Chapter Summaries

Feng Qi and Lin Ran won Tiger Soul’s approval for their spell research, while Mist Lord used the requested materials to trace a suspected Domain Faction contact. After capturing the masked employer by possessing him, Mist Lord staged an attack to conceal his identity, but the approaching reinforcements failed to catch his falling body.

• Feng Qi and Lin Ran received Tiger Soul’s upper management’s full support for the spell framework and its requested materials.
• Mist Lord found missions at World’s End Bar that matched Feng Qi’s list and arranged to trade bloodstones with one mission’s employer.
• Mist Lord met the masked employer, exchanged the bloodstones for purple crystals, and pursued him after the employer left the bar.
• Mist Lord possessed the employer and used his new body to stage a scene in which he appeared to have killed Wang Yi.
• Mist Lord pretended to be unconscious as reinforcements approached, but they did not catch him as he fell.

Feng Qi learned from the Mist Lord that the Nightshadow Clan had infiltrated Tiger Soul Research Institute and exploited its resources to pursue a super spell. After uncovering the clan’s internal divisions, the Mist Lord planned to exploit them and eventually seize the institute, leaving Feng Qi eager to use his access to investigate other Domain Factions.

• Feng Qi worried that the Mist Lord had run into trouble after the Nightshadow Clan’s derivative bloodstones arrived, then answered a call from him.
• The Mist Lord explained that he had possessed a Nightshadow Clan member and infiltrated Tiger Soul Headquarters, where he discovered the clan had controlled Tiger Soul Research Institute for more than ten years.
• The Mist Lord revealed that the Nightshadow Clan was using Lin Ran’s talent and Tiger Soul’s resources to develop a collective super spell called the Dharma Idol God.
• The Mist Lord described how resource inequality had divided the Nightshadow Clan’s three factions and said he planned to recruit members from within the clan and fuel its internal conflict.
• Feng Qi welcomed the Mist Lord’s successful infiltration and anticipated using his future control of Tiger Soul Research Institute to uncover secrets at other Domain Factions, including the Technology Research Institute.

Feng Qi studied spell research alongside Lin Ran and reflected on Lin Ran's immense talent and tragic fate. As the Mist Lord began stirring conflict within the Nightshadow Clan, Feng Qi remained committed to traveling with him in this timeline until the right moment came to stop him.

• Feng Qi learned about the three challenges of spell research and recognized Lin Ran's exceptional abilities, including his creation of the Seal Incantation Stream.
• Feng Qi considered the possible tragic outcomes awaiting Lin Ran because of the Mist Lord's possession and remembered Lin Ran's resolve to keep living according to his own ideals.
• Lin Ran finished testing a spell and asked Feng Qi to help evaluate its effects.
• Feng Qi continued researching spells with Lin Ran, while knowing the Mist Lord was infiltrating the Tiger Soul Research Institute and exploiting conflicts within the Nightshadow Clan.
• Feng Qi weighed the Mist Lord's role as humanity's greatest enemy against their bond as brothers, and resolved to keep traveling with him until the time was right to kill him.

On New Year’s Eve, Mist Lord turned the Nightshadow Clan’s factional conflict into a devastating battle at the Tiger Soul Research Institute, then revealed his power and claimed victory. Meanwhile, Feng Qi returned to his childhood home and made peace with his parents’ sacrifice; the chapter ended with Mist Lord calling to tell him he had succeeded.

• Mist Lord incited two Nightshadow Clan factions to attack the ruling faction while Tiger Soul Research Institute’s staff were away for New Year’s Eve.
• The factions clashed in the Institute’s Core Area, and the fighting escalated into a slaughter that the older Nightshadow Clan members could no longer control.
• Feng Qi declined to join Mist Lord, traveled home through the snow, and reflected on his parents’ choice to leave for the front lines.
• Feng Qi cleaned his childhood home, looked at his family portrait, and watched New Year’s fireworks from the balcony.
• After the battle devastated the Core Area, Mist Lord released a sea of gray mist and began another round of slaughter.
• At midnight, Mist Lord reached the rooftop and called Feng Qi to announce that he had succeeded.

