Chapter Summaries

Lin Er proposed trading warships to the Elf Kingdom for mining and transport ships to support the Empire’s resource extraction, and Yang Yu accepted the plan in principle. She also proposed cultivating other civilizations to balance one another.

• Yang You urged Lin Er to sell warships to the Elf Kingdom so it would send fleets to the frontline and weaken itself, but Lin Er refused, saying the Empire needed its own warships.
• Lin Er left Long Wen in charge of the Finance Ministry documents and went to the Imperial Kitchen to speak with Yang Yu.
• Lin Er explained that the Empire lacked enough Mining Ships and transport ships to extract resources from two domains, and proposed trading equipped warships for Elf Kingdom production of mining and transport ships.
• Yang Yu agreed to proceed if the trade could work and said he wanted to cultivate the Angel Civilization, Lie Yang Civilization, and the Human Federation of Earth to balance other civilizations.

Yang Yu and Lin Er discussed how to strengthen the Earth Human Federation and prepare the empire for war in the Star World. Lin Er then ordered the empire’s academicians to boost the Primitive Universe’s civilizations and revive the First Emperor and his Terracotta Army.

• Lin Er argued that the Earth Human Federation needed a more suitable leader, and Secretary-General Bai Mu explained that Lie Yang had split into the Liesun Empress Di Leina faction and the Regent faction.
• Yang Yu said the Primitive Universe’s civilizations should enter the wider conflict, while Lin Er proposed sending the empire’s Ninth-Order Sequence warships to the Star World to force the ten thousand races to cede territory.
• Lin Er directed Foreign Minister Yang You to offer the Elf Kingdom the empire’s T0-Level Warships currently in service.
• Lin Er ordered Li Muyao to have academicians in the Earth Human Federation revive First Emperor and the Terracotta Army as powerful undying beings.
• Lin Er instructed academicians assigned to the Angel Civilization, Lie Yang Civilization, and Earth Human Federation to join their research projects and help them develop.

Lin Xiaoxiao and Li Binger began their mission to help the Human Federation by reviving the First Emperor and his Terracotta Army. At the First Emperor Mausoleum, they reviewed his life through Earth’s former time-space line, stopping as they watched his early years.

• Lin Xiaoxiao and Li Binger received the Empire’s order to help the Human Federation develop and reclaim Earth.
• Li Binger volunteered to handle the First Emperor’s revival while Lin Xiaoxiao took charge of time-space, energy, and propulsion.
• The two academicians traveled to the First Emperor Mausoleum and discussed its preservation and the risks of interfering with the Time-Space Law.
• Lin Xiaoxiao rewound Earth’s former time-space line to the Warring States Period, and they watched the First Emperor’s life from his birth until he ascended the throne.

Lin Xiaoxiao and Li Binger revived the First Emperor and his Terracotta Army in the First Emperor Mausoleum, causing upheaval across the Qinling Mountains. As Zhao Xin investigated, the mausoleum emerged and the First Emperor’s warriors began to awaken.

• Night Ten investigated Lin Xiaoxiao and Li Binger’s unauthorized access to spacetime, then gave them ten minutes to complete their work before forbidding further exploration.
• Lin Xiaoxiao and Li Binger restored the First Emperor’s memories and used vitality from the Qinling Mountains to begin reviving him.
• Thunderstorms, earthquakes, and an ancient Qin battle song spread across the region, prompting the Human Federation to send Qi Lin and Zhao Xin to investigate.
• Qi Lin recognized the song as the Qin battle song “No Clothes” and wondered whether the First Emperor could truly revive.
• Zhao Xin reached the Qinling Mountains as the Imperial Mausoleum emerged, and General Meng Tian hurled a bronze spear at him for hovering above His Majesty.
• The Terracotta Army warriors awakened, shed their earthen coverings, and marched out of the mausoleum in formation.

The First Emperor Ying Zheng awoke in the Qinling Mountains, and his return was broadcast across the Milky Way. He ordered Lord Wu'an and the Qin Elite Soldiers to seal the galaxy, leaving the Human Federation’s super warriors overwhelmed outside his mausoleum.

