Pretending to be a genius starts with the civilization advancement assessment.

Chapter 346 The Sovereign's Summoning
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Lin Yi's arrogant roar of "Who else?" carried the lingering echoes of the laws of time and space, rippling through the starry sky in visible circles. It not only resounded in every corner of the surface battlefield but also penetrated the invisible barrier of the "Two Realms Abyss," clearly reverberating in the void where the energy turbulence was even more violent in the inner battlefield.

It even spread to higher dimensions.

There, two magnificent phantom figures faced each other across the void.

The illusory figure on the left, with a warm and jade-like blue light flowing around it, contained boundless vitality. Its mere existence seemed to soothe all the chaotic energy currents around it. It was the projection of the will of the Spirit Race's ruler, Qingyan.

The phantom on the right was shrouded in a layer of surging, deep darkness that seemed to devour all light. Within the darkness, the terrifying phenomenon of countless stars being born and dying could be vaguely seen, radiating a cold and domineering will. It was the projection of the Abyss Clan, the ruler of the Black Ruins.

These two are the supreme commanders in charge of this vast starfield battlefield.

Their true forms are all in seclusion recovering from injuries sustained in earlier battles, but even if they are just projections here, their will is enough to influence the course of the battle.

On the battlefield below, Lin Yi's astonishing performance and his roar that pierced through dimensions naturally fell into the perception of these two beings without missing a single detail.

"Humph!"

The phantom of the Black Ruins Overlord, shrouded in deep darkness, let out a cold snort.

"With a body like Xingxuan, you've only managed to grasp a rudimentary understanding of spacetime, yet you're so arrogant and ignorant. Qingyan, this little bug under your Spirit Clan's command is quite adept at jumping around."

The illusory figure of Qingyan, surrounded by flowing azure light, smiled upon hearing this.

"Black Ruins, why get angry? It's normal for children to be a little impetuous. But your two Abyssal Realms... tsk tsk, they're really good stuff. I remember you said before that once you put them down, you can't take them back, so you told me to give up on that idea?"

His words were plain, yet every word was piercing.

The division of the battlefield between the two realms was originally a calculated move by the Abyss Clan and the Erosion Clan to maximize their advantage in low- and mid-level troops and to contain the high-level powerhouses of the Pan-Spirit Alliance.

But now, Lin Yi, a monster who has completely transcended the conventional combat power system, has emerged out of nowhere. With his Star Swirl body, he has shown battlefield dominance comparable to a high-level cultivator in the Derivation Realm, and has instead become a poisonous thorn stuck in the body of the Abyss Clan.

If this thorn is not removed, the advantage of low-level troops on the surface battlefield will vanish, and they may even be slaughtered instead.

However, if the thorns are removed, the high-level experts in the inner battlefield will have to be distracted and interfere, which directly contradicts the original intention of the Two Realms Abyss to divide the battlefield and will give the high-level experts of the Pan-Spirit Alliance an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

They released the fish into the deep pool and now they might have torn the net and startled the fish.

Qingyan's words hit the Black Ruins Sore Spot.

The darkness surrounding the Black Ruins Overlord surged violently, clearly indicating rising anger, but at their level, emotions would not easily affect their judgment.

He responded coldly: "Sharp-tongued. A slightly stronger insect can't change the overall situation."

"is it?"

The Azure Emperor remained noncommittal, his gentle azure gaze sweeping meaningfully over the magnificent Star Origin God General below.

At the same time, a command of will was quietly issued directly to every strong warrior in the inner battlefield through the battlefield communication network.

[Keep your opponents engaged and do not allow them any spare energy to interfere with the main battle!]
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The inner battlefield, a desolate wasteland filled with chaotic spatial fragments and annihilating energy.

"Hahaha! Get the hell back here!"

The Venerable Xuan Yan laughed loudly, and the azure sword light surrounding his body surged like a reversed galaxy. The originally ethereal and agile sword aura suddenly turned into a heavy and majestic one, crashing down without any frills towards the dark golden figure in front of him who was trying to become ethereal and escape.

