Recaps

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.

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.