Chapter Summaries

Feng Qi told Bai Fusheng about his timeline-traveling ability and gained Star City Academy’s support for launching the Super Virtual Game, Dawn. The first high-end pods arrived at the academy, and after testing the game, Lao Liang agreed to promote it at Starlight Academy, though he wanted thousands of pods.

• Feng Qi explained his timeline-traveling ability to Bai Fusheng and asked to make Star City Academy the starting point for Dawn’s rollout.
• Bai Fusheng agreed to support the plan, and Feng Qi outlined how the academy would test high-end Virtual Game Pods before expanding their distribution.
• A week later, trucks delivered the pods to Star City Academy, where staff began assembling them and preparing a Virtual Game Hall.
• Bai Fusheng invited Lao Liang, the principal of Starlight Academy, to test Dawn, and Lao Liang experienced its realistic world and virtual dungeon tutorial.
• Lao Liang agreed to promote Dawn at Starlight Academy and requested ten thousand pods, but Bai Fusheng told him to wait and contact A Qi.

Feng Qi reviewed the successful launch of Dawn and planned to expand it as a virtual training ground, while Starlight Academy’s leaders tested the game and learned that access to more pods would depend on academy quotas and competition rankings. The chapter left Starlight Academy’s staff eager to obtain pods before their rivals gained too much of an advantage.

• Feng Qi reviewed students’ enthusiastic response to Dawn and considered how the game could strengthen Star City’s forces and expose hidden infiltrators.
• Old Liang persuaded Starlight Academy’s staff, including Guo Quan, to visit Star City Academy and test the Virtual Game Pods before deciding whether to purchase them.
• Bai Fusheng brought the Starlight Academy group into the Virtual Hall, where they entered Dawn and were impressed by its realistic virtual city.
• Guo Quan led the Starlight Academy staff into a 30v30 match against Zong Ming and the Prajna Battle Squad, whose experienced fighters defeated them decisively.
• After the match, Guo Quan agreed to buy Virtual Game Pods, and Old Liang explained that Starlight Academy would have to wait for its allocation and earn additional pods through the Virtual Matching Challenge.

Feng Qi signed documents for a new energy line at the Energy Research Institute, where Dean Yin Ling secretly arranged an assassination attempt against him. Ten days later, he discovered the mission to kill him in the Domain Weak Race Alliance’s records.

• Feng Qi traveled to the Energy Research Institute and signed the documents needed to connect a new energy line to the expanding Virtual Super Factory.
• Feng Qi met Yin Ling, who became curious about his authority and searched his restricted personnel records after he left.
• Yin Ling concluded that Feng Qi’s abilities could threaten the Silver Moon Race’s plans and decided to have him killed, while her young companion vanished.
• Yin Ling hired an assassin through an encrypted phone, offering 300 high-grade spirit stones to kill Feng Qi.
• Ten days later, Feng Qi drank a pale purple liquid and saw an assassination mission targeting him, with a reward of 280 high-grade spirit stones.

After discovering an assassination mission targeting him, Feng Qi arranged a staged completion and payment meeting to draw out the hidden faction behind it. Mu Qing seized the disguised client, and the chapter ended as the silver-white covering began to reveal their features.

• Feng Qi investigated whether Yin Ling or the Energy Research Institute was connected to the assassination mission, then ruled out the institute as the likely cause.
• Feng Qi ordered the Domain Weak Race Alliance manager to accept the mission, report it completed, and arrange an in-person payment meeting so he could follow the client.
• Feng Qi told Mu Qing about the plan, and they went with Black Dragon to the roof of Central Building two days later.
• A silver-white figure arrived to pay, and Feng Qi confirmed that it believed he was dead.
• Mu Qing grabbed the figure and broke apart its silver-white covering while Feng Qi told her to keep it alive.

Feng Qi captured a puppet linked to the Silver Moon Race and focused on developing Dawn’s virtual coach recruitment program. The chapter ended with Feng Qi calling retired veteran Xiao Yu, whose success in the game’s trials had earned him an opportunity to join the Virtual Coach Team.

