Recaps

At a press conference in Berlin, Chen Shouyi confirmed that he would make the new Chen's Cultivation Method public, while Prime Minister Joseph hoped the announcement would happen in the European Alliance. Afterward, Su Qianyu rode with Chen Shouyi and struggled to speak to him about her feelings.

• Reporters erupted in excitement when Chen Shouyi revealed that he had become a demigod in only half a year.
• Chen Shouyi confirmed that he would make the new Chen's Cultivation Method public and said a demonstration required a much larger crowd than the Berlin venue could provide.
• Prime Minister Joseph tried to keep Great Xia Nation from influencing where Chen Shouyi would announce the method, but Chen Shouyi left the decision open.
• Su Qianyu rode beside Chen Shouyi after the press conference and blushed when he mistakenly guessed that she wanted his autograph.
• Su Qianyu told Chen Shouyi that he had looked handsome at the press conference.

During Chen Shouyi’s state visit to the European Alliance, his unexpected plan to speak publicly left the delegation scrambling to arrange it. After seeing his Faith Value surge from the attention, Chen chose Humboldt University as the venue for his speech.

• Fang Xiangqian warned Su Qianyu not to cancel Chen Shouyi’s plans, and European Alliance Foreign Ministry officials arrived to discuss the visit.
• Chen Shouyi skipped his cultivation practice, teased Shell Girl, and attended a state banquet with Chen Xingyue, where the prime minister’s wife got his autograph.
• Chen Shouyi read front-page newspaper coverage of his visit and saw his Faith Value rising rapidly.
• Su Qianyu presented Chen Shouyi with three options for his speech, and he chose the grand auditorium at Humboldt University to avoid a crowd crush.

Chen Shouyi gave a speech at Humboldt University, where he revealed he had surpassed the legendary realm and taught his revised cultivation method. Andre and Basil left shaken by his power and resolved to cultivate.

• Andre and Basil arrived at Humboldt University, where Andre doubted the reports that Chen Shouyi had killed a god.
• Chen Shouyi began his speech before a packed auditorium and announced that he had perfected Chen's Cultivation Method.
• Andre interrupted to ask whether Chen Shouyi had surpassed the legendary realm, and Chen Shouyi confirmed that he had entered what he called the demigod-like realm.
• Chen Shouyi explained the revised method's demanding requirements and demonstrated an aura that left the audience dazed.
• After Chen Shouyi left, Andre and Basil discussed the encounter and decided to cultivate.

After Godchen unveiled his cultivation method, Chen Shouyi was forced to cut his European visit short when he learned the United States was on the verge of falling. More than ten days later, he surveyed Earth from space and saw that two-thirds of the planet had fallen to savage gods.

• Andre and Basil told Joseph that Godchen's cultivation method was beyond their understanding and too difficult for almost anyone to practice.
• Chen Shouyi asked Su Qianyu when they could return to the Great Xia Nation, but agreed to stay one more day before Fang Xiangqian reported that the United States was on the verge of falling.
• Chen Shouyi ordered Chen Xingyue to pack, and their party left the European Alliance ahead of schedule for the Great Xia Nation.
• After more than ten days without news from the United States and several missing Fighter Jets, Chen Shouyi surveyed Earth from space and saw that North and South America, Oceania, Southeast Asia, and Yanzhou had fallen, along with much of Eurasia.

Steven fled a lightning-wielding Savage God during the destruction of the United States, but the god struck him down. In another world, Chen Shouyi tested his growing Control Atmosphere ability by running through the air at enormous speed, leaving him able to judge his latest progress.

• Steven ran through the Sierra Nevada while a Savage God whispered to him and demanded his submission.
• The god’s thunderstorm had plunged the United States into chaos, and scattered resistance remained after Washington fell and communications collapsed.
• The Savage God locked its gaze on Steven and killed him with a bolt of lightning.
• Chen Shouyi checked that his Control Atmosphere ability had reached 70.05% and transformed into a giant to test it on a snowy mountain.
• Chen Shouyi ran through the air at about three hundred meters per second, then stopped after more than ten kilometers and turned back.

