Chapter Summaries

Feng Qi and his allies seized Tiger Soul Research Institute’s Core Area, killed the Nightshadow Clan members inside, and executed the human traitors who had willingly served them. After restoring control of the institute, Feng Qi and Lin Ran split up to hunt down the Nightshadow Clan members still on missions around Star City.

• Feng Qi’s group captured the Core Area and Feng Qi absorbed blood and qi from the dead Nightshadow Clan members.
• Feng Qi found the Nightshadow Clan leader’s super-spell blueprint and used the leader’s Tablet Computer to learn the clan’s active mission plans and locations.
• Feng Qi identified and killed the human traitors who had willingly betrayed humanity, then explained the situation to the researchers and staff freed from Mind Control.
• Feng Qi kept the Core Area network disabled to prevent the Nightshadow Clan members outside from discovering the purge.
• Feng Qi, Lin Ran, and their allies left the institute with senior Tiger Soul personnel and split up across Star City to hunt the remaining Nightshadow Clan members.

Hu Boyuan, a self-taught Art Method Studies enthusiast, finished refining his Spiritual Energy Conversion concept before joining Galaxy Research Institute. A purple-skinned creature abducted him, but Feng Qi intervened and killed it, leaving Hu Boyuan rescued as Feng Qi continued hunting.

• Hu Boyuan recalled how he abandoned his education, joined an online Art Method self-study group, and eventually gained recognition for his Spiritual Energy Conversion paper.
• After receiving an invitation from Galaxy Research Institute, Hu Boyuan spent two months refining his concept and completed its final revision with help from his group members.
• A purple-skinned creature entered Hu Boyuan's home, used Mind Control to subdue him, and carried him away, intending to take him to a Mind Control Room.
• As the creature tried to escape with Hu Boyuan, Feng Qi restrained it telekinetically and pulled Hu Boyuan to safety.
• Feng Qi answered a call and reported that he had taken care of the second target, then struck the purple-skinned creature with a Dark Green Flames-covered fist.

After wiping out the Nightshadow Clan, Feng Qi secured the Tiger Soul Research Institute’s support for the Dawn Organization and planned how to build its strength. He chose to recruit Star City talents later and next planned to control the Domain Weak Race Alliance’s intelligence network.

• Feng Qi and his allies killed the Night Shadow Clan members on missions, then fabricated a research explosion to explain the deaths at the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
• Feng Qi connected the Tiger Soul Research Institute with the Scarlet Institute, and Tiger Soul’s senior management pledged full support for the Combat Timeline.
• Feng Qi returned to Star City Academy and decided to postpone recruiting talented people from Future City until the Dawn Organization had secured Star City.
• Feng Qi considered recruiting Tian Shu, a powerful talent imprisoned in a Tiger Soul branch base, but decided to wait until Star City was stable.
• Feng Qi used intelligence from the previous timeline to plan to control the Domain Weak Race Alliance’s intelligence network by repeating the Mist Lord’s approach.

Feng Qi, Lin Ran, and Mu Qing entered the Doomsday Bar to inspect its mission list before striking the weak race alliance. After Feng Qi discovered new intelligence about Blue-skinned Assassins, Mu Qing began the operation by unleashing her power and declaring a survival game.

• Feng Qi met Lin Ran, Mu Qing, and Lü Yue, then led them to the Doomsday Bar while Lü Yue stayed outside to guard the entrance.
• Feng Qi used a membership number from the Nightshadow Clan to get inside and accessed the Mission List with Lin Ran and Mu Qing.
• Feng Qi found a mission seeking information about Blue-skinned Creatures and read a report about one befriending and saving a human boy named Yuan Tai.
• Mu Qing told Feng Qi that she had absorbed the power in her drink before she could see the Mission List.
• Mu Qing unleashed her power in the bar, announced that only one-third of those present would survive, and smashed the ground, beginning the hunt.

Feng Qi and Mu Qing led a campaign against the Domain Weak Race Alliance, then Feng Qi secured Tiger Soul Research Institute's support to negotiate with its leaders. At Tiger Soul Sub-Base, he found Tian Shu, the mysterious boy from Mu Yao's memories, whose reaction to Mu Qing suggested he knew about her Scarlet Origin.

