Chapter Summaries

Ji Xinghuo learned that three nuclear-armed missiles had been launched toward New Bharat and rushed to intercept them despite Ji Daosheng’s objections. He used his accumulated Spirit Source Energy to upgrade Shadow Clone and destroyed the first missile, leaving two missiles still threatening the region.

• Ji Xinghuo and Ji Daosheng learned that an engineer in Dravida had launched three intercontinental missiles toward New Bharat, while Qi Feiyang took the engineer under control.
• Ji Daosheng warned Ji Xinghuo not to risk himself intercepting the missiles, but Ji Xinghuo flew south to stop them.
• Ji Xinghuo spent Spirit Source Energy upgrading Shadow Clone to level five, allowing him to create sixteen clones and switch places with them within five hundred kilometers.
• Ji Xinghuo sent fifteen Shadow Clones toward the missiles while he slowed down and entered stealth in the mesosphere.
• After two Shadow Clones missed, the third struck a missile before its five nuclear warheads could separate, detonating it above the South Asian subcontinent.

Ji Xinghuo intercepted and detonated all three nuclear missiles launched over the Indi Kingdom, then confronted Qi Feiyang at the Dravida Republic launch base. The footage made him a global sensation, and he wondered how the Sun King would respond to his growing reputation and power.

• Ji Xinghuo used his Shadow Clones to detonate all three Intercontinental Missiles before their nuclear warheads could reach the ground.
• Ji Xinghuo arrived at the Dravida Republic launch base, rebuked Qi Feiyang for failing to secure it, and left after Qi Feiyang admitted his dereliction of duty.
• Ji Xinghuo contacted Ji Daosheng, while governments issued statements and global markets and social media reacted to the nuclear explosions.
• Videos of Ji Xinghuo killing three Celestial Kings and intercepting the missiles spread worldwide, prompting debate over whether he had surpassed the Sun King.
• Ji Xinghuo considered the Sun King's possible reaction and imagined defeating him with the Thunderbolt Battleship Blade.

Ji Xinghuo confirmed that the Sun King would not intervene in South Asia, then used his upgraded Shadow Clone ability to help stabilize the subcontinent. After returning home to the Qinling Mountains, he reunited with his family, who had been watching the news of his campaign.

• Ji Xinghuo watched the Sun King's residence and confirmed that the Sun King had not acted, leaving the Asia-Pacific Community's plan in South Asia on course.
• Ji Xinghuo created sixteen Shadow Clones and deployed them across South Asia, using them to suppress opposition and respond to unrest throughout the region.
• Ji Xinghuo and the Asia-Pacific Community secured control of the Indi Kingdom and the Dravida Republic as diplomatic disputes intensified between the Asia-Pacific Community and the Americas Federation.
• After receiving permission from the President, Ji Xinghuo traveled through the Bhopal, Olympia, and Chaka Star Gates and flew back to his home in the Qinling Mountains.
• Ji Xinghuo entered the villa and greeted his family and companions, who were watching news coverage of his actions in South Asia.

Ji Xinghuo returned home as his clone continued suppressing unrest in South Asia, and the ADC officially ranked him above the Sun King as the world’s strongest Aberrant. After his old boast about surpassing the Sun King went viral, President Ji Daosheng asked him to record a global publicity video.

• Ji Xinghuo reunited with his family and friends, who watched a live report of his clone ending the attack at Karachi City Hall.
• Ji Xinghuo welcomed Zhuo Yanran and Zang Ming, then shared what he could about the South Asia Alliance.
• The ADC ranked Ji Xinghuo first on the Global Combat Power Rankings, moving Sun King John Anthony to second and removing Brahma King, Elephant Master, and Hurricane Earl.
• Ji Xinghuo’s eleven-year-old post declaring he would surpass the Sun King went viral, and he rejected his family’s suggestion to post a new statement.
• President Ji Daosheng called Ji Xinghuo and asked him to cooperate with the publicity department by recording a short video for the global public.

Ji Xinghuo agreed to become a public figure and filmed a polished introduction video to strengthen Earth’s public image. After it went viral worldwide, he ignored the reaction and focused on Zhao Manying.

