Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi demonstrated his Source Energy abilities and explained that reaching Stardust Rank could greatly extend a person’s lifespan. He proposed hunting monsters for more crystals, then decided to face the monsters downstairs alone, but his relatives and friends objected and offered to go with him.

• Lin Yi showcased his speed, jumping ability, and strength, shocking everyone in the banquet hall.
• Lin Yi explained that absorbing about twenty Source Energy Crystals could bring someone to Stardust Rank and at least double their lifespan, and said age was no obstacle.
• Lin Yi warned that people had different aptitudes and said they needed to collect more crystals by killing monsters.
• After Chen Yu compared monster hunting to a game, Lin Yi sternly reminded everyone that they could be hurt or die.
• Lin Yi said he would deal with the monsters downstairs alone to seek another Guidance Technique crystal, but Lin Ruiming, Lin Ruiheng, Zhou Jianjun, Chen Yu, and Zhou Yuxuan objected and offered to help.

Lin Yi prepared to fight the monsters downstairs and asked his family to film him so he could upload a Source Energy cultivation tutorial. In orbit, Irelia learned that Lin Yi had already guided Source Energy into his body and ordered Xingyu to monitor his progress.

• Lin Yi refused to let his family join the fight, explaining that he could not protect them in the close-quarters battle and that they needed to conserve their strength.
• Lin Yi asked Chen Yu to film from the second floor while Zhou Jianjun protected him, explaining that he planned to share a tutorial about the Source Energy Guidance Technique and Source Energy Crystals.
• Lin Yi said the footage would help people believe his tutorial and hoped sharing his knowledge would help save lives; his family agreed to support him.
• Xingyu alerted Irelia that a life-form on Blue Star had guided Source Energy into its body, and Irelia saw footage of Lin Yi gathering blue light at his fingertips.
• Irelia reviewed Lin Yi's ordinary background, ordered Xingyu to monitor him and report his growth, and considered whether he might earn a high rating.

Lin Yi ambushed two Corrosive Abyssal Wolves inside Fujin Hall, but their deaths drew five more wolves into a coordinated attack. Chen Yu recorded the fight from the second floor while Zhou Jianjun stood ready to protect him.

• Lin Yi assigned Chen Yu to film from the second-floor staircase and told Zhou Jianjun to guard him.
• Lin Yi scouted the hall and found two wolves inside, more than forty outside, and a Giant Rock Abyss Bear being nurtured by the Abyss Beast Nest.
• Lin Yi crept up on the wolf eating a corpse and killed it with his Black Iron Staff.
• Lin Yi killed the sentry wolf before it could finish its howl.
• Five nearby wolves charged into the hall and surrounded Lin Yi as Chen Yu filmed and Zhou Jianjun prepared to intervene.

Lin Yi killed the five Abyss Wolves that attacked him inside Hongfu Restaurant and collected the Spirit Radiance Crystals they left behind. After retrieving the last crystal and his bloodied staff outside, he returned to the restaurant while the distant packs kept their distance.

• Lin Yi used his armor and staff to kill the three Abyss Wolves attacking from the front.
• Lin Yi hurled his Black Iron Staff at one fleeing wolf and struck another with a blue attack, killing both as they ran.
• Lin Yi collected six Spirit Radiance Crystals inside Hongfu Restaurant and found the seventh beside the doorway.
• The distant Abyss Wolf packs watched the restaurant but retreated, treating it as a high-level threat.
• Lin Yi retrieved the final crystal from the wolf pinned outside, pulled his staff from the corpse, and returned to Hongfu Restaurant.

Lin Yi returned to Hongfu Restaurant after defeating seven Abyss Wolves, explaining that he had tested their reactions and learned they feared strong opponents. He reunited with his family and showed them the seven Spirit Radiance Crystals he had collected.

• Chen Yu confirmed that he had recorded Lin Yi’s fight and showed him the video.
• Lin Yi rested after using much of his Source Energy, while Zhou Jianjun worried that he had taken too many risks.
• Lin Yi explained that he had tested whether the Abyss Wolves would attack when he retrieved his staff and crystals, and concluded that they were cautious and feared strength.
• Lin Yi, Zhou Jianjun, and Chen Yu returned to the hall, where Lin Ruiming, Zhou Jinghua, and the others rushed to check on him.
• Lin Ruiheng asked about the monsters downstairs, and Lin Yi revealed seven Spirit Radiance Crystals in his palm.

After defeating the Abyss Wolves, Lin Yi recorded a video explaining the Abyss Tide, the monsters, and how people could cultivate Source Energy from the crystals they dropped. He asked Chen Yu to post the video, while the seven crystals remained to be dealt with.

