Recaps

Feng Qi learned to brew Clear Heart Wine and prepared for another Future Dreamland journey, planning to hunt the werewolf while building an organization against the Dark Forces. Before entering the dreamland, he learned that Fang Zhiyou’s parents had agreed to send him to Star City Academy to work on virtual technology.

• Feng Qi spent several days learning Clear Heart Wine brewing from Le Ping'an and successfully made a bottle with his help.
• Feng Qi reviewed his plans for creating Savior and drank half a bottle of Clear Heart Wine, raising his energy to 163%.
• Feng Qi recorded clues about the werewolf and decided to build an organization while cooperating with the Scarlet Institute to investigate potential suspects.
• Bai Fusheng told Feng Qi that Fang Zhiyou's parents had agreed to let him leave school and join the virtual technology research project at Star City Academy.
• Feng Qi lay down to enter Future Dreamland and begin the Catch the Wolf Operation.

Feng Qi searched the shelter’s database and discovered that his future self had died young at the Scarlet Institute, then read his emails about cooperating with the institute to catch a werewolf among the students. The emails revealed that Le Ping'an had implanted a Listening Chip in him, identifying the werewolf.

• Feng Qi found the shelter’s black metal stele, opened the passage, and accessed the database.
• Feng Qi read his future profile, which described his achievements, restored honors, and mysterious death at age twenty-eight.
• Feng Qi searched the mailbox and read how his future self had convinced Wei Wei and the Scarlet Institute to cooperate in catching the werewolf.
• Feng Qi learned that the plan involved building the Dawn faction and getting the werewolf to implant a Listening Chip in him.
• Feng Qi read that after he was found with a chip, his future self identified Le Ping'an as the werewolf.

Feng Qi read the mailbox and watched evidence that Le Ping'an had implanted a Listening Chip in him, confirming Le Ping'an was a werewolf and prompting a long account of the Scarlet Institute’s investigation into the Technology Research Institute. The Institute launched a public Cellular Regeneration proposal as bait, and Feng Qi waited for the Dark Forces to take the hook.

• Feng Qi watched a recording of Le Ping'an implanting a Listening Chip in him and concluded that Le Ping'an was a werewolf.
• Feng Qi read that the Scarlet Institute investigated the Technology Research Institute, suspected it was tied to the Dark Forces, and found evidence that it had rejected artificial intelligence research before the proposer died and his work was destroyed.
• Feng Qi handed his organization over to Lü Yue, joined the Scarlet Institute, and later had the Listening Chip removed while continuing to assist the investigation.
• Feng Qi learned that the Scarlet Institute planned to bait the Technology Research Institute with Cellular Regeneration technology and volunteered to be the public proposer.
• The Scarlet Institute published a sixty-five-page report claiming Cellular Regeneration could be realized, drawing public attention to Feng Qi as watchers monitored the Technology Research Institute for a reaction.

Feng Qi read future messages from himself and Wei Wei, confirming that the Technology Research Institute was the Dark Forces and learning how the Scarlet Institute was driven underground. He set out for the Scarlet Institute’s secret base to seek the Star City Shelter Authority Account and information about Little Black.

• Feng Qi read his future messages describing the Technology Research Institute’s attacks on the Scarlet Institute and its infiltration by Domain Creatures.
• Feng Qi learned from Wei Wei that his unexplained death had led Mu Qing to claim his body, and that the Scarlet Institute had publicly abandoned its nonexistent Cellular Regeneration research.
• Wei Wei reported that the Scarlet Institute had a secret experimental base that could serve as a shelter and preserve information about Little Black and the Authority Account.
• Wei Wei described the Scarlet Institute’s growing conflict with the Technology Research Institute, Mu Qing’s rise and death, and Mu Yao’s leadership of the Dawn Army against the Dark Forces.
• Wei Wei’s final messages said the Scarlet Institute would relocate to its underground base after public accusations and the Technology Research Institute’s growing advantage.
• Feng Qi decided to go to the Scarlet Institute’s secret base for answers about the Authority Account and Little Black.

Feng Qi left Star City Shelter for the Scarlet Secret Base but encountered a camp of Goat-Head Demons and was chased north into a deadly field of creatures hatched from eggs. The Goat-Head Demons rescued him from the creatures, then inexplicably knelt and bowed to him.

