Recaps

Chen Shouyi ambushed and killed two barbarians who came to fetch water on Small Island, then sent their dugout and bodies out to sea. When he returned, he discovered Shell Girl had disappeared.

• Chen Shouyi spotted two barbarians rowing toward Small Island and considered retreating, but used the Memory Leaf to judge their strength and went back to prepare an ambush.
• Chen Shouyi watched the barbarians approach the Water Pool and attacked them with a wooden stick, killing both.
• Chen Shouyi carried the bodies to the dugout, found fish, tools, and spears aboard, and pushed the boat out to sea.
• Chen Shouyi returned near the passage and found that Shell Girl had escaped while he was away.

After escaping the barbarians, Chen Shouyi recaptured Shell Girl and returned to his hotel, where he bought her a large glass bead. Realizing the Small Island was no longer safe, he ordered a secondhand War Bow and Alloy Sword to prepare for future threats.

• Chen Shouyi lured Shell Girl down with promises of large glass beads, tied her up, and carried her back through the passage.
• At the hotel, Chen Shouyi gave Shell Girl a bead as large as her head, and she cheered up while watching cartoons.
• Chen Shouyi concluded that barbarians might return to the Small Island and decided to prepare better weapons.
• Chen Shouyi found that new War Bows were beyond his budget, so he bought a secondhand War Bow and Alloy Sword for 105,000.

After a street brawl, Chen Shouyi visited his tutor, Wang Ruyue, for a private lesson in real combat. Their wooden-sword sparring escalated until both swords shattered, leaving the outcome unclear.

• Chen Shouyi reassured Mother Chen over the phone, then fought off young men who attacked him after a street brawl erupted around his barbecue stall.
• Chen Shouyi left before the police arrived, finished dinner, and called his tutor, Wang Ruyue.
• Chen Shouyi went to Wang Ruyue’s home and entered her training room for a private lesson.
• Wang Ruyue ordered Chen Shouyi to attack her with wooden swords, and they exchanged increasingly fast blows.
• Chen Shouyi and Wang Ruyue’s wooden swords collided and shattered into splinters.

Chen Shouyi continued sword training with Wang Ruyue, then tested the new Alloy Long Sword and powerful War Bow he had bought. On the Small Island in the other world, he set up a moving-target exercise and discovered how difficult it was to hit the swinging balls under triple gravity.

• Wang Ruyue taught Chen Shouyi several thrusting forms and told him to focus on mastering the Sting Sword.
• Chen Shouyi freed Shell Girl, opened his deliveries, and examined his secondhand Alloy Long Sword and 500-pound War Bow.
• Chen Shouyi drew and fired the War Bow, marveling at its power, then practiced his new sword techniques in the Memory Space.
• Chen Shouyi returned to the Small Island, found no barbarians nearby, and assembled the War Bow.
• Chen Shouyi hung fifteen bouncy balls from a tree and practiced stabbing them with his wooden stick, but missed when one swung back toward him.

Chen Shouyi improved his sword practice while a distant tribe’s shaman learned that danger was coming from the north. The chapter left the tribe alarmed by the warning, while Shell Girl continued collecting Gold Sand and hiding her glass-bead treasure.

• Chen Shouyi realized that his swordsmanship needed repeated practice and resumed striking the moving ball.
• A tribe living beneath a vast tree sacrificed a beast to their Tree God after two fishers went missing at sea.
• The shaman communicated with the Tree God and warned the tribe that danger was coming from the north.
• Chen Shouyi practiced for several hours and improved his ability to hit the ball before stopping to eat.
• Shell Girl showed Chen Shouyi her Gold Sand, accepted three glass beads as a reward, and secretly added them to her buried shell.

Chen Shouyi practiced his language skills and trained on the other-world island while learning more about Shell Girl. As a storm struck, Shell Girl warned him that the giant from before had returned from the sea.

• Chen Shouyi questioned Shell Girl about her origins, age, and name, and she said she had been born from a Yata Flower.
• Chen Shouyi practiced archery and swordsmanship for three days, sold more gold, and saw his Strength reach 12.7.
• A sudden storm battered the island, and Chen Shouyi ran toward the passage for shelter.
• Shell Girl flew through the rain to Chen Shouyi and warned him that the same giant as last time had come from the sea.

Chen Shouyi spotted twenty-three barbarians approaching the island in dugout canoes and prepared to stop them from reaching the Space Channel. He killed the five barbarians from the first canoe, but a warrior on the next boat threw a spear at him and challenged him.

• Shell Girl alerted Chen Shouyi that many giants were coming from the sea, and she counted twenty-three of them.
• Chen Shouyi reached the Space Channel, then decided to attack the barbarians while they were still wading ashore.
• Chen Shouyi charged to the beach and shot down all five barbarians from the first dugout canoe.
• Chen Shouyi retrieved an arrow from a fallen barbarian as the next canoe approached.
• A tall barbarian threw a short spear at Chen Shouyi and shouted that he would die.

