Arc 22The Lord of Infinity

Hu Qi became a Dao Lord, joined the Boundary Tower, and hunted down corruption across the World Membrane and Imaginary Space. After a clash with Bai Xie and the White Emperor, a Time-Space Worm abducted him and left him before the Lord of Infinity.

  • Hu Qi burned through several Source Calamities, killed Gu Feng and Qin Zhenwu, and set aside Lu Yang’s body after learning from Pan that Lu Yang was his unfinished Self-Corpse.
  • Hu Qi condensed Spiritual Land, inscribed Lord of Infinity on the True Spirit Gate, and joined the Boundary Tower, where Wan Gu Yi warned that Hu Qi had arrived too late to change the ending.
  • Hu Qi investigated the Silent Realm’s corruption at Luokamu Municipal Library, destroyed its strange tales and Ming Sha, and earned Dao Crystals by repairing the World Membrane.
  • At the Dao Discussion Assembly, Hu Qi traded the Record Book and Seeds of the Sage for Dao Crystals, advanced into the Dao Scenery Realm, and learned that corruption was spreading across thousands of World Membrane crystals.
  • Hu Qi entered the player worlds as a World Boss, killed players for Modification Points, then stopped when their deaths began carrying over into reality.
  • Hu Qi defeated Mo Wei, the Lord of Ashes, in Imaginary Space and spared him, then joined Yao Yue and Gong Shu to break through Luo Xing’s reinforced Mind Realm.
  • Hu Qi and the other Dao Lords entered reality, where Hu Qi stripped players of their Imaginary Marks and seized Bai Xie, but Bai Xie escaped after Hu Qi’s power expired.
  • Wan Gu Yi blocked the White Emperor’s attack, but a Time-Space Worm abducted Hu Qi, who found himself in a palace before the Lord of Infinity.
Chapters 527–551 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 527Azure Lotus Realm I

Hu Qi used the golden flames empowered by Pangu's Blood to harvest Modification Points from a Source Calamity, then defeated its Martial God-level Star Beast and sought out another calamity. At the sealed site, he reunited with Jiang Jiu and killed the infamous Gu Feng in one strike, leaving the gathered disciples stunned by his strength.

  • Hu Qi confined the Gray Mist with golden flames, burned its hatchlings for Modification Points, and killed the powerful Star Beast that emerged after devouring the others.
  • The Source Calamity receded after Hu Qi harvested nearly two hundred thousand Modification Points, and he used Tongshan Jade to search for other calamities.
  • A Great Dao Martial God on a blood-red star sensed Hu Qi's signal and set out, while Jiang Jiu helped disciples seal another Source Calamity and noticed Lu Yang's Tongshan Jade approaching.
  • Hu Qi traveled to the sealed calamity site and reunited with Jiang Jiu, who explained that she had been searching for him after losing track of him.
  • Hu Qi sensed Gu Feng hiding nearby, struck him down, and burned him to ash before he could reveal that Qin Zhenwu had sent him.
  • Jiang Jiu and the disciples were astonished that Hu Qi had killed the infamous Martial God so easily, and the disciples respectfully greeted him as Senior Brother Lu Yang.

Ch. 528Azure Lotus Realm II (5k)

Hu Qi erased three Source Calamities, gave Zhang Huo five supreme treasures, and killed Qin Zhenwu after confirming his betrayal. With the Azure Lotus Realm opening soon, Hu Qi chose to cultivate in his Cave Heaven World instead, leaving his true body poised to focus on the Crimson panel.

  • Hu Qi used his golden flames to eliminate three Source Calamities and gained more than four hundred thousand Modification Points.
  • Hu Qi admitted to destroying the Suiwa Starfield and gave Zhang Huo the Sky Mending Stone, Xumi Seal, God Slaying Spear, Profound Yellow Tower, and Yin Yang Cloth.
  • Hu Qi confronted Qin Zhenwu over hiring Gu Feng to attack him and killed him with a second flaming arrow after the first pierced his Xuanwu phantom.
  • Hu Qi declined to enter the Azure Lotus Realm and went into seclusion, leaving a wisp of consciousness in Lu Yang's body while he focused on his true body.
  • Hu Qi visited Ecological Island Zero, greeted Xiao Bai and Camphor Tea Duck, and shared grilled fish with them before leaving to sit in the void and call out, "Crimson!"

