Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi gave Li Zhenguo the Star Source Initial Evolution Fluid, restoring his health and granting him Stardust Rank power. Li Zhenguo summoned the leaders to a meeting, where he announced Lin Yi’s victory over a Star Core Level Abyss Beast and revealed the fluid’s effects.

• Lin Yi told Li Zhenguo that he could not be replaced and urged him to drink the Star Source Initial Evolution Fluid.
• Li Zhenguo drank the fluid and regained his youth, health, and Source Energy, reaching Stardust Rank through a shortcut that would not let him advance further.
• Li Zhenguo said he wanted to witness Lin Yi lead an assault on the Main Nest, then asked Lin Yi and Zhou Donglai to attend a meeting.
• Li Zhenguo summoned the officials to the Dragon Abyss Command Center, where they reacted with surprise and relief at his recovery.
• Li Zhenguo announced that Lin Yi had killed a Star Core Level Abyss Beast and explained that its drop, the Star Source Initial Evolution Fluid, had restored him.

Li Zhenguo revealed that Lin Yi had killed a Star Core Level Abyss Beast and proposed using the Evolution Fluid and Xia Kingdom’s growing strength to establish a closer Blue Star Community. The meeting ended with plans to support other countries, open East Blade Branch Schools, and destroy the Small Nest in Helu City after the students graduated.

• Li Zhenguo told the officials that the Evolution Fluid had restored his health and given him Stardust Rank strength, then praised Lin Yi’s victory as hope for the country.
• Li Zhenguo proposed announcing Lin Yi’s achievement at the Crisis Response Union meeting, connecting Community member states to the Merit System, and eventually making more Evolution Fluid available for exchange.
• Chief Wang questioned whether foreign countries might outbid Xia Kingdom citizens for the Evolution Fluid, and Lin Yi explained that it could also be obtained from blue, gold-veined crystals.
• Lin Yi proposed sending military academy graduates to open East Blade Branch Schools abroad while he cleared Leader Rank bosses and eligible Star Core Level Abyss Beasts in those countries.
• Lin Yi asked for military support to destroy the Small Nest in Helu City after the students graduated, and Zhou Donglai pledged the General Staff’s full cooperation.

Lin Yi set a Stardust Rank requirement for the Special Training Class graduation assessment, which would involve clearing a Small Nest, and urged the trainees to prepare through training. As the assessment approached, the class grew stronger while Xia Kingdom assembled forces and supplies for the operation.

• Lin Yi told Liu Yuan that the graduation assessment would be a Small Nest-clearing mission open only to Stardust Rank trainees, and promised merit points for those who reached that rank.
• Liu Yuan announced the assessment in the class group chat, prompting the trainees to discuss the dangers and resolve to train harder.
• The Special Training Class intensified its Source Energy, tactical coordination, and battlefield survival training as Liu Yuan helped the first-tier trainees progress.
• Xia Kingdom's Foreign Affairs Department, Equipment and Logistics Department, and General Staff began preparing branch schools and assembling forces for the operation.
• Lin Yi briefed the trainees on Small Nest reinforcements and the importance of teamwork, while more trainees approached Stardust Rank.
• As graduation neared, East Blade Military Academy entered readiness, and the Stardust Rank trainees practiced in the Virtual Training Room and on the training grounds.

With the Small Nest campaign two days away, Lin Yi lectured the Special Training Class after all its trainees reached Stardust Rank. He explained how to understand and apply the rules, then left the trainees to reflect on their own forms and state of heart.

• Liu Yuan told Lin Yi that everyone in the training class had reached Stardust Rank ahead of schedule.
• Lin Yi announced that he would explain the rules to the trainees the next day, and Liu Yuan shared the news with them.
• Lin Yi told the packed lecture hall that rules were a comprehension of the universe's laws and could take forms suited to each person's understanding and preference.
• Lin Yi demonstrated his Metal Element Rule through purple, gold, and red lightning, explaining how different intents changed its effects.
• Lin Yi demonstrated choosing different forms and combinations of intent for different combat situations, then stressed that a person's chosen form should harmonize with their heart.

Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan entered Endless Mode to practice adapting to Stardust Rank power, and Chen Yu charged into the defense of Outpost 7. As Abyss Beast waves grew stronger and Chen Yu ran low on Source Energy, the commander saved a breach and ordered the defenders to conserve their strength and use the fortifications.

