to wound the Abyss Beast, then destroyed its claw with his ultimate technique and cleared wave 1,000.
• The preliminaries ended with Lin Yi ranked first and Edith Lanxing second; Lord Xuanyan awarded Lin Yi 2,000 Clan Merits to support his preparations.
• Lin Yi reviewed Edith’s battle, accepted congratulations, and reassured his companions that he would continue following his own path.
• Lin Yi and Edith both advanced through the elimination rounds instantly, tied for first in completion time, and qualified for the Ranking Tournament.
• During the three-month break, Lin Yi studied the Great Evolution Time Wheel Deduction Model and the Time Law while the tournament organizers prepared to gather the contestants.
• Xuanji informed Lin Yi that his clone had reached Origin Star and was requesting permission to dock, and Lin Yi ordered it guided to the Manor’s underground chamber.

Lin Yi used his reserved time in the Gap of Time to study the Time Law and crossed its threshold, becoming a law cultivator. He left with roughly 1.3% comprehension of the Time Law and looked ahead to the finals against Edith.

• Lin Yi dismissed his clone, secured the underground cultivation room, and prepared his Enlightenment Crystals and other resources for a breakthrough.
• After twenty days of preparation, Lin Yi traveled by Commuter Shuttle to the Star Evolution District and entered the Gap of Time.
• Lin Yi used Spirit Enlightenment Qi and time-related treasures to deepen his understanding of the Time Law within the passage created by the stone strip.
• Lin Yi's nine Rule Imprints reorganized around the Time Law, and a Law Secret Pattern appeared as he crossed into the ranks of law cultivators.
• Lin Yi exhausted his remaining cultivation aids, assessed his Time Law comprehension at about 1.3%, and left the Gap of Time anticipating the finals.

Lin Yi told Qian Huan that he had advanced the Time Rule to a Law, and she explained the risks and choices involved in the path to Eternity. Meanwhile, Yong Yan searched for safe work to rebuild his Clan Merit after being revived, but a new mission appeared just as he chose a long-term garrison post.

• Lin Yi returned to the Manor, hinted to Irelia to keep his progress secret, and went to his cultivation room.
• Lin Yi met Qian Huan in the Virtual Network and revealed that he had entered the realm of the Time Law.
• Qian Huan congratulated Lin Yi, advised him to conceal his breakthrough, and explained how Laws affected the creation of a Divine Kingdom and the pursuit of Eternity.
• Qian Huan gave Lin Yi cultivation advice and reference materials, and Lin Yi returned to train his control of the Time Law before the finals.
• Yong Yan reviewed low-risk missions to rebuild his Clan Merit after spending most of it on revival and recovery, then chose a 500-epoch garrison mission.
• A new mission appeared at the top of Yong Yan's list just before he confirmed his choice.

Yong Yan accepted a high-priority mission to guard Lin Yi, leaving his family and traveling with Lin Yi to the Ultimate Arena for the Ranking Tournament. His family realized from the tournament broadcast that their patriarch was serving as Lin Yi’s bodyguard.

• Yong Yan accepted mission SS-00173 to protect Lin Yi, with a fixed reward, a Void Signal Talisman, and a free resurrection if he died on duty.
• Yong Yan appointed Yong Feng to manage the family, traveled to Origin Star, and took over Lin Yi’s guard duty from Nafeng’s squad.
• Lin Yi welcomed Yong Yan, completed the handover with Nafeng, and prepared for the tournament while reflecting on the higher-ups’ concern for his safety.
• Yong Yan accompanied Lin Yi and his companions aboard a Spirit Race escort vessel to the Ultimate Arena, where the Ranking Tournament was set to begin.
• Yong Feng, Yong Qing, and Musto watched the tournament broadcast and recognized Yong Yan behind Lin Yi, apparently serving as his bodyguard.

Yong Feng realized that Yong Yan’s public assignment as Lin Yi’s bodyguard signaled the Human Race’s commitment to protecting Lin Yi, and he ordered the Yong Yan Family to support Lin Yi’s allies. At the Ranking Tournament, Lin Yi challenged the Holy Radiance Race contestant atop the highest pillar, who yielded it and moved to another pillar.

• Yong Feng and Musto concluded that Yong Yan’s visible protection would deter attacks on Lin Yi and could give the Yong Yan Family a valuable connection to his future.
• Yong Feng ordered his family not to antagonize the East Blade Mercenary Corps or Silver Blue Civilization, to assist them when possible, and to prioritize intelligence about Lin Yi.
• Irelia explained to Lin Yao and the others that the Ultimate Arena could protect contestants and restore even severely injured Star Domain Rank combatants.
• The Ranking Tournament rules were announced: contestants would compete for pillar height using limited challenges, and the top 128 would advance after half a standard day.
• Lin Yi’s pillar rose slowly while a Holy Radiance Race contestant’s became the highest, and the contestants’ barriers vanished to start the tournament.
• Lin Yi challenged the Holy Radiance Race contestant for the highest pillar, and the contestant yielded and flew to another pillar.

Edith challenged Lin Yi atop the highest crystal pillar, turning the first match of the Ranking Tournament into a clash watched across the Pan-Spirit Alliance. After Edith opened with a devastating punch, Lin Yi revealed his Time Law Mark and froze time, leaving her strike suspended before his face.

• Edith teleported to the highest pillar and faced Lin Yi, drawing the attention of the contestants, spectators, and viewers across the Star Sea.
• The chapter recalled Lord Xuanyan’s earlier exchange with Lord Anmie, in which Xuanyan defended Lin Yi and challenged Anmie to bet on Lin Yi and Edith’s match.
• Edith addressed Lin Yi in Silver Blue Language, explaining that she had studied his earlier battle and asking him to give their duel his all.
• Lin Yi agreed, and Edith immediately attacked with a punch empowered by space-time and Light-Dark Rotation.
• Lin Yi stood still as Edith’s fist neared his face, then froze time around her and revealed the silver Time Law Mark on his forehead.

Lin Yi revealed that he had comprehended the Time Law at Star Core Level and defeated Edith by freezing her in place. He spared her and let her leave with dignity, while the tournament continued beneath the shock and excitement spreading across the Star Sea.

• Lin Yi used the Time Law to freeze Edith during their fight, stunning the spectators, commentators, and Lords who recognized the rarity and significance of his achievement.
• Lin Yi chose not to kill or humiliate Edith and gently pushed her beyond the Crystal Pillar’s boundary, ending the match without injuring her.
• Edith thanked Lin Yi in Ancient Spirit Language, bowed to him, and took the second-highest Crystal Pillar after its Crystal Spirit Race contestant voluntarily yielded.
• Lord Xuanyan praised Lin Yi’s restraint, Lord Radiance accepted Edith’s loss, and Lord Anmie criticized the apparent display of magnanimity.
• The other contestants resumed the Ranking Tournament as news outlets across the Pan-Spirit Alliance reported Lin Yi’s Time Law and Edith’s dignified defeat.
• Human Race viewers celebrated Lin Yi, while Spirit Race Observer reported the loss objectively and urged readers to recognize both Edith’s grace and Lin Yi’s restraint.