Recaps

Chen Shouyi broke through to the legendary realm and discovered his abilities had grown, then joined the battle against a barbarian breakout in Pingzhou. Afterward, he learned that Feng Hansong and other military Martial Artists had been killed, while fresh reinforcements arrived.

• Chen Shouyi entered the legendary realm, gained heightened perception, and saw increases in his attributes and innate abilities.
• Urgent reports of a barbarian breakout summoned Chen Shouyi, Xu Zhangtian, and Lu Lingbo to the front line.
• Chen Shouyi fought in the brutal urban battle, killing three barbarian Martial Artists and more than fifty ordinary barbarians.
• Lu Lingbo told Chen Shouyi that Feng Hansong had died on a mission, and Xu Zhangtian named Wang Qiang and Li Huaming among the other dead.
• Another division of reinforcements and two unfamiliar military Martial Artists arrived in Pingzhou the following evening.

Chen Shouyi shared demigod meat with the military martial artists in Pingzhou and continued fighting the trapped barbarians. Meanwhile, the God of Hunting transformed into an Evil God that fed on fear, killed its own followers, and turned its attention toward humanity.

• Chen Shouyi gave Lu Lingbo and the other military martial artists portions of demigod meat.
• Chen Shouyi fought and killed a barbarian martial artist who could not escape the encirclement.
• In the Underground Parking Lot, the God of Hunting told a bald barbarian that it no longer needed faith and was becoming stronger through fear.
• The God of Hunting crushed the bald barbarian and devoured his soul, then heard a distant sound and looked toward the humans.

After thousands of barbarians were found dead in Pingzhou, the military suspected a god was behind the killings and began evacuating martial artists. The Hunting God, hiding in a subway station, lost control of His fear and rage when He heard approaching planes and emerged to confront them.

• The army command center learned that more than ten thousand barbarians had died without visible wounds and feared a powerful presence remained in Pingzhou.
• Chen Shouyi tested his legendary resistance to heat, reviewed his attributes, and noticed that his Intelligence had increased by 0.1.
• A lieutenant colonel told Chen Shouyi that a suspected barbarian god had appeared and ordered him to evacuate Pingzhou by helicopter.
• The Hunting God, hiding in a subway station, heard planes, burst through the street, and vowed to make the approaching humans fear Him.

Chen Shouyi and the others saw the God of Hunting emerge near Pingzhou after it attacked military aircraft, then flee toward them. The God of Hunting recognized Chen Shouyi and pursued him through the city, leaving Chen Shouyi running for his life.

• Chen Shouyi met Xu Zhangtian, Lu Lingbo, Wang Shiwei, and Wang Mingyu as they prepared to leave, and Wang Shiwei reported that the front line had been quiet.
• The God of Hunting appeared near Shanfeng District, and the command center struggled to track it or arrange a nuclear strike.
• The God of Hunting passed near Chen Shouyi, then turned back, recognized him, and charged toward him.
• Chen Shouyi transformed, told everyone to scatter, and threw his briefcase containing Shell Girl away before fleeing.
• The God of Hunting smashed through buildings in pursuit of Chen Shouyi, who shouted that he had something to say as it tore loose a chunk of concrete.

Chen Shouyi tried to escape the transformed Hunting God, who pursued him in a fury. After surviving a devastating blow, Chen Shouyi fought back and realized he might exploit the god’s massive body to keep dodging and wear him down.

• The Hunting God attacked Chen Shouyi with falling chunks of concrete as Chen fled through the city at near-supersonic speed.
• Chen Shouyi decided he could not escape and prepared to fight the Hunting God to the death.
• The Hunting God struck Chen Shouyi through a building, but Chen survived and taunted him before charging back.
• Chen Shouyi dodged the Hunting God’s attacks and slashed his knee, but his sword barely cut the god’s skin.
• Chen Shouyi recognized that the Hunting God’s enormous size limited his agility and resolved to rely on dodging in a battle of attrition.

Chen Shouyi defeated the God of Hunting but suffered life-threatening injuries in the process. After performing emergency surgery on himself and recovering through Natural Healing, he stood and found himself in an unfamiliar industrial district on the outskirts.