• Mu Qing suppressed the silver-lit figure and tore the Silver White Crystal from the puppet, while Black Dragon identified its design as resembling weapons used by the Silver Moon Race.
• Feng Qi arranged for the puppet to be inspected and sent to the Tiger Soul Research Institute, then learned that Dawn’s growing reach made the next stage of the Super Virtual Game plan possible.
• Feng Qi studied the Scarlet Institute’s plans for a coaching team, and a month later Xiao Yu discovered Dawn’s recruitment notice for retired combat veterans.
• Xiao Yu entered the Virtual Game, regained the use of his legs there, and passed the Diamond-ranked and Hundred-Man Level Team Battle trials through his combat skill and command experience.
• Feng Qi reviewed Xiao Yu’s record and called to discuss his application, while Xiao Yu eagerly agreed to talk after mistaking the call for another support-service contact.

Feng Qi expanded the Virtual Coach Team while Dawn Game’s growing influence drew resistance from Domain Factions. Two years later, he recruited Mo Fei as an informant inside the infiltrated Technology Research Institute and prepared to launch a military operation against it.

• Feng Qi recruited Xiao Yu as the first virtual coach, and Xiao Yu’s consultations and combat training earned strong player approval as he regained his purpose.
• Feng Qi rejected inexperienced players seeking coach status for prestige and recognized that Dawn Game could not fully reproduce the fear and other realities of frontline combat.
• As Dawn Game spread through Star City, Domain Factions elsewhere began demonizing it, and Feng Qi feared their response could lead to war.
• Two years later, Feng Qi reunited with Mo Fei, who had become a promising researcher in the Technology Research Institute’s Viper Department.
• Feng Qi told Mo Fei that Domain Factions controlled the Technology Research Institute and asked him to become an undercover informant; Mo Fei demanded evidence.
• Feng Qi took Mo Fei to see the evidence, preparing to use him to begin the long-awaited war against the force behind the Technology Research Institute.

Feng Qi led the Dawn Army toward Future City, unaware that the Silver Moon Race had seized Star City’s energy network and begun summoning its forces. Tian Shu stopped the invasion at the teleportation passage, but died after three days of fighting, leaving Star City safe for the moment and his legendary life at an end.

• Feng Qi sent most of Star City’s forces toward Future City after the factions swore their oath at the Heroes Monument.
• The black shadow faction prepared Future City’s defenses, while Yin Ling cut Star City’s energy lines and redirected power into a teleportation array for the Silver Moon Race.
• Qin Shi Kong warned Feng Qi that danger threatened Star City, and the Tiger Soul Dean confirmed that a Space Teleportation Array was opening there.
• Feng Qi told Dean Qi to release Tian Shu, who broke out of the Tiger Soul Sub-Base prison and went to confront the arriving Silver Moon Race.
• Tian Shu slaughtered the Silver Moon Race’s forces in the passage for three days and nights, preventing their descent into Star City.
• Tian Shu left the passage mortally wounded, took a lollipop from the Space Passage, and died beneath the dawn.

Feng Qi mourned Tian Shu, restored Star City’s energy after the Silver Moon Race’s attack, and prepared to resume the expedition toward Future City. As he left with Mu Qing, he hesitated over a request related to what should happen if he died in battle.

• Feng Qi found Tian Shu dead after he had fought off the Silver Moon Race, carried him to Heroes Cemetery, and buried his remains there.
• Feng Qi led Mu Qing and the others to the Energy Research Institute, used his Tiger Soul authorization to restore Star City’s energy, and found that Yin Ling and the Silver Moon Race vanguard had fled.
• After searching for several days, Feng Qi stopped looking for the escaped Silver Moon Race, convened the Star City Highest Council, and arranged oversight of the energy organizations.
• Feng Qi prepared to resume the expedition toward Future City and invited Gu Ke’s Brain Retrieval Squad to travel with them, but Gu Ke declined.
• Feng Qi considered how Mu Qing might recover his head if he died in battle, then began making her a request; Mu Qing warily agreed to hear it.

