Recaps

Chen Shouyi refused Zhang Jianfeng’s offer of a provincial-level post, while the God of Hunting traveled through a Space Channel into Tam World and approached the God of Fury. The God of Hunting offered to help Kasa, leaving the purpose of his visit unclear.

• Zhang Jianfeng explained the rank and benefits of the Third Affairs Investigation Bureau director, but Chen Shouyi declined the appointment because he lacked the ambition and energy for the role.
• The God of Hunting entered a military-restricted Space Channel in Pingzhou City using an identification card stolen from a martial artist, and the soldiers fled under the pressure of his Divine Might.
• The God of Hunting crossed into Tam World and flew to a medium-sized tribe within the God of Fury’s territory.
• The God of Fury’s statue awakened and challenged the God of Hunting for invading his territory, but the God of Hunting said he had come to help.
• The God of Hunting asked Kasa whether he had ever heard of Earth.

Chen Shouyi trained with his War Bow, drove off the serpent-like creature that had been patrolling nearby, and checked on Shell Girl. Later, he comforted Xiao Feifei by telling her that her father, Xiao Changming, had been a hero.

• Chen Shouyi practiced firing arrows rapidly and judged that a bow offered his best chance to kill the God of Hunting possessing Xiao Changming.
• When the serpent-like creature circled overhead, Chen Shouyi shot it several times, wounding it and forcing it to flee.
• Chen Shouyi woke Shell Girl, who searched for nectar, accepted honey instead, and played among the nearby insects.
• Chen Shouyi met Xiao Feifei on the street and asked where she was staying and whether she had enough money.
• Xiao Feifei asked whether her father had been a barbarian spy and killed many people, and Chen Shouyi reassured her that Xiao Changming had been a hero.

Chen Shouyi completed the initial stage of Marrow Refining and found that his senses and nerve response had improved. Over four days, his Agility rose dramatically, and in the Otherworld he demonstrated that he could fire eighteen arrows per second.

• Chen Xingyue asked Chen Shouyi whether the heat bothered him and whether electricity would soon be restored, and he explained that new appliances would need to handle the upgraded power supply.
• During meditation, Chen Shouyi completed the initial stage of Marrow Refining as the nerves throughout his body lit up and connected with his spinal cord and brain.
• Chen Shouyi discovered that his senses had become sharper and his bodily lag had decreased, while his Agility had risen by 0.6 points.
• After practicing Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self over the next three days, Chen Shouyi’s Agility increased by another 0.7 points, reaching 176.
• In the Otherworld, Chen Shouyi emptied both quivers and realized he could shoot eighteen arrows per second.

Chen Shouyi’s rapid growth in the other world coincided with a mysterious being breaking out of the fortified space-channel structure in Pingzhou and coming under fire. Troubled by his mind’s inability to keep pace with his agility and by the God of Hunting’s unexplained plans, Chen Shouyi feared a storm was approaching.

• A tremendous blast shattered the defenses around Pingzhou’s Space Channel No. 54221, and a gigantic figure rose from the rubble as soldiers opened fire.
• Chen Shouyi practiced moving through the branches in the other world and swiftly killed a lizard with his sword.
• Chen Shouyi realized that intense movement slowed his thoughts and that his Intelligence lagged behind his Agility.
• Chen Shouyi considered whether the Brain Refining stage might improve his Intelligence, since he had completed Marrow Refinement.
• Chen Shouyi worried that the missing God of Hunting was plotting something and wished for a method to train his brain.

Chen Shouyi tested a drop of First-Generation Divine Blood in the Book of Knowledge’s memory world and found that it increased his attributes despite carrying the Barbarian God’s dangerous will. After resting, he prepared to take more in reality but hesitated over the risk.