• The God of Hunting grew enraged and tried to attack Chen Shouyi with a streetlamp and a building, giving Chen Shouyi the chance to sever the tendons behind his knee.
• Chen Shouyi resisted the God of Hunting’s gaze, pierced his eye with the Long Sword, and twisted the blade while the God of Hunting crushed him in one hand.
• The God of Hunting collapsed after Chen Shouyi destroyed his brain, while Chen Shouyi fell near death with a collapsed chest and damaged organs.
• Chen Shouyi used his remaining strength to open his chest, remove a rib from his heart, and repair his heart, lungs, kidneys, ribs, and arm.
• Natural Healing restored Chen Shouyi enough to stand within minutes, and he saw that he had reached an unfamiliar suburban industrial district.

Chen Shouyi survived the bombing of the God of Hunting’s position and returned to the hotel, where he discovered that his briefcase was missing. Three nuclear strikes followed the thermobaric bombing, and Chen Shouyi left the story unsure whether the God of Hunting was dead and unable to find his belongings.

• Chen Shouyi fled as fighter jets dropped thermobaric bombs on the God of Hunting’s position, then watched the industrial district burn.
• The command center celebrated the apparent success of the bombing but debated whether to launch nuclear shells, and the commanders voted to use nuclear weapons.
• Chen Shouyi saw three mushroom clouds rise in the distance and decided it might be time to leave Pingzhou and return home.
• Xu Zhangtian found Chen Shouyi alive, and Chen Shouyi claimed he had escaped the God of Hunting by luck.
• Chen Shouyi returned to the hotel and learned that his luggage had been collected, but his briefcase was missing.

Chen Shouyi searched for Shell Girl after finding her briefcase crushed, fearing she had been killed. He reunited with her after she survived alone in a rat hole, and they left together.

• Chen Shouyi searched from the sky for the briefcase he had thrown, despite the pain in his head.
• He found the briefcase crushed under an armored vehicle, with blood seeping from it, and feared Shell Girl was dead.
• Chen Shouyi opened the briefcase and found dead rats but no Shell Girl, while she hid in a rat hole nearby.
• Shell Girl killed a large rat that attacked her, then heard Chen Shouyi calling and flew after him.
• Chen Shouyi found Shell Girl, reassured her that he had not abandoned her, and praised her for beating the rat.
• Chen Shouyi walked away with Shell Girl sheltered against his chest.

After the God of Hunting died, Chen Shouyi discovered that his soul had been badly injured and he could no longer cultivate. Back in Hedong, he realized the World Tree was consuming his Faith Power to recover, and considered traveling to Dongning to find out whether nuclear radiation might affect him.

• Chen Shouyi found that his Perception had fallen to 15.0, his willpower was painful to concentrate, and he could no longer practice his cultivation techniques.
• Zhang Luoshan questioned Chen Shouyi about the giant who had fought the God of Hunting, and Chen admitted it was him; Zhang apologized for the military pilot mistaking him for an Other World Creature and bombing him.
• Chen Shouyi denied knowing what happened to the God of Hunting and requested time to return to Hedong and recover.
• Chen Shouyi returned home, found everything in order, and saw that his Perception had not improved and his Faith Value had stopped increasing.
• Chen Shouyi entered the Book of Knowledge and discovered that the World Tree was using Faith Power to heal itself, then considered going to Dongning to investigate the effects of nuclear radiation.

After returning home, Chen Shouyi reassured his family that the God of Hunting was dead and learned that Chen Xingyue had passed the martial artist test and become an intern teacher at the Martial Arts Academy. The chapter ended with the family opening a crate of extraordinary creature spoils sent to Chen Shouyi by the 14th Group Army District.

• Chen Shouyi woke beside Shell Girl, reassured his parents that the God of Hunting was dead, and told them he would stay home.
• Chen Shouyi learned that Chen Xingyue had passed the martial artist test and chosen to teach at the Martial Arts Academy.
• Five soldiers from the 14th Group Army District delivered a large crate of local specialties to Chen Shouyi.
• Chen Shouyi opened the crate and found spoils of war, including six extraordinary creature hides.
• Chen Xingyue and Mother Chen discussed making shoes or a blanket from the hides, while Chen Shouyi said he did not need any.