Ch. 529Advancing to Dao Lord I

Hu Qi modified the Divine Limit Heart Art and began advancing to Dao Lord as the Azure Lotus Realm opened and Jiang Jiu fought Xumi Son for the Dao Scripture. The chapter ended with Hu Qi facing the dark-golden door at the source of the Sea of Sumeru and declaring his true name, Lord of Infinity.

  • Hu Qi spent a million Modification Points to elevate the Divine Limit Heart Art, beginning the condensation of Spiritual Land within his Cave Heaven World.
  • The Azure Lotus Realm opened, and its suppression limited entrants to the strength of a Martial Emperor.
  • Jiang Jiu defeated the Yellow Sand Child and fought Xumi Son over the Dao Scripture, using the God Slaying Spear and Profound Yellow Tower to drive him off.
  • Jiang Jiu obtained the Dao Scripture, which entered her body as she thought of helping Junior Brother Lu Yang advance.
  • Hu Qi's Cave Heaven World expanded as Spiritual Land formed, and his consciousness traveled to a colossal door identified as the source of the Sea of Sumeru.
  • Hu Qi recognized the name Lord of Strength as connected to Pan, then answered the door's question about his true name: Lord of Infinity.

Ch. 530Advancing to Dao Lord II

Hu Qi advanced to Dao Lord, discovered that the colossal gate’s black corruption was affecting him, and found that his Scarlet Panel could only reduce it temporarily. At Zongshi Mountain, he annihilated the forces demanding Jiang Jiu and the stolen treasures, then addressed Pan about having a proper talk.

  • Hu Qi inscribed Lord of Infinity on the colossal gate, triggering tremors across the Origin Realm and awakening powerful beings who sensed his breakthrough.
  • Hu Qi examined his new Dao Lord status and used Modification Points to reduce—but not eliminate—the high-dimensional corruption linked to the gate.
  • Hu Qi spent two million Modification Points to raise the Divine Limit Heart Art to its third level, strengthening his Spiritual Land and Dao Seed.
  • At Zongshi Mountain, Xumi Palace and allied dao domains demanded that Zhang Huo explain the stolen treasures and hand over Jiang Jiu for a soul search.
  • Hu Qi claimed responsibility for taking the supreme treasures and warned the assembled forces to leave within three breaths.
  • When the forces attacked, Hu Qi annihilated more than a hundred Martial Gods and Martial Emperors, then turned to Jiang Jiu and asked Pan to talk.

Ch. 531Boundary Tower I

Hu Qi questioned Pan, who was using Jiang Jiu’s body, about the True Spirit Gate and the erosion of Dao Lords by the source calamity, then returned Lu Yang’s body and Pangu’s Blood to him. Hu Qi left the Black Disc Galaxy, consumed Gray Mist for Modification Points, and discovered he could not modify his cultivation beyond the ninth level of Spiritual Land.

  • Hu Qi froze the world and spoke with Pan, who explained that Dao Lords were eroded by the source calamity through the True Spirit Gate and that even reaching Dao Fruit could not stop it.
  • Pan revealed that Lu Yang was his unfinished Self-Corpse and described how Lu Yang’s life had been arranged to culminate in merging with Pan.
  • Hu Qi withdrew from Lu Yang’s body, returned Lu Yang to his ordinary state, and extracted the refined Pangu’s Blood before Lu Yang awoke at home with no memory of the events.
  • Lu Yang returned to Abyss Prison and found its inmate count unchanged at four.
  • Hu Qi emerged beyond the Black Disc Galaxy, devoured Gray Mist for Modification Points, and found that his Divine Limit Heart Art could not be modified past level nine of Spiritual Land.

Ch. 532Boundary Tower II

Hu Qi explored the changes to his Cave Heaven World, traveled beyond the Black Disc Galaxy, and met Huo Yao, who invited him to join the Boundary Tower. After learning about the surviving Dao Lords and the tower’s purpose, Hu Qi accompanied Huo Yao to see it.