• Chen Shouyi retrieved the First-Generation Divine Blood from his suitcase and decided to test it in the memory world.
• He poured a drop onto his palm, endured the Barbarian God’s will, and absorbed the Divine Blood without his genes collapsing.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel and found that his strength, intelligence, and willpower had each increased by 0.1.
• He left the memory world, rested for four hours, and woke refreshed.
• Chen Shouyi took out the Divine Blood again but hesitated, fearing that reality might not match the memory-world simulation.

Chen Shouyi tested divine blood on himself and consumed the remaining supply over three days, raising several attributes and sharpening his senses. He discovered his increased Will let him move objects with force and cut them with Sword Qi.

• Chen Shouyi tested divine blood on his finger, then consumed drops over several days while resting between doses.
• Chen Shouyi used all the divine blood and found that his Intelligence had risen by 11 points, his Will by 0.5, and his Strength and Constitution by 0.2 each.
• Chen Shouyi noticed his senses and thoughts had become dramatically sharper as his body’s abilities felt further unlocked.
• Chen Shouyi used his Will to hurl a wooden chair toward himself, then broke one of its legs when he caught it.
• Chen Shouyi cut the floating chair with Sword Qi and found a fifteen-centimeter crack across it.

Chen Shouyi experimented with extending his telekinetic reach, cared for Shell Girl, and went to ask Bai Xiaoling to arrange a library card. Meanwhile, the God of Fury remained in ravaged Pingzhou City, furious at Earth’s attacks, and pursued departing Fighter Jets.

• Chen Shouyi tested his telekinetic force on a chair, then fed and bathed Shell Girl after she woke hungry.
• Chen Shouyi left Shell Girl at home and went to Bai Xiaoling’s office to ask her to arrange a library card for Jiangnan University.
• Shell Girl secretly searched the bathroom for the divine-blood test tube, but found it clean and empty.
• Chen Shouyi saw six Fighter Jets overhead and wondered whether Dongning was at war again as reports of unrest and migration reached Hedong City.
• The God of Fury watched Fighter Jets leave ravaged Pingzhou City, blamed Taal for deceiving him, and chased after them in a rage.

The God of Fury charged through a village and shrugged off thermobaric bombs as aircraft attacked Him. In Hedong, Chen Shouyi witnessed two nuclear blasts on the horizon, leaving the city in panic.

• The God of Fury raced out of the city, destroying buildings and killing villagers as He passed.
• The God of Fury attacked a formation of five bombers with dirt, then dodged their thermobaric bombs without being harmed.
• Chen Shouyi stopped at a cold-drink shop and overheard two girls discussing university and the recent deaths in Hedong.
• After feeling a brief earthquake, Chen Shouyi went outside and saw a nuclear mushroom cloud rising to the east.
• A second, larger nuclear explosion flashed across the horizon, and panic spread among Chen Shouyi and the people in the street.

After a nuclear explosion near Pingzhou, Chen Shouyi returned home and learned that a Savage God might be involved, while the God of Hunting inspected the devastated blast site and planned to act cautiously. The God of Hunting claimed the dead God of Fury’s worshippers as his own before leaving as a helicopter approached.

• Chen Shouyi entered a bomb shelter during the panic in Hedong, then returned home and told his parents to stay inside for a few days.
• Bai Xiaoling suggested the nuclear explosion might be connected to Pingzhou, and Chen Shouyi realized a Savage God could be involved.
• Shell Girl accused Chen Shouyi of secretly eating something delicious from a test tube while she slept, leaving him speechless.
• The God of Hunting inspected the nuclear-bomb devastation near Pingzhou and concluded that humanity’s weapons made descending in his true form too dangerous.
• The God of Hunting decided he had gained the God of Fury’s former worshippers and left as a helicopter approached.

After the nuclear blast put Hedong under martial law, Chen Shouyi obtained an honorary professor’s library card and visited Jiangnan University to search for books about intelligence and the brain. On his way out, he saw Guan Miao speaking with her ex-husband and left without interrupting them.

