Chapter Summaries

Feng Qi witnessed Star City Shelter’s warriors defend their home against an overwhelming Domain invasion and learned they had chosen to fight because they could not abandon the shelter’s residents or their sworn duty. Moved by their sacrifice and the memories of their oath, he joined them in their final assault, shouting that humanity would be immortal.

• The Domain Field spread toward Star City Shelter as Feng Qi watched its warriors march out to meet the invading Domain Creatures.
• Feng Qi rescued an injured spellcaster and was captured by Chen Mo, who questioned him before allowing him to remain outside the sealed shelter.
• Chen Mo explained that the warriors could not retreat because they did not know of other shelters and lacked the resources to evacuate everyone.
• As the defensive line fell back toward the statue, a dying guard told Feng Qi that it embodied the warriors’ dignity and must not fall.
• Feng Qi’s Nightmare ability revealed the warriors’ oath to protect humanity, and he joined them in their last charge against the Domain Creatures.

Feng Qi witnessed Mu Yao battle the Black Mist, whose life-form revealed itself as Wang Jinsheng and turned shelter residents into Living Dead. Back in reality, Feng Qi struggled with the possibility that Old Wang had betrayed humanity, but a taxi driver brought him back to Star City Academy and helped him regain the resolve to investigate.

• Feng Qi watched Mu Yao confront the Black Mist, where the life-form called itself Wang Jinsheng and revealed that it had planted seeds within humanity.
• The Black Mist turned shelter residents into Living Dead and gathered their blood mist, while Mu Yao flew east toward the forming Space Node and Feng Qi was killed.
• Feng Qi returned to reality and angrily rejected the possibility that History Teacher Wang was the traitor behind humanity's downfall.
• Overwhelmed by doubt, Feng Qi ran through the rain, took a taxi, and told the driver that he had lost his dream.
• The driver brought Feng Qi back to Star City Academy and reminded him that every ending could be a new beginning, restoring his determination to investigate Wang Jinsheng.

Feng Qi analyzed the clues about Wang Jinsheng, the Tiger Soul Research Institute, and the Domain Factions infiltrating human civilization. He ended with more questions about the Road to Heaven, Little Black, and how humanity could be saved.

• Feng Qi suspected Wang Jinsheng’s Super Cultivation Method might have contained a bloodline switch that the Lord of the Black Mist could activate.
• Feng Qi theorized that the Tiger Soul Research Institute might have been infiltrated, and that Lin Ran’s flawed cultivation method and Le Ping'an’s plans could be connected to competing Domain Factions.
• Feng Qi reconsidered whether the Technology Research Institute had sent Le Ping'an to infiltrate the Tiger Soul Research Institute as an enemy stronghold.
• Feng Qi listed several competing theories about the Tiger Soul Research Institute’s allegiance and concluded that multiple Domain Factions might be undermining humanity while also opposing one another.
• Feng Qi wondered why human powerhouses had gone to the Road to Heaven instead of fighting the Domain Factions on Earth, and why Little Black could track him across timelines.
• Feng Qi recorded his unresolved questions and realized that saving humanity would be far more difficult than he had believed.

Feng Qi chose to investigate Old Wang and the Tiger Soul Research Institute in his next future timeline, while also planning to cooperate with the Scarlet Institute. He then tracked down three children founding the Destiny Association, beat them, and made them reconsider their plans, setting a change in motion that could reshape the future.

• Feng Qi rejected opposing the Technology Research Institute as his next timeline and decided to expose himself to Old Wang while investigating the Tiger Soul Research Institute with help from the Scarlet Institute.
• Feng Qi ordered ingredients for Clear Heart Wine and headed out to hunt after deciding to enter Future Dreamland once he replenished his energy.
• At Qingfeng Teahouse, Feng Qi overheard three children planning to establish the Destiny Association and stopped them from recruiting classmates.
• Feng Qi took the children to Mirror Moon Lake, beat them, and warned them that their belief in elite rule was wrong.
• The children abandoned their plans for the time being, and their wavering convictions began to alter the course of history.