Feng Qi returned to Tiger Soul Research Institute with Lin Ran after the Mist Lord took control of the institute, knowing Lin Ran would soon become the vessel for the Mist Lord. Lin Ran drank the Memory Clearing Liquid before the transfer, losing his memories while his childhood resolve to become a hero remained deep within him.

• Feng Qi left his old home and returned to the Tiger Soul sub-base, where he reunited with Lin Ran.
• Feng Qi told Lin Ran that the Mist Lord had taken control of Tiger Soul Research Institute and would take over Lin Ran's body.
• Lin Ran received orders transferring him and Feng Qi to headquarters that night, then struggled with leaving his family but reaffirmed his decision to sacrifice himself.
• Feng Qi retrieved the Memory Clearing Liquid and Miracle Bracelet, and the two men boarded a Tiger Soul plane to headquarters.
• Lin Ran drank the Memory Clearing Liquid in his room and watched his memories fade, ending with his childhood vow to become a hero.

After Lin Ran’s sacrifice, Feng Qi met the Mist Lord, who had possessed him, and discussed plans to consolidate control of the Tiger Soul Research Institute. The Mist Lord proposed using the Blood Sacrifice to raise Feng Qi’s public standing and gather faith, while also plotting to infiltrate the Technology Research Institute.

• Feng Qi concealed his grief over Lin Ran’s death and asked the Mist Lord how many of Lin Ran’s memories he had obtained; the Mist Lord said almost none.
• The chapter explained that Memory Clearing Liquid had erased Lin Ran’s recent memories, and the Mist Lord had possessed him while the rest were still recovering.
• The Mist Lord outlined his plan to control Tiger Soul’s subordinate battle groups and proposed building Feng Qi a heroic public image so humanity’s faith could strengthen him.
• Feng Qi explained how faith could affect human behavior, and the Mist Lord planned to promote Feng Qi’s research before introducing the Blood Sacrifice.
• The Mist Lord said he would cultivate spies to uncover the Technology Research Institute’s Black Death God Plan, and Feng Qi recognized that the timeline was returning to its expected course.

Three months after Blood Sacrifice’s test version won public acclaim, the Mist Lord used its control of Tiger Soul Research Institute to cultivate, build Feng Qi’s public image, and plan an infiltration of the Technology Research Institute. It then proposed provoking the Technology Research Institute into destroying the Scarlet Institute, and Feng Qi realized the Mist Lord had caused several events from his earlier timelines.

• Feng Qi read reports praising Blood Sacrifice as an epoch-making technique while the Mist Lord used publicity to turn him into a potential object of worship.
• The Mist Lord diverted Tiger Soul Research Institute resources toward its own cultivation and explained that it would use the Nightshadow Clan’s mind-control abilities to place spies inside the Technology Research Institute.
• The Mist Lord revealed a plan to provoke the Technology Research Institute into attacking the Scarlet Institute so Tiger Soul Research Institute could gain its share of resources.
• The Mist Lord planned to ambush the Wolf Fang Battle Squad, kill its leaders, and plant evidence suggesting the Scarlet Institute’s Mu Lin City base was investigating the Technology Research Institute’s hidden forces.
• Feng Qi connected the Mist Lord’s plan to the Wolf Fang Battle Squad leaders’ deaths and the later attacks on the Scarlet Institute, and concluded that the Mist Lord had to be eliminated.

Feng Qi warned Wei Wei about Mist Lord’s plan against the Scarlet Institute, then faced a Blue-skinned Assassin that escaped using space-jump abilities. Meanwhile, Mist Lord arrived in Mu Lin City to begin his operation but was detected by the city’s military and forced to retreat into hiding.

• Feng Qi told Wei Wei that Mist Lord planned to frame the Scarlet Institute and provoke the forces behind the Technology Research Institute, and Wei Wei promised to convene a meeting.
• A Blue-skinned Assassin attacked Feng Qi, but he escaped to the Core Area, where the creature vanished through a space jump.
• Feng Qi reviewed the surveillance footage, found no record of the Blue-skinned Assassin, and decided to investigate the creatures with Mist Lord.
• Mist Lord flew alone to Mu Lin City and descended into a dark alley to preserve the operation’s secrecy.
• Mu Lin City’s military detected Mist Lord’s arrival and sent personnel to search the area, forcing him to retreat into the darkness.

