Recaps

After the evaluation exams, Feng Qi and his classmates celebrated their graduation and said farewell to Wang Jinsheng, who announced he was leaving Star City Academy. Feng Qi sealed their hopeful messages in a Time Capsule, despite knowing the future they imagined would not come to pass, and vowed to make it real.

• After the exams, Feng Qi and Mo Fei toasted their friendship and promised to keep striving for humanity's future.
• Wang Jinsheng remembered his fallen friend and joined the students at the Graduation Gala.
• Wang Jinsheng announced he would soon leave Star City Academy, bowed to his students, and received their blessings.
• Feng Qi read his classmates' messages for the future and placed them in the Time Capsule, knowing humanity's future had ended in darkness.
• As the students sang "Dear Traveler," Feng Qi wiped away his tears and vowed that the future would be as they wished.

Feng Qi returned to Star City Academy and met a hungry Ascetic Monk while heading to register. After Feng Qi passed the upperclassmen’s initiation unharmed, the Monk followed his advice to act arrogant and was beaten, leaving him confused about what went wrong.

• Feng Qi arrived at Star City Academy, where the school bus driver urged him not to end the year with a Battle Record of zero.
• Feng Qi met a shabby, hungry Monk, explained that the academy’s restaurant offered free food, and learned that the Monk planned to stop dressing as an ascetic.
• Feng Qi and the Monk exchanged phone numbers and reached the registration building, where a sign announced an initiation test for freshmen.
• Feng Qi walked through the upperclassmen’s welcome area without trouble because the students recognized him as their knowledgeable teacher.
• After seeing another freshman get beaten, the Monk called Feng Qi, who advised him to act arrogant so the upperclassmen would not mistake him for a coward.
• The Monk swaggered into the welcome area, prompting the upperclassmen to beat him until he lay bruised and wondering whether he had not acted arrogant enough.

Feng Qi became the homeroom teacher of Combat Class Three, a class of specially admitted students, and persuaded Mu Qing to join it. As he considered Mu Qing’s future role in the Scavengers’ rebellion, he resolved to keep her close and learn what had caused the conflict.

• Bai Fusheng assigned Feng Qi to lead Combat Class Three, a class of eleven specially admitted students.
• Feng Qi met Mu Qing and Lin Ran for lunch and teased Lin Ran about neglecting his spell studies.
• Feng Qi invited Mu Qing to join his class, and she agreed after he encouraged her to interact with others.
• Lin Ran asked to join the class, and Feng Qi told him to settle the matter with Bai Fusheng.
• Feng Qi reflected that Mu Qing would eventually lead the Dawn Rebels and resolved to prevent the future conflict from unfolding.

Feng Qi reviewed the Combat Class Three roster, grew curious about the mysterious Lü Yue, and considered recruiting trustworthy classmates to oppose the Scarlet Institute. He bought another Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal and wrote plans and advice for his future self before heading out to eat.

• Feng Qi read the profiles of Combat Class Three's eleven freshmen and noticed that Lü Yue's background information was blank.
• Feng Qi considered bringing trustworthy, well-connected freshmen into an organization against the Scarlet Institute, but decided not to reveal anything before he knew they could be trusted.
• Feng Qi bought another Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal and wrote four plans for his future self, including building an organization, investigating the Scarlet Institute, and seeking an Authority Account for the Database.
• Feng Qi added words of encouragement to his future self and reflected that the notebook would help him remember his current plans.
• Lin Ran called Feng Qi after four hours had passed, and Feng Qi left for the Academy Restaurant.

Feng Qi entered Future Dreamland to investigate the future and discovered that history branded him a traitor who had founded the Dark Organization and been publicly executed. He suspected the Scarlet Institute had framed him and began watching the execution footage.

• Feng Qi ate the Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal, then drank alcohol to calm his anxious thoughts and fall asleep.
• Feng Qi entered Future Dreamland, dismissed the Narrator, and headed for the Star City Shelter Database.
• Feng Qi searched his name and found a record calling him a Human Traitor who had been executed on April 3, 2032.
• Feng Qi suspected the Scarlet Institute had framed him and opened the attached execution video despite the Narrator's mocking comments.

Feng Qi watched a recording of his future self’s public execution and learned that Mu Qing tried to rescue him, but he refused to let her sacrifice her future. As his future self died, Feng Qi vowed to continue his mission and never give up.

