Lu Ping'an's return served as a signal.
With his return to Earth, many events began to revolve around him.
Alternatively, one might view him as just one among many, who specifically returned to the planet at this time to prepare for participation in this grand banquet.
".....The timing is roughly what we expected, after two and a half to three years of strategic defense, we've finally arrived at the phase of strategic counter-offensive."
The grueling years seemed to fly by in an instant, but there's always someone who must trudge through the hardship bearing the weight.
Lu Ping'an seemed to have used a time-jumping technique, bypassing the dull and torturous defensive phase, and arriving directly at the predestined turning point for counter-offense.
Most of the time, he busied himself between different Star-zones and forces for his own benefit, but it was also in preparation for the clean-up after the war's counter-offensive.
