Chapter Summaries

Feng Qi woke in a graveyard as a Feeble Undead, killed a Living Dead, and was attacked by a group of them when he tried to gather strength. He blacked out and awoke in history class, apparently back in reality, where Teacher Wang demanded that he answer a question.

• Feng Qi rose from a pile of bones and discovered that he had become a decayed undead in an unfamiliar graveyard.
• Feng Qi smashed a Living Dead’s pulsing core, received information about his undead status and evolution, and saw more Living Dead to the east.
• Feng Qi approached the Living Dead but fled when they noticed him, then got trapped in a bone pile and was overwhelmed by them.
• Feng Qi lost consciousness and woke at his desk in History Teacher Wang’s class as Wang ordered him to stand and answer.
• Feng Qi stood up and told Teacher Wang that he was there.

Feng Qi recounted the history of humanity’s struggle against the Domains, then went to the infirmary after collapsing in class. His examination showed his Bloodline Strength had unexpectedly risen from 03 to 13, leading him to suspect the increase came from the Bloodline Evolution Point he gained in his dream.

• Wang Jinsheng reprimanded Feng Qi for falling asleep in class and quizzed him about World Reformation Day.
• Feng Qi explained how the Domains appeared, how spirit energy enabled human cultivation, and how humanity fought Domain Creatures.
• Wang Jinsheng sent Mo Fei to accompany Feng Qi to the infirmary, where the new school doctor, Chen Youzi, examined him.
• Chen Youzi found Feng Qi physically healthy, but Feng Qi noticed his Bloodline Strength had increased from 03 to 13 since the previous day.
• Feng Qi connected the increase to the Bloodline Evolution Point he had received after killing the Living Dead in his dream.

After returning to class, Feng Qi studied for his graduation exams before falling asleep and entering the strange dream again. He found that killing the same Living Dead gave him no new rewards, then headed toward the eastern horde to test how they detected him.

• Feng Qi learned that the new school doctor was Mo Fei’s god-sister and heard Mo Fei complain that his mother forbade him from pursuing her.
• Feng Qi and Mo Fei studied for their graduation exams, focusing on subjects related to their chosen career paths.
• After studying for several hours, Feng Qi went to bed and woke in the familiar dream world beneath a red moon.
• Feng Qi killed the Living Dead near him but gained no additional Bloodline Evolution Points or Prefix Title progress.
• Feng Qi walked toward the eastern area and cautiously tested the Living Dead’s suspected detection range.

Feng Qi hunted Living Dead until his Prefix Title improved from Feeble to Normal, then discovered a Star City Shelter in the dream and found a future database entry describing his death at age twenty-seven. He rejected the prediction that he would die young, while the narrator encouraged him.

• Feng Qi killed Living Dead to collect Bloodline Evolution Points and learned that he had to meet previous milestones before gaining more.
• Feng Qi's Prefix Title advanced from Feeble to Normal, removing his weakness and strengthening his body.
• Feng Qi followed the narrator's directions to test his blood at a black stele, which granted him access to Star City Shelter.
• Feng Qi activated the shelter's central machine and saw that its database date was March 28, 3528.
• Feng Qi searched his name and found a record claiming that he would die at age twenty-seven in 2032 while researching a cultivation method.
• Feng Qi refused to believe the prediction that he would die young, and the narrator encouraged him.

Feng Qi discovered that humanity faced extinction in the future and resolved to change that fate using information from the Database. He chose the 272nd Set of Cultivation Gymnastics, found it far more effective than the version he knew, and decided to bring it back to reality.

• Feng Qi checked Star City's historical Database and learned that Domain Fields had eventually covered every city, leaving humanity on the brink of extinction.
• Feng Qi accepted the responsibility of trying to save humanity and began searching the Database for useful Cultivation Methods.
• Feng Qi found that visitor permissions allowed him only one Cultivation Method inquiry, so he chose the 272nd Set of Cultivation Gymnastics—Responsibility of the Era.
• Feng Qi followed the training video and discovered that the 272nd set sensed spiritual energy ten times faster and absorbed it more than three times faster than the 68th set.
• Feng Qi decided to bring the future Cultivation Gymnastics back to reality and promote it as a foundation for modern teenagers.

