Chapter Summaries

Lu Buwei used the Dragon Stealing Secret Art to seize Cheng Xi’s energy, but Cheng Xi disrupted the link and unleashed a Chaos Shriek that summoned a higher-dimensional threat. Cheng Xi collapsed unconscious as a distant gaze locked onto the scene and dispatched a Cleaner unit.

• Lu Buwei pressed the Dragon Soul fragment to Cheng Xi’s forehead and tried to graft Cheng Xi’s Chaos Space, the Star Devouring Vine passage, and the Ancestral Dragon core onto himself.
• Cheng Xi used the Chaos Algorithm to disrupt Lu Buwei’s energy channel, while the Yin Yang School leader recorded the secret art and the Star Devouring Vine attacked Lu Buwei.
• Ying Zheng turned his Tai’a Sword toward the Yin Yang School leader as Cheng Xi’s chaotic energy resonance produced a shrill Chaos Shriek that disrupted everyone’s powers.
• The Chaos Shriek reached the eyes in deep space, which classified HC-07 as a greater risk and dispatched a Cleaner unit.
• Cheng Xi lost consciousness, and a new, terrifying gaze descended on Lu Buwei, the Yin Yang School leader, Ying Zheng, and the Star Devouring Vine.

A cosmic Scavenger Unit descended on Shennong Cave and began formatting anomalous beings, forcing Lu Buwei and Xing Hun’s avatar to flee. Cheng Xi absorbed the purge energy and entered a dangerous transformation as the white eye withdrew, leaving Ying Zheng near death and a new singularity forming within Cheng Xi.

• A white eye appeared above Shennong Cave, and Scavenger Unit G-77 marked Lu Buwei for formatting.
• Lu Buwei sacrificed a substitute talisman, transferred much of his contaminated energy into Cheng Xi, and fled.
• Xing Hun’s avatar used his star map to delay the formatting beam and escaped, though his avatar was badly damaged.
• The white eye targeted the Star Devouring Vine, Ying Zheng, and Cheng Xi, so Ying Zheng used his blood and Imperial Destiny to shield Cheng Xi and the Dragon Soul.
• Cheng Xi’s Chaos drew in the formatting energy and began transforming it, while an Entropy Singularity prototype formed within him.
• The white eye withdrew after elevating Cheng Xi’s risk level for observation, leaving Ying Zheng gravely injured and Cheng Xi undergoing violent changes.

Cheng Xi sealed himself inside a Stone Cocoon after Ying Zheng was gravely wounded, while the Ancestor Dragon Origin chose to reside in Ying Zheng’s Kindling Fire Imprint fragment. With Lu Buwei stirring unrest in Xianyang, the Qin forces hurried back to protect the emperor and left guards behind to watch Cheng Xi.

• Ying Zheng collapsed unconscious after resisting the Formatted Power of Order, and Meng Tian and Wang Jian found him beside the unstable Cheng Xi.
• Cheng Xi’s energies reached a fragile balance and formed a Stone Cocoon that Jing Ke warned them not to disturb.
• The Ancestor Dragon Origin passed over Ying Zheng and Cheng Xi, then entered the Kindling Fire Imprint fragment in Ying Zheng’s arms.
• A messenger reported that Lu Buwei had gone into seclusion while his followers spread rumors about Ying Zheng and political unrest spread through Qin.
• Meng Tian left loyal soldiers to guard Cheng Xi, while the main force escorted Ying Zheng and the Dragon Soul back to Xianyang.
• Inside the Stone Cocoon, the Singularity of Entropy absorbed residual energy and continued to grow as unrest rose in the north.

As Ying Zheng lay comatose, Lu Buwei prepared to seize Xianyang while Cheng Xi’s consciousness remained trapped inside the Stone Cocoon, where a new Entropy Structure was taking shape. The Qin Death Warriors remained stranded in Shennong Cave as the cocoon’s power grew and distant observers continued monitoring the unfolding crisis.

