Arc 22The Blade and the Alliance

Feng Qi returned from the Magic Blade timeline, reunited with Xiao You, and learned how the world had changed in his absence. Back in the reality timeline, he secured an alliance with the Silver Moon Race and confirmed that Jian Ji had disappeared.

  • Feng Qi awakened from his transformation, reviewed Wei Wei’s records, and learned how Xiao You and the others had followed his path after his death.
  • Feng Qi found Jian Ji escaped from his Ice Coffin, but Xiao You returned and defeated him with the Demon Blade before Feng Qi killed him.
  • Feng Qi absorbed Jian Ji’s vitality and gained his sword knowledge, then traveled with Zhang Daowen to Dawn City and harvested Talent Abilities from the prepared breeding grounds.
  • Feng Qi learned about Darkwood’s rebirth, underwent trials at the Blood Soul Clan’s Heart Refining Platform, and studied Dawn City’s cultivation methods and records.
  • Zhang Daowen betrayed Feng Qi to the Rift Sky God Lord, but Little Black intervened and darkness swallowed Feng Qi.
  • Back in the reality timeline, Feng Qi briefed Star City’s leaders and confronted Yin Ling, persuading the Silver Moon Race to ally with humanity on equal terms.
  • Yin Ling and Lin Ran reunited through her memories, agreed to marry, and Feng Qi arranged for the Silver Moon Race to settle near Star City.
  • Feng Qi comforted Lin Ran, then investigated Jian Ji’s absence in Winter City and learned that Jian Ji had disappeared half a month earlier.
Chapters 526–550 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 526Fated Showdown

Feng Qi fought Jian Ji in Winter City, with Mu Qing and Mu Yao helping him break through the Sword Spirit Grand Array. After the demonic blade was cracked, Feng Qi awakened his Negative Consciousness Body and entered the Asura Evil Ghost form, leaving the battle unresolved as he and his allies attacked Jian Ji together.

  • Feng Qi and Jian Ji traded powerful attacks, and Jian Ji used the million sword spirits to absorb damage while his sword techniques overwhelmed Feng Qi.
  • Mu Qing and Mu Yao helped Feng Qi break through Jian Ji’s sword qi lotus, but Jian Ji struck Feng Qi down and cracked the demonic blade.
  • Feng Qi asked Mu Qing to keep her distance, awakened the Negative Consciousness Body, and formed the Asura Evil Ghost form with a mirrored ghost blade.
  • Feng Qi’s ghost blade infected Jian Ji with Negative Emotions, allowing Feng Qi to destroy the sword-energy array and attack him.
  • Jian Ji resisted Feng Qi’s blades, and Mu Qing and Mu Yao joined Feng Qi in striking at him from both sides.

Ch. 527The Gates of Hell Open

Feng Qi and Mu Qing fought Jian Ji after he fused the Million Sword Spirit Array into his body, but Jian Ji overwhelmed them and shattered the magic blade. As Jian Ji prepared to finish Feng Qi, Feng Qi awakened the demon sealed within him and trapped Jian Ji in a Negative Spiritual Domain.

  • Jian Ji fused the Million Sword Spirit Array into his body and used its power to overpower Feng Qi, Mu Qing, and Mu Yao.
  • Mu Yao sacrificed herself to break Jian Ji's golden greatsword, while Mu Qing continued fighting as Feng Qi awakened multiple abilities and joined her.
  • Jian Ji crushed the magic blade's gauntlet and nearly defeated Feng Qi, but Mu Qing tore off Feng Qi's arm to free him and then shielded him from Jian Ji's killing blow.
  • The Negative Consciousness Body urged Feng Qi to awaken the demon sealed within him, and Feng Qi's Negative Personality took control as the Gray Ghost Blade formed.
  • Negative Feng Qi struck Jian Ji with the ghost blade, flooded his mind with Negative Emotions, and trapped him in the Negative Spiritual Domain, declaring it his hell.

Ch. 528Taking a Day Off

Garon restored the Mechanical Celestial's core, strengthening mechanical forces in the blood war and expanding their plans into Scorched Hell, while rejecting a proposal to enslave intelligent creatures. After returning to Dragon Court with Yuna, the story shifted to Sigil, where the Great Sun God Si Chuo Mao Zi arrived secretly.