• Lin Yi placed seven Spirit Radiance Crystals on a table and asked Chen Yu to record him while the internet still worked.
• Lin Yi introduced himself in the video, described the Abyss Wolves and their behavior, and explained that they left behind crystals containing cultivation methods or energy blocks.
• Lin Yi demonstrated his Source Energy and shared tips for sensing energy, building a circulation pathway, and releasing controlled attacks.
• Lin Yi warned viewers that absorbing a Source Energy Crystal caused extreme pain and could be fatal if interrupted.
• Chen Yu asked whether he should post the video from his account, and Lin Yi agreed and urged him to get it done.

Chen Yu posted Lin Yi’s battle footage and Source Energy tutorial, drawing a flood of reactions and pleas for help. Lin Yi revealed that one of the seven gray crystals contained a Portable Source Energy Detector and activated the device, bringing up a display before his right eye.

• Chen Yu edited Lin Yi’s battle footage together with the tutorial and posted it on Moyin, where the video quickly gained views and comments.
• Zhou Jinghua watched Lin Yi fight the Abyss Wolves and felt fear, pride, and heartache as the others fell silent.
• Lin Yi read viewers’ comments, noticed a plea for help from a convenience store near Hongfu Restaurant, and decided to make it his next target.
• Lin Yi told the group that the seven crystals held three Basic Source Energy Guidance Techniques, three Level 1 Source Energy Crystals, and one Portable Source Energy Detector.
• Lin Yi crushed the crystal containing the detector, formed the device, hooked it over his ear, and activated its pale-blue display.

Lin Yi used the Detector to assess the people and Abyss Wolves around Hongfu Restaurant, then distributed three Guidance Technique crystals to Chen Yu, Zhou Jianjun, and Zhou Yuxuan. After they struggled to absorb the techniques, Lin Yi urged everyone to reinforce the restaurant and gather supplies.

• Lin Yi let Chen Yu, Zhou Yuxuan, and Zhou Jianjun take turns using the Detector, revealing that the Abyss Wolves had higher Source Energy readings than anyone except Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi gave Guidance Technique crystals to Chen Yu, Zhou Jianjun, and Zhou Yuxuan, explaining how each could contribute to the group.
• Lin Yi kept the three Level 1 Source Energy Crystals for himself so he could recover and grow stronger.
• Chen Yu, Zhou Jianjun, and Zhou Yuxuan crushed their crystals and received the Guidance Technique, but each found it difficult to understand.
• Lin Yi reassured Zhou Yuxuan and told everyone to reinforce Hongfu Restaurant and gather supplies.

Lin Yi organized the survivors at Hongfu Restaurant into teams to gather supplies, sort them, and fortify the spiral staircase against a possible Abyss Wolf attack. As everyone got to work, Lin Yi began cultivating while an informational bomb from Chen Yu's Moyin Ship spread through the collapsing online world.

• Lin Yi warned that the Abyss Wolves might be gathering strength for a full-scale attack and urged everyone to reinforce their defenses and collect supplies.
• Lin Yi assigned Zhou Yuxuan's team to search the restaurant for food, tools, medical supplies, walkie-talkies, and an emergency generator.
• Lin Yi appointed Ye Qingyu to lead the women in sorting supplies, with Li Ling assisting and the break room serving as a storeroom.
• Lin Yi directed Zhou Jianjun and the other men to barricade the spiral staircase while leaving a controlled entrance with a movable door and rope ladder.
• Lin Yi told Lin Ruiheng to contact survivors in other rooms after the supplies were gathered and invite them to cooperate under shared rules.
• Lin Yi began cultivating with a Spirit Radiance Crystal as the teams worked, unaware that information from Chen Yu's Moyin Ship was spreading widely online.

A survival tutorial about the Source Energy Guidance Technique spread among desperate civilians and reached the national crisis response center. Li Zhenguo’s team concluded that the video was likely genuine and more useful than the government’s incomplete research, leaving them with a possible breakthrough in the fight against the monsters.

• Wang Lei and Zhang Tong watched the tutorial and realized Zhang Tong had learned the Basic Source Energy Guidance Technique after killing a monster and touching its crystal.
• James Wilson showed the video to Liu Wei, who recognized its instructions from the technique he had acquired, and James forwarded the link to his contacts.
• At Dragon Abyss, officials reported mounting military, communications, and power losses while Professor Jiang Weihua’s team had decoded only 10.7 percent of the crystals’ information.
• An officer told Li Zhenguo that the tutorial had spread across civilian and military networks and identified its poster as A-Yu Loves Playing.
• Li Zhenguo learned that investigators considered the video likely authentic and that its creator, Lin Yi, was a recent high school graduate.

