Chapter Summaries

Feng Qi bought expensive Domain Field products to replenish his energy and enter Future Dreamland again, then tested their effects after the packages arrived. The T-33 Energy Bar and Nine Color Flower barely raised his energy, leaving him worried about the cost as he turned to the Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal.

• Feng Qi calculated that ordinary meals would take months to fill his energy bar and searched for faster ways to replenish it.
• Feng Qi bought a T-33 Energy Bar, a Nine Color Flower, and a Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal, spending nearly a million credits.
• Feng Qi decided he needed to get rich quickly and planned to search for business opportunities in Future Dreamland rather than find a job.
• Feng Qi ate the T-33 Energy Bar and raised his energy to 84%, gaining only 3% from the bar.
• Feng Qi ate the Nine Color Flower and gained 5% energy, then looked toward the Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal.

Feng Qi ate the Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal, replenished his energy, and returned to Future Dreamland to investigate Mu Qing and Lin Ran’s futures. He found that Mu Qing still became a rebel leader and Lin Ran became a Historical Scourge, leaving him determined to change Lin Ran’s path.

• Feng Qi ate the Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal, absorbed its energy, and filled his energy progress bar.
• Feng Qi entered Future Dreamland again and traveled to Star City's Underground Shelter, strengthening himself along the way.
• Feng Qi searched the Database and learned that Mu Qing still became the leader of the Dawn rebels and an enemy of humanity.
• Feng Qi discovered that Lin Ran's flawed Cultivation Method research harmed millions and earned him the label Historical Scourge.
• Feng Qi resolved to steer Lin Ran toward Art Method research and away from Cultivation Methods.

Feng Qi searched the Database for a way to make money quickly and discovered that the future game Savior could make its creator rich while improving human combat training. He searched for the game’s code and art, and found an entry that appeared to contain them.

• Feng Qi rejected the Database’s well-paying job listings and searched for ways to get rich overnight.
• Feng Qi found information about Savior, a future virtual reality MOBA that let players practice real-world spells and earned its creator a fortune through character skins.
• Feng Qi decided to copy Savior and searched the Database for its game files.
• The Database displayed an entry titled “Virtual Reality Competitive Game: Savior (Code, Art).

Feng Qi abandoned his plan to recreate the game Savior because he could not memorize its code, then explored the ruined world and grew stronger by killing Living Dead. After climbing down from a building, he discovered a floating Blood-colored Eye beside him.

• Feng Qi realized he could not memorize Savior’s code and postponed making the game after the narrator hinted at a Prefix Title that granted Infinite Memory.
• With twenty-eight minutes before Little Black arrived, Feng Qi left the Star City Underground Shelter and traveled east, killing Living Dead and worms along the way.
• Feng Qi evolved, gained the Strong Prefix Title, and saw his strength and recovery improve.
• Feng Qi reached a ruined city, climbed an eighteen-story building, and looked over a desolate landscape filled with monsters.
• After the narrator’s teasing dispelled his gloom, Feng Qi climbed back down and spotted a floating Blood-colored Eye beside him.

Feng Qi escaped the Blood-colored Eye when Little Black attacked it, but ran into a Nightmare Beast on his way back. Because Feng Qi was already asleep, the Nightmare Beast’s hypnotic waves could not affect him, and he beat it down with his Bone Club.

• The Blood-colored Eye immobilized Feng Qi and broke his left arm, but Little Black appeared and drew its attention.
• Little Black fought the Blood-colored Eye, allowing Feng Qi to flee while the two creatures remained focused on each other.
• After running until he felt safe, Feng Qi followed his route back and encountered a white-furred Nightmare Beast with a Rune Crystal in its forehead.
• The narrator explained that the Nightmare Beast’s hypnotic energy waves could not affect Feng Qi because he was already asleep.
• Feng Qi pretended to be hypnotized, then struck the Nightmare Beast with his Bone Club and chased it down as it fled.

Feng Qi gained the Nightmare ability, learned the Body Tempering Art, and discovered that he could try to change the fate of virtual-game genius Fang Zhiyou. Little Black returned to the shelter, and Feng Qi attacked it again.

