Arc 11Blood Sacrifice and Faith

Feng Qi and the Mist Lord took control of Tiger Soul Research Institute, advanced Blood Sacrifice, and turned Star City’s faith and intelligence networks toward their plans. As Feng Qi’s public image grew and the Dark God Sect came under pressure, a masked attacker ambushed him.

  • Mu Qing recognized Feng Qi beneath his mask, and he told her about his timeline travel before they returned to the canyon, where she fought a Super Domain Creature as the Mist Lord stole the real Miracle Bloodstone.
  • The Mist Lord developed Blood Sacrifice and brought Feng Qi to Star City, where Feng Qi reunited with Lin Ran and enlisted his help to investigate the Nightshadow Clan’s influence over Tiger Soul Research Institute.
  • The Mist Lord infiltrated the Nightshadow Clan, exposed its control of Tiger Soul, and used its internal divisions to seize the institute while Lin Ran drank Memory Clearing Liquid before the Mist Lord possessed him.
  • The Mist Lord promoted Feng Qi and Blood Sacrifice, plotted against the Scarlet and Technology Research Institutes, and sent spies to investigate the Technology Research Institute’s hidden forces.
  • The Mist Lord discovered a Spirit Race laboratory holding Blue-skinned Assassins, while Feng Qi presented Blood Sacrifice’s successful evaluation results and received a public statue that could help him gather Faith Power.
  • Feng Qi and the Mist Lord investigated the Dark God Sect and found that its Star City branch worshipped the same deity as the Goat-Head Demons, while the Mist Lord took control of the Domain Weak Race Alliance’s intelligence network.
  • The Mist Lord used media campaigns to damage the Dark God Sect as Feng Qi’s fame and Faith Power grew, but a White Bone Mask-wearing attacker ambushed Feng Qi’s vehicle and incapacitated him with green flames.
Chapters 251–275 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 251Bloodstone Scramble

Feng Qi accompanied the Mist Lord on the convoy escorting the Miracle Bloodstone, waiting for the canyon battle to become chaotic enough to seize it. When the Mist Lord finally charged into the melee, Feng Qi followed, but Mu Qing stopped him and removed his mask.

  • Feng Qi and the Mist Lord traveled with the convoy, planning to steal the Miracle Bloodstone when a chance arose.
  • The Dire Wolf Domain Battle Squad joined the escort, and the convoy fought off a probing ambush at the Old Days Supply Bridge with only three minor injuries.
  • In the cliff canyon, Domain Creatures and numerous Domain Factions attacked the convoy, turning the escort into a growing battle over the Bloodstone.
  • Feng Qi pulled the Mist Lord away from the fighting and urged him to wait while the factions restrained one another, but the Mist Lord grew impatient as the battle continued.
  • After a Domain Creature nearly escaped through a Space Passage with the Bloodstone, the Mist Lord charged into the melee, and Feng Qi rushed after him.
  • A graceful figure blocked Feng Qi and called him “A Qi” before removing his Black Iron Mask.

Ch. 252I Think the Problem Lies with the Mist Lord (3300/10000)

Mu Qing recognized Feng Qi beneath his mask and mistook his presence beside the Mist Lord for the result of a Domain Creature controlling him. Feng Qi denied being controlled and began explaining that he had gone undercover, but Mu Qing doubted his claim that he had visited the future.

  • Mu Qing used her aura perception to recognize Feng Qi beneath the Black Iron Mask and remembered their years-old connection.
  • Mu Qing recognized the Mist Lord as the purple-eyed creature from the Silent Domain Field and suspected Feng Qi had been bewitched.
  • Mu Qing recalled identifying several battle squads as infiltrated by Domain Creatures and planned to have the Scarlet Institute expose them.
  • Feng Qi stopped Mu Qing from attacking the Mist Lord and led her five kilometers from the canyon to talk privately.
  • Feng Qi told Mu Qing he had deliberately gone undercover, then claimed he had been to the future fifteen hundred years later; Mu Qing remained skeptical.

Ch. 253Mu Qing Takes Action (7800/10000)

Feng Qi explained his timeline-traveling ability to Mu Qing, who believed him and agreed to help protect the Mist Lord during the battle for the bloodstone. As a powerful Super Domain Creature descended and sealed the battlefield behind a barrier, Mu Qing stood ready to face it.

