Chapter Summaries

Hu Qi opened his Qi Meridian Divine Treasure and began converting World's Vital Energy and True Blood Qi Strength into True Essence Power, drawing the Gray Mist toward himself. The disturbance interrupted a battle at sea, and Xue Yin and Xue Yang fled toward Anshan City while Hu Qi continued his breakthrough.

• Hu Qi perceived the World's Vital Energy and found it unusually dense in every direction around him.
• Hu Qi completed opening his Qi Meridian Divine Treasure and began absorbing World's Vital Energy and True Blood Qi Strength to create True Essence Power.
• Hu Qi's breakthrough stirred the Gray Mist into a vortex and drew the attention of extraordinary beings in Anshan City.
• Xue Yin and Xue Yang forced Du Wang, Li Xia, and Chu Feng back, then fled toward Anshan City as the Gray Mist thinned.
• Du Wang, Li Xia, and Chu Feng stopped pursuing Xue Yin and Xue Yang and began recovering from their injuries.
• Hu Qi continued condensing True Essence Power inside his Qi Meridian Divine Treasure.

Hu Qi broke through to Qi Dao Grandmaster, gained the Twisted Light talent, and strengthened his Seven Fiends Blade. As two Mid-tier Black Blood Species approached, he flew away from Anshan City to test his new strength against them.

• Hu Qi's Qi Meridian Divine Treasure expanded dramatically, and he broke through to Qi Dao Grandmaster while seeing a vision of the Eye of the Heavens searching the sky.
• Hu Qi examined his Scarlet Panel, discovered his bloodline had reached twenty percent completion, and learned to use his new Twisted Light talent to disguise his appearance.
• Hu Qi sensed two powerful Mid-tier Black Blood Species approaching and flew toward an uninhabited suburb with the Red Mirror saber.
• Hu Qi used Modification Points to raise the Seven Fiends Blade to its seventh layer, gaining the White Tiger Fiend trait that drained an enemy's vitality.
• Hu Qi stopped in the snowy outskirts, readied the Red Mirror, and prepared to test his strength against the approaching enemies.

Xue Yin and Xue Yang tracked Hu Qi down and attacked him, but his Seven Fiends Blade wounded them and stopped their Black Blood Species regeneration. They fled in terror, while Hu Qi realized the White Tiger Fiend’s annihilating trait could make wounds fatal over time.

• Xue Yin and Xue Yang found Hu Qi and prepared to kill him rather than bring him back to the Underground World.
• Hu Qi turned and unleashed a massive blade light that Xue Yin and Xue Yang barely dodged.
• Xue Yang transformed into a giant bear and Xue Yin into a blood eagle, then they attacked Hu Qi together.
• Hu Qi’s blade lights shattered Xue Yang’s arm and broke Xue Yin’s wings, leaving both Black Blood Species badly wounded.
• Xue Yin and Xue Yang discovered their wounds would not heal and their vitality was draining away.
• Xue Yin and Xue Yang turned to flee as Hu Qi recognized the White Tiger Fiend’s power to suppress regeneration.

Hu Qi killed Xue Yang and Xue Yin, but their deaths drove Ao Lin, a Food Master, to descend upon Anshan City and search for him. Hu Qi hid in cat form as the Food Master’s power engulfed the city, while the chapter ended at Xuanqing Temple in the Xiya Federation’s capital, where a strange faceless statue stood.

• Hu Qi overwhelmed Xue Yin and Xue Yang with blade attacks, killing them and absorbing their energy and Soul Lights.
• Hu Qi gained enough Modification Points from the two Mid-tier Black Blood Species to raise his Three-Eyed Yuan Snake bloodline to 30%, then fled and transformed into a black cat to hide.
• Ao Lin emerged from the sea as a gigantic black-robed Food Master, killing Du Wang, Li Xia, and Chu Feng as his power spread across Anshan City.
• Hu Qi used his enhanced Twisted Light talent to conceal himself from Ao Lin’s search, while sensing that the Food Master could not remain on the surface for long.
• At Xuanqing Temple in the Xiya Federation’s capital, a large Taoist statue with only the faint outline of a face stood in the main hall.

At Xuanqing God’s temple, the statue sent a mysterious light into the sickly Qiuqiu after she prayed, while the young daoist sensed something in the direction of Anshan City. There, Ao Lin failed to find Hu Qi and hurled a destructive spear toward the city, just as azure light appeared in the Gray Mist sky.