• Feng Qi ordered Mu Qing to spare the surviving Domain Weak Race Alliance warriors after she slaughtered the fighters at Doomsday Bar, then warned the alliance's leaders to contact him.
• Feng Qi and his companions raided the alliance's strongholds over the following days until its upper ranks called him to arrange a meeting.
• Feng Qi obtained Tiger Soul Research Institute's promise of resources and Highest Authority, then requested access to Tian Shu's cell.
• Feng Qi brought Mu Qing to Tiger Soul Sub-Base and discovered that the imprisoned Tian Shu was the mysterious boy from Mu Yao's memory.
• Tian Shu recognized Mu Qing's Scarlet Origin, and after their auras clashed, he ignored Feng Qi and looked at Mu Qing with delight.

Feng Qi persuaded Tian Shu that he could travel into the future by recounting a private memory of Tian Shu and Mu Yao, then learned why Tian Shu had imprisoned himself and how his Divine Markings worked. Tian Shu began explaining his past and revealed that he had come from humanity’s First Line of Defense, the Road to Heaven.

• Feng Qi mentioned Mu Yao, prompting Tian Shu to ask how Feng Qi knew her.
• Feng Qi explained his future-travel and Nightmare abilities, then described a private childhood encounter between Tian Shu and Mu Yao, convincing Tian Shu to listen.
• Tian Shu said he had imprisoned himself because his power could drive him into a frenzy that endangered humanity.
• Tian Shu showed Feng Qi his Divine Markings, which let him cultivate rapidly and acquire abilities by analyzing Domain Creatures.
• Tian Shu explained that an experiment to absorb a Pillar God's blood caused his demonic corruption.
• Tian Shu recounted how Mu Yao raised him and sent him to humanity’s First Line of Defense at sixteen, confirming he had come from the Road to Heaven.

Tian Shu explained that the Road to Heaven was a network of paths connecting the human world to the Domain World, guarded by human warriors who intercepted invading factions. He recounted how consuming a Pillar God's blood caused him to lose control and how a pursuit through the World Barrier stranded him in the human world, where his instability forced him to seal himself away.

• Tian Shu told Feng Qi that Road to Heaven Warriors guarded countless routes into the human world and stopped most Domain Factions before they could invade.
• Tian Shu explained that children raised on the Road to Heaven were sent to the human world at sixteen, including Lü Yue, and later returned to the Road to Heaven when strong enough.
• Tian Shu described guarding Main Route 32 alone for years, losing his comrades and growing stronger by absorbing Domain Creature abilities.
• Tian Shu said he devoured a Pillar God's blood despite Mu Yao's warning, gaining power but suffering sudden episodes of unconscious, bloodthirsty violence.
• Tian Shu recounted that he pursued escaping Domain Creatures during one such episode, crossed the World Barrier into the human world, and could not return after failing to find Mu Yao.

Feng Qi learned why Tian Shu had sealed himself away and how the Road to Heaven Warriors viewed their role in protecting humanity. Tian Shu explained Mu Yao’s connection to the Scarlet Origin Crystal, and the chapter ended with Feng Qi asking whether he knew a skinny, blue-skinned Domain Creature.

• Tian Shu explained that he sealed himself underground because his uncontrollable episodes threatened human civilization, and he showed Feng Qi the special metals and portable space stored in his Divine Markings.
• Tian Shu explained that Road to Heaven Warriors guarded the boundary because they underestimated the dangers facing humanity and feared bringing greater disasters into the human world.
• Tian Shu described Mu Yao’s role in Mu Qing’s future and recalled how she studied the Scarlet Origin Crystal and sought someone to make it usable by humans.
• Feng Qi told Tian Shu that Wei Wei had successfully neutralized the Scarlet Origin’s power and embedded it in Mu Qing, and Tian Shu speculated that it came from a powerful Domain Creature or Pillar God.
• Feng Qi asked Tian Shu whether he knew of a skinny Domain Creature with blue skin.