• Feng Qi headed east toward the Scarlet Secret Base after leaving Star City Shelter, but detoured around a camp of humanoid Domain Creatures.
• A living-looking building detected Feng Qi, and more than twenty Goat-Head Demons chased him as he fled north.
• Feng Qi activated Blood Source to outrun the Goat-Head Demons, then found the road blocked by eggs that hatched creatures which fused and grew stronger when killed.
• The Narrator explained that the eggs were fragments of a Super Lifeform growing through a process of mutual slaughter, so Feng Qi turned back.
• The Goat-Head Demons blasted apart a powerful twisted creature and escorted Feng Qi out of the Super Lifeform's territory.
• The Goat-Head Demons knelt and bowed to Feng Qi, while the Narrator speculated that their behavior might relate to the statue Feng Qi had previously smashed and absorbed.

Feng Qi reached the Scarlet Secret Base with the Goat-Head Demons and unlocked its underground laboratory, where he found research suggesting Little Black was made of nano-worms. The chapter left him wondering whether Little Black was a spiritual energy super soldier created by the Technology Research Institute.

• Feng Qi realized the Goat-Head Demons mistook him for the statue’s lifeform and followed him as bodyguards, though he failed to communicate with them or use them to hunt.
• Feng Qi traveled through the City Ruins toward the Abandoned Hospital and noticed that Domain Creatures he had personally killed did not reappear.
• Feng Qi reunited with the sucker, entered the Abandoned Hospital, and opened the hidden door to the Scarlet Secret Base using his blood.
• Feng Qi accessed the base’s lower level, searched the database for Little Black, and watched a video explaining that Black Mist consisted of nano-worms.
• Feng Qi connected the nano-worm research to Mo Fei’s account of Spiritual Energy Nano-worms and wondered if Little Black was a super soldier created by the Technology Research Institute.

Feng Qi learned more about Little Black’s overwhelming abilities and mysterious origins, then watched messages from Zhu Bai Chang and Wei Wei reveal the Scarlet Institute’s research and Wei Wei’s final plans. Wei Wei had prepared the giant rune-modified lobster Mala in Room 203 for Feng Qi to kill, while her farewell urged him to carry humanity’s dreams forward.

• Feng Qi watched a Scarlet Institute video explaining that Spiritual Energy Nano-worms absorbed enormous amounts of energy and resisted physical, mental, and electronic attacks, while their materials might have come from the Road to Heaven.
• Zhu Bai Chang told Feng Qi that the Scarlet Institute had developed a brain-preservation container, that Little Black was a new life-form with an unactivated third form, and that Wei Wei had left him a gift in Room 203.
• Feng Qi searched the database for the missing Scarlet Institute personnel, then opened Wei Wei’s messages and watched a video of her lively Rune Crystal-powered Little Mu Qing consuming Nutrient Solution.
• Wei Wei’s records described creating the growing lobster Spicy, implanting it with a Great Strength Python Rune Crystal, and moving it to Laboratory 203 as it became a Domain Creature.
• Wei Wei wrote that Little Mu Qing had escaped after repelling the Silver Moon Domain Field, and that she had prepared Mala in Room 203 with energy sources so Feng Qi could kill it and possibly gain an immortality-like Talent Ability.
• Wei Wei left Feng Qi a farewell message urging him to carry their dreams forward, then added that her room held seasoning packets for eating Mala.

After reading Wei Wei’s message, Feng Qi faced Little Black and then sought out the centuries-old Spicy Lobster she had left behind. He weakened the lobster with Wei Wei’s hidden preparations and entered its enclosure as it neared death, ready to strike.

• Feng Qi learned that Little Black was approaching, moved to the underground base’s first level, and threw Sucker at it when it arrived.
• Sucker fought Little Black while the Goat-Head Demons refused to help, so Feng Qi returned to the second level and entered Room 203.
• Feng Qi found the 638-year-old Spicy Lobster and provoked it into fighting the Goat-Head Demons, who all died in the battle.
• Feng Qi found Wei Wei’s instructions and seasoning packets, loaded the seasoning into Room 208’s sprinkler system, and activated Room 203’s high-temperature heating.
• Feng Qi scanned the lobster, confirmed it was near death, entered its enclosure, and raised his fist toward it.

