Chapter Summaries

Hu Qi attended Hu Leimei’s funeral more than a century after she had helped raise the original owner, while Li Yi and Li Yi mourned her passing. He restored Li Yi’s depleted True Essence and lifespan, and the chapter ended as Li Yi introduced his great-grandchildren to Hu Qi.

• Hu Qi paid his respects at Hu Leimei’s grave and reflected on how long she had lived in a world where ordinary people’s lifespans remained limited.
• Hu Qi saw Li Yi and Li Yi grieving alongside Li Yi’s descendants and gave the siblings space to mourn.
• Li Yi told Hu Qi that he had tried to prolong Hu Leimei’s life by expending his True Essence, and Hu Qi restored his True Essence and blackened his white hair.
• Li Yi called over his great-grandchildren, Xiao Ya and Xiao Hu, and introduced Hu Qi as their grand-uncle.

Hu Qi left Li Yi with a Jade Token to protect his family, then visited Ecological Island Zero, where he released Xiao Bai and Camphor Tea Duck to guard it. He used his Life Diagram to swallow the island and surrounding seawater, and the chapter ended as thunder and darkness swept across the sky.

• Hu Qi rejected Li Yi's attempt to secure his great-grandchildren's future but gave him a Jade Token that could protect the Li Family in a crisis.
• Hu Qi vanished, leaving Li Yi and her descendants stunned and regretful.
• A bald researcher showed Hu Qi Ecological Island Zero, an enormous artificial habitat built to breed Exotic Beasts.
• Hu Qi summoned Xiao Bai and Camphor Tea Duck and ordered them to guard the island.
• Hu Qi manifested his Life Diagram and swallowed Ecological Island Zero along with the surrounding seawater, triggering thunder and darkness across the sky.

Hu Qi devoured the Eye of the Heavens that attacked him, raising his Three-Eyed Yuan Snake bloodline mutation to 49%. He examined the Grotto-Heaven space within his Destiny Diagram, where Ecological Island Zero and its inhabitants had been contained.

• Hu Qi recognized the Giant Eye as the World Will's Eye of the Heavens and ordered it to leave.
• The Eye of the Heavens sent a Lightning Dragon to strike Hu Qi, but a giant serpent swallowed both the dragon and the eye.
• Hu Qi saw that devouring the World Will had raised his bloodline mutation progress by four percent, and he decided not to provoke it again.
• Hu Qi reviewed his Grotto-Heaven cultivation and observed Ecological Island Zero inside his Destiny Diagram.
• Hu Qi spotted the Camphor Tea Duck and Xiao Bai on the island.

Hu Qi successfully stored the ecological island in his Cave Heaven and prepared to leave Planet Earth for the Sea of Sumeru. Before departing, he asked the Spirit Refining Venerables to protect the Snake Heart Sect and accepted Ouyang Shuokong as a companion.

• Hu Qi watched the ecological island thrive in his Cave Heaven, while people nearby witnessed its disappearance and speculated about what had happened.
• Hu Qi told Thunderstorm, Wang Jing, Meng Ke, Xuan Qing, and Ouyang Shuokong that he planned to leave Planet Earth and asked them to look after the Snake Heart Sect.
• Hu Qi gave the five others pearls containing enough World's Vital Energy to sustain a Spirit Refining Venerable in full combat for half an hour.
• Ouyang Shuokong asked to accompany Hu Qi to the Sea of Sumeru, offered his soul imprint as proof of loyalty, and Hu Qi agreed.

Hu Qi learned that Xuan Qing and the other Spirit Refining Venerables would remain on Planet Earth, then warned them that unchecked civilization could exhaust the planet’s limited ecosystem. As Hu Qi prepared to leave with Ouyang Shuokong, he sensed that the World Will’s rejection of him was growing stronger.

• Xuan Qing declined Hu Qi’s invitation to leave Planet Earth, and Thunderstorm, Meng Ke, and Wang Jing chose to stay and protect the Snake Heart Sect.
• Hu Qi warned Xuan Qing that Planet Earth was the only world with intelligent life and that unchecked human expansion could destroy its ecosystem and threaten civilization.
• Xuan Qing acknowledged Hu Qi’s warning, while Hu Qi left him to decide how to address the danger.
• Hu Qi told Ouyang Shuokong they would leave the next day, and Ouyang Shuokong addressed him as Master.
• Hu Qi meditated on the Zhu Xi Building’s observation deck and sensed the World Will rejecting him more strongly after he swallowed the Eye of the Heavens.

