[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow":3,"chapter-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-416":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Qin: Starting with the Heavenly Stars and Earthly Fiends, the Peerless Immortal Master!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2190885,3759,"Chapter 416","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-416",416,"\u003Cp>Although he had known from the very beginning that Han was weak and Qin was strong, and that it would not be difficult for Qin to destroy Han, he did not believe Qin could do so quickly because the King of Qin had not yet personally taken the reins of power, nor had he fully grasped the authority of the state, and also because his junior fellow apprentice, Wei Zhuang, was in Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the speed with which Han later perished caught Gainie off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving Han all those years ago, he had a brief conversation with his junior fellow apprentice, the content of which was roughly that the outcome of the duel between them had yet to be decided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had already become the Chief Swordplay Instructor to the King of Qin by then, while Wei Zhuang did not even hold an official position, their situations were actually quite similar; while he held an official post, the King of Qin lacked real power and was in a difficult position, needing to tread carefully to cope with the current predicament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he could leverage the power of Qin to realize his own ambitions, he first needed to help the King of Qin overcome many difficulties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the same token, conversely, for Wei Zhuang, the situation was actually somewhat easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because at that time, the likes of Bai Bai Yifei and Ji Ji Wuye had already been killed by Su Xuan in a fit of rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Net that had shrouded Han had already dispersed, and with Wei Zhuang's methods, it was not difficult to secure an official position and pursue his own ambitions in Han; furthermore, because Han was weak, the resistance encountered in implementing reforms to change the state was not significant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, Wei Zhuang had the assistance of that peerless genius, Han Fei, by his side at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the chips held by the two fellow apprentices and their respective situations were, on the whole, a fifty-fifty split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the subsequent developments truly exceeded Gainie's expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The process of Ying Zheng going from a trapped dragon to soaring into the sky was simply too fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>So fast that it caught everyone off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning to the state, he first executed Lao Ai on the day of his capping ceremony, and after executing Lao Ai, he dismissed Lu Lu Buwei from his position as Chancellor due to evidence obtained from Lao Ai, removing the two greatest obstacles beside him in a short period of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can only be said that there were elements of coincidence involved in this process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one expected that Lao Ai, who was deeply trusted by the Empress Dowager, would harbor such rebellious thoughts and intend to start an uprising during Ying Zheng's capping ceremony, and it was even more unexpected that Lu Lu Buwei would be colluding with him; Lao Ai's downfall subsequently led to Lu Lu Buwei's dismissal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Gainie did not think this was just Ying Zheng having good luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must know that in the process of seizing the reins of power in Qin, Ying Zheng encountered countless dangers and difficulties; from Xinzheng to the journey back to the state, crises came one after another, and even the rebellion of Lao Ai could have resulted in an accident if not handled well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, Ying Zheng stood until the end and became the final victor; this can only be said to be a result of Ying Zheng's strength, in addition to his luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, even after Ying Zheng seized power, Gainie did not think Qin could immediately begin the campaign to destroy Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can only be said that in this duel between him and his junior fellow apprentice Wei Zhuang, he had gained a slight advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But immediately after, another event occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the great drought in Nanyang, and Qin raising its army to destroy Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gainie believed that faced with Qin's destruction of Han, his junior fellow apprentice Wei Zhuang would not sit idly by and wait for death, so even if Qin possessed overwhelming strength, wanting to destroy Han would not be too easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the fact was that Wei Zhuang had indeed tried his best, yet he could never change the result of Han's destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han was destroyed with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The duel between the Guigu fellow apprentices ultimately ended with Gainie's victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gainie won, but he was not as happy as he had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he felt his victory was not honorable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His junior fellow apprentice Wei Zhuang had at least tried his best for Han, but what about him? Apart from guarding the King of Qin, he had done nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true culprit behind the destruction of Han was never him, but... Su Xuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the fact that the King of Qin was able to rise from a trapped dragon and escape so many predicaments was largely due to the help of Su Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He, this successor of Guigu, had been full of ambition when he finished his apprenticeship and had also harbored great aspirations when he joined Qin, swearing to accomplish something great, but later, the situation changed too fast, so fast that Gainie had no opportunity to participate in the grand trends of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting from Han and ending with Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the process of Qin destroying the six states, he had actually become a bystander, never participating in the grand trends of the world, let alone influencing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What truly made him famous in Qin was instead that exquisite swordplay of his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the original Chief Swordplay Instructor to the current Sword Saint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This swordplay was the key to him truly gaining the trust of the King of Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what does the Guigu school possess besides swordplay? Strategy, military tactics, and calculation—the Guigu school is proficient in everything; although the Guigu sword technique is famous throughout the world, it is merely a means for Guigu disciples to defend themselves, and Guigu has never relied on swordplay to influence the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even later, when he returned to Guigu to duel with his junior fellow apprentice Wei Zhuang, he won that time, and according to custom, he could have become the new Guiguzi, but Gainie chose to give it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he knew he did not have the qualifications to become Guiguzi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His journey into the world as a Guigu successor was truly hard to describe; even though he beat Wei Zhuang, he asked himself, he was actually inferior to his junior fellow apprentice Wei Zhuang, at least Wei Zhuang had returned to Han and tried his best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Han was destroyed, he had also been drifting through the world, intending to cultivate a powerful force that could influence the grand trends of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking of the confusion in his heart, Gainie said softly: \"Now, Qin has unified the world, and in this world, there will be no more war. The Guigu school of Vertical and Horizontal has lost its value for existence. Perhaps I should leave Qin, find a place in the mountains and wilderness, and live in seclusion!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this what you think in your heart? You want to leave Qin?\" Su Xuan looked at Gainie, who had said these words, his gaze deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gainie sighed, \"I really can't think of anything else I can do if I stay in Qin!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was happy to be the Sword Saint, but the Guigu Vertical and Horizontal school possessed more than just swords!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To have ten thousand brilliant strategies in one's belly but nowhere to display them, and in the end, to only be able to rely on the three-foot blade in one's hand—this feeling was truly not very pleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xuan also felt some emotion in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original work, Gainie did indeed betray Ying Zheng and defect from Qin, but the reason in the original work could still be attributed to him finding the whereabouts of Jing Tianming; for the sake of Jing Tianming, the child of his close friend Jing Ke, and to protect Jing Tianming, he had no choice but to betray Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, there was no such thing as Jing Ke dying while attempting to assassinate the King of Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether Jing Tianming existed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, Jing Tianming did exist; this was something Su Xuan learned from the Six-Fingered Black Hero. Jing Ke did indeed have a son, and he was called Jing Tianming.\u003C\u002Fp>",1412,"2026-06-17T04:20:18.418Z","2026-06-17T04:29:31.175Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","847071ca9e8565717d28575863f71b2707782400476c885d4d50a01278f685c7","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-417","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-415",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-cover.jpg"]