• Chen Shouyi comforted the Shell Girl, while Chen Xingyue came home early after classes were suspended because of the nuclear blast.
• Bai Xiaoling gave Chen Shouyi a library card with the borrowing privileges of a full professor at Jiangnan University.
• Chen Shouyi went to the university library and borrowed thirty books whose titles mentioned wisdom, prajna, thinking, or the brain.
• Chen Shouyi overheard Guan Miao’s ex-husband asking her to reconcile, and Guan Miao refused.
• Guan Miao noticed Chen Shouyi nearby, then told her ex-husband she had class and left.

Chen Shouyi traveled to Pingzhou City to help clear out the barbarians still roaming there after the barbarian god was killed. He left the command post route to confront a barbarian and killed him with a single sword strike.

• Chen Shouyi read thirty books on cultivation and found no method for developing the brain.
• Chen Shouyi flew toward Pingzhou City with a lieutenant colonel and saw the nuclear blast craters and the devastation across the city.
• Chen Shouyi spotted a helicopter crash and ordered the pilot to take him to the building where it had been struck.
• Chen Shouyi jumped from the hovering helicopter onto a rooftop and saw a barbarian watching him from across the street.
• Chen Shouyi charged into the building, pursued the barbarian as he entered a berserk state, and cut him in two with his sword.

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Chen Shouyi returned to the rooftop after effortlessly killing a berserk barbarian, then flew to Pingzhou City’s command center and met Commander Luo Huajun. After settling into a hotel, he let Shell Girl out and prepared to go kill more bad giants.

• Chen Shouyi killed the barbarian in a single move and climbed back to the rooftop.
• The lieutenant colonel flew Chen Shouyi to the guarded Space Channel, where Chen Shouyi thought the barbarians did not know their god was dead.
• Chen Shouyi arrived at the battle-scarred command center and met Commander Luo Huajun, who welcomed him and arranged lodging.
• A female communications officer escorted Chen Shouyi to a nearby hotel, where he told her he could manage without daily cleaning.
• Chen Shouyi let Shell Girl out, reassured her that he had brought her belongings, and said he would go out to kill bad giants.

Chen Shouyi left Shell Girl behind and hunted barbarians from a low-flying helicopter before pursuing a figure into a nearby building. There, the God of Hunting revealed that Kasa had fallen and urged the gathered barbarians to flee, hoping their escape would sow chaos.

• Chen Shouyi told Shell Girl to hide, gave her honey, and promised to return by sunset.
• Chen Shouyi shot barbarians from a military helicopter, killing one with two arrows and another after four.
• Chen Shouyi spotted a figure moving through a building and leapt from the helicopter toward it.
• A young priest of the God of Fury sacrificed captured humans while more than a hundred barbarians prayed for a sign.
• The God of Hunting appeared before the barbarians, announced that Kasa was dead, and told them to run for their lives.

Chen Shouyi faced the God of Hunting again, who had grown stronger and attacked him before he could finish transforming. After tricking the god into pausing, Chen Shouyi completed his transformation, beat him into a mangled mass, and crushed his head.

• The God of Hunting spotted Chen Shouyi and approached, eager to avenge their previous battle.
• Chen Shouyi recognized the God of Hunting and began transforming as the god launched a rapid sword attack, wounding him.
• Chen Shouyi shouted that he surrendered, then mocked the God of Hunting after the god stopped and completed his transformation.
• Chen Shouyi overpowered the God of Hunting, smashed him repeatedly into the ground, and crushed his head beneath his foot.

After killing the God of Hunting’s host, Chen Shouyi recovered the god’s unusually sharp sword and attacked a large group of barbarians in a subway station. Worn down by the fight, he let the survivors flee and returned to the helicopter.

• Chen Shouyi resisted the God of Hunting’s mental image, inspected his wounds, and took the god’s sword and scabbard.
• Chen Shouyi spotted a barbarian near the helicopter, followed him to a subway entrance, and killed the barbarians who emerged with his War Bow.
• Chen Shouyi drew his Long Sword and cut down the barbarians as they poured out of the subway entrance.
• Chen Shouyi chased and killed the fleeing barbarians until his wounds reopened and his strength gave out.
• Chen Shouyi heard more barbarians retreating into the subway, abandoned the pursuit, retrieved his weapons, and boarded the helicopter.