• Qiuqiu prayed at Xuanqing God’s temple with her parents, and an unseen light entered her body, giving her a flush of color and a sudden feeling of relief.
• Qiuqiu said the statue had lit up, and the young daoist in blue looked toward Anshan City.
• Ao Lin searched Anshan City for Hu Qi but could not find him, despite enclosing the area in his domain.
• Ao Lin decided to destroy Anshan City and threw a massive black spear toward it.
• The people of Anshan City sensed an approaching catastrophe as azure light appeared in the Gray Mist sky.

Hu Qi witnessed a colossal cyan face drive Ao Lin away with divine lightning, then decided to use Herlinta’s identity to pursue greater power and information. After the Gray Mist lifted, he transformed into Herlinta and set out to hunt the remaining Black Blood Species.

• The giant cyan face appeared above the sea, struck Ao Lin with golden lightning, and forced him to flee through a whirlpool passage.
• Hu Qi remained conscious through the encounter and became excited by the prospect of eventually reaching the giant face’s level of power.
• After the Gray Mist receded, Hu Qi retrieved Herlinta’s Red Mirror Saber from beneath a tree.
• Hu Qi decided that posing as Herlinta would give him a suitable identity to gain access to information and gather Modification Points.
• Hu Qi transformed into Herlinta and left to hunt the Black Blood Species still in the area.

After Anshan City was devastated by the battle between Herlinta and Jiang Zuo, Hu Qi discovered that a supernatural force had killed every Black Blood Species and altered ordinary people’s memories and perceptions. As the city began its recovery, Hu Qi reflected on the threat and learned that the injured Du Wang had left Herlinta in charge of the Snake Heart Sect.

• Hu Qi found that every Black Blood Species in Anshan City had died, apparently from the giant face that had appeared in the sky.
• A day later, Hu Qi watched a report that blamed the ruins and deaths on an earthquake and tsunami, while the public ignored signs of supernatural destruction.
• Hu Qi realized that ordinary people’s memories and perceptions had been altered, and wondered whether Secret Martial Artists had also been affected.
• Hu Qi noted that most Secret Martial Artists had survived, while Du Wang was critically injured by a Food Master and unable to recover quickly.
• With Du Wang incapacitated, Herlinta took charge of the Snake Heart Sect.

At Jiang Zuo’s funeral, Han Yuan tried to take control of the Snake Heart Sect while Du Wang was in seclusion, but Hu Qi, disguised as Herlinta, effortlessly defeated him and left him with a warning.

• Hu Qi attended Jiang Zuo’s funeral with Han Yuan, Lin Yao, and Lin Tu after Chu Feng and Li Xia had paid their respects and departed.
• After the others left, Hu Qi told Jiang Zuo to rest in peace and started to leave the cemetery.
• Han Yuan blocked Hu Qi and argued that Herlinta was unfit to lead the Snake Heart Sect, asking to take charge until she recovered.
• Hu Qi instantly overwhelmed Han Yuan, breaking his arms, striking his face, and lifting him by the throat.
• Han Yuan apologized and backed down, and Hu Qi warned him not to provoke him again before walking away.

At the Jiang Family patriarch’s birthday banquet, Chen Feng was introduced to Jiang Ning as the Miracle Doctor who had saved her grandfather. Jiang Ning questioned the suspicious circumstances of the patriarch’s illness, then suddenly struck him across the face.

• Half a month after the disaster, Anshan City gradually recovered and rebuilt its collapsed buildings.
• At the Jiang Family birthday banquet in Linchuan City, Chen Feng stood out in casual clothes while eating cake and staring at the guests.
• The Jiang Family patriarch introduced Chen Feng to his granddaughter Jiang Ning as the Miracle Doctor who had saved him.
• Jiang Ning toasted Chen Feng, then asked why her grandfather’s heart condition had flared up under such suspicious circumstances.
• When the patriarch defended Chen Feng, Jiang Ning slapped him, knocking him to the ground and sending his remaining teeth flying.

Jiang Ning exposed Chen Feng’s scheme, used toxins and Zhu Xi forces to capture him, and revealed her role in the Jiang Family’s success. In Anshan City, Hu Qi learned from an ancient book that Black Blood Species had preyed on humanity across multiple fallen civilizations.

• Jiang Ning confronted the Jiang Family’s patriarch, then revealed that Chen Feng had been drugged and ordered Zhu Xi members to shoot and capture him.
• Jiang Ning told Father Jiang that the birthday banquet had been a trap for Chen Feng, then left for Zhu Xi’s base and reflected on gaining points toward martial arts training.
• Zhu Xi forces across Donglin Province captured Black Blood Species and criminal Secret Martial Artists and sent them to Anshan City.
• Hu Qi read an ancient record describing Black Blood Species as demons that had appeared more than two thousand years earlier.
• Hu Qi concluded that Black Blood Species had repeatedly harvested surface humanity and destroyed earlier civilizations when they resisted.

