Cosmic-Level Demon God

Qin Shi mumbled a few words and dismissed the proposal for reconciliation.

Holvren told him that the first rank heir sent by the Ying family to Heng Province was Ying Huang, a direct descendant.

The other party was different from the idle and unambitious Ying Lin, who lived off the family fund.

Ying Huang graduated from the Huabei Imperial Capital of the Four National Universities and was also the student council president of his year, participating in three national-level projects with a highly impressive resume.

After graduation, he served for four years before joining Xuyang Heavy Industry under the Ying family. Within five years, he was promoted to supervisor and is now the CEO of the Ninth Battle Group's military defense contractor in the Black Xie Star Domain.

"Leading the production of various ion cannons, military robots, long-range single-soldier shooting weapons..."

Qin Shi held the orange puppy, searched for Ying Huang's life story, and clicked his tongue in admiration. Just over thirty years old, Ying Huang had already become a top decision-maker at Xuyang Heavy Industry.

He far exceeded the category of "social elite" and could be fully described as a "pillar of society."

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle. Information is essential."

Qin Shi lowered his head with a sigh. Normally, even with his level seven citizen privileges, the information he could access wouldn't be this detailed.

All first-rank heirs of the nine great families had privacy protection mechanisms, requiring in-depth and complex searches and precise filtering to unveil.

This orange puppy, originally an electronic demon, had now updated with several application software.

In addition to [Kill It], [Lost Virtue Map], [Entropy Sea Bank], there was also [Ferry Search].

Through the newly appeared application software, Qin Shi instantly filled in many details.

He continuously clicked on several related entries about "Ying Huang," his eyes shining.

"Marshal Ying is one of the nine top marshals of Dongxia, and has more offspring than others. Relying on him as a towering giant tree, the Ying family's expansion has been rapid, making it almost the largest of the nine families.

Apart from direct descendants, the collateral branches are countless and spread throughout the galaxy, hence the 'heir sequence' system was developed.

Any member of the Ying family, as long as their bloodline is unimpeded, can contribute to the family, manage industries or businesses, and thus rise in the sequence and gain resource inclination."

Qin Shi checked the "Ying family's first rank" and immediately listed a dozen names.

Among them, Ying Huang was ranked sixth, relatively prominent.

"For those of lower sequence level, only 'net worth' and 'asset appreciation' are assessed. To become a first-rank heir, 'personal potential' and 'future growth' must also be added."

Qin Shi looked at the top three on the list, their information was seemingly blocked, replaced by meaningless asterisks, indicating that the most hopeful successors of the Ying family, who could be family heads, were kept under strict confidentiality at all times.

"The Ying family sending a high-ranking first-rank heir like Ying Huang to meet me shows that they regard me highly."

After browsing through several Ying family heirs, Qin Shi shook his head and smiled.

For the nine great families that overlook all of Dongxia, able to cover the sky with one hand, to be willing to reconcile with a high school student from Old Factory Street, and turn hostility into friendship,

would absolutely be considered a remarkable "story of honoring talent" in the ancient days of the Empire.

"Respond to all changes with constancy. As long as I stay in Heng Province, the Ying family can't do anything to me."

Qin Shi released the soft-feeling orange puppy, putting his tumultuous thoughts away.

He believed that he couldn't interfere in such high-level struggles and that he should follow Old Zhang's instructions.

As the vice hall master of Nanhuang Daoist School, a grandmaster of the Old Martial Sect, and a background figure that achieved a grand defeat against the early ten heroes like Qi Wuxiang and He Lanchan,

Old Zhang was the strongest force against the Ying family!

"Rather than think about how to face Ying Huang, I hope Old Zhang lives a few more decades. By the time I reach the end of my path, make the ultimate leap, and ascend to Martial God, I'll get through my development period…"

Qin Shi mumbled a few words, silently praying for Old Zhang to live another hundred years, and then started his spiritual cultivation for the day.

He was currently at a critical stage.

His spirit was at the prototype stage of the holy embryo, and his mortal body was near the hundred-point threshold.

"Life's 'spirituality' and 'flesh vitality' are both finite, so it is difficult to progress equally on both the spiritual ability path and the martial arts path.

One path progresses faster, which inevitably slows down the other, forming suppression and bottlenecks."

Qin Shi recalled conversations with Old Zhang, Old Liang, and Super Little He. With his "unity of spirit and body" gift, he need not worry about the first point.

If his spirit broke through first and condensed a complete holy embryo, it would hinder his entry into the specialized domain, and vice versa.

"Therefore, I must break through both paths at once!"

Qin Shi pondered. Breaking through to the specialized level on the martial arts path was a sure thing, but he was still missing some clues on condensing the holy embryo on the spiritual ability path.

"I have already absorbed enough energy particles through bathing in the celestial light, forcefully creating a prototype. Next, it should carry my 'will' and 'thoughts'."

He sat cross-legged in the inner realm, with his spiritual power spreading like a gust of wind, generating intense ripples.

As his sea of consciousness was drawn, waves of "ripple" gathered, shooting out like sharp blades in all directions.

Super Little He acted as a sparring partner, constantly transforming into human figures resembling targets.

Qin Shi remained calm, operating the meditation technique, integrating the highly dispersible spiritual thoughts.

Gradually, dimensional energy of different attributes was harnessed, strands of wind and threads of fire condensed from his forehead, like an ancient Qi Refiner capable of manipulating wind, fire, and lightning.