Chapter Summaries

Lang Liu slaughtered workers at Hangjia Electronics Factory and began hunting Hu Qi after entering the workshop. Hu Qi resisted the Black Mist Domain and noticed Lang Liu approaching, setting up their confrontation.

• Hu Qi sensed a Lower-tier Black Blood Species and rushed toward it.
• A factory supervisor berated an overworked assembly-line worker while promising the staff a delayed bonus.
• Lang Liu enveloped the workshop in black mist, incapacitated the workers, and devoured the supervisor and quality inspector.
• Hu Qi arrived at the factory, and Lang Liu trapped him inside the Black Mist Domain.
• Lang Liu approached Hu Qi, who suddenly looked toward him from within five meters.

Hu Qi killed Lang Liu, absorbed his black blood, and collected some for the Camphor Tea Duck before the black mist faded. Lang Liu’s death reached his twin Su Xing, while Herlinta weighed a vermilion fruit connected to her deal with the Black Blood Species.

• Hu Qi broke through Lang Liu’s Black Mist Domain and wounded him with a blade strike.
• Hu Qi cut off Lang Liu’s head, absorbed his black blood with the Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Spirit Devouring Diagram, and gained twenty-two Modification Points.
• Hu Qi collected some of Lang Liu’s remaining black blood for the Camphor Tea Duck and vanished as the mist dissipated.
• Su Xing sensed that his twin brother Lang Liu had died and decided not to seek revenge, instead placing his hopes on Lord Feast.
• Herlinta held a vermilion fruit in a secret chamber at Zhu Xi and struggled over whether to accept the risks of her deal with the Black Blood Species.

Herlinta consumed the Blood Gold Vermillion Fruit and broke through to the ninth level of the Red Snake Secret Martial Arts, but black mist corrupted her and bound her to a powerful master. Several days later, Hu Qi reflected on his rapid gains and the mystery of Modification Points while checking on the Camphor Tea Duck.

• Herlinta ate the Blood Gold Vermillion Fruit and advanced to the peak of a Martial Dao Practitioner's Blood Qi Soul Condensation.
• Black mist enveloped Herlinta, and a vision showed her a black-robed master who promised her power; she pledged to await his descent.
• Several days later, Hu Qi reached four percent of the Three-Eyed Yuan Snake bloodline and raised the Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Spirit Devouring Diagram to level five.
• Hu Qi considered how Black Blood Species helped him grow and wondered where Modification Points came from.
• Hu Qi checked the Camphor Tea Duck, which showed no obvious change after eating black blood.

Hu Qi joined Herlinta and other Snake Heart Sect members to receive Federation and faction reinforcements preparing to address the Earth Core Passage. Meanwhile, Du Wang fought Black Blood Species emerging from the sea vortex and grew exhausted as he waited for help, unaware that gray mist was rising around him.

• Hu Qi let the Camphor Tea Duck out into the pond, then received Dai Shu’s message and went to Zhu Xi Tower.
• At the conference room, Hu Qi sensed a faint Black Blood Species aura from Herlinta and noticed she seemed stronger than before.
• Herlinta welcomed the arriving delegation, led by Federation officer Chu Feng and Meng Yu Pavilion elder Li Xia, and brought them inside to discuss the Earth Core Passage.
• Hu Qi learned that the delegation included military personnel and faction disciples, including members of the Seal Wolf Sect, who had accepted a mission.
• Du Wang continued destroying Black Blood Species emerging from the sea vortex, but exhaustion and dwindling power threatened his ability to keep guarding the passage.
• As Du Wang awaited the Federation’s support, fine strands of gray mist began rising silently from the surrounding sea.

Gray mist poured from the Ocean Current Vortex, overcame Du Wang, and spread across the sea toward Anshan City. After the mist engulfed the coast and contact with First Senior Brother was lost, Chu Feng and Li Xia flew out to investigate.

• Gray mist erupted from the Ocean Current Vortex, resisted Du Wang's attacks, and trapped him in a cocoon that invaded his body.
• The mist spread across the sea and formed a huge cloud that surged toward Anshan City.
• A coastal observer spotted the towering wall of gray mist and tried to report it before it swept over the shore.
• Herlinta received the report and told Li Xia and Chu Feng that the Ocean Current Vortex passage might have gone wrong and First Senior Brother was unreachable.
• Chu Feng and Li Xia broke through the conference room window and flew toward the coast.