  • Garon returned the Metal Cube to the Mechanical Giant Pillar, restoring the Mechanical Star and the Mechanical Celestial's full power.
  • The Mechanical Celestial's system update strengthened mechanical units fighting across the Myriad Abyss Plain, helping threatened fortresses repel demons.
  • Garon ordered the Mechanical Celestial to open a Scorched Hell war zone and recruit more mechanical wondercraft players.
  • The Mechanical Celestial proposed enslaving intelligent creatures to use as mechanical intelligence, but Garon rejected the plan.
  • Garon and Yuna left for Dragon Court, and the Mechanical Celestial began repairing the Mechanical Star.
  • Si Chuo Mao Zi arrived alone and undetected in Sigil.

Ch. 529Retracing the Path

Negative Feng Qi overwhelmed Jian Ji with mental torment, but Taihang sacrificed the Pseudo Dream Demon Bell’s origin power to suppress him. Feng Qi survived through the Seed of Life, yet his injuries proved fatal; after his death, Wei Wei told Xiao You that he would return over a thousand years later, and Xiao You set out to follow his Ascension Challenge path.

  • Negative Feng Qi trapped Jian Ji in repeated cycles of betrayal, fear, and despair while Xiao You and the others arrived and found Feng Qi consumed by negative emotions.
  • Taihang shattered the Pseudo Dream Demon Bell and released its derivative origin power, helping Feng Qi and the Negative Consciousness Body suppress Negative Feng Qi and restore Feng Qi’s body with the Seed of Life.
  • Feng Qi gave Jian Ji a Brain Active Needle, carried Mu Qing’s body to Winter City, and later mourned her at her tomb while his own health continued to fail.
  • Feng Qi died beside Xiao You, who grieved for three days until Wei Wei told her that he would return over a thousand years later and showed her the shattered Magic Blade.
  • After Feng Qi’s Ice Coffin was buried, Xiao You left Star City with Po Jia, Thunder, and Taihang to retrace Feng Qi’s Ascension Challenge path and grow strong enough to see him again.

Ch. 530Future Timeline—Consciousness Returns

Feng Qi escaped the abyss of Negative Emotions with the narrator’s help and used Wei Wei’s records to learn what happened after his death. He found Jian Ji sealed in Room 1303 and reviewed humanity’s recovery, while concluding that a future merger depended on first building New City.

  • The narrator’s familiar voice reached Feng Qi as his primary personality neared transformation, and Feng Qi awoke and swallowed Wei Wei’s enhanced Mental Soothing Potion.
  • Feng Qi shut down the brain on the metal table, started the console, and opened Wei Wei’s messages to review events after his death.
  • Wei Wei’s records said Xiao You left Star City with Po Jia, Thunder, and Taihang to retrace Feng Qi’s Ascension Challenge path, carrying his demon blade.
  • Wei Wei reported that Jian Ji had been frozen in Room 1303 inside an Ice Coffin, restrained with Seal Chains, and monitored by a Life Detection System.
  • Wei Wei’s records described progress toward cracking the Blood Sacrifice and an alliance supporting Winter City’s reconstruction after its war with the Dawn Army.
  • Feng Qi agreed that rebuilding Winter City was better than merging it into Star City, and said a broader merger could happen after New City was developed.

Ch. 531Mental Guidance — Positioning and Tracking

Feng Qi read Wei Wei’s messages about the Scarlet Secret Base, Jian Ji’s unstable seal, and the device prepared to track him if he escaped. He reached Room 1303 to find out whether Jian Ji was free, but the Narrator mocked him for asking instead of looking.

  • Feng Qi read that Star City had diverted resources from Dawn City to rebuild Winter City and that the secret base was struggling to balance research, Jian Ji’s seal, and support for Suction Cup.
  • Wei Wei reported Lin Ran’s plan to use Mental Immortality to guide believers through Feng Qi’s Sea of Consciousness, while warning that Lin Ran’s health was failing.
  • Wei Wei described the plan to isolate Jian Ji’s room, later reported that his consciousness was nearing escape, and developed a tracking device stored in Room 1302.
  • Feng Qi learned that Wei Wei had embedded the timeline’s research results in his brain before her time ran out, then went to Room 1303 to check Jian Ji’s status.
  • The Narrator reminded Feng Qi that it could investigate through the isolation wall, but refused to answer whether Jian Ji had escaped and urged him to look for himself.

