Chapter Summaries

Mu Yao and Jian Ji clashed in Winter City after her spear struck at him, and neither could overcome the other before Mu Yao escaped. In Star City, Feng Qi received a report matching Mu Yao’s description, ordered Gu Sha to head to Winter City, and then fainted.

• Mu Yao sensed powerful Sword Intent in Winter City’s Northern District and hurled her Silver-White Spear toward it.
• Jian Ji healed a woman whose bonded sword the spear had shattered, then followed the spear’s trail and met Mu Yao in the air.
• Mu Yao and Jian Ji exchanged attacks, and Jian Ji unleashed his Sword Tomb-filled Sword Dao Domain as Burning Sky clashed with her spear.
• Mu Yao retreated through a Space Passage, threatening to return after she recovered, and Jian Ji failed to track her.
• Feng Qi received a report from his team that a noodle shop owner’s description of a Mysterious Girl matched Mu Yao, ordered Gu Sha to set out for Winter City, and lost consciousness.

After recovering in a Healing Pod, Feng Qi departed for Winter City despite his declining health, hoping to find Mu Yao and learn the truth. A report of a fierce sword-energy clash suggested Mu Yao might have fought the Sword Clan, and Feng Qi continued toward Winter City determined to live.

• Xiao Wen returned from the front line to check on Feng Qi, but Feng Qi refused to delay his trip to Winter City, and Gu Sha helped him board a Tiger Soul Special Plane.
• Xiao Wen revealed a semi-finished Healing Talisman he had researched for years and vowed to complete it before retiring from the front line to care for Feng Qi.
• Feng Qi called Mu Qing to ask whether Mu Yao was with her, but Mu Qing did not know who Mu Yao was, so Feng Qi set out to search for her himself.
• Feng Qi read a report about a late-night energy clash in Winter City’s Northern District, where investigators found sword marks that still held traces of sword qi.
• Feng Qi reasoned that the Sword Clan might have clashed with Mu Yao and considered whether Jian Ji or another powerful enemy had fought her.
• As the plane crossed the clouds, Feng Qi reflected on the possibilities surrounding Mu Yao and focused on his desire to live long enough to uncover the truth.

Feng Qi used a public confession advertisement to draw Mu Yao to a secret meeting in Winter City's eastern outskirts. After 113 years of waiting, he finally met her and told her how long he had waited, leaving Mu Yao stunned.

• Feng Qi arrived in Winter City and had Di Cong report that the city was promoting a sword-based cultivation method, which he suspected could be connected to the Sword Clan.
• After Di Cong's search found no trace of Mu Yao, Feng Qi rejected seeking help from Winter City's officials or Domain Weak Race Alliance and arranged a public advertisement using Tian Shu's name to reach her.
• Mu Yao, hungry and unable to contact Radiant Sun, saw the advertisement in a restaurant and wondered who had arranged the confession before turning her attention to the food.
• Feng Qi waited for Mu Yao in the Snow Bamboo Forest with Thousand Leaves Wine, nearly falling asleep as his health deteriorated.
• Mu Yao arrived, ate the food, and drank the wine Feng Qi offered; Feng Qi injected himself with adrenaline and told her he had waited 113 years.
• Mu Yao stopped eating and stared at Feng Qi in disbelief.

Feng Qi questioned Mu Yao about the Road to Heaven, the Domain World, the Pillar Gods, and the origins of Miracle Items, learning that humanity might carry the Pillar Gods’ knowledge and power through life inheritance. He left the conversation with one major question unanswered: Mu Yao had just learned that Mu Qing was compatible with the Scarlet Rune Crystal, and Feng Qi asked where it came from.

• Feng Qi asked why Mu Yao built the Road to Heaven and sent humanity’s strongest warriors there, and Mu Yao explained that it delayed the Domain World’s invasion and protected humanity’s development.
• Mu Yao said she had left the human world for the Void, where she became trapped on a ruin from the Pillar Gods’ era and uncovered clues about the world and Miracle Items.
• Mu Yao explained that the Pillar Gods may have created humans as vessels to pass their knowledge and power into a new era, and that she and Mo had devised a way to awaken potential already hidden in some people.
• Feng Qi asked whether Mu Yao could extend his lifespan or awaken hidden potential, but Mu Yao said he was not a potential bearer.
• Feng Qi told Mu Yao that Mu Qing had become compatible with the Scarlet Rune Crystal, and Mu Yao excitedly asked whether a compatible bearer had appeared.
• Feng Qi confirmed that Mu Qing was the bearer and asked Mu Yao about the Scarlet Rune Crystal’s origin.