• Feng Qi watched his future self face a public beheading as a convicted traitor and heard him reject the crowd’s judgment.
• Mu Qing arrived at the execution platform and shattered Feng Qi’s chains, insisting that he was not a traitor.
• Feng Qi stopped Mu Qing from rescuing him, reminding her of their promise and urging her to carry his dream forward.
• Mu Qing left after swearing to uncover the truth and avenge Feng Qi.
• Before his execution, Feng Qi told the viewer not to feel guilty and urged them to keep moving forward despite what the world said.
• Feng Qi watched his future self die and vowed to continue onward without giving up.

Feng Qi watched the Monk, later known as Hui Xu, mourn his executed future self and learned how his death shaped Hui Xu and Mu Qing. After discovering that Mu Qing became a rebel leader following a conference held by the Scarlet Institute, Feng Qi began searching for answers about the meeting.

• Feng Qi watched Hui Xu pray beside his executed future self and close the corpse's eyes before black-robed figures took the body away.
• Feng Qi searched for Hui Xu and learned that the Monk later became an influential spiritual leader whose transformation was linked to Feng Qi's execution.
• Feng Qi searched for Mu Qing and learned that she became a rebel leader after killing battle squad leaders at a Scarlet Institute conference.
• Feng Qi suspected the Scarlet Institute had manipulated Mu Qing's betrayal but questioned why it had given her freedom.
• Feng Qi searched for information about the Scarlet Institute conference.

Feng Qi found no explanation for Mu Qing’s apparent betrayal that fit the historical records, then opened his future self’s private mailbox and read messages about forming an organization against the Scarlet Institute. The messages showed that Mu Qing had formed the Dawn Battle Squad on this timeline, while Feng Qi kept his plans secret and chose not to recruit her.

• Feng Qi reviewed records of Mu Qing attacking Domain Battle Squad leaders and later leading the Dawn Rebels, but could not determine why she had acted that way.
• Feng Qi considered whether Mu Qing’s massacres had been misrepresented or staged to purge secret institutions, then noted that the Dawn Rebels had never attacked the Scarlet Institute’s branches.
• Feng Qi temporarily gave up trying to solve the mystery and opened his private mailbox using its twelve-digit password.
• Feng Qi read that his future self had secretly established an eleven-person organization to investigate the Scarlet Institute, with former students as members.
• Feng Qi read that Mu Qing had formed the Dawn Battle Squad and that his future self celebrated with her but declined her invitation to join.
• Feng Qi read that Lin Ran had promised to avoid Cultivation Method Studies, though his future self doubted he would keep that promise.

Feng Qi read records from his future self about building an organization against the Scarlet Institute, only to watch it be infiltrated and targeted after investigating another secret group. The final message warned that a mole had been inside the organization from the beginning and might have been one of the eleven people in Combat Class 3.

• Feng Qi learned that Mu Qing had built the Dawn Domain Battle Squad into one of the ten strongest squads, while Lin Ran remained a spells researcher.
• Feng Qi’s future self investigated the Scarlet Institute and discovered that an unknown organization was secretly protecting human geniuses from Domain transcendents.
• His future self sent Jia Yi to infiltrate the Scarlet Institute, while recording the Technology Research Institute’s early progress on Spiritual Energy Technology.
• The Scarlet Institute’s planned bases outside Star City and Winter City were destroyed in explosions before Feng Qi’s future organization could act.
• The Star City Garrison arrested Lü Yue and Yang Xiaoxin and investigated Feng Qi’s future self after the organization’s secret operations began leaking.
• Feng Qi’s future self concluded that the organization had been infiltrated and warned him that one of the eleven people in Combat Class 3 might belong to the mysterious group.

Feng Qi reconsidered whether Scarlet Institute or the mysterious organization was hunting humanity’s geniuses, but Little Black’s imminent arrival forced him to focus on surviving and growing stronger. When he went to retrieve his suction cup, a Domain Creature ambushed him, and Giant Strength intervened.

• Feng Qi read the inbox message and wondered whether Scarlet Institute or the mysterious organization was secretly hunting geniuses.
• The narrator warned Feng Qi that the enemy army would arrive in thirty minutes, so he headed outside and absorbed vitality by fighting Living Dead and Death Worms.
• Feng Qi asked the narrator how to survive longer, and the narrator advised him to retrieve his suction cup, which he renamed the Fang Tian Halberd.
• Feng Qi traveled east through the City Ruins toward the abandoned residential complex, avoiding Domain Creatures so he could preserve his remaining chance to consult cultivation techniques.
• A blue panther-like Domain Creature attacked Feng Qi at the stairwell, but Giant Strength leaped down and smashed its head into the ground.