After watching Lin Yi demonstrate the Source Energy Guidance Technique, Li Zhenguo ordered the video distributed to researchers and frontline forces despite safety concerns. Faced with dwindling supplies and collapsing military infrastructure, he abandoned the strategy of concentrating forces to defend key sites.

• Li Zhenguo watched Lin Yi's video and ordered the Academy of Sciences to study it and produce simple teaching materials for the Source Energy Guidance Technique.
• Li Zhenguo directed military and security forces to distribute recovered Guidance Technique crystals for experimental frontline study, taking responsibility despite Director Liu's concerns about unknown risks.
• Staff Officer Li reported that key strategic facilities and communications were being lost, supplies were dwindling, and the military could sustain combat for no more than a week.
• Staff Officer Wang reported that Abyss Beasts generally remained within the territories around their Nests unless provoked or kept in sight.
• Li Zhenguo decided to abandon the strategy of concentrating forces to defend key sites.

Li Zhenguo ordered the military to shift from retaking strategic sites to protecting civilians and establishing survivor settlements, arguing that people and source energy cultivation mattered more than preserving infrastructure. He approved a plan for 316 gathering points and launched a nationwide operation called Kindling.

• Li Zhenguo rejected objections and ordered all units to cover civilian evacuations while withdrawing from high-level Nest zones.
• Li Zhenguo argued that source energy offered a new way to fight and that saving people was the priority.
• A major general presented a plan for 316 survivor gathering points, including 18 large bases captured from Small Nests.
• Li Zhenguo ordered the gathering points, evacuation routes, and Nest threat assessments published while communications remained available.
• Li Zhenguo named the nationwide strategic operation Kindling and ordered its instructions sent to every theater.

Lin Yi learned that the authorities had rapidly launched a nationwide survivor plan and released source energy cultivation materials, a response he believed his video had helped inspire. He concluded that Li Zhenguo’s decision would usher in the era of source energy cultivation worldwide.

• Chen Yu interrupted Lin Yi’s cultivation to show him the Emergency Center’s new announcements and videos.
• Lin Yi read the Kindling Survivor Shelter Plan, which classified Abyss Beasts and nests, identified Gap Zones, published the Source Energy Guidance Technique, and promised rescue and evacuation operations.
• Lin Yi compared the swift response with the failures of his previous life and suspected his video had prompted the change in policy.
• Lin Yi credited Li Zhenguo’s resolve for the decision and recalled that Li’s death had weakened coordination among the authorities in his previous life.
• Chen Yu said he had understood the introductory lesson, and Lin Yi concluded that releasing the technique would influence countries around the world and begin a global era of source energy cultivation.

Lin Yi realized that the authorities’ Gathering Point could become a trap as the surrounding Abyss Beast Nests expanded, so he decided to warn them and help nearby survivors. He planned to recover, rescue survivors around Hongfu Restaurant that night, and set out for the Gathering Point the next day.

• Chen Yu showed Lin Yi the Gathering Point marked at the Old Department Store, about five kilometers from Hongfu Restaurant.
• Lin Yi recalled that Abyss Beast Nests could expand and evolve, eventually swallowing the safe zone between the four Micro Nests and trapping its survivors.
• Lin Yi decided he could no longer wait for authorities to contact him and planned to reach the Gathering Point to warn them and coordinate rescue efforts.
• Lin Yi told Chen Yu he would go alone to scout a safe route, contact the authorities, and report survivors and resources in the area.
• Chen Yu accepted Lin Yi’s decision and suggested informing their families and Uncle Jianjun, while Lin Yi said he would recover first, rescue nearby survivors that night, and leave the next day.

Lin Yi recovered by absorbing two Source Energy Crystals and assigned his family and companions tasks to prepare for his departure. He planned to rescue nearby survivors, then leave early the next morning to contact the authorities at the Gathering Point near the Old Department Store.

• Chen Yu left Lin Yi to rest and went to inform the others, while Lin Yi absorbed a second Source Energy Crystal to cultivate.
• Lin Yi finished cultivating and told his family he would rescue nearby survivors before setting out the next morning to contact the authorities.
• Lin Yi instructed Zhou Jianjun and the others to finish the fortifications, maintain patrols, and watch the Abyss Wolves.
• Lin Yi asked Zhou Yuxuan to study the Guidance Technique and teach Source Energy cultivation to the others.
• Lin Yi assigned Lin Ruiheng to coordinate the hotel’s survivors and urged everyone to prioritize survival despite their grief.