As Gray Mist approached Anshan City, Herlinta arranged the defenses before secretly descending to the underground levels. She slaughtered the guards and confronted Jiang Zuo, revealing her resentment over his use of her and challenging him to fight.

• Herlinta assigned defensive duties across Anshan City, while Hu Qi was tasked with patrolling part of the streets.
• After everyone left, Herlinta took an elevator to the underground level and killed the guards who tried to verify her identity.
• Herlinta descended farther and entered the chamber where Jiang Zuo was meditating.
• Jiang Zuo said the Ghost Slaying Blade’s killing intent had corrupted Herlinta, and she accused him of using her as a test subject to complete the saber art.
• Herlinta revealed the black mist around her and challenged Jiang Zuo to show the strength of a Qi Dao Grandmaster.

Herlinta defeated her wounded master, while Gray Mist engulfed Anshan City and brought deadly Black Blood Species into its streets. Hu Qi sensed the danger rising and abandoned Herlinta’s mission to return to his villa.

• Herlinta knelt beside the ruins on the thirtieth underground level, declared that she had won, and healed from her severe wounds.
• Gray Mist rapidly covered Anshan City, causing crashes, communication failures, and nearly ten thousand deaths as residents struggled to find shelter.
• A Black Blood Species killed Liu Xin and her boyfriend, and similar monsters began hunting people throughout the fog.
• Some teenagers ventured outside to hunt monsters, but they either became lost or were devoured by Black Blood Species.
• Hu Qi killed a Blood Slave and sensed a growing danger connected to the Earth Core Passage, so he headed back to his villa.

Hu Qi failed to escape Anshan City through the Gray Mist and returned to hunt Lower-tier Black Blood Species to strengthen himself. At sea, Li Xia and Chu Feng freed Du Wang from a giant cocoon, and Li Xia recognized the Gray Mist from somewhere.

• Hu Qi returned to his villa, collected his three blades, and took the Camphor Tea Duck with him as he fled Anshan City.
• Hu Qi found that the Gray Mist prevented him from reaching the boundary and turned cars back, trapping Anshan City in an isolated world.
• Hu Qi secured the Camphor Tea Duck and headed toward the city center to search for Lower-tier Black Blood Species and grow stronger.
• Li Xia and Chu Feng reached the vortex passage, where Du Wang called to them for help from inside a giant cocoon.
• Chu Feng shattered the cocoon with a golden palm, freeing Du Wang, and Li Xia said she had seen the Gray Mist before.

Li Xia identified the gray mist as possibly part of a Food Master's domain and urged Chu Feng and Du Wang to seal the passage before more Black Blood Species reached Anshan City. Meanwhile, disguised as a human, Hu Qi hunted a fleeing Lower-tier Black Blood Species with a saber that drained its Black Blood.

• Li Xia told Chu Feng and Du Wang that the gray mist might be a weakened Food Master's domain and said they needed to block the passage or await the Federation's venerable lords.
• Hu Qi revealed that he had drained the Black Blood from a severed arm, terrifying a lizard-like Lower-tier Black Blood Species.
• The monster hurled a stone bollard at Hu Qi and fled, but Hu Qi destroyed the projectile and threw his saber after it.
• Hu Qi's saber pierced the fleeing monster's back and heart, then began draining its Black Blood and strength.

Hu Qi absorbed the Black Blood from a defeated Lower-tier Black Blood Species, strengthened his skills and bloodline, and devised a way to draw more prey to him. He unleashed an enormous column of Blood Qi from a rooftop, attracting the attention of nearly every Black Blood Species in Anshan City.

• Hu Qi arrived after the second Lower-tier Black Blood Species died, absorbed the Black Blood from its blade, and gained Modification Points.
• Hu Qi used his points to raise the Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Spirit Devouring Diagram to Level 7 and increase his Three-Eyed Yuan Snake bloodline completeness to 5%.
• Hu Qi realized he could lure Black Blood Species by displaying his powerful Blood Qi instead of searching for them across Anshan City.
• Hu Qi climbed a high-rise building and released a towering pillar of Blood Qi that forced back the Gray Mist.
• Black Blood Species across Anshan City noticed Hu Qi, and several eagerly claimed they would devour him.

Herlinta drew the attention of the Black Blood Species in Anshan City, while Martial Dao Practitioners watched from the mist. When two Seal Wolf Sect practitioners encountered her, she killed them both without hesitation.