• Ji Daosheng explained that Ji Xinghuo needed to reveal his appearance and authorize public use of his likeness to help Earth claim the propaganda battlefield, and Ji Xinghuo agreed.
• Ji Xinghuo met Lu Qingzhou and the National News Agency team in Chang'an, reviewed their script, and corrected details about Earth’s position in the Star Realm.
• Ji Xinghuo completed the video shoot in half a day, and Ji Daosheng approved the edited film for release that evening.
• Ji Xinghuo removed his network privacy protection and authorized the public use of his photos and videos before scheduling the video’s release.
• Ji Xinghuo teased Zhao Manying by changing his appearance with the Deception Mask, then watched as his video became a global sensation while he focused on her.

Ji Xinghuo’s global publicity campaign succeeded, and he settled into a routine of cultivation while using his Shadow Clones to secure South Asia for the Asia-Pacific Community. As he neared the formation of his first Star Seed, he ignored Li Xuan at the Aether Research Institute and left with Zhao Manying.

• Ji Daosheng told Ji Xinghuo that his introductory video had surpassed 100 billion views and earned the President’s praise.
• Ji Xinghuo told Zhao Manying he planned to cultivate toward his first Star Seed, and he gave her 50,000 Aether Crystals as reserve resources.
• Ji Xinghuo’s Shadow Clones killed thousands of Aberrants while Kanai Majumdar purged Indi Kingdom’s ruling class and reorganized its military.
• Ji Xinghuo studied electromagnetism with Lu Fengyi and found that his first Magnetic Star Seed was nearly ready to form an empty shell.
• Li Xuan tried to flatter Ji Xinghuo at the Aether Research Institute, but Ji Xinghuo ignored him and left with Zhao Manying.

Ji Xinghuo learned that Xin Yimo, his biological mother, wanted to meet him and agreed to see her once. After rejecting her attempt to reconnect, he warned her husband, Qi Zhang, to keep Ji Xinghuo's name out of the media and protect Xin Yimo from negative coverage, then left.

• Ye Dongyun told Ji Xinghuo that Xin Yimo claimed to be his biological mother and had asked to meet him, then shared her investigation into Xin Yimo's life.
• Ji Xinghuo agreed to meet Xin Yimo the next afternoon, while Zhao Manying offered support and he said he expected no warmth from the meeting.
• Ji Xinghuo met Xin Yimo, her husband Qi Zhang, and their children, then asked Qi Zhang to leave so he could speak with Xin Yimo alone.
• Xin Yimo said she had regretted giving Ji Xinghuo up and had hoped he would contact her, but Ji Xinghuo told her their past could not be changed and he did not want to disturb her life.
• Ji Xinghuo ordered Qi Zhang to keep his name out of Wuya Qitian Media Group coverage and prevent negative news about Xin Yimo, then flew away as Xin Yimo wept.

After rejecting Xin Yimo’s family while secretly arranging limited help for her, Ji Xinghuo returned to cultivation and completed the first Magnetic Star Seed. Implanting Electromagnetic Polarization caused a vast surge in Ether energy and raised his Stellar Force dramatically, leaving him to apologize to the disrupted cultivators before departing the Aether Research Institute.

• Xin Yimo berated Qi Zhang, and Qi Ming urged his parents to seek more training resources from Old Man Qi because Ji Xinghuo was his brother.
• After Xin Yimo and the Qi family left, Ji Xinghuo revealed he had stayed invisible and told Ye Dongyun to keep an eye on Xin Yimo but not involve him with the rest of her family.
• Ye Dongyun monitored Xin Yimo and the Qi family, while Ji Xinghuo focused on cultivating the shell of his first Magnetic Star Seed.
• Ji Xinghuo implanted Electromagnetic Polarization into the Star Seed, triggering a powerful Ether energy surge that disrupted cultivation across the Aether Research Institute and nearby area.
• The Star Seed boosted Ji Xinghuo’s Stellar Force by more than fifty thousand points, and he apologized to the other cultivators before leaving the institute.

On May 10, 2229, all seven South Asian nations voted to leave the South Asia Alliance and join the Asia-Pacific Community, with even the hostile Indi Kingdom showing unexpectedly strong support. Ji Daosheng accepted their request and prepared to attend a signing ceremony in New Bharat, while Ji Xinghuo went ahead to watch over his arrival.

