Chapter Summaries

Hu Qi encountered Li Yi and discovered that Nuo Xing, a technological system bound to him, had been coercing him with tasks and punishments. Hu Qi extracted Nuo Xing from Li Yi and crushed the crystal containing her by swallowing it.

• Nuo Xing warned Li Yi that a dangerous lifeform was approaching, but Li Yi recognized Hu Qi when he appeared nearby.
• Hu Qi noticed Li Yi's cultivation and confronted Nuo Xing after she warned Li Yi not to reveal her existence.
• Li Yi told Hu Qi how Nuo Xing had bound him and forced him to complete tasks under threat of electric shocks.
• Nuo Xing announced a level-three electric shock punishment, but Hu Qi froze the surrounding scene and pulled her from Li Yi's forehead as a pale-blue crystal.
• Hu Qi swallowed the crystal containing Nuo Xing and crushed it between his teeth.

Hu Qi absorbed Nuo Xing, exposing its plan to seize Li Yi’s body, then gave Li Yi a harmless cultivation-assistance system to help him prepare for the approaching world-destroying calamity. Over the following year, Hu Qi developed a biological intelligent brain to aid his search for life apertures as the world remained outwardly calm.

• Hu Qi swallowed the crystal containing Nuo Xing and explained that the Heavenly Mandate Person planned to take over Li Yi’s body after a year of adapting.
• Hu Qi warned Li Yi that the world-destroying calamity was less than a year and eight months away, and Li Yi chose to become stronger to protect his family.
• Hu Qi created System Zero for Li Yi, who bound it and found that it only assisted his cultivation.
• After dealing with accumulated threats, Hu Qi used Nuo Xing’s knowledge to construct a biological intelligent brain that could help locate his life apertures.
• A year passed with few major incidents, as secret martial arts talents emerged and the apparent calm concealed the approaching calamity.

Hu Qi reflected on his growing strength as his intelligent brain accelerated the completion of his life map, and decided not to challenge the still-dormant Earth Mother. Xiao Bai then brought him the results of an investigation into prominent Secret Martial Artists, including two unusual people.

• Hu Qi used his intelligent brain to illuminate life apertures and draw in void power, bringing his life map closer to completion.
• Hu Qi considered testing his strength against the Earth Mother but decided to wait until his life map was complete or it awakened.
• Xiao Bai arrived and reported that she had gathered the materials Hu Qi requested.
• Xiao Bai explained that her investigation had identified prominent Secret Martial Artists, including two unusual people Hu Qi wanted to know about.

Hu Qi investigated two unusually talented people favored by Heavenly Mandate, while Hanyun Chihō exposed and killed the cabinet minister who had tried to poison her. In the Sand Sea Nation, Ji Wuxing used the submission of nine small nations to strengthen himself through National Destiny and planned to keep expanding until he could return to Spirit Refining.

• Hu Qi identified Bowers and Li Hai as people of destiny and ordered Xiao Bai to keep watching them without interfering.
• Hanyun Chihō confronted Yunhe Country’s cabinet minister over the suspicious deaths of her family and his secret efforts to raise elites.
• The cabinet minister attacked Hanyun Chihō with poisoned needles, but she killed him before he could escape.
• An armored envoy reported that nine small nations, including Yunhe Country, had submitted to Ji Wuxing.
• Ji Wuxing absorbed their National Destiny, completed Condensing Liquid into Pill, and resolved to gather more power before challenging the Xiya Federation.

Ouyang Shuokong learned that humanity’s hope against the Earth Mother rested on an extraordinarily fast-rising expert, while he remained focused on extending his own life. More than seven months later, Ji Wuxing met Xuan Qing and demanded help unifying the Xiya Federation to claim its national destiny, but Xuan Qing warned that the attempt could doom humanity and pointed out that the federation could not be ruled by one person.

• Thunderstorm gave Ouyang Shuokong a Thunder Origin Pill after learning he had reached the True Pill Realm, then told him that humanity’s hope rested on someone nearing Spirit Refining at an astonishing pace.
• Ouyang Shuokong considered the threat of the Earth Mother but chose to prioritize raising his level of life and pursuing immortality.
• More than seven months later, Ji Wuxing visited Xuan Qing at Xuanqing Temple and asked him to help save all living beings.
• Ji Wuxing revealed that he planned to make the Xiya Federation submit so he could borrow its national destiny and break through to the Void Insight Realm.
• Xuan Qing refused, warning that failure could collapse humanity’s destiny, while Ji Wuxing used his imperial Dharma Manifestation to suppress him.
• Xuan Qing argued that the Xiya Federation was jointly governed by several speakers, so Ji Wuxing could not claim its national destiny through his agreement alone.