Feng Qi learned the future version of the Cultivation Gymnastics and searched the future records of Mo Fei and Wang Jinsheng before a Domain Creature killed him in Future Dreamland. He woke in reality at the same time he had fallen asleep and found that his bloodline value and strength had increased.

• Feng Qi mastered the 272 sets of Cultivation Gymnastics, then decided to build a reputation as a Cultivation Method Research genius to explain future improvements he might bring back.
• Feng Qi searched Mo Fei's future profile and learned that his friend became an accomplished researcher who lived to ninety.
• Feng Qi used his final character search on Wang Jinsheng and discovered that the history teacher later became a renowned researcher who contributed greatly to human evolution.
• A Domain Creature emerged in the underground plaza and killed Feng Qi after he charged at it.
• Feng Qi awoke in reality beside Mo Fei at 11:20 p.m. and realized that time had not passed and his bloodline value had increased.

Feng Qi tested the future version of Cultivation Gymnastics and showed its effects to History Teacher Wang, hoping to get it evaluated by the Tiger Soul Research Institute. Wang recognized its potential but doubted Feng Qi’s claim that he had developed it himself.

• Feng Qi found that the future version of Cultivation Gymnastics let him sense and absorb spiritual energy much faster, though his body still could not retain it.
• Feng Qi decided to ask History Teacher Wang to submit the improved method to the Tiger Soul Research Institute for testing.
• Wang Jinsheng watched Feng Qi practice beneath a streetlamp, tried the movements himself, and discovered that they greatly accelerated cultivation.
• Wang Jinsheng dragged Feng Qi to the rooftop and demanded to know where he had learned the improved routine.
• Feng Qi claimed he had researched the method himself, but Wang rejected the explanation because careless cultivation-method research could seriously harm the body.

Feng Qi persuaded Wang Jinsheng to reconsider leaving teaching and return to cultivation research, while sharing his revised Cultivation Gymnastics with him. Wang Jinsheng was left newly determined to try developing methods that could strengthen humanity.

• Feng Qi told Wang Jinsheng that he had improved the Cultivation Gymnastics, and Wang agreed to send it to the Tiger Soul Research Institute for testing.
• Feng Qi demonstrated the revised gymnastics and taught Wang its movements and breathing rhythm until Wang mastered it.
• Wang Jinsheng explained that he had become a teacher after seeing companions falter during a Domain combat exercise and wanting to strengthen students' resolve.
• Feng Qi urged Wang to return to the Tiger Soul Research Institute and pursue developing cultivation methods that could benefit all humanity.
• After Feng Qi left, Wang felt his fighting spirit rekindle, and the clouds parted to reveal the moon and stars.

Feng Qi killed Living Dead and underground worms in the dream, gaining Bloodline Evolution Points and the Resilience Prefix Title. He returned to the underground Database to learn more Cultivation Methods and found that his future profile still listed his death in 2033 with its cause hidden.

• Feng Qi continued killing Living Dead, grew flesh and muscle, and gained Blood Energy Points.
• A scarlet worm attacked Feng Qi, but he beat it to death and gained the Resilience LV1 Prefix Title.
• Feng Qi realized that killing monsters could give him their abilities and advance Prefix Title milestones, then used his Bone Club to kill more Living Dead and worms.
• Feng Qi returned to the Shelter Stone Tablet, entered the underground plaza, and opened the Database to check his future evaluation.
• Feng Qi found his profile, which listed his death at age 28 on June 1, 2033, but withheld the cause.

Feng Qi discovered that changes in reality altered the future, and he saw how his advice had redirected Wang Jinsheng’s path without changing his contributions to humanity. He decided to keep bringing cultivation methods back from the future, but his training was interrupted by Black Mist, which he charged with Fierce Tiger Fist.

