Chapter Summaries

Feng Qi learned that the Elf King’s Miracle Item, the Life Furnace, created powerful Elf Seeds by combining life information and nurturing new life. The Elf King revealed its fear that Darkwood would surpass and overthrow it, then asked Feng Qi to teach cultivation methods to Elf City’s residents.

• Feng Qi described several Miracle Divine Objects to the Elf King, then learned that its Life Furnace collected life information and used it to create Elf Seeds.
• The Elf King explained that the Life Furnace could only pass abilities to descendants through nurturing, and that most attempts to create new life failed.
• Feng Qi learned that the Elf King wanted a Flesh and Blood Body because it believed that form would let it grow faster and gain more potential.
• The Elf King admitted it feared Darkwood, its exceptionally powerful descendant, which had hidden things from it and was rapidly growing stronger in Darkwood City.
• The Elf King told Feng Qi that tensions were rising between Elf City and Darkwood City and asked him to teach cultivation methods to Elf City’s residents.

Feng Qi agreed to teach the Central District humans cultivation methods after the Elf King explained its interest, while learning that a conflict with Darkwood would probably involve humanity. After Feng Qi returned to Xiao You, the Elf King secretly prepared a way to be reborn if it was driven into a dead end.

• The Elf King asked Feng Qi to share cultivation methods, and Feng Qi agreed after considering how they could help Central District humans resist elvenization.
• Feng Qi questioned the Elf King about Darkwood, and the Elf King admitted humanity would probably be drawn into their conflict but promised not to use humans as fighters unless Darkwood did so first.
• Feng Qi compared Darkwood’s growing independence to the Chimera Demons that helped destroy the Tian Duo Race and judged the Elf King’s chances of victory to be poor.
• Feng Qi demonstrated Fierce Tiger Fist, and the Elf King recognized that cultivation could strengthen humans and delay their assimilation by elves.
• Feng Qi returned to the golden platform, where Xiao You clung to him and cried before wiping her tears and snot on his wrist.
• Inside the Elf King, its consciousness transformed into a golden sapling and used the Life Furnace to ignite a golden egg, revealing its secret plan to be reborn if necessary.

Feng Qi completed his body cultivation lessons in Elf City and prepared to continue his journey west, stopping to thank the Elf King before leaving. The Elf King gave him a life-saving branch and offered him an Elf Seed, which Feng Qi accepted without fear of its side effects.

• Feng Qi decided to leave Elf City after finishing his lessons and planned to visit Darkwood City before continuing west.
• Xiao You showed Feng Qi a Space Bracelet she had made, and he praised her progress.
• Feng Qi taught the selected human students the body cultivation methods and had his lessons recorded for later study.
• Feng Qi thanked Xie Yuanli, gathered supplies, and arranged to meet the Elf King before departing.
• The Elf King gave Feng Qi a branch containing his origin power and offered him an Elf Seed.
• Feng Qi accepted the Elf Seed, confident that his powerful body could withstand its side effects.

Feng Qi received the Elf King's golden Seed of Life, which enhanced his body and planted a soothing, growing sapling in his Sea of Consciousness. He traveled north with Xiao You, Po Jia, and Thunder, and arrived at Darkwood City as the connection to Elf City was being built.

• Feng Qi asked about the golden seed, and the Elf King explained that it would strengthen his vitality, physical power, and self-healing.
• With the Elf King's help, Feng Qi fused with the Seed of Life, which enhanced his heart and grew into a golden sapling in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Feng Qi reunited with an upset Xiao You, then set off north with her, Po Jia, and Thunder.
• The group traveled through the abandoned former frontier city and a merging desert, while Feng Qi observed elf plants and rail vines along their route.
• After several days, Feng Qi and the others reached Darkwood City, where Xiao You eagerly anticipated food and drink.

Feng Qi entered Darkwood City, registered with the help of Wen Xiuqi, and learned about the city’s military structure and human-elf assimilation. Wen Xiuqi also recounted an old uprising over humanity’s dependence on the Elf King, leaving Feng Qi with a clearer picture of the Central District’s troubled history.