• Chen Yu dragged Zhou Yuxuan to the Virtual Classroom, where they activated Endless Mode.
• Chen Yu appeared at Outpost 7 as the Abyss Tide began, facing nearly a thousand low-tier Abyss Beasts.
• Chen Yu leaped over the wall and cut through the first waves while the soldiers and Source Warriors held the other sides of the outpost.
• Elite and unusual Abyss Beasts appeared in later waves, forcing Chen Yu to spend more Source Energy and slow down.
• A Leader Rank Abyss Beast attacked a weak point in the wall, and Chen Yu wounded it with a Source Energy Impact before exhausting most of his reserves.
• The Stardust Rank commander cut down the elites at the gap and ordered everyone to conserve Source Energy, rotate shifts, and use the fortifications for cover.

Chen Yu failed Endless Mode after reaching the ninth wave, recognizing that his reckless energy use and poor teamwork had cost him, and immediately restarted. Zhou Yuxuan held out until the tenth wave through precise, economical attacks but concluded that he needed a stronger offensive technique.

• Chen Yu adapted to the early waves by conserving Source Energy and coordinating with the rotating Source Warrior groups, but the eighth wave brought breaches and heavy casualties.
• Three Leader Rank Abyss Beasts led the ninth wave, and Chen Yu was overwhelmed after charging back into battle with almost no Source Energy; the system recorded that he had held eight waves.
• Chen Yu reviewed his mistakes and chose to restart, determined to fight differently.
• Zhou Yuxuan carefully observed the defense and used precise ice-blue darts to kill weaker Abyss Beasts and support allies while conserving Source Energy through the early waves.
• As the attacks intensified, Zhou Yuxuan slowed a Leader Rank beast and later tried to block a breach with ice darts, but the defense collapsed and the system recorded that he had held nine waves.
• Zhou Yuxuan decided to spend his recent merit on an offensive technique because his control and damage were insufficient against the stronger enemies.

Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan adapted to Endless Mode through repeated failures, while Lin Yi revealed that he designed it to prepare Blue Star for future interstellar warfare on the Tribal Battlefield. The chapter left the wider purpose of Civilization Promotion Assessments tied to the neighboring races of each star region.

• Chen Yu conserved Source Energy, coordinated with his teammates, and led a flank defense until his group fell in the twelfth wave after holding through the eleventh.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan continued their attempts, refining their battlefield tactics before their training session ended and they compared their progress.
• Lin Yi reviewed students’ forum posts about Endless Mode and saw that they were learning from their failures.
• Lin Yi considered the Tribal Battlefield and the need to prepare Blue Star for prolonged, coordinated warfare beyond the Abyss Tides.
• Lin Yi reflected that Civilization Promotion Assessments were designed around the characteristics of the foreign races neighboring each star region.

East Blade Military Academy and the military launched an assault on No. 7 Small Nest, with Lin Yi observing the battle to select future instructors. Chen Yu led his unit against the beast tide with disciplined teamwork as the fight began.

• Nie Chang addressed the assembled cadets and ordered the forces to move out toward No. 7 Small Nest.
• Lin Yi flew ahead in the Star Radiance fighter and used his soul power to observe the operation and assess potential instructors.
• The ground forces surrounded the Nest while ten Stardust Rank instructors began neutralizing its Source Energy, provoking a large Abyss Beast tide.
• Nie Chang ordered the troops to engage, and artillery, helicopters, and cadet-led units met the charging beasts.
• Chen Yu directed his squad to suppress the Abyss Wolves and target Shield-Armored Beasts, then worked with a cadet to kill an attacking Sting Scorpion.
• During a lull, Chen Yu replenished his Source Energy with a crystal while staying ready at the defensive line.

Lin Yi observed the students’ performance in battle as they applied what they had learned to defend their positions. When reinforcements from the Medium Nest arrived, he erased the strongest beasts but left weaker threats for the students to face, setting up a test for the rising stars.

• Zhou Yuxuan used the rubble and precise attacks to protect his sector, while Zhao Gang conserved his strength by deflecting an elite rhino’s charge.
• Adams supported threatened positions and saved a student from a Blade Giant Ant, while Lin Yi monitored the battlefield and eliminated dangerous beasts in time.
• Nie Chang warned that powerful reinforcements from the Medium Nest had entered the battlefield.
• Lin Yi used the Myriad Phenomena Orb to erase the Abyss Beasts with more than 10,000 points of Source Energy, leaving weaker ones for the students to fight.

Liu Yuan mastered the Azure Nether Sky-Breaking Sword by killing a Shadow Hunter at the brink of death, becoming the second person on Blue Star to touch the threshold of rules. Elsewhere, Chen Yu, Zhou Yuxuan, Zhao Gang, Adams, and Sun Lei defeated a stronger Lava Giant Rhino through teamwork as Lin Yi watched and recorded promising students.