Ch. 532Hey

Feng Qi discovered that Jian Ji had escaped and tracked him through the ruins of Star City, where the maddened swordsman attacked him. Just as Jian Ji’s assault was about to kill Feng Qi, a Blade Demon Squad led by a familiar woman in purple arrived and shattered Jian Ji’s sword attack.

  • Feng Qi found Zhang Daowen’s shattered Ice Coffin, used the tracker, and learned Jian Ji was less than four kilometers away.
  • Feng Qi activated his Blood God talent and raced west through the ruins, but Jian Ji intercepted him and attacked with a corrupted Million Sword Spirit Array.
  • Feng Qi evaded Jian Ji’s increasingly powerful attacks until Jian Ji’s black sword energy overwhelmed his defenses and dissolved his Blood God form.
  • Thunder and Po Jia arrived with a large force of Blade Demon Squad members, and Thunder used lightning to clear the negative energy from Feng Qi.
  • The woman in purple confronted Jian Ji, shattered his spiraling sword energy with a gesture, and removed her straw hat to reveal herself to Feng Qi.

Ch. 533I Miss You So Much

Feng Qi reunited with Xiao You, who had become a powerful leader of the Blade Demon Squad, and watched her overwhelm Jian Ji. Xiao You shattered the Million Sword Spirit Array without killing Jian Ji, then embraced Feng Qi and told him how much she had missed him.

  • Feng Qi recognized Xiao You and apologized for keeping her waiting as his body was restored.
  • Jian Ji gathered power and attacked Xiao You, but the Demon Blade swallowed his first strike and Po Jia crushed another with his crimson ferocious soul.
  • Xiao You appeared before Jian Ji and defeated him with Feng Qi's old blade techniques and her own attacks, severing his limbs.
  • Xiao You pierced and shattered the Million Sword Spirit Array on Jian Ji's chest, removing Feng Qi's concern about the Winter City residents within it.
  • Xiao You spoke with the Demon Blade about the Enhancement Gem, then ran to Feng Qi and embraced him, saying she had missed him.

Ch. 534Slash Regret

Feng Qi reunited with Xiao You and killed Jian Ji, fulfilling their long-standing promise. As the group dealt with the Enhancement Gem, Jian Ji’s remaining vitality surged into Feng Qi, and Xiao You recognized it as his reward for the kill.

  • Xiao You reunited with Feng Qi, broke down in tears, and the Blade Demon Squad learned that he had been its original founder.
  • Xiao You crippled Jian Ji and gave Feng Qi the demonic blade, and Feng Qi killed Jian Ji with its black flames.
  • Jian Ji’s Burning Sky Sword shattered, and Thunder claimed the Enhancement Gem and used it to strengthen his bracer.
  • Xiao You gave the Enhancement Gem to Feng Qi, but it did not merge into his Sea of Consciousness.
  • Jian Ji’s corpse released a surge of vitality into Feng Qi, and Xiao You recognized it as his reward for killing him.

Ch. 535Magic Sword True Explanation

Feng Qi gained Jian Ji’s Demon Sword True Explanation and learned that Taihang was near the end of his life. He let Xiao You challenge Little Black while Po Jia carried him to Dawn City, where Zhang Daowen welcomed him as “Uncle Qi.”

  • Feng Qi absorbed Jian Ji’s vitality, gained 72,080 Bloodline Evolution Points, and acquired the sixth-sequence Demon Sword True Explanation.
  • Feng Qi decided to keep Jian Ji’s sword ability for humanity’s future Talent library and considered whether his dark-gold blood signaled further evolution.
  • Xiao You told Feng Qi that Taihang had reached the limit of his lifespan, then asked to fight Little Black; Feng Qi reluctantly agreed after she promised to retreat if necessary.
  • When Little Black appeared, Xiao You ordered Po Jia to take Feng Qi to Dawn City while the Blade Demon Squad prepared to retreat; she stayed behind to fight Little Black.
  • Po Jia flew Feng Qi to Dawn City, where the city’s defenses alerted its warriors and Zhang Daowen appeared at the gate.
  • Zhang Daowen greeted Feng Qi as “Uncle Qi,” and Feng Qi patted his shoulder and acknowledged the years he had endured.