• Feng Qi led Xiao You and the others into Darkwood City after its gate opened in response to his Elf Seed.
• Wen Xiuqi, a Law Enforcement Department officer nearing elf assimilation, found Feng Qi and helped him register so the city’s plants would not treat his group as threats.
• Wen Xiuqi explained Darkwood City’s districts and its three-legion military system, contrasting it with the Eastern District’s independent battle squads.
• Feng Qi asked about the Central District’s growth system, and Wen Xiuqi described a protest three hundred years earlier against dependence on the Elf King.
• Wen Xiuqi said the uprising failed after its leaders acted too radically, making the idea of developing a new growth system taboo.

Feng Qi traveled to Darkwood City's northern front line to assess its defenses and compare its legion system with the Eastern District's warbands. He entered a battlefield-ruins Domain Field with Xiao You and the others to search for treasures, ending as Thunder and Taihang bickered behind the group.

• Feng Qi reflected on Darkwood's ambitions, the Elf King's plans, and Lin Ran's idea of a Heavenly Dao before deciding humanity's survival mattered most to him.
• Feng Qi and his companions left Darkwood City, saw Darkwood from afar, and continued north to inspect the city's expanding front line.
• Feng Qi observed the legion's defenses and explained how Elf Seeds gave Central District warriors quick, specialized spellcasting while limiting their versatility.
• Feng Qi led his companions to a battlefield-ruins Domain Field and sent Cloud Cotton back to Darkwood City before they entered on foot.
• Feng Qi promised grilled meat if they found a Miracle Item, and Xiao You, Thunder, and Taihang argued as the group set off to search.

Feng Qi explored the Battlefield Remains with Xiao You and the others, learning about its famous treasures while finding nothing valuable himself. Xiao You’s playful treasure hunt continued, and Po Jia eventually made an unexpected discovery.

• Feng Qi recalled the Domain Field’s three famous treasures: Sky Rainbow, the Dark Night Pearl, and the Fate Dice.
• Xiao You role-played as a powerful demon-blade wielder while riding Taihang, and Feng Qi and Thunder watched in embarrassment.
• Feng Qi searched the battlefield and reflected on its history and the dangers of Domain World warfare, but found nothing worth keeping.
• Xiao You found an orange bead that Feng Qi identified as a ruined formation eye, then kept searching for treasure.
• After more than half a day of searching, Po Jia made an unexpected discovery.

Feng Qi found a Tortoise Shell Jade in the Battlefield Remains and activated its spatial imprint, leading him and his companions through a rift to a strange city. A civet-like guide identified it as Fate City, where visitors gambled with anything they wanted and could sometimes wager Miracle Divine Objects.

• Feng Qi examined Po Jia’s collected items and discovered that a patterned Tortoise Shell Jade could open a spatial passage.
• After crossing the Battlefield Remains, Feng Qi activated the jade by a lakeside, and Xiao You, Po Jia, Taihang, and Thunder followed him into the Space Fissure.
• Feng Qi and his companions emerged high above a dazzling city and began falling toward it.
• A civet-like resident stopped their fall and gave them pills that let them understand its language.
• The civet-like guide told Feng Qi that the city was Fate City, where guests could gamble with anything and might encounter Miracle Divine Objects as wagers.

Feng Qi explored Fate City, learned its history and rules, and discovered that the underground vault linked to the Tortoise Shell Jade was empty except for the Tail Thorn Clan’s genealogy. While admiring valuable goods in the trading district, he realized he might have something to trade and asked Xiao You for the soul pearl containing the Ancient Ferocious Spirit.