Chen Shouyi entered seclusion in the Otherworld to strengthen his abilities, driven by his fear that humanity could not withstand the gods after the United States fell. Ten days later, he mastered Super-level Control Atmosphere and returned to the ice cave with Shell Girl, still remembering his humiliation at the hands of the Flame God.

• Chen Shouyi told Mother Chen he planned to cultivate in seclusion and read news about Great Xia strengthening alliances against the Savage Gods.
• Chen Shouyi considered the gap between his strength and a Medium Divine Power god, then decided to improve Control Atmosphere and his other abilities.
• Chen Shouyi went to the Otherworld and spent ten days cultivating while Shell Girl kept him company.
• Chen Shouyi transformed Control Atmosphere into a Super ability, creating a powerful tornado before stopping it instantly.
• Shell Girl praised Chen Shouyi for scaring off the Giant Beasts, and they returned together to the ice cave.

After fourteen days of intense training, Chen Shouyi left seclusion when his family asked him to return home. He met his maternal relatives, who were awed by his fame, and felt relieved when their visit ended.

• Chen Shouyi trained for fourteen days, improving his speed through super-level Control Atmosphere.
• Bai Xiaoling told Chen Shouyi that his aunt wanted him to come home because guests had arrived.
• Chen Shouyi returned to his parents’ villa and was introduced to his maternal uncles, aunts, and cousins Jiang Yanyan and Jiang Yuan.
• Chen Shouyi asked his cousins to call him by his name rather than his official title, while they struggled to act naturally around him.
• After lunch, the two uncles’ families left, and Chen Shouyi felt relieved.

Chen Shouyi was summoned to Zhonghai to investigate a dangerous eerie domain suspected to be caused by Nature Spirits. He entered the affected area with local officials and soldiers after confirming that the spirits feared fire, though burning braziers in homes risked starting fires.

• Chen Shouyi asked the State Office for eighteen vials of demigod blood and told his parents they could collect them when they arrived.
• Zhonghai officials Li Yuanwu and Zhang Mingtao discussed how to handle a Nature Spirit threat that conventional martial artists could not fight effectively.
• Regiment Commander Zhao told Li Yuanwu and Zhang Mingtao that Chen Shouyi was coming to help investigate.
• Chen Shouyi arrived by bicycle, heard that dozens had died in the eerie area over three nights, and identified a powerful Nature Spirit domain ahead.
• Chen Shouyi explained that Nature Spirits feared fire after Li Yuanwu joked about residents burning braziers, then warned that the braziers could cause fires.

Chen Shouyi uncovered a Space Channel beneath the ruins and entered the other world, where he transformed into a giant and battered a mountain to draw out its Nature Spirit. The Nature Spirit attacked but fled when Chen Shouyi’s will overwhelmed it, and he began dissolving its phantom body.

• Chen Shouyi cleared the ruins with his power and stomped open a Space Channel beneath them.
• Chen Shouyi entered the other world, and Li Yuanwu, Zhang Mingtao, and Regiment Commander Zhao followed to watch him.
• The three men saw Chen Shouyi transform into a giant and charge toward a mountain with a bone club.
• Chen Shouyi repeatedly struck the mountain, and the shockwaves hurled the onlookers across the grassland.
• The mountain’s damage provoked the Nature Spirit, which formed a monstrous shadow and charged Chen Shouyi.
• Chen Shouyi resisted the Nature Spirit’s mental interference, stopped it from escaping, and began dissolving its body.

Chen Shouyi effortlessly killed the Nature Spirit, returned home, and reflected on the limits of his knowledge and his ability to perceive higher dimensions. Elsewhere, a young man awoke in Zhonghai in 2017 with memories of a future where humanity fell, and resolved to find Chief Chen before the coming battle.