• Ji Xinghuo watched the referendums with his family and Zhao Manying, explaining that he trusted the Chief to secure the results.
• The Andaman Islands, Male Islands, Ihanistan, the Ceylon Republic, the Bengal Federation, and the Dravida Republic voted to leave the South Asia Alliance and join the Asia-Pacific Community.
• The Indi Kingdom announced 82% support for leaving the alliance and 75% support for joining the community, prompting worldwide doubts that Ji Xinghuo dismissed as he trusted the Chief's abilities.
• Kanai Majumdar delivered an improvised speech supporting the Indi people's choice to join the Asia-Pacific Community.
• Ji Daosheng welcomed all seven nations and announced that he would attend a signing ceremony in New Bharat the next day.
• Ji Xinghuo arrived in New Bharat ahead of Ji Daosheng and watched invisibly as the Chief's plane descended under fighter escort.

Ji Xinghuo guarded Ji Daosheng during South Asia’s accession ceremony while the Sun King attacked the Asuncion Star Gate as a diversion. After Ji Xinghuo rushed back to the People’s Palace, an assassin appeared behind Ji Daosheng, leaving the Head of State in immediate danger.

• Ji Xinghuo used a Shadow Clone to guard Ji Daosheng while his true body searched New Bharat for threats.
• Ji Daosheng announced plans for South Asia’s twelve provinces during the accession ceremony as Ji Xinghuo watched for danger.
• Ji Xinghuo learned that the Sun King was attacking the Asuncion Star Gate and suspected the assault was a diversion.
• Ji Xinghuo briefly went to Asuncion, sent a Shadow Clone to confront the false Sun King, and returned to the People’s Palace.
• A gray figure appeared behind Ji Daosheng as the ceremony fell into a supernatural stillness.

Ji Xinghuo stopped a Dark Star Spirit assassin from killing Ji Daosheng, then pursued him toward the Bhopal Star Gate. He trapped the assassin in his Dark Domain and appeared before him, ready to strike.

• A Dark Star Spirit used Ghostly Shadow Assault to stab Ji Daosheng, but Ji Xinghuo teleported in and took the blade in his chest.
• Ji Xinghuo and Ji Daosheng attacked together, but the assassin vanished; Ji Daosheng calmly resumed his speech while Ji Xinghuo sent Shadow Clones to guard him and pursued the fleeing attacker.
• Ji Xinghuo identified the assassin as a Dark Star Spirit and inferred that the Americas Federation had hired him, then chased him toward the Bhopal Star Gate.
• Ji Xinghuo’s two Shadow Clones blocked the assassin and fired Electric Arc Arrows, which briefly paralyzed him inside Ji Xinghuo’s Dark Domain.
• Ji Xinghuo traversed space to appear before the paralyzed assassin and bound him with a Twisted Magnetic Field before unleashing Electromagnetic Spiral Force.

Ji Xinghuo killed the Dark Star Spirit by disrupting his regeneration with the King of Dark Extinction, then returned to the People's Palace and learned his Shadow Clone had gained the upper hand against the fake Sun King. The chapter ended with Ji Xinghuo mocking Anthony John during their live battle.

• Ji Xinghuo destroyed the Star Spirit's body, pursued his rebirths, and used the King of Dark Extinction to cut off the Dark Energy that sustained his regeneration.
• Ji Xinghuo received 61,232 Spirit Source Energy, identified the sword Absolute Shadow, and found a fortune in the Star Spirit's dimensional ring.
• Ji Xinghuo returned to the People's Palace, confirmed to Ji Daosheng that the assassin was dead, and resumed his place beside Luo Baoguo.
• Ji Xinghuo's Shadow Clone defeated the fake Sun King in their clash outside the Asuncion Star Gate, while the battle continued amid the ruins.
• The fake Sun King regretted not killing Ji Xinghuo years earlier, but Ji Xinghuo dismissed him as unworthy and taunted him as the Turtle King.

Ji Xinghuo killed the Sun King's clone in front of a global audience, damaging the Sun King's image as the South Asian nations joined the Asia-Pacific People's United Community. Ji Xinghuo and Ji Daosheng agreed to give their plans one year before acting against the Sun King, while Ji Xinghuo watched Anthony John erupt in rage at his St. Louis residence.

