Chapter Summaries

First Emperor Ying Zheng returned to power, renamed the Earth Human Federation the Great Qin Empire, and launched a brutal purge across Earth and the galaxy. After exiling the Mighty Warriors Company leaders, he asked Li Bing'er and Lin Xiaoxiao to lead the South Heaven Gate Project.

• First Emperor Ying Zheng emerged from the imperial mausoleum and ordered Meng Tian to take control of the world while Meng Yi returned to Xianyang.
• After reviewing two thousand years of history, Ying Zheng renamed Earth Emperor Star and the Earth Human Federation the Great Qin Empire, then ordered the federation's military forces seized and its laws remade.
• Ying Zheng's forces slaughtered civilizations they accused of massacring their descendants, exterminated the easternmost civilization, and enslaved the White Clan and Ink Clan.
• Ying Zheng exiled Ge Xiaolun and the other Mighty Warriors Company leaders beyond the Milky Way Galaxy, forbidding them to return.
• Ying Zheng invited Li Bing'er and Lin Xiaoxiao to head Great Qin Heavy Industry and establish the South Heaven Gate Project.

First Emperor Ying Zheng reorganized the Great Qin court into a cabinet after confirming that Meng Tian had found the authentic Imperial Jade Seal. He appointed ministers and ordered Meng Tian to rebuild the Black Ice Bureau, leaving Meng Ao reluctant to take charge of finance.

• Meng Tian presented the Imperial Jade Seal, and Li Si confirmed that it was genuine.
• Ying Zheng declared that Great Qin would replace the chancellor system with a cabinet and proposed new ministerial positions.
• Li Si recommended himself for Minister of Justice and outlined harsh laws against bullying and domestic violence.
• Meng Yi recommended himself for Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Wei Liaozi recommended himself for Minister of Education.
• Ying Zheng appointed Feng Jie Prime Minister, Meng Ao Minister of Finance, and Wang Jian Minister of Public Security, while naming Bai Qi Minister of Military Affairs.
• Ying Zheng ordered Meng Tian to rebuild the Black Ice Bureau and gave Meng Ao seven days to learn finance, despite his protests.

The Great Qin Empire’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Meng Yi, brought Zhixin back to the Angel Domain, where Sumali and the Angel forces confronted him over her treatment. After Zhixin returned to her sisters, Angel Ruoning revealed that a fifth-generation super soldier had secretly followed the delegation to assess Merlo’s strength.

• Ailan learned that Meng Yi had arrived with Zhixin and summoned Sumali to explain the Great Qin Empire.
• Sumali met Meng Yi outside the Angel Domain and demanded to know why the Great Qin Empire was bullying Zhixin, while Meng Yi denied the accusation.
• Sumali, Angel Leng, and other Angel forces confronted Meng Yi’s guards, who then allowed Zhixin to go with Angel Zhui and Angel Moy.
• Angel Ruoning escorted Meng Yi and his companions toward Merlo Star and warned a hidden fifth-generation super soldier to leave the Angel Star Domain.
• Angel Ruoning told Angel Leng that the spy had been probing Merlo’s attitude and strength, but said Merlo Homeland was prepared for turmoil.

Li Bing'er and Lin Xiaoxiao planned the South Heaven Gate Project and the new Nantianmen Engineering Institute while weighing the technology and resources they needed. After Ge Xiaolun and the others were exiled beyond the galaxy, Ge Xiaolun chose Fiery Sun as their destination.

• Li Bing'er and Lin Xiaoxiao reviewed First Emperor Ying Zheng's plans for Luan Bird-class warships and Mysterious Maiden-class fighters, and discussed the value of fighters in a low-sequence era.
• Lin Xiaoxiao declined the Academy Dean position and ordered the Nantianmen Engineering Institute built quickly so it could assess research scholars from across the galaxy.
• Lin Xiaoxiao proposed asking whether the others would use the Empire's old dark world framework to ease their energy shortage.
• Ge Xiaolun, Liu Chuang, Qi Lin, Zhao Xin, Rui Mengmeng, and the other Super Lifeforms were exiled beyond the galaxy and blocked from returning.
• Ge Xiaolun turned toward the Andromeda Galaxy, then told the group to go to Fiery Sun.