• Liu Yuan faced an 8,900-Source-Energy Shadow Hunter and, under mortal pressure, mastered the Azure Nether Sky-Breaking Sword and killed it with one strike.
• Lin Yi recognized that Liu Yuan had become the second person on Blue Star to touch the threshold of rules.
• Zhou Yuxuan directed Sun Lei and Zhao Gang to block a 6,500-Source-Energy Lava Giant Rhino while Adams disrupted its senses.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan struck the rhino's weak points as Sun Lei and Zhao Gang held its charge, and the five students killed it together.
• Lin Yi approved of the students' teamwork and continued recording promising names as the battle went on.

After the Small Nest was destroyed, Lin Yi established the Source Martial Army Instructor Corps and announced overseas branch assignments. Chen Yu was selected for both and hoped to be assigned to England to search for his missing uncle.

• Lin Yi announced the establishment of the Source Martial Army Instructor Corps, with himself as commander and its members responsible for training soldiers.
• Lin Yi said some members would be sent overseas to lead East Blade Military Academy branches and train local talent.
• Chen Yu received notice that he had joined the Instructor Corps with 20,000 additional monthly merit points and was proposed as an overseas branch principal.
• Chen Yu learned that Zhou Yuxuan was also proposed for an overseas assignment, while Zhao Gang and the others had not received one.
• Chen Yu told Zhou Yuxuan that he hoped to go to England to find his missing third uncle, and Zhou Yuxuan encouraged him to discuss the request with Lin Yi.

Chen Yu asked Lin Yi to appoint him to the English branch so he could search for his third uncle, and Lin Yi agreed to escort him to England. English officials prepared to receive them after Elizabeth advised them to keep the welcome simple and revealed Chen Yu was Lin Yi’s close friend.

• Chen Yu explained his plans and his third uncle’s situation to Lin Yi, who agreed to appoint him principal of the English branch and help search survivor registration records.
• Lin Yi changed his overseas itinerary to make England the first stop and told Liu Qiying to coordinate Chen Yu’s assignment and their arrival.
• English officials received notice that Lin Yi would personally bring Chen Yu to take up his post and discussed how to welcome them.
• Elizabeth advised the officials to avoid tedious formalities and described Chen Yu as talented, reliable, and close to Lin Yi.
• The English officials realized Chen Yu’s friendship with Lin Yi made his appointment especially significant and resolved to treat him carefully.

Lin Yi arrived in Britain to support the East Blade Branch School, advise its graduates, and eliminate the Leader Rank Abyss Beasts in six Large Nests. He left British officials stunned by his offer and said they needed to make no preparations.

• Lin Yi landed in London with Chen Yu and Adams, where Elizabeth and the British officials welcomed him.
• Lin Yi said he had come to support Chen Yu as principal of the East Blade Branch School.
• Lin Yi offered to spend half a day answering questions and advising the East Blade Military Academy graduates led by Elizabeth.
• Lin Yi announced that he would eliminate the Leader Rank Abyss Beasts in Britain's six Large Nests.
• The Speaker offered to arrange support, but Lin Yi said no preparations were needed.

Lin Yi demonstrated the Myriad Phenomena Orb’s power during a tour of the London Tower branch campus, secretly destroying six Large Nest leaders across England and sending their Spirit Radiance Crystals to his fighter. The chairman discreetly confirmed the threats were gone, while Elizabeth and Chen Yu shared an understanding of the political awkwardness as the tour continued.

• Lin Yi transformed the Myriad Phenomena Orb into six black blades, then asked Elizabeth to show him the campus and demonstrate her progress.
• The six blades silently killed the leaders of England’s six Large Nests, and their Spirit Radiance Crystals flew to the Star-Glitter Fighter.
• The chairman sent a senior official to verify the six threats had been eliminated, then continued the tour without acknowledging the exchange.
• Elizabeth noticed the chairman’s maneuver and felt embarrassed, while Adams shared her discomfort.
• Chen Yu understood Elizabeth’s awkwardness and reassured her with a wink, and the group continued its campus tour.

Lin Yi asked England’s Speaker of Parliament to look for Chen Yu’s missing relative, Chen Hang. Half a month later, English officials found Chen Hang at a settlement and asked whether he was related to Chen Yu.

• Lin Yi toured the East Blade Branch School and answered cultivation questions from Elizabeth and other East Blade graduates.
• Lin Yi asked England’s Speaker of Parliament to search for Chen Hang, a relative of Principal Chen Yu who had gone missing after the disaster.
• Half a month later, Chen Hang worked as a supply clerk in a southern England settlement, where improved conditions for Xia Kingdom citizens had given him a safer life.
• Two English officials arrived with the settlement administrator and asked Chen Hang whether he had a relative named Chen Yu.

