Vol. 3The Golden Flame

Li Qinwu fed and armed the Lower Hive, secured farmland and military resources, and hunted daemons while the planet faced civil war and an Aeldari attack. He defeated the Aeldari Warrior, gained an earldom and land, and refused the title of Living Saint.

  • Li Qinwu fed the Lower Hive, armed the 109th Regiment, and turned its defense zone into farmland during the civil war.
  • He ambushed an 81st Regiment convoy and learned Father Anthony’s offer of skeletal enhancement required recovering a Tunnel Boring Machine.
  • Li Qinwu secured the Tunnel Boring Machine and military supplies, then negotiated an industrial-cargo deal with a stranded freighter captain.
  • After the Silent One revealed it could summon daemons, Li Qinwu began hunting them to fulfill the God-Emperor’s mission.
  • Li Qinwu expanded his farms as an Aeldari Warrior attacked Hive City and General Zeppelin’s residence.
  • He stopped her by threatening her kin and their Spirit Stones.
  • Li Qinwu trained to defeat the Aeldari Warrior and beat her in a public duel using a golden Psychic Flame sword.
  • The governor granted him an earldom and land, and Li Qinwu refused the bishop’s proposal to make him a Living Saint.
Chapters 201–300 Read from Ch. 201

Arc 9Famine, War, and the Farmland

Li Qinwu fed the Lower Hive, equipped his forces, and led the 109th Regiment through the outbreak of civil war as he secured food and turned its defense zone into farmland. After clashing with rival PDF forces and intercepting a grain convoy, he learned that Father Anthony’s offer of skeletal enhancement was tied to retrieving an abandoned Tunnel Boring Machine.

  • Li Qinwu traded fertilizer for grain with Marshal Dilar, then took charge of the Holy Food Processing Plant and launched cheap Hollow Pasta to feed two million people.
  • Li Qinwu bought Power Armor and weapons, formed the Punisher Family, and received Whitewater City and the surrounding land as his barony.
  • After peace negotiations failed and civil war began, Li Qinwu led the 109th Regiment to guard a transport route while its soldiers faced hunger and unrest.
  • Li Qinwu intervened when Hans Camp clashed with the 81st Regiment over a grain convoy, and General Zeppelin secured emergency grain for the 109th Regiment.
  • Li Qinwu recruited farmers and refugees to cultivate land around the regiment’s defenses, while his soldiers imposed a grain toll on convoys using their road.
  • When a five-truck convoy from the 81st Regiment bypassed the toll, Li Qinwu ambushed it, killed its drivers, and brought its grain and vehicles to the Lower Hive.
  • Li Qinwu arranged military-grade mechanical legs for Big Kai and discussed bodily enhancements with Father Anthony, who offered skeletal surgery in exchange for a mission.
  • Li Qinwu discovered that Father Anthony’s mission required him to escort a repair team to a secret military base and recover an abandoned Adamantium-drilled Tunnel Boring Machine.
Chapters 201–22525 summaries Read

Arc 10The Necron Bargain and Daemon Hunts

Li Qinwu led a campaign to secure the Tunnel Boring Machine and military equipment, then struck a deal with a stranded captain for industrial cargo. After discovering the Silent One could summon daemons, Li Qinwu began hunting them to fulfill the God-Emperor’s mission.

  • Li Qinwu led his troops through rebel territory, where the Silent One defeated the rebel Psyker and Li Qinwu captured the underground base and its supplies.
  • Li Qinwu discovered the Adeptus Mechanicus planned to excavate a Necron tomb, negotiated Power Armor and other concessions from Father Anthony, and helped restart the Tunnel Boring Machine.
  • Li Qinwu escorted the Tunnel Boring Machine through rebel attacks and returned to the Hive City, then organized his forces and planned to seize the Strategic Reserve Warehouse.
  • Li Qinwu negotiated with Miss Nightingale to sell his liquor and met a stranded freighter captain, who offered industrial cargo in exchange for four million cubic meters of high-grade food.
  • Li Qinwu found a Tzeentch Daemon possessing the captured Psyker and destroyed it with the Emperor Shrine, receiving a mission to kill ten daemons.
  • Li Qinwu and the Silent One summoned daemons using living sacrifices, and Li Qinwu burned several of them as the mission progressed to 1/10.
Chapters 226–25025 summaries Read

Arc 11The Aeldari Siege

Li Qinwu expanded his farms and influence while a war between Orks and Eldar brought an Aeldari Warrior to Agricultural Planet 496b. After she devastated Hive City and attacked General Zeppelin’s residence, Li Qinwu confronted her by threatening her kin and Spirit Stones.

  • Li Qinwu strengthened his Psychic abilities, expanded his farming operations, and formed militia companies after a clash with the 81st Regiment over a burned farm.
  • Li Qinwu arranged transport with the captain, established a farming and Guga Beast operation on Garden Island under Butler Killian, and learned that Ork and Eldar fleets were approaching the planet.
  • The Ork and Eldar fleets destroyed each other, but an Aeldari Warrior survived a shuttle crash and escaped after killing many PDF soldiers.
  • Li Qinwu and the planetary nobles failed to capture the Aeldari Warrior, who killed nobles and attacked government offices after her kin were tortured.
  • General Zeppelin assigned Li Qinwu’s regiment to guard his residence, but the Aeldari Warrior infiltrated the Spire and sabotaged its reactor, causing a catastrophic explosion.
  • The Aeldari Warrior attacked the Spire’s glass dome and fought through Zeppelin’s guards, while Li Qinwu pinned her down with Bolt Carbine fire.
  • When the Aeldari Warrior charged General Zeppelin, Li Qinwu threatened her kin and their Spirit Stones, making her stop.
Chapters 251–27525 summaries Read

Arc 12The Golden Flame Duel

Li Qinwu trained to defeat the Aeldari Warrior, then used a public duel to raise his standing and secure support for his plans. After the planetary governor granted him an earldom and land but no money, Li Qinwu attended his investiture while refusing the dangerous title of Living Saint.

  • Li Qinwu accepted General Zeppelin as his uncle, requested an Aeldari prisoner, and repeatedly challenged her in the Cage while training his body and swordsmanship.
  • Li Qinwu defeated the Aeldari Warrior in the Cage after months of attempts, then learned of Garden Island’s growing food production and the political turmoil in Hive City.
  • Li Qinwu broadcast the suffering of radiation victims, challenged the Aeldari Warrior to a public duel, and promised to donate his fortune and bounty money to help affected children.
  • Li Qinwu and the Aeldari Warrior fought before Hive City, and Li Qinwu shattered her Spirit Stone before defeating her with a golden Psychic Flame sword.
  • Li Qinwu demanded donations for radiation victims, pretended to die before the cameras, and discussed gaining troops and political rights with General Zeppelin.
  • Li Qinwu met the planetary governor and bishop, demonstrated his Golden Flame, and demanded fairness for Hive City’s citizens.
  • The governor granted Li Qinwu a hereditary earldom and land but no money, then privately considered selling him to the tax fleet after revealing he knew Li Qinwu was a Perpetual.
  • At his investiture, the planetary bishop proposed making Li Qinwu a Living Saint, but Li Qinwu refused the dangerous position.
Chapters 276–30025 summaries Read
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