  • Hu Qi learned that advancing his Dao Scenery Projection required spreading his influence and examined how his Cave Heaven World had developed into a universe.
  • Hu Qi traveled through the Chaos Ruins beyond the Black Disc Galaxy, devoured weak source-disaster Gray Mist, and reset his erosion progress with Modification Points.
  • Huo Yao appeared before Hu Qi, revealed himself as the Lord of Gu, and invited him to join the Boundary Tower.
  • Hu Qi accepted and learned that fifteen Dao Lords remained alive, thirteen belonged to the Boundary Tower, and he became its fourteenth member.
  • Huo Yao pointed out the Boundary Tower as they traveled together.

Ch. 533Boundary Tower III

Hu Qi visited the Boundary Tower, where Wan Gu Yi explained its defenses against the Source Calamity and the deadly failed attempt to reach the True Spirit Gate. After receiving a World Tower Mark and returning to the fourteenth level, Hu Qi began preparing to cultivate, while Wan Gu Yi privately wondered why Hu Qi had no future in the river of time.

  • Huo Yao brought Hu Qi to the Boundary Tower and introduced him to its master, Wan Gu Yi, the Lord of Time.
  • Wan Gu Yi told Hu Qi that Boundary Tower members repaired the World Membrane, earning Dao Crystals, and gave him a World Tower Mark that granted some authority.
  • Hu Qi asked whether sealing the True Spirit Gate could end the Dao Lords' corrosion, and Wan Gu Yi explained that twenty Dao Lords had died trying to reach it, though one briefly sealed it for less than ten thousand years.
  • After Huo Yao left Hu Qi a communication talisman and departed, Wan Gu Yi caught and killed a Void Creature, then remarked that Hu Qi had no future and had arrived too late to change the ending.
  • Hu Qi used the World Tower Mark to reach the fourteenth level, shaped its surroundings into a luxurious bedroom, and sat down to cultivate.

Ch. 534Progress and Anomaly

Hu Qi used the Boundary Tower’s worlds to advance his Dao Scenery Reflection progress, intervening in several worlds through spiritual fragments. Ten years later, his progress had reached 29.19%, but black grime had appeared on one World Membrane crystal.

  • Hu Qi surveyed the Boundary Tower’s nearly ten thousand worlds and sent hundreds of Spiritual Sense fragments into them to test ways of increasing his reflection progress.
  • William Hawk used a Pirate King System’s Minor Teleportation Talisman to escape a Favored One who had frozen his ship and crew.
  • In Great Liang, Song Huan revived with Crimson serpent pupils and turned Lu Luo and the soldiers into ashes.
  • Hu Qi’s Dao Scenery Reflection progress rose to 29.19% over ten years.
  • Hu Qi noticed black specks of grime spreading across a white hexagonal crystal in the World Membrane.

Ch. 535Library

Hu Qi investigated the spreading corruption in the Silent Realm and traced an urban legend to Luokamu Municipal Library. After destroying Qingyuan Hotel, he arrived at the library and pretended to apply for a job, while Ji Shang learned that Hu Qi had been behind the hotel’s destruction.

  • Hu Qi sensed that the Origin Realm’s World Membrane was eroding and decided to investigate the imbalance in another world.
  • Ji Shang and Shuo Qiu watched Qingyuan Hotel, and Ji Shang rushed to its ruins after the hotel exploded and vanished.
  • Ji Shang retrieved footage of Qingyuan Hotel’s destruction, and Shuo Qiu recognized the person responsible.
  • Hu Qi identified the Silent Realm’s black mist as a sign of its corruption and connected the Qingyuan Hotel anomaly to a black bookmark for Luokamu Municipal Library.
  • Hu Qi reached the library, saw its recruitment notice, and told the fat man outside that he had come to apply.

Ch. 536Rule Horror? What I Say Is the Rule I

Hu Qi, Ma Shuo, and Ji Huan joined the Luokamu Municipal Library as probationary employees and were warned to follow its dangerous rules. After Hu Qi read the Employee Handbook in his dorm room, a bloodied face appeared on a pillow that had not been there before, and he slapped it.

