In order to become a Heroic Spirit, I had no choice but to cause trouble in history.

The court assembly has now ended, and King Zheng of Qin sits alone in a side hall of Xianyang Palace, watching the sun slowly set in the west.

"I've accomplished it, Brother Chao."

He was still stroking the jade bird.

He knew that Ji Chao's efforts were effective.

During the reign of the late King Zhuangxiang, there were constant harassments from foreign tribes in the west. While vying for control of the Central Plains, King Zhuangxiang also had to deal with foreign tribes that secretly entered the Central Plains through loopholes in the great formation. After he took over the throne of Qin, he also occasionally had to intercept them.

However, after Ji Chao went into battle, he never heard a single report of the alien invasion, not even once.

"Sigh..." King Zheng of Qin slowly stood up, exuding both pride and loneliness.

"Since you left, I... have truly become all alone."

"Everyone either looks up to me or hates me."

"But no one is like you anymore, willing to be with me as a friend."

"I will never find another person who would make me set aside my pride and treat me as a friend."

King Zheng of Qin looked westward, a solitary figure of greatness.

......

Ji Chao looked eastward, his eyes filled with emotion.

He is resting.

Or perhaps they saw something, but were only pursuing that fleeting glance, a glance across the great formation, across the plateau.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Wen Ju was tidying up his things. He looked quite rugged now. Although he was just a follower, this kind of life was enough to toughen a person up.

The Indestructible Chieftain

Wen Ju looked at Ji Chao with the same respect as always.

In Wen Ju's view, if Ji Chao is not worthy of respect, then no one in the world is worthy of respect.

"It's nothing." Ji Chao was adjusting something in his hands.

That's the direction the mechanical bird knows.

His hands glowed with magical light as he made a small modification to Zhixiang.

"My lord, can this mechanical bird fly?" Wen Ju casually sat down on the ground opposite Ji Chao, looking at Zhi Xiang with curiosity. "I often see you playing with and modifying it, but I've never seen you fly it. However, with your abilities, my lord, you must be able to make this mechanical bird fly."

"It can fly, but it's not time for it to fly yet."

Ji Chao gently stroked Zhi Xiang's head. As if it knew that Ji Chao was stroking it, Zhi Xiang's eyes moved a couple of times, and its jaw opened and closed as if it were chirping.

"No rush, no rush..."

Wen Ju rested her chin on her hand, staring blankly at the exquisite Zhi Xiang. She looked up at Ji Chao's somewhat unpleasant expression and pursed her lips.

My lord has been acting like this lately. Did you see something using your divination magic?

"My lord, after we clear out the southwest, shall we return to the Central Plains?" Wen Ju asked Ji Chao.

"Go back to the Central Plains... What, you want to go back to the Central Plains?" Ji Chao looked up at Wen Ju, his eyes unreadable.

"Hmm, I kind of miss it... Even if all that's left there is sadness, it's still my hometown, so wanting to go back is only natural, right?" Wen Ju nodded, glancing at the Kuaiji brothers chatting behind Ji Chao. "But Zero and One-Type..."

“The Central Plains…” Ji Chao couldn’t help but recall his master, the Daoist Siji, and then glanced at Wen Ju, who had already looked away as if he was reminiscing about something.

"The Central Plains have changed drastically," Ji Chao said, a hint of reluctance in Tong Kongzhong's voice. "If you go back, you might not even be able to find any trace of it. Do you still want to go back?"

“My home is by the river. As long as the river flows, my home will still be here.” Wen Ju chuckled. “After all these years, I’ve come to understand. When I was a child, I loved sitting by the river. The rolling yellow water, full of mud and sand, is etched into my mind.”

"Sometimes I even wonder, since I was born by the river, is my blood also the same yellowish-brown color as the river water?"

"It wasn't until the war started that I realized my blood wasn't yellowish-brown, but red like everyone else's." With a self-deprecating laugh, Wen Ju continued, "You're not going to tell me the war is still going on, are you?"

"...It's almost over." Ji Chao stood up. "Or rather, the ending was already predetermined."

"If nothing unexpected happens, Qin should win."

"We won, but we didn't win."

What do you mean?

"He gained the world, and he lost the world."

"...Is that so?" Wen Ju seemed to understand the answer, and also seemed to understand something else.

“My friend, my lord, I know him better than anyone. For him, this should be considered… not such a bad ending.” Ji Chao shrugged, stood up from the rock, and looked at Zero and Ichigo. “Hey, you two, it’s time to go!”

Ahead lies the road leading down from the plateau.

......

End of 221 BC.

King Jian of Qi was captured by Wang Ben.

The State of Qi was the last piece of territory to be annexed by the State of Qin.

The world, especially the Central Plains, was unified.

An unprecedented unification.

In 230 BC, it destroyed Han; in 228 BC, it destroyed Zhao; in 225 BC, it destroyed Wei; in 224 BC, it destroyed Chu; in 222 BC, it destroyed Yan; and at the end of 221 BC, it destroyed Qi.

The journey was extremely long; it took King Zheng of Qin ten years and the Qin state several hundred years to complete.

At this moment, King Zheng of Qin finally looked down upon the entire Central Plains, holding the world in his own hands.

At this moment, he was the sole master of the world.

"This is an unprecedented feat, and I have accomplished it." At this moment, King Zheng of Qin was calm.

"I have always known that this world will belong to me sooner or later!"

"Thus, I shall be the ruler of the Central Plains, the first ruler of the Central Plains since the beginning of time!"

"His achievements surpass those of the Three Sovereigns and his virtue exceeds that of the Five Emperors—this is how I am described! This is how King Zheng of Qin is described!"