Chen Shouyi fought off six Barbarians from behind a boulder as they approached the shore. He killed the weaker attackers with arrows, then brought down their chief just before the last canoes landed.

• Chen Shouyi abandoned his long-range shot and took cover behind a boulder as the chief hurled a spear at him.
• After the six Barbarians jumped from their canoe, Chen Shouyi exchanged arrows and spears with them from behind cover.
• Chen Shouyi changed tactics and shot down the weaker Barbarians while the chief charged through the seawater.
• Chen Shouyi rose and fired two arrows at close range, killing the chief as the other canoes reached shore.
• A Barbarian saw the chief fall and cried out that their chief was dead.

After surviving the Barbarians’ attack, Chen Shouyi watched the remaining attackers flee, then searched the beach and found a strange crystal-like object on the dead chief. Touching it triggered a mysterious voice that fled in terror, leaving the object cracked and Chen Shouyi feeling hot.

• With their chief dead, the Barbarians panicked and rowed their canoes away from Small Island.
• Chen Shouyi turned back, fired arrows toward the fleeing Barbarians, and taunted them until they escaped.
• After resting on the beach, Chen Shouyi searched the two bodies and took the chief’s unusual animal hide.
• A crystal-like object rolled from the hide, and Chen Shouyi picked it up.
• A whisper clouded Chen Shouyi’s mind, then shrieked and fled; the object cracked, and Chen Shouyi noticed his body felt hot.

After defeating the Barbarian Tribe chief, Chen Shouyi discovered that his attributes had increased and suspected the Book of Knowledge had caused the change. He secured the barbarians’ canoes and rewarded Shell Girl for warning him about the giant.

• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel and found that his Strength, Agility, Constitution, Intelligence, and Will had increased after the battle.
• Chen Shouyi suspected the Book of Knowledge had reacted to the fruit pit, then crushed the pit and discarded its remains.
• Chen Shouyi disposed of the chief’s corpse and tied the two dugout canoes to shore so the barbarians could not reclaim them.
• Chen Shouyi recovered the arrows he could find and headed toward the passage entrance with his War Bow and the other belongings.
• Shell Girl excitedly told Chen Shouyi that he had killed a giant and scared another away, and Chen Shouyi gave her two glass beads as a reward.

After returning from Small Island, Chen Shouyi assessed the barbarians’ defeat, ordered more arrows, and settled in at the hotel. A citywide power outage interrupted his evening, and he went into the hallway to find out what had happened.

• Chen Shouyi returned to his hotel room, showered, and let Shell Girl out to watch cartoons.
• Chen Shouyi reasoned that the defeated barbarians would be unable to organize another attack soon.
• Chen Shouyi ordered a hundred Swift Arrows, twenty Spinning Arrows, and ten Whistle Arrows for 28,000 yuan.
• The power went out, and Chen Shouyi left his room to ask about it after hearing hotel guests say the outage affected all of Dongning City.

As power, communications, and Chen Shouyi’s self-healing talent began to fail, he left the hotel to investigate the growing disorder. He returned home to check on his family and, after assuring them he was strong and still working toward the Martial Apprentice exam, let his accumulated fear and pressure show.

• Chen Shouyi noticed his Beginner Self-Healing talent had grown faint, while his phone lost signal and the hotel lighter produced only a weak flame.
• Chen Shouyi tied up Shell Girl, left the hotel, and found blocked traffic, stranded drivers, and a fight in the street.
• Chen Shouyi worried that the mysterious force field might be affecting the whole world and hurried home to check on his family.
• Mother Chen, Chen Dawei, and Chen Xingyue appeared at the window, and Chen Shouyi told them he was strong and would pass the Martial Apprentice exam.

After returning to the hotel amid the citywide blackout, Chen Shouyi learned that a guest on his floor had been murdered. Exhausted and gloomy, he was cheered by Shell Girl’s dance, which revealed faint points of light and hinted at her mysterious abilities.

• Chen Shouyi returned through streets patrolled by military police and heard that a guest at his hotel had been stabbed to death during an argument in the blackout.
• Chen Shouyi went to his room, released Shell Girl, and rested without trying to cheer her up as usual.
• Shell Girl demanded Beiqi, and Chen Shouyi told her it needed to rest before admitting he hoped the next day would be better.
• Shell Girl noticed Chen Shouyi was unhappy and began dancing to cheer him up.
• Chen Shouyi turned off his flashlight and saw faint points of light flickering around Shell Girl as she danced.
• Shell Girl said she had been able to dance that way since birth, but she did not know whether the dance had any use.

