Recaps

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.

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.