The Mist Lord evaded Mu Lin City's military search and discovered a hidden Spirit Race laboratory in the sewers, where Blue-skinned Assassins were being studied. He escaped the base's detection and told Feng Qi what he had seen, leaving both of them unsure why the Spirit Race had the creatures or the secret facility.

• Mu Lin City's forces searched for the Mist Lord after detecting his arrival, so he suppressed his aura and fled through the sewers.
• While heading toward the Eastern District to watch for the Twilight Wolf Battle Group, the Mist Lord found a hidden research base staffed by the Spirit Race.
• The Mist Lord saw Blue-skinned Assassins bound to experiment tables and wondered whether the Spirit Race had created them or captured them for study.
• The base detected the Mist Lord's mental probe, and he escaped through the sewers after discovering that its devices could intercept signals.
• The Mist Lord called Feng Qi from the surface and described the laboratory, prompting Feng Qi to suspect that the Spirit Race had captured a Blue-skinned Assassin seeking the Sacred Spirit Consciousness Repository.

Feng Qi attended a press conference where thirty-eight institutions gave the Blood Sacrifice cultivation method perfect first-round ratings. The event launched Mist Lord’s plan to build Feng Qi’s public image and turn him into a source of Faith Power, while Feng Qi wondered whether this timeline could let him meet another version of himself.

• Feng Qi considered why he had never faced a Blue-skinned Assassin during the timeline when he infiltrated the Technology Research Institute, and suspected the institute’s shadow force might have protected him or blocked their signals.
• Feng Qi dressed for the press conference and reflected on Mist Lord’s drastic cuts to the Tiger Soul Research Institute cafeteria’s Spirituality Ingredients.
• Feng Qi presented the first-round Blood Sacrifice evaluation results at Tiger Soul Headquarters Plaza, where reports from thirty-eight institutions included perfect ratings from all eight authoritative top institutes.
• Feng Qi answered reporters’ questions about his inspiration for Blood Sacrifice, his departure from Star City Academy, and his reputation as a rising star.
• Feng Qi recognized that the press conference was the first stage of Mist Lord’s plan to shape public opinion, raise a statue, and gain Faith Power through human believers.

Feng Qi oversaw Tiger Soul’s resource inventory while the Mist Lord returned from Mu Lin City with his plan against Scarlet Institute succeeding, then arranged for Feng Qi’s hero statue to be erected at Star City Memorial Hall. At the unveiling, Feng Qi wrestled with guilt over his crimes until Wei Wei told him that darkness was only a stepping stone toward the light.

• Feng Qi supervised the monthly inventory at Tiger Soul Warehouse, and the Mist Lord returned to report that his operation in Mu Lin City had succeeded.
• The Mist Lord entered the warehouse to cultivate in seclusion, while Feng Qi learned that he would receive an Outstanding Human Gold Medal and have a statue erected at Star City Memorial Hall.
• Feng Qi traveled to the United Research Institute to complete the arrangements for the statue, which was unveiled at the memorial hall a month later.
• While waiting for the unveiling, Feng Qi viewed displays honoring heroes such as Ye Wushui and reflected on the stories behind the memorial hall’s artifacts.
• Feng Qi felt unworthy of his statue because of the people he had killed, but Wei Wei told him that darkness could be a stepping stone toward the light.

Feng Qi and the Mist Lord investigated the Dark God Sect after suspecting a Domain Faction was using it to gather faith. At the sect’s Star City branch, Feng Qi recognized the Dark God’s statue as the deity worshipped by the Goat-Head Demon.

• Feng Qi studied records of modern human beliefs and found that the Dark God Sect had spread widely, supported by reports that worship had healed and helped its believers.
• The Mist Lord suggested the sect might be part of the Spirit Race’s plan, and Feng Qi connected it to Monk’s later efforts to replace religious faith with practical faith in human heroes.
• Feng Qi and the Mist Lord decided to investigate the Dark God Sect and traveled to its Star City East branch.
• They toured the branch’s murals, garden, and statues before reaching a plaza where believers worshipped a towering statue of the Dark God.
• Feng Qi recognized the Dark God’s statue as the same deity worshipped by the Goat-Head Demon.