Feng Qi learned Mu Yao’s theories about the Scarlet Rune Crystal’s connection to the Pillar Gods and the possible origins of Great Era Advent. After the mental illusion ended, he asked her where Little Black came from.

• Feng Qi learned how Mu Qing had fused with the Scarlet Rune Crystal and heard Mu Yao describe the ruined temple, Scarlet Throne, and mysterious communication formations on Ruins Island.
• Mu Yao theorized that the Scarlet Rune Crystal might have been formed from the power of a distant Scarlet life connected to the Pillar Gods.
• Mu Yao outlined two hypotheses for Great Era Advent: a simulated world's version update or a harvest by Superdimensional Life.
• Feng Qi returned from Mu Yao’s mental illusion when his Sea of Consciousness could no longer endure the information, and he recovered from the resulting pain.
• Feng Qi asked Mu Yao where Little Black came from, and she recognized it as the mysterious thing Mo had created that hunted him fifteen hundred years later.

Feng Qi questioned Mu Yao about Little Black, Ruins Island, and his spreading Negative Emotions mark, then survived a worsening collapse with her help. When Jian Ji sensed the Demon Blade and attacked, Mu Yao flew to confront him, and Feng Qi called Mu Qing for assistance.

• Mu Yao speculated that Mo had assembled Little Black from a Pillar God Relic and explained that it might carry its own rules; she also taught Feng Qi how to identify a location in the Void World through spiritual perception.
• Mu Yao said she knew nothing about the Blue Skin Race and identified Feng Qi’s spreading black mark as Negative Emotions threatening to consume his body.
• As Feng Qi’s condition worsened, he used his Fist Momentum and Blade Momentum Flame to absorb Mu Yao’s energy and avoid dying.
• Jian Ji sensed the Demon Blade in Winter City, flew toward it with the Burning Sky Sword, and destroyed the steel factory on his way.
• Mu Yao confronted Jian Ji, and Feng Qi called Mu Qing for help; Mu Qing left her squad’s mission immediately and rushed toward Winter City.

Mu Yao fought Jian Ji while Feng Qi fled with the Winter City garrison squad, but Jian Ji pursued him because he mistook Feng Qi's Blade Momentum for the Demon Blade's. Mu Qing arrived in a scarlet frenzy and stopped Jian Ji's Burning Sky Sword with a single punch, leaving Mu Yao delighted by the power she had expected.

• Mu Yao shattered Jian Ji's Sword Qi Domain Field with Radiant Sun's power, but the sun vanished before she could finish him.
• Jian Ji recognized the Demon Blade-like Blade Momentum in Feng Qi and decided to kill him, while Gu Sha repeatedly shielded Feng Qi from his attacks.
• Feng Qi fled toward the airport with Di Cong and the Winter City squad, whose members sacrificed themselves to weaken Jian Ji's sword qi.
• Mu Yao tried to stop Jian Ji from pursuing Feng Qi, but he trapped her in a Sword Qi Domain Field and sent Burning Sky Sword after Feng Qi.
• Mu Qing reached Feng Qi in a scarlet frenzy and knocked Burning Sky Sword back with a powerful punch, prompting Mu Yao to praise her Scarlet Force.

Mu Qing fought Jian Ji after he threatened Feng Qi, but Jian Ji unleashed the Sword Spirit Grand Array and turned Winter City’s residents into its fuel. Feng Qi died fighting the Sword Clan, and Zhang Daowen arrived too late to save him; carrying Feng Qi’s frozen body, he began slaughtering the Sword Clan in grief and fury.

• Mu Qing struck Jian Ji with overwhelming force, but he survived as a Sword Spirit Body and used the Burning Sky Sword to battle her from a distance.
• Jian Ji activated the Sword Spirit Grand Array, sacrificing Winter City residents and joining their spirits with a million ancestral swords to overpower Mu Qing.
• Mu Qing lost control when Jian Ji endangered Feng Qi, while Jian Ji sent Sword Clan warriors after him and Feng Qi escaped with Tiger Soul warriors.
• Zhang Daowen defied Feng Qi’s order and used an experimental teleportation device to travel toward Winter City, while Feng Qi’s escort was killed by the Sword Clan.
• Feng Qi activated Blood Source Form and killed more than two hundred Sword Clan members before his life ended; Zhang Daowen arrived and froze Feng Qi’s body in an Ice Coffin.
• Zhang Daowen fought the Sword Clan while carrying Feng Qi’s Ice Coffin and vowed to crush Winter City and avenge him.