• Feng Qi found that Cultivation Gymnastics had become Version 37 in the future after he brought back the 272nd set, and he imagined repeating the cycle to create a god-tier method.
• Feng Qi checked Wang Jinsheng’s record and learned that his advice had prompted Wang to leave teaching, join Future Academy, and eventually contribute to humanity at the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
• Feng Qi decided to continue copying cultivation methods before trying to guide other historical figures, hoping to change humanity’s fate of extinction.
• Feng Qi began learning the three-star body cultivation method Fierce Tiger Fist.
• The narrator warned Feng Qi that Black Mist was behind him, and Feng Qi turned and charged at the shadow with Fierce Tiger Fist.

Feng Qi received a two-week visitation and study placement at Star City Academy and traveled there by school bus. He arrived at the academy alone, ready to begin his visit.

• Feng Qi ate breakfast with Mo Fei, then joined his classmates to review for the graduation exams.
• Wang Jinsheng announced that Feng Qi had been selected to visit and study at Star City Academy, though Feng Qi had hoped to visit Galaxy Academy.
• Feng Qi packed his luggage and learned from Wang Jinsheng that academy assignments had been decided by lottery.
• After the school leaders gave a speech, Feng Qi boarded the bus to Star City Academy as its only visiting student.
• Feng Qi reached Star City Academy in less than two hours after his bus driver sped through traffic.

Feng Qi arrived at Star City Academy and was mistaken for a teacher when he attended the Cultivation Exchange Class. His explanation of the Fierce Tiger Fist impressed the students, while Lin Ran listened outside, believing the speaker was a professional teacher.

• Feng Qi reached Star City Academy, checked into Room 301, and called the receptionist to learn where the Cultivation Exchange Class met.
• Feng Qi ate lunch at the academy cafeteria and noticed a petite senior whose appetite and feral aura astonished him.
• Feng Qi entered the Cultivation Exchange Class, where students mistook him for the instructor and expected him to teach.
• Feng Qi began with basic body cultivation, then explained the Fierce Tiger Fist's five forms and their principles, prompting the students to take notes.
• Lin Ran arrived at the classroom, listened from outside, and praised Star City Academy's professional teachers.

Feng Qi lectured Combat Class One on the Fierce Tiger Fist, impressing Lin Ran and Bai Fusheng with his insights. After the lesson, Bai Fusheng tried to introduce Feng Qi to Lin Ran, but Feng Qi walked past without recognizing either of them.

• Feng Qi resumed his lecture on the Fierce Tiger Fist after his students begged him to continue.
• Lin Ran took notes outside the classroom, and Bai Fusheng arrived intending to have Lin Ran teach Combat Class One.
• Bai Fusheng listened to Feng Qi's lecture and mistook Lin Ran's note-taking for a lesson in humility.
• Lin Ran thanked Bai Fusheng for the lesson and asked to meet the unknown student giving the lecture.
• After Feng Qi finished, Bai Fusheng tried to introduce him to Lin Ran, but Feng Qi walked straight past them.

Feng Qi decided to use his cultivation knowledge to help humanity by teaching and developing new techniques, then met Mu Qing, a feared Rune Modifier at Star City Academy. After learning about the dangers of rune modification, he understood why students avoided her.

• Feng Qi decided to become an academy teacher and spread cultivation knowledge, accepting that he would present himself as an extraordinary genius.
• Feng Qi encountered Mu Qing playing harmonica by the lake and learned her name, but did not recognize her reputation or react fearfully to her rune-altered appearance.
• Mu Qing left after Feng Qi's calm response puzzled her.
• Feng Qi searched the academy forum and learned that Mu Qing was a Rune Modifier.
• Feng Qi read that rune modification could grant great power but often caused subjects to lose control, leading humanity to abandon the project in favor of Cultivation Studies.

After learning that Mu Qing had been a Scavenger and a Rune Modifier, Feng Qi wondered how she had entered Star City Academy despite the program’s risks. While searching the academy forum for answers, he read praise for Lin Ran’s talent and became interested in meeting him.

• Feng Qi learned that Mu Qing had grown up as a Scavenger and understood why she believed others feared her.
• Feng Qi recalled Wang Jinsheng’s view that Scavengers could become allies through communication and cooperation.
• Feng Qi searched the Star City Academy Forum to find out why Mu Qing had become a Rune Modifier and been admitted to the academy.
• Feng Qi read students’ and a teacher’s praise of Lin Ran’s Cultivation Methods research and class.
• Feng Qi compared Lin Ran to Wang Jinsheng and decided he wanted to meet him.

