Evolving from Zero into the Queen of the Insectoid Race

[1]

The insect race was defeated in the empire's war. Its territory was divided up, and its queen was slain.

Before the entire race fell apart, the insects sent all their hopes for the next generation to every corner of the empire.

They hoped the young princesses of the next generation could grow up protected and cherished.

But one egg was accidentally lost. Just after hatching, she was parasitized. She had no guards, no kindred, no subjects.

She had only herself.

Through death and struggle, Yi Cang recovered the ability lost in the insect race's genes: infinite evolution.

Anything that doesn't kill her will only make her stronger.

She can grow stronger through everyday life and training, and she can hunt monsters to gain their abilities:

Devour them, imitate them, replace them.

--You will surpass the limits of evolution,

from a bug looked down upon by all,

until you become a calamity.

[2]

Yi Cang was a king the insect race had nailed to the pillar of shame. A hundred years ago, she was a tyrant feared by the entire race.

Arbitrary and autocratic, cruel and merciless.

Militaristic and reckless, acting against all reason.

In the end, she died surrounded by rebels. After her death, all her achievements and good governance were erased.

A hundred years later, when the usurper abandoned the empire and fled in disgrace, she returned.

Yi Cang: What happened to my country? Where did my enormous empire go?

She was unchanged from a hundred years ago, but this time--

In the boundless sea of stars, the tyrant returned to her throne.

"I want the people to bow wherever my blade points. I want the lands beneath my gaze to stretch on without end."

Reader's guide:

1. To avoid the question of whether the author's brain or butt takes priority, this story features only spacefaring humans with spirit forms, not Blue Star humans.

2. The female lead starts out as a caterpillar, with less fighting power than an adult slipper.

3. The female lead's only goal is to become the emperor of the universe.

4. Don't fight, start flame wars, or make up false warnings out of thin air. The author will delete comments.

Theme: Those who have been altered are the real monsters