Recaps

Feng Qi gained the Nightmare ability, learned the Body Tempering Art, and discovered that he could try to change the fate of virtual-game genius Fang Zhiyou. Little Black returned to the shelter, and Feng Qi attacked it again.

• Feng Qi killed the Nightmare, gained the Nightmare Prefix Title and 21 Bloodline Evolution Points, but could not figure out how to use the new ability.
• Feng Qi returned to the Star City Shelter and memorized the Three-Star Body Tempering Art from the Database.
• Feng Qi read Fang Zhiyou's biography and decided to protect him and change the fate that led to his mysterious death.
• Feng Qi learned that Fang Zhiyou would face a life-changing incident in two months and recorded key dates from the biography.
• Little Black returned to the shelter, and Feng Qi grabbed a leg bone and lunged at it.

Feng Qi tried to get closer to Mu Qing and unexpectedly persuaded her to teach him the harmonica. He also realized he had accidentally taught Lin Ran’s class before, then began steering Lin Ran away from researching Cultivation Methods.

• Feng Qi joined Mu Qing for breakfast and asked to learn the harmonica, and she invited him to meet her by the dormitory lake that evening.
• Feng Qi discovered that he had entered Combat Class One by mistake and had taught the students in Lin Ran’s place.
• Feng Qi urged Lin Ran to pursue romance instead of researching Cultivation Methods, but Lin Ran dismissed the idea.
• Feng Qi and Lin Ran left Cultivation Exchange Class for different reasons and spent the afternoon in the library.
• Feng Qi explained the opening of the Body Tempering Art to Lin Ran and exaggerated how easily he had devised it, hoping to undermine Lin Ran’s confidence.

Feng Qi accidentally saw fragments of Mu Qing’s traumatic past when her distress triggered his Nightmare ability. After helping her regain control, he left determined to learn who had taken her for experiments and whether the Scarlet Institute was involved.

• Feng Qi found Mu Qing trembling beneath a willow tree as she struggled to control herself, and his Nightmare ability drew him into her memories.
• Feng Qi saw young Mu Qing receive a harmonica from her dying father and later apply for an Orphan Certificate after losing her entire family.
• Feng Qi witnessed a woman in a black uniform take Mu Qing away, saying that her bloodline came from an experiment and that more experiments remained.
• Mu Qing struck Feng Qi and nearly knocked him unconscious, but she regained control and apologized.
• Feng Qi reassured Mu Qing, arranged to share breakfast the next morning, and noticed his bruises healing rapidly.
• Feng Qi suspected that the woman in black had experimented on Mu Qing and that the Scarlet Institute might be connected to her family’s deaths.

Feng Qi accompanied Lin Ran to Combat Class One, where Lin Ran presented his research on the Seal Incantation Stream. Feng Qi recognized the idea as one of Lin Ran’s future achievements and resolved to steer him away from Cultivation Method Studies and toward art method research.

• Lin Ran invited Feng Qi to observe his Art Method Studies lecture, while Mu Qing declined because she never attended class.
• Feng Qi and Lin Ran went to Combat Class One, where Lin Ran clarified that Feng Qi had taught the previous class and introduced himself as the real Lin Ran.
• Lin Ran explained the Seal Incantation Stream, a system of hand seals that traced spiritual energy trajectories to simplify and speed up art method casting.
• The students were astonished by Lin Ran’s twelve seals and became impressed by his research.
• Feng Qi recognized the Seal Incantation Stream from the Database and resolved to crush Lin Ran’s dream of pursuing Cultivation Method Studies.

As Bai Fusheng watched Lin Ran lecture, he discovered that visiting student Feng Qi was Wang Jinsheng’s student and tried to recruit him to Star City Academy. Bai Fusheng then recounted Wang Jinsheng’s principled youth, while Feng Qi privately believed Wang would shine again.

• Bai Fusheng entered Lin Ran’s lecture, sat beside Feng Qi, and asked whether he planned to attend Star City Academy.
• Feng Qi told Bai Fusheng that Wang Jinsheng was his homeroom and history teacher, and Bai Fusheng realized he was Wang’s student.
• Bai Fusheng recalled how Wang was mocked for crying at a flag-raising ceremony and for protesting an unfair financial aid vote.
• Bai Fusheng explained that Wang’s father had died in a military operation when Wang was seven, and said Wang later became his year’s brightest rising star before his talent was buried.
• Feng Qi defended Wang’s continued efforts and privately thought that Wang would soon shine again.