• A pillar of light from the Qinling Mountains triggered a galaxy-wide projection of Ying Zheng declaring Great Qin’s mission and legacy.
• Li Si, Wei Liao, Feng Jie, Meng Tian, Meng Yi, Meng Ao, Wang Jian, and Bai Qi welcomed Ying Zheng as the Terracotta Army saluted him.
• Ying Zheng rose from his coffin, while a Qin general’s sword strike destroyed a Human Federation warship above the mausoleum.
• Liu Chuang challenged the Qin forces, but Lord Wu'an suppressed him as Zhao Xin diverted the falling warship wreckage from Earth Star.
• Ying Zheng ordered the Milky Way sealed, and Lord Wu'an led eight thousand Qin Elite Soldiers toward its borders while the remaining soldiers faced the fallen super warriors.

After First Emperor Ying Zheng awakened, he reclaimed Earth for Great Qin and began a brutal campaign against civilizations he considered enemies. He exiled the Super Soldier Company leaders beyond the Milky Way and turned to Li Binger and Lin Xiaoxiao to help build Great Qin’s South Heaven Gate Project.

• First Emperor Ying Zheng emerged from the Imperial Mausoleum, ordered Meng Tian to take control of the world, and sent Meng Yi back to Xianyang.
• At Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng approved executions and enslavement, renamed Earth the Imperial Star, and renamed the Human Federation of Earth the Great Qin Empire.
• Ying Zheng’s forces massacred civilizations across Earth and the Milky Way, exterminating the far eastern civilization and enslaving the White Race and Ink Race.
• Ying Zheng condemned the Super Soldier Company leaders as outsiders and ordered Meng Yi to exile them beyond the Milky Way.
• Feng Jie argued that Great Qin should first stabilize and later settle accounts with hostile civilizations, while Ying Zheng asked Li Binger and Lin Xiaoxiao to lead Great Qin Heavy Industries and establish the South Heaven Gate Project.

First Emperor Ying Zheng began reorganizing the Great Qin court into a modern cabinet after Li Si confirmed that Meng Tian had recovered the Imperial Jade Seal. He appointed ministers and ordered Meng Tian to reorganize the palace guard, leaving the new government’s appointments in place despite Meng Ao’s doubts about managing finance.

• Li Si proposed moving the capital from Xianyang to North Star, but Feng Jie rejected the idea and defended Xianyang as Great Qin’s imperial capital.
• Meng Tian brought the Imperial Jade Seal to court, and Li Si examined it and confirmed that it was genuine.
• First Emperor Ying Zheng announced a cabinet system and proposed Bai Qi as Minister of Military Affairs, drawing no objections.
• Li Si nominated himself as Minister of Justice and described new laws against bullying and domestic violence, while Meng Yi and Wei Liaozi nominated themselves for Foreign Affairs and Education.
• First Emperor Ying Zheng appointed Wang Jian as Minister of Public Security, Feng Jie as Prime Minister, and Meng Ao as Minister of Finance.
• First Emperor Ying Zheng ordered Meng Tian to reorganize the Black Ice Terrace as the Iron Eagle Warriors, and gave Meng Ao seven days to learn commerce.

Meng Tian warned that the Great Qin Empire had to decide what to do about Zhi Xin and her child, whose ties to Merlot Heavenly Court made harming them a threat to the Milky Way. Ying Zheng sent Meng Yi to Merlot Heavenly Court, while news that the Milky Way had been sealed prompted Kun Peng to alert Queen Ailan.

• Meng Tian told Ying Zheng that Zhi Xin and Zhao Xin's child could not be dealt with casually because Zhi Xin had powerful ties to Merlot Heavenly Court.
• Lin Xiaoxiao advised Ying Zheng to send Zhi Xin back and warned that harming her could bring Merlot Heavenly Court's retaliation upon the Milky Way.
• Ying Zheng ordered Meng Yi to visit Merlot Heavenly Court as the Great Qin Empire's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• Aatrox invited Su Mali to a foot bath, but they stopped when Kun Peng reported that the Milky Way had been sealed off.
• Su Mali decided to stand ready to help if the Milky Way's crisis endangered his former master's disciple, and Aatrox returned to the barracks.

Aylan learned that the Great Qin Empire had arrived outside Angel Domain with Zhi Xin, and sent Su Mali to receive them. Merlot Home protected Zhi Xin and detected a Fifth Generation Super Warrior observing them, leaving Ruo Ning confident that they could face the coming upheaval.