The black shadow decided to prepare Spirit Energy Nuclear Weapons while delaying any decision to use them against Star City, and tasked a teenage researcher with building a bomb. Meanwhile, Feng Qi’s advance toward Future City uncovered a Technology Research Institute scouting team, where he recognized Li Xingchen.

• A Technology Research Institute member proposed a nuclear strike, but the black shadow weighed the political and supply risks and chose to begin manufacturing Spirit Energy Nuclear Weapons without using them yet.
• After arranging Future City’s defenses and an advance probing force, the black shadow asked a teenage researcher to make a Spirit Energy Nuclear Bomb, and the boy agreed before returning to a failed experiment.
• Feng Qi reviewed drone footage during a supply stop and spotted a group of concealed figures whose sudden appearance on the map made him suspect they were Technology Research Institute scouts.
• Feng Qi, Mu Qing, and Lü Yue traveled to the scout team’s location and were surrounded by hundreds of soldiers in green concealment suits.
• Feng Qi asked whether to kill the scouts, and Li Xingchen killed a nearby soldier and said they should spare one of their own.

Feng Qi reunited with Li Xingchen, who warned him that the Technology Research Institute was preparing Spirit Energy Nuclear Weapons, then reviewed public opinion about the approaching war. The chapter ended with Feng Qi seeing Star City residents enthusiastically support the Dawn Army.

• Feng Qi discovered that Li Xingchen had deliberately exposed his investigation squad to signal his arrival, and the two reunited after the battle.
• Li Xingchen warned Feng Qi that the Technology Research Institute was manufacturing powerful Spirit Energy Nuclear Weapons and said he might send intelligence through Feng Qi’s mailbox.
• Feng Qi returned to the marching troops with Mu Qing and Lü Yue, then reviewed reconnaissance footage and posts on Future City’s forum.
• Feng Qi saw that residents across the major cities generally opposed war, a public mood that could constrain Black Shadow’s use of nuclear weapons.
• Feng Qi accessed Star City’s forum and read residents’ posts calling for the Dawn Army to attack and defeat the Domain Factions.

As the Dawn Army approached Future City, Feng Qi considered the mysterious Mo and the Technology Research Institute's weapons. Li Xingchen concealed his losses from Black Shadow, upgraded his unstable Energy Core, and prepared to act as the city braced for the coming battle.

• Feng Qi and Qin Shi Kong continued toward Future City, and Qin Shi Kong said he could not read the journey's fate because something concealed heaven's secrets.
• Li Xingchen reported the failed mission to Black Shadow and explained that most of his team had died or committed suicide before returning to Future City.
• Li Xingchen repaired his mechanical body and remembered how he had sent his teacher to the Execution Ground to gain Black Shadow's trust.
• Li Xingchen replaced his blue Energy Core with his teacher's unstable red core, choosing its greater power despite the risk.
• Li Xingchen went to Future City's South Gate, assessed its defenses, and prepared to do what he could as the Dawn Army's arrival drew near.

Li Xingchen launched a desperate assault on Dawn City’s southern gate to seize its controls and help the Xiaopo Army advance. As Feng Qi prepared the army for battle outside the city, he read Li Xingchen’s final letter and learned why the shadow had withheld its weapons and intended to claim the moral high ground.

• Li Xingchen fought through Dawn City’s defenders with his failing mechanical body and spirit-energy weapons, aiming to reach the southern gate controls.
• Feng Qi rested with the Xiaopo Army outside Dawn City, then ordered the troops to prepare for a rapid assault.
• Feng Qi read Li Xingchen’s final letter, which explained the shadow’s plan to provoke a battle while appearing morally justified.
• Li Xingchen forced his way toward the guarded control platform as Dawn City’s midnight bell rang and the Xiaopo Army awaited its signal.

Feng Qi led the Dawn Army's assault on Future City after the city fired missiles at his forces, while Mu Qing and Zong Ming opened additional fronts at the West and East Gates. The fighting spread across the city as Black Shadow ordered Future City's War Machines activated.