After hearing Bai Fusheng’s account of Wang Jinsheng, Feng Qi reflected on his teacher’s influence and received Bai’s offer to help him at Star City Academy. He then recorded instructions for his future self and bought a Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal, hoping to change what lay ahead.

• Feng Qi learned from Bai Fusheng that Wang Jinsheng had influenced those around him through humility, kindness, and dedication, and discovered that Bai was the principal of Star City Academy.
• Feng Qi encouraged Lin Ran to focus on Art Method Studies, but Lin Ran decided to study Cultivation Method Studies as well.
• Feng Qi reasoned that each visit to Future Dreamland continued along the same timeline, while returning to reality created a new timeline.
• Feng Qi wrote three messages to his future self: obtain a Star City Database Authority Account, investigate the Scarlet Institute, and seek state intervention if the known crisis could not be stopped.
• Feng Qi created a private email account and spent 880,000 on a Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal.

Feng Qi and Lin Ran searched the academy for Mu Qing after she missed lunch and found three Winter Academy exchange students bullying her. Feng Qi intervened, and Lin Ran's arrival stopped the girls from attacking him.

• Feng Qi and Lin Ran studied together in the library, where Feng Qi kept delaying Lin Ran's requests to learn Cultivation Method Studies.
• When Mu Qing failed to appear for lunch, Feng Qi and Lin Ran split up to search the academy for her.
• Three Winter Academy exchange students cornered Mu Qing in the Body Tempering Room, slapped her, and beat her while she refused to fight back.
• Feng Qi found the girls attacking Mu Qing, shouted at them, and slapped the leader.
• The other two girls moved to attack Feng Qi, but Lin Ran arrived and warned them to try it.

Feng Qi forced three Winter Academy exchange students to apologize to Mu Qing after they damaged her treasured harmonica, then stayed with her as she grieved. After eating, he bought her a replacement and prepared notes for his next trip into Future Dreamland, where his limited funds made careful planning essential.

• Lin Ran apologized to Feng Qi and revealed that the three girls who had mistreated Mu Qing were exchange students from Winter Academy.
• Feng Qi demanded that the girls apologize to Mu Qing, and they did before leaving the Body Tempering Room.
• Feng Qi saw Mu Qing crying over her broken harmonica, comforted her, and accompanied her and Lin Ran to eat.
• Feng Qi returned to his dormitory, swallowed a Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal, and raised his energy progress to 76%.
• Feng Qi bought Mu Qing a new harmonica for 30,000 and wrote additional advice for his future self, including a warning to act quickly.

Feng Qi visited Bai Fusheng to learn about Mu Qing and heard that the Scarlet Institute’s experiments had supposedly been voluntary. Bai Fusheng’s account conflicted with what Feng Qi had witnessed in Mu Qing’s memories, leaving him uncertain about the Institute’s true role as he returned to his dormitory to explore Future Dreamland for clues.

• Feng Qi went to Bai Fusheng’s office and asked him about Mu Qing.
• Bai Fusheng warned Feng Qi that Mu Qing was emotionally unstable and powerful, then explained that the Scarlet Institute had made her a Rune Modifier through experiments.
• Bai Fusheng said Mu Qing’s family had volunteered for the experiments after being poisoned by Domain Transcendents and learning they had little time to live.
• Bai Fusheng said Mu Qing’s family had asked the Scarlet Institute to ensure she grew up healthy and received a good education, and the Institute had sent her to Star City Academy.
• Feng Qi doubted whether the Scarlet Institute had acted innocently, but Bai Fusheng’s account made his earlier suspicions less certain.
• Feng Qi returned to his dormitory and decided to explore Future Dreamland for more clues.

Feng Qi entered Future Dreamland to investigate how history had changed and read his future self’s records in the Star City Database. He learned that his future self had died under classified circumstances, found clues about Mu Qing and Scarlet Institute, and suspected he had been assassinated.

• Feng Qi drank several bottles of alcohol to fall asleep and entered Future Dreamland beneath a blood-red moon.
• Feng Qi noticed that the Living Dead had grown stronger, then reached Star City Shelter and accessed its Database.
• Feng Qi read records saying his future self had died at age 26 after developing mental problems and becoming involved in a classified incident.
• Feng Qi opened his future self’s private mailbox and learned that Mu Qing had befriended him while he continued investigating Scarlet Institute.
• Feng Qi read a final note from his future self suspecting that his death had been an assassination.