• Ying Zheng's guarded imperial carriage returned to Xianyang, where rumors of his coma and political maneuvering stirred the city and court.
• The Qin Death Warriors found themselves trapped in Shennong Cave as the Stone Cocoon drained the cave’s energy and their attempts to send scouts failed.
• Cheng Xi’s Chaos Origin absorbed the cave’s remaining energies and used fragments of Lu Buwei’s Dragon Stealing Technique and formatting order to build an Entropy Structure.
• Lu Buwei ordered a northern army commandant to prepare a march on Xianyang under the banner of protecting the king, claiming that treacherous ministers had injured Ying Zheng.
• Lu Buwei told Xing Hun that he would retrieve Cheng Xi and the Dragon Soul after taking control of Xianyang, while distant observers updated their records of both men.

Lu Buwei’s rebellion brought Xianyang to the brink of falling, but the Kindling Fire Imprint in Ying Zheng’s arms awakened the Ancestor Dragon and turned the defenders’ fortunes. Far away, Cheng Xi emerged from his Stone Cocoon with a newly stabilized Entropy Structure, and a deep-space entity dispatched Scavenger Kai to eradicate him.

• Lu Buwei’s forces surrounded Xianyang and launched a coup, while Wang Jian defended the palace and Meng Tian protected the unconscious Ying Zheng.
• In Shennong Cave, Cheng Xi’s Stone Cocoon dissolved, revealing him with a newly stabilized Entropy Structure whose aura drained vitality from its surroundings.
• The Kindling Fire Imprint in Ying Zheng’s arms erupted in golden light and released a dragon roar that rallied the defenders and disrupted the Rebel Army.
• Lu Buwei reacted with shock to the Ancestor Dragon’s awakening as the roar’s energy signature reached a deep-space entity.
• The deep-space entity raised the threat level of the HC-07 Associated Event and deployed Scavenger Kai to eradicate Cheng Xi.

Cheng Xi used a paradoxical energy attack to destroy the Prismatic Crystal that had locked time in Shennong Cave. After absorbing its order energy, he gained the ability to briefly mimic order, while a hint of Ying Zheng's connection to him remained.

• The Prismatic Crystal, Scavenger Kai Unit G-77β, locked Shennong Cave in spacetime and began scanning Cheng Xi to reset his Entropy Structure.
• Cheng Xi analyzed the crystal's force field and planned to use fragments of order to contaminate its core.
• In Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng's Ancestor Dragon Origin broke free from the Kindling Fire Imprint and sent life and civilization energy through its connection to Cheng Xi.
• Cheng Xi combined the Dragon Soul's energy with order fragments and entropy force to fire the Arrow of False Order into the Prismatic Crystal.
• The crystal's logic collapsed, and it shattered as Cheng Xi absorbed its order energy and gained preliminary order camouflage and anti-analysis capabilities.
• The spacetime lock lifted, and Cheng Xi opened his eyes as the Qin Death Warriors watched; the deep-space log raised his risk level to Annihilation class and switched to long-term observation.

Cheng Xi recovered enough to leave Shennong Cave and head north toward Xianyang, while the Mohists disrupted Lu Buwei’s forces and helped restore a trace of vitality to Ying Zheng. Lu Buwei learned that Cheng Xi was approaching and prepared a trap around his residence as Cheng Xi entered the capital.

• Lu Buwei ordered his troops to intensify their assault on the palace after dismissing the dragon roar as Ying Zheng’s final struggle.
• Jing Ke led Mohist operatives in striking Lu Buwei’s supply and command strongholds, then rescued an imperial physician from a rebel-controlled clinic.
• Cheng Xi reviewed his fragmented memories and situation, chose to travel to Xianyang, and moved north from Shennong Cave.
• The imperial physician treated the unconscious Ying Zheng after detecting a faint revival of vitality in his meridians.
• Lu Buwei learned that a withering, non-human presence was advancing toward Xianyang and set the Nine Nether Spirit Devouring Array as a trap.
• Ying Zheng’s fingers moved slightly as Cheng Xi entered Xianyang and the gaze from deep space continued to observe events.