British officials found Chen Hang at Chen Yu's request and brought him to the East Blade Branch School in England. Chen Hang reunited with his transformed nephew and met Elizabeth, whom Chen Yu introduced as a friend and a pillar of England.

• Chen Hang feared Chen Yu had gotten into trouble, but British officials told him Chen Yu had asked them to find his family.
• The officials explained that Chen Yu had become principal of East Blade Source Martial Academy's branch school in England and escorted Chen Hang to London Tower.
• Chen Hang washed and changed before the British convoy took him to the school.
• Chen Yu reunited with Chen Hang, who was relieved to see him safe and recognized his nephew's powerful Source Warrior presence.
• Chen Yu introduced Elizabeth to Chen Hang as his classmate, good friend, and one of England's main pillars.

Chen Hang reunited with Chen Yu and learned that Elizabeth had been helping him, while Lin Yi continued establishing East Blade branch schools overseas. As Lin Yi prepared to enter America, he approved Zhou Yuxuan’s teaching strategy and decided the country needed a firsthand demonstration of Xia Kingdom’s strength.

• Chen Hang greeted Elizabeth and asked Chen Yu what had happened during the months when England had been cut off from information.
• Lin Yi’s Star-Glitter Fighter delivered selected East Blade principals to posts across the Frank Kingdom, the Junker Kingdom, and the Ross Kingdom as overseas branch schools gained support.
• After learning about Lin Yi’s victory over a Star Core Level Abyss Beast and the Merit System, America applied to join the Blue Star Community and invited East Blade Military Academy to establish a branch school.
• Lin Yi asked Zhou Yuxuan about his plan for teaching in America, and Zhou Yuxuan proposed building fundamentals, assessing students publicly, and gradually winning over local Source Energy groups.
• Lin Yi approved Zhou Yuxuan’s plan and said America needed to experience an unmistakable display of strength firsthand.

Lin Yi arrived in America to establish East Blade Military Academy's American branch and demonstrated his overwhelming power to the waiting officials and students. He sent fifteen dark beams toward the country's fifteen registered Large Nests, leaving their destination and impact to unfold.

• Charles Norton and American officials gathered with Andre and East Blade students at the former West Hall Military Academy to welcome Lin Yi.
• The Star-Glitter Fighter appeared without being detected, and Lin Yi descended with Zhou Yuxuan.
• Lin Yi released his Source Energy and spiritual pressure, overwhelming the officials, generals, and students as the Myriad Phenomena Orb hovered beside him.
• Lin Yi announced the establishment of the East Blade American branch and turned the Orb into fifteen dark beams for America's fifteen registered Large Nests.
• Lin Yi sent the beams in different directions, leaving conspicuous black trails across the sky for people throughout America to see.

Lin Yi demonstrated his power by destroying fifteen Large Nests and collecting their crystals, then taught the East Blade students before turning his attention back to his own advancement. He resolved to reach 100% rule comprehension and master his first Rule Domain before the Civilization Promotion Assessment ended.

• Lin Yi erased fifteen Large Nests and their surrounding land, then summoned the crystal rivers from each site into the Star-Glitter Fighter.
• Lin Yi told Supreme Governor Norton that his power was for dealing with enemies and that East Blade’s true gift was knowledge; Norton promised support for Zhou Yuxuan and the branch school.
• Lin Yi answered Andre’s Stardust Rank questions for about an hour while the students listened with renewed awe.
• Lin Yi boarded the Star-Glitter Fighter and left for East Blade Military Academy, replenishing his Source Energy on the way.
• Lin Yi reviewed Blue Star’s developing overseas school network and decided to pursue 100% rule comprehension and his first Rule Domain before the assessment ended.

Lin Yi spent a year and a half studying the Metal Element Rule through meditation and combat, but his comprehension stalled at 31.5%. He realized his progress depended on the Purple Mist Space and Spirit Enlightenment Qi, which had accumulated enough to grant him 12 minutes of enlightenment.

• Lin Yi studied the Metal Element Rule by the sea and tested his insights against Abyss Beasts near Nests.
• Lin Yi developed techniques from his experiments and added manuals such as Flowing Gold Bind to the Merit System for Stardust Rank students.
• Nie Chang praised Lin Yi's contributions to the Source Martial Army, while Liu Qiying noted that the manuals required steep merit points.
• After a year and a half, Lin Yi assessed his rule comprehension at 31.5% and recognized that his progress had nearly stopped.
• Lin Yi calculated that the Spirit Enlightenment Qi accumulated in his Purple Mist Space could provide 12 minutes of enlightenment.