Recaps

Chen Shouyi joined the defense of Hedong City and fought through the night, helping clear a path for fleeing civilians. Near midnight, a Giant Bird revealed its Divine Might and demanded that he submit or die.

• Chen Shouyi agreed to help Yang Songkun and the troops resist the barbarians approaching the villa district.
• Chen Shouyi killed the armored barbarian Gali with his War Bow and continued fighting through the city.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel and noticed his Faith Value had risen to 5.3.
• Chen Shouyi guided a fleeing family and cleared barbarians from the area as more refugees escaped.
• A Giant Bird appeared above Chen Shouyi, revealed itself as a Savage God or demigod, and ordered him to submit or die.

Chen Shouyi lured Kaimola into a building and killed the demigod in a brutal fight, then drank its divine blood to recover from his wounds. As a sense of imminent danger struck him, he fled underground through a manhole.

• Chen Shouyi tricked Kaimola into chasing him into an office building, where the cramped space limited the demigod's movements.
• Kaimola's sound-wave attack deafened Chen Shouyi, but he transformed, fought back, and used Air Lock to seize the Giant Bird's neck.
• Chen Shouyi pinned Kaimola to the floor, stabbed its head with a sword, and severed its neck.
• Severely injured and exhausted, Chen Shouyi drank Kaimola's divine blood, which restored his strength and rapidly healed his wounds.
• When a strange sense of danger overwhelmed him, Chen Shouyi ran to a street corner and escaped through a manhole.

Chen Shouyi escaped the God of Hunting’s pursuit by crawling through Hedong City’s sewers, while the god abandoned the chase when approaching silver dots drew near. Chen Shouyi emerged exhausted in an unfamiliar part of the city and realized he was in an occupied zone when he saw five barbarians approaching.

• Chen Shouyi crawled through a sewer as the God of Hunting discovered Kaimola’s killer was Chen Shouyi and used his hunting power to track him.
• The God of Hunting attacked through the ground, and Chen Shouyi fled through branching sewer passages while shouting that he surrendered.
• The God of Hunting stopped pursuing Chen Shouyi when dozens of silver dots approached in the night sky, then flew away after sensing danger.
• Chen Shouyi crawled through the sewers for over an hour before emerging from a manhole in an unfamiliar district of Hedong City.
• Chen Shouyi saw five armed barbarians approaching and realized he had surfaced in an occupied zone.

After escaping death, Chen Shouyi killed five barbarians and discovered he could walk through the air using Air Lock. He found the direction of the safe zone, but his mental energy ran low and his Status Panel remained inaccessible as distant fighting continued.

• Chen Shouyi killed five barbarians who had surrounded him and hurried away, wary that the God of Hunting might notice.
• Chen Shouyi found clothes in a discarded suitcase, cleaned himself with Air Lock and snow, and changed.
• Chen Shouyi realized he was lost, then recalled using Air Lock to control his descent and wondered if he could fly.
• Chen Shouyi walked through the air to a height of a thousand meters and spotted the direction of the safe zone.
• Chen Shouyi came down after three minutes because the effort exhausted him, and he found that his Status Panel would not open.
• Chen Shouyi revived himself with snow, heard distant gunfire and cannon fire, and hurried toward the safe zone.

Chen Shouyi returned to the devastated battlefield, recovered his War Bow, and took a leg from the demigod vicious bird before burying the rest of its corpse. He made it back to his family in the safe zone, hid the meat in the villa basement, and went to bed while the fighting outside remained unresolved.

• Chen Shouyi found the demigod vicious bird's corpse and his undamaged War Bow beneath the sand-covered ruins.
• Chen Shouyi cut off one of the bird's legs, reburied the rest of the corpse, and carried the meat toward the safe zone.
• Chen Shouyi killed a barbarian on the way and hid the bird's leg in his family's villa basement.
• Chen Shouyi reassured his family that he was unharmed and said he would learn more about the situation the next day.
• Shell Girl crawled into Chen Shouyi's blankets, asked if she had been good, and teased him about smelling bad.

After surviving the God of Hunting’s pursuit, Chen Shouyi discovered that Faith Value could improve his innate abilities and prepared to evacuate Hedong with Qin Liuyuan and Bai Xiaoling. Ye Zong and Luo Jingwen arrived to hunt a demigod bird, only to learn Chen had already killed it; they then revealed that Dongning had been destroyed by a hydrogen bomb and Operation Thunder was beginning.

