Chapter Summaries

Qin Shi delivered a speech at the Great Expansion Movement ceremony in Central City, while Chen Ruofu and Fang Putang discussed the Divine Mecha inheritance he might need to develop his physique. Back in Old Factory Street, Qin Shi publicly named Liang Zhengxiong as his teacher, leaving Liang and the packed eatery stunned.

• Governor Tai called Qin Shi onto the stage, where he delivered a speech urging young people to build Dongxia’s future.
• Chen Ruofu explained to Fang Putang that Qin Shi might need a perfectly compatible King Level Divine Mecha to advance his physique, but the known mechas already had owners.
• Li Yuan and Xie Yucheng visited Uncle Li’s eatery, where patrons watched Qin Shi’s speech and praised his success.
• Liang Zhengxiong arrived at the eatery, watched Qin Shi on television, and celebrated his disciple’s speech with Beicang liquor.
• During a press interview, Qin Shi said his teacher was Liang Zhengxiong, a physical education teacher at No. 9 Vocational Middle School, and called him the best teacher he had ever met.
• Liang Zhengxiong froze as the people in the eatery turned to look at him.

Old Liang reflected on his life and revealed a dangerous transformation in his heart, while Qin Shi went to Central City to earn a Divine Mecha pilot’s license. After rapidly passing all three civilian exams, Qin Shi announced he would speedrun the remaining tests before leaving Central City.

• Old Liang drank alone, found uncanny black patterns covering his heart, and said his disciple would need what was inside him.
• Chen Ruofu rejected Fang Putang’s fantasy that Qin Shi could build a Supreme Emperor Level Divine Mecha and urged officials to prepare Qin Shi’s Rank-Placement Exam.
• Qin Shi told Holwen he planned to take a Divine Mecha licensing exam, and Holwen arranged security because Central City was unstable.
• Qin Shi arrived at the testing center with Zhou Yuanchen and Zhang Hai as escorts, then asked about military-grade mecha qualifications.
• Qin Shi quickly passed the civilian beginner, intermediate, and advanced pilot exams while Zhou Yuanchen and Zhang Hai watched in disbelief.
• Qin Shi signaled the staff to continue and said he planned to speedrun the entire exam that night.

Qin Shi completed the civilian pilot exams and entered the military-grade exam, where he used Iron People to synchronize with a Divine Mecha and overwhelm his opponent. His extraordinary connection to the machine spirit stunned the observers as he passed the first combat test with a decisive victory.

• Zhou Yuanchen and Zhang Hai discussed Qin Shi’s talent and speculated that he might be related to Marshal Qin, while Zhang Hai shared rumors about Marshal Qin’s successor and the Vice Marshal’s descendants.
• Qin Shi finished the beginner, intermediate, and advanced civilian pilot exams in a few hours and prepared to take the military-grade test at Hengzhou First Military Academy.
• Teacher Xu Que started the military-grade exam and generated an opponent from his own performance data to test Qin Shi.
• Qin Shi connected with the Divine Mecha’s machine spirit, raised their compatibility to 98 percent, and entered the arena without following the manual’s instructions.
• Qin Shi’s mecha matched his opponent’s first punch, then struck it down with a second attack and a spinning kick, leaving Xu Que and the observers astonished.

Qin Shi earned his Military Grade Divine Mecha pilot license after astounding the instructors with his control of a Guard Series armor, then prepared to leave Central City for the Great Expansion Movement. At New Moon Mall, he finally met Yu Li, and the two rising talents clashed through their auras without either yielding.

• Qin Shi piloted the Guard Series Divine Machine Armor with exceptional precision, performed a Wind Fist Style move, and earned full marks and a Military Grade pilot license.
• Yu Weiwei explained that martial artists chose Divine Machine Armors by fate, then accompanied Qin Shi on a shopping trip where she bought piles of kitchenware.
• Qin Shi followed the Governor's Mansion's social media guidance, gained a flood of followers, and learned that his special train would leave that night for the Great Expansion Movement.
• At New Moon Mall, Yu Li spotted Qin Shi and sent a wisp of aura toward him, but Qin Shi detected it and countered by locking onto Yu Li's aura.
• Yu Li and Qin Shi met each other's gaze and clashed through their auras as Chen Cai'er watched, neither young talent backing down.