Feng Qi read a message from his future self claiming that the Scarlet Institute had been infiltrated by Domain Creatures and was assassinating gifted people. The message warned Feng Qi to investigate carefully and left him with the mystery of why Mu Qing had betrayed humanity.

• Feng Qi read records explaining how his future self entered the Scarlet Institute and used a disguised reconnaissance robot to investigate its restricted labs.
• The robot recorded a Domain Creature in a Scarlet Institute uniform conducting human experiments and discovered a list containing Feng Qi, Mu Qing, Lin Ran, and Old Wang.
• Feng Qi’s future self found that people marked with crosses on the list were talented figures who had died young, then suspected the Scarlet Institute was killing geniuses to hinder humanity.
• Lin Ran survived an assassination attempt, strengthening Feng Qi’s future self’s suspicions about the institute.
• After the Scarlet Institute deleted his evidence and targeted him, Feng Qi’s future self warned him not to expose the secret before he could challenge its power.

After learning that the Scarlet Institute was likely controlled by Domain Creatures, Feng Qi abandoned his plan to seek the nation's support and devised three paths to oppose it. While researching Mu Qing in the Future Database, he found evidence that her later betrayal might have been connected to his own fate.

• Feng Qi read his future self's warning and decided not to reveal his secret before he could stand against the Scarlet Institute.
• Feng Qi planned to strengthen himself, protect present-day geniuses by building an opposing organization, and bring future Cultivation Methods back to advance humanity.
• Feng Qi searched the Future Database for Mu Qing and found that she later became the leader of the Dawn Rebels and was branded a human traitor.
• Feng Qi read a comment describing Mu Qing's loyalty to him and suggesting that his death might have been connected to her betrayal.

Feng Qi learned that Lin Ran’s flawed Cultivation Methods had caused a catastrophe, strengthening his resolve to steer him back to art method research. He left the metal passage and headed east, but Little Black caught up with him in a ruined city, forcing him to flee.

• Feng Qi read the mixed historical assessments of Lin Ran and learned that Lin Ran’s Cultivation Methods had crippled millions of cultivators.
• Feng Qi discovered that Lin Ran’s methods had passed simulations, animal tests, and Lin Ran’s own cultivation, but harmed ordinary people after their release.
• Feng Qi decided to convince Lin Ran to abandon Cultivation Method Studies and continue his art method research.
• Feng Qi left the metal passage, traveled east through the bleak landscape, and drew power from the Living Dead he encountered.
• Feng Qi spotted Little Black approaching in a ruined city and ran rather than face it.

Feng Qi fled Little Black through the City Ruins, where he was chased by several Domain Creatures before hiding in a ruined residential complex. During a thunderstorm, a small figure appeared beside him and clung to his arm, leaving Feng Qi frightened and uncertain what it was.

• Feng Qi spotted Little Black pursuing him into the City Ruins and ran east to avoid being killed.
• Feng Qi encountered a Unicorn Domain Creature, led it toward Little Black, and escaped while Little Black dispersed into Black Mist to withstand the Unicorn's charge.
• Feng Qi fled past living Purple Vines and a giant vicious dog, then hid in a room on the third floor of a ruined residential complex.
• A storm darkened the room, and Feng Qi saw a small humanoid figure beside him in a flash of lightning.
• The small figure hugged Feng Qi's arm and said it was scared, while Feng Qi nervously insisted that he was even more frightened.

Feng Qi encountered a mysterious little girl in the Future Dreamland who clung to him and revealed immense strength by striking down a vicious dog. After fleeing the collapsing residential complex, he was knocked to the ground when the girl caught up and attached herself to him again.

• Feng Qi found a cold, childlike girl with a shattered Rune Crystal embedded in her arm and suspected she was a Domain Creature.
• The girl clung to Feng Qi, and his attempts to shake her off failed even after he kicked her away.
• A three-meter-tall vicious dog attacked Feng Qi, but the girl punched it with tremendous force and knocked it down.
• Feng Qi escaped as the girl and the vicious dog fought, and the ruined residential complex collapsed behind him.
• The girl sped after Feng Qi, slammed into him, and knocked him several meters away.