Ji Wuxing challenged the Federation’s Speakers to submit and defeated Wang Jing’s strongest attack, gaining three-fifths of the Xiya Federation’s National Destiny. He then confronted Xuan Qing about the remaining one-fifth.

• Ji Wuxing told Xuan Qing to summon the remaining Speakers so he could persuade them to submit.
• Wang Jing, Thunderstorm, and Meng Ke arrived at Dao Shou Mountain, where Ji Wuxing challenged them to attack him together.
• Above the sea, Wang Jing unleashed his Buddhist technique, but Ji Wuxing broke through it with the Son of Heaven Dragon Fist and wounded him.
• Wang Jing agreed to submit, and the National Destiny he controlled flowed into Ji Wuxing, raising his strength to the limit of the Divine Manifestation Realm.
• Ji Wuxing asked Xuan Qing where the Federation’s remaining one-fifth of National Destiny was.

Ji Wuxing sought Hu Qi to claim the remaining National Destiny, while Hu Qi broke through to the Void Glimpse Realm and greatly increased his power. Ji Wuxing demanded that Hu Qi submit, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Xuan Qing told Ji Wuxing that Hu Qi held the remaining National Destiny and was too strong to summon, prompting Ji Wuxing to go to Anshan City himself.
• Hu Qi used Crimson to illuminate his remaining life apertures, reached the Void Glimpse Realm, and reconstructed his body from Void Power.
• Hu Qi spent one thousand Modification Points to raise the Star-Coiling Serpent Cosmic Ring Scripture to its second layer, then began adapting to his new strength.
• Xuan Qing arrived near Anshan City with Ji Wuxing and others, and Hu Qi appeared before them.
• Ji Wuxing demanded that Hu Qi submit and give up his portion of National Destiny, warning that only he could save humanity from Earth Mother.

Hu Qi rejected Ji Wuxing’s bid for National Destiny and demonstrated overwhelming strength, defeating him and declaring that he would deal with the Earth Mother himself. After Hu Qi vanished with Ji Wuxing, Xuan Qing realized Hu Qi had used an Earth God Hall divine ability and was only a clone, leaving the others to suspect how powerful Hu Qi had become.

• Hu Qi refused to give Ji Wuxing National Destiny, warning that Ji was too weak to face the Earth Mother and would endanger humanity.
• Ji Wuxing attacked Hu Qi with his imperial dharma image and Pseudo-Domain, but Hu Qi shattered them with a cold snort.
• Ji Wuxing summoned the Heaven’s Punishment Spear, but Hu Qi caught and destroyed it, then pierced Ji Wuxing’s body and restrained his escaping divine soul.
• Hu Qi told Xuan Qing he would spare Ji Wuxing for now and personally deal with the Earth Mother, then disappeared with Ji Wuxing.
• Xuan Qing recognized Hu Qi’s Heavenly Thread ability and realized he had only been a clone, prompting Wang Jing and the others to regard Hu Qi with awe.

Hu Qi drained Ji Wuxing of his National Destiny and devoured him, then discovered that Ji Wuxing was a replica created by Planet Earth's World Will. Ji Wuxing's fortune flowed into Hu Qi, who recognized that the World Will had schemed against him.

• Hu Qi kept Ji Wuxing bound in the secret chamber and considered how to strip away his National Destiny without harming the people connected to it.
• Two days later, Hu Qi drained Ji Wuxing's National Destiny as the news of his failed capture spread and the small nations abandoned him.
• Hu Qi used Spirit Devouring Talent to kill and devour Ji Wuxing, gaining 756 Modification Points.
• Hu Qi read Ji Wuxing's memories and discovered that the original Ji Wuxing had died, while the current one was a replica created by the World Will.
• Ji Wuxing's fortune entered Hu Qi, who looked toward the sky and recognized the World Will's scheme.

Hu Qi devoured the World Will of Planet Earth's attempt to bind him, then sensed Earth Mother awakening beneath the planet. As he strengthened his cultivation, martial arts factions prepared for the upheaval while the Black Blood Species continued to suppress human resistance in the Underground World.