• Feng Qi killed the Nightmare, gained the Nightmare Prefix Title and 21 Bloodline Evolution Points, but could not figure out how to use the new ability.
• Feng Qi returned to the Star City Shelter and memorized the Three-Star Body Tempering Art from the Database.
• Feng Qi read Fang Zhiyou's biography and decided to protect him and change the fate that led to his mysterious death.
• Feng Qi learned that Fang Zhiyou would face a life-changing incident in two months and recorded key dates from the biography.
• Little Black returned to the shelter, and Feng Qi grabbed a leg bone and lunged at it.

Feng Qi tried to get closer to Mu Qing and unexpectedly persuaded her to teach him the harmonica. He also realized he had accidentally taught Lin Ran’s class before, then began steering Lin Ran away from researching Cultivation Methods.

• Feng Qi joined Mu Qing for breakfast and asked to learn the harmonica, and she invited him to meet her by the dormitory lake that evening.
• Feng Qi discovered that he had entered Combat Class One by mistake and had taught the students in Lin Ran’s place.
• Feng Qi urged Lin Ran to pursue romance instead of researching Cultivation Methods, but Lin Ran dismissed the idea.
• Feng Qi and Lin Ran left Cultivation Exchange Class for different reasons and spent the afternoon in the library.
• Feng Qi explained the opening of the Body Tempering Art to Lin Ran and exaggerated how easily he had devised it, hoping to undermine Lin Ran’s confidence.

Feng Qi accidentally saw fragments of Mu Qing’s traumatic past when her distress triggered his Nightmare ability. After helping her regain control, he left determined to learn who had taken her for experiments and whether the Scarlet Institute was involved.

• Feng Qi found Mu Qing trembling beneath a willow tree as she struggled to control herself, and his Nightmare ability drew him into her memories.
• Feng Qi saw young Mu Qing receive a harmonica from her dying father and later apply for an Orphan Certificate after losing her entire family.
• Feng Qi witnessed a woman in a black uniform take Mu Qing away, saying that her bloodline came from an experiment and that more experiments remained.
• Mu Qing struck Feng Qi and nearly knocked him unconscious, but she regained control and apologized.
• Feng Qi reassured Mu Qing, arranged to share breakfast the next morning, and noticed his bruises healing rapidly.
• Feng Qi suspected that the woman in black had experimented on Mu Qing and that the Scarlet Institute might be connected to her family’s deaths.

Feng Qi accompanied Lin Ran to Combat Class One, where Lin Ran presented his research on the Seal Incantation Stream. Feng Qi recognized the idea as one of Lin Ran’s future achievements and resolved to steer him away from Cultivation Method Studies and toward art method research.

• Lin Ran invited Feng Qi to observe his Art Method Studies lecture, while Mu Qing declined because she never attended class.
• Feng Qi and Lin Ran went to Combat Class One, where Lin Ran clarified that Feng Qi had taught the previous class and introduced himself as the real Lin Ran.
• Lin Ran explained the Seal Incantation Stream, a system of hand seals that traced spiritual energy trajectories to simplify and speed up art method casting.
• The students were astonished by Lin Ran’s twelve seals and became impressed by his research.
• Feng Qi recognized the Seal Incantation Stream from the Database and resolved to crush Lin Ran’s dream of pursuing Cultivation Method Studies.

As Bai Fusheng watched Lin Ran lecture, he discovered that visiting student Feng Qi was Wang Jinsheng’s student and tried to recruit him to Star City Academy. Bai Fusheng then recounted Wang Jinsheng’s principled youth, while Feng Qi privately believed Wang would shine again.

• Bai Fusheng entered Lin Ran’s lecture, sat beside Feng Qi, and asked whether he planned to attend Star City Academy.
• Feng Qi told Bai Fusheng that Wang Jinsheng was his homeroom and history teacher, and Bai Fusheng realized he was Wang’s student.
• Bai Fusheng recalled how Wang was mocked for crying at a flag-raising ceremony and for protesting an unfair financial aid vote.
• Bai Fusheng explained that Wang’s father had died in a military operation when Wang was seven, and said Wang later became his year’s brightest rising star before his talent was buried.
• Feng Qi defended Wang’s continued efforts and privately thought that Wang would soon shine again.