Feng Qi used Sucker to kill a domain creature, then lured Little Black into a fight with the Blood-colored Eye so he could return to Star City Shelter. On the way, Sucker reacted sadly to a patch of ground, where Feng Qi dug up a rusty Metal Box and recognized a buried object as his own urn.

• Sucker killed a leopard-shaped domain creature before Feng Qi could land the finishing blow, and Feng Qi decided to use her to hunt more creatures.
• Feng Qi spotted Little Black approaching and lured it toward a powerful Blood-colored Eye, then escaped while they fought.
• Feng Qi headed back toward Star City Shelter to review documents and cultivation techniques and investigate Sucker's origins.
• Sucker became sorrowful at a familiar patch of ground, so Feng Qi dug there and found a rusty Metal Box containing moldy green powder.
• Feng Qi uncovered a silvery-white object beside the box and realized it was his own urn.

Feng Qi found his own urn and saw Suction Cup mourn at the grave, prompting him to suspect she might be Mu Qing. He decided to seek records in Star City Shelter, while Suction Cup accepted his harmonica and played it as they traveled.

• Feng Qi recognized the harmonica beside the urn as the one he had given Mu Qing and realized the urn held his future ashes.
• Suction Cup brought a flower to the grave and wept, leading Feng Qi and the narrator to consider whether she was Mu Qing.
• Feng Qi reasoned that Mu Qing should have died after her execution but wondered whether she had been secretly imprisoned and altered.
• Feng Qi reburied the urn, offered Suction Cup the harmonica, and carried her toward Star City Shelter to search for records about Mu Qing.
• Suction Cup took the harmonica and played a melody on Feng Qi's shoulder as he wondered whether she truly was Mu Qing.

Feng Qi traveled west with Sucker and tried to lure Domain Creatures so he could gain their abilities. Sucker killed and ate a Ghost-faced Spider, and Feng Qi swallowed its Rune Crystal, only to have his body break apart and scatter crystal fragments.

• Feng Qi traveled along the outskirts of the City Ruins with Sucker and hoped to hunt Domain Creatures while she protected him.
• Feng Qi howled to attract nearby creatures, and a Ghost-faced Spider emerged from the weeds and attacked him with spider silk.
• Sucker caught the spider silk, dragged the Ghost-faced Spider close, and struck it down despite Feng Qi asking her to leave it alive.
• Sucker ignored Feng Qi's request and killed the Ghost-faced Spider, leaving him unable to gain its traits by delivering the final blow.
• Sucker ate the Ghost-faced Spider and left its dark-green Rune Crystal behind, which Feng Qi swallowed to test whether he could gain its power.
• Feng Qi's body broke apart and scattered dark-green crystal fragments, while the narrator mocked him.

Feng Qi searched the Database for proof of Mu Qing’s death and discovered that her frozen body had been stored beneath the present-day Star City Underground Shelter. He explored the shelter’s locked rooms with Sucker, whose strange behavior strengthened his suspicion that she might be Mu Qing, and ended up in a research room where he found a photograph of Little Black.

• Feng Qi found a photograph and records confirming Mu Qing’s death and learned that her body had been frozen in the old air-raid shelter beneath Star City Shelter.
• Feng Qi kicked open a locked room and discovered boxes of population-control products, including sperm-killing pills.
• Sucker swallowed the pills and their blister packaging, causing Feng Qi to raise the probability that she was Mu Qing by eight percent.
• Feng Qi entered the adjacent research room and spotted a photograph of Little Black among the formulas and diagrams.

Feng Qi searched Star City Shelter for clues about Little Black, then studied future Cultivation Method lessons to prepare for teaching. Little Black arrived as Feng Qi prepared to leave.

• Feng Qi found a photograph identifying Little Black as the dangerous, nearly physically immune Domain Creature-T, whose origins and intelligence were unknown.
• Feng Qi searched several rooms in the Underground Shelter but found no answers, and decided to investigate more doors during future visits.
• Feng Qi searched the Future Database and watched a lesson on Cultivation Method research and how spiritual energy flowed through acupoints.
• Feng Qi replayed the lesson to prepare for teaching the Cultivation Method Class while he waited for Little Black.
• Little Black descended from the Metal Passage, and Feng Qi apologized to the sleeping suckerfish before promising to avenge it next time.