Cheng Xi breached Lu Buwei’s Nine Nether Spirit Devouring Array with his Entropy Force Field while Ying Zheng awoke in the palace and prepared to confront the rebellion. As Lu Buwei attempted a forbidden star-summoning attack, an unidentified swordsman intervened and severed his connection to the array.

• Lu Buwei used Cheng Xi’s scale to track him and prepared the Nine Nether Spirit Devouring Array to capture and study his power.
• Cheng Xi found an unstable point in the array and used his Entropy Force Field to decay its energy, then advanced through the array as its soul phantoms and defenses disintegrated.
• Ying Zheng awoke after the imperial physician removed the final silver needle, learned of the fighting, and asked Meng Tian and Jing Ke to help him rise.
• Lu Buwei activated the forbidden Star Calling Secret Art to summon a fallen star, but an unidentified swordsman severed his connection to the array and caused the spell to backfire.

After Lu Buwei’s array backfired, Cheng Xi devoured his remaining power and stolen Qin fortune, while Ying Zheng’s return rallied the defenders and restored order in Xianyang. Cheng Xi’s gains triggered a high-dimensional threat, and Ying Zheng chose to stake Qin’s fortune on a defensive barrier as the Eye of Heavenly Punishment targeted the city.

• A mysterious rooftop figure severed Lu Buwei’s connection to the array core, causing the Nine Nether Spirit Devouring Array to turn against him.
• Cheng Xi devoured Lu Buwei’s collapsing cultivation, soul fragments, and stolen Qin fortune, killing him and gaining new traits and information.
• Ying Zheng appeared on the palace wall, and the defenders rallied as Wang Jian, Meng Tian, and Jing Ke helped defeat the rebels and restore order in Xianyang.
• Cheng Xi’s absorbed stellar power and forbidden knowledge resonated with remnants of high-dimensional order, drawing the attention of the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
• Cheng Xi warned Ying Zheng and Jing Ke that a high-dimensional strike was imminent and proposed using Qin’s fortune, the Ancestor Dragon Origin, and the Human Race Kindling Fire to form a barrier.
• Ying Zheng ordered the guards to raise their halberds and defend the realm, while Cheng Xi rose above Xianyang Palace as the Eye of Heavenly Punishment locked onto the city.

Cheng Xi and the people of Qin combined their powers to withstand the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, while Ying Zheng awakened the Ancestor Dragon inheritance. The Eye withdrew, but Ying Zheng gained a mysterious star map and the distant system began monitoring its coordinates.

• Ying Zheng drew on Qin’s national fortune as Wang Jian, Meng Tian, Jing Ke, and the Mohist Disciples added their strength to Cheng Xi’s defense.
• Cheng Xi used the Singularity of Entropy to transform the gathered powers into a Chaos Nebula barrier that resisted the Eye of Heavenly Punishment’s divine thunderbolt.
• The Ancestor Dragon Origin awakened through Ying Zheng, restoring him and revealing a fragmented star map with clues about Fire Cloud, migration, and enemies.
• Ying Zheng’s Ancestor Dragon Power strengthened Cheng Xi’s barrier until the Eye of Heavenly Punishment ceased its attack and vanished.
• Cheng Xi’s Singularity of Entropy reached 13%, while the distant system revised its threat assessment and ordered monitoring of the star map coordinates.

After the rebellion, Ying Zheng reconstructed a star map pointing to Fire Cloud Cave in the Southern Border and prepared to search for it with Cheng Xi. Eastern Emperor Taiyi learned of their plans and ordered the Mirage Tower south to intercept them.