Chen Shouyi freed and absorbed a Divine Creature’s Beast Soul from a scepter, and its Faith Power helped heal his soul. Though his Perception improved, he still could not resume training in the Thirty-Six Forms of Hardening.

• Chen Shouyi found a sealed Beast Soul inside the black scepter and took it to his bedroom to inspect it.
• Chen Shouyi accidentally broke the seal, and the Beast Soul grew and attacked him.
• Chen Shouyi seized the Beast Soul with his will and absorbed it, while Shell Girl watched in fright.
• In the Book of Knowledge’s space, Chen Shouyi saw the World Tree absorb the Beast Soul’s Faith Power and Divine Nature, easing the damage to his soul.
• Chen Shouyi found that his Perception had risen to 15.4, but gathering his will still caused a splitting headache and left him unable to train.

Chen Shouyi went to Jiangnan University to have demigod Primal Divine Blood processed and was invited to become an honorary professor. He accepted, leaving the university eager to welcome him as a lecturer.

• Chen Shouyi woke after accidentally grabbing Shell Girl and checked that she was unharmed.
• Chen Shouyi practiced swordsmanship, remembered the Primal Divine Blood, and called Bai Xiaoling to arrange a lab.
• Chen Shouyi and Bai Xiaoling arrived at Jiangnan University, where Vice President Zhu and a crowd were waiting to greet him.
• Vice President Zhu invited Chen Shouyi to become an honorary professor and give students occasional lectures, and Chen Shouyi accepted.

Chen Shouyi brought demigod blood to Jiangnan University to be separated, then gave some to Bai Xiaoling and shared the rest with his family. He told them he would leave the next day and be gone for a while.

• Principal Zhu escorted Chen Shouyi to the laboratory, where Guan Miao was surprised to see him and agreed to separate his demigod blood.
• After the blood was separated and tested, Chen Shouyi left some material for Guan Miao and gave Bai Xiaoling a tube of plasma.
• Bai Xiaoling misunderstood Chen Shouyi's remark about possibly hurting her, got distracted on his bicycle, and bumped into his back.
• At home, Chen Shouyi decided the blood products were too dangerous for his family, but brought divine blood to dinner for Chen Xingyue.
• Chen Shouyi warned Chen Xingyue not to rely on divine blood instead of training, then announced he would leave the next day for a while.

Chen Shouyi left Hedong for Dongning, hoping to find Divine Creatures whose divinity and faith could help heal his soul. After gaining permission to enter the forbidden blast zone, he found his childhood home reduced to rubble and recovered a battered schoolbook that reminded him of his past and Zhang Xiaoyue.

• Chen Shouyi packed Demigod Meat and his belongings, said goodbye to his parents, and set out for Dongning with Shell Girl and his Long Sword.
• Chen Shouyi reasoned that the nearby archipelago might hold small tribes and Divine Creature totems, then traveled toward Dongning while avoiding unnecessary risks.
• Chen Shouyi showed his Martial Master Certificate to soldiers blocking the road and received permission to enter the forbidden zone.
• Chen Shouyi raced through the ruined blast zone, recognized the remains of familiar places, and reached the site of his childhood home.
• Chen Shouyi pulled a partly charred copy of Three Years Gaokao Five Years Simulation from the rubble and remembered his classmates, teachers, and first love, Zhang Xiaoyue, before hurrying toward the passage.

Chen Shouyi entered the Space Channel and discovered that the otherworld’s stronger Primal Force greatly amplified his Giant Transformation. On Small Island, he saw Shell Girl’s newly enhanced speed and surveyed a vast archipelago, suspecting its largest island might harbor a demigod.