Ch. 536A New Challenge

Feng Qi toured Dawn City with Zhang Daowen and learned how humanity’s cultivation system and Rune Modification Project had developed after Mu Yao’s defeat. He concluded that defeating Mo was humanity’s next challenge and asked Zhang Daowen about the Elf Race.

  • Zhang Daowen showed Feng Qi Dawn City’s cultivation buildings, defensive energy system, and his Comprehending the Dao manor.
  • Zhang Daowen explained that rune modification had once strengthened humanity but could not sustain future generations after the cultivation system collapsed.
  • Zhang Daowen said helping Mu Yao defeat Mo was the only way to preserve humanity’s cultivation system.
  • Feng Qi considered Mo’s contracts with powerful factions and realized humanity could not defeat them with its current strength.
  • Feng Qi asked Zhang Daowen whether he had contacted the Elf City since Feng Qi left.

Ch. 537The Elves' Crushing Defeat

Feng Qi learned how Darkwood defeated the Elf King, took its Life Furnace, and used the golden egg to transform into a new lifeform that consumed humanity in the Central District. Zhang Daowen then led Feng Qi to an underground base and revealed that its captured Domain Creatures were prepared as talent seeds for Feng Qi’s Faith Growth system.

  • Zhang Daowen told Feng Qi that the Elf King nearly transferred its consciousness into a golden egg but was defeated by Darkwood, which seized the Life Furnace and egg.
  • Zhang Daowen showed Feng Qi that Darkwood completed the consciousness transfer over five years, then used humans and other Domain Factions in the Central District as nourishment.
  • Feng Qi connected the dark gold egg to the powerful egg Old Mi had described and concluded that it contained the reborn Darkwood.
  • Feng Qi decided that helping the Elf King defeat Darkwood could make the Elf Race an ally, while he would remain cautious about trusting the Elf King.
  • After discussing humanity’s situation with Zhang Daowen, Feng Qi followed him to an underground base containing 278 captive Domain Creatures.
  • Zhang Daowen revealed that six such breeding grounds had been prepared as talent seeds for Feng Qi’s Faith Growth system.

Ch. 538Infinite Bug Exploits?

Feng Qi harvested Talent Abilities from six underground plazas of Domain Creatures that Zhang Daowen had prepared for him, and began planning a compendium to prevent future waste. After considering the Elf King's Life Furnace, he wondered whether it could mass-produce offspring with varied life sequences for him to harvest.

  • Zhang Daowen explained that he had spent thirty years preparing six plazas containing 1,208 Domain Creatures for Feng Qi to harvest.
  • Zhang Daowen froze the creatures as they were released, and Feng Qi shattered them with telekinesis to absorb their blood and Talent Abilities.
  • Feng Qi harvested creatures from all six plazas and obtained 1,176 Talent Abilities, realizing the rest belonged to species he had already hunted.
  • Feng Qi decided to record previously harvested species and preserve even seemingly useless Talent Abilities for humanity's future Talent skill bank.
  • Feng Qi considered asking the Elf King to use the Life Furnace to produce offspring with varied life sequences so he could harvest their Talent Abilities.

Ch. 539Explosive Rise in Strength—The Heart Refining Challenge

Feng Qi abandoned his plan to exploit the Elf King’s Elf Seeds after learning they required enormous resources, then traveled with Zhang Daowen to the Blood Soul Clan’s Heart Refining Platform to suppress his Negative Emotions. After completing two new Heart Forging Challenges, he left with Zhang Daowen to return home.