• Ying Zheng stabilized his rule after Lu Buwei's faction was purged, then used the Ancestor Dragon's Power to reconstruct the star map and identify its destination as Fire Cloud Cave.
• Cheng Xi absorbed the gains from Lu Buwei and heavenly punishment, while his calculations placed Fire Cloud Cave in the Wushan mountain range.
• Jing Ke brought Cheng Xi a fragment of an Order Crystal, and Cheng Xi began slowly absorbing it despite the risk of strengthening a deep-space connection.
• Ying Zheng announced a southern tour, secretly prepared the tower ships, and invited Cheng Xi to accompany him; Cheng Xi agreed.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi learned of the star map and ordered the Mirage Tower to the Southern Border so he could draw Ying Zheng and Cheng Xi into a trap.

Ying Zheng’s fleet crossed Yunmeng Marsh, where the Yin Yang School used star-manipulating miasma and heart-demon illusions to attack them. Cheng Xi exposed the Mirage Pavilion and stopped the assault, but Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s interest in him made clear that the danger ahead was growing.

• As Ying Zheng’s fleet entered Yunmeng Marsh, Wang Jian ordered it into a defensive formation against the unnatural seven-colored miasma.
• Jing Ke and the Mohist Disciples released medicinal mist, accidentally triggering a disturbance in the stars that Cheng Xi traced to Heavenly Court interference.
• Cheng Xi deduced that the fleet should turn fifteen degrees west, and Ying Zheng secretly changed its course.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi used the Mirage Pavilion to send heart-demon illusions across the escort ships, driving Qin soldiers to attack one another.
• Cheng Xi struck the Mirage Pavilion’s illusion field with an entropy wave, ending the madness and briefly revealing the hidden structure.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi withdrew the Mirage Pavilion after recognizing Cheng Xi’s Entropy Pupils, while Ying Zheng continued toward Fire Cloud Cave.

In Witch County, Ying Zheng and Cheng Xi uncovered a Chu blood sacrifice involving a dragon-soul fragment and traces of Deep Space interference. Their investigation revealed a recently built Yin Yang School teleportation array, deepening suspicions that Eastern Emperor Taiyi was probing the forces of deep space.

• Ying Zheng brought the fleet to Witch County, ordered the army to avoid disturbing the locals, and sent Black Ice Platform guards to investigate rumors of Fire Cloud and strange phenomena.
• Jing Ke and the Mohist Disciples searched the city while Cheng Xi gathered clues, and the group learned of the Crimson Cloud Cave, an ancient Chu ballad, and outsiders buying star- and dragon-related artifacts.
• Ying Zheng and Cheng Xi followed the sounds of a ritual and discovered Chu shamans using a dragon-soul fragment in a blood sacrifice to summon the Ancestor Dragon's Power and restore Chu.
• The sacrifice lost control, and Cheng Xi detected evidence that a third party, suspected to be the Deep Space Association, had tampered with the fragment; a distant high-dimensional will then recorded the contact as dangerous.
• Ying Zheng secured the inactive fragment and found a hidden stairway leading to an ancient ruin with unfamiliar Star Charts and a defunct teleportation array.
• Jing Ke identified a Yin Yang School jade talisman at the array, prompting Ying Zheng and Cheng Xi to suspect Eastern Emperor Taiyi was testing deep space's limits.

Ying Zheng, Jing Ke, and Cheng Xi discovered that the Star Chart and Fire Cloud Witch Script could open Fire Cloud Cave, but Eastern Emperor Taiyi seized control of the old Witch Sacrifice to activate them. Cheng Xi disrupted the ritual, only for Eastern Emperor Taiyi to raise the Mirage Pavilion from underground and trigger a deep-space warning as everyone was trapped in the collapsing chamber.