Pan Zhen agreed to help Fiery Sun seize its future with support from the Star Ancient Empire, while Wu Zhao ordered a military threat against Lena to stop Earth’s leaders from taking refuge with her. The chapter ended as an imposing general confronted Wu Zhao and accused her of rebellion.

• Ji Ming urged Pan Zhen to return to Fiery Sun and take control from the Goddess, promising the Empire’s support and warning that Fiery Sun could otherwise be abandoned.
• Pan Zhen agreed to Ji Ming’s proposal after learning that the Empire’s powerful Bai Family had chosen Fiery Sun for its scientific contest.
• A Fiery Sun officer reported that Earth Human Federation leaders had been driven out of the Milky Way and might seek refuge with Lena.
• Wu Zhao ordered Feng Xu to demand the release of Yuan Li, Xuan Kun, Lei Yan, Yuxu, Xuan Tianji, and others, and to advance ten thousand warships toward Fiery Sun.
• A middle-aged general entered and accused Wu Zhao of trying to rebel.

Pan Zhen returned to Lieyang and confronted Lena over her treatment of the people and her plan to hand Lieyang’s legacy to outsiders. He seized control of the regime, ordered sweeping purges and reforms, and left Lena powerless as he vowed to restore Lieyang’s strength.

• Wu Zhao tearfully greeted Pan Zhen, who comforted her and ordered Feng Xu to accompany him without an army.
• Pan Zhen returned to Cloudsoar City, where citizens and former soldiers welcomed him and told him how conditions had deteriorated under Lena.
• Pan Zhen entered the Cloud Heavens Treasure Palace and accused Lena of persecuting loyal people and preparing to surrender Lieyang’s legacy to outsiders.
• Pan Zhen ordered the Cloudsoar Sky Guards to execute the ministers who opposed him, and they turned against Lena’s court.
• Pan Zhen stripped Lena of her power and ordered Feng Xu to release prisoners, rebuild the army, restore old laws and officials, reform the Research Institute, and warn foreign civilizations against incursions.
• Lena watched helplessly as Pan Zhen left the palace, unable to kill him or stop his takeover.

Yang Xiuwen and Han Yan joined Merlo Homeland as deputy directors with unrestricted resource access, then advised its leaders about the challenges of future development. Han Yan warned that advancing to the Fourth-level sequence would require more resources, expanded fleets, and balanced research, leaving Merlo to reconsider its plans.

• Kaisha agreed to grant Yang Xiuwen and Han Yan unrestricted resource access and deputy director positions at the Sky Base Engineering Institute.
• Han Yan advised that Merlo Heavenly Court needed to expand its mining and transport fleets by at least threefold, so Hexi summoned Ailan to discuss production.
• Ailan told them that the Milky Way had come under the Great Qin Empire and that Pan Zhen had returned to reshape Fiery Sun into a constitutional monarchy.
• Yang Xiuwen confirmed that Star Ancient Empire scholars had been assigned to Merlo, Fiery Sun, and the Milky Way, and said Ji Ming may have helped bring Pan Zhen back.
• Han Yan warned that Merlo Heavenly Court lacked the resources and computational capacity for Fourth-level sequence advancement, and that neglecting fields beyond biological research could leave it vulnerable to higher-sequence weapons.
• Han Yan asked whether Merlo had considered another issue, but the chapter ended before she explained it.

Ailan learned that Merlo Homeland needed to seize vast new territory and resources to enter the Fourth-level sequence and prepare to survive beyond the known universe. She summoned Merlo’s leaders and began issuing urgent development orders, with the territory expansion plan still ahead.

• Yang Xiuwen said Merlo needed roughly thirty billion light-years of territory and warned Ailan about dangers in the Four-dimensional universe, including the Great Qin Empire.
• Ailan ordered a war council, then returned to Merlo Star and issued a Level One summons and a Level Two military alert.
• Ailan ordered Meng Yi, the Great Qin Empire’s foreign minister, to leave Merlo territory immediately as Merlo’s commanders rushed to the Governing Hall.
• Ailan ordered the construction of mining Flying Ships and transport vessels to increase tenfold within a hundred years.
• Ailan called for higher birth rates and warned that Merlo’s limited territory and resources could prevent it from entering the Fourth-level sequence.