After killing Spicy Lobster in the Future Dreamland, Feng Qi gained Cell Regeneration and considered using rune-modified creatures to develop his abilities. He ate the lobster, then studied the Scarlet Institute’s proposals for humanity’s future before the Narrator urged him back to work.

• Feng Qi killed Spicy Lobster, gained 273 Blood Energy Points, and acquired the Cell Regeneration Talent Ability.
• Feng Qi and the Narrator discussed how rune-modified creatures might provide new abilities and help him grow stronger.
• Feng Qi cooked and ate Spicy Lobster, fulfilling Wei Wei’s wish for it to be seasoned spicy.
• Feng Qi searched the Database for his name and reviewed Scarlet Institute plans involving Cultivation Studies, technology, and biotechnology.
• Feng Qi considered the promise and dangers of creating Chimeric Lifeforms, then the Narrator interrupted his daydream about humanity’s future.

Feng Qi read Zhu Bai Chang’s final messages and renewed his resolve to save humanity, then left the Scarlet Institute’s underground base for Star City Shelter. He planned to study cultivation records and later move against the Technology Research Institute, while Suction Cup continued battling Little Black behind him.

• Feng Qi searched Zhu Bai Chang’s mailbox and read messages describing the Scarlet Institute’s history, its faith in him, and Zhu Bai Chang’s final decision to leave the base.
• Feng Qi reflected on the sacrifices of those who had come before him and resolved to keep pursuing humanity’s survival.
• Feng Qi left Suction Cup fighting Little Black and exited the underground base through the Metal Passage.
• Feng Qi chose not to travel east toward the Space Node and instead headed for Star City Shelter, intending to study cultivation records and strengthen himself.
• Feng Qi ran toward the shelter, drawing strength from the hopes and convictions of his predecessors.

Feng Qi fled a spreading mist in the Land of Buried Bones, fought off an Evil Spirit, and reached the Underground Shelter to learn a new combat technique. Little Black devoured the mist and spirits before arriving, and Feng Qi prepared to fight it and return to reality, where he planned to deal with the Technology Research Institute’s wolfman.

• Feng Qi encountered Lantern Lifeforms being attacked by Evil Spirits as a dangerous mist spread across the Land of Buried Bones.
• Feng Qi used his Blood Source ability to destroy an Evil Spirit, then fled the growing horde and reached the Underground Shelter before the mist caught him.
• Feng Qi learned the two-star Star Shattering Palm and reviewed research lessons while waiting for Little Black.
• Little Black devoured the Evil Spirits and mist, forcing the mist’s hidden lifeform to retreat before heading toward Star City Shelter.
• Feng Qi refused the narrator’s request, assumed Star Shattering Palm’s opening stance, and was swallowed by Little Black as he prepared to return to reality and remove the wolfman near him.

Feng Qi lured Le Ping'an to the academy’s back mountain and confronted him about serving the Domain Creatures. As Le Ping'an died, Feng Qi learned that his parents had accepted a deal with a Domain Creature to save his life, and he reaffirmed his resolve to fight for humanity as dawn broke over Star City Academy.

• Feng Qi organized what he had learned in the Future Dreamland, confirmed Le Ping'an as a werewolf, and planned to kill him without exposing himself.
• Feng Qi visited Le Ping'an, arranged to meet him at the back mountain, and spent the next day studying the academy’s camera coverage.
• Feng Qi confronted Le Ping'an at the back mountain, but Le Ping'an began dying by a method used by members of the Dark Forces to avoid capture.
• Feng Qi’s Nightmare ability revealed that Le Ping'an’s parents had accepted a Domain Creature’s bargain to save their terminally ill son, binding him to serve it.
• Le Ping'an died in Feng Qi’s arms after questioning what he would choose in his parents’ position, and his body dispersed into points of light.
• Feng Qi rejected Le Ping'an’s reasoning and renewed his determination to fight for humanity as the sun rose.

After Le Ping'an’s disappearance was ruled an unsolved case, Feng Qi chose to oppose the Technology Research Institute in his next future path and tried brewing Clear Heart Wine himself, but failed. He entered Future Dreamland and saw a world split between the blood moon and the sun, suggesting the future had changed.