• Ying Zheng recognized a reference to Crimson Cloud in the Witch Script, while Cheng Xi concluded that the Star Chart marked a Fire Cloud Cave entrance node requiring stellar power, a sacrificial ritual, and vast energy.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi possessed the old Witch Sacrifice and tried to activate the Star Chart with Yin Yang School techniques, blocking Ying Zheng, Jing Ke, and the Mohist Disciples with a Star Shield.
• Cheng Xi used his Entropy Force Field to corrupt the stone wall's energy protocols, halting the Star Chart and disrupting Eastern Emperor Taiyi's ritual.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi raised the Mirage Pavilion from beneath the valley, causing the palace to devour the control node and trapping everyone amid the collapse.
• The deep-space consciousness detected the Mirage Pavilion's forced alteration of space, raised its surveillance level, and warned that Cleaner units might carry out indiscriminate purification.

Cheng Xi helped Ying Zheng and the others escape Mirage Pavilion’s seal, then they opened Fire Cloud Cave using the star map, moonlight, and stolen energy. Shennong summoned them inside, while a Star Anchor locked the entrance’s location as Ying Zheng stepped toward the cave.

• Cheng Xi used the Entropy Force Field to lead Ying Zheng, Jing Ke, and the survivors through a gap in Mirage Pavilion’s closing seal.
• Ying Zheng ordered the group to open the Grotto-Heaven, and they used Cheng Xi’s algorithm and Jing Ke’s Mechanical Arts to identify Eagle Beak Rock as the true entrance.
• Cheng Xi turned Lu Buwei’s Dragon Soul fragment into a Star Beacon, and Ying Zheng used his blood to guide Taiyin Star’s moonlight toward Eagle Beak Rock.
• Cheng Xi siphoned star power and Water Spirit Power from Mirage Pavilion, combining them with the moonlight and Ying Zheng’s blood to open Fire Cloud Cave.
• Shennong identified himself and invited the visitors inside, while a Star Anchor appeared and locked Fire Cloud Cave’s spatial coordinates.
• Ying Zheng stepped toward the cave entrance as the group faced Shennong’s summons, the Star Anchor, and Mirage Pavilion.

While imprisoned, Cheng Xi deduced that Lu Buwei’s evidence was forged and Fan Yuqi’s rebellion was imminent, then helped Ying Zheng set a trap. Fan Yuqi’s attack was crushed, but Cheng Xi discovered the captured jade talisman was about to send Xianyang Palace’s coordinates to the Celestial Court.

• Cheng Xi used his hidden deduction space to identify flaws in the case against him and predict Fan Yuqi’s rebellion and possible Celestial Court involvement.
• Ying Zheng visited Cheng Xi, shared his plan to lure the conspirators out, and left him imprisoned as bait.
• Three days later, Fan Yuqi led an attack on Xianyang Prison while a revolt erupted near Mount Li.
• The prison’s runes and Ying Zheng’s forces immobilized Fan Yuqi and his followers as they tried to kill Cheng Xi.
• Ying Zheng seized Fan Yuqi’s jade talisman after a guard severed Fan Yuqi’s arm, but Cheng Xi warned that crushing it would transmit Xianyang Palace’s coordinates.

Cheng Xi sealed Fan Yuqi’s jade talisman before it could reveal Xianyang Palace to its hidden master, then traced its source toward Yunmeng Marsh and implicated Eastern Emperor Taiyi. As Ying Zheng mobilized to crush unrest in Xianyang and secure Mount Li, a damaged secondary pattern in the talisman secretly sent an error signal toward Yunmeng Marsh.

• Cheng Xi explained that destroying Fan Yuqi’s jade talisman would send a targeting signal, then used his Entropy Force Field to seal its feedback mechanism and trace its source toward Yunmeng Marsh.
• Ying Zheng identified Mirage Pavilion and Eastern Emperor Taiyi as likely forces behind the plot, ordered Fan Yuqi and his accomplices imprisoned alive, and arranged for Cheng Xi to return secretly to the inner palace.
• Spies reported that an unknown force had attacked the Mount Li workshop and that fires and riots had broken out across Xianyang, with rumors directed against Ying Zheng.
• Ying Zheng ordered Wang Jian to take over the city’s defenses, Meng Tian to suppress the fires and unrest, and Zhang Han to mobilize the Black Ice Platform against the Lu faction and those tied to Mount Li.
• As Ying Zheng and Cheng Xi left the prison to confront the crisis, a damaged secondary spirit pattern in the talisman sent an encrypted error-status signal toward Yunmeng Marsh.