• Ruo Ning reported that a Great Qin Empire envoy had arrived with Zhi Xin, and Aylan summoned Su Mali to explain what he knew about the empire.
• Aylan ordered Su Mali to escort the visitors in, and Meng Yi challenged Su Mali’s claim that Zhi Xin was his disciple.
• Su Mali, Angel Leng, and the others confronted Meng Yi and his guards until they let Zhi Xin walk to her sisters.
• Angel Zhui and Angel Mo Yi took Zhi Xin toward Meru Star, while Su Mali escorted the Great Qin visitors there.
• Ruo Ning warned the others that a Fifth Generation Super Warrior had been watching them, then said Merlot Home was ready for any conflict.

Meng Yi returned Zhi Xin to Merlot Heavenly Court and proposed diplomatic relations, but Ailan declined while allowing him to stay and observe. Back in Xianyang, First Emperor Ying Zheng ordered a hundred-year halt to war and warship production so the Milky Way Galaxy could recover, while new Great Qin weapons were designed.

• Meng Yi offered to return Zhi Xin and establish diplomatic relations, but Ailan said Merlot Heavenly Court had no need for diplomacy.
• Hua Ye invited Meng Yi to stay, and Ailan warned the court that Great Qin was powerful and that the Angel Race should avoid conflict during its critical period.
• Ailan assigned Zhi Xin to teach at an academy as a citizen, and the others agreed she should hold no important position.
• Meng Tian reported that Merlot Heavenly Court had formidable forces and many likely Level-5 Lifeforms, and said controlling the Milky Way Galaxy would take at least ten years.
• First Emperor Ying Zheng ordered a hundred-year ceasefire to restore the economy and ecological balance, suspended warship production, and named new Great Qin weapon classes.

Li Binger and Lin Xiaoxiao discussed building the South Heaven Gate Project and Research Academy while considering the Empire’s technology and resources. Meanwhile, Ge Xiaolun and the other Super Lifeforms were expelled from the Milky Way, and Ge Xiaolun decided they should go to Lieyang.

• Li Binger and Lin Xiaoxiao received Ying Zheng’s message requesting Luan Bird-Class Star Warships and Mystic Woman-Class Starfighters for the South Heaven Gate Project.
• Li Binger explained why starfighters remained useful in lower-level civilizations and said the Empire had abandoned plans to develop law-level starfighters.
• Lin Xiaoxiao declined to become dean of the Research Academy and proposed assessing scholars from across the Milky Way after the South Heaven Gate Engineering Academy was built.
• Lin Xiaoxiao planned to ask whether the others would use the Empire’s Dark World framework, while Li Binger doubted they could use it.
• Ge Xiaolun, Liu Chuang, Qi Lin, Zhao Xin, Rui Mengmeng, and the other Super Lifeforms were exiled beyond the Milky Way and stopped by its blockade.
• Ge Xiaolun looked toward Andromeda and told the others to go to Lieyang.

Cheng Yaowen learned that the Milky Way had been sealed and that the Earth Human Federation’s leaders had been exiled, raising fears that the Great Qin Empire had taken control. On Freyja, Ji Ming tried to bring the retired Pan Zhen back to help Lie Yang avoid splitting into factions.

• Wandering Ryze told Cheng Yaowen that the Milky Way was sealed by powerful beings and its flag had become a black Qin flag.
• Jie Gusi Ding reported that Ge Xiaolun and the Earth Human Federation’s other leaders had been expelled from the Milky Way and were heading toward Post-God River.
• Cheng Yaowen ordered forces to intercept Ge Xiaolun’s group, put De Nuo on combat alert, and send diplomats to contact the Milky Way’s new regime.
• Ji Ming visited Pan Zhen on Freyja and asked him to come out of retirement to help Lie Yang.
• Ji Ming explained that the Great Qin Empire had taken control of the Milky Way and warned that the arrival of the exiled Federation leaders could spark conflict between Wu Zhao and Di Leina’s factions.

Pan Zhen agreed to return to Lieyang’s service after Ji Ming promised the empire could help Lieyang rise, while Wu Zhao prepared to defy Leina to keep the military from falling under her control. A stern general entered as Wu Zhao ordered warships toward Lieyang, confronting her about rebellion.