• Law enforcement investigated Le Ping'an’s disappearance, found his shattered phone and sole footprints on the summit, and left the case unsolved.
• Feng Qi discussed the freshman team battle tournament with Lin Ran and Mu Qing, then chose a future path to build a force against the Technology Research Institute.
• Feng Qi received his alchemy equipment and botched his first attempt at brewing Clear Heart Wine by adding too much stabilizing agent.
• Feng Qi drank the remaining Clear Heart Wine and entered Future Dreamland.
• Feng Qi opened his eyes to a world divided between a blood moon in the west and a blazing sun in the east.

Feng Qi arrived in a future where humanity had survived longer and a statue honored his past efforts, but Star City Garrison soldiers mistook his Living Dead form for a Domain Creature and drove him into the Domain World. Injured by their attack, he began recovering while planning to gather Bloodline Evolution Points and find a way to look human again.

• Feng Qi found Star City Shelter fortified behind a steel wall and discovered that a statue made from Rune Crystals depicted him as a great man.
• When Feng Qi approached the shelter, Star City Garrison soldiers mistook him for a Domain Creature and rejected his claim that he was the Feng Qi from fifteen hundred years earlier.
• The garrison soldiers attacked Feng Qi, and he activated Blood Source to fight off their assault before fleeing toward the Domain World.
• Combat drones fired missiles at Feng Qi as he crossed into the Domain Field, leaving him badly injured after an explosion.
• Feng Qi decided to recover and hunt Domain Creatures for Bloodline Evolution Points, while his regeneration slowly repaired his bones.

Feng Qi recovered from his injuries, ventured west, and killed a hedgehog-like Domain Creature using telekinesis and hit-and-run tactics, gaining the Thorns ability. As he planned to keep hunting, the boundary between the worlds began to twist and the blood moon seemed to push the sun away, leaving him fearing the end of the world.

• Feng Qi considered why no one in this timeline knew he would return 1,500 years later and weighed abandoning the future timeline against evolving after reaching 1,000 Bloodline Evolution Points.
• Feng Qi traveled west and asked the Narrator to find him a weak Domain Creature to hunt.
• Feng Qi fought an oversized hedgehog-like Domain Creature with telekinesis and heavy punches, then wore it down by kiting it until he killed it.
• Feng Qi absorbed the creature's blood mist, gained the Thorns ability, and found that he still needed 110 Bloodline Evolution Points to evolve.
• Feng Qi saw the boundary between the worlds twist, the blood moon press the sun downward, and a massive aircraft rise from the Star City Shelter.

Feng Qi witnessed Star City Shelter’s warriors defend their home against an overwhelming Domain invasion and learned they had chosen to fight because they could not abandon the shelter’s residents or their sworn duty. Moved by their sacrifice and the memories of their oath, he joined them in their final assault, shouting that humanity would be immortal.

• The Domain Field spread toward Star City Shelter as Feng Qi watched its warriors march out to meet the invading Domain Creatures.
• Feng Qi rescued an injured spellcaster and was captured by Chen Mo, who questioned him before allowing him to remain outside the sealed shelter.
• Chen Mo explained that the warriors could not retreat because they did not know of other shelters and lacked the resources to evacuate everyone.
• As the defensive line fell back toward the statue, a dying guard told Feng Qi that it embodied the warriors’ dignity and must not fall.
• Feng Qi’s Nightmare ability revealed the warriors’ oath to protect humanity, and he joined them in their last charge against the Domain Creatures.

Feng Qi witnessed Mu Yao battle the Black Mist, whose life-form revealed itself as Wang Jinsheng and turned shelter residents into Living Dead. Back in reality, Feng Qi struggled with the possibility that Old Wang had betrayed humanity, but a taxi driver brought him back to Star City Academy and helped him regain the resolve to investigate.