Feng Qi entered the Future Dreamland and read his future profile and emails, learning how his future self investigated the Tiger Soul Research Institute with Old Wang and the Scarlet Institute. The emails suggested that the Institute may have sabotaged Little Black, but how Little Black later found Feng Qi remained unexplained.

• Feng Qi successfully brewed Clear Heart Wine, drank half a bottle, and entered the Future Dreamland.
• Feng Qi reached the Star City Shelter, searched the Database, and read a future profile that labeled him a Human Traitor executed at age 32.
• Feng Qi read future emails describing how his future self recruited Mo Fei and Lü Yue, warned Lin Ran about his research, and chose not to alter Mu Qing's path.
• Feng Qi learned that his future self had told Old Wang and Wei Wei about traveling through timelines, and that both had agreed to help investigate the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
• Old Wang reported that the Tiger Soul Research Institute's Rune Energy Interference Project might have been designed to sabotage the Technology Research Institute's spiritual energy nano-worms, possibly causing Little Black to go out of control.
• Feng Qi and the narrator considered the Tiger Soul Research Institute a likely rival Domain faction, but could not explain how Little Black later tracked Feng Qi down.

Feng Qi read his future self’s mailbox and learned how Old Wang resisted the Mist Lord’s control before taking his own life, while the Technology Research Institute framed Feng Qi as a traitor. The messages ended with his future self awaiting execution and urging Feng Qi to carry on.

• Feng Qi read messages describing Old Wang’s growing achievements and his efforts to develop a cultivation method that could protect his memories from spiritual erosion.
• Old Wang realized the Mist Lord was trying to control him and use his influence to spread the dangerous Bloodline Switch.
• Old Wang recorded a farewell video for Feng Qi, then committed suicide to prevent the Mist Lord from taking over his body and reading his memories.
• Feng Qi’s future self mourned Old Wang and later described how the Technology Research Institute’s propaganda and investigations led to his impending execution.
• Feng Qi resolved to honor the sacrifices of his future selves and keep striving to create a brilliant age.

Feng Qi learned how Lin Ran had replaced Old Wang as Mist Lord’s pawn and promoted the dangerous Blood Sacrifice method, then considered ways to expose and counter it in a future timeline. After resolving to investigate further and explore controlling Blackie, he headed toward the Scarlet Institute’s secret base to find Wei Wei’s promised surprise.

• Feng Qi read Wei Wei’s account of how Lin Ran replaced Old Wang and helped Mist Lord spread Blood Sacrifice, which later led to Bloodline Switch.
• Feng Qi found that records about Lin Ran’s research and Blood Sacrifice were restricted, and the narrator explained that rival Domain Factions were obstructing Mist Lord’s plans.
• Feng Qi considered asking Wei Wei to preserve the full Blood Sacrifice method so Old Wang or Lin Ran could study and remove its hidden dangers in a future timeline.
• Feng Qi considered infiltrating the Technology Research Institute and developing a way to control Blackie, then joked with the narrator about using Blackie against Mist Lord.
• Feng Qi reached the City Ruins and continued toward the Scarlet Institute’s secret base, looking forward to Wei Wei’s surprise and considering bringing rune enhancement technology back to reality.

Feng Qi reached the Scarlet Secret Base, learned about Wei Wei’s final years and her engineered Scaly-Foot Snails, then obtained the Steel Bones ability from them. With 1,077 Bloodline Evolution Points, he began his first evolution, hoping to regain a human form.

• Feng Qi entered the Scarlet Secret Base and read Wei Wei’s messages about her research, Lü Yue’s death, and her final farewell.
• Feng Qi fled upstairs as Little Black arrived, throwing Sucker at it before returning to the second underground level.
• Feng Qi entered Room 201 and found eight surviving Scaly-Foot Snails among the remains of the base’s other experimental creatures.
• Feng Qi killed the eight snails with telekinesis, gaining the Steel Bones ability and 225 Bloodline Evolution Points.
• Feng Qi reached the 1,000-point evolution requirement and began evolving, hoping to become human again.

Feng Qi completed his intermediate human bloodline evolution, gaining Human Form and Battle Form, then studied the Brain in a Vat plan and tested his theory about the Mist Lord. He ended the chapter caught in the Mist Lord’s fog and calling for the Lord of Black Mist to save him.