• The civet cat explained Fate City's origins, its energy-suppressing miracle, and the rules protecting gamblers.
• Feng Qi found the Tail Thorn Clan's empty vault, and the civet cat translated its genealogy, which recounted how the clan had gambled its way out of extinction.
• The civet cat took Feng Qi to the trading floor and explained how visitors exchanged goods for bloodstones or crystals to use as gambling stakes.
• Feng Qi admired an imitation miracle tool that could mass-produce weapons, but he could not afford its billion-bloodstone price.
• Feng Qi asked Xiao You for the soul pearl containing the Ancient Ferocious Spirit, and Xiao You retrieved it for him.

Feng Qi refused to sell the Soul Pearl to the Blood Soul Clan because Thunder hated them, then learned about Fate City's many gambling games and became interested in the Illustrated Handbook War Game. A consignment merchant later found another buyer for the Soul Pearl, though Feng Qi was unsure whether this one was truly not an enemy.

• Feng Qi brought the Soul Pearl to a black-furred ape-man consignment merchant, who appraised its contents at more than eighty thousand vicious souls and valued it at fifty million bloodstones.
• The merchant led Feng Qi to a Blood Soul Clan member willing to pay fifty-three million bloodstones, but Feng Qi refused to sell the Soul Pearl to Thunder's enemy.
• Feng Qi told Thunder that revenge against the Blood Soul Clan was nearly impossible, while Thunder insisted he would grow strong enough to slaughter them.
• Li Mao Envoy explained Fate City's gambling games, and Feng Qi became eager to see the Illustrated Handbook War Game and its race-replicating cards.
• The black-furred ape-man found another buyer offering the same price for the Soul Pearl, then hesitated as he claimed the buyer should not be an enemy.

Feng Qi toured Fate City's game floors and tried the Imposter Game, where luck helped him survive and earn a profit. He quit while ahead and continued with the Li Mao Envoy toward the higher floors of Fate Hall.

• Feng Qi learned how Bloodstone Cards recorded wealth and used one to transfer five hundred thousand bloodstones to the Black-Haired Ape.
• Feng Qi toured the advanced games, combat arenas, Assembly Games, and Deception Games, while the Li Mao Envoy explained how each worked.
• Feng Qi entered a one-hundred-thousand-bloodstone Imposter Game round, disguised himself as a tree, and survived until the end.
• Feng Qi earned two hundred and ten thousand bloodstones from the round, including a faction reward and a disguise-time reward.
• Feng Qi refused Xiao You's suggestion to play again and followed the Li Mao Envoy toward the higher floors.

Feng Qi and Thunder explored the Illustrated Handbook War Game, watched a high-stakes match, and tried a practice duel that taught Feng Qi how complex the game was. After Thunder defeated him, Feng Qi considered training human prodigies to compete for profits in Fate City.

• Feng Qi and Thunder watched a pale man defeat a tentacled creature in an intense Illustrated Handbook War match and earn over five million Bloodstones.
• Feng Qi considered how humanity could use Fate City’s trading and service opportunities to earn resources, then followed the Li Mao Envoy to the practice area.
• Feng Qi built a deck, recognized cards linked to the Silver Serpent Race and the Mist Race, and began a practice match against Thunder.
• Feng Qi used a Calamity Card to disrupt Thunder’s monster farming, but Thunder countered with his own tactics and eventually trapped Feng Qi’s warriors behind a chasm.
• Feng Qi rallied with an eight-star Nether Soul and later gained an advantage, but Thunder’s upgraded low-star army destroyed Feng Qi’s Life Crystal.
• Feng Qi studied the match results and wondered whether he could train human prodigies to earn profits through Illustrated Handbook War.

Feng Qi left Fate City with bloodstones and a plan for how humanity could benefit from settling there, then resumed his journey and released the Demon Blade’s fourth seal. Three years later, he perfected his first Offensive Blade Technique and tested Po Jia’s growth, ending with Po Jia recovering from a serious injury as Feng Qi looked toward his eventual battle with Jian Ji.

