[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-grinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe":3,"chapter-grinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe-grinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe-chapter-168":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Grinding to Become the Master of the Universe",{"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},255064,526,"Chapter 168 - 135: The Shocking Strength of the Qiming General Star","grinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe-chapter-168",168,"\u003Cp>Teacher Lin Yue gently advised him, as always.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng nodded solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After bidding farewell to Teacher Lin Yue, he went to Wu Shangfeng’s office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Shangfeng was shirtless, in the middle of strength training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw Qin Feng, he stopped and tossed him an Energy Drink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them didn’t sit, just stood there chatting idly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng’s thoughts drifted back to the practical combat class where they had faced the Nagash Followers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered the Nagash Follower named Kro—a fallen veteran—and his despairing roar before death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of their similar backgrounds, he had thought of his own father. His mind had wavered for a split second, nearly getting his entire squad killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would never forget the post-battle review, when Wu Shangfeng, in front of the entire class, had fixed him with those sharp, hawk-like eyes and delivered a critique so severe it was almost cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the battlefield, the slightest wavering is a gross irresponsibility to the lives of the comrades at your back! Qin Feng!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That harsh wake-up call was etched into his memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kid, remember this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Shangfeng’s voice pulled him back to the present. \"The Cosmos is far darker than you can imagine. From now on, be decisive when you kill and cautious in your actions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Teacher Wu, I’ll remember.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng replied in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he arrived at Beikai Tower, at the quaint research office belonging to Master Gu Yue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Gu Yue was the same as ever, looking calm and unruffled as he sipped fragrant tea and gazed at the starry sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Familiar scenes surfaced in Qin Feng’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After every monthly exam, regardless of the astonished or envious gazes around them, Master Gu Yue would unhesitatingly give him hours of \"special tutoring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was guidance on the realm of marksmanship or constructing his Combat System, Master Gu Yue held nothing back in his teachings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that every leap he made on the Martial Dao was inseparable from the meticulous guidance of this Grandmaster-level Tutor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finished with your goodbyes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Gu Yue asked lightly, without turning around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you add everyone as a friend?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I did.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng was a little surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Gu Yue turned around and smiled. \"I still hope that we can be both master and student, as well as friends. In the future, if you ever run into a roadblock on the Martial Dao that you can’t figure out, feel free to message us anytime.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warmth spread through Qin Feng’s heart, and he nodded heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and his three tutors had all added each other as friends on the Subspace Network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Gu Yue waved his hand. \"Your graduation application has already been personally approved by the principal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Qin Feng walked out of the familiar main gate of Qiming First High School again, the night had grown deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his head for one last look at the institution that had changed his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brightly lit campus, under the night sky, resembled a silent Ivory Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he didn’t know was that at this very moment, on the top floor of the thousand-meter-high Beikai Tower, several figures were standing silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The principal, Gu Yue, Wu Shangfeng, Lin Yue... almost all the upper echelons of Qiming First High School were gathered there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were there in person, others had sent projections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s gazes pierced the darkness, settling on the lonely yet upright figure at the school gate, which was growing smaller in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not until the figure had completely disappeared around the street corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did the principal slowly speak, his voice as if making a heartfelt wish to the deep, starry sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"May your martial fortune flourish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The public maglev train glided smoothly and quietly along its designated urban track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng sat by the window, a sense of peace filling him as he watched the dazzling, Star River-like city nightscape rush by outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Qiming First High School and returning to this bustling city, filled with the energy of everyday life, gave him the feeling of having lived a whole other life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One year and four months. It wasn’t a long time, but it wasn’t short, either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for him, it was nothing less than a complete Rebirth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now arriving at Silver Seagull Community Station.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by a pleasant chime, the maglev train slowly came to a stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng disembarked, setting foot on familiar ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t hurry home. Instead, he walked at a leisurely pace down the familiar streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All around him were the familiar residential buildings, the familiar convenience stores, the familiar laughter of children. Nothing much had changed since he left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a brightly lit building appeared in his line of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Extreme Martial Arts Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The starting point that had changed his destiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was late at night, but the Martial Arts Hall was still bustling with people, brilliantly illuminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows, he could clearly see many Martial Artists inside, training and sweating profusely. It looked quite lively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng’s steps came to an involuntary halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered that life-changing afternoon, the eyes of the Sun Chan Hall Master that seemed to see through everything, and the miraculous \"Ten-Complete Hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without Master Sun, he wouldn’t be who he was today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would never forget this debt of gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ll be home for a month, but I can’t let my training slide during that time,’ Qin Feng thought to himself. ’The training environment at home is a bit lacking, after all. Maybe I should... get a monthly pass at the Extreme Martial Arts Hall. It would be a good chance to check up on the hall, too.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Master Sun had left, he had said he was going to take care of something important, and there had been no news from him since.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng had been worried about him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, he turned and strode toward the brightly lit Extreme Martial Arts Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「A few minutes earlier, inside the Extreme Martial Arts Hall.」\u003C\u002Fp>",1024,"2026-05-29T16:17:35.719Z","2026-06-01T04:29:43.187Z",1,"novelbin.me","0dab9958075ef92091a0ce23eb89ce5fd32d803ff19d321825e9d6a73445be85","grinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe-chapter-169","grinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe-chapter-167",325,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe-cover.jpg"]