Ailan announced that Merlo Homeland would expand across a vast region of the universe and ordered six commanders to lead campaigns in six directions. As the forces prepared to cross the Angel Race’s border starline, she tasked the Intelligence Department with monitoring major civilizations and delivering military intelligence.

• Ailan projected a star map and declared that the entire marked region must come under Merlo Homeland’s control.
• Ailan ordered Level One Alert and Level Two War Readiness throughout Merlo Homeland.
• Ailan assigned Ruoning, Ailin, Jiali Ya, Atoks, Huaye, and Sumali to lead six forces outward, each with ten fleet groups.
• Ailan prohibited attacks that destroyed star systems, the killing of surrendered forces or civilians, and violations of military law, while ordering intelligence on civilizations including Lieyang, Styx, the Milky Way, and Mottled Blue.
• Ailan ordered the commanders to cross the Angel Race’s border starline before dawn on Merlo Star and directed Angel Leng, Kunpeng, and Alei to monitor the Great Qin Empire, Lieyang Civilization, and Beast Civilization.

After learning that the Merlo Heavenly Court had launched a war, First Emperor Ying Zheng and his ministers debated whether Great Qin should also go to war. The court backed a campaign against the Deno Civilization, proposing debt relief and a new currency system to fund it, and left the empire preparing to make its return known.

• Meng Yi warned Bai Qi that the Merlo Heavenly Court had declared war, and Bai Qi led his people away as its fleet approached.
• Bai Qi and Meng Yi returned to the Milky Way and delivered the news to First Emperor Ying Zheng, who convened his senior officials.
• Wei Liaozi suggested the Merlo Heavenly Court was expanding to advance its civilization, while Li Si urged Great Qin to launch its own war.
• Feng Jie proposed reducing or erasing citizens' debts for military service and issuing government bonds backed by star systems and river systems.
• Li Si named the Deno Civilization as a target, arguing that Great Qin should avenge past attacks and announce its return to the universe.

Lieyang's war council discussed the threats posed by Merlo Heavenly Court and the Great Qin Empire, along with whether Lieyang should expand its territory. The Prime Minister urged Lieyang to expand toward the Milky Way and seize territory after Merlo advanced to the Fourth-level sequence, and Pan Zhen asked how to handle the former Earth Human Federation's leaders.

• Pan Zhen's intelligence officers reported that Merlo Heavenly Court and the Great Qin Empire were preparing for war, and that Great Qin might target Deno Civilization.
• Xuan Tianji reported Deno warships and fourth-generation Super Lifeforms near Lieyang's stellar boundary, and Pan Zhen ordered Lieyang's fleets to attack if they came within 300,000 light-years.
• Lieyang's Prime Minister argued for expanding toward the Milky Way while avoiding Merlo Heavenly Court, whose military strength far surpassed Lieyang's.
• The Prime Minister proposed that Lieyang wait for Merlo to enter the Fourth-level sequence, then claim its abandoned territory and resources.
• Pan Zhen asked the council how Lieyang should deal with the former Earth Human Federation's upper echelons.

Pan Zhen ordered Fiery Sun to expand toward the Milky Way while stabilizing its internal problems, then contacted Ailan to learn Merlo Heavenly Court’s intentions and assess the Great Qin Empire. Ailan warned that conflict with Huaye’s forces could destroy either Fiery Sun or Merlo Homeland, and that the Great Qin Empire’s powerful Super Lifeforms posed a threat despite Fiery Sun’s stronger military.

• The Prime Minister urged Fiery Sun to reject Styx, ally with the Great Qin Empire, and claim territory, while reporting that social problems would take five years to resolve.
• Pan Zhen ordered Yuxu to lead an expansion toward the Milky Way, assigned Xuan Tianji to the vanguard, and directed Xiao Zhao to strengthen security in Cloudsoar City.
• Lena left the cabinet meeting, and Pan Zhen returned to his residence and contacted Ailan.
• Ailan said Merlo Heavenly Court’s expansion was aimed at unifying half the universe and warned that a clash between Fiery Sun and Huaye’s forces would end with one civilization destroyed.
• Ailan said the Great Qin Empire had at least two fifth-generation Super Lifeforms and warned Pan Zhen that covert attacks by them could threaten Fiery Sun.