Feng Qi studied the two-star Spirit Cultivation Method "Soul Snatching" in the Database while Sucker fought Little Black, until their battle destroyed the equipment. He left to hunt and strengthen himself, but Little Black caught up with him as he prepared to die again.

• Feng Qi threw the sleeping Sucker at Little Black, and the two began fighting fiercely.
• Feng Qi studied "Soul Snatching" and cultivation method research while Sucker and Little Black battled nearby.
• The fighting damaged the Database's screen and control console, so Feng Qi left the shelter and headed to the surface.
• Feng Qi hunted Living Dead and Death Worms, grew stronger, and raised the "Resilience" Prefix Title to LV3.
• Little Black approached Feng Qi, who calmly told the narrator he was going to buy some oranges.

Feng Qi considered how to identify the undercover agent among the freshmen and watched Lü Yue during the academy’s special training. Lü Yue revealed that he came from the Road to Heaven, prompting Feng Qi to plan an investigation in the Future Dreamland.

• Feng Qi reviewed the freshmen’s backgrounds, ruled out Monk as the undercover agent, and resolved not to form an organization before he knew who might be watching.
• Feng Qi and Lin Ran went to the Training Field, where freshmen practiced the latest Cultivation Gymnastics under Bai Fusheng’s supervision.
• During a break, Feng Qi questioned Lü Yue about his blank identity profile and mysterious origins.
• Lü Yue said that even the name of the force behind him was classified at the Highest Authority level, then revealed that he came from the Road to Heaven.
• Feng Qi decided to investigate the Road to Heaven the next time he entered the Future Dreamland.

Feng Qi decided to enter the Tiger Soul Research Institute’s Cultivation Method Concept Competition, believing his new concept could win the five-million prize. Bai Fusheng agreed to let him lead the 22nd cohort’s Cultivation Method Class One, and Feng Qi prepared to represent Star City Academy.

• Feng Qi searched for information about the Road to Heaven but found nothing, then checked Star City Academy’s website and read the competition notice.
• Feng Qi learned that classes would present new cultivation system concepts for a chance to win five million and decided to participate.
• Bai Fusheng warned Feng Qi that concepts needed sound theoretical support, citing a past proposal that the Tiger Soul Research Institute rejected.
• Feng Qi insisted he could win and asked whether the prize would belong to him; Bai Fusheng promised the five million would be his, with another three million from the academy.
• Feng Qi explained that he needed a class to enter, and Bai Fusheng assigned him to lead the 22nd cohort’s Cultivation Method Class One.

Feng Qi prepared messages for his future self before teaching his first Cultivation Method Class One lesson for the Concept Competition. He began class by asking Lin Ran to step outside, leaving the lesson underway.

• Feng Qi received his new schedule and planned how his real-world and future selves should act.
• Feng Qi wrote five messages for his future self, including warnings about undercover students, advice about Mu Qing, and a plea to have a child.
• Feng Qi ate lunch with Lin Ran and Mu Qing, then went to teach Cultivation Method Class One.
• Feng Qi began a lesson on the theoretical foundations of cultivation method research and spotted Lin Ran sitting in the back.
• Feng Qi asked Lin Ran to step outside, and Lin Ran reluctantly left the classroom.

Feng Qi introduced the Body Planting God cultivation concept to his students, explaining how spiritual-energy constructs could strengthen the five viscera and six bowels rather than burden cultivation. His lecture left the class and the students gathered outside astonished, while Lin Ran became even more convinced that Feng Qi would guide his research.

• Feng Qi asked his students about the role of the five viscera and six bowels, and a bespectacled student described them as useful for health and body cultivation but less important than meridians and acupoints.
• A student warned that research institutes had studied the organs without producing good results, and Feng Qi proposed using ancient myths about guardian deities as inspiration.
• Feng Qi explained Body Planting God, in which spiritual-energy constructs such as a Golden Core could integrate with organs and enhance their functions.
• The students and listeners outside the classroom became absorbed in Feng Qi's systematic explanation and admired his knowledge.
• Lin Ran listened from outside and grew more certain that Feng Qi would help him succeed in Cultivation Method Studies.

Feng Qi presented his Human Body Seed God concept in a detailed lecture, then found Lin Ran still fixated on cultivation method research despite warnings about its future consequences. After returning to his dorm and seeing the lecture spark debate on the academy forum, Feng Qi received a private email from the Scarlet Institute.