Feng Qi traveled toward Star City Shelter with the Girl Doll, who paused to mourn at a patch of earth before rejoining him. When Little Black caught up near the Metal Passage, Feng Qi threw the Girl Doll at it and escaped into the passage.

• Feng Qi headed west through the City Ruins while testing the Girl Doll and learning she clung to him whenever they were apart.
• After hearing a monster roar, Feng Qi followed the Girl Doll to a slope, where she planted a yellow flower and cried over the ground.
• Feng Qi left the Girl Doll behind and continued toward Star City Shelter, but she later caught up and latched onto him again.
• Feng Qi reached the Metal Passage and saw Little Black approaching, then threw the Girl Doll toward it and entered the passage.

Feng Qi studied Heaven and Earth Meditation and researched past lottery results and Domain Fields while waiting for Little Black to finish fighting the Sucker. After Little Black killed him, Feng Qi tried to win five million yuan in the real-world lottery, but the drawn numbers did not match his predictions.

• Feng Qi memorized the Heaven and Earth Meditation cultivation method while Little Black battled the Sucker overhead.
• Feng Qi checked past lottery numbers and researched Domain Fields, hoping to find information that would help him build an organization against the Scarlet Institute.
• Little Black returned after defeating the Sucker, and Feng Qi charged at it but was killed instantly.
• Feng Qi bought a lottery ticket after returning from the Future Dreamland, but the winning numbers failed to match his prediction.

Feng Qi negotiated with Bai Fusheng to enroll at Star City Academy as a student while gaining authority to teach and lead a class. After reviewing his latest trip to Future Dreamland, he resolved to build an organization against the Scarlet Institute and protect human geniuses, leaving determined to change humanity’s future.

• Feng Qi asked Bai Fusheng to let him teach Cultivation Method Studies at Star City Academy, but Bai explained that Feng lacked the required qualifications.
• Feng Qi persuaded Bai Fusheng to admit him as a student while allowing him to lead a class, and Bai agreed to let him try.
• Feng Qi recorded his discoveries about Sucker and the Scarlet Institute, and planned to investigate Sucker in the Database during his next trip to Future Dreamland.
• Feng Qi resolved to secretly establish an organization to oppose the Scarlet Institute and protect human geniuses.
• Feng Qi reflected on humanity’s hidden crises and past sacrifices, then looked at the night sky and declared, “I can win!”

Feng Qi told Lin Ran and Mu Qing he would briefly leave Star City Academy for graduation matters but promised to return. Before leaving, he gave Mu Qing a new harmonica and teased Lin Ran about his own gift.

• Feng Qi warned Lin Ran that pursuing Cultivation Method Studies instead of spell research would lead to disaster, but Lin Ran refused to abandon his dream.
• Feng Qi told Lin Ran and Mu Qing he would return to his school in three days for graduation matters, and Lin Ran said he planned to stay at Star City Academy to learn from Feng Qi.
• Feng Qi reassured Lin Ran that Star City Academy had granted him guaranteed admission and promised to come back after handling his graduation matters.
• Feng Qi gave Mu Qing a silver-white harmonica, and she accepted it while holding back tears as he and Lin Ran left.
• Lin Ran asked why Feng Qi had not prepared a gift for him, and Feng Qi said he had bought him a three-volume collection of advanced spell theory books.

Feng Qi finished teaching Heaven and Earth Meditation at Star City Academy and agreed to give Cultivation Method students a lesson on research insights, despite his limited theoretical knowledge. As major academies began targeting him for admission, Bai Fusheng called to make sure Feng Qi would honor his agreement to join Star City Academy.

• Feng Qi completed his fourth lesson on Heaven and Earth Meditation and told his students he would leave the academy the next day.
• Ding Siyuan asked Feng Qi to teach Cultivation Method research insights, and Feng Qi agreed to give the class after he returned.
• Feng Qi noted that he should copy a basics-of-research class from the Future Dreamland and reflected on how teaching could help him train recruits and oppose the Scarlet Institute.
• Yan Junqing read the Tiger Soul Research Institute's notice recommending Feng Qi and ordered an early-admission notice for him at Galaxy Academy.
• Bai Fusheng saw the recommendation, celebrated that he had secured Feng Qi first, then called Feng Qi to remind him to keep his promise.