  • The narrator explained that the Elf King’s incomplete Elf Seeds needed extensive resources and time to develop, so Feng Qi accepted that mass-producing Talent Abilities was not a practical shortcut.
  • Feng Qi and Zhang Daowen left the underground prison, where Po Jia discussed Blackie’s rapid recovery and learned about the narrator and Blackie’s unrevealed third form.
  • Zhang Daowen urged Feng Qi to visit the Blood Soul Clan’s Heart Refining Platform, and Po Jia stayed behind because the clan had placed a bounty on him.
  • Feng Qi and Zhang Daowen traveled through an ice-crystal space passage to the Blood Soul Clan’s territory, paid to use the Heart Refining Platform, and Feng Qi began its trials.
  • Feng Qi passed the Difficulty of Right and Wrong and the Difficulty of Tribulation, reducing the Negative Emotions in his heart, then stopped because he was mentally exhausted.
  • Feng Qi left the Heart Refining Platform and told Zhang Daowen that they should go home.

Ch. 540Pseudo–Holy Spirit Consciousness Archive

Feng Qi reviewed Dawn City's cultivation methods, construction records, and rune modification advances so he could carry useful knowledge into future timelines. While resting, he considered upgrading humanity’s information storage and recalled Wei Wei’s proposal for a Pseudo Sacred Spirit Consciousness Repository in his Sea of Consciousness.

  • Feng Qi used Dawn City's Data Console to memorize Zhang Daowen's improved Ice and Snow cultivation method and extensive urban construction records.
  • Feng Qi studied Dawn City's Cultivation System Frameworks and the improvements to rune modification technology developed with Winter City.
  • Zhang Daowen eased Feng Qi's mental fatigue, allowing him to rest after his intensive studying.
  • Feng Qi considered the risks and limitations of humanity's data centers compared with other races' knowledge-storage methods.
  • Feng Qi recalled Wei Wei's proposal to use the True God Bracelet to create a browsable knowledge database in his Sea of Consciousness.

Ch. 541Bitter Source, Scorched Earth, Disorder

Feng Qi learned from Zhang Daowen about Avici Hell and its three terrifying survivor factions, including Scorched Earth, whose warrior had nearly defeated Zhang Daowen. Po Jia then warned Feng Qi that Xiao You was close to dying, ending his chance to keep studying for now.

  • Feng Qi asked Zhang Daowen about Avici Hell after finding it mentioned in the historical records.
  • Zhang Daowen explained how the Avici Clan's Miracle Item imprisoned billions of lifeforms and how the survivors formed Bitter Source, Scorched Earth, and Disorder.
  • Zhang Daowen revealed that the warrior who had gravely wounded him belonged to Scorched Earth and had died during their battle.
  • Zhang Daowen told Feng Qi that the fight had happened five hundred years earlier and that Scorched Earth was unlikely to seek revenge.
  • Po Jia told Feng Qi that Xiao You would not be able to hold on much longer.

Ch. 542Return from Death

Feng Qi and Zhang Daowen tried to trick the Rift Sky God Lord into trading resources for Feng Qi, hoping Little Black would destroy the Rift Sky God Clan. The Rift Sky God Lord escaped with his Cloud Top Temple, and Little Black killed Feng Qi as he had expected.

  • Xiao You escaped Little Black with the Blade Demon Squad through their Space Array after Little Black shattered her demon blade.
  • Zhang Daowen carried Feng Qi away from Dawn City and offered him to the Rift Sky God Lord in exchange for eighty percent of the Rift Sky God Clan's resources.
  • The Rift Sky God Lord refused the deal, so Zhang Daowen threw Feng Qi toward him and fled through a Space Fissure.
  • Little Black arrived at the Cloud Top Great Hall and resisted the Rift Sky God Lord's Sealing Talisman.
  • The Rift Sky God Lord used the hall array to escape with the Cloud Top Temple, and his Sealing Talisman followed him.
  • Little Black looked toward Feng Qi, and darkness swallowed Feng Qi before he felt any pain.

Ch. 543Information Organization

After awakening from the Sacrifice Timeline, Feng Qi recorded its intelligence and considered how its discoveries could advance humanity. He ended by wondering whether an alliance with the Silver Moon Race could help him bring Xiao You to Star City sooner.