After hearing Bai Fusheng’s account of Wang Jinsheng, Feng Qi reflected on his teacher’s influence and received Bai’s offer to help him at Star City Academy. He then recorded instructions for his future self and bought a Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal, hoping to change what lay ahead.

• Feng Qi learned from Bai Fusheng that Wang Jinsheng had influenced those around him through humility, kindness, and dedication, and discovered that Bai was the principal of Star City Academy.
• Feng Qi encouraged Lin Ran to focus on Art Method Studies, but Lin Ran decided to study Cultivation Method Studies as well.
• Feng Qi reasoned that each visit to Future Dreamland continued along the same timeline, while returning to reality created a new timeline.
• Feng Qi wrote three messages to his future self: obtain a Star City Database Authority Account, investigate the Scarlet Institute, and seek state intervention if the known crisis could not be stopped.
• Feng Qi created a private email account and spent 880,000 on a Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal.

Feng Qi and Lin Ran searched the academy for Mu Qing after she missed lunch and found three Winter Academy exchange students bullying her. Feng Qi intervened, and Lin Ran's arrival stopped the girls from attacking him.

• Feng Qi and Lin Ran studied together in the library, where Feng Qi kept delaying Lin Ran's requests to learn Cultivation Method Studies.
• When Mu Qing failed to appear for lunch, Feng Qi and Lin Ran split up to search the academy for her.
• Three Winter Academy exchange students cornered Mu Qing in the Body Tempering Room, slapped her, and beat her while she refused to fight back.
• Feng Qi found the girls attacking Mu Qing, shouted at them, and slapped the leader.
• The other two girls moved to attack Feng Qi, but Lin Ran arrived and warned them to try it.

Feng Qi forced three Winter Academy exchange students to apologize to Mu Qing after they damaged her treasured harmonica, then stayed with her as she grieved. After eating, he bought her a replacement and prepared notes for his next trip into Future Dreamland, where his limited funds made careful planning essential.

• Lin Ran apologized to Feng Qi and revealed that the three girls who had mistreated Mu Qing were exchange students from Winter Academy.
• Feng Qi demanded that the girls apologize to Mu Qing, and they did before leaving the Body Tempering Room.
• Feng Qi saw Mu Qing crying over her broken harmonica, comforted her, and accompanied her and Lin Ran to eat.
• Feng Qi returned to his dormitory, swallowed a Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal, and raised his energy progress to 76%.
• Feng Qi bought Mu Qing a new harmonica for 30,000 and wrote additional advice for his future self, including a warning to act quickly.

Feng Qi visited Bai Fusheng to learn about Mu Qing and heard that the Scarlet Institute’s experiments had supposedly been voluntary. Bai Fusheng’s account conflicted with what Feng Qi had witnessed in Mu Qing’s memories, leaving him uncertain about the Institute’s true role as he returned to his dormitory to explore Future Dreamland for clues.

• Feng Qi went to Bai Fusheng’s office and asked him about Mu Qing.
• Bai Fusheng warned Feng Qi that Mu Qing was emotionally unstable and powerful, then explained that the Scarlet Institute had made her a Rune Modifier through experiments.
• Bai Fusheng said Mu Qing’s family had volunteered for the experiments after being poisoned by Domain Transcendents and learning they had little time to live.
• Bai Fusheng said Mu Qing’s family had asked the Scarlet Institute to ensure she grew up healthy and received a good education, and the Institute had sent her to Star City Academy.
• Feng Qi doubted whether the Scarlet Institute had acted innocently, but Bai Fusheng’s account made his earlier suspicions less certain.
• Feng Qi returned to his dormitory and decided to explore Future Dreamland for more clues.

Feng Qi entered Future Dreamland to investigate how history had changed and read his future self’s records in the Star City Database. He learned that his future self had died under classified circumstances, found clues about Mu Qing and Scarlet Institute, and suspected he had been assassinated.

• Feng Qi drank several bottles of alcohol to fall asleep and entered Future Dreamland beneath a blood-red moon.
• Feng Qi noticed that the Living Dead had grown stronger, then reached Star City Shelter and accessed its Database.
• Feng Qi read records saying his future self had died at age 26 after developing mental problems and becoming involved in a classified incident.
• Feng Qi opened his future self’s private mailbox and learned that Mu Qing had befriended him while he continued investigating Scarlet Institute.
• Feng Qi read a final note from his future self suspecting that his death had been an assassination.