  • Feng Qi told Mu Qing about his ability to travel through timelines and explained why he had infiltrated the Mist Lord’s side, while withholding information that could alter the future.
  • Mu Qing believed Feng Qi and agreed not to interfere with his plans, then joined him in returning to the canyon battle zone to help keep the Mist Lord alive.
  • Mu Qing entered the battle zone and watched over the Mist Lord, while Feng Qi stayed back to avoid absorbing dangerous amounts of spiritual energy.
  • The Mist Lord killed a Domain Orc and drained its blood, then relaxed when Mu Qing appeared not to recognize him.
  • A Super Domain Creature emerged through a Space Fissure, and a barrier spread across the battlefield as the fighting factions sensed the threat.

Ch. 254A New Beginning (11000/10000)

Mu Qing drove back and tore off the Super Domain Creature’s Giant Hand, ending the Bloodstone Scramble and collapsing the barrier. The Mist Lord secretly took the bloodstone and escaped with Feng Qi, and the two planned to go into seclusion before heading to Star City.

  • The Domain Factions joined forces to raise a defensive shield against the descending Giant Hand, but Mu Qing broke through it and struck the creature back.
  • Mu Qing fought the Super Domain Creature, while the Mist Lord secretly replaced the bloodstone with a copy and absorbed the creature’s falling blood.
  • Mu Qing tore off the Giant Hand, causing the Space Fissure and barrier to collapse as the Domain Factions fled.
  • Mu Qing seized the bloodstone and pursued the marked factions, while the Mist Lord escaped with Feng Qi and revealed he had taken the real bloodstone.
  • Feng Qi and the Mist Lord agreed to study the Miracle Bracelet and improve their strength in seclusion, then considered going to Star City.

Ch. 255Gods of the New World

During seclusion, the Mist Lord discovered a rule pathway on the miracle bloodstone and developed it into Blood Sacrifice. He then revealed that he planned to spread the method across humanity and Domain Creatures, using its practitioners as nourishment, and chose to infiltrate the Tiger Soul Research Institute to advance that plan.

  • The Mist Lord absorbed the bloodstone’s power during seclusion while Feng Qi trained and hunted in the Old Days Mountain Range.
  • The Mist Lord studied a rule trajectory on the bloodstone and completed the first version of Blood Sacrifice, discovering that its benefits could pass to offspring.
  • The Mist Lord decided to abandon infiltrating the Scarlet Institute and target the Tiger Soul Research Institute instead.
  • The Mist Lord explained that he would divide the method into Blood Sacrifice and a source technique called the Blood Sacrifice Cauldron, which could draw the blood of practitioners toward him.
  • The Mist Lord announced that he intended to make Blood Sacrifice usable by all races and spread it until living beings became nourishment for their growth.

Ch. 256Return to Star City

After returning to Star City, Feng Qi and Mist Lord prepared to infiltrate the Tiger Soul Research Institute by using their current identities. Feng Qi joined a recruitment drive for cultivation method testers and arrived at a Tiger Soul sub-base, where he recognized the person waiting for him.

  • After months of secluded cultivation, Feng Qi and Mist Lord left the Old Days Mountain Range and traveled to Star City, reflecting on their incompatible goals and opposing allegiances.
  • At Star City's North Gate, Feng Qi and Mist Lord passed identity verification and entered the city using their existing identities.
  • They bought new clothes, checked into a hotel, and settled on a plan to contact the Tiger Soul Research Institute openly rather than infiltrate it covertly.
  • Feng Qi applied to become a cultivation method tester after finding the institute's recruitment announcement, while Mist Lord decided to seek contact through a future institute event.
  • After the Tiger Soul Research Institute accepted Feng Qi's application, he traveled to its northern-suburbs sub-base and met a familiar person who greeted him, "Brother Qi, long time no see."

Ch. 257The Mist Must Win

Feng Qi reunited with Lin Ran at the Tiger Soul Research Institute and agreed to let him recommend him for its Cultivation Method Research Group. Lin Ran’s restricted spell research made Feng Qi suspect another Domain Faction had infiltrated Tiger Soul, and he resolved to investigate while ensuring the institute ultimately fell to the Mist Lord on this Sacrifice Timeline.