• Li Xingchen fired artillery from Future City's walls, and the Dawn Army charged as the war began.
• Feng Qi ordered Mu Qing's legions to attack the West Gate and Zong Ming's legion to attack the East Gate while he led the main force through the South Gate.
• Residents across the Five Great Cities watched Future City fire first and lost hope that the conflict could be resolved peacefully.
• Feng Qi transformed into his Blood Source Form and struck the City Defense Warriors, beginning a brutal battle at the South Gate.
• Mu Qing broke through the West Gate and led soldiers in destroying its weapons, while Zong Ming's forces attacked the East Gate.
• Black Shadow ordered the War Machines activated, and enormous machines rose from platforms across Future City.

Feng Qi led the Dawn Army through Future City’s defenses and destroyed a War Machine that was devastating their forces. The machine exploded after he sabotaged its energy cores, leaving the battle still underway.

• Feng Qi fought through Future City’s City Defense Warriors, opening a path for the Dawn Army to advance toward the Technology Research Institute.
• Dawn Army soldiers used their Super Virtual Game training to coordinate effectively, while Black Shadow’s Spiritual Energy Technology Weapons inflicted heavy casualties.
• A War Machine deployed its weapons against the Dawn Army, prompting Feng Qi to charge toward it as military department soldiers struck it with a combined white-crane attack.
• Feng Qi fought through the War Machine’s War Guardians, climbed onto its platform, and smashed its weapons to stop its barrage.
• Feng Qi broke into the War Machine, destroyed its signal chamber and ignited its energy cores with Dark Green Flames, causing it to explode.

A black shadow watched Star City's attack on Future City and saw a jade-streamer fighter destroy three War Machines in the western district. In the southern district, Feng Qi led the Dawn Army through brutal fighting, killed a high-ranking City Defense Warrior, and charged onward toward the Technology Research Institute.

• The black shadow watched three War Machines unleash fire on the Dawn Army before a jade-colored figure destroyed all three with consecutive punches.
• The black shadow recognized the jade-colored fighter as a powerful threat but hesitated to use secret weapons that could expose its identity as a Spirit Race traitor.
• Feng Qi and the Dawn Army advanced into the southern area's Central District after destroying two War Machines, while casualties mounted on both sides.
• Feng Qi maintained his Blood Source Form by absorbing vitality through his specially made glove and pushed through concentrated attacks from City Defense Warriors.
• Feng Qi defeated a high-ranking City Defense Warrior wielding a dark-red blade, breaking his spiritual energy shield before killing him.
• Feng Qi cleared a path through the defenders and charged toward the Technology Research Institute with the Dawn Army following.

As Feng Qi’s forces fought their way into Future City, Mu Qing defeated the Technology Research Institute’s Two-Headed Demon, revealing power that made the black shadow fear she might carry the strength of a Pillar God. Feng Qi reached the institute and negotiated with the black shadow, learning that the Spirit Race had called the Blue-skinned Creatures “Beta Test Creatures.”

• Feng Qi led the Dawn warriors into Future City’s Central District while Mu Qing’s forces advanced from the west and overwhelmed the City Defense Warriors.
• The black shadow released its Two-Headed Demon, a powerful chimera made from the traits of 378 Domain Creatures, to attack Mu Qing.
• Mu Qing defeated and killed the Two-Headed Demon, then sat down to suppress the violent emotions threatening to overtake her.
• The black shadow suspected Mu Qing’s power came from a Pillar God but decided not to activate the Black Death God Plan.
• Feng Qi arrived at the Technology Research Institute and agreed to exchange questions and answers with the black shadow.
• The black shadow said the Spirit Race had referred to the Blue-skinned Creatures as “Beta Test Creatures,” though it did not know why.

Feng Qi speculated that the Blue-skinned Creatures were game-like projections controlled by a hidden race, then discussed the Great Era Advent and the Domain races’ preparations for it with the shadow. He revealed that he had attacked Future City to uncover the shadow’s secrets, especially the Black Death God Plan.