Lin Yi prepared to rescue survivors near Hongfu Restaurant and discovered that Abyss Wolves had gathered around a bus containing 42 trapped students. Inside the bus, Xiao Ya kept watching for help as the students and their teachers struggled to stay quiet and survive.

• Lin Yi put on the Heaven-Equaling Battle Armor again, took his staff and detector, and asked Chen Yu to gather armed young men to support him.
• Lin Yi descended into the first-floor lobby and used the detector to locate survivors and Abyss Wolves around the nearby convenience store, bus, and micro Abyss Beast Nest.
• Lin Yi noticed that the Nest had more Abyss Wolves than before, including one with intensity 12.
• The 42 students trapped in the bus endured eight prowling Abyss Wolves while Teacher Li and Teacher Zhang tried to keep them calm and safe.
• Xiao Ya repeatedly looked toward Hongfu Restaurant for a rescuer, but her friend doubted Lin Yi would see their plea for help.

Lin Yi reached the bus where the students had been trapped and rescued them after killing three Abyss Wolves and scaring the rest away. He sent everyone running toward Hongfu Restaurant while he stayed behind to watch the Abyss Beast Nest.

• Xiao Ya spotted Lin Yi outside Hongfu Restaurant and told the people on the bus that he had arrived.
• Lin Yi charged toward the bus and killed three Abyss Wolves with beams of blue Source Energy.
• The five remaining Abyss Wolves fled toward the Purple-Black Vortex.
• Lin Yi knocked on the bus window and urged everyone to get out and follow him to Hongfu Restaurant.
• The students and teachers cleared the blocked door and hurried off the bus as Lin Yi watched the Abyss Beast Nest.

Lin Yi drove the Abyss Wolves back from the bus and helped the survivors reach Hongfu Restaurant, but his actions provoked the Nest. He expected it to produce a Giant Rock Abyss Bear the next day and planned to delay his journey until he had fought it.

• Lin Yi watched more than fifty Abyss Wolves gather near the Nest as five survivors escaped the convenience store and ran toward Hongfu Restaurant.
• Lin Yi held the pack at bay by gathering Source Energy at his fingertips, bluffing that he could unleash another blast.
• After confirming the survivors had reached Hongfu Restaurant, Lin Yi collected three Level 1 Source Energy Crystals and retreated inside.
• Lin Yi saw the Nest's dark-red veins pulsing faster and realized he had made it a target of his anger.
• Lin Yi predicted the Nest would produce a Giant Rock Abyss Bear the next day and decided to delay his plans until he could fight it.

After rescuing survivors and settling them into Hongfu Restaurant, Lin Yi warned Zhou Jianjun that the Nest’s red glow had intensified and taught everyone about Source Energy. During the night, an armed helicopter arrived over the Nest, and its crew noticed the Abyss Wolves behaving strangely.

• Lin Yi returned safely to Hongfu Restaurant, where the survivors thanked him and agreed to follow the shelter’s rules.
• Lin Yi asked Lin Ruiheng, Ye Qingyu, and Li Ling to assign the newcomers places to sleep and distribute food and water.
• Lin Yi told Zhou Jianjun that the Nest’s red glow had grown stronger and urged everyone to avoid combat and learn the Basic Source Energy Guidance Technique.
• Lin Yi taught the survivors Source Energy guidance points before they settled down to sleep.
• Zhang Haotian and Chen Yu woke Lin Yi when they heard a strange rumble approaching Hongfu Restaurant.
• An armed helicopter circled above the Nest, and its observer warned the captain that the Abyss Wolves were acting strangely.

Captain Tianpeng and his special forces team reached Hongfu Restaurant, where Lin Yi’s presence had kept the Abyss Beasts at bay. The Supreme Command appointed Lin Yi a major and special technical adviser, accepted his decision to stay, and supplied him with research materials, including a case full of Spirit Radiance Crystals.

• Tianpeng’s team secured the roof and first floor of Hongfu Restaurant, confirming that the Abyss Beast pack stayed near its nest and that the building was clear.
• Tianpeng told Zhou Jianjun that the mission came directly from Chief Li Zhenguo and thanked Lin Yi for his combat videos and Source Energy Guidance Technique training experience.
• Tianpeng offered Lin Yi an appointment as a special technical adviser to the General Staff with the rank of major, and Lin Yi chose to remain at Hongfu Restaurant.
• Tianpeng introduced Captain Ren Yinuo, who would stay with communications equipment, and gave Lin Yi a case of research materials approved by the Supreme Command.
• Lin Yi opened the case and found three rows of Spirit Radiance Crystals inside.