• Chen Shouyi found that Faith Value could raise his innate abilities and spent some to improve Giant Battle Body.
• Chen Shouyi agreed to leave Hedong that night with Qin Liuyuan and invited Bai Xiaoling and her family to join them.
• Ye Zong and Luo Jingwen arrived to hunt a demigod bird, and Chen Shouyi told them he had killed it the night before.
• Chen Shouyi showed Ye Zong and Luo Jingwen the bird’s corpse, and they collected some meat before Ye Zong fired signal flares to report that it was safe.
• Ye Zong explained that Dongning had been destroyed by a five-megaton hydrogen bomb and that the Great Xia government had launched Operation Thunder to retake the region.

Chen Shouyi returned to Hedong and learned that the campaign to retake the city had begun, while his family celebrated the approaching army. After eating demigod meat, he developed a feverish heat and a nosebleed, leaving its effects uncertain.

• Chen Shouyi, Ye Zong, and Luo Jingwen cooked and ate demigod meat, which proved flavorful but extremely tough and difficult to digest.
• A formation of Fighter Jets flew toward Hedong, and Chen Shouyi realized the campaign to retake the city had begun.
• Ye Zong and Luo Jingwen took sacks of the demigod's flesh and blood and left after completing their mission.
• Chen Shouyi told his family the army was coming and reassured them that they would not have to leave Hedong.
• Chen Shouyi told Qin Liuyuan that he had killed the ferocious bird, then noticed his nose was bleeding and hurried home with a feverish heat in his body.

Chen Shouyi discovered that the flesh of a demigod greatly amplified the effects of the Thirty-Six Forms of Hardening, allowing his attributes to improve rapidly. He ended the chapter exhausted and thirsty, with more demigod flesh still available to fuel further training.

• On his way home, Chen Shouyi suffered a nosebleed and intense internal heat, then practiced the Thirty-Six Forms of Hardening and increased his Strength and Constitution by 0.1.
• Chen Shouyi wondered why he had not reached the Legendary realm, but decided to keep raising his strength instead.
• Chen Shouyi cut several pounds of flesh from the gigantic bird leg in his basement and ate three pounds raw.
• As the demigod's flesh energized him, Chen Shouyi practiced the Thirty-Six Forms of Hardening for an hour and a half, completing more than a hundred sets before his muscles began tearing.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel and saw that his Agility and Constitution had each increased by another 0.1; he concluded the flesh provided high-level energy that improved his training.

Chen Shouyi recovered after cultivating, then escorted Song Tingting home through the relatively secure industrial district. The chapter shifted to Pingzhou, where the God of Hunting faced a crisis after catastrophic losses and had to choose between retreating or continuing the war to preserve His divine rank.

• Chen Shouyi ate the remaining demigod flesh, cultivated, and raised his Strength to 17.6.
• Chen Shouyi met Song Tingting and agreed to walk her home despite first telling her to return alone.
• Chen Shouyi escorted Song Tingting by bicycle to the Steam Turbine Group residential compound and declined to go inside.
• The nuclear destruction of Dongning wiped out about five hundred thousand of the God of Hunting's believers and left His divine rank close to falling.
• The God of Hunting faced the choice of retreating from Earth at great cost or continuing the war in Pingzhou to sustain His power.

After deciding the safe zone was secure enough to stay, Chen Shouyi returned home to train with the demigod flesh and discovered that his stronger will let him clean objects with a thought. He left the chapter at home with Shell Girl, who was about to get a bath.

• Chen Shouyi told Bai Xiaoling that they would not leave the safe zone because the army would soon enter the city.
• Bai Xiaoling's mother questioned Chen Shouyi about his family and whether he had a girlfriend, embarrassing Bai Xiaoling when she learned about it.
• Chen Shouyi returned to his bedroom, released Shell Girl from his briefcase, and prepared hot water to bathe her.
• Chen Shouyi used telekinesis to sweep the room clean and noticed his will had grown stronger.
• Chen Shouyi wished Shell Girl's filthy skirt clean, and the dirt lifted away at once.

Chen Shouyi fed Shell Girl demigod blood and meat while his physical attributes surged to the limits of the human body. The army finally entered the city, leaving Chen Shouyi among the cheering crowds.

• Chen Shouyi discovered that Shell Girl was unaffected by the demigod flesh’s spiritual imprint and offered her some to eat.
• Shell Girl eagerly licked the demigod meat and blood before falling asleep at dawn.
• After practicing through the night, Chen Shouyi saw his strength, agility, and constitution rise to 17.9, then reach 18 by noon.
• Chen Shouyi found that eating more demigod meat and practicing could no longer improve his attributes.
• Chen Shouyi followed the crowds to the main road as armored cars and tanks rolled into the city.