Qin Shi fought Yu Li in a clash of their mental energies, copied one of Yu Li’s fighting intents, and left him with a bruised eye despite suffering a swollen fist himself. Later, Qin Shi said farewell to the young martial artists in Central City and departed by train, promising to meet them again during the Great Expansion.

• Qin Shi used the Body Refining Furnace to strengthen his mental energy and held his own against Yu Li’s Specialized Domain and fighting intents.
• Yu Weiwei went to buy milk tea while Old Zhao watched the clash and remarked on the strength of the young fighters.
• Qin Shi imprinted Yu Li’s Myriad Phenomena Wind Formation into his Hundred Forms Cultivating Momentum and struck the white vertical pupil with a giant fist, bruising Yu Li’s eye.
• Yu Li concealed his injury from Chen Cai’er and Old Zhao, then vowed to get revenge at the Stellar Cup.
• Qin Shi reunited with Yu Weiwei, who gave him milk tea, and hid his swollen hand as they prepared to leave.
• Qin Shi said farewell to Zhou Yuanchen, Yan Ren, Xia Hong, Xia Ying, and the other gathered youths, then boarded the special train after urging them to meet him again during the Great Expansion.

On the train home, Qin Shi reflected on his new standing in Central City and explored Nation War records in the Second Universe, becoming intrigued by the Feng Faction Army. Meanwhile, Mo Qihuan remained on leave, and Tai Jun confronted Hengzhou New Star’s game-obsessed Governor, whose military simulation was nearing completion.

• Qin Shi reviewed his progress, including gaining Central City’s recognition and becoming one of New Dongxia’s protected seeds.
• Mo Qihuan refused his secretary’s pleas to return to the Education Department, saying he would resume work only if Central City called for him.
• Qin Shi entered the Second Universe arena, watched Nation War records, and grew interested in the successful Feng Faction Army.
• Tai Jun urged the silver-haired Governor to attend to Hengzhou New Star’s affairs, but the Governor said his simulation was nearly complete and that he needed a bomb powerful enough to destroy the Star God.

Feng Wuyang explained why he planned to awaken the Lord of Gluttony, a Star God dormant beneath Hengzhou, through a massive Great Expansion. He accepted that his strategy could cost many lives, but believed Hengzhou had to break free of the Star God’s blockade, leaving General Tai to report his orders as he prepared to face the consequences.

• Feng Wuyang and General Tai discussed the Star Gods and the failure of Governor Lin and Qin Shouge’s plan to take over the juvenile Lord of Gluttony.
• Feng Wuyang revealed that he had designed a Great Expansion with nearly 400,000 troops and planned to strike the Lord of Gluttony’s two hearts to awaken it.
• General Tai warned Feng Wuyang that his plan treated Dongxia’s citizens as sacrifices and said he would report the governor to the tribunal.
• Feng Wuyang defended his choice by recalling Hengzhou’s persistent poverty and explaining his belief that the region had to break free of the Star God’s blockade.
• Feng Wuyang declared that he would pierce both hearts of the Lord of Gluttony and awaken it, while General Tai realized the governor was determined to confront the Star God head-on.

Feng Wuyang activated Hengzhou’s wartime protocols while Qin Shi advanced his meditation and martial arts training in the Great Universe Server. As Qin Shi headed toward Tai’an, the Seventh Legion arrived in Hengzhou under division commander Mo Zhenting.

• Feng Wuyang ordered Tai Jun to mobilize Hengzhou’s resources and support the eastern and western fronts, and Tai Jun activated wartime protocols.
• Qin Shi rented a high-end training room, advanced his Void Meditation Method to the Second Layer, and mastered Horizontal Clouds Hundred Strikes and Myriad Phenomena Wind Formation.
• Super Little He mined in the Netherworld to replenish Qin Shi’s Void Coins while Qin Shi trained in the Great Universe Server.
• Qin Shi left the training room and traveled toward the Tai’an Metropolitan Area, considering whether to seek fights through a cyber arena or cooperate with Primal Energy Company.
• The Seventh Legion’s battleship entered Hengzhou’s orbit and descended toward the spaceport, bringing division commander Mo Zhenting.

Mo Zhenting arrived in Hengzhou to assist with its defense and learned that the Great Expansion Movement would be called the Ploughing the Court Plan. Back in Tai'an, Qin Shi sought a powerful opponent to help integrate his two paths, and his public Dark Web order drew the attention of Ying Huang and Mo Zhenting.