  • Hu Qi met Ma Shuo outside the library, and Manager Liu hired them both despite Hu Qi having no resume.
  • Ji Huan arrived and persuaded Manager Liu to hire her as well, then the three newcomers followed Wang Min into the library.
  • Wang Min warned the newcomers to memorize the Employee Handbook and showed them their dormitory rooms.
  • Hu Qi read the handbook's rules, including the warning not to touch any extra items found in a dormitory.
  • A pillow appeared on Hu Qi's bed, turned red as a human face emerged, and Hu Qi slapped the face.

Ch. 537Rule Horror? My Word Is the Rule II

Ji Shang and the other new hires survived their first night in the library, where strict rules protected them from its horrors. Hu Qi explored the second-floor borrowing area and discovered that the books contained real strange tales before an unseen watcher’s eye burst.

  • Ji Shang nearly touched a disguised human head, but Shuo Qiu warned her and its barrier knocked it away; she survived by facing the wall until night fell.
  • Wang Min gathered Ji Shang, Ma Shuo, and Hu Qi, warned them not to leave, and assigned the first floor to Ji Shang and Ma Shuo while Hu Qi worked alone upstairs.
  • Ma Shuo tried to quit after bloody handprints appeared in his room, but Wang Min warned him that stepping outside could kill him.
  • Ji Shang asked to work on the second floor with Hu Qi, but Wang Min refused and sent her downstairs with Ma Shuo.
  • Hu Qi found a marked book describing a monster that watched people from cracks and realized the library’s books recorded real strange tales.
  • A pale face watched Hu Qi through a bookshelf gap, and its exposed eyeball suddenly exploded.

Ch. 538Rule Horror? What I Say Is the Rule III

Hu Qi destroyed two Rule Horrors hidden in books while Ji Shang and Ma Shuo began their library duties as eerie readers arrived after dark. Ji Shang escaped the first underground book repository with a basket of books, while Ma Shuo discovered too late that a pale reader was a cleaner in disguise.

  • Hu Qi opened another book, causing a two-headed Rule Horror to appear and burst apart under his power.
  • Wang Min opened the library for the night, and Ji Shang volunteered to retrieve books from Basement Level 1 while Ma Shuo recorded missing titles.
  • Ji Shang followed the repository instructions, collected a basket of books, and hurried upstairs as something crawled out behind the conveyor belt.
  • Eerie readers entered the library, and a drenched, pale woman asked Ma Shuo to lend her a pen and paper.
  • Ma Shuo realized the woman was a cleaner wearing the word “Cleaner” carved into her skin, after he had already handed her the supplies.

Ch. 539Rule Horror? What I Say Is the Rule IV

Hu Qi investigated the library’s horrors, slaughtered the readers who challenged him, and forced Ji Shang to accompany him into the basement archive. After uncovering Wang Min as a Strange Tale and rejecting his directions to the source, Hu Qi recognized the library’s influence over him and prepared to confront the creature emerging from the hole.

  • Ma Shuo triggered a hidden rule and was cocooned in hair while Wang Min chose not to save him.
  • Hu Qi questioned and destroyed the Beauty Snake, learning that it came from a second basement level.
  • Hu Qi killed the arguing readers on the second floor and used his power to compel Ji Shang to follow him downstairs.
  • Hu Qi exposed Wang Min as a Strange Tale, learned that the source might be connected to the basement hole, and crushed him when he suspected deception.
  • Hu Qi realized the library had been influencing his thoughts, froze a barbed tongue emerging from the hole, and raised his foot to attack.

Ch. 540Void Royal Descendant

Ji Shang recovered and watched Hu Qi kill Ming Sha, a Void Royal Descendant, with one sword strike. Back at Boundary Tower, Hu Qi discovered that a Dao Crystal could accelerate the gestation of his Yuan Eye and fed it the crystal.

  • Ji Shang escaped the collapsing library, summoned the Purple Thorn Scythe, and reported the danger to headquarters from a distant rooftop.
  • Ming Sha, the Night Prophecy Moth and one of the Thirty-Six Royal Descendants, emerged from the ruins and attacked Hu Qi with a rule-like flame.
  • Hu Qi summoned the Blade of the End and destroyed Ming Sha's projection with one strike, killing her true body in the Void Sea as well.
  • Ji Shang told two Weapon Wielders from headquarters that Lin Sheng had killed the source of the strange tale.
  • At Boundary Tower, Hu Qi received a Dao Crystal and sensed that it could nourish his Yuan Eye, so he absorbed it and felt the Yuan Eye begin to grow.