Hu Qi and Ouyang Shuokong crossed into the Sea of Sumeru, where Hu Qi protected Ouyang Shuokong from the deadly waters and set off toward the Shallow Wave Zone. Far away, a white-robed figure in a holy temple sensed something and raised its head.

• Hu Qi and Ouyang Shuokong said farewell to Xuan Qing, Thunderstorm, and the others before entering the Spirit Realm Sea Eye.
• A deadly virus appeared on Planet Earth, and rebels allied with Underground World residents to seize control and wage war against the surface.
• Hu Qi and Ouyang Shuokong passed through the Sea Eye and entered the Sea of Sumeru.
• Hu Qi shielded Ouyang Shuokong from the corrosive seawater and chose a route toward the Shallow Wave Zone.
• In a distant world, a white-robed figure in a holy temple sensed something and looked up with pale-golden eyes.

Xizhong Si received an oracle to hunt the surviving Serpent of Destruction and left the holy hall in search of it. In the Sea of Sumeru, Hu Qi and Ouyang Shuokong continued through the Intertidal Zone, where Hu Qi demonstrated his strength by devouring a giant crab.

• The angel's oracle ordered Xizhong Si to purify the Serpent of Destruction and gave him a black scale to locate it.
• Xizhong Si entrusted the holy hall to Ailin, gave her a golden bell for emergencies, and departed to carry out the oracle.
• Hu Qi and Ouyang Shuokong traveled across the Intertidal Zone aboard a Strange Fish, with Hu Qi unhurried by the vast distance or passage of time.
• A peak Spirit-level giant crab attacked the Strange Fish, but Hu Qi's snake shadow tore off its claw and swallowed the crab.
• Hu Qi told the Strange Fish to keep going, and it obeyed nervously.

Hu Qi used Modification Points to complete the Spirit Seed Method, a way to strengthen his essence by sending parts of himself into other worlds to grow and return as Spirit Seeds. After half a month of travel, he sensed that he and Ouyang Shuokong had reached the Shallow Wave Zone.

• Hu Qi saw that the Unknown Method had appeared on his panel and ordered Scarlet to create a method suited to him for accumulating essence and giving birth to divinity.
• Hu Qi's deduction froze Ouyang Shuokong, the Strange Fish, and the surrounding seawater for an instant before the world returned to normal.
• Hu Qi completed the Spirit Seed Method, which sent traces of his essence into other worlds to grow and return as Spirit Seeds.
• Hu Qi learned that five Spirit Seeds should let him accumulate enough essence to condense divinity, and that he needed to find a world with Supernatural Power.
• After another half month, Hu Qi sensed that they had finally arrived at the Shallow Wave Zone.

Hu Qi and Ouyang Shuokong entered the Sea of Sumeru’s Shallow Wave Zone aboard the Anglerfish Monster, where Hu Qi began searching for a world to explore. They discovered a strange, dark vortex that appeared to swallow the surrounding lights.

• Hu Qi told Ouyang Shuokong they had reached the Shallow Wave Zone, and Ouyang welcomed the chance to leave Planet Earth and pursue greater strength.
• The Anglerfish Monster hesitated at the dangerous boundary, but Hu Qi promised to protect it, and it carried them into the Shallow Wave Zone.
• Hu Qi explained that he chose the Shallow Wave Zone over the more dangerous Deep Abyss Zone and searched nearby for worlds.
• Hu Qi found an unusual world shaped like a vast Ink Vortex that pulled in the surrounding green lights.

Hu Qi and Ouyang Shuokong entered a world by sending their souls through a vortex, while Xizhong Si pursued the vanished Serpent of Destruction signal. In that world, Hu Qi took over a dying young man’s body and agreed to fulfill his wish for revenge.

• Hu Qi released the angler Strange Fish and watched Ouyang Shuokong abandon his body and send his primordial soul into a world’s vortex.
• Hu Qi concealed himself with Twisted Light and entered the vortex after Ouyang Shuokong.
• Xizhong Si sensed the Serpent of Destruction’s aura disappear and continued toward the Shallow Wave Zone to investigate.
• A young man diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis stood on a rooftop in the rain, intending to end his life.
• Hu Qi entered the young man’s body and promised to kill the murderer of his mother in exchange for taking it.
• The young man thanked Hu Qi as his consciousness faded, and Hu Qi withdrew his leg from the rooftop’s edge.