• Mo Zhenting arrived in Hengzhou and ordered his adjutant to give the soldiers rotating shifts and leave during the radio storm.
• Mo Zhenting met Tai Jun, agreed to defend the border with the Wind Sickle, and heard the Great Expansion Movement had been named the Ploughing the Court Plan.
• Qin Shi returned to Tai'an, gave gifts to his friends, and cultivated while considering how to integrate the Martial Path and Psionic Path.
• Super Little He advised Qin Shi to face an opponent who could overpower him, so Qin Shi posted on [Kill-a-Mo] seeking a Professional-Level fighter.
• Ying Huang accepted Qin Shi's Dark Web order and asked Old Li to find a suitable fighter.
• Mo Zhenting learned Qin Shi had posted the order and told Haila to send Deputy Song and the others to Tai'an.

Mo Zhenting abandoned his plan to test Qin Shi after learning Qin had been placed on Hengzhou Local’s Seed Candidate List. Qin Shi returned to Old Factory Street, discussed his breakthrough plans with Old Liang, and learned that Marshal Qin’s Soldier Attack Warfare Method might be the powerful technique he needed to unite his martial arts.

• Haila warned Mo Zhenting that Qin Shi’s Seed Candidate List status required strict protection, so Mo Zhenting canceled his plan to send Deputy Song to challenge him.
• Qin Shi saw a sensational report about his public challenge to Professional Level experts and visited Old Liang with supplements, teasing him about Auntie Mei.
• Qin Shi told Old Liang he wanted to break through by taking a beating and explained how he hoped to combine Hundred Forms Cultivating Momentum with Nanhuang Dojo’s Body Refining Furnace.
• Old Liang observed Qin Shi’s rapid progress, learned that Tai Jun had given him a Divine Crystallization, and said he needed a powerful technique to command both paths.
• Old Liang reminded Qin Shi that he had taught him Marshal Qin’s Soldier Attack Warfare Method, which might surpass SSS-rank if brought to Great Perfection.

Qin Shi weighed his future outside the Four Great National Universities as Old Liang offered to help him join a legion and reminisced about his military service. Elsewhere, Fourth Legion captain Qin Huaien prepared to head for Hengzhou, where memories of his old guard, Little Liang, resurfaced.

• Old Liang advised Qin Shi that several hundred layers of the Soldier Attack Warfare Method could strengthen him, and Qin Shi agreed to try training in it.
• Qin Shi explained why he had turned down the Four Great National Universities, and Old Liang offered to use his military connections to help him join a legion after the Great Expansion Movement.
• Qin Shi invited Old Liang to share drinks and food and tell stories about his army days, prompting Old Liang to hum a battle hymn.
• A radio-wave storm delayed the Fourth Legion warship's journey to Hengzhou, and Captain Qin Huaien teased first officer Xiao Zheng about outperforming Mo Zhenting.
• Xiao Zheng explained that he had joined the Fourth Legion to defend Eastern Xia and follow Marshal Qin's successor, and Qin Huaien told him to credit his own personal charisma instead.
• Qin Huaien looked forward to returning to Hengzhou and remembered Little Liang, his former guard, wondering how he was doing.

Qin Shi trained Zhou Ning at Nanhuang Dojo and invited him to join a planned freight company, while Old Zhang traveled aboard a civilian ship through the Scorpion Corridor. When raiders attacked, Old Zhang stepped out into space to confront them.

• Qin Shi coached Zhou Ning in Furnace Stance, and Zhou Ning thanked him for helping him enter Nanhuang Dojo.
• Qin Shi invited Zhou Ning to invest in and help manage a planned long-haul freight company, and Zhou Ning agreed.
• Qin Shi asked Yu Weiwei when Master Zhang would return, and she explained that his journeys could last years.
• A civilian cargo ship carrying Old Zhang entered the Scorpion Corridor, where raiding groups watched it suspiciously.
• The captain and first mate found a Divine Mecha in the ship’s launch bay and learned its bald caretaker was not its pilot; he said the senior they sought was in first class.
• When raiders attacked the ship, Old Zhang walked into the vacuum of space, and the darkness erupted in brilliant flashes.

Old Zhang destroyed a raider band in the Scorpion Corridor, while Qin Shi learned more about his master's past and prepared to defend Nanhuang Dojo. The chapter ended with Qin Shi eagerly welcoming three soldiers who came to challenge him.