• Hu Qi devoured the fate force sent by Planet Earth's World Will and dispersed its storm clouds when it tried to punish him.
• When tremors shook Anshan City, Hu Qi stopped them, sensed Earth Mother's impending awakening, and used Modification Points to raise the Star-Coiling Serpent Cosmic Ring Scripture to the third level of the Void Glimpse Chapter.
• The worldwide earthquake alarmed martial artists, and Wang Jing ordered Golden Buddha Temple disciples to guard nearby cities and kill Black Blood Species or anyone causing unrest.
• Thunderstorm and Meng Ke sensed Earth Mother's aura and sent their disciples out to maintain order, while placing their hopes on Hu Qi.
• In the Underground World, a Food Master crushed the captured young man who had resisted the Black Blood Species, and Shu Ming declared that Earth Mother's awakening would soon wash away their humiliation.

Hu Qi appeared above Abyss Valley as the Food Masters discussed their hatred of him, and Shu Ming transformed with their combined strength and Earth Mother's power to attack. Hu Qi erased Shu Ming and the Food Masters fused within her, but a strange roar then rang through the Underground World.

• The Food Masters recalled their fear of Hu Qi and discussed how they would torture him and capture his relatives.
• Hu Qi appeared above Abyss Valley, and the Food Masters recognized him.
• Shu Ming absorbed the other Food Masters and Earth Mother's power, transformed into a giant, and attacked Hu Qi.
• Hu Qi immobilized Shu Ming and erased her and the Food Masters within her, gaining 2760 Modification Points.
• A huge, bizarre roar sounded throughout the Underground World.

Hu Qi drew Earth Mother into outer space to keep their battle from destroying Planet Earth, then discovered that his attacks could wound her and erase her tentacles. As Hu Qi’s white light spread, Earth Mother recognized the aura of the Serpent of Destruction and reacted with shock.

• A mountain-sized tentacle attacked Hu Qi in Abyss Valley, and he severed it with the Red Mirror Saber before leaving for space.
• Hu Qi reached orbit and faced Earth Mother, whose enormous body emerged beside Planet Earth.
• Earth Mother questioned Hu Qi about his fate and identity, while he wondered how many Modification Points he could gain by devouring her.
• Hu Qi cut off two of Earth Mother’s tentacles and erased the forming black mist, then wounded her palm with his saber technique.
• Hu Qi’s white light surged, and Earth Mother recognized the aura of the Serpent of Destruction.

Hu Qi revealed himself as a Serpent of Destruction and attacked Earth Mother, while Xuan Qing and the other Spirit Refining Venerables shielded Planet Earth’s people from the beings’ overwhelming pressure. Earth Mother tried to retreat and then offered to yield the world, but Hu Qi’s attack forced her to prepare for a fight.

• Earth Mother recognized Hu Qi as a Serpent of Destruction and tried to vanish, but Hu Qi struck her afterimage and sent her flying.
• The shockwaves cleared clouds above Planet Earth, exposing the giant serpent and Earth Mother to people below.
• Xuan Qing recognized Hu Qi, and he, Thunderstorm, Meng Ke, and Wang Jing formed a barrier to protect the city.
• Earth Mother offered to stop contending for the world, but Hu Qi tore off and swallowed several of her tentacles.
• Earth Mother regrew her tentacles at the cost of her origin, then summoned a pitch-black spear as she accepted that they had to fight.

Hu Qi overwhelmed Earth Mother in his black snake form and swallowed her alive, leaving her struggling inside his body. After swallowing her severed hand, he coiled himself into a massive sphere and began digesting her while observers on Earth watched in shock.

• Hu Qi pierced Earth Mother's arm, coiled around her, and used lightning and a soul strike to disable her defenses.
• Hu Qi activated his Spirit Devouring Talent and swallowed Earth Mother despite her tentacles' attempts to pull her back out.
• Thunderstorm and Xuan Qing watched the battle from Earth and reacted with shock at Hu Qi's strength.
• Hu Qi swallowed Earth Mother's severed hand, then coiled his body into a gigantic ball and began digesting her with the Star-Coiling Serpent Cosmic Ring Scripture.

After Hu Qi swallowed Earth Mother, the Black Blood Species across Planet Earth lost their power and perished, freeing prisoners in Mo Yang City. That night, people hid from a newly visible Blood Moon beside the ordinary moon.

• Hu Qi swallowed Earth Mother, and Black Blood Species across Planet Earth began losing their power.
• Liu Ze defended betraying his companions and becoming a Heavenly God, but his life force drained away and he crumbled to ash.
• The prisoners in Mo Yang City removed their restraints, escaped their cage, and found the Black Blood Species outside dead.
• A little girl spotted a second moon, and her parents pulled her indoors and drew the curtains.
• People avoided looking at the night sky, where a Blood Moon twice the size of the ordinary moon shone beside it.