He strode out of the palace, looked at the jubilant Xianyang, and let out a hearty laugh that resounded through the sky and shook the world!

This is him—the overlord who unified the Central Plains!

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Chapter 779 The First Emperor

"Ugh—" Yi Shi roared, grabbing Ao Yin's long tongue with one hand and smashing Ao Yin's head like a watermelon with the other. He stood there panting, "Brother!"

"I'm fine here!" Zero shouted, holding a thick log in his hand. He smashed a demon into oblivion and threw the log aside.

The two brothers, both exceptionally strong, were too exhausted to speak anymore.

Around the two brothers were countless corpses left behind by the dead Ao Yin, as well as many other alien corpses. The lingering black aura left after the demons were scattered seemed like pollution that wouldn't go away. The whole scene resembled a hell on earth. No, this was hell.

"Hey! Are you two alright?" Wen Ju ran over to Zero's side, skillfully took out some herbs he had collected in his spare time from his backpack, and began to stop the bleeding for the two brothers.

"Cough cough—uh—" Ji Chao slumped down under a tree next to him, his face pale. He coughed twice, struggled to sit up, and tried to regain his composure.

This was the fourth foreign tribe they encountered after entering the southwest.

This is Yelang, but since entering the southwest, there has never been a single easy or comfortable cleanup. Originally on the plateau, those alien races were dealt with by Zero and First Type without any warning or defense. Now that the collective consciousness of the entire race has reacted, the strength of these monsters has probably increased by more than ten times.

It was as if the resentment of the alien races killed by the two brothers had been gathered on the remaining alien races. The offensive and defensive positions had been reversed. The alien races were aware of the existence of the two brothers and wanted to actively search for them in groups to eliminate the second major obstacle to their entry into the Central Plains.

The biggest obstacle is naturally the great formation protecting the Central Plains. Even though it has begun to lose its effectiveness, it is still the biggest problem for the alien races.

However, although the alien race's offensive was extremely fierce, so fierce that the two brothers from Kuaiji, who were specially developed to withstand the alien race's offensive, still had to pay the price of injury in order to kill a group of aliens.

"Phew..." After a simple adjustment, Ji Chao felt much better. He stood up, stretched his limbs, and walked towards the Zero Style and the First Style.

"How do you feel? Not bad, right?" Ji Chao's expression remained unchanged, as if he was not affected by the battle just now at all.

"Hmm, it's not a big deal, I can still fight." Zero checked the damage to the machine (human body) and answered seriously.

"I had a good time, have more." Yishi's reply was full of personal style.

"There are still six settlements of alien races left in the southwest." Ji Chao sighed, patting Zero on the shoulder.

"We will naturally annihilate them all!" Zero-style punches and palm strikes, displaying domineering power.

"As expected of my brother, I won't lose to you!" Yi Shi chuckled, picked up a stone, and crushed it to pieces.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Ji Chao looked northeast, towards Xianyang.

The atmosphere in Xianyang at this time was quite different from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the southwestern rainforest.

All the wealth in the world came from all directions, and people from all corners of the world paid homage.

This is all because of one person, the peerless ruler who stood above all living beings, trampling over the corpses of the six states to unify the world, Qin Shi Huang.

No, this is no longer the Qin King Zheng.

Taking the title of "Sovereign of the Three Sovereigns" and "Emperor of the Five Emperors," Ying Zheng acquired a new title.

The First Emperor.

Also known as Qin Shi Huang.

Initially, the ministers, led by Prime Minister Li Si, risked their lives to suggest that King Zheng of Qin should be called "Taihuang" because "in ancient times there were Heavenly Emperor, Earthly Emperor, and Taihuang, with Taihuang being the most noble." However, the powerful ruler still felt that the name Taihuang was not worthy of him, so he took one character from each of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and called himself Emperor, meaning that his achievements surpassed those of the Three Sovereigns and his virtue was higher than that of the Five Emperors, making him the greatest and wisest monarch in the world.

From then on, decrees were called "zhi" and orders were called "zhao," while Emperor Ying Zheng referred to himself as "zhen."

Moreover, the First Emperor also revoked the order to posthumously grant titles, believing that it was meaningless and extremely unreasonable for the younger generation to discuss their ancestors and for ministers to speak ill of the former kings.

The Fairy Tree Romance

"From this day forward, I am the First Emperor." His dragon eyes, filled with undeniable majesty, looked down upon his court officials. "After me, let us count the generations: the Second Emperor, the Third Emperor, the Fourth Emperor, and so on, until the ten thousandth generation, so that my Great Qin Dynasty may be passed down forever!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" came a chorus of voices from below.

The First Emperor did not adopt the enfeoffment system like the previous Zhou Dynasty, which would have returned the land to the feudal lords and rendered the conquest of the empire meaningless. Instead, he chose the prefecture-county system, concentrating all power in the hands of the First Emperor. This not only ensured that power did not flow out of the country, but also ensured that the First Emperor's governing policy of "rule of law" could be fully implemented. All matters were resolved through laws, which was efficient and rigorous. It only lost a touch of benevolence, but if it could bring peace and prosperity to the people, what did it matter if benevolence was lost?

What I want is for the world to be free from war! As for those criminals in prison who cannot be pardoned by law, then they will not be pardoned! They are criminals, destabilizing factors. I have already sacrificed benevolence to achieve peace in the world, how could I allow such instability to reappear!

He divided the country into thirty-six prefectures, redefined the people's identity as "Qianshou" (黔首), and gathered all the weapons in the country in Xianyang by horse-drawn carriages. He melted down these weapons and used their iron to forge chime bells and bronze figures, which were then placed in his palace.

Standardize weights and measures, unify the written language, standardize currency, standardize the distance between cart tracks...