• Feng Qi’s evolution restored his human appearance and strengthened his Spiritual Power, while his status panel revealed an intermediate human bloodline and the ability to switch forms.
• Feng Qi switched to Battle Form and discovered that his power shifted toward physical combat, while Human Form improved his memory and analytical ability.
• Feng Qi studied the Brain in a Vat materials from the Scarlet Institute and decided to bring them back to reality for the institute to research.
• Feng Qi left Scarlet Base while Suction Cup fought Little Black, then ran past Star City Shelter toward the dense fog.
• Feng Qi called out Lin Ran and used telekinesis to stir the fog, confirming that the Mist Lord’s identity changed with whoever it parasitized.
• The Mist Lord’s fog caught Feng Qi as he fled, and he shouted for the Lord of Black Mist to save him.

Feng Qi watched Little Black overwhelm the Mist Lord in Future Dreamland, but the Mist Lord killed him while escaping. Back in reality, Feng Qi recorded his gains and began considering how to make Blood Sacrifice safe for humanity.

• Feng Qi sent Little Black against the Mist Lord, and Little Black devoured its energy attacks and drove it back.
• The Mist Lord took Lin Ran’s appearance and tried a space-shattering physical attack, but Little Black remained unharmed.
• The Mist Lord fled and killed Feng Qi with a palm strike; Little Black then devoured the remains of Feng Qi’s body.
• Feng Qi returned to reality, tested his new battle form, and recorded his abilities and intelligence about the Tiger Soul Research Institute, Old Wang, Little Black, and the Mist Lord.
• Feng Qi proposed developing a cultivation method to counter Blood Sacrifice and remove its hidden danger to humanity.

Feng Qi welcomed Fang Zhiyou to Star City Academy and helped him begin organizing the Virtual Game project, while worrying about its future funding. At the library, Feng Qi persuaded Lin Ran to study a technique that might let him parasitize the Mist Lord in return, leaving the plan’s success in Lin Ran’s hands.

• Fang Zhiyou arrived at Star City Academy with his parents, registered for Room 302 beside Feng Qi’s room, and settled in.
• Feng Qi took Fang Zhiyou to collect a computer-room key and entrusted him with forming a team to develop the Virtual Game.
• Feng Qi worried that the project’s salaries and other expenses would require far more funding than he had, and considered earning money in Domain Fields.
• At lunch, Lin Ran noticed Feng Qi’s improved appearance, while Feng Qi reflected on the differences between his human and combat forms.
• Feng Qi went to the library with Lin Ran and stopped discouraging him from studying Cultivation Method Studies.
• Feng Qi asked Lin Ran to develop an Anti-Consciousness Parasitism technique that might let Lin Ran’s consciousness overcome the Mist Lord, and Lin Ran agreed in exchange for Feng Qi’s help studying cultivation methods.

Feng Qi rejected Director Liu’s attempt to recruit him early into the Tiger Soul Research Institute, choosing to remain focused on teaching at Star City Academy for now. Bai Fusheng scolded him for turning down the opportunity, but Feng Qi insisted he could join the institute whenever he wanted.

• Bai Fusheng summoned Feng Qi to meet Director Liu from the Tiger Soul Research Institute, who had come to discuss early admission.
• On his way to the office, Feng Qi considered infiltrating the Technology Research Institute instead, judging it less dangerous than the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
• Director Liu praised Feng Qi and urged him to join the Tiger Soul Research Institute to develop techniques that could influence humanity.
• Feng Qi said he planned to teach at Star City Academy and declined early admission, while leaving open the possibility that his plans might change.
• After Director Liu left, Bai Fusheng scolded Feng Qi for rejecting the opportunity, but Feng Qi argued that his talent would make admission easy later.

Feng Qi led Combat Class Three through their physical examinations, which revealed Lü Yue’s exceptional strength and Mu Qing’s unmeasurable Bloodline Strength. After planning his next timeline, Feng Qi discovered that he had entered a Sacrifice Timeline and resolved to infiltrate the Technology Academy for intelligence.