  • Feng Qi reunited with Lin Ran, who welcomed him and urged him to join the Cultivation Method Research Group.
  • Feng Qi told Lin Ran a fabricated account of his years on the front lines, then reminisced with him over dinner and drinks.
  • Lin Ran said Tiger Soul’s higher-ups had denied him the chance to research Cultivation Methods and dictated the direction of his spell research.
  • Feng Qi suspected a Domain Faction had infiltrated Tiger Soul to control Lin Ran’s spell research, though he could not be sure.
  • Lin Ran offered to write Feng Qi a recommendation letter, and Feng Qi decided to investigate Tiger Soul while keeping his plan for the Mist Lord on track.

Ch. 258Confessing the Truth

Feng Qi confessed his timeline-travel secret to Lin Ran and explained how the Mist Lord had shaped Lin Ran’s tragic history. Lin Ran joined Feng Qi’s effort to investigate the Tiger Soul Research Institute, and they began planning as dawn broke.

  • Feng Qi called Wei Wei and learned that her Memory Clearing Potion could erase a chosen span of Lin Ran’s recent memories, though it could not target specific memories.
  • Feng Qi told Lin Ran that he could travel through timelines and recounted how the Mist Lord had repeatedly manipulated Lin Ran’s fate.
  • Lin Ran theorized that the Mist Lord had targeted his cultivation research to protect the spread of Blood Sacrifice, and Feng Qi recognized that the idea was plausible.
  • Lin Ran agreed to become Feng Qi’s companion on the Sacrifice Timeline and help investigate whether Domain Factions had infiltrated the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
  • Feng Qi and Lin Ran planned their investigation through the night, and Lin Ran’s support eased Feng Qi’s guilt as dawn arrived.

Ch. 259Pathfinders Are Gods

Feng Qi investigated Tiger Soul No. 8 Base with Lin Ran while hiding their conversations from the Mist Lord, then met the Mist Lord to learn how the Miracle Bracelet worked. The Mist Lord gave Feng Qi the bracelet, whose faith-based powers might let him borrow strength from another version of himself.

  • Feng Qi learned that Tiger Soul's upper management wanted Lin Ran to direct him toward spell research, reinforcing his suspicion that Domain Factions were steering the institute's research.
  • Feng Qi inspected the spell laboratory with Lin Ran and received a Memory Clearing Liquid shipment from Scarlet Institute, which he hid so the Mist Lord could not discover their discussions.
  • The Mist Lord called Feng Qi to report that he had discovered the Miracle Bracelet drew faith power from worshipers and could strengthen its owner or transmit power to connected believers.
  • Feng Qi realized the bracelet might let him establish a connection with another version of himself and borrow that version's abilities, though he could not yet test the idea.
  • The Mist Lord gave Feng Qi the Miracle Bracelet and encouraged him to build a following and use its faith power.

Ch. 260Fishing Plan

Feng Qi and the Mist Lord discussed the possibility that a Domain Faction had infiltrated the Tiger Soul Research Institute, then agreed Feng Qi should investigate cautiously. With Lin Ran’s help, Feng Qi devised a plan to bait the suspected faction into seeking rare materials, while the Mist Lord agreed to monitor the Domain Weak Race Alliance in Star City.

  • The Mist Lord gave Feng Qi the Miracle Bracelet, and Feng Qi raised his suspicion that a Domain Faction was steering the Tiger Soul Research Institute’s research toward spells.
  • Feng Qi returned to the Tiger Soul Sub-Base and locked the Miracle Bracelet away, deciding to keep it with him so the Mist Lord would not become suspicious.
  • Feng Qi told Lin Ran about the bracelet and the suspected infiltration, and they planned to lure the hidden faction with a grand spell-research promise and requests for rare materials.
  • Feng Qi called the Mist Lord and asked him to watch the Domain Weak Race Alliance in Star City for signs of interest in the bait.
  • Feng Qi planned for Lin Ran to tell Tiger Soul’s upper ranks that Feng Qi had devised an extraordinary spell system, then request special materials that might expose the infiltrators.