• Chen Shouyi failed to lift the five-ton iron door at normal size, then used Giant Transformation to open the series of doors and enter the Space Channel.
• Chen Shouyi emerged on Small Island as a seventeen-meter-tall giant and found his strength had reached thirty-five points.
• Shell Girl showed off her greatly increased flying speed, exhausted herself trying to fly faster, and Chen Shouyi caught her.
• Chen Shouyi used Air Lock to rise thousands of meters and spotted dozens of forested islands scattered across the sea.
• Chen Shouyi estimated the largest island was comparable in area to South Sea Island and decided to leave it for last in case a demigod lived there.

Chen Shouyi learned to run across the sea and rescued Shell Girl from a carnivorous fish. Elsewhere, a powerful creature beside a Barbarian Tribe considered demanding more tribute from the people it protected.

• Chen Shouyi tried running across the sea, sank after thirty steps, and adjusted his technique until he could move swiftly over the water.
• Chen Shouyi practiced carrying his backpack across the sea, then ate demigod meat and fed Shell Girl divine blood.
• Shell Girl taunted Chen Shouyi while flying above the sea, but a carnivorous fish lunged at her and Chen Shouyi killed it with his Long Sword.
• Shell Girl flew onto Chen Shouyi’s shoulder and clung to him, frightened by the fish attack.
• A huge wolf-like creature that demanded daily prey from a Barbarian Tribe considered increasing its tribute after eyeing a young barbarian.

Chen Shouyi found a Divine Creature on a Small Island and killed it while transformed into a giant, then persuaded the terrified Barbarians to pray to him. After roasting the creature, he gained a slight increase in Perception, but his innate ability remained unchanged.

• Chen Shouyi hid Shell Girl and transformed into a seventeen-meter giant, terrifying the Divine Creature and the Barbarians.
• The giant wolf fled, but Chen Shouyi caught it and crushed its head.
• Chen Shouyi told the kneeling Barbarians to believe in him and pray morning and evening, then left the valley with the creature's corpse.
• Chen Shouyi canceled his transformation in the forest and roasted the Divine Creature while the World Tree absorbed its divine nature.
• Chen Shouyi's Perception rose from 15.4 to 15.6, but his innate ability did not change, so he hoped to find more Small Islands.

Chen Shouyi searched the islands for Divine Creatures and followers, gaining more than a thousand followers while avoiding a large island that might shelter a demigod. Shell Girl sensed a powerful presence there, leaving Chen Shouyi wary of the danger ahead.

• Chen Shouyi found no signs of life on five Small Islands and spent the night roasting meat while a Nature Spirit's mist retreated from him.
• Chen Shouyi resumed his search, crushed a Giant Beast and tore a green-skinned giant apart, then used threats and inducements to gain followers among the barbarians.
• Chen Shouyi counted more than a thousand new followers over two days and continued across the sea after choosing not to approach a large island with a substantial tribe.
• Shell Girl warned Chen Shouyi that a fierce bad guy was on the large island, and Chen Shouyi grew more vigilant because he trusted her unusual intuition.

On the fourth day in the other world, Chen Shouyi found a large tribe and confronted its dragon-like divine creature in a lake. He defeated and killed it, leaving the tribe’s fate unstated.

• Chen Shouyi spotted a large lakeside tribe surrounded by a Faith Domain, but waited two hours without seeing its totem emerge.
• Chen Shouyi ate Demigod Meat, sent Shell Girl away to hide, transformed, and charged toward the lake.
• The silver-scaled divine creature emerged and attacked Chen Shouyi with extreme-cold breath, but Air Lock stopped its attacks.
• Chen Shouyi crossed the shallow lake, grabbed the fleeing creature by its tail, and repeatedly smashed it against the ice.
• Chen Shouyi discovered he had beaten the divine creature to death and torn off its tail.

Chen Shouyi recovered from his soul injury after the World Tree absorbed a Divine Creature’s Faith Power, then spent most of his Faith Value advancing Giant Battle Body. When strange auroras and a powerful energy appeared near the giant island, Shell Girl warned him that the bad guy had become even fiercer.