Feng Qi hunted Living Dead in the Future Dreamland, grew stronger, and checked how the future had changed in the Database. He discovered that Mu Qing became a rebel leader who fought humanity, leaving him shocked by her future betrayal.

• Feng Qi entered the Future Dreamland and hunted Living Dead and worms as he traveled toward the Star City Shelter.
• Feng Qi reached the stone monument with 58 Bloodline Evolution Points and improved milestones for his Prefix Titles.
• Feng Qi opened the Database and found that his future achievements included a revised, three-star Fierce Tiger Fist, though he still died at age thirty-two.
• Feng Qi searched for Mu Qing and learned that she founded the Dawn Rebels, led attacks on human cities, and was branded a Human Rebel.
• Feng Qi was stunned to discover that Mu Qing would turn against humanity.

After discovering that Mu Qing founded the Dawn Rebels following a mission at a Scarlet Institute laboratory, Feng Qi decided to approach her before choosing whether to kill or change her. He finished studying the Fierce Tiger Fist, was killed by Little Black, and saw the Reality Feedback Panel activate as his energy ran out.

• Feng Qi searched the Database and learned that Mu Qing had been ostracized at Star City Academy but later fought bravely as a member of Black Reef Battle Squad.
• Feng Qi found that Mu Qing's transformation began after Black Reef investigated a missing underground laboratory for Scarlet Institute Headquarters.
• Feng Qi could not access Scarlet Institute records, so he decided to approach Mu Qing after returning to reality before choosing whether to kill or change her.
• Feng Qi studied the advanced Fierce Tiger Fist material while waiting for Little Black to enter the Underground Shelter.
• Little Black killed Feng Qi, and the message reported that his energy was depleted and the Reality Feedback Panel had activated.

After returning from the dream, Feng Qi learned that eating replenished an energy bar, but he could not reenter the future world after sleeping. The next morning, he headed to the Academy Restaurant to eat and sat with Mu Qing, drawing attention from students wary of her.

• Feng Qi returned to reality, cooked and devoured Tomato Egg Fried Rice, and saw his energy rise to 0.2%.
• Feng Qi went to sleep hoping to return to the future world, but woke the next morning without having entered the dream and suspected he needed to refill the energy bar.
• Feng Qi went to the Academy Restaurant hungry and spotted Mu Qing eating alone amid a ring of empty seats.
• Feng Qi filled his tray with breakfast, sat beside Mu Qing, and dismissed her question about why he had chosen her table.
• Feng Qi kept eating despite the other students’ alarm, then took a pork chop from Mu Qing’s tray and ate it.

Feng Qi tried to befriend Mu Qing while resolving to investigate her connection to the Scarlet Institute and prevent her future atrocities if she could not be changed. He then went to the Star City Academy library to study Cultivation Studies, determined to build expertise for his future plans.

• Feng Qi shared breakfast with Mu Qing, asked her to be friends, and reassured her that he was not afraid of her.
• Mu Qing hurried away after Feng Qi reminded her not to waste the food on her tray.
• Feng Qi went to the library and learned about the different branches of Cultivation Studies.
• Feng Qi focused on Cultivation Method Research and continued studying past eleven o'clock.

Feng Qi met the Winter Academy exchange student Lin Ran and agreed to help him with the Fierce Tiger Fist. After lunch with Lin Ran and Mu Qing, Feng Qi headed back to the library, denying that he was pursuing Mu Qing.

• Lin Ran introduced himself to Feng Qi and asked for guidance on the Fierce Tiger Fist, and Feng Qi invited him to meet at the library that afternoon.
• Lin Ran joined Feng Qi for lunch and followed him to Mu Qing's table at the Academy Restaurant.
• Mu Qing ignored Lin Ran's greeting and continued eating while Feng Qi and Mu Qing rapidly finished a large amount of food.
• Lin Ran asked Feng Qi whether he was pursuing Mu Qing, and Feng Qi insisted he only wanted to be her friend.