• Feng Qi watched Mu Yao confront the Black Mist, where the life-form called itself Wang Jinsheng and revealed that it had planted seeds within humanity.
• The Black Mist turned shelter residents into Living Dead and gathered their blood mist, while Mu Yao flew east toward the forming Space Node and Feng Qi was killed.
• Feng Qi returned to reality and angrily rejected the possibility that History Teacher Wang was the traitor behind humanity's downfall.
• Overwhelmed by doubt, Feng Qi ran through the rain, took a taxi, and told the driver that he had lost his dream.
• The driver brought Feng Qi back to Star City Academy and reminded him that every ending could be a new beginning, restoring his determination to investigate Wang Jinsheng.

Feng Qi analyzed the clues about Wang Jinsheng, the Tiger Soul Research Institute, and the Domain Factions infiltrating human civilization. He ended with more questions about the Road to Heaven, Little Black, and how humanity could be saved.

• Feng Qi suspected Wang Jinsheng’s Super Cultivation Method might have contained a bloodline switch that the Lord of the Black Mist could activate.
• Feng Qi theorized that the Tiger Soul Research Institute might have been infiltrated, and that Lin Ran’s flawed cultivation method and Le Ping'an’s plans could be connected to competing Domain Factions.
• Feng Qi reconsidered whether the Technology Research Institute had sent Le Ping'an to infiltrate the Tiger Soul Research Institute as an enemy stronghold.
• Feng Qi listed several competing theories about the Tiger Soul Research Institute’s allegiance and concluded that multiple Domain Factions might be undermining humanity while also opposing one another.
• Feng Qi wondered why human powerhouses had gone to the Road to Heaven instead of fighting the Domain Factions on Earth, and why Little Black could track him across timelines.
• Feng Qi recorded his unresolved questions and realized that saving humanity would be far more difficult than he had believed.

Feng Qi chose to investigate Old Wang and the Tiger Soul Research Institute in his next future timeline, while also planning to cooperate with the Scarlet Institute. He then tracked down three children founding the Destiny Association, beat them, and made them reconsider their plans, setting a change in motion that could reshape the future.

• Feng Qi rejected opposing the Technology Research Institute as his next timeline and decided to expose himself to Old Wang while investigating the Tiger Soul Research Institute with help from the Scarlet Institute.
• Feng Qi ordered ingredients for Clear Heart Wine and headed out to hunt after deciding to enter Future Dreamland once he replenished his energy.
• At Qingfeng Teahouse, Feng Qi overheard three children planning to establish the Destiny Association and stopped them from recruiting classmates.
• Feng Qi took the children to Mirror Moon Lake, beat them, and warned them that their belief in elite rule was wrong.
• The children abandoned their plans for the time being, and their wavering convictions began to alter the course of history.

Feng Qi entered the Future Dreamland and read his future profile and emails, learning how his future self investigated the Tiger Soul Research Institute with Old Wang and the Scarlet Institute. The emails suggested that the Institute may have sabotaged Little Black, but how Little Black later found Feng Qi remained unexplained.

• Feng Qi successfully brewed Clear Heart Wine, drank half a bottle, and entered the Future Dreamland.
• Feng Qi reached the Star City Shelter, searched the Database, and read a future profile that labeled him a Human Traitor executed at age 32.
• Feng Qi read future emails describing how his future self recruited Mo Fei and Lü Yue, warned Lin Ran about his research, and chose not to alter Mu Qing's path.
• Feng Qi learned that his future self had told Old Wang and Wei Wei about traveling through timelines, and that both had agreed to help investigate the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
• Old Wang reported that the Tiger Soul Research Institute's Rune Energy Interference Project might have been designed to sabotage the Technology Research Institute's spiritual energy nano-worms, possibly causing Little Black to go out of control.
• Feng Qi and the narrator considered the Tiger Soul Research Institute a likely rival Domain faction, but could not explain how Little Black later tracked Feng Qi down.

Feng Qi read his future self’s mailbox and learned how Old Wang resisted the Mist Lord’s control before taking his own life, while the Technology Research Institute framed Feng Qi as a traitor. The messages ended with his future self awaiting execution and urging Feng Qi to carry on.

• Feng Qi read messages describing Old Wang’s growing achievements and his efforts to develop a cultivation method that could protect his memories from spiritual erosion.
• Old Wang realized the Mist Lord was trying to control him and use his influence to spread the dangerous Bloodline Switch.
• Old Wang recorded a farewell video for Feng Qi, then committed suicide to prevent the Mist Lord from taking over his body and reading his memories.
• Feng Qi’s future self mourned Old Wang and later described how the Technology Research Institute’s propaganda and investigations led to his impending execution.
• Feng Qi resolved to honor the sacrifices of his future selves and keep striving to create a brilliant age.