That dark golden figure was none other than Xuan Yan, the Venerable Lord's opponent in this battle, a Venerable Lord of the Abyss Clan known for his defense and strength.

He had already received veiled instructions from higher-ups to extricate himself from the situation and deliver a severe blow to that arrogant "insect" below, but he was unexpectedly entangled by Xuan Yan.

Faced with this sudden and violent attack, he had no choice but to interrupt his secret technique, roared, and turned around to condense a dark gold giant shield covered with mysterious patterns to defend himself.

Boom!
The shockwave from the collision completely annihilated several nearby broken stellar debris.

Lord Xuan Yan laughed heartily, his eyes filled with undisguised mockery. "Didn't you just solemnly lecture me, saying something like 'You must concentrate in battle, otherwise you'll die a horrible death on the battlefield'?"

"What, you've only been gone a short while and you're already getting distracted? What, it hasn't been long, and you've already lost your mind before even getting hurt? You forgot what you said?"

"You!" The Abyss Clan Lord was furious but speechless.

He knew that with Xuan Yan around, he had no chance of escaping today.

"Enough talk! Take this!" Xuan Yan pressed his advantage, his sword flashing again, attacking like a storm, dragging his opponent firmly into the quagmire of fierce battle.
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In another area, the void resembled a jigsaw puzzle with misaligned fault lines and hidden spatial traps everywhere.

A figure covered in blood and with tattered battle robes was moving at incredible speed through the gaps between countless spatial traps. It was Zhenyu, who had risked his life to relieve the enemy's siege earlier.

Behind him, two blurry figures followed closely, their bodies radiating powerful spatial law fluctuations; they were clearly two Eternal Gods of the Space Law from the Eclipse Clan.

The two worked in perfect harmony, constantly using the laws of space to create obstacles and encircle the enemy.

However, at a certain moment, the pursuit of the two Eclipse Gods behind them was momentarily slowed down, and the figure of one of the Eclipse Gods suddenly disappeared.

Zhenyu immediately noticed the commotion behind him.

"Humph!"

The prison guard, who had been on the run, suddenly stopped.

Then, he suddenly turned around, and his previously disheveled aura instantly became incredibly sharp.

The seemingly broken, pale silver battle blade in his hand suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly dazzling light, and countless fine spatial cracks spread across its surface.

"Having a good time chasing you, huh? You really think I'm afraid of you?!"

Zhenyu's eyes flashed with cold light, and he unleashed a simple, unadorned slash at one of the Eclipse Clan space gods who was slightly slow to react due to distraction.

With a flash of light, as if transcending the limitations of space, the blade appeared directly in front of the Devouring Clan deity.

The deity was horrified and hastily conjured layers of folded spatial barriers before retreating rapidly.

Click!Click!
Wherever the blade flashed, the spatial barrier, strong enough to withstand the full force of an ordinary god, shattered layer by layer like fragile glass.

"puff!"

Although the blade failed to kill it, it left a deep, gruesome wound on the chest of the Devouring God, with edges constantly crumbling and attempting to heal.

Dark green divine blood instantly spilled into the void, causing the space itself to sizzle and corrode.

"you dare!"

Another Eclipse God was both shocked and furious. He hurriedly returned to provide support, and at the same time, he did not forget to launch a weak spatial tearing attack at the surface battlefield below, across the barrier between the two worlds, in an attempt to interfere with Lin Yi.

Having landed a successful blow, Zhenyu did not greedily claim credit. His figure blurred again, and his cold laughter echoed in the chaotic space: "Two against one, and you've barely gained the upper hand. You still dare to be distracted? You're courting death!"

The second Eclipse God looked at his companion's unhealable wound on the chest with an extremely grim expression.

He knew that his companion's injury wouldn't heal anytime soon.

They only had a slight advantage initially, but now that one of them is injured, it's impossible to suppress Zhenyu anymore. Instead, they need to worry about being defeated one by one.

Left with no other choice, they could only focus their attention and keep a close eye on the possible location of the prison, no longer daring to be distracted in the slightest.