Ch. 541Transaction I

Hu Qi sought Dao Crystals to speed the gestation of his Yuan Eye, learned about a coming Dao Lord exchange and the Void Creatures, and spent eighty years advancing his Dao Scenery manifestation. He had gathered only two more Dao Crystals and arrived at the Dao Discussion Assembly hoping to obtain more.

  • Hu Qi contacted Huo Yao, who had no spare Dao Crystals but invited him to a Dao Lord discussion gathering eighty years later and sent him information about Void Creatures.
  • Huo Yao said little about the White Emperor, while the Night Prophecy Moth clan mourned Ming Sha and warned its members to flee if they encountered powerful Dao Lords.
  • Hu Qi spent the following decades raising his Dao Scenery manifestation progress and secretly provoking World Membrane erosion, but obtained only two Dao Crystals.
  • Hu Qi reached 89% manifestation progress and estimated that his Yuan Eye still needed at least ten Dao Crystals to finish gestating.
  • Hu Qi set out for the Dao Discussion Assembly, hoping to acquire more Dao Crystals.

Ch. 542Trade II

Hu Qi attended a Dao discussion gathering in the Boundary Tower, where he exchanged the Record Book for nine Dao Crystals and three Seeds of the Sage from the Lord of Truth. He then offered one Seed of the Sage in exchange for more Dao Crystals, continuing his search for what he needed.

  • Hu Qi visited Huo Yao on the thirteenth floor, and Huo Yao introduced him to the Boundary Tower’s Dao Lords and the gathering hosted by the Lord of Truth.
  • The Lord of Truth welcomed Hu Qi as a new fellow cultivator, and the Dao Lords shared their insights into the Great Dao.
  • Huo Yao offered his Void Realm Spirit Gu in exchange for a supreme treasure that could accelerate cultivation in the Spiritual Land realm, but no one accepted.
  • Hu Qi presented the Record Book, and the Lord of Truth recognized it as the Dao Artifact of the Lord of Heavenly Derivation and offered nine Dao Crystals and three Seeds of the Sage for it.
  • Hu Qi accepted the exchange, erased his mark from the Record Book, and offered to trade one Seed of the Sage for surplus Dao Crystals.

Ch. 543Advance to Dao Scenery

Hu Qi traded for Dao Crystals but still could not fully awaken the Yuan Eye, then advanced to the Dao Scenery Realm by modifying his Divine Limit Heart Art. A mysterious figure in the Void Sea noticed his increased strength and interfered with the True Spirit Gate, while Hu Qi received a message and left a clone on guard before departing.

  • Hu Qi traded a Seed of the Sage to the Lord of Paintings for four Dao Crystals and two Celestial Cycle Pardon Edicts, then refused further offers.
  • Hu Qi refined thirteen Dao Crystals, found that the Yuan Eye still needed more, and offered another Seed of the Sage for ten Dao Crystals.
  • Hu Qi worried that erosion of the World Membrane was accelerating and that the Source Calamity Gray Mist could eventually destroy the Origin Realm.
  • Hu Qi used ten million Modification Points to advance the Divine Limit Heart Art to the fifteenth layer and enter the Dao Scenery Realm, manifesting a Pale Ring and a Dao Tree.
  • A pale-haired figure at the True Spirit Gate sensed Hu Qi's advance, called him the Lord of Infinity, and suppressed the Gate's renewed glow at the cost of scorching his hand.
  • Hu Qi received an ink-black message, left a clone to guard the World Membrane, and vanished from his room.

Ch. 544Entering

Hu Qi joined Yao Yue, Gong Shu, and Mo Wei to investigate widespread corrosion in the seventh level’s World Membranes in exchange for a share of the Dao Crystals. On B15 Planet, a party facing a Frost Dragon King was frozen by its domain, but the dragon suddenly cowered before an unseen presence in the sky.