Chen Shouyi returned from fighting God of Hunting’s host and received thanks from the local military before going back to his hotel. There, he found Shell Girl safe and discovered she had hidden her many treasures under the bed; he ended the evening by giving her a bath.

• Chen Shouyi told the helicopter crew that he had fought God of Hunting’s host, then flew back after shooting two more barbarians.
• At the logistics base, Commander Luo Huajun thanked Chen Shouyi for stopping God of Hunting and instructed the staff to treat him as an honored guest.
• A young communications officer offered Chen Shouyi hot water and laundry service, but he sent her away and went into his room.
• Chen Shouyi called Shell Girl out from beneath the bed, where she had hidden from a supposed bad giant along with her treasures.
• Shell Girl brought out fifteen Crystal Balls and several smaller belongings, then Chen Shouyi put her in the washbasin to bathe her.

Chen Shouyi discovered that the God of Hunting's Long Sword had resisted him until his will overcame it, awakening a dramatic increase in his perception. He also learned that the sword amplified his Sword Qi, leaving him with new abilities and a powerful weapon.

• Chen Shouyi struggled to sleep after the battle and examined the awkward Long Sword he had taken from the God of Hunting's incarnate body.
• Chen Shouyi focused his will through the sword, overcame a resisting will, and felt his perception expand throughout much of the hotel.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel and found that his Perception had increased by 31 points, reaching 14331.
• Chen Shouyi used his expanded perception and will to lift a mouse, kill it, and guide its corpse out of the hotel.
• Chen Shouyi tested the sword against a wall and confirmed that it extended his Sword Qi to about twenty-two centimeters.

Chen Shouyi tested his new Long Sword and decided to use it, while Tang Shaoquan returned to Pingzhou’s logistics base after fighting through the night. There, he learned that the young Martial Master receiving special treatment was Chen Shouyi, who had killed the God of Hunting’s possessed body.

• Chen Shouyi tested the Long Sword, found it increasingly easy to wield, and decided to keep it for himself while saving the black sword for his younger sister.
• Tang Shaoquan and two martial artists returned to the logistics base after defending their positions through the night.
• Tang Shaoquan ate in the crowded cafeteria and felt slighted when a young man was escorted to a private room for a meal.
• Director Wang told Tang Shaoquan that the young man was an eighteen-year-old Martial Master from Hedong who had killed the God of Hunting’s possessed body.
• Tang Shaoquan was stunned to learn the young Martial Master was likely the youngest in the world.

After spending fourteen days hunting barbarians in Pingzhou, Chen Shouyi returned to the safety zone and found that electricity and telephone service had begun to restore everyday life. Back in his repaired home, he reflected that humanity’s darkest days were behind it and finally let himself rest.

• Chen Shouyi killed more barbarians while patrolling Pingzhou and learned that his perception-enhancing sword burdened his mind when held for too long.
• After fourteen days in Pingzhou, Chen Shouyi returned to the safety zone, where a young woman told him that electricity had been restored and telephone service had begun.
• Chen Shouyi found his home empty but repaired, with a new ceiling light and a government-installed telephone.
• Chen Shouyi switched on the light, reflected on electricity’s importance to civilization, and felt that the worst of the crisis had passed.
• Chen Shouyi rested at home and let Shell Girl out, and she excitedly celebrated their return.

Chen Shouyi returned home from his mission, reassured his parents, and warned Chen Xingyue about the deadly risks of becoming a martial artist. After struggling to cut his own hair, he shaved his head and then shaved Shell Girl’s too, leaving her distraught.