As for the battlefield below, good luck to you.
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To their left, in another battle zone, five figures of laws, as vast as the sea, were besieging three other equally imposing figures.

Among the five figures, two were gods of the Abyss Clan, and three were gods of the Eclipse Clan.

The three figures being besieged, the one in the middle, surrounded by dark golden light, was none other than Ming Luo, the president of the Executive Committee of the Purple Gold Star Alliance and an eternal god!
To his left is an eternal deity of the Spirit Race, governed by the laws of life and death; to his right is an eternal deity of the Holy Radiance Race, governed by the laws of light.

Five against three, seemingly outnumbered, but Mingluo and his two companions cooperated seamlessly, their laws complementing each other, and with the powerful combat strength of the spirit god, the battle was evenly matched for a time.

When the order from their clan's ruler was received, the auras of the two Abyss Eternal Gods fluctuated, indicating that they intended to do something.

They knew all too well that the monster that had suddenly appeared below posed a great threat to their low- and mid-level troops.

However, when they glanced at their three Eclipse Clan companions, they found that although the others were also watching below, they did not immediately intervene. In fact, there was a subtle meaning in their eye contact.

The two Abyss Clan gods felt a chill in their hearts.

Although the Eclipse Clan and the Abyss Clan are allies, they have a deep-seated historical enmity. Since the start of the war, it has been common for powerful individuals with old grudges to secretly sabotage and harm each other.

Currently, the Abyss Clan has deployed a significantly larger proportion of its forces on the surface battlefield than the Eclipse Clan, so these three guys aren't in a hurry at all.

If the two of them were to lose focus and attack rashly, causing a breach in the formation, who could guarantee that these three Eclipse Clan members wouldn't "carelessly" allow the combined attack of the three enemies to fall on them?

Their strength was already slightly inferior, and if they were to take a combined attack from the three of them, even if they didn't die, they would definitely suffer unimaginable damage, possibly even damaging their very essence, requiring a long time and rare treasures to recover.

The risk is too great!

The two Abyss Gods exchanged a glance, both seeing the fear and helplessness in each other's eyes.

In the end, they could only suppress their thoughts and continue to fight Mingluo and the other two, but their attacks became somewhat impatient.

Meanwhile, the three eternal deities of the Pan-Spirit Alliance were not only engaged in fierce combat, but also exchanging ideas on a soul level.

"Although being able to survive five thousand years in the myriad secret realms must have involved some extraordinary encounter, and his understanding of the laws cannot be judged by ordinary standards, it is still too exaggerated for a star core to have perfected the laws of time." The eternal god of the Holy Radiance Clan transmitted his voice, his tone filled with undisguised amazement. "Even if he makes no further progress in the future, with just this perfected law of time, once he steps into eternity, he will definitely be one of the most troublesome beings among the gods."

"That's not the most crucial point," the Eternal God of the Spirit Race interjected. "Lin Yi cultivates both space and time. With his talent, he's already on the verge of becoming a Venerable Lord. Moreover, if he does manage to reach that level... Mingluo, he's a prodigy from your Purple Gold Star Alliance. If he becomes successful in the future, don't forget to help us out."

While manipulating the dark golden, sharp light to steadily withstand the dark tide blasted by a Yuan Clan deity, Mingluo responded with a smile: "Don't joke with me. Lin Yi's success today is entirely due to his own opportunities and hard work. My Purple Gold Star Alliance merely provided him with a platform when he was still insignificant. How dare we take credit? His safe return is already a blessing for the human race and a boon for the Pan-Spirit Alliance."

His tone was sincere, but his mind was racing.

Lin Yi's rise to power is simply too fast!

It happened so fast that even he was caught off guard.

During the Genius Battle, he saw Lin Yi's extraordinary potential and, in his capacity as the president of the Star Alliance, added a contact mark and sent him a gift.

But this relationship, in the end, is just a casual acquaintance.

Originally, I planned to gradually deepen our connection and build a relationship after Lin Yi returned to the human territory and the Purple Gold Star Alliance from the Genius Battle.

Who would have thought that this guy, who had been missing for five thousand years, would return as a monster with "perfected Star Core-level Time Law"!