Feng Qi suspected the mysterious Blue-skinned Assassins might have caused the Dawn Army’s defeat, but Tian Shu had never encountered them. Unable to safely free Tian Shu from his prison, Feng Qi prepared to leave, only for Tian Shu to say he had something for him.

• Feng Qi reasoned that the Blue-skinned Assassins might be a powerful hidden faction responsible for the Dawn Army’s failure.
• Feng Qi showed Tian Shu a sketch of the Blue-skinned Assassins, but Tian Shu said he had never seen or heard of them.
• Feng Qi explained his suspicions about the Blue-skinned Assassins and their possible impact on human history.
• Feng Qi decided not to free Tian Shu or take him to the Scarlet Institute because Tian Shu might lose control and endanger Star City or Wei Wei.
• As Feng Qi prepared to leave, Tian Shu stopped him and said he had something for him.

Feng Qi accepted Tian Shu’s resources for the Dawn Organization and Scarlet Institute, then forced the Domain Alliance’s leaders to pledge loyalty and serve as his intelligence network. He left the three Domain Creatures believing in his protection and introduced himself as Narrator.

• Tian Shu gave Feng Qi and Mu Qing a large cache of resources before they left the underground cage.
• Feng Qi arranged for the resources to be divided between the Tiger Soul Research Institute and the Scarlet Institute, then worked with the Dawn Organization on its plans.
• Feng Qi and Mu Qing met three Domain Alliance leaders on Starlight Bridge, where Feng Qi demanded control of their intelligence network and threatened them with continued purges.
• Mu Qing demonstrated her power by striking the lake, and Feng Qi offered the Domain Creatures protection and monthly Spirituality Resources in exchange for loyalty.
• The three leaders swallowed Scarlet Institute pills that would make them dependent on regular doses, and Feng Qi confirmed that Tiger Soul served him.
• When the leading Domain Creature asked for his name, Feng Qi called himself Narrator.

Feng Qi and Mu Qing left Starlight Bridge, shared a late-night meal, and visited the Star City Military Department to seek its support. Feng Qi began revealing the Domain Factions’ presence in Star City to the commander-in-chief, who asked whether Feng Qi had caused the explosion at Starlight Lake.

• Feng Qi sent the three Domain Creatures away and told Mu Qing that their allegiance did not matter as long as he controlled them.
• Feng Qi and Mu Qing decided to visit the Star City Military Department, stopping to eat by Starlight Lake first.
• Feng Qi explained to Mu Qing that the sacrifices of earlier generations inspired him to face the challenges threatening human civilization.
• Feng Qi and Mu Qing reached the military headquarters and met the commander-in-chief in his office.
• Feng Qi began telling the commander-in-chief about the Domain Factions lurking in Star City, and the commander-in-chief asked whether Feng Qi was responsible for the lake explosion.

Feng Qi secured the Star City Military Department’s support for the Dawn Organization and began recruiting trusted talent. As the organization prepared to expand beyond Star City, he set out with Mu Qing and Lü Yue for the Winter Supply Zone to meet his “good brother.”

• Li Huanian recognized Mu Qing from her childhood and learned Feng Qi’s account of the Domain Weak Race Alliance and the Dawn Organization’s plans.
• Li Huanian promised to support the Dawn Organization within his power and convened a military department meeting to consider backing it.
• Feng Qi began recruiting trusted Star City talent, and Xu Hongyun persuaded his family to provide funding and material support.
• More than twenty recruits joined the Dawn Organization, and the Tiger Soul Research Institute became its Star City headquarters.
• Li Huanian informed Feng Qi that the military department had approved support for the Dawn Organization.
• Feng Qi told Wei Wei to prepare the Scarlet Institute’s retreat to its secret base, then invited Mu Qing and Lü Yue to travel with him to the Winter Supply Zone to meet his “good brother.”

Feng Qi, Mu Qing, and Lü Yue traveled through the snowy wilderness to the Mist Domain Field to confront Old Mi. After Feng Qi and Mu Qing entered the field and drew Old Mi out, Mu Qing prepared to attack while Lü Yue waited outside as their final defense.