After Hedong’s ground troops arrived, Chen Shouyi moved the dangerous demigod remains and blood out of the basement. Shell Girl woke with new strength and the ability to fly, but Chen Shouyi easily restrained her and ended up soothing her tears.

• Chen Shouyi saw the army enter Hedong and inferred that the God of Hunting had left the city.
• Chen Shouyi found his family’s luggage at home, then moved the demigod bird leg and divine blood from the basement to his bedroom.
• Chen Shouyi scrubbed the basement clean and checked the living room for divine blood.
• Shell Girl woke and flew around the bedroom, boasting that she was strong and no longer feared Chen Shouyi.
• Chen Shouyi used Air Lock to freeze Shell Girl in midair, then released her when she began to cry.
• Chen Shouyi tried to comfort Shell Girl, and she stopped crying to prove she was a good Little Dot.

After returning home, Chen Shouyi showed his family the enormous leg of a demigod he had killed, but they refused to believe he had slain it himself. Chen Xingyue admired the strange remains and took a feather, still doubting her brother as the chapter ended.

• Chen Shouyi hid the divine blood from Shell Girl and continued cultivating with demigod flesh, though he made no progress.
• Chen Shouyi's aunt and cousin returned home, and he warned his family not to enter his bedroom before revealing the bird leg.
• Chen Shouyi showed his parents and Chen Xingyue the huge, ominous bird leg and told them it belonged to a demigod.
• Chen Shouyi claimed he had killed the demigod, but Chen Dawei, Mother Chen, and Chen Xingyue thought he was boasting or had found the remains.
• Chen Xingyue stayed to admire the bird leg, asked for a feather, and continued to doubt that Chen Shouyi had killed it.

Chen Shouyi joined the military’s effort to clear Hedong and met Major General Feng Hansong, who briefed him on the stalemate near Pingzhou. When Qin Liuyuan revealed that Chen had killed a demigod Giant Bird, Feng was stunned and spilled his tea.

• Chen Shouyi traveled with civilian warriors to help clear Hedong, where the military assigned warriors to sweep the city neighborhood by neighborhood.
• An officer brought Chen Shouyi and Qin Liuyuan to meet Major General Feng Hansong at a rooftop command post.
• Feng Hansong explained that the God of Hunting remained near the Space Channel, where its power was amplified, and that nuclear artillery was being used to weaken it.
• Feng Hansong said the death of a demigod Giant Bird had helped the war effort, and Qin Liuyuan realized Chen Shouyi had killed it.
• Qin Liuyuan asked Chen Shouyi if he had truly slain the demigod, and Feng Hansong spilled hot tea on himself in shock.

Chen Shouyi rescued Wang Ruyue from a powerful barbarian during the urban cleanup, then recognized his former swordsmanship teacher. He left to pursue the fleeing barbarian while Wang Ruyue recovered from the encounter.

• Three days into the cleanup, Wang Ruyue and a military martial artist fled a powerful barbarian after it killed their companions.
• The barbarian cornered them on a rooftop and killed the military martial artist, but Chen Shouyi arrived by helicopter and drove it away with a barrage of arrows.
• Chen Shouyi leaped onto the rooftop and watched the barbarian retreat, disappointed that his War Bow lacked power.
• Chen Shouyi recognized Wang Ruyue as his former swordsmanship teacher and asked if she was hurt.
• Chen Shouyi left to pursue the barbarian, and Wang Ruyue blushed at being called teacher by one of Great Xia Nation's top experts.

Chen Shouyi killed a powerful barbarian, then the story shifted to an airship carrying out a mission in the other world. The airship crossed the Space Channel and reached the vast Barbarian Tribes united under the God of Hunting.

• Chen Shouyi pursued a barbarian through a building, broke his spear, and killed him by snapping his neck.
• Chen Shouyi returned to the rooftop, found Wang Ruyue hiding, and checked his growing Faith Value before deciding to save it.
• An armored steam airship descended through the exposed Space Channel at the center of the nuclear blast site in Dongning.
• The airship crossed a fertile region of forests, rivers, and mountains without being attacked.
• The airship reached the vast Barbarian Tribes, including a central tribe of more than a hundred thousand people, forming the earthly kingdom of the God of Hunting.

Mali Wei and the other human believers struggled to survive in Tam World while clearing land for crops, hoping their great lord would improve their lives. A human airship arrived and dropped a massive nuclear bomb, annihilating the airship, Mali Wei, and the surrounding region.