• Ji Ming urged Pan Zhen to take control of Lieyang’s leadership and promised support, warning that the empire might otherwise invest in Merlot or the Milky Way.
• Pan Zhen asked whether Lieyang could reach the summit, and Ji Ming assured him that it could.
• Ji Ming explained that the Bai, Yang, and Lin Clans were competing through research projects in Lieyang, Merlot, and the Milky Way, then told Pan Zhen that the Great Qin Empire had begun its South Heaven Gate Project.
• Wu Zhao ordered Feng Xu to demand the release of Lieyang’s detained generals and lead ten thousand warships toward Lieyang, fearing Leina would seize control of the military.
• Feng Xu agreed to carry out Wu Zhao’s orders, but a powerful middle-aged general entered and challenged her, asking whether she intended to rebel.

Pan Zhen returned to Lie Yang and took control from Leina, condemning her rule and ordering sweeping changes to the government, military, and economy. Leina was left stripped of authority as Pan Zhen set out to restore Lie Yang’s former power.

• Wu Zhao broke down when Pan Zhen returned, and Pan Zhen comforted her before taking Feng Xu with him to Cloud Firmament City.
• Pan Zhen learned that living conditions had worsened under Leina and that former officials, including the Research Institute director, had been dismissed and deprived of pensions.
• Pan Zhen entered Cloud Firmament Treasure Hall and confronted Leina over her treatment of the people and her decision to give Lie Yang’s heroes’ accomplishments to outsiders.
• Pan Zhen ordered the Cloud Firmament Heavenly Guards to kill a minister who challenged him, then had the other officials in the hall slaughtered.
• Pan Zhen declared Leina a ceremonial mascot, barred officials from meeting her, and ordered Feng Xu to release imprisoned commanders and restore control of the army.
• Pan Zhen ordered Leina-era policies abolished, dismissed corrupt officials and companies investigated, the Research Academy protected, demoted officials reinstated, and Lie Yang’s former enemies warned; Leina could only watch him leave.

After Leina's rule ended, Pan Zhen established a cabinet system and took control of Lieyang's military and political affairs. On Oder Star, Star Ancient Empire academicians Yang Xiuwen and Han Yan offered to help Merlot Heavenly Court develop, including teaching them complete Fifth Generation Gene Technology.

• Pan Zhen established the Lieyang cabinet system and made himself Prime Minister and Minister of Military Affairs as Leina's rule ended.
• Yang Xiuwen introduced himself to Keisha, He Xi, and Liang Bing as an academician from the Star Ancient Empire and said he had come to help Merlot Heavenly Court grow.
• Yang Xiuwen revealed that Han Yan, another Star-Level Academician, would help him and explained their expertise and Merlot's limits in resources and technology.
• Yang Xiuwen offered to teach Merlot Heavenly Court without reservation and grant it complete Fifth Generation Gene Technology in exchange for unconditional authority over resource allocation.
• Yang Xiuwen warned that Merlot's genetic technology could not defeat the Great Qin Empire's Level-5 Lifeforms.

Yang Xiuwen and Han Yan joined Merlot Home as vice presidents, and Han Yan assessed the resources and research needed for its future development. The chapter ended with Han Yan warning that Merlot Home needed broad advances across multiple fields to progress beyond the Seventh Level Sequence.

• Keisha agreed to give Yang Xiuwen and Han Yan vice president positions with unrestricted access to resources, and they accepted.
• He Xi summoned Ailan to discuss Merlot Home’s development, and Han Yan said its mining and transport capacity needed to grow roughly threefold.
• Ailan reported that the Great Qin Empire now governed the galaxy, a Fifth-Generation Super Lifeform had appeared, and Pan Zhen had returned to Lie and established a constitutional monarchy.
• Yang Xiuwen said the Star Ancient Empire had sent six people to study and seek inspiration across Lie, Merlot, and the galaxy, and identified Ji Ming as a computing academician.
• Han Yan warned that Merlot Home needed sufficient resources and progress across fields such as military, social, and biological research to advance through the Sequence levels.

Han Yan urged Merlot Heavenly Court to expand its population and research capacity, arguing that it lagged far behind the Star Ancient Empire. Ailan agreed to redirect resources toward mining, transportation, population growth, and war, while Yang Xiuwen promised to seek a separate Four-Dimensional Universe for them after they advanced.

