Recaps

Hu Qi advanced his martial strength while hunting Blood Slaves and Lower-tier Black Blood Species, and Herlinta accepted a dangerous offer from the Feast. The Earth Core Passage then erupted with gray mist, trapping Du Wang and sending a vast cloud toward Anshan City.

• Jiang Zuo told Du Wang and Herlinta that Yin Power had seeped into him and recognized Du Wang’s breakthrough, while Li Yi exposed Gu Huacheng’s scheme with Su Ruanruan and cleared her name.
• Hu Qi broke through to become a Martial Dao Practitioner, moved into a villa, and spent the New Year with Dai Shu and Hu Leimei’s family.
• Hu Qi investigated the Blood Slaves in Qirong City, killed Chen Yu at Chaoyang Welfare Institute, and gained strength and Modification Points by devouring her.
• After learning that an Earth Core Passage had appeared off Anshan City, Hu Qi returned to help investigate as Zhu Xi organized defenses and Herlinta coordinated the response.
• Hu Qi killed ten Blood Slaves and then defeated Lang Liu, gaining twenty-two Modification Points, while Su Xing chose not to seek revenge for his twin brother.
• Herlinta accepted a Blood Gold Vermillion Fruit from the Black Blood Species, ate it, and pledged to await the descent of their master.
• Herlinta welcomed a Federation delegation led by Chu Feng and Li Xia to discuss the passage as Du Wang continued guarding the sea vortex.
• Gray mist erupted from the Ocean Current Vortex, trapped Du Wang in a cocoon, and surged toward Anshan City, prompting Chu Feng and Li Xia to fly toward the coast.

Hu Qi survived the Gray Mist’s invasion of Anshan City, defeated Herlinta and the Black Blood Species, and broke through to Qi Dao Grandmaster before a giant cyan face drove Ao Lin away. Afterward, Hu Qi took Herlinta’s identity as Anshan City rebuilt, while records suggested the Black Blood Species had repeatedly destroyed earlier civilizations.

• Herlinta confronted Jiang Zuo underground, then Gray Mist engulfed Anshan City and Black Blood Species began hunting its residents.
• Hu Qi hunted Black Blood Species to gain strength, raised his bloodline, and killed Herlinta after a fierce battle, absorbing the black-robed figure that had influenced her.
• Hu Qi advanced to Qi Dao Grandmaster as Chu Feng, Li Xia, and Du Wang fought to contain the vortex, then he killed Xue Yin and Xue Yang with the White Tiger Fiend’s power.
• Ao Lin emerged from the sea and killed Chu Feng, Li Xia, and Du Wang, but a giant cyan face struck him with golden lightning and forced him to flee.
• Hu Qi found the Black Blood Species dead, assumed Herlinta’s appearance, and later intimidated Han Yuan when he challenged her leadership of the Snake Heart Sect.
• Anshan City began rebuilding, while Jiang Ning exposed a trap against Chen Feng and Zhu Xi forces sent captured Black Blood Species and criminals to the city.
• Hu Qi read an ancient record and concluded that Black Blood Species had repeatedly preyed on humanity and destroyed earlier civilizations.

Hu Qi expanded his martial arts and power, then joined Fa Ji’s expedition into the Underground World. In Blackstone City, he killed two Black Blood Species, disguised himself as the surviving city lord, and summoned the region’s lords to a blood banquet while arranging to collect rare resources.

• Hu Qi killed Li Fengtian at sea, absorbed his memories, and fused Silver Wolf Secret Martial Arts into his own technique, gaining the Wolf Transformation trait.
• Hu Qi took the Tiger Intent Sect’s Divine Intent Diagram, then learned that Earth Mother would awaken in three years as the Food Masters made their offering.
• Hu Qi advanced to the Mid-stage Qi Master realm, accepted Fa Ji’s invitation to explore the Earth’s Core, and trained his mental force while gathering more martial arts and Modification Points.
• Hu Qi improved the Seven Fiends Blade into the Supreme Clarity Immortal Slaying Saber Technique and gave it 110 days of Energy Storage before joining the expedition through Passage 0079.
• Hu Qi separated from the group in the Underground World, reached Blackstone City, and learned that Black Blood Species protected humans as a food supply.
• Hu Qi killed Blackstone’s chef and two Lower-tier Black Blood Species, tortured the still-living Blackstone for information, and took on his appearance to avoid alerting the regional Food Master.
• Hu Qi ordered Feather Crow to gather drawn spiritual materials, medicines, and Exotic Beasts, then invited the Dense Forest Region’s city lords to a blood banquet fourteen days later.
• A hunter and his son A'gou headed through the rainy forest toward a cave, hoping to trade a strange medicine for a grand house and permanent exemption from Ascending to Heaven.

Hu Qi seized the Spirit Nurturing Tea Tree, killed Wu Yu and Chang Zhu, and escaped the Underground World before removing their Soul Anchors and breaking through to Spirit Refining. He confronted Shi Xiao and Li Xianyu over the Snake Heart Sect, accepted a seat in the Federation Parliament, and left his next move uncertain as Han Luan emerged from seclusion.

• Hu Qi took the Spirit Nurturing Tea Tree and subdued its guardian, Xiao Bai, then used the tea to stabilize himself and advanced his cultivation and bloodline.
• Hu Qi lured Wu Yu and Chang Zhu into a Blood Feast, killed them after they escaped, and left the Underground World while their deaths stirred the Sword Pavilion and Holy Rain Sect.
• Hu Qi removed the Soul Anchor marks left by Wu Yu and Chang Zhu, merged his Secret Martial Arts, and opened his third Heavenly Heart Divine Treasure to reach Spirit Refining.
• Hu Qi awoke from a cocoon on Sea Lizard Island with a divine soul and Mind Power, then hypnotized Hanyun Chihō and planted a Mind Imprint in her.
• Shi Xiao and Li Xianyu threatened the Snake Heart Sect while demanding Herlinta, but Hu Qi arrived and revealed his Spirit Refining Venerable strength.
• Hu Qi secured compensation from Shi Xiao and Li Xianyu, accepted Xuan Qing's offer to become a Federation Parliament Speaker, and created a controllable Herlinta clone.
• Xuan Qing failed to discover the anomaly's fate, while Han Luan emerged from seclusion after reaching the Blood Qi Soul Condensation Realm.