Chapter Summaries

As East Sakura Country intensified its invasion of Australia, Derrick’s delegation negotiated with China and Lin Chen over support and Australia’s future. Lin Chen imposed ten sweeping conditions, and the talks ended without agreement.

• East Sakura Country’s Elder ordered the military to accelerate its offensive and troop deployment in Australia while expanding conscription.
• Derrick’s delegation arrived in China, but Chinese officials delayed negotiations until the next day as Australian casualties mounted.
• Lin Chen joined the talks and proposed free movement of people and goods between Australia, China, and the concession zone.
• Lin Chen presented ten demands, including limits on Australia’s military, freedom for his forces to operate there, Chinese-style education, and a share of recovered frozen assets.
• Derrick rejected the terms as excessive, and Lin Chen left, insisting that none of the ten conditions could be removed.
• Wei Hongru refused to continue negotiating unless Derrick’s delegation accepted Lin Chen’s demands, and both sides ended the meeting.

After Australia signed the Huaguo-Australia Friendly Cooperation Treaty, Lin Chen arrived in Australia and deployed thirty thousand upgraded Mechanical Leopards. East Sakura Country refused his ultimatum and prepared to fight as the Mechanical Leopards advanced on its troops.

• Derrick and the Australian delegation accepted Lin Chen's terms and signed the Huaguo-Australia Friendly Cooperation Treaty, which was announced three days later.
• Australian citizens mostly accepted the treaty, while people in China celebrated and East Sakura Country's citizens threatened retaliation.
• Lin Chen arrived at a Beach Base in Australia and summoned thirty thousand Modified Third Type Mechanical Leopards from his System Space.
• Lin Chen ordered Little Bei to warn East Sakura Country to withdraw from Australia or have its soldiers killed; East Sakura Country rejected the ultimatum and prepared its Genetic Organisms to attack China if its homeland was struck.
• Little Bei sent the original sixty thousand Mechanical Leopards across the border, and East Sakura Country's troops in a city prepared mortars and Heavy Machine Guns to meet them.

Lin Chen’s Mechanical Leopards overwhelmed East Sakura Country’s forces, inflicting heavy losses while losing relatively few units. East Sakura Country prepared to send a major fleet to blockade Australia, and Little Bei warned Lin Chen of its plan.

• Five thousand Mechanical Leopards charged through mortar fire, machine-gun fire, and jamming devices, destroying East Sakura Country soldiers with coordinated attacks.
• After an hour, Little Bei reported that 1,127 Mechanical Leopards had been lost and between 70,000 and 80,000 enemies had died.
• East Sakura Country’s Elders ordered continued fighting, increased recruitment, and a fleet deployment to Australia.
• Little Bei told Lin Chen that East Sakura Country planned to send two Quasi-Aircraft Carriers, eighteen destroyers, and at least ten submarines to Australia.

Lin Chen managed the war in Australia as East Sakura Country’s casualties mounted, then used Enhancement Points to strengthen his Ancient Martial Arts Tai Chi. He planned to surprise East Sakura Country’s fleet and offered to improve Xu Mengyao’s strength as she neared childbirth.

• Lin Chen ordered Little Bei to slow the Mechanical Leopards’ advance and asked Australia to help recharge them as East Sakura Country lured them inland and destroyed charging facilities.
• Lin Chen returned home and reunited with Lin Xiaoqian, Lin Dongyao, and Xu Mengyao, who was carrying twins.
• East Sakura Country blockaded Australia and sent troops there as Little Bei controlled a war of attrition; over two months, East Sakura Country enlisted eight million people and suffered 3.5 million deaths.
• Lin Chen told Little Bei not to send reinforcements, then spent 300 Enhancement Points to enhance his Ancient Martial Arts Tai Chi.
• The system told Lin Chen that non-nuclear missiles basically no longer threatened him, and he offered to widen Xu Mengyao’s meridians and give her internal energy.

As East Sakura Country’s war left Australia short of Mechanical Leopards, Lin Chen negotiated a defense agreement that put Australia’s national defense under his control in exchange for three percent of its annual GDP. He then told Xu Mengyao he was heading to Australia to reveal his hidden strength and destroy East Sakura Country’s warships there.

• East Sakura Country’s casualties reached five million, while Lin Chen had lost twenty thousand Mechanical Leopards and Australia’s remaining defenses began to buckle.
• Lin Chen refused Derrick’s request for reinforcements unless Australia disbanded its military and paid three percent of its annual GDP for defense.
• Derrick agreed, and Lin Chen and Australia signed the Defense Agreement half an hour later.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao he would go to Australia and destroy the warships stationed there, which made her realize he planned to reveal his true strength.