Chen Shouyi dispelled a ghost haunting a hotel guest, then left to look for news about the widespread blackout and communications outage. The city remained gridlocked and tense, while the newspaper offered no details about the crisis beyond Dongning.

• A newly dead engineer wandered into his hotel room and terrified his former colleague, who screamed for help.
• Chen Shouyi approached the frightened older man, and his powerful vitality drove away the invisible ghost.
• Chen Shouyi returned to his room and went back to sleep after checking that Shell Girl was unharmed.
• The next morning, Chen Shouyi found that power, phone service, and the internet were still down, while soldiers and repair workers were out in the streets.
• Chen Shouyi bought a newspaper, but it reported only that repairs were underway and supplies remained plentiful, without explaining what was happening beyond Dongning.

Chen Shouyi prepared for the worsening crisis by withdrawing cash and stockpiling food, then discovered that the Book of Knowledge could optimize his Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms again. The chapter ended as he began the optimization and sensed a mysterious vital aura.

• Chen Shouyi withdrew cash from a crowded bank, where security guards limited withdrawals to ten thousand yuan per person.
• Chen Shouyi bought water and long-lasting food amid a frantic supermarket rush, then returned to his hotel and decided to stay inside.
• Chen Shouyi let Shell Girl out and told her Beiqi had not returned, leaving her disappointed.
• Chen Shouyi saw that the Book of Knowledge could optimize the Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms and chose it over Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self.
• Chen Shouyi entered the optimization dream, practiced the forms as they changed, and sensed a mysterious vital aura.

Chen Shouyi returned home and tried to hide the changes in his life from his parents, while Chen Xingyue told him that Old Man Wang’s corpse had mysteriously disappeared. That night, Chen Shouyi saw Old Man Wang’s shrouded figure approaching his window.

• Chen Shouyi left the hotel and told his parents that his training had ended, reassuring them with prepared answers about his appearance and the training.
• Chen Xingyue reported that Old Man Wang had died and that his body had vanished from the vigil, later turning up at the neighborhood’s east gate.
• Chen Shouyi warned Chen Xingyue not to go out at night, then let Shell Girl out at home and gave her another glass bead.
• In the middle of the night, Chen Shouyi heard strained groans outside and saw Old Man Wang’s shrouded figure slowly approaching his window.

Chen Shouyi saw Old Man Wang’s corpse wandering through the streets, then practiced sword thrusts at Mingshan Park and broke the sound barrier. When a young man demanded that he leave the pavilion, Chen Shouyi kicked him down, and the man challenged his martial ability.

• Chen Shouyi watched Old Man Wang’s corpse walk past his window before military police fired shots at it in the street.
• Chen Shouyi found his school closed, failed to contact Zhang Xiaoyue, and read a notice ordering car owners to help clear the blocked roads.
• Chen Shouyi practiced sword thrusts beneath the ginkgo tree at Mingshan Park and discovered that his strikes had broken the sound barrier.
• A young man approached Chen Shouyi and demanded that he leave the pavilion so he and his girlfriend could be alone.
• Chen Shouyi kicked the young man in the thigh and dropped him to one knee, but the man stood up and claimed Chen was no match for a real Martial Apprentice.

Chen Shouyi restrained himself after nearly killing a Martial Apprentice, then agreed to accompany Chen Xingyue to suppress the Killing Intent surrounding Old Man Wang's body. He prepared to go out while tying up Shell Girl and hiding her under his bed.

• Chen Shouyi kicked a young Martial Apprentice and warned him to become a martial artist before making demands, then left without killing him.
• Chen Shouyi reflected on his growing bloodlust and resolved to avoid using force whenever possible.
• Chen Xingyue told Chen Shouyi that Wang Debiao had asked her to suppress the Killing Intent around Old Man Wang's body for five thousand.
• Chen Shouyi agreed to accompany Chen Xingyue after bargaining for three thousand, and he put on protective clothing.
• Chen Shouyi traded Shell Girl a tiny glass bead for a night of freedom, then tied her up, taped her mouth, and hid her under the bed.

Chen Shouyi accompanied Chen Xingyue to the Wang family home, where relatives hoped her Martial Apprentice status would help keep Old Man Wang’s corpse calm. As midnight passed, Chen Shouyi examined the bound body and noticed its black fingernails and faintly twitching fingers.

• Chen Xingyue persuaded Mother Chen to let her visit the Wang family, and Chen Shouyi went with her.
• Chen Xingyue and Chen Shouyi arrived at Old Man Wang’s home, where his relatives greeted them anxiously and hoped her presence would suppress the corpse’s Killing Intent.
• The family explained that the police had shot Old Man Wang’s body, which then lay motionless, before allowing the relatives to take it home.
• As midnight passed, Chen Shouyi went to the mourning hall and examined Old Man Wang’s bound body.
• Chen Shouyi noticed that Old Man Wang’s fingernails were black and that his fingers twitched faintly.