Ch. 261The Fish Takes the Bait

Feng Qi and Lin Ran won Tiger Soul’s approval for their spell research, while Mist Lord used the requested materials to trace a suspected Domain Faction contact. After capturing the masked employer by possessing him, Mist Lord staged an attack to conceal his identity, but the approaching reinforcements failed to catch his falling body.

  • Feng Qi and Lin Ran received Tiger Soul’s upper management’s full support for the spell framework and its requested materials.
  • Mist Lord found missions at World’s End Bar that matched Feng Qi’s list and arranged to trade bloodstones with one mission’s employer.
  • Mist Lord met the masked employer, exchanged the bloodstones for purple crystals, and pursued him after the employer left the bar.
  • Mist Lord possessed the employer and used his new body to stage a scene in which he appeared to have killed Wang Yi.
  • Mist Lord pretended to be unconscious as reinforcements approached, but they did not catch him as he fell.

Ch. 262Nightshadow Clan

Feng Qi learned from the Mist Lord that the Nightshadow Clan had infiltrated Tiger Soul Research Institute and exploited its resources to pursue a super spell. After uncovering the clan’s internal divisions, the Mist Lord planned to exploit them and eventually seize the institute, leaving Feng Qi eager to use his access to investigate other Domain Factions.

  • Feng Qi worried that the Mist Lord had run into trouble after the Nightshadow Clan’s derivative bloodstones arrived, then answered a call from him.
  • The Mist Lord explained that he had possessed a Nightshadow Clan member and infiltrated Tiger Soul Headquarters, where he discovered the clan had controlled Tiger Soul Research Institute for more than ten years.
  • The Mist Lord revealed that the Nightshadow Clan was using Lin Ran’s talent and Tiger Soul’s resources to develop a collective super spell called the Dharma Idol God.
  • The Mist Lord described how resource inequality had divided the Nightshadow Clan’s three factions and said he planned to recruit members from within the clan and fuel its internal conflict.
  • Feng Qi welcomed the Mist Lord’s successful infiltration and anticipated using his future control of Tiger Soul Research Institute to uncover secrets at other Domain Factions, including the Technology Research Institute.

Ch. 263Art Method Studies

Feng Qi studied spell research alongside Lin Ran and reflected on Lin Ran's immense talent and tragic fate. As the Mist Lord began stirring conflict within the Nightshadow Clan, Feng Qi remained committed to traveling with him in this timeline until the right moment came to stop him.

  • Feng Qi learned about the three challenges of spell research and recognized Lin Ran's exceptional abilities, including his creation of the Seal Incantation Stream.
  • Feng Qi considered the possible tragic outcomes awaiting Lin Ran because of the Mist Lord's possession and remembered Lin Ran's resolve to keep living according to his own ideals.
  • Lin Ran finished testing a spell and asked Feng Qi to help evaluate its effects.
  • Feng Qi continued researching spells with Lin Ran, while knowing the Mist Lord was infiltrating the Tiger Soul Research Institute and exploiting conflicts within the Nightshadow Clan.
  • Feng Qi weighed the Mist Lord's role as humanity's greatest enemy against their bond as brothers, and resolved to keep traveling with him until the time was right to kill him.

Ch. 264A New Beginning

On New Year’s Eve, Mist Lord turned the Nightshadow Clan’s factional conflict into a devastating battle at the Tiger Soul Research Institute, then revealed his power and claimed victory. Meanwhile, Feng Qi returned to his childhood home and made peace with his parents’ sacrifice; the chapter ended with Mist Lord calling to tell him he had succeeded.

  • Mist Lord incited two Nightshadow Clan factions to attack the ruling faction while Tiger Soul Research Institute’s staff were away for New Year’s Eve.
  • The factions clashed in the Institute’s Core Area, and the fighting escalated into a slaughter that the older Nightshadow Clan members could no longer control.
  • Feng Qi declined to join Mist Lord, traveled home through the snow, and reflected on his parents’ choice to leave for the front lines.
  • Feng Qi cleaned his childhood home, looked at his family portrait, and watched New Year’s fireworks from the balcony.
  • After the battle devastated the Core Area, Mist Lord released a sea of gray mist and began another round of slaughter.
  • At midnight, Mist Lord reached the rooftop and called Feng Qi to announce that he had succeeded.