• Hu Qi’s actions attracted Black Blood Species and nearby Martial Dao Practitioners, who hoped the creatures would leave them and the ordinary people alone.
• Two Seal Wolf Sect practitioners decided to seek shelter after encountering Blood Slaves and a Lower-tier Black Blood Species.
• Herlinta emerged from the mist, and the gaunt practitioner mistakenly relaxed upon recognizing her.
• Herlinta killed the gaunt practitioner with a single saber strike.
• The fat practitioner tried to flee, but Herlinta wounded him and then beheaded him when he attacked.

Herlinta killed two Seal Wolf Sect Martial Dao Practitioners and set her sights on the expert at Anshan City, hoping to use him to advance to Qi Dao Grandmaster. Hu Qi lured Black Blood Species toward his Blood Qi Beacon Smoke and began killing them, while Su Xing watched from hiding.

• Herlinta’s black shadow erased the two Martial Dao Practitioners, and she said she would use the expert in Anshan City as nourishment for her breakthrough.
• Hu Qi waited on a rooftop as Blood Slaves gathered around the building, then leapt down toward a nearby intersection.
• Hu Qi crushed a hidden Lower-tier Black Blood Species with his landing and killed it with his blade, gaining Modification Points and power.
• Hu Qi spotted another Lower-tier Black Blood Species and rushed toward it.
• Su Xing, disguised as a child, lurked nearby and watched Hu Qi, wary because Secret Martial Artists had killed his younger brother.

Hu Qi killed Su Xing, another Lower-tier Black Blood Species, and used the Modification Points he gained to advance his cultivation and strengthen his Three-Eyed Yuan Snake bloodline. He then tested his growing aura on a terrified Blood Slave and touched her forehead with a glowing fingertip.

• Su Xing transformed into a giant black wolf and fled when Hu Qi attacked, but Hu Qi intercepted him and killed him with a blade.
• Hu Qi gained enough Modification Points from killing two Lower-tier Black Blood Species to raise the Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Spirit Devouring Diagram to its ninth layer.
• Hu Qi reached the peak of Martial Dao Practitioner, but learned that the Qi Dao Chapter required his Three-Eyed Yuan Snake bloodline to reach at least 17%.
• Hu Qi used his remaining Modification Points to raise his bloodline from five percent to seven percent and drew scattered blood into his body.
• Hu Qi suppressed a female Blood Slave with his life force field, then pressed a glowing fingertip to her forehead.

Hu Qi discovered that devouring Soul Light strengthened his soul and granted Modification Points, but too many memories muddled his sense of self until he used Crimson to cure it. As he prepared to resume hunting, a powerful attacker launched a concrete utility pole at him.

• Hu Qi learned that Spirit Devouring Talent could absorb Soul Light, memories, and Modification Points, then hunted Blood Slaves and raised the Three-Eyed Yuan Snake bloodline from seven percent to twelve percent.
• After absorbing too many Soul Lights, Hu Qi saw fragments of others’ memories and stopped hunting to avoid losing his sense of self.
• Hu Qi used Crimson to remove his Muddled Soul status, spending Modification Points while keeping the benefits of the absorbed memories and strengthened soul.
• A wall burst apart nearby, and a concrete utility pole hurtled toward Hu Qi.
• Hu Qi kicked a sedan into the pole, knocking it off course, then sensed a powerful, blazing orb of light approaching.

Hu Qi, disguised and wielding a blade, fought Herlinta when she came to ambush him in Anshan City. He turned the tide by striking her with a powerful Exhale Thunder, leaving her crashing into a shop.

• Herlinta arrived and confronted Hu Qi, failing to recognize him beneath his disguise.
• Herlinta and Hu Qi clashed with their blades, and she was surprised by his strength and familiar technique.
• Herlinta intensified her attack, threatening to break Hu Qi’s blade, but he claimed he had not yet exerted himself.
• Hu Qi compressed his True Blood Qi Strength and unleashed Exhale Thunder at close range, blasting Herlinta into a distant shop.

Hu Qi fought Herlinta, who unleashed her Blood Soul, but he countered with the colossal Three-Eyed Yuan Snake and crushed her with Exhale Thunder. He found Herlinta barely alive in the ruins and stood over her as she struggled to speak.