Hu Qi reflected on the mysteries surrounding the destruction of the Secret Martial Civilization and resolved to grow stronger rather than rely on slow cultivation. After learning that the Seal Wolf Sect’s Sect Master had come to visit, he headed to the tenth basement level instead of meeting him.

• Hu Qi considered how the Black Blood Species had destroyed the Secret Martial Civilization and why they had left its martial arts behind.
• Hu Qi recalled that the vortex passageway near Anshan City had closed after the Food Master was injured.
• Hu Qi assessed his progress as an Initial Stage Qi Master and judged that reaching the next stage through cultivation alone would take too long.
• A staff member told Hu Qi that the Seal Wolf Sect’s Sect Master was waiting in the reception room.
• Hu Qi suspected the Sect Master had come with ill intent but remained calm and went down to the tenth basement level instead of meeting him.

Hu Qi used his authority through the Snake Heart Sect to have Zhu Xi capture Secret Martial Artists and Black Blood Species, then massacred the prisoners to gather spiritual light and Modification Points. After restoring his status, he discovered that the Seven Fiends Blade could be modified and connected it to the Ghost Slaying Blade and Jiang Zuo’s secret plans.

• Chen Feng woke in a prison with nearly a hundred captives and waited for the drug suppressing his strength to wear off.
• Hu Qi entered the prison, killed a man who attacked him, then slaughtered every captive, including Chen Feng.
• Hu Qi absorbed the prisoners’ spiritual light and raised his Modification Points above one hundred.
• Hu Qi spent ten Modification Points to restore his status to normal and noticed the Seven Fiends Blade could be modified beyond its supposed limit.
• Hu Qi recalled Herlinta’s memories linking the Ghost Slaying Blade to Jiang Zuo’s effort to complete a powerful blade technique, but decided not to modify it yet.

Hu Qi strengthened his Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Secret Martial Arts and bloodline, then considered how to obtain other schools’ inherited arts and learn to control his soul power. Meanwhile, at Zhu Xi, Lin Tu faced an impatient visitor whose imposing grandfather turned his gaze on him.

• Hu Qi spent one hundred Modification Points to raise the Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Spirit Devouring Diagram to its third layer, greatly strengthening his True Essence.
• Hu Qi spent ten more Modification Points to improve his Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Bloodline and its Spirit Devouring and Twisted Light gifts.
• Hu Qi reviewed his limited options for obtaining other schools’ Inherited Secret Martial Arts and soul-power techniques, noting that Chen Feng’s fragmented memories offered little help.
• At Zhu Xi, a young girl complained to Lin Tu that her grandfather had been kept waiting for the president.
• Lin Tu explained that the visitors had arrived without notice and that senior sister was busy, then felt the old man’s fierce gaze settle on him.

Hu Qi, disguised as Herlinta, confronted Seal Wolf Sect Master Li Fengtian and his disciples at the Snake Heart Sect, revealing Qi Dao Grandmaster-level strength when he punished Lu Xin for insulting him. After Li Fengtian left, Hu Qi learned the group had gone to Suyuan City and announced he would enter seclusion, leaving Lin Tu to oversee the sect.

• Lin Tu left the reception room to summon Herlinta while worrying about the weakened Snake Heart Sect and the Seal Wolf Sect's strength.
• Hu Qi arrived disguised as Herlinta, and Lu Xin insulted him for keeping Li Fengtian waiting.
• Hu Qi's snake-like attack injured Lu Xin, and Li Fengtian realized Hu Qi was a Qi Dao Grandmaster.
• Li Fengtian apologized for Lu Xin and asked about his missing disciples, Su Mo and Lu Tuo, before leaving with his group.
• Hu Qi asked Lin Tu which way the Seal Wolf Sect had gone, learned they were headed to Suyuan City, and left Lin Tu in charge while he supposedly entered seclusion.

Hu Qi transformed into a hawk and followed Li Fengtian's helicopter, then attacked it over the sea. Li Fengtian survived the explosion with Lu Xin and another person, and confronted Hu Qi in midair.

• Li Fengtian explained to Lu Xin why he had not intervened when Hu Qi attacked her, and hinted that their Seal Wolf Sect had another way to deal with the situation.
• Hu Qi, disguised as a snow-white hawk, watched the helicopter and followed it beyond Anshan City.
• Hu Qi transformed into a ten-meter winged figure and struck the helicopter, causing it to explode over the sea.
• Li Fengtian emerged from the flames holding two people and attacked Hu Qi with a giant palm formed from the World's Vital Energy.
• Hu Qi blocked Li Fengtian's giant palm with a punch.