• Feng Qi considered whether the Blue-skinned Creatures were projected warriors controlled like players and noted the many unanswered questions surrounding them.
• Feng Qi reflected on the extraordinary power of known Miracle Items and wondered what the Great Era Advent was and why the Domain races feared it.
• The shadow told Feng Qi that the Great Era Advent was an unprecedented disaster, and Feng Qi recalled signs that the Domain World was withering and collapsing.
• The shadow asked why Feng Qi had attacked Future City, and Feng Qi said he wanted to learn all the secrets of the Technology Research Institute.
• Feng Qi told the shadow that he knew it had betrayed the Spirit Race and taken a Miracle Item, then revealed that he wanted to know about the Black Death God Plan.

Feng Qi tried to force the black figure to reveal the Black Death God Plan, but their negotiations failed and he attacked. As the Smash Domain Dog Heads Battle Squad and other forces intervened, the black figure began dismantling the squad’s formation, and Mu Qing arrived to confront Wei Fa.

• Feng Qi revealed his knowledge of Spiritual Energy Nano-worms and the Miracle Item, then offered the black figure a chance to cooperate and threatened to expose it to the Spirit Race.
• The black figure refused to disclose the Black Death God Plan, so Feng Qi attacked it and tried to keep it from escaping back to the Technology Research Institute.
• Wei Fa and the Smash Domain Dog Heads Battle Squad arrived, trapped Feng Qi and the black figure in a formation, and Wei Fa entered the formation to fight Feng Qi.
• Feng Qi fought Wei Fa while the black figure used its runes to dismantle the formation and neutralize Feng Qi’s attacks.
• More factions arrived by transport aircraft, and Wei Fa charged at the arriving Mu Qing as Feng Qi and the black figure expected him to be overwhelmed.

Mu Qing fought Jiang Nanqiu, a former Ten Gods of War whose five gems appeared to form a Miracle Item, after Feng Qi refused Jiang Nanqiu’s demand to withdraw his troops. Mu Qing’s power surged as the battle continued, but Jiang Nanqiu repeatedly revived and trapped her in a blood-red furnace, leaving their clash at a stalemate.

• Jiang Nanqiu saved Wei Fa from Mu Qing and revealed that he recognized Feng Qi, reminding him of the promise he had made.
• Feng Qi refused Jiang Nanqiu’s demand to withdraw his troops, and Jiang Nanqiu fought Mu Qing using the five gems embedded in his chest.
• Mu Qing lost control and blasted Jiang Nanqiu into blood mist, but his green gem reassembled his body; he revived again and used the blue gem’s speed to batter her.
• Jiang Nanqiu used the red gem to create eight copies and trap Mu Qing in a blood-red furnace, while the golden gem repeatedly restored his energy.
• Black Shadow identified the gems as parts of a Miracle Item, and Mu Qing’s awakening power began shaking the furnace as the battle reached a stalemate.

Jiang Nanqiu fought Mu Qing with the five-gem Miracle Item inherited from Lianhun, while memories revealed their decades-long rivalry and Lianhun’s final warning about a hidden threat within human society. Jiang Nanqiu’s battle intent surged, but his life ran out, and Mu Qing turned to face the advancing Domain Warriors.

• Jiang Nanqiu’s vision of Lianhun’s legacy overwhelmed his mind as he resisted the blood-red furnace and remembered their long rivalry.
• Jiang Nanqiu recalled how Lianhun gave him the five gems before dying, warned him about a threat within human society, and urged him to carry their battle intent onward.
• Jiang Nanqiu broke free of the illusion and traded punches with Mu Qing, repeatedly reassembling as the five gems empowered him.
• The black shadow told Feng Qi that Jiang Nanqiu’s lifespan was nearly exhausted, and Jiang Nanqiu’s body visibly aged despite his rising battle intent.
• Jiang Nanqiu admitted defeat as his life force ran out, and Mu Qing closed his eyes before turning to confront the advancing Domain Warriors.