Feng Qi and Mist Lord investigated the Dark God Sect’s Star City branch, discovering that its statue contained faint blood energy and that its holy water came from a Spirit Gathering Array. Back at Tiger Soul Headquarters, Mist Lord planned to hinder the sect’s growth through controlled media, while Feng Qi remained uncertain who the Dark God was and whether killing its past incarnation had truly erased it.

• Feng Qi recognized the Dark God statue as a larger version of the statue worshipped by the Goat-Head Demons and recalled gaining Blood Source after killing the life inside the original.
• Mist Lord detected faint blood energy in the statue, and Feng Qi connected it to the Dark God Sect harvesting human faith.
• An elderly believer guided Feng Qi and Mist Lord around the branch, explaining its believers, healing claims, and holy water; Mist Lord identified a Spirit Gathering Array beneath the fountain.
• Feng Qi and Mist Lord returned to Tiger Soul Headquarters, where Mist Lord proposed using Star City’s media to damage the Dark God Sect’s prospects.
• Feng Qi considered how opposing forces might react to Mist Lord’s hidden influence and wondered whether the Dark God had been replaced or had survived his earlier attack.

Mist Lord slaughtered most of the Domain Weak Race Alliance members in Star City’s Doomsday Bar to force the survivors to report their missions and submit to his control. He then left with Feng Qi for another target, explaining the Mist Race’s history and how its founder rose from slavery after finding a drop of a pillar god’s blood.

• Mist Lord entered the Doomsday Bar and declared that the Domain Weak Race Alliance had to report every mission to him.
• Mist Lord trapped the bar’s occupants in gray mist and killed them until only one-third remained, then gave the survivors his business card and ordered them to obey.
• Mist Lord reunited with Feng Qi and headed toward their next target.
• Mist Lord explained that he absorbed blood and vitality rather than every aspect of a victim’s strength, and described how blood quality affected what he could gain.
• Mist Lord told Feng Qi that his Old Ancestor had been a slave who found and drank a drop of a pillar god’s blood, beginning the Mist Race’s rise.

The Mist Lord weakened the Dark God Sect’s Star City branch while Feng Qi’s fame and Faith Power grew. As Feng Qi returned from unveiling his second Hero Statue, a White Bone Mask-wearing attacker ambushed him and rendered him unconscious.

• The Mist Lord seized control of the Star City Domain Weak Race Alliance’s intelligence network and later used media campaigns to turn public opinion against the Dark God Sect.
• The Spirit Lord identified the Tiger Soul Research Institute as a likely opponent, while the Dark Gods Race leader resolved to investigate the threat himself.
• The Mist Lord intercepted more than a hundred investigation missions targeting him, and the Dark God Sect’s Star City branch began showing signs of withdrawal.
• The second Blood Sacrifice test earned perfect evaluations, and Feng Qi’s fame rose as his second Hero Statue was unveiled in Central Park; he sensed Faith Power from the children who offered flowers.
• A White Bone Mask-wearing attacker ambushed Feng Qi’s Tiger Soul vehicle, killed the driver, and incapacitated Feng Qi with ghostly green flames.

Feng Qi was captured by the Dark Gods Race and the Spirit Race, who altered his appearance and planned to execute him publicly to draw out the faction behind him. As the guillotine was about to fall, Mist Lord arrived and vowed to take him home.

• Feng Qi learned that the Dark Gods Race had identified him after seeing him absorb Faith Power at Star City's statue unveiling, and the Spirit Lord questioned him about the faction behind him.
• The Spirit Lord altered Feng Qi's appearance, branded him a Human Traitor, and arranged his public execution in Old Days City to lure out his allies.
• Feng Qi endured days of public abuse and believed Mist Lord would not risk a rescue, while the Masked Man questioned him about the Dark Gods Race's alliance with the Spirit Race.
• On execution day, Mist Lord appeared at the execution ground and blocked the guillotine, then declared that he had come to take Feng Qi home.
• Mist Lord transformed into a towering mist giant as enemies gathered, and he challenged them to fight.