Zhang Daowen arrived in Winter City carrying Feng Qi’s Ice Coffin and slaughtered the Sword Clan warriors involved in Uncle Qi’s death. After Mu Yao stopped Mu Qing from attacking him, Zhang Daowen learned that Jian Ji had killed Feng Qi and began gathering power for a devastating strike.

• Zhang Daowen froze and killed more than a hundred Sword Clan warriors, then demanded to know who had been involved in Uncle Qi’s death.
• Zhang Daowen destroyed the Sword Clan’s attacks and killed its warriors, including the fifth commander of the Dawn Battle Squad.
• Zhang Daowen’s attack clashed with Mu Qing’s uncontrolled Scarlet Force until Mu Yao reminded Mu Qing that Feng Qi lay in the Ice Coffin.
• Mu Qing regained control briefly, then learned from Zhang Daowen that Feng Qi was dead and launched a berserk attack on Jian Ji.
• After Mu Yao confirmed that Jian Ji had killed Feng Qi, Zhang Daowen transformed into a towering Frost Giant and formed an enormous ice blade.

After Feng Qi died, Star City preserved his brain, rallied around his legacy, and Zhang Daowen vowed to avenge him. Centuries later, Zhang Daowen led an assault on Winter City, while Feng Qi’s consciousness was overwhelmed by Negative Emotions until a familiar voice urged him to wake.

• Mu Yao convinced Zhang Daowen to take Feng Qi back to Star City, and he fought through pursuing Sword Clan warriors on the way.
• Wei Wei and her team could not save Feng Qi’s body, so they preserved his brain and told Zhang Daowen he had died.
• Star City prepared for conflict with Winter City, and a documentary about Feng Qi inspired public mourning and unity.
• The Mist Lord comforted Zhang Daowen at Feng Qi’s grave and urged him to grow strong enough to avenge Feng Qi.
• 178 years later, Zhang Daowen and the Mist Race army attacked Winter City, and Zhang Daowen challenged Jian Ji.
• As Feng Qi’s memory-reading ended 1500 years later, Negative Emotions overwhelmed his consciousness until a familiar voice called him to wake.

Feng Qi awoke in the Scarlet Institute 1,500 years after his apparent death and learned from Wei Wei’s messages how the little guy had rescued his brain and brought him to Star City. The messages described Star City’s growth and its conflict with Winter City, while Mu Qing and Mu Yao’s fate remained unknown.

• Feng Qi drank Wei Wei’s concentrated Mental Soothing Potion and asked the narrator what had happened in the future.
• Feng Qi read Wei Wei’s messages and learned that the little guy had used a dangerous targeted teleportation array to reach Winter City and bring his brain back to Star City.
• Wei Wei’s messages recounted Star City’s development, including a documentary honoring Feng Qi, expanding virtual technology, and cooperation with the Mist Lord.
• Wei Wei reported that Winter City remained under Sword Clan control, Mu Qing and Mu Yao’s fate was unknown, and Star City could not yet risk open war.
• Wei Wei said the little guy had joined the Star City Military Department and was pursuing the commander-in-chief position while remaining determined to avenge Feng Qi.

Feng Qi read years of mailbox messages describing Star City’s growth and learned that Mu Yao had returned with news of Mu Qing’s death, the Scarlet Rune Crystal, and a possible path to helping Tian Shu. As the Sword Clan began expanding toward Star City, the Scarlet Institute prepared to retreat into its secret base, while Xiao Yang urged Feng Qi to eliminate the Sword Clan on a future timeline.