Hu Qi possessed Fang Xi, a terminally ill young man who had attempted suicide, and used the Scarlet Modification Panel to restore his body to normal. He returned to Fang Xi’s apartment, where he prepared to recover and examined the memories and resources available in his new body.

• Hu Qi chose Fang Xi, whose luck was nearly gone and who was close to death, as the body he would possess.
• Hu Qi discovered Fang Xi had a terminal illness but decided not to use his true body’s power in case it alerted the World Will.
• Hu Qi summoned the Scarlet Panel and spent 5 Modification Points to remove Fang Xi’s body stiffening and restore him to normal.
• Hu Qi left the rooftop and went to Fang Xi’s apartment to change, shower, and warm up.
• Hu Qi saw the snake-shaped tattoo linked to his grotto-heaven and began recalling Fang Xi’s memories.

Hu Qi adjusted to Fang Xi’s body, learned about the world and Fang Xi’s parents, and began strengthening himself by eating. After leaving a local restaurant, he went to an internet café to learn more about his surroundings.

• Hu Qi examined Fang Xi’s body, cleaned the apartment, and briefly saw a blurred face appear in the mirror after he left.
• Hu Qi learned from Fang Xi’s memories that both of Fang Xi’s parents had died after his mother was killed by a falling object and his father suffered a fatal heart attack; he considered Fang Xi’s wish for revenge.
• Hu Qi locked the parents’ bedroom, carried out the trash, and went to a local restaurant to find food.
• Hu Qi ate five large bowls of rice and all the dishes, using his Spirit Devouring Talent to absorb the food and improve Fang Xi’s weak body.
• Hu Qi left the restaurant and rented a computer at an internet café.

Hu Qi searched a hidden network for information about Supernatural Power and found a forum post describing a security guard’s encounter with a Red-dressed Woman at Ping An Apartment. After investigating related searches for an hour, he stopped without finding a clear lead.

• Hu Qi entered a concealed network and found a popular post titled “She Came Looking for Me!”
• Tiaodeng Yezhan described seeing a woman in a red dress fall to her death, move, and then disappear from the apartment lobby.
• Tiaodeng Yezhan reported hearing heavy banging that followed him to his room, where he saw the woman’s red skirt outside his door and hid beneath his bed.
• Hu Qi suspected Tiaodeng Yezhan had died after the Red-dressed Woman pursued him, and inferred that she moved by hopping on her head.
• Hu Qi searched for Ping An Apartment and then for “nightmare,” browsing the results for an hour before stopping.

Hu Qi researched how nightmare monsters and Supernatural Power worked, then returned home with medicinal herbs to restore his health. In the elevator, he met Wei Fan, whose nervous reaction and surprise at seeing him left Hu Qi suspicious.

• Hu Qi concluded that monsters from nightmares could enter reality and that some survivors could harness their power, while dreams might connect to the Mind Realm.
• Hu Qi left the internet café and bought medicinal herbs to replenish his qi and blood, nearly exhausting his savings.
• Hu Qi met Wei Fan in the elevator and learned that his old classmate and neighbor had returned early for winter break.
• Wei Fan showed surprise and nervousness when he recognized Hu Qi, and Hu Qi grew suspicious after they parted ways.

Hu Qi focused on strengthening himself while Wei Fan, a reincarnator, planned to acquire a powerful Dream Eye and protect his grandparents from an approaching nightmare. Three days later, Hu Qi had transformed his frail body through training.

• Hu Qi returned to his room to brew a blood-replenishing tonic and decided to grow stronger before investigating the suspicious person he had sensed.
• Wei Fan recalled his death in a Level Nine nightmare and resolved to become a Dream Controller, take revenge on Liu Yuan and Wen Xin, and claim the Dream Eye that would appear near his home.
• Wei Fan realized a nightmare would soon invade his residential building and decided to send his grandparents away from Qishan City to save them.
• Wei Fan revealed that his right eye was a powerful Dream Eye capable of interfering with time, though he could not yet use its power.
• After three days of training, Hu Qi had filled out noticeably and developed a muscular physique.

Hu Qi reached the peak of the Qi and Blood Realm, then sensed that the ongoing rain and a neighbor’s surveillance might be signs of something unusual. On his way home from a funeral, he heard the same eerie bouncing sound reported by Tiaodeng Yezhan, and it seemed to be following the rising elevator.