Pan Zhen ordered Fiery Sun to expand its territory while the former Earth Human Federation leaders faced a choice between surrendering to Deno and continued flight. Du Qiangwei cornered them on Reke Star and urged them to join Deno, leaving Ge Xiaolun and the remaining holdouts under threat.

• Pan Zhen ordered Yuxu to reclaim nearby galaxies and bring systems under Fiery Sun's control.
• Ge Xiaolun's group received Di Lena's message forbidding the Galactic Earth Human Federation and its members from entering Fiery Sun.
• Zhao Xin said he could not contact Zhixin because his son had been executed and his wife detained by the Great Qin Empire.
• Du Qiangwei arrived on Reke Star and urged the group to join Deno and restore Shenhe's order.
• Du Qiangwei threatened that anyone who refused would face death, and some members chose to join Deno.
• Du Qiangwei told Zhao Xin to join Deno and return to His Majesty in exchange for learning where his wife was.

The Great Qin Empire received a diplomatic delegation from the Lieyang Civilization and agreed to establish diplomatic relations after negotiations. First Emperor Ying Zheng prepared to face the Deno Civilization, while Pan Zhen assured him that Fiery Sun would not interfere and offered assistance if needed.

• A Great Qin commander halted the Lieyang Civilization's diplomatic delegation at the Milky Way border and reported its arrival.
• Ying Zheng's court debated whether to set aside old grievances with Fiery Sun, and Ying Zheng ordered Meng Yi to receive the delegation courteously.
• Bai Qi reported that Great Qin's military preparations were complete, while Wang Jian said supplies, currency reforms, and recruitment plans were ready.
• After three days of negotiations, Great Qin and the Lieyang Civilization agreed to establish diplomatic relations.
• Pan Zhen told Ying Zheng that Merlo Heavenly Court sought only half the universe and would not unify it, and he promised Fiery Sun would not interfere in Great Qin's war with the Deno Civilization.

Bai Mu sought Yang Yu’s orders as the front-line war stalled and the Empire prepared to restrict dimensional ascension and send new warships into battle. Yang Yu approved the plans, assigned the Alma Elliptical Universe as a reward, and learned that Pan Zhen had returned to help Fiery Sun.

• Bai Mu reviewed the stalled front-line reports and ordered a ban on dimensional ascension for civilizations below Level 7.0 to protect them from the war in Fifth-dimensional spacetime.
• Bai Mu told Yang Yu that Alisha’s battlefield was under heavy attack, with fifty billion enemy troops committed and more on the way.
• Yang Yu ordered ten Type II Law Warships sent to each front line and assigned future warship production to Bai Wen and her allies.
• Yang Yu approved the Cabinet’s memorials and chose the Alma Elliptical Universe as the reward for the Imperial Academy of Engineering’s work.
• Yang Yu read that Pan Zhen had returned to aid Fiery Sun and reflected on his loyalty to Lena’s father.

The Materials Research Institute struggled to lower the cost of materials for Type II law battleships as the Empire faced heavy losses on the front lines. Su Tianlong proposed lifting the Insectoid Race’s life-level restrictions and using ninth-tier Insectoid bodies to strengthen battleship materials.

• Li Bai learned that the Empire needed to deploy its latest battleships against the Myriad Races Allied Forces after the Ninth United Fleet suffered heavy losses in the Half-beastman Empire.
• Li Bai proposed using parts of ninth-tier Lifeforms as substitutes for costly battleship materials and asked Li Muyao for a body part.
• Li Muyao offered only one finger, while Su Tianlong warned that ninth-tier Lifeform bodies could not serve as the needed substitute.
• Su Tianlong recommended the Insectoid Race, explaining that its bodies were harder than those of ninth-tier Lifeforms and could be used to make stronger, cheaper materials.
• Su Tianlong proposed lifting the Insectoid Race’s life-level restrictions, cultivating a few ninth-tier Insectoid Lifeforms per universe, and grinding their bodies into Type I materials to create Type II law-grade materials.

Emperor Mashkov Crouch sent the Half-Beastman Kingdom’s remaining warships to the front, while Alisha’s forces received support from the Time-Space Administration Bureau and fought the Myriad Races Allied Army in the past. As the Star Ancient Empire struggled with dwindling materials, Pan Zhen asked Academician Ji Ming for fifth-generation Super Lifeform technology.