The Mist Lord sacrificed his life to rescue Feng Qi from execution, carrying him out of Old Days City before dying. Half a year later, Feng Qi, near death himself, set out to retrieve the Miracle Bracelet as his final farewell to the Mist Lord.

• The Mist Lord fought the Spirit Race and military forces at the execution ground, then broke through their blockade and carried Feng Qi away from the execution blade.
• The Mist Lord abandoned the Sea of Blood to save Feng Qi, rapidly aged as his life force failed, and died after urging Feng Qi to pursue the Blood Sacrifice Cauldron and reach the summit.
• Half a year later, Feng Qi visited the Mist Lord's grave and reflected on their bond, his failing body, and his dependence on Gene Serum.
• Feng Qi went to Old Days City with the Scarlet Squad, released his Spiritual Power, and separated his head from his spirit body as they had planned.
• Feng Qi flew toward Old Days City to retrieve the Miracle Bracelet, and his radiant spirit body alerted the forces within the city.

Feng Qi awakened in the Scarlet Secret Base after the sacrifice timeline and learned that humanity had still gone extinct, while the Mist Lord’s death had allowed powerful Domain Creatures to reshape the future. He left the base to hunt and grow stronger, then faced the hordes gathering in the ruins of Star City.

• Feng Qi recalled dying while trying to reclaim the Mist Lord’s Blood Core and Miracle Bracelet, and decided to strengthen himself before seeking the bracelet in the Main Timeline.
• The Narrator told Feng Qi that Star City Shelter had fallen, the Scarlet Institute had sealed its base, and Little Black still pursued him; Feng Qi escaped by throwing Little Suction Cup at it.
• Feng Qi emerged to find Star City reduced to ruins and encountered unfamiliar Domain Creatures with multiple black tails.
• Feng Qi activated Blood Source and Purple Soul, killed four Domain Creatures, and absorbed their blood mist.
• More Domain Creatures emerged from the ruins, including a Stone Giant and a massive worm, and Feng Qi charged toward the Stone Giant.

Feng Qi abandoned his attempt to reach the Star City Shelter after the mutated humanoid monsters overwhelmed his advance, then discovered a large Goat-Head Demon camp and decided to use its inhabitants as an army. The chapter left him leading thousands of worshipful Goat-Head Demons toward the oncoming monster tide.

• Feng Qi killed the Stone Giant and the Death Worm, gained new abilities, and sent Three Tails the Shadow Strike Talent Pearl to break down.
• Feng Qi charged toward the Star City Shelter, hoping to avenge humanity, but the blood-moon-mutated humanoid monsters stopped his advance.
• After learning he had escaped the monsters in the past by flying, Feng Qi turned back and used telekinesis to rise above them.
• The narrator spotted a camp of 3,249 Goat-Head Demons, and Feng Qi flew there after realizing they worshipped him in Blood Source Form.
• Feng Qi gathered the Goat-Head Demons and led them toward the approaching humanoid monsters as the narrator called them to battle.

Feng Qi fought through the humanoid monster tide with the Goat-Head Demons, recovered memories of Star City Shelter’s fall, and broke into the shelter to confront the Domain Weak Race warriors who had taken it over. As Little Cripple and its allies restrained him, Feng Qi considered using the Blood Sacrifice Cauldron Switch against them.

• Feng Qi led the Goat-Head Demons through the humanoid monster tide, and his Prefix Title advanced to Elite, granting greater strength, self-repair, and Limb Regeneration.
• Feng Qi recovered memories of arriving at Star City Shelter, finding it occupied by domain creatures, and detouring toward the abandoned city.
• Feng Qi reached Star City Shelter, smashed through its metal gate, and led the Goat-Head Demons inside past the human remains hanging on the walls.
• Domain Weak Race warriors emerged from the black stone monument and attacked Feng Qi, while the Goat-Head Demons held back the pursuing monster tide.
• Feng Qi fought Little Cripple and its allies, but a gravity-wielding creature and another warrior restrained him and left him vulnerable to their attacks.
• Feng Qi recalled Old Mi’s Blood Sacrifice Cauldron trajectory and considered activating the switch against the Domain Weak Race warriors.