• Mali Wei gathered animal dung with other humans and reflected on their hunger, hardship, and the deaths of their leaders in the barbarian tribe.
• Mali Wei and a middle-aged man discussed their hopes of growing potatoes and corn, though they feared the barbarians would envy their harvest.
• A human airship appeared, and Mali Wei realized it might signal that Dongning had fallen.
• A man shouted that the airship carried a nuclear bomb, and Mali Wei and the others ran toward the tribe's underground shelter.
• The airship dropped an eight-ton Super Hydrogen Bomb, which exploded and devastated nearly one hundred thousand square kilometers of Tam World.

A 150-million-ton Super Hydrogen Bomb destroyed the God of Hunting’s Faith Domain and wiped out his followers, triggering a backlash of faith that threatened to make him fall. As his divine persona collapsed above the Space Channel in Pingzhou, the God of Hunting fled in panic, abandoning his followers.

• Humanity’s Super Hydrogen Bomb detonated in the other world, creating a vast crater and destroying the God of Hunting’s Faith Domain and followers.
• Nearby gods saw the devastation and abandoned any plans to exploit Earth through Space Channels.
• The God of Hunting continued fighting the human forces above the Space Channel in Pingzhou, destroying incoming shells with his moon-silver power.
• The mass death of his followers severed more than half of the Faith Lines connected to the God of Hunting and caused his divine persona to collapse.
• The God of Hunting’s remaining divine power could not stop the followers’ resentment and curses from corroding his divine soul.
• The God of Hunting fled at tremendous speed, leaving his followers behind.

Chen Shouyi learned that the God of Hunting had fled to the Otherworld after the Barbarians were routed, while the city’s recovery continued. He increased his Giant Battle Body progress and discovered his transformation had grown stronger before uprooting and smashing trees in a deserted park.

• Chen Shouyi heard from Feng Hansong that the God of Hunting had vanished from the battlefield and the Barbarians had fled, while a strike on the god’s holy land was expected to delay his return.
• Chen Shouyi noted that clearing operations and reconstruction had progressed, with factories reopening and students returning to school.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel, spent ten Faith Value on Giant Battle Body, and raised its progress from 75.32% to 76.32%.
• Chen Shouyi transformed in a deserted park and found that he had grown to three meters and twenty centimeters, with greater strength and constitution and no added agility penalty.
• Chen Shouyi uprooted a tree and knocked down another with it, then ended his transformation when he heard footsteps approaching.

Chen Shouyi spoke with the State Office about his reward for killing a demigod and arranged to exchange all his merit points for Divine Marrow. He also requested a much heavier War Bow, but the office had none in stock.

• Chen Shouyi reassured soldiers who arrived after his practice uprooted two ornamental trees.
• Zhang Yalong welcomed Chen Shouyi at the temporary command post and connected him to the State Office.
• Sun Xueming told Chen Shouyi he had earned three hundred merit points and would receive his reward by special plane.
• Chen Shouyi exchanged all three hundred merit points for ten vials of Divine Marrow from a Lesser Divine Power.
• Chen Shouyi asked for a War Bow weighing over four thousand pounds, and Sun Xueming promised to check whether one could be made.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The story is narrated by Nick Carraway, a Yale graduate and World War I veteran, who moves to West Egg, Long Island, in the Roaring Twenties.
• Nick becomes neighbors with the mysterious Jay Gatsby, who hosts extravagant parties in hopes of rekindling a romance with Nick's cousin, Daisy Buchanan.
• Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, a wealthy and unfaithful man, with whom she has a daughter, Pammy.
• Gatsby and Daisy's past love affair is revealed, with Gatsby having fought in the war to win Daisy's heart, but she married Tom instead.
• Gatsby and Daisy reunite, but Tom discovers their affair. A confrontation ensues at the Valley of Ashes, where Tom reveals that Daisy's daughter is his, not Gatsby's.
• Daisy, in a car accident, accidentally hits and kills Myrtle Wilson, Tom's mistress. Gatsby takes the blame to protect Daisy.
• Gatsby is shot dead by George Wilson, Myrtle's husband, who believes Gatsby was responsible for his wife's death.
• Nick attends Gatsby's funeral, which is attended only by him, Gatsby's father, and the minister.

Character Developments

• Jay Gatsby: Starts as an idealistic and romantic figure, but his obsession with Daisy and desire for the past leads to his downfall.
• Daisy Buchanan: Initially portrayed as carefree and charming, she reveals her shallowness and lack of moral integrity as the story progresses.
• Nick Carraway: Nick's perspective evolves from admiration for the wealthy to disillusionment with their values and lifestyle.