  • Feng Qi recovered from the Negative Emotions and recorded intelligence about the Central District, the Elf King, Fate City, and the Blade Demon Squad.
  • Feng Qi considered bringing Xiao You, Po Jia, and Taihang to Star City, but found that reality-timeline humanity lacked the Space Technology needed to transport them.
  • Feng Qi documented what he had learned about the Demon Blade, Blood Soul Clan, Jian Ji, Avici Hell, and the Mist Race, including the risks of using Negative Emotions.
  • Feng Qi reviewed the Silver Moon Race's engineering heritage and planned to explore cooperation with them on a future Sacrifice Timeline.
  • Feng Qi realized that the Silver Moon Race's Space Technology might help him bring Xiao You to Star City ahead of time.

Ch. 544Superpowers for Everyone

Feng Qi shared the Magic Blade timeline’s intelligence with Star City and planned the Faith Growth route for the next timeline, while arranging to verify whether Jian Ji had been erased. After preserving his memories and knowledge at the Scarlet Institute, he prepared to approach the Silver Moon Race about an alliance.

  • Feng Qi outlined the Faith Growth route, which would let believers enter his Sea of Consciousness and borrow Talent Abilities, and named the next timeline the All People Superpower Timeline.
  • Feng Qi briefed Star City’s senior officials on the Magic Blade timeline and used its many encounters with other races to explain why humanity might need allies beyond its own kind.
  • Feng Qi told Wei Wei he did not want Xiao You to receive the memories of his death, then met with the Scarlet Institute to discuss Jian Ji’s erasure and send investigators to Winter City.
  • Feng Qi underwent memory extraction at the Scarlet Institute and learned that Winter City’s military remained under the Sword Clan’s control, though Jian Ji’s status was still unknown.
  • After finishing his account at several more Star City Highest Council meetings, Feng Qi decided to visit the Energy Research Institute and speak with Yin Ling about an alliance with the Silver Moon Race.

Ch. 545Reunion with Yin Ling (Thanks to Yuan Ren Lei Rong Yao Chang Cun for the reward

Feng Qi met Yin Ling to propose cooperation with the Silver Moon Race, revealing that he knew their plan to seize Star City. After overpowering Yin Ling and Yin Xiao, he offered them Memory Liquid, but ended the meeting by taking Yin Xiao hostage when Yin Ling resisted.

  • Feng Qi finished recording the knowledge and Talent Abilities he had brought back, then arranged a meeting with Yin Ling through Tiger Soul Research Institute.
  • Feng Qi visited the Energy Research Institute and confronted Yin Ling and the hidden Yin Xiao in her office.
  • Feng Qi revealed that he knew the Silver Moon Race planned to cut off Star City's energy, open a cross-space teleportation array, and take over the city.
  • Feng Qi said he wanted to cooperate and offered Yin Ling Memory Liquid that would show her his answers, but Yin Ling warned that harming them could cripple Star City's energy system.
  • Feng Qi seized Yin Xiao with telekinesis and threatened him to pressure Yin Ling into cooperating.

Ch. 546Coercion and Enticement (Thanks to Yuan Ren Lei Rong Yao Chang Cun for the reward

Feng Qi forced Yin Ling to view a memory showing the Silver Moon Race's impending defeat, then offered an alliance with humanity in exchange for the race's engineering technology. He promised access to the Silver Serpent Empire's lost inheritance and presented another Memory Liquid that he said could help the two races begin cooperating.

  • Feng Qi threatened Yin Ling with Yin Xiao's life, and Yin Ling injected herself with Memory Liquid showing the Silver Moon Race being sacrificed and eventually defeated.
  • Yin Ling questioned Feng Qi about his identity and the future, and he revealed that he was human and had seen the Silver Moon Race's failed invasions across multiple timelines.
  • Feng Qi asked Yin Ling to cooperate with humanity and said he wanted the Silver Moon Race's engineering technology, not to enslave the race.
  • Feng Qi told Yin Ling that her race had inherited its technology from the fallen Silver Serpent Empire and promised its ultimate inheritance if the Silver Moon Race sincerely aided humanity.
  • Feng Qi offered Yin Ling another Memory Liquid, saying it revealed how the Silver Moon Race's secret was exposed and could help the two races start their cooperation on good terms.

