[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er":3,"chapter-high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-958":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","High Martial World: Getting Strong by Grinding Er Lang Shen's Talent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2331325,4558,"Chapter 958: Decision (Requesting Monthly Votes)","high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-958",958,"\u003Cp>On Lin Qi’s side, his group boarded their own Taixing spacecraft and began returning to Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After passing verification at the planetary defense platform, they traveled without obstruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re finally back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi gazed at the familiar blue planet before him and sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t returned in a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of years had passed—long enough for a dynasty to rise and fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A family could span over a dozen generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, countless memories flooded Lin Qi’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed too quickly; without noticing, his age had surpassed a thousand and was racing toward two thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue Star had undergone earth-shattering changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had buried himself in cultivation, and time had become nothing but a number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for this event, he wouldn’t have known when he’d return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Jiang Tao sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s been a long time. So many people and things have changed drastically.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Qi, if you return to Tianhai City now, you’ll probably feel like a stranger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi smiled: “That’s normal—it’s been hundreds of years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Qin Ling spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Qi, go home first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We have something to discuss with you tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi nodded and replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll go then. See you tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering Blue Star, everyone parted ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His senior and junior brothers and sisters were all at the Blue Star Federation headquarters—the former headquarters of Chiqiong Martial Arts Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi himself boarded the Taixing spacecraft and returned to Cang Province, Tianhai City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched the ground through the porthole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless magnetic levitation trains flew through the lower skies, while countless others raced along the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Innumerable skyscrapers projected entirely new advertisements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Corporation’s latest Model III Refinement Serum—significantly boosts muscle strength…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi looked at the ad—it was his own family’s company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Corporation, founded by his father Lin Zhen and uncle Fang Zhe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had become one of Blue Star’s largest enterprises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He owned the largest share of the entire corporation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one else could compare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, Tianhai City\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Estate—a vast, boundless estate filled with modern villa clusters and endless gardens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally called Yujing Haoting Community, it had many villas, each owned by different families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now transformed into Lin Estate, it spanned dozens of kilometers—just slightly smaller than Tai Chu Holy Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet given Blue Star’s small size and massive population, owning a dozen-kilometer estate was already extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the spacious lawn, the Taixing spacecraft landed slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hummm!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cabin door opened, and Lin Qi stepped out wearing the Dark Yao  Battle Armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two figures appeared on the lawn—his father Lin Zhen and his mother Fang Huiyi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dad! Mom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Zhen looked at his son—familiar yet strange—and still smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mother Fang Huiyi chuckled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Son, doesn’t everything feel drastically different?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi nodded: “Absolutely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Zhen smiled: “Come inside and talk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three entered the villa. Compared to before, its style had changed—blending Blue Star’s aesthetics with those of cosmic races.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They sat on sofas as an AI lifeform poured them hot tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Zhen sat on a nearby sofa and smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In these hundreds of years, so much has happened.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Blue Star rose too fast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It felt like a new change every year—technology evolved too rapidly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One slip, and you’d feel left behind.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Many places now feel like two different worlds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We used to live in Yujing Haoting Community. Later, we expanded, and other residents gave up their land.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We reclaimed all the wilderness areas abandoned due to disaster beast invasions and built new cities.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But over the past few centuries, Blue Star’s population has exploded—it’s now over a hundred billion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Many are from other civilizations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re all rich or noble, and insist on living on Blue Star.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Blue Star can’t hold so many people—so we’ve reclaimed land from the seas and relocated people to trial planets.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But we heard the trial planets have suffered major upheavals—all inhabitants must be evacuated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Some returned to Blue Star; others will be temporarily relocated to other planets.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All eight planets in the solar system are being modified—their environments now support ordinary humans.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Large numbers have already moved to the eight planets seeking opportunities.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi nodded—he’d seen it on his way back; bases and cities now dotted Venus, Jupiter, and other planets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each planet could accommodate most of the population.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just the solar system—they’d begun transforming and colonizing even more distant worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mother Fang Huiyi also smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Blue Star civilization now controls over a hundred inhabited planets.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who would’ve dreamed of that in the past?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi sipped his hot tea and sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Blue Star has developed too fast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mom, Dad—how have you been lately?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Zhen smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Business has stabilized—we no longer need to be heavily involved.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We have plenty of cultivation resources, and we’ve lost the desire to push our realms further.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If higher realms didn’t extend lifespan, I bet your mother and I would’ve quit cultivation long ago.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now we cultivate a little each day, play virtual games, and take walks in the garden.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Occasionally, we travel to newly opened inhabited planets for sightseeing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honestly, this life is incredibly comfortable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never imagined such a life in my youth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So time feels like it flies even faster.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is just the beginning—there’s still a long future ahead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, Blue Star is still very young.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Many civilizations have histories spanning ten thousand, hundreds of thousands, even hundreds of millions of years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Compared to them, our Blue Star civilization is like a toddler just learning to walk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Zhen chuckled: “We still need to push harder—raise our realms.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Void Realm isn’t enough anymore—we must reach Cosmic Stage Two, even Three.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, Lin Qi stayed home for dinner cooked by his mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t eaten her food in hundreds of years—he was starving for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he could simulate it in virtual reality, it wasn’t real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For someone at his level, he still preferred reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, Lin Qi strolled and chatted with his parents in the yard, seeing numerous massive disaster beasts living peacefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over hundreds of years, the disaster beasts from the trial planets had nearly been driven to extinction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also the fulfillment of a dream he once had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many disaster beasts were locked in zoos, or bought by the wealthy and kept as pets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even within the estate, there were such beasts, their bloodlines modified so they no longer desired to devour humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their strength surpassed that of ordinary disaster beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, disaster beasts were merely cannon fodder created by the Demon Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such massive beasts included colossal beasts, abyss beasts, wind beasts, and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After touring the family estate, he went out for a walk to meet many old friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some familiar elders, like former neighbors from his old neighborhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many had passed away; their descendants either went to big cities to struggle, or ventured to other planets to fight for their future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet familiar flavors remained—food shops still stood, though their decor and business styles had undergone earth-shattering changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some shops had changed little, giving him a sense of centuries-old tradition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Lin Qi returned to Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the universe, beyond the Trial Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>",1203,"2026-06-20T20:27:49.107Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2b5c4140e3aa64a5f62b61c23b062aeecd17a1e5580cdd9178a8245a2607eaff","high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-959","high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-957",992,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhigh-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-cover.jpg"]