• Chen Shouyi destroyed the Nature Spirit, reassured Li Yuanwu, Regiment Commander Zhao, and Zhang Mingtao, then left them to report the incident and guard the Space Channel.
• Chen Shouyi rode home through the night, narrowly beating a heavy rain, and spent the evening reading about four-dimensional space.
• Chen Shouyi considered how his unusual vision revealed aspects of reality that ordinary people could not perceive, then went to bed.
• A young man awoke in his old Zhonghai home on July 30, 2017, and realized he had returned two years into the past.
• The young man recalled humanity's defeat, Chief Chen's death, and the rise of the Lord of Lightning, then decided to find Chief Chen and prevent him from sacrificing himself.

Wang Shengyuan sought out Chen Shouyi and warned him that a God of Lightning would invade Great Xia in half a year, claiming he had been reborn with memories of the future. Chen Shouyi found the memories impossible to verify and suspected either a supernatural gift or tampering, then took Wang Shengyuan to his home and arranged to bring him to the capital for investigation.

• Wang Shengyuan rushed to the district government office and persuaded the District Chief to help him find Chen Shouyi, saying Chen's safety was at stake.
• Chen Shouyi trained in the Otherworld until Wang Shengyuan arrived and claimed he had been reborn two years earlier.
• Wang Shengyuan warned that the God of Lightning would invade Great Xia in half a year and that Chen Shouyi would die in battle.
• Chen Shouyi questioned Wang Shengyuan and discovered he could not recall names or faces from the supposed future, leading him to suspect prophecy or altered memories.
• Chen Shouyi searched Wang Shengyuan's home for signs of an intruder but found none, then decided to take him to the capital by private plane.

Chen Shouyi brought Wang Shengyuan to his home after Wang warned him that a vision of the future foretold humanity’s destruction and Chen’s death within three months. As soldiers took Wang for questioning, Chen entered the Book of Knowledge’s memories to investigate what had happened during the hour before Wang’s vision.

• Chen Shouyi called the president and reported that Wang Shengyuan had memories of a dangerous future, prompting the president to send people to collect him.
• Chen Shouyi gave Wang Shengyuan two tubes of demigod blood and promised him True God Meat after the investigation.
• Armed soldiers arrived to take Wang Shengyuan away, and Chen Shouyi asked them to treat his friend well.
• Chen Shouyi considered whether Wang’s vision was real and decided to investigate the hour when it might have occurred.
• Chen Shouyi entered the Book of Knowledge’s memory world, left Shell Girl playing flying chess, and flew into the night.

Chen Shouyi witnessed a mysterious figure who appeared to be a powerful god and suspected the figure opposed the God of Lightning’s control of Earth. After contacting the president and hearing that the being matched an entity called “Spirits,” Chen Shouyi remembered a strange encounter on a train three years earlier and wondered if it had been the same being.

• Chen Shouyi watched Wang Shengyuan and waited for the predicted rebirth event, then saw a mysterious figure approach the residential complex unnoticed by patrolling soldiers.
• The figure sensed Chen Shouyi, who felt overwhelming danger and withdrew from the Book of Knowledge’s space before the figure could harm him.
• Chen Shouyi considered the figure’s motives and called the president’s office to report what he had seen.
• Chen Shouyi kept the possible upheaval three months away from his parents when they returned home from their restaurant’s trial opening.
• The president told Chen Shouyi that the intelligence bureau had identified a possible match called “Spirits,” an Otherworld Creature who took human form as an Avatar and had repeatedly evaded attempts to kill him.
• Chen Shouyi recalled a strange incident on a train three years earlier and wondered whether he had encountered the same being.

Chen Shouyi investigated a mysterious figure tied to a prophecy of Earth’s fall, then strengthened his self-healing and confronted the God of Conspiracy about the God of Lightning’s plans. The God of Conspiracy vowed that the God of Lightning would not take over Earth, citing the other gods’ opposition.