Ch. 265A Heart Like a Torch, Illuminating the Path to Ideals

Feng Qi returned to Tiger Soul Research Institute with Lin Ran after the Mist Lord took control of the institute, knowing Lin Ran would soon become the vessel for the Mist Lord. Lin Ran drank the Memory Clearing Liquid before the transfer, losing his memories while his childhood resolve to become a hero remained deep within him.

  • Feng Qi left his old home and returned to the Tiger Soul sub-base, where he reunited with Lin Ran.
  • Feng Qi told Lin Ran that the Mist Lord had taken control of Tiger Soul Research Institute and would take over Lin Ran's body.
  • Lin Ran received orders transferring him and Feng Qi to headquarters that night, then struggled with leaving his family but reaffirmed his decision to sacrifice himself.
  • Feng Qi retrieved the Memory Clearing Liquid and Miracle Bracelet, and the two men boarded a Tiger Soul plane to headquarters.
  • Lin Ran drank the Memory Clearing Liquid in his room and watched his memories fade, ending with his childhood vow to become a hero.

Ch. 266Future Plans

After Lin Ran’s sacrifice, Feng Qi met the Mist Lord, who had possessed him, and discussed plans to consolidate control of the Tiger Soul Research Institute. The Mist Lord proposed using the Blood Sacrifice to raise Feng Qi’s public standing and gather faith, while also plotting to infiltrate the Technology Research Institute.

  • Feng Qi concealed his grief over Lin Ran’s death and asked the Mist Lord how many of Lin Ran’s memories he had obtained; the Mist Lord said almost none.
  • The chapter explained that Memory Clearing Liquid had erased Lin Ran’s recent memories, and the Mist Lord had possessed him while the rest were still recovering.
  • The Mist Lord outlined his plan to control Tiger Soul’s subordinate battle groups and proposed building Feng Qi a heroic public image so humanity’s faith could strengthen him.
  • Feng Qi explained how faith could affect human behavior, and the Mist Lord planned to promote Feng Qi’s research before introducing the Blood Sacrifice.
  • The Mist Lord said he would cultivate spies to uncover the Technology Research Institute’s Black Death God Plan, and Feng Qi recognized that the timeline was returning to its expected course.

Ch. 267This Child Was Terrifying

Three months after Blood Sacrifice’s test version won public acclaim, the Mist Lord used its control of Tiger Soul Research Institute to cultivate, build Feng Qi’s public image, and plan an infiltration of the Technology Research Institute. It then proposed provoking the Technology Research Institute into destroying the Scarlet Institute, and Feng Qi realized the Mist Lord had caused several events from his earlier timelines.

  • Feng Qi read reports praising Blood Sacrifice as an epoch-making technique while the Mist Lord used publicity to turn him into a potential object of worship.
  • The Mist Lord diverted Tiger Soul Research Institute resources toward its own cultivation and explained that it would use the Nightshadow Clan’s mind-control abilities to place spies inside the Technology Research Institute.
  • The Mist Lord revealed a plan to provoke the Technology Research Institute into attacking the Scarlet Institute so Tiger Soul Research Institute could gain its share of resources.
  • The Mist Lord planned to ambush the Wolf Fang Battle Squad, kill its leaders, and plant evidence suggesting the Scarlet Institute’s Mu Lin City base was investigating the Technology Research Institute’s hidden forces.
  • Feng Qi connected the Mist Lord’s plan to the Wolf Fang Battle Squad leaders’ deaths and the later attacks on the Scarlet Institute, and concluded that the Mist Lord had to be eliminated.

Ch. 268Blue-skinned Mystery: Mu Lin City Operation

Feng Qi warned Wei Wei about Mist Lord’s plan against the Scarlet Institute, then faced a Blue-skinned Assassin that escaped using space-jump abilities. Meanwhile, Mist Lord arrived in Mu Lin City to begin his operation but was detected by the city’s military and forced to retreat into hiding.

