The empire showed signs of internal strife, and wasn't the federation also showing signs of disintegration?
The former was due to the emperor's ambition for highly centralized power, while the latter was because, after centralizing power, the war still hadn't been won, so some people didn't want to fight anymore.
To tell or not to tell, Ji Xinghe chose to conceal the truth about possessing "Qi," which greatly helped him maintain his freedom.
Just the evolution methods unrelated to "Qi" were so, so if it were really revealed that he mastered "Qi," could he still freely accomplish the two things he wanted to do?
"Are you guys stupid?" A scientist from Dragon Continent shouted angrily, "General Ji Xinghe announced long ago what Dongguo Cilian said, General Ji Xinghe's evolution is kung fu, Core Strength, Universe Strength. Haven't you studied this?"
The scientists from Eagle Continent were puzzled, "That's evolution?"