East Sakura Country’s leaders planned to deter China by revealing their hidden Genetic Organisms, but Lin Chen flew to Australia and destroyed eight of their warships. United States satellites photographed the attack, leaving the United States President shocked that Lin Chen could fly and use a spatial treasure.

• East Sakura Country’s Elder and other leaders agreed to reveal their Genetic Organisms to deter China and weaken Australia’s soldiers’ morale.
• Lin Chen flew a J-20 to Australia, stored it in System Space, and hurled an explosive shell from the sky that destroyed a Quasi-Aircraft Carrier.
• Lin Chen attacked the nearby warships, using explosive shells to destroy them and Spiritual Power-controlled bombs to intercept incoming missiles.
• Lin Chen destroyed all eight warships in the area within minutes as East Sakura Country’s soldiers on shore watched in shock.
• Mandel showed the United States President satellite photos of the attack, and the President realized that Lin Chen could fly and had used a spatial treasure.

Lin Chen used his cultivation powers to destroy East Sakura Country’s warships, shocking world leaders who learned he could fly, withstand weapons, and live for centuries. As Australia’s leaders celebrated his attacks, they feared the territory they had leased him might effectively be his forever.

• The United States President reviewed evidence of Lin Chen’s speed and attacks, then learned East Sakura Country was confronting him.
• East Sakura Country’s leaders learned Lin Chen had destroyed eight warships, and a call from Australia reported further attacks on its fleet.
• Lin Chen shrugged off anti-aircraft fire and destroyed six more warships, bringing East Sakura Country’s losses to fourteen.
• Old Jiang confirmed to China’s military leaders that Lin Chen was a cultivator who could live for centuries, while Bear Country’s leaders regretted not selling him the Yanhuang Territory outright.
• Australia’s leaders celebrated Lin Chen’s destruction of East Sakura Country’s ships but worried their leased territory would belong to him indefinitely.
• A reporter photographed Lin Chen hovering in the sky as he destroyed another East Sakura Country quasi-aircraft carrier.

Lin Chen continued destroying East Sakura Country’s warships despite its threat to unleash tens of thousands of Genetic Organisms, while China prepared defenses along its coast. The United States realized Lin Chen’s Spatial Treasure could carry vast forces, and East Sakura Country’s citizens rallied around their mutated creatures.

• News of Lin Chen flying spread worldwide, terrifying East Sakura Country’s citizens and prompting its leaders to threaten China with Genetic Organisms.
• East Sakura Country revealed more than forty thousand mutated sharks, sea snakes, and octopus monsters off the coast of Australia, where they stopped near shore.
• Lin Chen told Old Jiang he would continue attacking and urged China to condemn East Sakura Country; he also directed Simulation Robots to deploy genetic agents along the coast and advised suspending fishing and keeping warships in port.
• Lin Chen continued pursuing East Sakura Country’s fleeing warships, using a summoned fighter jet when targets were farther away.
• The United States’ President learned Lin Chen’s Spatial Treasure could hold at least eight thousand Mechanical Leopards, then hoped East Sakura Country’s threatened attack would devastate China.

Lin Chen and Old Jiang used Gene Inducers to divert East Sakura Country’s Genetic Organisms away from China’s coast. The creatures turned back toward the second lure, leaving East Sakura Country’s officials fearing they would attack their own country.

• Lin Chen destroyed East Sakura Country’s warships while its officials ordered the remaining fleet to regroup and sent the Second Genetic Organism Legion toward China.
• Little Bei told Lin Chen that around forty thousand Genetic Organisms had appeared near several Chinese coastal areas, while East Sakura Country’s citizens celebrated the planned attack.
• Lin Chen agreed with Old Jiang to use Hive Drones carrying Gene Inducers to lure the Genetic Organisms away from China.
• A Small Drone deployed a Gene Inducer near Magic City, and the approaching Genetic Organisms turned away from shore and followed it.
• A second Small Drone deployed another Gene Inducer, drawing the Genetic Organisms onward as they left China’s coast.
• Professor Ito told East Sakura Country’s officials that China had likely developed a stronger control method and that the Genetic Organisms might attack East Sakura Country instead.

Lin Chen ordered East Sakura Country’s Mechanical Leopards to attack its soldiers while Genetic Organisms approached the country. He then demonstrated his invulnerability by enduring missile and gunfire attacks before destroying the East Sakura Country fleet, leaving reporters stunned.