• Thunder built an Illustrated Handbook War deck, won his first million-bloodstone match, suffered losses, and eventually raised his chips to nineteen million before Feng Qi stopped him from gambling further.
• Feng Qi explored Fate Hall, saw its Miracle Items, and developed a plan for humans to settle in Fate City for intelligence, knowledge, trade profits, goods, and outside combat support.
• Feng Qi withdrew his bloodstones, bought five Tortoise Shell Jade pieces and a spatial ring, then led Xiao You, Thunder, Taihang, and Po Jia back to the real world.
• After the group camped by the lake, Feng Qi released the Demon Blade’s fourth seal and began a new journey; three years later, he created the Blade Qi Meteor Offensive Blade Technique and tested Po Jia’s abilities.
• Po Jia’s risky assassination strike nearly caught Feng Qi off guard, but the Demon Blade’s qi injured him; Feng Qi used the Elf Seed’s life force to heal Po Jia and resolved to keep moving toward defeating Jian Ji.

After seventy-three years away, Feng Qi defeated Dragon Spear in a deadly Ascension Challenge, broke through to a new realm, and began leading his team home. In the 126th year of his journey, he reached Star City’s Eastern District, where a human patrol mistook him and his companions for Domain Transcendent Creatures and charged.

• Feng Qi recalled the teammates who had joined and left the Blade Demon Squad, including Wuqiong, who died protecting the group, and Heavy Armor Shield, who departed to rejoin his clan.
• Feng Qi challenged Dragon Spear, and their fierce battle ended with Feng Qi breaking through and Dragon Spear dying after their final exchange of techniques.
• Feng Qi told Xiao You and the others to go home, then led them along the return route while continuing his training and recording important locations.
• In the 126th year of the journey, Feng Qi crossed into the human world and saw that Star City had expanded its western supply zone.
• A Star City patrol identified Feng Qi’s group as Domain Transcendent Creatures and charged, while Xiao You worried that the humans had come to kill her.

Feng Qi returned to Star City after a century away and was mistaken for a Domain Creature until he revealed his identity to a human patrol. He reached the Star City West Supply Zone, reunited with Zhang Daowen, and left the group surprised by Xiao You’s claim that she was human.

• Feng Qi used his blade aura to stop the approaching warriors, then had Thunder paralyze them so he could explain the misunderstanding.
• The squad leader recognized Feng Qi from his textbooks, and Feng Qi confirmed that he had returned before escorting the warriors toward the Star City West Supply Zone.
• During the journey, the squad leader described Star City’s development, including Dawn Academy and the growth of Space Studies, while Feng Qi asked about Domain Studies.
• The convoy entered the supply zone, where guards reacted with disbelief to Feng Qi’s return and notified Squad Leader Zhang.
• Feng Qi arrived at the Warband Office Hall and reunited with Zhang Daowen, who recognized him as Uncle Qi.
• Zhang Daowen noticed Feng Qi’s companions were Domain Creatures, and Xiao You insisted that she was human too.

Feng Qi reunited with Zhang Daowen at Star City West Supply Zone, learned how the frontier had developed, and discussed the Central District’s elf-linked civilization and the dangers of the Elf King. He returned to Star City, where its senior officials gathered to welcome him.

• Feng Qi told Zhang Daowen that his journey toward godhood had ended and described the Central District’s flourishing human civilization, which depended on elves whose power could eventually assimilate their hosts.
• Zhang Daowen explained that Star City West Supply Zone had expanded across three battlefronts and that a sudden Faceless Domain Field expansion had prompted plans for a stable Space Teleportation Array.
• Feng Qi considered the Silver Moon Race’s valuable engineering and space technology, but worried that giving them access to the Ultimate Weapon could make them a threat.
• Feng Qi declined Zhang Daowen’s offer to escort him and traveled by Maglev vehicle toward Star City with Xiao You and the others.
• Star City’s senior officials assembled outside the west gate to welcome Feng Qi, and Xiao You prompted them to applaud when he arrived.

After returning to Star City, Feng Qi recorded intelligence from his long journey and reconnected with the comforts of home while preparing to handle the city’s affairs. He accepted an invitation to a Star City Highest Council meeting and began investigating Mu Qing’s Dawn Army, leaving his attention focused on the threat of Jian Ji.