• Old Zhang burst into space and destroyed roughly seventy or eighty raiders and their fighter jets before returning to the civilian cargo ship.
• Yu Weiwei told Qin Shi how Old Zhang had lost to Qi Wuxiang and He Lanchán, and explained that only something with an immortal quality might extend a Grandmaster's life.
• Yu Weiwei warned Qin Shi that challengers might visit while Old Zhang was away, and Qin Shi invited visitors to test him at Nanhuang Dojo.
• Qin Shi had Zhou Ning hang a boastful sign outside the dojo and sat at the entrance waiting for challengers.
• Jiang Shijie, Wei Tu, and Scholar arrived, and Jiang Shijie decided to challenge Qin Shi.
• Qin Shi rushed out to greet the three soldiers and asked which of them would fight first.

Qin Shi faced three Wind Scythe Sequence Army elites who had come to challenge him at Nanhuang Dojo, defeating Wu Yong in an aura clash by turning his Incineration Art against him. After Lin Xiong challenged him to break through his Pure Steel Whale Armor, Qin Shi produced a Perfect Grade Electric Shock Saber from the Spirit Pillar, leaving Lin Xiong alarmed.

• Qin Shi welcomed Jiang Shijie, Lin Xiong, and Wu Yong into Nanhuang Dojo, where Wu Yong quietly used his reconnaissance aura to assess him.
• Qin Shi noticed Wu Yong's probing aura and brushed it aside, prompting Wu Yong to activate the Sixth Legion's Incineration Art and open his Sea of Consciousness.
• Qin Shi summoned Super Little He to bear the pressure and used Mental Power to overwhelm Wu Yong, who suffered a backlash and had to withdraw.
• Lin Xiong challenged Qin Shi to break through his ninth-layer Pure Steel Whale Armor, promising to accept defeat if Qin Shi succeeded.
• Qin Shi asked whether he could use a weapon, then revealed a Perfect Grade Electric Shock Saber from the Spirit Pillar, startling Lin Xiong.

Qin Shi used his Perfect Grade Electric Shock Saber to deter Lin Xiong, then prepared to face Jiang Shijie after Yu Weiwei ended the challenge. As he trained toward the Perfect Domain, he combined three techniques and used Combat Rewind to test himself against Jiang Shijie and Lin Xiong.

• Qin Shi drew his Perfect Grade Electric Shock Saber, and Lin Xiong backed down from fighting him.
• Jiang Shijie challenged Qin Shi, but Yu Weiwei intervened and arranged for the Seventh Legion soldiers to return in three days.
• Yu Weiwei asked Xuanming to calculate Qin Shi’s chances of reaching the Perfect Domain, and Xuanming estimated a forty-seven percent probability.
• Qin Shi practiced combining Hundred Forms Cultivating Momentum, the Body Refining Furnace, and the Void Meditation Method to stabilize his body and mind.
• Qin Shi used Combat Rewind to fight Jiang Shijie and Lin Xiong, suffered severe injuries, and advanced [Armor Iteration] by five percent.

Qin Shi trained against professional fighters to prepare for a breakthrough, then sparred with Lin Xiong of the Seventh Legion. He turned Lin Xiong’s countershock field into power for a devastating strike that sent him crashing into the training-room wall.

• Qin Shi repeatedly lost to Jiang Shijie and Lin Xiong in the Inner Scenery, then recovered with spirit-nourishing incense and asked Lin Yunqing to arrange a spar with Lin Xiong.
• Lin Xiong and his fellow soldiers discussed Qin Shi’s record and the casualties their squad had suffered during the Great Expedition.
• Old Liang encountered Lin Xiong outside Nanhuang Dojo, recognized him as a Seventh Legion soldier, and asked after Commander Zhao before leaving.
• Qin Shi fought Lin Xiong in Nanhuang Dojo’s training room, trading hundreds of close-range blows while Lin Xiong’s Professional Level field slowed him down.
• Qin Shi used the Four Limits to absorb Lin Xiong’s countershock force, redirected it through Hundred Forms Cultivating Momentum, and smashed Lin Xiong into the metal wall.