• Feng Qi bought supplies and rented a snow vehicle before leading Mu Qing and Lü Yue toward the Mist Domain Field.
• After the road ended, the three continued on skis through the snowy forest, resting in tents before reaching the field.
• Feng Qi assigned Lü Yue to intercept Old Mi outside while he and Mu Qing entered the Mist Domain Field to lure Old Mi in.
• Mu Qing spotted ghostly figures and Blood Orchids in the fog as Feng Qi and she pressed deeper into the field.
• Feng Qi let Old Mi's blood-controlling power draw blood from him to bait Old Mi into revealing himself.
• Old Mi's eerie voice emerged from the black mist, and Mu Qing raised her jade-wreathed fist to attack.

Feng Qi and Mu Qing attacked the Mist Lord before he could expand his domain, and Feng Qi joined Mu Qing in overwhelming him. As the Mist Lord neared death, memories of their shared past tormented Feng Qi, but he let Mu Qing deliver the final blow.

• Feng Qi and Mu Qing located the Mist Lord through his Demonic Sound, and Mu Qing immediately launched a powerful attack.
• Mu Qing repeatedly struck the Mist Lord, whose gray mist was vulnerable to her Jade-colored Auspicious Qi, while he struggled to defend himself and search for a way to escape.
• The Mist Lord sent gray mist to drain Feng Qi’s vitality, but Feng Qi transformed into a blood-red giant and joined Mu Qing’s assault.
• The Mist Lord consumed his origin power to form a blood giant, but Feng Qi and Mu Qing kept attacking until he could barely hold his body together.
• As the Mist Lord recalled his ambitions and his years with Feng Qi, Feng Qi remembered their bond, closed his eyes, and let Mu Qing’s blazing fist fall.

Feng Qi and Mu Qing killed the Mist Lord and discovered a faint blue cluster hidden inside his Source Blood Core, which Feng Qi suspected was a Miracle Item that had enabled the Mist Lord's repeated resurrections. A day later, Feng Qi held a funeral for the Mist Lord and honored Mist Race customs, leaving Mu Qing and Lü Yue baffled when he ate the offerings.

• Mu Qing and Feng Qi defeated the Mist Lord, and Mu Qing removed his Source Blood Core when his body began to heal.
• Feng Qi suspected that a mysterious power in the Source Blood Core had allowed the Mist Lord to revive repeatedly, and Mu Qing crushed it to reveal a faint blue cluster.
• Feng Qi believed the cluster was a Miracle Item tied to the Mist Lord's willpower and inherited Mist Race bloodline, though he acknowledged that the theory needed verification.
• Feng Qi took the Mist Lord's body and, a day later, buried him in a snowy forest near the Old Days Supply Zone with Mu Qing and Lü Yue present.
• Feng Qi burned paper money and then ate the offerings before the grave, following Mist Race custom and bewildering Mu Qing and Lü Yue.

After burying the Mist Lord, Feng Qi organized Star City’s forces and recruited hidden human factions into Dawn Organization to prepare for war with the Technology Research Institute. The chapter then revealed that a silver-haired boy and woman from the Silver Moon Race were working to make Star City their race’s future habitat.

• Feng Qi buried the Mist Lord in the snowy forest, then left for Star City with Mu Qing and Lü Yue.
• Over the following five months, Feng Qi linked Star City’s institutions through shared databases and focused their efforts on combat strength.
• Feng Qi sent Monk, Yang Xiaoxin, Cai Guo, and Lin Ran to recruit hidden human forces, and the Prajna Battle Squad and other groups joined Dawn Organization.
• A silver-haired boy played a flute-like instrument atop an energy tower in Star City’s West District as a silver-haired woman explained their plans to bring the Silver Moon Race to this world.
• The woman told Xiao Qi that humans stood in the Silver Moon Race’s way, and he accepted that they had to be eliminated as he played a melody tinged with killing intent.