• Feng Qi learned that the Scarlet Institute had preserved his brain, then read messages about Star City’s advancing ranks, education, military resources, and technology.
• Mu Yao returned to the Scarlet Institute and reported that Jian Ji had killed Mu Qing after using the Shield Armor Clan to strengthen his Sword Spirit Array; Mu Qing had enabled Mu Yao to escape with the Scarlet Rune Crystal.
• Mu Yao gave the Scarlet Rune Crystal to the Scarlet Institute and explained that Tian Shu would need Infinite Memory to withstand the Pillar God power fused into his body before she left for the Road to Heaven.
• The little guy went to Winter City to attack the injured Jian Ji, but Jian Ji defeated him, and Old Mi and the Mist Race Elder Faction brought him safely back to Star City.
• The Mist Race and Star City continued exchanging resources, while Star City expanded Blood Refinement training and began equipping elite soldiers with Living Armor.
• After learning that Jian Ji and the Sword Clan were advancing toward Star City, the Scarlet Institute prepared for partial seclusion, and Xiao Yang urged Feng Qi to remove the Sword Clan as a threat on a future timeline.

Feng Qi read Wei Wei’s messages about Star City’s long struggle against Jian Ji and awakened Little Suction Cup from cryogenic storage. After learning that Jian Ji feared his connection to the Demon Blade, Feng Qi considered joining with the blade to kill him.

• Feng Qi read Wei Wei’s messages describing Star City’s defense against the Sword Clan, the destruction of Future City, and Wei Wei’s plan to retire.
• Feng Qi found Little Suction Cup frozen in the laboratory and revived her; she recognized him and clung to him.
• Feng Qi saw the cracks in Little Suction Cup’s Scarlet Rune Crystal and resolved to kill Jian Ji to free Winter City and improve Mu Qing’s future.
• The narrator suggested that Jian Ji feared the Demon Blade would choose Feng Qi as its host, and Feng Qi considered teaming up with the blade to defeat Jian Ji.

Feng Qi crossed the ruined Star City toward the Star City Shelter, mourning Wei Wei and planning a Faith Skill Repository to help humanity survive the Black Moon’s rule. After Sucker engaged Blackie, Feng Qi reached the human city of Ice Crystal City, where its guards attacked him despite his claim that he was Feng Qi from fifteen hundred years ago.

• Feng Qi left the Scarlet Institute’s secret base, confirmed Blackie had not appeared nearby, and headed west through the ruined Star City toward the Star City Shelter.
• Feng Qi visited Wei Wei’s grave, left wildflowers, and resolved to preserve her legacy as he considered combining humanity’s cultivation system with a repository of borrowed Talent Abilities.
• Feng Qi killed Domain Creatures along the way to collect Talent Abilities, then threw Sucker at Blackie to buy himself time and flew toward the shelter.
• Feng Qi found Ice Crystal City beneath the blood moon and recognized the Dawn Banner on its walls as proof that humans had survived for fifteen hundred years.
• Feng Qi told three guards that he was Feng Qi from fifteen hundred years ago, but their leader ordered them to seize him.

Feng Qi escaped Dawn City's ice prison and fought its defenders to force the human Old Ancestor to appear. The Old Ancestor turned out to be the little guy, who recognized Feng Qi as Uncle Qi.

• Feng Qi learned from a neighboring Domain Creature that Dawn City's guards imprisoned anyone impersonating Feng Qi, then killed the prisoner after questioning him.
• Feng Qi broke out of the ice prison and restrained the guards without killing them as he forced his way outside.
• Hundreds of Dawn warriors attacked Feng Qi, and he used his Blood Source Form to break through their ice formations and fight the growing crowd.
• Feng Qi held back to avoid killing the warriors, but their numbers and accumulating cold began to wear him down.
• The Dawn warriors summoned their Old Ancestor, and Feng Qi recognized the white-haired figure as the little guy before greeting him as Uncle Qi.

Feng Qi reunited with Zhang Daowen, who recounted humanity’s struggles over the past 1,500 years and admitted that age and injuries had left him unable to lead them much longer. After Feng Qi revealed that Negative Emotions were consuming him, Zhang Daowen took him through a Space Passage toward the Blood Soul Clan for another Heart Forging Challenge.

• Zhang Daowen recognized Feng Qi as Uncle Qi, dismissed the others, and reunited with him after 1,500 years apart.
• Zhang Daowen described the war against Jian Ji, the Mist Lord’s sacrifice, humanity’s move to Dawn City, and the collapse of civilization beneath the black moon.
• Zhang Daowen told Feng Qi that his accumulated injuries and fading strength left him unable to continue guiding humanity, and Feng Qi acknowledged his burden.
• Feng Qi showed Zhang Daowen the black marks spreading across his arm as the cumulative effects of Negative Emotions manifested.
• Zhang Daowen offered to take Feng Qi to the Blood Soul Clan for a Heart Forging Challenge to delay the effects, then opened a Space Passage and led him through.