  • Feng Qi told Wei Wei that Mist Lord planned to frame the Scarlet Institute and provoke the forces behind the Technology Research Institute, and Wei Wei promised to convene a meeting.
  • A Blue-skinned Assassin attacked Feng Qi, but he escaped to the Core Area, where the creature vanished through a space jump.
  • Feng Qi reviewed the surveillance footage, found no record of the Blue-skinned Assassin, and decided to investigate the creatures with Mist Lord.
  • Mist Lord flew alone to Mu Lin City and descended into a dark alley to preserve the operation’s secrecy.
  • Mu Lin City’s military detected Mist Lord’s arrival and sent personnel to search the area, forcing him to retreat into the darkness.

Ch. 269The Mysterious Base

The Mist Lord evaded Mu Lin City's military search and discovered a hidden Spirit Race laboratory in the sewers, where Blue-skinned Assassins were being studied. He escaped the base's detection and told Feng Qi what he had seen, leaving both of them unsure why the Spirit Race had the creatures or the secret facility.

  • Mu Lin City's forces searched for the Mist Lord after detecting his arrival, so he suppressed his aura and fled through the sewers.
  • While heading toward the Eastern District to watch for the Twilight Wolf Battle Group, the Mist Lord found a hidden research base staffed by the Spirit Race.
  • The Mist Lord saw Blue-skinned Assassins bound to experiment tables and wondered whether the Spirit Race had created them or captured them for study.
  • The base detected the Mist Lord's mental probe, and he escaped through the sewers after discovering that its devices could intercept signals.
  • The Mist Lord called Feng Qi from the surface and described the laboratory, prompting Feng Qi to suspect that the Spirit Race had captured a Blue-skinned Assassin seeking the Sacred Spirit Consciousness Repository.

Ch. 270First-Round Test: Perfect

Feng Qi attended a press conference where thirty-eight institutions gave the Blood Sacrifice cultivation method perfect first-round ratings. The event launched Mist Lord’s plan to build Feng Qi’s public image and turn him into a source of Faith Power, while Feng Qi wondered whether this timeline could let him meet another version of himself.

  • Feng Qi considered why he had never faced a Blue-skinned Assassin during the timeline when he infiltrated the Technology Research Institute, and suspected the institute’s shadow force might have protected him or blocked their signals.
  • Feng Qi dressed for the press conference and reflected on Mist Lord’s drastic cuts to the Tiger Soul Research Institute cafeteria’s Spirituality Ingredients.
  • Feng Qi presented the first-round Blood Sacrifice evaluation results at Tiger Soul Headquarters Plaza, where reports from thirty-eight institutions included perfect ratings from all eight authoritative top institutes.
  • Feng Qi answered reporters’ questions about his inspiration for Blood Sacrifice, his departure from Star City Academy, and his reputation as a rising star.
  • Feng Qi recognized that the press conference was the first stage of Mist Lord’s plan to shape public opinion, raise a statue, and gain Faith Power through human believers.

Ch. 271Dark Stepping Stone

Feng Qi oversaw Tiger Soul’s resource inventory while the Mist Lord returned from Mu Lin City with his plan against Scarlet Institute succeeding, then arranged for Feng Qi’s hero statue to be erected at Star City Memorial Hall. At the unveiling, Feng Qi wrestled with guilt over his crimes until Wei Wei told him that darkness was only a stepping stone toward the light.

  • Feng Qi supervised the monthly inventory at Tiger Soul Warehouse, and the Mist Lord returned to report that his operation in Mu Lin City had succeeded.
  • The Mist Lord entered the warehouse to cultivate in seclusion, while Feng Qi learned that he would receive an Outstanding Human Gold Medal and have a statue erected at Star City Memorial Hall.
  • Feng Qi traveled to the United Research Institute to complete the arrangements for the statue, which was unveiled at the memorial hall a month later.
  • While waiting for the unveiling, Feng Qi viewed displays honoring heroes such as Ye Wushui and reflected on the stories behind the memorial hall’s artifacts.
  • Feng Qi felt unworthy of his statue because of the people he had killed, but Wei Wei told him that darkness could be a stepping stone toward the light.