This can no longer be described as a promising prospect; this is someone destined to become a superstar of eternal or even higher caliber in the future.

"We must strengthen our ties and solidify this friendship as soon as possible!" Minglu thought to himself. "With such an innate connection, if we can't seize the opportunity, being laughed at by other old guys in the future is a minor matter. What's truly foolish is missing the chance to befriend a super strong person who can perform resurrection!"

His mind raced, already considering how to re-establish a closer relationship with Lin Yi in the most natural and effective way after the war.
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Surface battlefield.

Lin Yi was currently completely unaware of the undercurrents and clashes that had arisen above the Two Realms Abyss and in the inner battlefield because of him.

He let out a furious roar, unleashing the rage he had been holding back for five thousand years, and without pausing, he continued his relentless advance toward the combined fleet of the Abyss Clan and the Devourer Clan.

Along the way, there were still a few enemy battle groups that had not been completely terrified and tried to stop them, but they were often torn apart by the silver-gray sword light that the Star Origin God General casually slashed before they could even get close.

During this time, several attacks, though slightly weaker than the previous strike from the God of Death, but still at the level of gods, once again pierced through the barrier between the two realms and attacked Lin Yi.

There was a corrosive, dark green poisonous fog; a pale, chilling tide that could freeze the soul; and a distorting force field that could disrupt direction.
These attacks clearly originated from the deities in the inner battlefield who were entangled with their opponents but still managed to spare a sliver of strength. Their power was insufficient to pose a fatal threat to the Star Origin Gods in good condition; their purpose was merely to disrupt and slow down Lin Yi's progress, buying time for the warship cluster to adjust and defend.

Lin Yi didn't even bother to use his sword to slash.

The armor woven from the laws of light and darkness around the Star Origin God General flickered, deflecting and absorbing most of the energy attacks; the illusory cloak swayed, making the interference from the frozen space disappear like mud into the sea; the dozens of advanced law runes covering his entire body lit up slightly, forming a composite resistance field that easily dissolved the remaining law erosion.

These hasty and scattered attacks from the gods from afar were indeed of little consequence to him.

Before long, the Star Origin God General swept through the enemy lines like a whirlwind, breaking through the last few thick defensive lines composed of elite defensive legions in front of the warship cluster.

Suddenly, everything became clear to Lin Yi.

It was a scene that was both incredibly magnificent and incredibly grotesque.

Countless enormous biological warships filled the vast starry sky.

They come in all shapes and sizes; some resemble ferocious beetles magnified billions of times, while others are modified cosmic behemoths.

Dark purple and dark green bio-energy shields flowed across the ship's surface, and countless cannon muzzles—those writhing mouthparts and split bio-spore sacs—were gleaming with a dangerous light.

At this moment, some warships on Lin Yi's side were frantically adjusting their course, aiming their most powerful main cannons at the terrifying giant that had suddenly appeared before them.

"Still trying to resist? Too late!"

A cold glint flashed in Lin Yi's eyes.

The Star Origin God suddenly accelerated, like a colorful meteor falling into a flock of sheep, and crashed directly into the edge of the warship cluster.

Boom! Crack! Sizzle!
With a swing of his left arm, the Star Origin God unleashed the laws of Crimson Sun and Frost, cleaving a giant centipede-shaped biological warship in two from head to tail. One half of the broken section carbonized, while the other half froze.

With a sweep of his right sword, a silver-gray spacetime sword beam silently passed by, causing the flow of time on the surfaces of the three motherships, which resembled tumors, to become chaotic. In an instant, the ship structures underwent millions of years of erosion, directly weathering and disintegrating into cosmic dust.

With a stomp, the foot, formed from the earth and the golden blade laws, crushed a manta ray-like warship attempting to escape, along with its thick bio-armor, into a bloody pulp.

The Star Origin God was like a highly efficient killing machine, rampaging through the dense fleet of warships.

Wherever it passed, the wreckage of warships, mixed with biological tissue and energy slurry, was poured onto the cold starry sky like a torrential rain.