After digesting Earth Mother, Hu Qi awoke in space and returned to Abyss Valley, where he found the Spirit Realm Sea Eye. His awakening caused deadly harm to people who saw his serpent eyes, and the chapter ended as he approached the glowing cave.

• A zoologist observed the motionless giant serpent through a telescope and watched it open its crimson eyes.
• The serpent's gaze caused the zoologist and other observers, including some Secret Martial Artists, to die with their heads exploding, and the Blood Moon vanished from the sky.
• Hu Qi awoke in space after completely digesting Earth Mother and received Modification Points.
• Hu Qi restrained his Mind Power, transformed into human form, and traveled to Abyss Valley in the Underground World.
• Hu Qi parted the lava around a cave entrance and entered, where he identified a green glow as the Spirit Realm Sea Eye.

Hu Qi found the Spirit Realm Sea Eye beneath Abyss Valley and told Xuan Qing that Earth Mother was dead, but the world’s vital energy would soon vanish permanently. After Xuan Qing left, Hu Qi studied Earth Mother’s memories and confirmed she was not native to Planet Earth.

• Hu Qi found the Spirit Realm Sea Eye and watched its pure Soul Light flow into unborn life across Planet Earth.
• Xuan Qing arrived and asked about Earth Mother, and Hu Qi confirmed that she was dead.
• Hu Qi warned Xuan Qing that the world’s vital energy would disappear within three to ten years, ending the path forward for Secret Martial Artists.
• Xuan Qing thanked Hu Qi for eliminating Earth Mother and then took his leave.
• Hu Qi chose not to enter the Sea of Sumeru yet and later reviewed Earth Mother’s memories, confirming she was not native to Planet Earth.

Hu Qi learned from Earth Mother's memories how she had plundered Planet Earth's fortune and discovered the regions and power ranks of the Sea of Sumeru. He left with a clearer path toward becoming a True God, while his bloodline mutation had advanced after devouring Earth Mother.

• Earth Mother's memories revealed that she had created the Black Blood Species to force humanity to produce powerful Heavenly Mandate People whose fortune she could harvest.
• Hu Qi learned that Planet Earth lay in the Intertidal Zone and that the Sea of Sumeru's regions ranged from ordinary worlds to realms where true gods existed.
• Hu Qi learned the Sea of Sumeru's ranks were Mayfly, Spirit Grade, Apostle, and True God, and that strengthening one's essence and giving birth to divinity were required to pursue True Godhood.
• Hu Qi opened Crimson and saw that his Three-Eyed Yuan Snake bloodline mutation had increased after he devoured Earth Mother.

Hu Qi spent two years cultivating after devouring Earth Mother, while the Black Blood Species’ extinction brought humanity relief but the decline of the World's Vital Energy drove powerful Secret Martial Artists into seclusion. Having reached Manifesting Sainthood, Hu Qi explored the small Solar System surrounding Planet Earth and demonstrated his ability to reshape matter at the molecular level.

• Hu Qi considered the Modification Points he gained from devouring Earth Mother and decided that killing her outright had been safer than keeping her captive.
• Two years passed, and the deaths of Earth Mother and the Black Blood Species ended their threat to humanity, while the World's Vital Energy continued to weaken.
• Qi Dao Grandmasters sealed themselves away as the vital energy declined, and political tensions and early wars emerged in some nations, though the Xiya Federation remained stable under Zhu Xi and the council speakers.
• Hu Qi stood on the Synta Comet beyond Planet Earth and concluded that the small Solar System held no other life.
• Hu Qi froze the comet and reshaped its diamond core, then explained that his sixth-level Star-Coiling Serpent Cosmic Ring Scripture let him manipulate molecules but not atoms.

A hundred years after the World's Vital Energy vanished, humanity had transformed Planet Earth and Moon Star while Secret Martial Arts faded from public life. Hu Qi returned to the surface world in disguise, and a message on his communication device left him with an inexplicable expression.

• The World's Vital Energy dried up, cutting off further advancement in Secret Martial Arts, while technology rapidly developed from the Second Noki Civilization ruins.
• Surface humans built advanced cities on Planet Earth and settlements on Moon Star, while deliberately keeping the Underground World comparatively backward.
• In Anshan City, Wu Ling rejected her friend Xiao Wan's invitation to visit Moon Star because she wanted to pursue Secret Martial Arts and believed its lost powers had been real.
• Hu Qi entered the coffee shop, drew the attention of Wu Ling and Xiao Wan, then left after reflecting on the century of change.
• Hu Qi considered Earth's technological limits and the decline of public knowledge about powerful martial artists before checking a message that made his expression inexplicable.