• Ji Xinghuo taunted the Sun King during the broadcast, chased him as he fled Asuncion, and destroyed the clone with a punch.
• Ji Xinghuo returned to the People's Palace and resolved to give the unification plan at most one year before striking the Sun King if progress stalled.
• Ji Daosheng witnessed the seven South Asian nations sign the South Asia Declaration, while news of the clone's death overshadowed the ceremony and battered the Sun King's public image.
• Ji Xinghuo told Ji Daosheng about his suspicions and one-year deadline, and Ji Daosheng approved his plan.
• Ji Xinghuo traveled to St. Louis and watched Anthony John lose his temper at his subordinates after seeing the worldwide mockery of his clone's defeat.

The Sun King struggled to contain the fallout from Ji Xinghuo’s public humiliation, then visited a hidden laboratory beneath the New Empire Building. Ji Xinghuo discovered the Sun King’s cloning technology and its deadly weakness, but the chapter ended with the Sun King and his clones preparing to do something unexpected.

• Anthony ordered Irina to clean the damaged hall and gather movement data on Ji Xinghuo’s Shadow Clones so his Position Exchange range could be analyzed.
• After Irina left, Anthony read the mocking foreign coverage of his defeat and raged at the public calling him the “Turtle King.”
• Ji Xinghuo watched Anthony descend to the New Empire Building’s fortieth basement floor and discovered a hidden laboratory stocked with millions of Aether Crystals and three Sun King clones.
• Anthony used the Blood Pact Cloning Platform to create a fourth clone, which required more than fifty thousand Aether Crystals and could eventually reach the real body’s full strength.
• Ji Xinghuo learned that destroying the Blood Pact Cloning Platform would kill every clone, then watched Anthony remove his combat suit as the other three clones climbed off their platforms.

After witnessing the Sun King's disturbing secret, Ji Xinghuo returned to Chang'an and gave Zhao Manying an Apocalypse weapon. He took stock of the Dark Star Spirit's loot, strengthened Nine Nether, and drank a Dark Star Potion despite being past the ideal rank to use it.

• Ji Xinghuo watched the Sun King entertain himself with four clones, then left without revealing that he had seen the secret.
• Ji Xinghuo gave Zhao Manying the Apocalypse Rank 2 slender sword Absolute Shadow, and they spent the night together.
• Ji Xinghuo examined the Dark Star Spirit's loot and chose the Ghostly Shadow Assault Ability Seed for Nine Nether to fuse.
• Ji Xinghuo found a Starfall-Grade Shadow Shapeless Ability Seed but stored it because none of his companions were suitable to receive it.
• Ji Xinghuo raised Nine Nether's Ghostly Shadow Assault to level six, then drank the Dark Star Potion, which granted a fusion attempt but risked Dark Energy corrosion.

Ji Xinghuo absorbed a Dark Star Potion, kept his new fusion attempt in reserve, and spent several months cultivating while the Asia-Pacific Community expanded across Africa and reached 50% unification progress. In early October, Ye Zhen prepared to give birth on Earth, and Ji Xinghuo told Zhao Manying the news.

• Ji Xinghuo drank the Dark Star Potion, endured its Dark Energy with the King of Dark Extinction, and chose to save his fusion attempt rather than copy one of Doomsday's abilities.
• Ji Xinghuo collected Dark Star Spirit's treasures, including the Netherworld Ring, and later spent a peaceful day at home with Azure Rainbow and Doomsday.
• Ji Xinghuo cultivated over the following months, formed the shell of his second Magnetic Star Seed, implanted Ancestor Dragon Vein, and raised his Stellar Force above four hundred thousand points.
• Ji Daosheng accelerated the Asia-Pacific Community's expansion, while Ji Xinghuo's Shadow Clones helped secure Africa; by August, the Community controlled half the Earth and paused to consolidate.
• In early October, Ye Zhen told Ji Xinghuo she was ready to give birth on Earth, and Ji Xinghuo informed Zhao Manying that Ye Zhen's delivery was imminent.