  • Yao Yue showed Hu Qi a spreading corruption affecting more than three thousand World Membrane crystals and offered to split the recovered Dao Crystals among the group.
  • Mo Wei and Gong Shu entered the connected worlds, and Yao Yue warned Hu Qi that Mo Wei’s temperament had changed after a failed breakthrough.
  • On B15 Planet’s Eternal Icefield, Gromos, Suli, and their companions tracked a sleeping Frost Dragon beneath an ice hill.
  • The party discovered that their target was the level 100 Frost Dragon King, Frostbone Wing, and tried to retreat as it trapped them inside its Frost Domain.
  • As Frostbone Wing prepared to unleash its breath, it abruptly cowered and knelt, and the elf girl looked toward the sky to see what had frightened it.

Ch. 545World Boss

Hu Qi entered the game-like Imaginary Space as the World Destruction Serpent and killed the players on Planet B15, earning Modification Points before using Twisted Light to take human form. Suli and his teammates woke in the real world weakened by their deaths, and Suli opened a forum post listing the newly appearing World Bosses.

  • The World Destruction Serpent appeared over the Eternal Icefield, and its gaze killed the players and shattered the Frost Dragon King.
  • Hu Qi recognized that the game’s rules had made him a World Boss and learned that players were unknowingly consuming their worlds’ life force by hunting monsters.
  • Hu Qi used Twisted Light to take human form, then killed players across Planet B15 and gained about forty thousand Modification Points.
  • Suli woke from the nutrient pod and found that his death had reduced his real-world strength and cost him his equipment.
  • Suli checked in with his teammates, then followed Gromos’s link to the Boundless forum and opened a post listing the World Bosses.

Ch. 546Player Death

Suli read that Imaginary Space had updated its World Boss rules, prompting players to besiege three bosses while Hu Qi secretly killed players as the World Destruction Serpent. When repeated deaths began killing players in reality, Hu Qi stopped harvesting them and wondered whether his Modification Points had caused the change.

  • Suli read Heavenly Secrets Old Man’s post describing four World Bosses and the new rules that reduced their visual effects and let players damage their health after breaking their shields.
  • Players rushed to attack the Painting Prison Master, the Blood-Eyed Crow King, and the Twin-Headed Sin Nest, while Hu Qi sensed the update shielding his true appearance and continued collecting Modification Points.
  • Hu Qi killed players across the worlds, and those he killed repeatedly began dying in reality, provoking panic and outrage on the forums.
  • After Lin Hai was killed in reality, Hu Qi examined the nearly twenty million Modification Points he had collected and stopped his killing spree because player deaths could destabilize the World Membrane worlds.
  • Hu Qi recalled that players had never died in reality from repeated deaths in Imaginary Space and wondered whether the Modification Points were responsible.

Ch. 547It seemed Fellow Daoist Mo had some problems with his brain

Hu Qi reached the peak of the Dao Scenery Realm and considered how to advance to the Wondrous Jade Realm before confronting Mo Wei, the Lord of Ashes. After Hu Qi wiped out the players besieging Mo Wei, Mo Wei attacked him, and Hu Qi prepared to fight back.

  • Hu Qi spent six million Modification Points to raise the Divine Limit Heart Art to level eighteen and reach the peak of the Dao Scenery Realm.
  • Hu Qi reviewed methods for entering the Wondrous Jade Realm and decided to seek the Lord of Paintings for details about refining the Dao Tree's impure colors.
  • Hu Qi traveled to C12 Star, where millions of players were attacking the Blood-Eyed Death Crow, and identified it as Mo Wei, the Lord of Ashes.
  • Hu Qi killed the players around Mo Wei with his domain, gaining 3.4 million Modification Points and driving the survivors away.
  • Mo Wei demanded to know why Hu Qi had interfered, then fired a destructive beam at him.
  • Hu Qi emerged unharmed and told Mo Wei that he would help clear up his problem with his head.

Ch. 548Are You Still Not Awake

Hu Qi overwhelmed the Blood-Eyed Death Crow, revealed that it was Mo Wei, and beat him until he recovered from his frenzy. Hu Qi spared Mo Wei and left with him to join Gong and Yao, while the surviving players cautiously approached the empty crater.