• The World Tree absorbed the Divine Creature’s Faith Power, recovered, and helped Chen Shouyi’s body and Perception return to health.
• Chen Shouyi discovered that his Faith Value had risen to 251.3, despite the World Tree absorbing the Faith Power.
• Chen Shouyi spent 200 Faith Value and advanced Giant Battle Body from Intermediate to Advanced.
• Chen Shouyi saw eerie auroras and sensed powerful energy near the giant island.
• Shell Girl flew to Chen Shouyi’s shoulder and urged him to run, warning that the bad guy had gotten even fiercer.

A Giant Beast began apotheosis as Chen Shouyi sensed the threat and prepared to flee. After turning back from the sea, he left the island without knowing whether the creature had become a demigod.

• The Giant Beast, driven by a sense of impending death, burned its accumulated Faith Power and kindled the Divine Fire to begin rebuilding its body.
• Chen Shouyi watched the energy surge fade, abandoned his plan to investigate, and decided to leave the island under cover of night.
• Chen Shouyi packed his belongings and set out from the cave with Shell Girl.
• At the shore, Chen Shouyi saw a dead fish surrounded by smaller fish and grew uneasy.
• Chen Shouyi reconsidered crossing the sea, realizing he would be unable to fight effectively there, and turned back.

Chen Shouyi sensed that a mysterious god was destroying his Barbarian followers and prepared to face it as it approached the island. The newly deified Eternal Sun confronted him, and Chen Shouyi advanced in giant form, ready to fight.

• Chen Shouyi spent the night eating demigod meat and drove away beasts drawn to its smell.
• The next day, Chen Shouyi felt his Faith Lines snapping as his Barbarian followers rapidly dwindled.
• Shell Girl warned Chen Shouyi that the mysterious god was coming, then hid in a crevice as a storm began.
• The Eternal Sun arrived over the sea, confident in its new godhood, and spotted Chen Shouyi approaching through the forest.
• Chen Shouyi ate the demigod meat he had left, uprooted a tree as a weapon, and advanced in his faster, stronger giant form.

Chen Shouyi fought the newly ascended demigod Giant Beast, whose speed and aerial mobility let it repeatedly evade his attacks and wound him. He tricked it into closing in, immobilized it with Air Lock, and finally seized it in his hands.

• The Giant Beast landed and attacked Chen Shouyi, biting his hand and neck while dodging his counterstrikes.
• Chen Shouyi hurled trees and splinters at the Giant Beast, but it continued to evade him and inflict wounds.
• As the Giant Beast charged at his throat, Chen Shouyi feigned weakness and waited for it to come close.
• Chen Shouyi solidified the air around the Giant Beast with Air Lock, grabbed it, and crushed its body.

Chen Shouyi killed the Giant Beast after it wounded him with a corrosive energy blast, then found Shell Girl trapped in a narrow crack in the rock. He freed her and reassured her that the danger was over.

• Chen Shouyi used Giant Transformation to overpower the Giant Beast, but it struck his chest with a corrosive energy blast.
• Chen Shouyi smashed the Giant Beast's head and killed it, then returned to his normal size as his wounds began to heal.
• Chen Shouyi remembered the demigod meat swelling his stomach, hurried into the bushes, and relieved himself before finding his sword.
• Chen Shouyi searched for Little Dot and discovered Shell Girl wedged inside a narrow crack in the rock.
• Chen Shouyi pried the rock apart, freed the scraped-up Shell Girl, and told her he had killed the bad guy.

After killing a demigod in a head-on battle, Chen Shouyi brought its corpse to the cave and began salvaging its meat and horns. As he carried meat back through the rain, a powerful wave of dizziness struck him, leaving his condition uncertain.

• Chen Shouyi returned to the battlefield and reflected on how he had defeated the demigod, realizing that his agility was a weakness against nimble opponents.
• Chen Shouyi transformed to carry the enormous God Corpse back to the cave while Shell Girl followed at a cautious distance.
• Chen Shouyi warmed Shell Girl by the fire, checked his Status Panel, and saw that his will had risen while his Faith Value had fallen.
• Chen Shouyi went back out to cut meat from the demigod’s corpse and remove its horns as keepsakes.
• Chen Shouyi carried a chunk of meat toward the cave, then staggered as a strong wave of dizziness clouded his thoughts.