• Han Yan told Keisha, Liang Bing, Ailan, and the others that Merlot Heavenly Court needed far more people to cultivate researchers and support its development, citing the Star Ancient Empire’s vast academies and its protection of scholars.
• Ailan agreed to suspend warship construction and build ten times as many mining and transport ships, and Yang Xiuwen said a thousand years of development could bring Merlot Heavenly Court to the Fourth Level Sequence and earn it an independent Four-Dimensional Universe.
• Yang Xiuwen explained to He Xi that the empire’s constructed Four-Dimensional Universes were reserved for its citizens and far beyond Merlot Heavenly Court’s means to purchase.
• Ailan proposed lifting restrictions on population growth and revising plans for producing the next generation.
• Ailan announced that she planned to start a war so Merlot Heavenly Court could grow stronger and bring justice to conquered territories.

Ailan learned that Merlot Home needed a vast expansion to have a chance at entering the Fourth Level Sequence, despite the danger of making the entire universe its enemy. She returned to Meru Star, mobilized Merlot’s leaders and military, and began laying out urgent plans to prepare the civilization for expansion.

• Ailan asked Yang Xiuwen and Han Yan how far Merlot Home needed to expand, and Yang Xiuwen said it needed at least one-third of the universe’s territory, roughly thirty billion light-years across.
• Yang Xiuwen warned Ailan about dangerous civilizations in the Four-Dimensional Universe, including the Great Qin Empire, which might return after the Shenzhou Universe shattered.
• Ailan left to organize a war discussion, while Keisha and the others arranged accommodations for Yang Xiuwen and Han Yan and replanned their projects.
• Ailan ordered a First-Level Assembly, put Merlot’s military on Second-Level Alert, and commanded Meng Yi to leave Merlot territory immediately.
• At the Hall of Governance, Ailan ordered Merlot to rapidly build Mining Spaceships and transport ships, promote childbirth, and address how its current territory was limiting development.

Ai Lan announced a campaign to expand Merlot Home’s territory across a vast region of the universe and ordered the forces to prepare for war. The commanders departed to mobilize their fleets, while the Intelligence Department was tasked with gathering information on potential rivals.

• Hua Ye asked who Merlot Home would fight, and Ai Lan explained that no specific civilization had been designated as the target.
• Ai Lan projected a star map and declared that the immense region she marked must come under Merlot Home’s control.
• Ai Lan ordered a Level One Alert across Merlot Home and Level Two Combat Readiness for all life star territories.
• Ai Lan assigned Ruo Ning, Ai Lin, Jia Li Ya, Aatrox, Hua Ye, and Su Mali to lead six routes of expansion, while the remaining armies guarded Merlot Home.
• Ai Lan forbade attacks that destroyed star systems, harm to civilians, and killing those who surrendered, and ordered intelligence on civilizations including Lie Yang Civilization, the Underworld, and the Milky Way.
• After the commanders left, Ai Lan ordered Angel Leng, Kun Peng, and A Lei to deliver intelligence to the commanders before dawn and watch the Great Qin Empire, Lie Yang Civilization, and Beast Body Civilization.

After the Merlot Heavenly Court launched a war fleet, Meng Yi warned the Great Qin Empire, whose leaders debated taking advantage of the turmoil to wage war and prepare for expansion. First Emperor Ying Zheng approved the plan in principle, and the court chose the De Nuo Civilization as its target.

• Meng Yi told Bai Qi that the Merlot Heavenly Court had declared a state of combat readiness, and Bai Qi led his people away as its fleet approached.
• Meng Yi and Bai Qi reported the news to First Emperor Ying Zheng, who summoned the cabinet to discuss the Merlot Heavenly Court’s campaign.
• Wei Liaozi speculated that the Merlot Heavenly Court was expanding, while Li Si urged Great Qin to wage war and pursue advancement.
• Feng Jie proposed reducing civilians’ debts in exchange for military service and funding the policy with government bonds and a currency backed by star systems and galaxies.
• Li Si named the De Nuo Civilization as a target, arguing that Great Qin should reclaim its dignity and eliminate dangers left by the Divine River Civilization.
• Feng Jie supported the war as a chance to reveal Great Qin’s return and deter other civilizations from coveting its galaxy.