Feng Qi reviewed intelligence about the Technology Research Institute’s battle squads, then joined Lin Ran and Mu Qing at Star City’s temple fair. After Mu Qing reflected on the hardship Scavengers had endured and the peace they hoped to protect, Feng Qi drew a Great Misfortune fortune stick and replaced it with one marked Great Fortune.

• Feng Qi reviewed reports from the research institutes and studied the movements of three Technology Research Institute battle squads, focusing on the Dire Wolf Domain Battle Squad.
• Feng Qi met Lin Ran and Mu Qing and took them to Star City’s temple fair, where they sampled snacks and enjoyed the performances.
• Mu Qing recalled her family’s life as Scavengers and explained why she understood the sacrifices needed to achieve lasting peace.
• Feng Qi, Lin Ran, and Mu Qing visited the Martial God Temple and prayed for their loved ones and the Combat Timeline.
• Lin Ran and Mu Qing drew supreme fortune sticks, while Feng Qi drew Great Misfortune, returned it, and chose a Great Fortune stick instead.

Lu Changkong led the Wolf Fang Battle Squad into the Beast Heart Domain Field to ambush a human battle squad, revealing how he became a traitor after a shadow promised to save his gravely ill sister. When Mu Qing confronted him, he admitted he had chosen the path for the future it offered, and she attacked him.

• Lu Changkong led the Wolf Fang Battle Squad toward the Beast Heart Domain Field, recalling how he betrayed humanity after the shadow saved his sister and promised her a future.
• Lu Changkong brought his squad into the Scarlet Domain Field and led them directly toward the target battle squad’s operating area.
• The squad’s drones spotted Mu Qing blocking their path, and Lu Changkong ordered his soldiers to kill her.
• Mu Qing survived the spiritual energy lasers and questioned Lu Changkong about betraying humanity and his sister’s illness.
• Lu Changkong said he had chosen his path for the future it gave him, then ordered his soldiers to attack Mu Qing.
• Mu Qing used Auspicious Qi to pass through the charging soldiers and struck at Lu Changkong with a blazing fist.

Feng Qi concluded that the shadow faction had manipulated Lu Changkong into betraying humanity, but chose not to change his fate because he could not forgive him for the deaths he caused. At the Tiger Soul Research Institute, Uncle Hei revealed that the Blue Energy Mass could create matter through willpower, but also carried the Mist Lord’s lingering consciousness and could eventually bring him back to life.

• Feng Qi reviewed Lu Changkong’s records and suspected the shadow faction had caused Lu Xiaoli’s mysterious illness to force Lu Changkong into its service.
• Feng Qi decided not to try to change Lu Changkong’s future, since he could not forgive him for killing other humans.
• Feng Qi considered why the Wolf Fang Battle Squad had attacked the Blazing Flames Battle Squad and suspected the shadow faction believed it had uncovered a secret.
• Uncle Hei demonstrated that his willpower could make the Blue Energy Mass produce a small spirit stone.
• Uncle Hei explained that using the Blue Energy Mass caused the Mist Lord’s consciousness to grow inside its user, while flesh tissue forming on the mass could eventually enable the Mist Lord’s revival.

Feng Qi investigated his parents’ mysterious disappearance and found their records, which strengthened his suspicion that Mu Yao had taken them to the Road to Heaven. After reflecting on humanity’s struggle to survive and renewing his resolve, he set out for Star City Academy to plan the Combat Timeline’s next steps.

• Feng Qi reviewed updates on the Prajna Domain Battle Squad and eight other hidden human factions preparing to relocate to Star City.
• Feng Qi searched the authorized Database and found that his parents, Lu Tianyuan and Ying Yuzhu, had vanished during a Domain Field raid after distinguished careers in the Smash Domain Dog Heads Battle Squad.
• Feng Qi suspected Mu Yao had sent his parents to the Road to Heaven and considered how he might meet her and learn more about the Great Era Advent.
• Feng Qi practiced his punches, then left the Tiger Soul Research Institute in a snowstorm while recalling Old Mi’s words about protecting humanity and choosing to fight.
• Feng Qi headed toward Star City Academy to arrange the next plans for the Combat Timeline.