Feng Qi and Mu Qing shared a late-night conversation about their losses, plans after graduation, and the deep hatred Scavengers felt toward Domain Creatures. Mu Qing wanted to fight on the front lines with Feng Qi, while he remained troubled by the future in which she became humanity’s enemy.

• Feng Qi found Mu Qing playing the harmonica by the lake and sat down to listen.
• Mu Qing explained how she felt after her family left, and Feng Qi challenged her to stop pretending to be strong.
• Mu Qing said she wanted to join a Domain Battle Squad and die fighting Domain Creatures after graduating.
• Feng Qi recalled Wang Jinsheng’s lesson about the hatred Scavengers carried and understood why Mu Qing’s family had joined the Rune Modifier Project.
• Feng Qi and Mu Qing joked about forming a battle squad together, and their conversation brought them closer.

Feng Qi returned from his study visit to Star City Academy and told Wang Jinsheng that he had secured guaranteed admission there. Back at school, he reunited with his classmates and described the academy as they prepared for their graduation exams.

• Feng Qi rode back to Star City Middle School with the talkative driver, who teased him about having a zero battle record and entertained him with gossip.
• Wang Jinsheng welcomed Feng Qi, learned he had secured guaranteed admission to Star City Academy, and said he would pursue his own dream after the class graduated.
• Feng Qi put his luggage in the dormitory and returned to his classroom, where his classmates greeted him and asked about the academy.
• Feng Qi described Star City Academy’s food, campus, and private dormitories to his classmates, while Mo Fei insisted that technological advancement was humanity’s future.

Feng Qi learned from Mo Fei that modern technology aimed to combine spiritual energy with machinery to fight Domain Creatures, and that longer lifespans could give scientific research room to advance. He left with a new idea for humanity’s future, though he decided not to pursue technological development until he gained the narrator’s “Infinite Memory” function.

• Mo Fei told Feng Qi he hoped to study at the Technology Academy and work at the Technology Research Institute, while explaining that the Scarlet Institute specialized in biological science.
• Mo Fei explained that Nuclear Weapons could not properly affect Domain Fields because their rules differed from those of the human world, while spiritual energy could harm Domain Creatures across those rules.
• Mo Fei described research into Spiritual Energy Weapons and equipment, and explained that scientific progress depended on breaking unpredictable technological bottlenecks.
• Mo Fei argued that spiritual energy and longer lifespans made the era especially promising for science, giving people more time to learn and develop new ideas.
• Feng Qi considered combining science with spiritual energy as another path for humanity, but decided to postpone it until he obtained the narrator’s “Infinite Memory” function.

Feng Qi considered how to overcome his limitations in the Future Dreamland and decided that creating the game Savior could help advance humanity and make money. At school, he and Mo Fei joined their classmates in writing messages for a time capsule, and Feng Qi wrote, “Live a long life, Feng Qi!”

• Feng Qi identified his lack of a Star City Shelter account, Little Black’s pursuit, and the cost of entering Dreamland as his main obstacles.
• Feng Qi planned to find the creator of the virtual engine behind Savior so he could make the game ahead of time.
• Feng Qi and Mo Fei studied late, then rushed to the cafeteria the next morning, where Feng Qi spent over three hundred on breakfast.
• Wang Jinsheng gave the students blank sheets and asked them to write messages for a time capsule at the Graduation Gala.
• Feng Qi wrote, “Live a long life, Feng Qi!”

Feng Qi attended the graduation exams despite already being admitted without examination, while his longtime rival vowed to beat him in their final showdown. After his class passed the foundational exam, Feng Qi discussed the upcoming academy assessments and graduation gala with Wang Jinsheng, ending with a joke about performing a reverse parking maneuver.

• Feng Qi's Class Three rival challenged him to their final exam showdown, but learned he had already been admitted without examination.
• The invigilating teacher sent Feng Qi out of the classroom because admitted students did not need to take the exam, and Feng Qi told his rival she could have first place.
• The Grading Instrument processed the foundational exam papers, and Wang Jinsheng announced that every student in Feng Qi's class had passed.
• Students began interview assessments for their chosen academies, while Feng Qi and Wang Jinsheng estimated how many classmates might enter top hundred academies.
• Wang Jinsheng asked Feng Qi to suggest a graduation gala performance, and Feng Qi proposed demonstrating a reverse parking maneuver.