• Chen Shouyi reviewed the dossier on the mysterious figure, found records going back five years, and called the Presidential Palace for help.
• Chen Shouyi spent three thousand Faith Value to advance Self-healing to Super, gaining control over his body and rapidly healing a wound.
• Chen Shouyi flew to Taifo Nation and met the God of Conspiracy, who appeared as a young woman.
• Chen Shouyi showed the God of Conspiracy a photograph of the mysterious man and warned that the God of Lightning intended to take over Earth.
• The God of Conspiracy denied knowing the man and vowed that the God of Lightning would not succeed because other gods would oppose his rule.

Chen Shouyi learned the location and dangers of the Old Gods’ forbidden ground, then returned home and prepared True God Meat for Chen Xingyue before her trip to the otherworld. The chapter left Chen Xingyue with the promise of two emergency doses as she got ready to leave for wilderness survival and military training.

• Chen Shouyi asked God of Conspiracy for a map to Tam’s forbidden ground, and learned it lay more than eighteen thousand kilometers from the Space Channel and was filled with ancient dangers and spatial turbulence.
• Chen Shouyi warned God of Conspiracy before flying away, leaving the god shocked by how much stronger he had become.
• Chen Shouyi found Chen Xingyue preparing to take graduating high school students to the otherworld and urged her to flee if she encountered danger.
• Chen Shouyi called Bai Xiaoling to arrange for several jin of True God Meat to be processed into divine blood before Chen Xingyue left.
• Chen Shouyi promised Chen Xingyue two doses for emergencies and warned her that relying on them could hinder her progress.

Chen Shouyi set out for the place where the Old Gods had fallen, hoping to become stronger before the prophecy of his death came true. He traveled through the Otherworld toward his destination, still more than two days away.

• Chen Shouyi tested the delivered divine blood, gave three vials to Chen Xingyue, and gave one to Bai Xiaoling.
• Chen Shouyi considered whether to venture to the place where the Old Gods had fallen, then told the president that more publicity could strengthen him through Faith Value.
• Chen Shouyi left home the next morning and flew to Taifo Nation, where the God of Conspiracy escorted him to the Space Channel.
• Chen Shouyi traveled across the Otherworld with Shell Girl, sheltering in a cave after covering less than a fifth of the journey.
• Chen Shouyi estimated that he had about two days left to travel, ate meat paste containing Great Divine Power, and practiced the Thirty-Six Forms of Hardening.

Chen Shouyi traveled deeper into the Otherworld, reaching the outskirts of a forbidden zone where space was distorted and dangers grew more severe. After spotting a huge scarlet giant, he decided to rest for the night before continuing.

• During a night of heavy rain, Chen Shouyi sheltered in a cave with Shell Girl and began to miss home.
• The next morning, a carnivorous fish attacked Chen Shouyi, but his willpower reduced it to a pink mist.
• Chen Shouyi flew onward through the Otherworld, avoiding Barbarian God territories and encountering strange, powerful creatures.
• Chen Shouyi found a region where space was distorted and wondered about the Old Gods, the New Gods, and the creator god.
• Chen Shouyi entered the forest at the forbidden zone's outskirts, where a scarlet giant passed by without challenging him.
• As night approached, Chen Shouyi chose a place to stay and planned to continue at daybreak.

Chen Shouyi spent the night in a hollow tree while Shell Girl met a mysterious, half-transparent creature her size, whom she called Little Dot. In the morning, he continued toward the forbidden zone with the mysterious Little Dot following at a distance, and the twisted space came into view.

• Shell Girl met a half-transparent little girl who called herself nameless, and they introduced themselves as Little Dot.
• Chen Shouyi practiced the Thirty-Six Forms of Hardening, checked his Status Panel, and spent two thousand Faith Value points on Giant Transformation.
• The two Little Dots argued over whether the mysterious girl was good, then bonded over Shell Girl's picture book before Chen Shouyi woke and prepared to leave.
• Chen Shouyi set out toward the forbidden zone as the mysterious Little Dot followed him from afar.
• Chen Shouyi cut through attacking vines and reached a point where the forbidden zone's twisted space was visible.