• Hu Qi used modification points to raise Elephant Origin Stance to Level 9 and reached the peak of the Qi and Blood Realm.
• Hu Qi decided to pursue Inherited Secret Martial Arts and later investigate the supernatural nightmares, while sensing that Ouyang Shuokong was still alive.
• Hu Qi noticed the unusually cold, continuous rain and suspected that Wei Fan was watching him from behind his apartment door.
• Hu Qi saw that an elderly resident had died and later returned to the community as mourners played suona music.
• Hu Qi rode the elevator and recognized a series of thumps as the same bouncing sound from Tiaodeng Yezhan’s forum recording, even as the elevator climbed.

Hu Qi endured a nightmare premonition in which an elevator plunged into a decayed building and a Red-dressed Woman attacked him, but he struck her with a fire axe and the vision faded. He realized his Qi and blood could harm nightmare monsters and saw that he remained marked by Nightmare Aura, leaving the true nightmare likely to arrive within days.

• Hu Qi deduced that the nightmare had taken over the original poster and used an audio recording to spread and kill.
• The elevator plunged to the first floor, where Hu Qi found a decayed, silent building and took a fire axe.
• A Red-dressed Woman fell in front of Hu Qi and revived, but he struck her with the axe and sent her flying.
• The premonition faded, returning Hu Qi to the intact elevator as it reached the fourteenth floor.
• Hu Qi concluded that Qi and blood could harm nightmare monsters and saw that he was marked by Nightmare Aura.

Hu Qi returned to his apartment after encountering Wei Fan, then cultivated the Crimson Sun Demonic Elephant Hellfire Art and reached the first realm of a Martial Dao Practitioner. He discovered that the art let him wield Yang Fire, a flame especially lethal to nightmares.

• Hu Qi met Wei Fan outside the elevator, gave him the chance to borrow his umbrella, and returned to his apartment without revealing what he knew.
• Wei Fan used the Dream Eye in his right eye to sense nightmare aura in the elevator and suspected Hu Qi was an unusually calm ordinary person.
• Wei Fan considered killing Hu Qi but decided against it to avoid disrupting the future, and resolved to wait for a chance to obtain the Dream Eye.
• At one in the morning, Hu Qi used Crimson to raise the Crimson Sun Demonic Elephant Hellfire Art to the third layer and opened the Essence, Vitality, and Spirit Treasury.
• Hu Qi completed the Blood Qi Furnace realm and manifested Yang Fire, which he learned could harm nightmares and drive body refinement.

Hu Qi used his newly awakened Yang Fire and Spirit Devouring Talent to destroy and consume a Nightmare entity that appeared in his bathroom mirror, gaining strength and Modification Points. He discovered that he could absorb Nightmare abilities, while the Nightmare’s bronze mirror was left cracked and scorched.

• Hu Qi inspected his transformed body and considered the Yang Fire and Elephant Strength traits granted by the third layer of the Crimson Sun Demonic Elephant Hellfire Art.
• Hu Qi used Twisted Light to return to his normal size and noticed a thin figure in the bathroom mirror copying his appearance.
• Hu Qi seized the figure through the mirror with his Yang Fire, shattered the mirror, and consumed the shadow it left behind.
• Hu Qi gained strength and eleven Modification Points, then used the fragments to discover that he had inherited an incomplete ability to observe through nearby mirrors.
• The ancient bronze mirror at the center of the Nightmare’s dim space cracked and bore a scorch mark as the surrounding space grew darker.

A raincoat-clad figure slaughtered residents throughout Building 18, while the nightmare distorted the building and hid it from ordinary people. In Room 3306, Wei Fan discovered that a second nightmare had appeared, turning the incident into a Layered Nightmare.

• A towering figure in a black raincoat crushed a young man's head and smashed his girlfriend with a hammer at Building 18.
• The raincoat figure passed through walls and moved between apartments, leaving the building silent and covered in an eerie haze that ordinary people overlooked.
• Wei Fan woke in Room 3306 and found the world outside unnaturally dark and silent.
• Wei Fan used his right eye to see that the nightmare had altered his perception, making the real door appear a meter away from where he saw it with his left eye.
• Wei Fan heard rhythmic thumping in the corridor and sensed a second chilly aura, realizing that Building 18 contained a Layered Nightmare.