• Feng Qi urged Lin Ran to develop an Anti-Consciousness Parasitism technique and studied Domain Battle Squad combinations with him.
• Feng Qi led his classmates to the gymnasium for their physical examinations, where the students discussed the missing Le Ping'an.
• Monk and Xu Hongyun tested at low strength levels, while the Xia Family Three Brothers reached Black Iron Lower Stage and Xia Long reached Black Iron Middle Stage.
• Lü Yue's results showed Bronze Stage spiritual energy and strength, and the examination flagged his prohibited Momentum cultivation method for investigation.
• Mu Qing's Bloodline Strength exceeded the machine's testing limit, leaving her strength impossible to assess.
• Feng Qi wrote plans for his next timeline, drank Clear Heart Wine, and later discovered he had lost the narrator, status panel, and combat body ability; he resolved to seek intelligence at the Technology Academy.

Feng Qi began his new sacrifice timeline by committing to study technology and join the Technology Research Institute, then visited Wei Wei and revealed their shared history across timelines. Scarlet Institute’s leaders agreed to support him, and as he and Wei Wei recorded information about the Brain in a Vat, they resolved to face the future together.

• Feng Qi planned his path toward the Technology Research Institute, studied with Lin Ran, and left a message for his future self.
• Feng Qi persuaded Wei Wei to meet him by mentioning the old woman, then told her about their past lives and shared timelines.
• Wei Wei convened Scarlet Institute’s leaders, and Feng Qi described future events and secret plans until the group agreed to walk alongside him.
• Feng Qi and Wei Wei began entering information about the Brain in a Vat, pausing to eat and continuing late into the night.
• Feng Qi and Wei Wei discussed death, perseverance, and their determination to keep going, and Wei Wei promised that his companions would accompany him to the end.

Feng Qi finished recording the Brain in a Vat data at the Scarlet Institute, received a Gene Serum injection, and returned to his studies at Star City Academy. He told Wang Jinsheng about the Tiger Soul Research Institute and Blood Sacrifice, persuading him to stay at Star City Middle School and research a way to neutralize it; the chapter ended with Feng Qi vowing to spend his life changing the future.

• Feng Qi and Wei Wei completed the Brain in a Vat data entry, and Wei Wei gave him a Gene Serum injection before arranging his ride back to Star City Academy.
• Feng Qi devoted himself to studying technology and teaching cultivation knowledge, then visited Star City Middle School two months later to ask Wang Jinsheng to help counter Blood Sacrifice.
• Feng Qi revealed his time-travel ability and the Tiger Soul Research Institute's threat to Wang Jinsheng, who agreed to remain at the school and research a way to neutralize Blood Sacrifice.
• Wang Jinsheng cooked dinner for Feng Qi, and they shared drinks on the teaching building's rooftop while affirming their determination to fight for humanity's future.
• Feng Qi raised his cup beneath the night sky and shouted, "Future, charge the hell ahead!"

Feng Qi spent years preparing to infiltrate the Technology Research Institute, then accepted the shadowy figure’s offer and endured its coercion while secretly working toward a plan against the Tiger Soul Research Institute. After meeting Wei Wei in Star City, he broke down over the pain of his role and returned to his life as the Institute’s ruthless “demon.”

• Feng Qi passed the Technology Research Institute’s entrance exams on his second attempt, resigned from Star City Academy, and traveled to Future City.
• Over three years, Feng Qi rose from an odd-job worker to a core member of the Technology Starry Sky Branch, with Mo Fei helping him build his résumé.
• At twenty-nine, Feng Qi accepted the shadowy figure’s invitation to join the Institute’s core circle and submitted to a Spiritual Energy Imprint and dependence on white pills.
• Feng Qi learned that the Institute concealed advanced Spiritual Energy Technology and ran deadly virus experiments on human subjects, and he volunteered for more assignments to gain authority.
• During a holiday in Star City, Feng Qi met Wei Wei, admitted his grief through tears, and then returned to his role as the Institute’s cold and ruthless “demon.”