Significant Themes

• The American Dream: The idea that anyone can succeed and achieve wealth and happiness, critiqued through Gatsby's inability to obtain his dream.
• Wealth and Social Class: The contrast between the old money (Tom and Daisy) and new money (Gatsby) highlights the moral decay and emptiness of the wealthy.
• Love and Illusion: Gatsby's love for Daisy is an illusion based on his memories and desires, leading to his tragic end.

Character Interactions

• Gatsby and Daisy: Their rekindled relationship is tainted by Daisy's infidelity and Gatsby's unrealistic expectations.
• Nick and Gatsby: Nick's initial admiration for Gatsby turns to disappointment as he witnesses Gatsby's obsession and eventual downfall.
• Tom and Daisy: Their marriage is built on infidelity and deceit, with Tom's affair and Daisy's indifference leading to tragic consequences.

Chen Shouyi received ten bottles of Lesser Divine Power Divine Marrow and drank them, raising his Intelligence to 17.8. He discovered that his perception of the world and control over wind had become more precise, then returned to the base.

• Chen Shouyi celebrated his recent improvement in strength but acknowledged that his victories over two demigods had depended on their injuries and unfavorable terrain.
• Feng Hansong told Chen Shouyi and Qin Liuyuan that he would transfer to Pingzhou the next day with some Hedong troops, where urban fighting was causing heavy casualties.
• A squad of soldiers delivered ten bottles of Lesser Divine Power Divine Marrow to Chen Shouyi, who verified the shipment and signed for it.
• Chen Shouyi drank all ten bottles; his Intelligence rose from 17.1 to 17.8, with the later bottles producing diminishing gains.
• After leaving the hotel, Chen Shouyi noticed that time seemed slower, predicted a plastic bag's path, used Wind Control to still the surrounding air currents, and walked back to the base.

Chen Shouyi joined the fierce campaign in Pingzhou and killed hundreds of barbarians before facing a legendary barbarian warrior. He defeated the warrior in a few moves and continued deeper into enemy territory.

• Chen Shouyi arrived in Pingzhou, where the military had seized the area near the Space Channel and was clearing the city of barbarians.
• Chen Shouyi crossed the frontline and killed groups of barbarians, slaying roughly two or three hundred by the end of the morning.
• A three-totem legendary barbarian confronted Chen Shouyi and attacked him with powerful strikes and beast abilities.
• Chen Shouyi used Air Lock to interrupt the barbarian and killed him with a Forward Lunge Stab that exploded his head.
• Chen Shouyi reflected that his increased strength made the legendary warrior far easier to defeat than his previous opponent.

Chen Shouyi fought near the front lines, then settled into a ruined hotel with Shell Girl while investigating enormous footprints and damage that might have been caused by the God of Hunting. As he trained and sensed a breakthrough approaching, Shell Girl mistook his finger for the demigod flesh and threatened to bite him.

• Chen Shouyi killed a barbarian who emerged nearby, then ignored a man's plea for help and left the area.
• At dinner, Chen Shouyi met the exhausted military martial masters Xu Zhangtian and Lu Lingbo.
• Shell Girl asked when they could go home, then happily licked the demigod flesh in their hotel room.
• Chen Shouyi examined huge holes in buildings and found an enormous footprint, wondering whether the God of Hunting had made it while dodging nuclear artillery.
• Chen Shouyi prepared to train with the demigod flesh, moved it away from Shell Girl, and held out a finger for her to lick.
• Shell Girl realized she had licked Chen Shouyi's finger, spat, and threatened to bite him.

Chen Shouyi tried to force a breakthrough by eating demigod flesh, while a Barbarian Leader sacrificed humans to awaken his sleeping Lord. Chen Shouyi began transforming as the flesh’s energy overwhelmed him, but he had not yet reached the turning point.

• Chen Shouyi ate demigod flesh and practiced, but fell just short of a breakthrough into legend.
• The Barbarian Leader ordered a sacrifice after learning Laiya had not returned, and thousands of Barbarians offered hundreds of humans to their sleeping Lord.
• The Leader feared the Barbarians could not withstand the war, unaware that the giant Lord twitched a finger.
• Chen Shouyi swallowed fifteen pounds of demigod flesh and began practicing the Thirty-Six Forms of Hardening as its energy surged through him.
• Chen Shouyi’s body swelled and grew dangerously hot, but he gritted his teeth and continued, sensing he was close to becoming a legend.