Ji Xinghuo brought the pregnant Ye Zhen back to Earth with Jiangnan Caiyi and Xiao Kui, while Zhao Manying agreed to meet Ye Zhen. At Olympia’s Star Gate, Qi Feiyang insulted Ye Zhen and was killed by her Shadow Bursts.

• Zhao Manying learned Ye Zhen was pregnant with Ji Xinghuo’s child, said she did not want children, and asked to meet Ye Zhen when she returned to Earth.
• Ji Xinghuo told Ye Dongyun about the pregnancy and asked her to arrange a secure hospital, which she organized in Chang'an.
• Ji Xinghuo traveled to Peach Blossom Valley and brought Ye Zhen, Jiangnan Caiyi, and Xiao Kui through several Astral Leaps to Olympia.
• Ye Zhen entered Star Gate Square and revealed herself during identity checks, drawing attention from the assembled Aberrants.
• Qi Feiyang confronted Ye Zhen and insulted her, but she used three Shadow Bursts to destroy him above the square.

Ji Xinghuo secretly killed Qi Feiyang after the Celestial King threatened Ye Zhen, and officials allowed her to leave Star Gate Square without investigating. Ji Xinghuo reunited with Ye Zhen and Ye Dongyun aboard a shuttle, explained Qi Feiyang’s betrayal, and confirmed that he would stay with Ye Zhen until their child was born.

• Qi Feiyang exploded at Star Gate Square, and the gathered Aberrants suspected Ji Xinghuo had killed him while Ye Zhen stood unharmed.
• Zhu Xiaorong questioned Ye Zhen, but Cheng Sheng defended her and let her leave with Jiangnan Caiyi.
• Ji Xinghuo returned to Earth and used Position Exchange to join Ye Zhen and Ye Dongyun aboard their shuttle.
• Ye Dongyun recognized Ye Zhen as the Hundred Flowers Azure Monarch and learned she was Ji Xinghuo’s partner and the source of the Plant Witch materials she had received.
• Ye Zhen asked why Ji Xinghuo killed Qi Feiyang, and Ji Xinghuo explained that Qi Feiyang had been an American Union infiltrator responsible for secretly influencing the Daluoweidaluo Republic’s Nuclear Bomb attack.
• Ji Xinghuo admitted the killing to Ji Daosheng, who accepted his decision and told him to care for Ye Zhen until their child was born.

Ye Zhen prepared for the birth of her triplets while Ji Xinghuo introduced Zhao Manying to her, leaving the two women on unexpectedly cordial terms despite Zhao Manying’s jealousy. The babies were born healthy, and Ye Zhen named them with the surname Ji.

• Ye Zhen arrived at a private hospital in Chang'an, where Doctor Lin confirmed that she and all three babies were healthy and told her to obtain a guardianship certificate.
• Ji Xinghuo said he would acknowledge the children, but Ye Zhen declined to register him as their father and arranged to take the guardianship examination herself.
• Zhao Manying visited Ye Zhen, and the two women exchanged compliments and blessings while Ji Xinghuo watched uneasily.
• Zhao Manying left after telling Ji Xinghuo to stay with Ye Zhen, and he arranged for a Shadow Clone to keep watch over Zhao Manying.
• Ye Zhen gave birth to three healthy babies, then named her eldest son Ji Yeh Huang, her second son Ji Yeh Wei, and her youngest daughter Ji Ye Ling.

Ji Xinghuo balanced life with his newborn children while preparing to carry out the Head of State’s plan in Europe. He confronted the Iron Emperor in Ivangrad and demanded that he abdicate and dissolve the New Roman Empire.

• Ji Xinghuo kept the birth of Ye Zhen’s three children secret, and their family settled into life near his family villa.
• Zhao Manying visited Ye Zhen and the children, and the two women gradually became familiar with each other.
• In January 2230, Ji Xinghuo told Ye Zhen and Ye Dongyun that the Head of State’s plan would be carried out that day, then used Position Exchange to reach a space station and travel toward Europe.
• Ji Xinghuo entered the Iron Palace in Ivangrad and approached the Iron Emperor as the Roman Guard and ministers stood aside.
• The Iron Emperor ordered everyone out of the great hall, and Ji Xinghuo told him the Asia-Pacific Community’s blank document was an abdication notice requiring him to dissolve the New Roman Empire and join the community.