Feng Qi seized command of the Wolf Fang Battle Squad after enduring painful biochemical modification, then used his position to secretly provoke conflict with the Tiger Soul Research Institute. When the Technology Research Institute began investigating the Scarlet Institute, he warned them to protect their base and continued pursuing his plan against the Tiger Soul Research Institute.

• Feng Qi learned about Ink, the imprisoned genius behind the Spiritual Energy Nano-worms and the Spiritual Energy Forbidden Zone, but could not access him with his fourth-tier authority.
• After the Wolf Fang Battle Squad lost nearly all its leaders, Feng Qi competed with four others to take command and underwent painful biochemical modification to improve his strength.
• Feng Qi claimed the Wolf Fang Battle Squad leadership, then led its demons in hunting human geniuses while secretly provoking conflict with the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
• The Technology Research Institute traced a captured Scarlet Institute protector to the Scarlet Institute and considered targeting its base outside Mu Lin City.
• Feng Qi warned the Scarlet Institute to delete the base's core data, then continued his plan to provoke a war between the Technology Research Institute and the Tiger Soul Research Institute.

Feng Qi helped provoke a conflict between the Technology Research Institute and the Tiger Soul Research Institute, surviving an internal investigation before leading a raid on a Tiger Soul sub-base and copying its data for the Scarlet Institute. On New Year’s Eve, burdened by his losses but steadfast in his mission, he received an anonymous greeting addressed to him as “Little brother Feng Qi.”

• Wei Wei told Feng Qi that the Scarlet Institute would expose fabricated evidence of Tiger Soul infiltration to provoke the Technology Research Institute into attacking.
• The Technology Research Institute used Mo’s Truth Revealing Device to uncover a Tiger Soul spy, and Feng Qi passed the ensuing investigation after the Memory Lock Potion put him to sleep and his injuries were blamed on his biochemical modifications.
• Feng Qi led the Third Battle Squad in a night assault that destroyed the Tiger Soul Research Institute’s sub-base outside Victory City and killed its personnel.
• Feng Qi copied the sub-base’s data onto a Scarlet Institute drive before copying it for the Technology Research Institute, then arranged for Wei Wei’s people to retrieve the Scarlet drive.
• During his New Year’s Eve leave, Feng Qi walked alone through Future City, reflecting on his scars, guilt, and determination to keep pursuing his dream.
• An unknown number messaged Feng Qi, “Little brother Feng Qi, Happy New Year,” and he smiled as he walked away through the snow.

Feng Qi led the Third Battle Squad in a raid on Tiger Soul Research Institute supplies, but the Tiger Soul Research Institute lured them into an ambush by the United Military Department. Abandoned by the Technology Research Institute and condemned as a traitor, Feng Qi awaited public execution, comforted that he had broken a record.

• Feng Qi learned from the shadow that its people were preparing for an approaching “great tide,” then led the Third Battle Squad on a mission to seize Tiger Soul Research Institute supplies.
• The Third Battle Squad overwhelmed the escort at a transit airport, but United Military Department warriors arrived, captured Feng Qi, and killed most of his squad.
• The Technology Research Institute denied responsibility, and the surviving squad members died in prison when their Death Marks were activated; Feng Qi survived because Wei Wei had cracked his mark.
• At his public trial, Feng Qi refused to explain himself, and the United Research Institute later ordered his public execution after torture left him coughing blood.
• Before being taken to the Execution Ground, Feng Qi asked for the date and smiled when he realized he had broken a record.

Feng Qi spent his final night with Wei Wei before facing a public execution, and Mu Qing arrived at the execution ground but was persuaded to let him die. As Feng Qi was executed, his memories and resolve crossed the river of history to reach his other self.

• Wei Wei secretly visited Feng Qi in his cell, shared a final conversation with him, and promised that the Scarlet Institute would live for him.
• Feng Qi was brought to the execution ground as the United Military Department broadcast his execution to a growing audience.
• Mu Qing entered the execution ground and tried to save Feng Qi, but he urged her to preserve his dream and leave.
• Mu Qing finally walked away, and the executioners killed Feng Qi as he remembered the people and promises that shaped his life.
• Feng Qi's faith crossed history toward his other self, leaving a path illuminated by his sacrifice.