• East Sakura Country officials debated whether to surrender as Genetic Organisms neared their country and worried about the 240,000 Mechanical Leopards within its borders.
• Simulation Robots released Long-Lasting Gene Inducers into East Sakura Country’s rivers, and Lin Chen ordered Little Bei to direct the Mechanical Leopards to kill the country’s soldiers and any citizens who attacked them.
• Mandel told the President of the United States that Lin Chen was flying toward East Sakura Country’s warships, where missiles and anti-aircraft guns failed to harm him.
• The President of the United States concluded that Lin Chen could not be stopped, and reports of his survival spread across the internet.
• Lin Chen planted explosives in East Sakura Country warships with his Spiritual Power and destroyed several dozen ships before returning to the harbor.

Lin Chen deployed thirty thousand Mechanical Leopards across Australia, while out-of-control Genetic Organisms began attacking East Sakura Country itself. East Sakura Country's leaders voted to surrender but found their underground base sealed off, and Lin Chen flew toward East Sakura Country to claim its gold and strategic materials.

• Lin Chen distributed thirty thousand Mechanical Leopards across more than ten locations, where Little Bei directed them to attack East Sakura Country's forces.
• East Sakura Country's leaders learned that their Genetic Organisms had returned and were attacking the country, then unanimously voted to surrender.
• The Elders discovered that the elevator was disabled, the passage out had collapsed, and they could no longer reach anyone by phone.
• The United States' President learned that Lin Chen's Mechanical Leopards could rival 1.8 million soldiers, while people in China celebrated Lin Chen's victory.
• Lin Chen flew toward East Sakura Country, intending to take its gold reserves and rare strategic materials.

Lin Chen stripped East Sakura Country of its gold, cash, savings, and government bonds while the Mechanical Leopards annihilated its soldiers. Three days later, he returned home to Xu Mengyao and the children, and said East Sakura Country was defeated even though it had not formally surrendered.

• Lin Chen collected East Sakura Country's gold, cash, resource reserves, and other assets as the Mechanical Leopards continued killing its soldiers and pursuing deserters.
• Lin Chen claimed East Sakura Country's foreign government bonds, prompting panic in the United States and a request from Old Man Li to avoid destabilizing the US economy.
• Lin Chen told Old Man Li he had no plans to sell US Treasury bonds on a large scale for now, while warning the United States to understand its limits.
• Three days later, East Sakura Country's war-involved soldiers were nearly all dead, and its remaining Genetic Organisms began attacking civilians.
• Lin Chen returned home, embraced Xu Mengyao and the children, checked that they were well, and said East Sakura Country had effectively lost its army and military equipment.

East Sakura Country's leaders learned the full extent of Lin Chen's punishment after their defeat, including the destruction of its military, financial assets, and economic prospects. As the international community praised Lin Chen and foreign dignitaries prepared to visit China, the Elder called on the leaders to surrender and commit suicide.

• An East Sakura official told the rescued leaders that Lin Chen's Mechanical Leopards had killed nearly all East Sakura soldiers and that Lin Chen had seized private, corporate, and government funds, national assets, and the country's debt.
• Mitsui Aoki reported that Genetic Organisms had killed over a million people, the yen had fallen to 350 per US dollar, and weapon-producing factories had been destroyed.
• Mitsui Aoki listed Lin Chen's restrictions: East Sakura could have no military or civilian firearms, married couples could have only one child, and East Sakura men abroad had to return within a month.
• Mitsui Aoki said no country could invest in East Sakura and Lin Chen would impose a 100 percent tariff on its food imports, while the international community praised his actions.
• The Elder of East Sakura Country said the leaders had failed their country and people, then urged them to announce surrender and commit suicide together.

Lin Chen watched East Sakura Country's leaders surrender and take their lives, then turned his attention to family life as Xu Mengyao gave birth to twins. Three years later, the family watched their four children spar, and Lin Chen gave Xu Mengyao a ring he had made from a gemstone brought back from the moon.

• East Sakura Country's Elder announced the country's unconditional surrender, confessed responsibility for its crimes, and killed himself; the other officials followed.
• Lin Chen told Old Jiang he would accept the Yanhuang Medal but reject the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he would establish an award of his own.
• A week later, Xu Mengyao gave birth to Lin Zhenbei and Lin Anlan, and Lin Chen reassured her that the twins and their older siblings were well.
• Three days later, Xu Mengyao had recovered, and guests brought Lin Chen gifts, including the Caesar Family's offer of thirty percent of its shares.
• Three years later, Lin Xiaoqian and Lin Dongyao sparred while Lin Anlan and Lin Zhenbei cheered them on.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao he was a hundred times stronger than he had been three years earlier and gave her a ring made from a gemstone he had brought back from the moon.