• Feng Qi spent four hours explaining the theory behind Human Body Seed God and dismissed the class to thunderous applause.
• Feng Qi apologized to the middle-aged teacher for using his class, then found Lin Ran secretly taking notes in the corridor.
• Lin Ran claimed he had been unable to leave the classroom, and Feng Qi resolved to steer him away from cultivation method research and toward spell research.
• Feng Qi and Lin Ran went to dinner, and Lin Ran promised to keep reading the advanced spell theory books Feng Qi had bought him.
• Feng Qi returned to his dorm and saw that a recording of his lecture had sparked intense debate on the Star City Academy Forum.
• Feng Qi opened a private red email and discovered that it had come from the Scarlet Institute.

Feng Qi received an invitation from Scarlet Institute Director Wei Wei, declined the symposium, and discussed his Human Body Seed God concept with her. He agreed to send a blood sample, while Wei Wei offered him early admission to the institute, leaving him wary of the danger this could pose to his future self.

• Feng Qi received Wei Wei’s invitation to Scarlet Institute’s biological science symposium and decided he should avoid attending without revealing his suspicions.
• Feng Qi accepted Wei Wei’s video call, recognized her from Mu Qing’s memories, and politely declined the symposium invitation.
• Feng Qi explained that ancient myths had inspired his Human Body Seed God concept, and Wei Wei praised his talent and asked him to report future research progress.
• Wei Wei asked Feng Qi to send a tube of blood for Scarlet Institute’s research, and he reluctantly agreed to use an automatic collection needle.
• Wei Wei offered Feng Qi early admission to Scarlet Institute, and Feng Qi worried that accepting could endanger his future self.

Feng Qi declined Wei Wei’s invitation to join the Scarlet Institute for now, but learned that it was researching whether geniuses could be mass-produced. He considered sending a future version of himself undercover at the institute and ended the chapter by calling Lin Ran to eat.

• Feng Qi told Wei Wei he planned to join the Tiger Soul Research Institute, while leaving open the possibility of reconsidering the Scarlet Institute’s offer.
• Wei Wei offered Feng Qi an early admission spot for one year and explained that the Scarlet Institute was researching how to replicate or mass-produce human geniuses.
• After the call, Feng Qi remained wary of Wei Wei and considered having a future version of himself join the Scarlet Institute to investigate it undercover.
• Feng Qi reflected on how his repeated deaths could help humanity’s future, then called Lin Ran to eat.

Feng Qi’s Human Body Seed God cultivation method caused a sensation after students successfully planted seeds in their hearts, but Bai Fusheng reprimanded him for letting students practice an uncertified method. Feng Qi admitted his mistake and learned that his other methods were being tested for certification, though he was disappointed that certification would bring honors instead of money.

• Feng Qi guided students in Cultivation Method Class One through the Human Body Seed God method, and many successfully planted seeds in their hearts, improving their heartbeats and physical fitness.
• Bai Fusheng summoned Feng Qi and warned him that letting students practice an uncertified cultivation method risked their safety and violated academy rules.
• Feng Qi learned that students were allowed to study uncertified methods as theory, but the academy prohibited practicing them and used physical examinations to detect unauthorized cultivation.
• Bai Fusheng explained that a student had once died after practicing an uncertified technique, and Feng Qi understood why his actions had endangered both the students and Bai Fusheng.
• Bai Fusheng told Feng Qi that the Technique Research Institutes were testing methods such as Fierce Tiger Fist for certification, and Feng Qi asked whether he would receive a bonus.

Feng Qi watched the freshmen choose representatives for a Special Training Competition, assessing their combat skills and looking for possible werewolves. Lü Yue and Xia Long advanced as representatives, and the competition began.

• Feng Qi and Lin Ran finished lunch and went to the Training Field, where Feng Qi reviewed the freshmen he had been observing for signs of werewolves.
• Bai Fusheng announced a Special Training Competition in which each class would choose a representative, and the winning class would get the afternoon off.
• Lü Yue defeated several classmates and became his class representative, while Monk lost after an opponent found an opening.
• Xia Long became the representative of his class after the three Xia brothers fought fiercely, while Xu Hongyun failed to qualify for his class challenge.
• Bai Fusheng started the representative competition, and Feng Qi watched in anticipation of Lü Yue and Xia Long's performances.