Ch. 272Dark God Sect

Feng Qi and the Mist Lord investigated the Dark God Sect after suspecting a Domain Faction was using it to gather faith. At the sect’s Star City branch, Feng Qi recognized the Dark God’s statue as the deity worshipped by the Goat-Head Demon.

  • Feng Qi studied records of modern human beliefs and found that the Dark God Sect had spread widely, supported by reports that worship had healed and helped its believers.
  • The Mist Lord suggested the sect might be part of the Spirit Race’s plan, and Feng Qi connected it to Monk’s later efforts to replace religious faith with practical faith in human heroes.
  • Feng Qi and the Mist Lord decided to investigate the Dark God Sect and traveled to its Star City East branch.
  • They toured the branch’s murals, garden, and statues before reaching a plaza where believers worshipped a towering statue of the Dark God.
  • Feng Qi recognized the Dark God’s statue as the same deity worshipped by the Goat-Head Demon.

Ch. 273A Deeper Understanding

Feng Qi and Mist Lord investigated the Dark God Sect’s Star City branch, discovering that its statue contained faint blood energy and that its holy water came from a Spirit Gathering Array. Back at Tiger Soul Headquarters, Mist Lord planned to hinder the sect’s growth through controlled media, while Feng Qi remained uncertain who the Dark God was and whether killing its past incarnation had truly erased it.

  • Feng Qi recognized the Dark God statue as a larger version of the statue worshipped by the Goat-Head Demons and recalled gaining Blood Source after killing the life inside the original.
  • Mist Lord detected faint blood energy in the statue, and Feng Qi connected it to the Dark God Sect harvesting human faith.
  • An elderly believer guided Feng Qi and Mist Lord around the branch, explaining its believers, healing claims, and holy water; Mist Lord identified a Spirit Gathering Array beneath the fountain.
  • Feng Qi and Mist Lord returned to Tiger Soul Headquarters, where Mist Lord proposed using Star City’s media to damage the Dark God Sect’s prospects.
  • Feng Qi considered how opposing forces might react to Mist Lord’s hidden influence and wondered whether the Dark God had been replaced or had survived his earlier attack.

Ch. 274The Weak Rely on Fortuity

Mist Lord slaughtered most of the Domain Weak Race Alliance members in Star City’s Doomsday Bar to force the survivors to report their missions and submit to his control. He then left with Feng Qi for another target, explaining the Mist Race’s history and how its founder rose from slavery after finding a drop of a pillar god’s blood.

  • Mist Lord entered the Doomsday Bar and declared that the Domain Weak Race Alliance had to report every mission to him.
  • Mist Lord trapped the bar’s occupants in gray mist and killed them until only one-third remained, then gave the survivors his business card and ordered them to obey.
  • Mist Lord reunited with Feng Qi and headed toward their next target.
  • Mist Lord explained that he absorbed blood and vitality rather than every aspect of a victim’s strength, and described how blood quality affected what he could gain.
  • Mist Lord told Feng Qi that his Old Ancestor had been a slave who found and drank a drop of a pillar god’s blood, beginning the Mist Race’s rise.

Ch. 275The Crisis Arrives

The Mist Lord weakened the Dark God Sect’s Star City branch while Feng Qi’s fame and Faith Power grew. As Feng Qi returned from unveiling his second Hero Statue, a White Bone Mask-wearing attacker ambushed him and rendered him unconscious.

  • The Mist Lord seized control of the Star City Domain Weak Race Alliance’s intelligence network and later used media campaigns to turn public opinion against the Dark God Sect.
  • The Spirit Lord identified the Tiger Soul Research Institute as a likely opponent, while the Dark Gods Race leader resolved to investigate the threat himself.
  • The Mist Lord intercepted more than a hundred investigation missions targeting him, and the Dark God Sect’s Star City branch began showing signs of withdrawal.
  • The second Blood Sacrifice test earned perfect evaluations, and Feng Qi’s fame rose as his second Hero Statue was unveiled in Central Park; he sensed Faith Power from the children who offered flowers.
  • A White Bone Mask-wearing attacker ambushed Feng Qi’s Tiger Soul vehicle, killed the driver, and incapacitated Feng Qi with ghostly green flames.
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