• Chen Shouyi reunited with his parents, revealed that he had become a Master-level Martial Artist, and asked them to keep it from Chen Xingyue.
• Chen Shouyi told Chen Xingyue that many martial artists had died fighting barbarians and urged her not to treat the path as glamorous.
• Chen Shouyi’s parents welcomed him home for dinner while Chen Xingyue quietly reflected on his warning.
• Chen Shouyi tried to trim his tough hair with his sword, made a mess of it, and shaved his head bald.
• Shell Girl mistook Chen Shouyi’s bald appearance for that of a bad giant, then let him shave her hair too and cried when she saw her bald reflection.

Chen Shouyi spent the next several days absorbing the divine blood, completing a spirit-clearing assignment, and looking after Shell Girl before using nine energy points to optimize Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self. The meditation became more profound, but its method did not change, leaving him disappointed and wishing he had saved the energy for the Thirty-Six Forms of Hardening.

• Chen Shouyi fed Shell Girl honey while she sulked over her shaved head, then faced laughter from Chen Xingyue and his parents after they saw his own bald head.
• Chen Shouyi spent several days reading at the library and absorbed the remaining divine blood, raising his attributes, while also easily eliminating spirits at a city crematorium.
• Shell Girl played with the building blocks Chen Shouyi had bought for her as soft fuzz grew on her head.
• Chen Shouyi used nine energy points to optimize Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self, but found that it only made his meditation more profound and left the method unchanged.

Chen Shouyi tested his improved meditation and heard rumors that Anzhong Province had fallen before meeting Liu Jie, who had lost her left arm on a mission and now taught martial arts. After she left, he discovered his bicycle had been stolen and went home for money to buy another.

• Chen Shouyi meditated, but sensed no obvious improvement in refining his brain, then fell asleep.
• Chen Shouyi heard people discussing rumors that Anzhong Province had fallen as he cycled past a newsstand.
• Chen Shouyi met Liu Jie and learned that a barbarian had severed her left arm before she killed him; she now worked as a martial arts teacher.
• Liu Jie left for class after Chen Shouyi told her that her arm might someday grow back.
• Chen Shouyi found his bicycle stolen, returned home for cash, and hurried toward the urban district to buy another.

Chen Shouyi returned to the winter-struck other world, killed a hibernating Giant Beast, and encountered young martial artists on an exploration mission. When he sensed his barbarian believers facing an enemy, his intervention caused the island's Divine Statue to glow, and he realized his Faith Power had vanished from the Book of Knowledge.

• Two barbarians left their winter cellar and spotted a dugout canoe full of shadowy figures approaching the island, so one shouted an alarm.
• Chen Shouyi found a Giant Beast occupying the Firefly Cave, killed it with an arrow, and butchered it for meat.
• Five young martial artists emerged from the woods, recognized Chen Shouyi as a Martial Master and Chief Advisor, and explained they were completing an exploration mission before leaving.
• Chen Shouyi sensed his barbarian believers praying for help against invading enemies and briefly saw himself among them as the Divine Statue began to glow and restored their strength.
• Chen Shouyi entered the space within the Book of Knowledge and found that the Faith Power he had accumulated had disappeared, leaving him worried about the barbarians' survival.

Chen Shouyi watched two barbarian tribes merge peacefully, causing his believers and Faith Power to grow rapidly. After he left the Book of Knowledge and began making breakfast, an injured martial artist rushed to him to beg for help for her companions.

• A migrating tribe fleeing a powerful Nature Spirit landed on the island, but the Divine Statue made its people hesitate before they negotiated with the resident tribe.
• The two tribes merged and chose the stronger newcomer as their chieftain, while the original tribe's priest remained in her position.
• Chen Shouyi saw the sacrifice replenish his Faith Power and watched his believers increase from over two hundred to more than four hundred.
• Chen Shouyi left the Book of Knowledge, and Shell Girl claimed she had killed a tiny bug that threatened him.
• As Chen Shouyi prepared breakfast, an injured female martial artist arrived and begged him to save her companions.