"Stop him! Destroy! Use suicide ships to entangle him!"

Sharp instructions were being frantically transmitted through enemy communications.

Soon, Lin Yi noticed something was wrong.

Those biological warships that were closer to him and clearly did not have time to turn around or escape did not continue to attack or retreat. Instead, they took the initiative to approach him, and at the same time, a violently rising energy reaction came from inside the ship.

This is a suicide interception tactic targeting high-level enemy units that have broken into the fleet.

"Heh, trying to stall me with a self-destruction?"

Lin Yi's mind raced.

Star Origin God General unfurled his cloak, choosing neither to confront the attack head-on nor to retreat. Instead, he took a step forward with a whoosh, his figure instantly blurring as if blending into the surrounding spatial background.

Phase walk!

Boom boom boom!

More than a dozen biological warships, having reached their limit of power, suddenly exploded.

The violent energy storm instantly engulfed the area, tearing several friendly ships that were unable to escape into pieces.

However, when the energy storm subsided slightly...

The Star Origin God General's magnificent, colorful body had already appeared in the same spot, completely unharmed except for a few specks of energy dust on its body.

It raised its spacetime giant sword once more, locking onto another area densely packed with warships ahead.

But at that moment, Lin Yi's gaze sharpened slightly.

He discovered that the entire massive enemy fleet was undergoing a large-scale change in formation.

Apart from a few warships used as a rearguard that were destined to be abandoned, which continued to fire wildly and even prepared to self-destruct to intercept, the remaining biological warships simultaneously began to turn, their huge biological propulsion organs at the stern spewing out dark tail flames as they began to accelerate their retreat.

It's not just a fleet of warships.

In the distance, on the main battlefield where the fighting was still fierce but the battle lines were clearly shifting backward, similar changes were also observed.

The enemy battle group, unable to break free at the forefront, desperately blocked the pursuit of the Pan-Spirit Alliance, while other battle groups avoided his direction and began to retreat methodically into the deeper starry sky.

They... retreated?
The Star Origin God paused temporarily, hovering amidst the chaotic wreckage of the warship.

Lin Yi stood there, his brows slightly furrowed. He didn't rush to pursue, but instead quickly assessed his own condition.

[Current total energy level of the Psionic Star Source Battle Array: 44.3%]

[Core Law Rune Array Completeness: 58.7%]

[The solidity of the Time-Space Giant Sword: 72.1%]

The condition is still relatively good, but the source energy is not much left.

If we continue the pursuit, given the speed and firepower of the Star Origin God General, we can at least leave behind quite a few enemy warships. Alternatively, if we turn around and pursue, we can also leave behind some retreating battle groups.

But
Lin Yi sensed that his own battle groups were also exhausted and needed rest, so he suppressed the idea of ​​pursuing them.

"Forget it, don't pursue a cornered enemy. The objective of this battle has been achieved: to rendezvous with the personnel from the secret realm, stabilize the exit defense line, and severely damage the enemy's morale."

"Besides, since the other side has backed down, it's better not to push them too far. If we push them too far, and it triggers the inner battlefield lord's desperate intervention, it will not be good."

The pros and cons became clear in my mind instantly.

Lin Yi made a decisive decision.

The Star Origin God's slowly dissipating spacetime giant sword completely transformed into specks of light. Its majestic body turned around, no longer looking at the retreating enemy, but at the deepest part of its own defensive line, landing on the massive interstellar war fortress that stood tall within the stellar chain defense circle.

Returning to port.

When Lin Yi controlled the Star Origin God General, concealing the heart-palpitating radiance of the laws, and returned to the Pan-Spirit Alliance front at a relatively peaceful speed, he was greeted by a tsunami of cheers wherever he went.

"grown ups!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Invincible!!"

Whether it was the elite battle group he had just rescued, the other units that were fighting hard, or even the warriors who had rushed out of the secret realm and were being received and resettled, everyone looked up at the slowly descending, colorful giant with the most fervent gaze.

Many commanders of the warbands even directly controlled their source energy giants to give the most solemn military salute in the direction of the Star Origin God General.