• Herlinta recovered from her injuries and summoned a gigantic blood-red serpent Blood Soul to attack Hu Qi.
• Hu Qi revealed the thousand-meter Three-Eyed Yuan Snake, whose tail shattered Herlinta's Blood Soul and sent her crashing through buildings.
• Hu Qi used Exhale Thunder to blast the ruins where Herlinta had fallen, then replenished his True Blood Qi Strength and approached the site.
• Hu Qi cut apart the rubble and found Herlinta charred and badly injured, unable to speak as she stared at him in disbelief.

Hu Qi defeated Herlinta, took her Red Mirror saber, and drained her life and Soul Light. When a black-robed figure tried to seize Hu Qi’s body through Herlinta’s memories, the Scarlet Panel consumed Modification Points to destroy him, leaving Hu Qi with greatly strengthened soul power.

• Hu Qi subdued Herlinta, took the Red Mirror saber, and stabbed her through the heart as she tried to recover.
• Herlinta’s power faded as Hu Qi absorbed her blood and Soul Light, turning her into a skeletal corpse and raising his Modification Points to 68.
• A black-robed figure appeared in Herlinta’s memories and tried to take over Hu Qi’s body.
• Hu Qi ordered the Scarlet Panel to eliminate the intruding soul, spending Modification Points as it destroyed and absorbed the black-robed figure.
• Hu Qi regained control and found that his soul power had greatly increased, allowing him to see inside his body with clarity.

Hu Qi uncovered the Food Master’s plot behind Herlinta’s corruption and Jiang Zuo’s death, then buried Herlinta and hunted Black Blood Species to strengthen himself. The chapter ended in the Underground World, where a boy asked his father about the Heavenly God lords after a vast mountain appeared in the sky.

• Hu Qi realized that the black-robed man’s divine consciousness had given him 66 Modification Points and learned how the Food Master had manipulated Herlinta and arranged Jiang Zuo’s death.
• Hu Qi concluded that the Food Master planned to use Herlinta as a puppet to invade the surface, but its descent was constrained by a powerful, aging presence in the Xiya Federation.
• Hu Qi buried Herlinta’s remains, then used Modification Points to raise his Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Bloodline from 12% to 17%.
• Hu Qi found that his Spirit Devouring Diagram still could not advance, so he set out to kill more Black Blood Species and harvested them across the streets.
• In the Underground World, a boy spotted an immense mountain rising into the clouds and asked his father to tell him about the Heavenly God lords.

A village family faced the deadly Ascension Quota, while Ao Lin learned that a young man had killed his chosen pawn and sent Xue Yin and Xue Yang to capture or kill him. In Anshan City, the young man continued slaughtering Black Blood Species, driving the survivors into hiding.

• The middle-aged man warned Gou Dan not to speak disrespectfully of Lord Heavenly God, then told his wife he would take the village's Ascension Quota and urged her to care for Gou Wa after he was gone.
• The woman offered to take the Ascension Quota instead, and the couple recognized that whoever went would be eaten as rations by the Heavenly Gods.
• Ao Lin discovered that his chosen pawn had been killed and that the loss of his embedded soul power had injured his divine soul.
• Ao Lin stabilized the passageway with black qi and ordered Xue Yin and Xue Yang to bring back the scarred young man or kill him.
• The young man hunted Black Blood Species across Anshan City, trapping the survivors inside the Gray Mist and forcing them to scatter and hide.
• In an underground parking garage, one Black Blood Species questioned why the group was hiding from a single blood food instead of attacking together.

Hu Qi killed Yao Ying and the Blood Slaves, then used the Scarlet Modifier to advance the Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Spirit Devouring Diagram and begin opening his Qi Meridian Divine Treasure. Meanwhile, Chu Feng, Li Xia, and Du Wang blocked the vortex with an island, only for two Mid-tier Black Blood Species to emerge.

• Hu Qi killed Yao Ying and the Blood Slaves with Red Mirror, then left to avoid being disturbed while advancing.
• Chu Feng, Li Xia, and Du Wang lowered an island into the vortex, reducing its size and the Gray Mist pouring from it.
• Two Mid-tier Black Blood Species burst from the sea, alarming Chu Feng, Li Xia, and Du Wang.
• Hu Qi used the Scarlet Modifier to advance the Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Spirit Devouring Diagram and received memories of successful Qi Dao Grandmaster breakthroughs.
• Hu Qi gathered his True Blood Qi Strength at the Guanyuan acupoint, where a white point of light appeared as his Qi Meridian Divine Treasure began to open.