Hu Qi defeated and killed Li Fengtian after the Seal Wolf Sect Qi Dao Grandmaster transformed into a silver werewolf. Hu Qi left the survivors alive to blame the Black Blood Species, while the Seal Wolf Sect lost its only Qi Dao Grandmaster and faced losing its middle-tier status.

• Li Fengtian sent the burly man away with the unconscious Lu Xin, then fought Hu Qi above the sea.
• Hu Qi knocked Li Fengtian into the sea, but Li Fengtian emerged transformed into a towering silver werewolf and attacked him.
• Hu Qi caught Li Fengtian’s claw and overwhelmed him with punches, killing him and plundering his Soul Light and vitality.
• Hu Qi transformed into a white falcon and left the survivors alive so they could report that a Black Blood Species had killed Li Fengtian.
• Li Fengtian’s death left the Seal Wolf Sect without a Qi Dao Grandmaster, threatening its middle-tier status.

After killing Li Fengtian, Hu Qi secluded himself in a hotel and digested the Qi Dao Grandmaster’s memories. He cleared the resulting soul abnormality, fused Li Fengtian’s Silver Wolf Secret Martial Arts into his own technique, and renamed the result the Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Spirit Devouring Diagram.

• Hu Qi stayed at a nearby hotel after killing Li Fengtian and spent several hours absorbing his memories.
• Hu Qi found that Li Fengtian’s memories had left his soul mottled, then used nine Modification Points to restore his status to normal.
• Hu Qi chose to fuse Silver Wolf Secret Martial Arts into the Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Spirit Devouring Diagram rather than simply raise his skills.
• Crimson consumed Modification Points to combine the techniques, creating an Unknown Secret Martial Art with the Wolf Transformation trait.
• Hu Qi named the fused technique the Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Spirit Devouring Diagram, and the panel updated its name.

Hu Qi strengthened his Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Bloodline, discovering that his Twisted Light could now distort objects more fundamentally, then spent the night eating and resting at a hotel. The next morning, he researched the Federation’s factions and narrowed his search for another Divine Secret Martial Arts to the seven top-tier factions.

• Hu Qi increased his Three-Eyed Yuan Snake Bloodline to 35% and found that his strengthened Twisted Light could alter an object’s fundamental structure.
• Hu Qi ate an enormous hotel meal, rested, and continued absorbing World's Vital Energy while he slept.
• Hu Qi returned to Zhu Xi Zhi Zhong as Herlinta and reviewed the Federation’s 151 Secret Martial Arts Factions.
• Hu Qi learned that only the Holy Rain Sect, Sword Pavilion, Golden Buddha Temple, Meng Yu Pavilion, Thunderclap Sect, Earth God Hall, and Azure Dragon Palace possessed Divine Secret Martial Arts.
• Hu Qi noted the Holy Rain Sect’s and Meng Yu Pavilion’s connections to him, while reviewing the distinctive abilities and reputations of all seven top-tier factions.

Hu Qi abandoned his plan to target the seven major factions and chose the lower-tier Tiger Intent Sect instead, aiming to seize its Inherited Secret Martial Arts. He secretly arrived at the hotel where the sect's master was celebrating his birthday, while the Tiger Intent Sect's disciples gathered upstairs.

• Hu Qi decided the seven major factions were too dangerous to target and chose the Tiger Intent Sect as an easier source of Inherited Secret Martial Arts.
• Hu Qi announced he was entering seclusion and left Lin Yao and Lin Tu in charge of affairs.
• Hu Qi traveled from Anshan City to Lin'an City in just over twenty minutes and approached the Rin Qiong Tian Que Hotel under the cover of Twisted Light.
• Hu Qi passed through the hotel entrance unseen as guests arrived for Wang Nancang's 157th birthday celebration.
• More than ten Tiger Intent Sect figures gathered in a top-floor room and respectfully faced the person standing at its center.

Hu Qi forced Wang Nancang to surrender the Tiger Intent Sect’s Divine Intent Diagram, studied its Secret Martial Arts, and left without killing anyone. The story then shifted to a scorching magma canyon in the Underground World, where black-robed figures stood beside the lava.

• Wang Nancang detected Hu Qi at the Tiger Intent Sect and tried to negotiate before Hu Qi’s overwhelming pressure forced him to submit.
• Hu Qi demanded the Tiger Intent Sect’s Inherited Secret Martial Arts Divine Intent Diagram, and Wang Nancang agreed to retrieve it.
• Hu Qi studied the diagram, absorbed the Heart Tiger Secret Martial Arts, and added it to his panel without enough Modification Points to modify it.
• Hu Qi returned the weakened diagram to Wang Nancang and vanished, while Wang Nancang chose to keep the incident quiet.
• The scene shifted to a deep region of the Underground World, where several black-robed figures stood beside a magma fissure.