• Emperor Mashkov Crouch committed all two hundred million remaining warships to the front and told the Elf Kingdom the Half-Beastman Kingdom would fight to the death.
• Alisha learned the Apocalypse God Realm needed her to hold the battlefield for three days, but reinforcements from the Time-Space Administration Bureau arrived and gave her Ninth United Fleet time to rest.
• Night Ten ordered the Time-Space Administration Bureau to drag the Myriad Races Allied Army into spacetime one thousand years in the past and use footage of His Highness defeating supreme experts to deter intruders.
• The Star Ancient Empire struggled to produce more warships because it lacked materials.
• Pan Zhen visited Academician Ji Ming at the Engineering Academy and asked for fifth-generation Super Lifeform technology.

Pan Zhen asked Academician Ji Ming about reaching the fifth-generation lifeform level and learned what the technology required and why it could not be used freely. Bai Yuan then challenged his assumptions about time travel and explained the power of higher-level civilizations, leaving him with a far more unsettling picture of the universe.

• Pan Zhen asked Academician Ji Ming whether he could help him become a fifth-generation lifeform, and Ji Ming said he lacked the necessary materials.
• Academician Ji Ming explained the different kinds of Super Lifeforms, genetic locks, and the powers associated with fifth-generation super soldiers.
• Academician Ji Ming warned Pan Zhen not to deploy fifth-generation Super Lifeforms widely, since the Time-Space Administration Bureau could erase him and his civilization.
• Pan Zhen asked whether the grandmother paradox could prevent such interference, and Bai Yuan entered and called him ignorant.
• Bai Yuan described how higher-level civilizations controlled the laws of the universe, time, and space, and asked whether erasing every trace from the river of time was really difficult.

Bai Yuan and Ji Ming warned Pan Zhen about the Time-Space Administration Bureau’s power and explained the resources and civilization level required for fifth-generation Super Lifeforms. Bai Yuan then warned Yang Xiuwen and Lin Xiaoxiao that she would destroy any unauthorized fifth-generation lifeforms and their civilizations, leaving them to wonder whether Bai Qi and Ruoning’s clash had provoked her.

• Bai Yuan and Ji Ming told Pan Zhen that higher civilizations could erase a civilization from history and warned him to keep their conversation secret.
• Ji Ming said fifth-generation Super Lifeforms required stellar atoms and dark particles, and Bai Yuan advised waiting until Merlo Heavenly Court reached Sequence 3.7.
• Ji Ming proposed helping Merlo Heavenly Court and the Great Qin Empire raise two fifth-generation Super Lifeforms, while Bai Yuan left him to handle the arrangements.
• Bai Yuan contacted Yang Xiuwen and Lin Xiaoxiao and warned that she would destroy any unauthorized fifth-generation lifeform and its civilization.
• Yang Xiuwen and Lin Xiaoxiao agreed to deal with any unauthorized actors and wondered whether Bai Yuan was reacting to Bai Qi and Ruoning’s clash.

Pan Zhen revealed to Ying Zheng that an ancient universal overlord had altered time, protected Earth Star, and left rules for the universe’s civilizations. After the call, Pan Zhen learned that the Super God Academy and Styx had intervened in the Deno crisis and crushed Great Qin’s forces.

• Pan Zhen told Ying Zheng that the 1999 Incident had been real and that a universal overlord had reversed time, erased memories, and set rules barring fifth-generation Super Lifeforms from acting.
• Pan Zhen explained that civilizations reaching the Fourth-level sequence would receive an independent four-dimensional universe, and that the Pangu Civilization Karl researched had protected Earth Star, possibly creating Sun Wukong as its guardian.
• Ying Zheng and Li Si questioned Pan Zhen about the ancient civilization, but Pan Zhen warned them not to claim it as their ancestors and ended the call without naming it.
• Yuan Li reported that the Super God Academy had taken control of Deno Civilization and imprisoned Cheng Yaowen, who had admitted deceiving Great Qin to obtain technology against Merlo Heavenly Court.
• Yuan Li said Styx had joined the conflict and its Void Warriors had killed more than a thousand quasi-fifth-generation Great Qin fighters; Pan Zhen blamed Karl and the Super God Academy.