Feng Qi underwent the Difficulty of Intent, where he lived an entire ordinary life believing his memories of saving humanity had been a dream. At the end of his life, he let go of his regret, passed the challenge, and awoke with the influence of Negative Emotions suppressed.

• Feng Qi entered the Heart Forging Challenge and began the Difficulty of Intent, losing his memories of the trials and waking in his old classroom.
• Feng Qi searched for people and evidence from his memories, but Star City Academy, the Scarlet Institute, and other sources showed that they did not exist.
• Feng Qi spent a lifetime pursuing cultivation research, building a family, and longing for the memories he believed were only a dream.
• At the end of his life, Feng Qi accepted reality and let go of his regret, completing the challenge as his heart stopped.
• Feng Qi awoke in darkness, remembered the Heart Forging Challenge, and saw the third statue's gem dim as the Negative Emotions receded.

Feng Qi completed the fourth Eighteen Difficulties trial and returned to Dawn City, where Zhang Daowen taught him the Ice God Cultivation Method. Zhang Daowen then gave Feng Qi his remaining vitality and faced the Dark God, leaving Feng Qi to witness his final battle.

• Feng Qi endured the Hunger and Disease Difficulty, mastering his hunger and remaining clear through eighty-one illnesses.
• Feng Qi returned to Dawn City with Zhang Daowen and memorized the three stages of the Ice God Cultivation Method for the next timeline.
• Zhang Daowen urged Feng Qi to activate his Blood Source Form and poured his vitality into him, rapidly aging in the process.
• The Dark God arrived to reclaim its lost power, so Zhang Daowen sent Feng Qi away and confronted it.
• Zhang Daowen unleashed his Ice-Snow Domain Field and Extreme Cold Ice Blade, while Feng Qi heard him say, "See you in the next timeline..."

Zhang Daowen used his final strength to freeze and destroy the Dark God, and Feng Qi killed it after the narrator explained that doing so would not alter history before the real timeline. Zhang Daowen then succumbed to the cost of the battle, dying while mourning humanity’s uncertain future and gazing toward Dawn City.

• Zhang Daowen’s Ice-Snow God Body froze the Dark God, whose blood core shattered as it tried to resist.
• Feng Qi questioned whether killing the ancient Dark God would change history, and the narrator argued that his erasure ability could not affect events before the real timeline.
• Feng Qi smashed the Dark God’s frozen body and absorbed a small amount of its blood and vitality as its remains scattered.
• Zhang Daowen’s Ice-Snow God Body collapsed, and his life force rapidly faded as nearby Domain Factions watched Dawn City.
• The golden figure at the Rift Sky God Temple ordered preparations to claim new territory after Zhang Daowen’s death, while Feng Qi tried to sustain him with blood and vitality.
• Zhang Daowen mourned that he could not lead humanity to rise, recalled the Dawn Banner and Star City, and died standing as he faced Dawn City.

After Zhang Daowen’s death, Feng Qi watched Dawn’s descendants leave their city and gained the Dark God’s fused Blood God talent. As the Rift Sky God Clan attacked, Feng Qi unleashed his new powers, turned its warriors into Goat-Head Demons, and struck the God Lord with a slap.

• Feng Qi advised Xie Yu and Dawn’s descendants to migrate east toward the Mist Lord, and watched 320,000 people depart with the Dawn Banner.
• Feng Qi examined the Blood God talent he had plundered from the Dark God and confirmed that its six blood-core abilities had fused into one talent.
• Feng Qi waited beside Zhang Daowen’s grave, hoping nearby factions would arrive before Little Black so he could vent his anger.
• The Rift Sky God Clan descended on Dawn City, and Feng Qi used Annihilation Source to transform twelve Golden Armor Warriors into Goat-Head Demons.
• Feng Qi fought the Rift Sky God Clan within his Flame Hell Domain, turning its fallen warriors into more Goat-Head Demons and absorbing their power.
• Feng Qi teleported to the Rift Sky God Lord and slapped him aside, leaving the God Lord shocked that he could not track Feng Qi’s movement.