Ying Zheng’s forces crushed Lu Buwei’s uprising in Xianyang, and Zhang Han rescued Lu Buwei from assassins sent by Eastern Emperor Taiyi. Lu Buwei revealed the Yin Yang School’s schemes and the Kongtong Seal’s connection to Yunmeng Marsh, while a new report and Cheng Xi’s discovery left the palace facing further mysteries.

• Meng Tian, Wang Jian, and Zhang Han led Qin forces in suppressing unrest and arresting Lu Buwei’s faction across Xianyang.
• Blue-masked assassins sent by Eastern Emperor Taiyi attacked Lu Buwei, but Zhang Han and Black Ice Platform swordsmen killed them before they could silence him.
• Ying Zheng interrogated Lu Buwei, who revealed the Yin Yang School’s infiltration of Qin, the Kongtong Seal Phantom beneath Xianyang Palace, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s ambitions concerning the Heavenly Court and Cheng Xi.
• A Black Ice Platform report told Ying Zheng that a powerful fluctuation had arisen at the Mirage Pavilion and dense fog had engulfed Yunmeng Marsh.
• Cheng Xi detected that his sealed jade talisman had begun absorbing unusual energy and karma around Xianyang Palace, prompting Ying Zheng to confront the new threat.

Ying Zheng sent Zhang Han and ordered Cheng Xi to protect the Lishan workshops after enemies targeted the smelting furnace and iron scrap tied to Gonggong's Essence Blood. Cheng Xi stopped the attack with his Entropy Field and secured samples, but a mysterious deep-space presence detected him and marked Lishan for continued observation.

• Ying Zheng ordered Zhang Han to lead Black Ice Platform experts to Lishan and asked Cheng Xi to intervene personally.
• Yin Yang School cultivators and Lu family deathsworn attacked the workshops, using Corrosive Iron Gu Water to damage the new blast furnace.
• Cheng Xi expanded his Entropy Field, neutralized the water needles and corrosive liquid, and weakened the attackers.
• Zhang Han's Black Ice Platform elites arrived as the defenders counterattacked and cleared the remaining enemies.
• Cheng Xi sealed samples of Gonggong's Essence Blood contamination and Corrosive Iron Gu Water, while a deep-space will detected his Entropy Field and added Lishan to its watch list.
• Cheng Xi told Zhang Han to take the samples and captured leaders back to Xianyang without delay.

After suppressing the Lu Party and uncovering fragments of the Yin Yang School’s plans, Ying Zheng and Cheng Xi faced a heavenly decree demanding Qin’s submission. Ying Zheng rejected Heaven’s demands, and he and Cheng Xi stood together against the Eye of the Firmament.

• Ying Zheng received reports that the Lu clan had been arrested, its assets confiscated, and the Mount Li crisis resolved by Cheng Xi and Zhang Han.
• Cheng Xi used his Entropy Force Field to break through a captured Yin Yang School cultivator’s mental defenses, revealing plans involving Yunmeng Marsh, the Dragon Soul, Ancestor Witch Essence Blood, and an approaching envoy.
• The captive’s hidden restriction triggered a golden Eye of the Firmament and a heavenly decree ordering Ying Zheng to release Fan Yuqi, surrender Cheng Xi, disband the Black Ice Platform, and submit beneath Mount Kongtong.
• Ying Zheng defied the decree, declared that Heaven would not rule the human world, and challenged it to face Qin’s forces.
• Cheng Xi joined Ying Zheng as the two stood together against the Eye of the Firmament.