• Feng Qi refused to recount his journey at a meeting and instead began recording his experiences and intelligence for others to watch.
• Feng Qi took Xiao You, Thunder, Po Jia, and Taihang to Tiger Soul Restaurant, where Xiao You overeaten twice and Feng Qi used his life force to ease her discomfort.
• The Tiger Soul Dean invited Feng Qi to a Star City Highest Council meeting three days later, and Feng Qi accepted.
• Feng Qi logged into the Star City Database to research Winter City and the Dawn Army, then saw an image of the grown-up Mu Qing among its records.

Feng Qi reviewed Mu Qing’s history and the conflict between the Dawn Army and Winter City, realizing that the other cities opposed her partly to protect their resource interests. After studying Star City’s development records, he left for the Highest Council meeting and reunited with Wei Wei, who met Xiao You for the first time.

• Feng Qi examined Mu Qing’s records and learned how she had united the Scavengers into the Dawn Army, while Winter City manipulated public opinion against her.
• Feng Qi realized that the other cities’ Domain Factions had joined Jian Ji’s campaign because the Dawn Army kept resources in the Winter Supply Zone instead of distributing them to the cities.
• Feng Qi considered how Mu Qing’s commitment to humanity’s growth had kept her from pursuing the Solo Power Growth Mode, then reviewed Star City’s development history and recorded its lessons.
• Feng Qi spent the next few days studying Star City’s records before leaving with Xiao You and the others for the Star City Highest Council meeting.
• Feng Qi reunited with Wei Wei outside the meeting venue, and Xiao You introduced herself as Feng Qi’s “wild child” before he pulled her back.

Feng Qi presented plans for Star City's future at the Highest Council, then learned about progress and problems at the Scarlet Institute before taking Xiao You and the others to experience Star City's Mid-Autumn Festival. The chapter ended with the group celebrating beneath the fireworks at Starlight Lake.

• Feng Qi listened as Star City's officials debated New City construction and then proposed investing in Domain Studies, cautiously contacting Elf City, exploring resource zones, and holding an Illustrated Handbook War Game tournament.
• Feng Qi reunited with Wei Wei, who reported that the Faith Growth path caused consciousness problems but that Lin Ran's team had found a possible solution and Blood Sacrifice research was progressing.
• Feng Qi treated Wei Wei to dinner, and a vendor discovered after Feng Qi left that his face-scan payment account identified him as a historical figure.
• Feng Qi brought Xiao You and the others to Star City's Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations, where Xiao You tried lantern riddles, ate mooncakes, and explored the lakeside with the group.
• Feng Qi and the others watched fireworks over Starlight Lake as Xiao You wished them a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.

Feng Qi visited Old Mi in Mist City before leaving for the Bitter Winter Northern Territory, where they discussed future plans and how to permanently deal with Jian Ji. Old Mi proposed sealing Jian Ji until Feng Qi could erase him on the Main Timeline, and Feng Qi left considering the plan.

• Feng Qi traveled with Xiao You, Thunder, Po Jia, and Taihang through Star City's teleportation array to Mist City to visit Old Mi.
• Feng Qi and Xiao You explored Mist City's specialized buildings and met a young Mist Race member who recognized Feng Qi and went to notify the clan leader.
• Old Mi welcomed Feng Qi at the Mist Hall, shared purified Sea Spirit Deer blood with the group, and heard about Feng Qi's journey and plans.
• Old Mi advised Feng Qi on future cooperation, New City's construction, and the risks of borrowing Talent Abilities from the Main Timeline.
• Old Mi proposed that Feng Qi cripple and seal Jian Ji until 1,500 years later, then kill him on the Main Timeline to erase him from the river of time.
• Feng Qi prepared to leave for the Bitter Winter Northern Territory, and Old Mi wished him safe passage while Xiao You asked to join his promised feast.