  • Hu Qi struck the Blood-Eyed Death Crow hard enough to shatter its shield and remove ten million health, stunning the watching players.
  • The Blood-Eyed Death Crow rose into the sky and unleashed a deadly tornado, but Hu Qi manifested as a giant and smashed it into the ground with repeated punches.
  • Mo Wei, the Lord of Ashes, begged Hu Qi to stop and admitted he had regained his senses; Hu Qi destroyed a concealed player who was waiting to steal the kill.
  • Hu Qi spared Mo Wei, who recovered, returned to human form, and thanked him before agreeing to join Gong and Yao.
  • Players discovered that deaths now cost them ten levels and found the crater empty when they cautiously approached.

Ch. 549Descent into Reality I

Forum users were stunned by footage of Hu Qi defeating the Blood-Eyed Death Crow and reports that he and Mo Wei had caused the other World Bosses to vanish. Luo Xing, the hidden controller of Imaginary Space, realized the Bosses had escaped his rules and summoned Bai Xie to stop them, leaving countless players dead as the artifact spirit unleashed its power.

  • Players spread footage of Hu Qi soloing the Blood-Eyed Death Crow and speculated that he had also made the other two World Bosses disappear.
  • Luo Xing reviewed recordings showing Hu Qi and Mo Wei speaking with Twin-Headed Sin Nest and the Painting Prison Master after breaking free of his rules.
  • Luo Xing revealed that he had created Imaginary Space with the Void Ring and feared the powerful beings who had invaded it.
  • Hu Qi and three other existences appeared in the starry sky with banners, and Luo Xing asked Bai Xie to help stop them.
  • Luo Xing offered an entire world as a sacrifice, and Bai Xie agreed to help by draining the lives of one-tenth of the players.
  • Bai Xie killed countless players, whose crimson energy formed chains of rules that suppressed the rippling space.

Ch. 550Descent into Reality II

Hu Qi used the Tattered Black Banner, empowered by the Seed of the Sage, to break through Imaginary Space and lead Yao Yue, Gong Shu, and Mo Wei toward reality. As the four Dao Lords descended, Bai Xie harvested Luo Xing, and players were forcibly gathered beneath a growing rift in the sky to face the incoming world BOSSes.

  • Yao Yue identified the barrier as a reinforced Mind Realm created by the Evil Spirit Clan, and the group found no way to open it without tearing the World Membrane.
  • Hu Qi offered to use the Seed of the Sage to break through Imaginary Space in exchange for one-third of each companion's Dao Crystal share, and Yao Yue, Gong Shu, and Mo Wei agreed.
  • Hu Qi empowered himself with the Seed of the Sage and used the Tattered Black Banner to shatter a weak point in Imaginary Space, carrying the four Dao Lords through a spatial rift.
  • Bai Xie attacked Luo Xing, drained him with silver-white flames, and took control of his body after the black-red karmic force above him vanished.
  • A warning announced that four world BOSSes were about to descend into reality, and players were forcibly teleported above a turbulent sea as a silver-white rift opened overhead.

Ch. 551Aberration

Hu Qi and the other Dao Masters arrived in reality and effortlessly stripped the players of their Imaginary Marks, but Bai Xie summoned the White Emperor before they could capture him. A Time-Space Worm abducted Hu Qi, who awoke in a palace before the white-haired Lord of Infinity.

  • Players gathered to fight the descending World Bosses, but Hu Qi shattered their attacks and stripped away their Imaginary Marks, sending them falling into the sea.
  • Hu Qi spotted Bai Xie disguised as Luo Xing and grabbed him, but his augmented power expired and Bai Xie escaped his grasp.
  • Yao Yue sealed the area with her Dao Artifact while Hu Qi and the others prepared to attack Bai Xie, who called on the White Emperor for aid.
  • Wan Gu Yi blocked the White Emperor’s giant hand with a jade-green fishing rod, but a Time-Space Worm abducted Hu Qi and the White Emperor took Bai Xie away.
  • Wan Gu Yi identified the captor as a member of the Eight Great Void Royal Families, and Hu Qi found himself in a palace before the Lord of Infinity.
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