Chen Shouyi kept watch while Old Man Wang’s corpse struggled through the night, then returned to the other world and found that an intruder had followed his footprints through the passage. He disposed of the dead man and was left shaken by the family photograph in his wallet.

• Chen Shouyi and Chen Xingyue stayed overnight at the Wang family’s mourning hall while Old Man Wang’s corpse struggled against its bindings until dawn.
• Chen Shouyi teased Chen Xingyue about splitting their payment, then secretly intended to give her part of his earnings.
• Chen Shouyi returned to the Unfinished Building and found a second set of footprints leading into the passage.
• Chen Shouyi found the intruder dead near a pile of Gold Sand, apparently having collapsed under the other world’s gravity while trying to reach it.
• Chen Shouyi dragged the corpse to the Great Sea and threw away the family photograph he found in the man’s wallet.

Chen Shouyi decided to investigate the barbarians’ island after realizing his secrecy had contributed to a human intruder’s death. He paddled across the sea, found a barbarian canoe, and fired an arrow at its occupants as they recognized him as the demon.

• Chen Shouyi reflected on the risks of hiding the passage and decided to investigate the barbarians’ island.
• Chen Shouyi and Shell Girl took a dugout canoe out to sea, with Shell Girl guiding him toward land.
• Chen Shouyi spotted another dugout canoe and turned toward it, intending to destroy the barbarians’ means of travel.
• Chen Shouyi disguised himself with filth to look like a barbarian as the two canoes approached.
• The barbarians recognized Chen Shouyi as the demon and tried to turn away, but he raised his War Bow and released an arrow.

Chen Shouyi killed two barbarians while scouting the route to the Small Island, then learned their tribe trusted in a mysterious sacred tree and decided to postpone landing. After returning home in the blackout, he showed Mother Chen his strength, but she scolded him for frightening her.

• Chen Shouyi shot and killed one barbarian, then questioned the wounded survivor, who warned that the tribe’s sacred tree would kill him before dying.
• Chen Shouyi searched the universal dictionary for the barbarian’s words, recalled the mysterious nut from the tribe’s chief, and chose to return rather than land on the Small Island.
• Chen Shouyi towed the canoe back and, after five hours, returned through the passageway to the darkened streets of his city.
• Chen Shouyi came home late and told Mother Chen he had been away on important business.
• Chen Shouyi crushed a bowl fragment in his hand to reassure Mother Chen of his strength, but she smacked the back of his head and warned him not to do it again.

After news confirmed that the otherworldly force-field invasion had disrupted life beyond Dongning City, Chen Shouyi prepared for his next trip to the otherworld. He obtained arrows and jungle gear, then returned to his hotel to rest and released Shell Girl.

• Chen Shouyi read reports of the invasion’s widespread effects and learned that flights were suspended and wireless networks disrupted.
• A cold-weapon shop owner refused to sell Chen Shouyi arrows without a Martial Apprentice certificate, but Chen Shouyi’s display of speed and intimidation persuaded him to sell a large bundle.
• Chen Shouyi bought camouflage clothing, a helmet, goggles, and other jungle gear from a military supply store.
• Chen Shouyi returned to his hotel, checked that his package had not arrived, tidied his room, and waited for evening before his planned trip to the otherworld.
• Chen Shouyi opened his briefcase and let Shell Girl out.

Chen Shouyi returned to the Otherworld to search the Small Island for the barbarians’ dugout canoes, but Shell Girl warned him that powerful Nature Spirits inhabited it. He confirmed an eerie presence near shore and continued facing an island full of unseen dangers.

• Shell Girl secretly recovered a glass marble and hid it in her Princess Dress, while Chen Shouyi packed for his trip.
• Chen Shouyi crossed the passage at night and rowed toward the Small Island after dawn, planning to avoid its interior until he had checked for danger and to destroy the barbarians’ canoes.
• After landing, Shell Girl warned Chen Shouyi that powerful Nature Spirits were hidden throughout the island and would emerge after sunset.
• Chen Shouyi approached a rock she had indicated and felt an eerie chill, confirming that the island was dangerous.

Chen Shouyi cautiously explored the island and found a barbarian shipbuilding workshop, where he ambushed four workers before charging toward the rest. The other barbarians recognized him as the Evil One, and he advanced as their fear spread.

• Chen Shouyi reassured Shell Girl and followed the shoreline, avoiding the silent forest.
• Chen Shouyi found a warm freshwater brook and marked it as a likely route to the barbarians.
• Chen Shouyi discovered a shipbuilding workshop with sixteen barbarians hollowing out canoes and watched for an opportunity to attack.
• Chen Shouyi shot two barbarians approaching the boulder, then killed the other two with his Long Sword.
• The remaining barbarians recognized Chen Shouyi as the Evil One, and he charged at them as their morale faltered.