Irelia stood at the forefront, controlling her silver-blue energy giant. Although the giant was battered and broken, her eyes shone like stars as she looked at Lin Yi, containing too many indescribable emotions.

Lin Yi deactivated the complete form of the Star Origin God General, and the Origin Energy Giant transformed into countless points of light.

He himself, along with Edith and other core members, led more than 1,300 Star Origin Society core members, who had been reorganized and were full of vigor, towards the interstellar war fortress that resembled a giant star beast.

Outside the fortress lies a magnificent defensive line composed of hundreds of stars that have been linked and modified—the Stellar Chain Defense.

The intense stellar energy is confined and guided to form layers upon layers of indestructible energy shields and defensive arrays, which are the most important strategic fulcrum in this war zone.

After passing through layers of verification, the group entered the fortress.

In the giant passage filled with metal and energy circuits, the people from all sides who had already received the news turned their heads to look at this group of legendary geniuses who had just returned from the secret realm and turned the tide of the battle as soon as they appeared. Their eyes were filled with curiosity and awe.

Just as Lin Yi had arranged for Edith and others to lead the Star Origin Society members to the temporarily allocated rest area, a familiar figure appeared silently in front of him.

He wore a long blue robe, had a handsome face, and his eyes were gentle yet deep and unfathomable.

It was none other than the Venerable Lord Xuanyan.

"Lin Yi." The Xuan Yan Venerable looked at the young man before him, who once needed his recommendation to join the list of special geniuses, but now could stir up the winds and clouds of the galaxy, and a sincere smile appeared on his face. "Congratulations on your successful return. You deserve great credit for this battle."

Lin Yi bowed respectfully: "Your Excellency. I dare not take credit. My survival is entirely due to the concerted efforts of everyone, plus a little bit of luck."

“No need to be so modest.” Lord Xuan Yan waved his hand, his smile fading slightly, and his tone turned serious. “Your merits are recorded in the battle reports, and your post-battle rewards will certainly not be lacking. However, we can discuss these details later.”

He looked directly at Lin Yi and said slowly, "Now, there is something more important: Lord Qingyan has summoned me."

The Lord summons me!

Lin Yi felt a chill run down his spine.

For him now, the eternal gods are already on equal footing, the sovereign is the next goal he will strive for, but the ruler is still an existence he needs to look up to!

Based on limited information, reaching the Overlord level can be considered as transforming into a life form from another dimension.

"Yes," Lin Yi replied solemnly.

Lord Xuan Yan turned around and gestured for Lin Yi to follow.

The two walked silently through the magnificent fortress passage, the surrounding noise and bustle seemingly separated by an invisible barrier.

After walking for a while, just before reaching the heavy gate leading to the most core and secret area of ​​the fortress, Lord Xuan Yan paused slightly without turning around, but his meaningful voice clearly reached Lin Yi's ears.

"Lin Yi, the Azure King is a kind and benevolent elder, a pillar of the Spirit Clan, and one of the cornerstones of the Pan-Spirit Alliance. When you see the King later, speak your mind without concealment or exaggeration."

He paused slightly, seemingly considering his words, before continuing:

"You have rendered a great service this time, but we are now at a critical juncture in the great battle, and the Sovereign's time is extremely precious. Remember, be clear and concise in your statements, and do not waste the Sovereign's time with unnecessary words. Do you understand?"

"Having made a great contribution, one should not speak excessively about crucial matters."

Lin Yi pondered for a moment, and then, recalling the blatant reminder from the Xuan Yan Venerable at the Sovereign's gate, he immediately understood the deeper meaning behind his words.

These words were probably not just meant for him.
"Junior understands."

Lin Yi answered in a deep voice, already knowing what was going on.

The Venerable Xuan Yan nodded, said no more, and placed his hand on the giant gate that was engraved with countless complex spiritual patterns and emitted a soul-suppressing fluctuation.

The gate slid open silently to both sides.

Behind the door was a deep passage that seemed to lead to the end of the starry sky.

At the end of the passage, a gentle, jade-like figure sat quietly.

(End of this chapter)