Ch. 547The Unfinished Game

Yin Ling experienced Lin Ran’s memories of their doomed romance and agreed to an alliance between the Silver Moon Race and humanity. She then accepted Feng Qi’s marriage-alliance proposal and asked Lin Ran to continue their unfinished game of chess.

  • Yin Ling used Lin Ran’s Memory Liquid and relived their growing affection, their final game of Spirit Chess, and Lin Ran’s grief after her death.
  • Feng Qi asked Yin Ling to cooperate with humanity, and she said she needed the clan leader’s approval before committing to an alliance.
  • Yin Ling contacted the clan leader, then agreed to an alliance with humanity under conditions of equal status and reciprocal exchanges of technology and resources.
  • Feng Qi brought Lin Ran to meet Yin Ling, who revealed her Silver Moon Race appearance and confirmed that she and Lin Ran had once shared a relationship in another timeline.
  • Yin Ling agreed to a marriage alliance and, following her race’s customs, said she would marry into Lin Ran’s family.
  • Yin Ling asked Lin Ran whether he would continue the unfinished game of chess they had once played.

Ch. 548The Wonderful Uses of Enhancement Gems

Feng Qi prepared for the alliance between humanity and the Silver Moon Race while testing the Miracle Enhancement Gem's ability to improve tools. He discovered its effects could make weapons and devices dramatically more powerful, and the narrator proposed combining it with Magic-Sealing Metal to create bullets that could suppress abilities.

  • Feng Qi convened Scarlet's senior members to discuss settling the Silver Moon Race near Star City, drafting an Alliance Clan Code, and holding a Century Wedding for Lin Ran and Yin Ling.
  • After the meeting, Feng Qi visited Wei Wei's laboratory but left when he saw Lin Ran's memory restoration was still underway.
  • Feng Qi summoned the Miracle Enhancement Gem from his Sea of Consciousness and embedded it in an alloy blade, which became powerful enough to cut through a special metal wall.
  • Feng Qi tested the Enhancement Gem on a firearm and a tablet computer, finding that it greatly increased their power and processing efficiency.
  • The narrator suggested embedding the Enhancement Gem in a firearm and using Magic-Sealing Metal bullets to suppress targets' abilities.

Ch. 549Tricky Question

Feng Qi tested the Enhancement Gem and reasoned that attacking the Technology Research Institute had once delayed Mo’s plans, while he waited for Gu Ke’s investigation into Jian Ji and Winter City. He then learned that Lin Ran’s memory implantation had left him devastated and went to comfort him.

  • Feng Qi concluded that the Enhancement Gem’s effects depended on the item and its holder’s expectations, and confirmed that it returned to his Talent Orbit when thrown away.
  • Feng Qi recalled that his past attacks on the Technology Research Institute had coincided with delays in Mo’s devouring of the human world, but he lacked enough information to identify why.
  • Feng Qi went to the Scarlet Institute Blood Bank to build blood reserves for the coming Faith Growth timeline.
  • Gu Ke reported that Winter City was chaotic, the Sword Clan’s leaders had abandoned their posts, and the active Shield Armor Clan suggested Jian Ji might be dead; Feng Qi gave him a few more days to investigate.
  • Wei Wei told Feng Qi that Lin Ran was distraught after his memory implantation surgery, and Feng Qi went to see him as the narrator questioned whether humans and the Silver Moon Race could have children.

Ch. 550Crisis Resolved

Feng Qi comforted Lin Ran, who agreed to marry Yin Ling, then traveled to Winter City to investigate Jian Ji. He confirmed Jian Ji had vanished from the reality timeline and concluded that Winter City's major crisis had been resolved.

  • Feng Qi took Lin Ran from Wei Wei's laboratory and comforted him until he agreed to be with Yin Ling, assuring him he would handle the family and public explanations.
  • Five days later, Feng Qi met Gu Ke in Winter City and learned the investigation team could not reach the city's inner power circle.
  • Feng Qi transformed into his Blood God form and provoked Jian Ji at the forbidden mining area, but found no trace of him.
  • Feng Qi seized a Sword Clan woman and learned that Jian Ji had disappeared half a month earlier.
  • Feng Qi concluded Jian Ji had been erased from the reality timeline, then fled after his roar triggered Winter City's alarms and scouting drones.
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