Feng Qi learned how Lin Ran had replaced Old Wang as Mist Lord’s pawn and promoted the dangerous Blood Sacrifice method, then considered ways to expose and counter it in a future timeline. After resolving to investigate further and explore controlling Blackie, he headed toward the Scarlet Institute’s secret base to find Wei Wei’s promised surprise.

• Feng Qi read Wei Wei’s account of how Lin Ran replaced Old Wang and helped Mist Lord spread Blood Sacrifice, which later led to Bloodline Switch.
• Feng Qi found that records about Lin Ran’s research and Blood Sacrifice were restricted, and the narrator explained that rival Domain Factions were obstructing Mist Lord’s plans.
• Feng Qi considered asking Wei Wei to preserve the full Blood Sacrifice method so Old Wang or Lin Ran could study and remove its hidden dangers in a future timeline.
• Feng Qi considered infiltrating the Technology Research Institute and developing a way to control Blackie, then joked with the narrator about using Blackie against Mist Lord.
• Feng Qi reached the City Ruins and continued toward the Scarlet Institute’s secret base, looking forward to Wei Wei’s surprise and considering bringing rune enhancement technology back to reality.

Feng Qi reached the Scarlet Secret Base, learned about Wei Wei’s final years and her engineered Scaly-Foot Snails, then obtained the Steel Bones ability from them. With 1,077 Bloodline Evolution Points, he began his first evolution, hoping to regain a human form.

• Feng Qi entered the Scarlet Secret Base and read Wei Wei’s messages about her research, Lü Yue’s death, and her final farewell.
• Feng Qi fled upstairs as Little Black arrived, throwing Sucker at it before returning to the second underground level.
• Feng Qi entered Room 201 and found eight surviving Scaly-Foot Snails among the remains of the base’s other experimental creatures.
• Feng Qi killed the eight snails with telekinesis, gaining the Steel Bones ability and 225 Bloodline Evolution Points.
• Feng Qi reached the 1,000-point evolution requirement and began evolving, hoping to become human again.

Feng Qi completed his intermediate human bloodline evolution, gaining Human Form and Battle Form, then studied the Brain in a Vat plan and tested his theory about the Mist Lord. He ended the chapter caught in the Mist Lord’s fog and calling for the Lord of Black Mist to save him.

• Feng Qi’s evolution restored his human appearance and strengthened his Spiritual Power, while his status panel revealed an intermediate human bloodline and the ability to switch forms.
• Feng Qi switched to Battle Form and discovered that his power shifted toward physical combat, while Human Form improved his memory and analytical ability.
• Feng Qi studied the Brain in a Vat materials from the Scarlet Institute and decided to bring them back to reality for the institute to research.
• Feng Qi left Scarlet Base while Suction Cup fought Little Black, then ran past Star City Shelter toward the dense fog.
• Feng Qi called out Lin Ran and used telekinesis to stir the fog, confirming that the Mist Lord’s identity changed with whoever it parasitized.
• The Mist Lord’s fog caught Feng Qi as he fled, and he shouted for the Lord of Black Mist to save him.

Feng Qi watched Little Black overwhelm the Mist Lord in Future Dreamland, but the Mist Lord killed him while escaping. Back in reality, Feng Qi recorded his gains and began considering how to make Blood Sacrifice safe for humanity.

• Feng Qi sent Little Black against the Mist Lord, and Little Black devoured its energy attacks and drove it back.
• The Mist Lord took Lin Ran’s appearance and tried a space-shattering physical attack, but Little Black remained unharmed.
• The Mist Lord fled and killed Feng Qi with a palm strike; Little Black then devoured the remains of Feng Qi’s body.
• Feng Qi returned to reality, tested his new battle form, and recorded his abilities and intelligence about the Tiger Soul Research Institute, Old Wang, Little Black, and the Mist Lord.
• Feng Qi proposed developing a cultivation method to counter Blood Sacrifice and remove its hidden danger to humanity.