Qin Shi pushed Lin Xiong to unleash his full Professional Level strength, then used Soldier Attack Warfare Method and a new Hundred Forms Cultivating Momentum technique to pierce Lin Xiong’s domain. After the sparring match, Qin Shi collapsed as his Specialized Domain completed and a Perfect Core began to form.

• Lin Xiong recovered from Qin Shi’s opening punch and activated his full Pure Steel Whale Armor, while Qin Shi recognized that ordinary attacks could not overcome the Professional Level domain.
• Qin Shi ignited 160 Life Force nodes with Soldier Attack Warfare Method and struck Lin Xiong, who caught the punch and prepared to return its force through his armor’s recoil trait.
• Before the recoil could hit, Qin Shi unleashed the third stage of his power, using the shock waves to severely damage Lin Xiong’s Flesh Activity and pierce his Specialized Domain.
• Lin Xiong asked about Qin Shi’s technique, and Qin Shi named it Hundred Forms Cultivating Momentum: Move Like Thunder before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Xuanming caught Qin Shi, and a diamond-shaped crystal formed inside his body as his Perfect Core took shape.

After defeating Lin Xiong with the Soldier Attack Warfare Method, Qin Shi refined his Perfect Core and broke through to the Professional Level, leaving him wondering what trait he would develop. Meanwhile, Lin Xiong and Wu Yong told Jiang Shijie that Qin Shi had used the Fourth Legion’s signature technique, and Jiang Shijie resolved to face him without disappointing his commander.

• Qin Shi ate the Nutritional Meals Yu Weiwei brought and told her that he had formed a core, while Yu Weiwei arranged to lower Nanhuang Dojo’s lockdown and raise its Energy Factor concentration.
• Qin Shi meditated through the night, merged his spiritual essence with his Flesh Activity, and broke through to the Professional Level with a field that extended up to sixty meters.
• Qin Shi examined his new strength and wondered what trait his Perfect Core would produce.
• Wu Yong checked Lin Xiong’s injuries, and Lin Xiong told Wu Yong and Jiang Shijie that Qin Shi had used the Soldier Attack Warfare Method and defeated him.
• Jiang Shijie considered the political and military implications of Qin Shi’s technique, then contacted Haila and vowed not to let his commander down.

After injuring Lin Xiong, Qin Shi spent three days refining his newly professional body and prepared for his fifth rebirth, while Jiang Shijie arrived at the Nanhuang Martial Arts Hall for their publicized spar. The chapter ended as Qin Shi unleashed a crushing domain and Jiang Shijie realized his professional trait was a basic enhancement.

• Lin Xiong recovered in the hospital after nurses treated the charred injury Qin Shi had inflicted, while Jiang Shijie and Wu Yong discussed the danger of Qin Shi’s combat skills.
• Qin Shi cultivated in seclusion for three days, refining his body and reaching the point where his fifth rebirth could begin.
• Yu Weiwei visited Qin Shi, encouraged his decision to reject the Four Great National Universities, and heard him promise to win.
• Jiang Shijie and Wu Yong arrived at the Nanhuang Martial Arts Hall, where Ren You expanded the domain and Xuanming disabled the reporters’ drones.
• Qin Shi entered the courtyard and released a powerful professional domain, prompting Jiang Shijie to identify his trait as an enhancement.

Qin Shi faced Jiang Shijie in a spar at Nanhuang Dojo, where everyone underestimated his ordinary Enhancement characteristic. Qin Shi activated its immense amplification and overwhelmed Jiang Shijie, leaving the dojo’s defenses shattered and the onlookers stunned.

• Jiang Shijie, Wu Yong, Ren You, and Jian Yuzhu were surprised that Qin Shi had refined the low-rated Enhancement characteristic, while Yu Weiwei anticipated the strength of his physique and cultivation.
• Outside Nanhuang Dojo, Li Yuan asked Xie Yucheng to watch for reporters badmouthing Qin Shi, while Chen Yun left to investigate who had stirred up the confrontation.
• Jiang Shijie unleashed his Heaven-Burning Fury characteristic and landed a powerful blow that sent Qin Shi skidding backward, but Qin Shi’s body endured the damage.
• Qin Shi entered his third stage, activated his trait, and fused it with tenfold amplification, catching Jiang Shijie’s attack and overpowering him.
• Qin Shi threw Jiang Shijie into the air and slammed him down, while the resulting storm shattered Xuanming’s defensive field and blasted open Nanhuang Dojo’s gates.