Feng Qi read a message from his future self claiming that the Scarlet Institute had been infiltrated by Domain Creatures and was assassinating gifted people. The message warned Feng Qi to investigate carefully and left him with the mystery of why Mu Qing had betrayed humanity.

• Feng Qi read records explaining how his future self entered the Scarlet Institute and used a disguised reconnaissance robot to investigate its restricted labs.
• The robot recorded a Domain Creature in a Scarlet Institute uniform conducting human experiments and discovered a list containing Feng Qi, Mu Qing, Lin Ran, and Old Wang.
• Feng Qi’s future self found that people marked with crosses on the list were talented figures who had died young, then suspected the Scarlet Institute was killing geniuses to hinder humanity.
• Lin Ran survived an assassination attempt, strengthening Feng Qi’s future self’s suspicions about the institute.
• After the Scarlet Institute deleted his evidence and targeted him, Feng Qi’s future self warned him not to expose the secret before he could challenge its power.

After learning that the Scarlet Institute was likely controlled by Domain Creatures, Feng Qi abandoned his plan to seek the nation's support and devised three paths to oppose it. While researching Mu Qing in the Future Database, he found evidence that her later betrayal might have been connected to his own fate.

• Feng Qi read his future self's warning and decided not to reveal his secret before he could stand against the Scarlet Institute.
• Feng Qi planned to strengthen himself, protect present-day geniuses by building an opposing organization, and bring future Cultivation Methods back to advance humanity.
• Feng Qi searched the Future Database for Mu Qing and found that she later became the leader of the Dawn Rebels and was branded a human traitor.
• Feng Qi read a comment describing Mu Qing's loyalty to him and suggesting that his death might have been connected to her betrayal.

Feng Qi learned that Lin Ran’s flawed Cultivation Methods had caused a catastrophe, strengthening his resolve to steer him back to art method research. He left the metal passage and headed east, but Little Black caught up with him in a ruined city, forcing him to flee.

• Feng Qi read the mixed historical assessments of Lin Ran and learned that Lin Ran’s Cultivation Methods had crippled millions of cultivators.
• Feng Qi discovered that Lin Ran’s methods had passed simulations, animal tests, and Lin Ran’s own cultivation, but harmed ordinary people after their release.
• Feng Qi decided to convince Lin Ran to abandon Cultivation Method Studies and continue his art method research.
• Feng Qi left the metal passage, traveled east through the bleak landscape, and drew power from the Living Dead he encountered.
• Feng Qi spotted Little Black approaching in a ruined city and ran rather than face it.

Feng Qi fled Little Black through the City Ruins, where he was chased by several Domain Creatures before hiding in a ruined residential complex. During a thunderstorm, a small figure appeared beside him and clung to his arm, leaving Feng Qi frightened and uncertain what it was.

• Feng Qi spotted Little Black pursuing him into the City Ruins and ran east to avoid being killed.
• Feng Qi encountered a Unicorn Domain Creature, led it toward Little Black, and escaped while Little Black dispersed into Black Mist to withstand the Unicorn's charge.
• Feng Qi fled past living Purple Vines and a giant vicious dog, then hid in a room on the third floor of a ruined residential complex.
• A storm darkened the room, and Feng Qi saw a small humanoid figure beside him in a flash of lightning.
• The small figure hugged Feng Qi's arm and said it was scared, while Feng Qi nervously insisted that he was even more frightened.

Feng Qi encountered a mysterious little girl in the Future Dreamland who clung to him and revealed immense strength by striking down a vicious dog. After fleeing the collapsing residential complex, he was knocked to the ground when the girl caught up and attached herself to him again.

• Feng Qi found a cold, childlike girl with a shattered Rune Crystal embedded in her arm and suspected she was a Domain Creature.
• The girl clung to Feng Qi, and his attempts to shake her off failed even after he kicked her away.
• A three-meter-tall vicious dog attacked Feng Qi, but the girl punched it with tremendous force and knocked it down.
• Feng Qi escaped as the girl and the vicious dog fought, and the ruined residential complex collapsed behind him.
• The girl sped after Feng Qi, slammed into him, and knocked him several meters away.