Chen Shouyi entered a vast forbidden zone of spatial distortions and confronted a giant who threatened outsiders. After killing her, he sensed the watching presence disappear, while Shell Girl and Number Two Little Dot fought over which of them Chen Shouyi liked best.

• Chen Shouyi examined a spatial distortion in an ancient tree and concluded that getting lost inside the warped space was the real danger.
• Chen Shouyi entered the forbidden zone, where chaotic energy and an eerie voice warned that outsiders deserved to die.
• A blue-green female giant emerged from the ground, and Chen Shouyi grew to enormous size as she realized she had provoked someone stronger.
• Shell Girl and Number Two Little Dot argued over which of them was prettier and more liked by Chen Shouyi, then rolled into a fight.
• Chen Shouyi caught the fleeing giant, crushed her head, and made the vague feeling of being watched vanish.

After defeating a blue giant, Chen Shouyi explored its cavern and found only bones before venturing deeper into the dangerous forbidden land. He camped for the night with Shell Girl and Little Dot Number Two, who grew closer to him over a meal.

• Chen Shouyi threw aside the dead blue giant, and Shell Girl and Little Dot Number Two argued over which of them owned the good giant.
• Chen Shouyi entered the giant’s cavern and found a heap of bones but nothing valuable.
• Chen Shouyi continued deeper into the restricted zone, marking trees as the distorted space and strange energies made the forest more dangerous.
• Chen Shouyi found a cave after nightfall and prepared to sleep there with the two Little Dots.
• Shell Girl promised to teach Little Dot Number Two math, and Chen Shouyi gave her food that made her warm to him.

Chen Shouyi continued deeper into the restricted zone, where he discovered that warped space could kill and distort anything caught in it. After avoiding the spatial trap, he fought and killed a powerful monster, leaving his own lingering unease unresolved.

• Chen Shouyi roared in giant form to silence the creatures outside his cave, then answered a distant challenger until it fell quiet.
• Chen Shouyi continued through the restricted zone as its strange creatures and a growing sense of danger unsettled him.
• Chen Shouyi examined a freshly dead, inside-out corpse and realized that a distant region of warped space had killed it.
• Chen Shouyi retreated to avoid the spatial trap, suspecting that distorted space might already have affected him.
• Chen Shouyi fought an agile, energy-draining monster and killed it with a series of devastating punches.

Chen Shouyi discovered a radiant crystal buried beneath a monster's lair and used its energy to cultivate in seclusion. After the crystal was depleted and shattered, he decided to search for more.

• Chen Shouyi searched the monster's cavern but found nothing until Little Dot No. 2 smelled something buried beneath a huge pelt.
• Chen Shouyi dug beneath the rubble and uncovered a purplish-red crystal that rapidly increased his strength as its energy entered his body.
• Chen Shouyi wore the crystal as a pendant and found that his cultivation technique drew its energy into him, quickly raising his attributes.
• Chen Shouyi cultivated in seclusion for fifteen days, and his Constitution and Intelligence both surpassed 22 points as the crystal's energy dwindled.
• Chen Shouyi watched the exhausted crystal crack and crumble, then resolved to find more crystals like it.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter opens with the protagonist, Alex, struggling with writer's block, unable to progress with his novel.
• Alex's agent, Linda, pressures him to deliver the manuscript on time, threatening to pull out of the book deal if he doesn't meet the deadline.
• Alex decides to visit his old mentor, Thomas, who had inspired him to write, hoping to find inspiration and overcome his block.

Character Developments

• Alex: Struggles with self-doubt and the pressure to meet expectations, leading to his creative block. His desperation to overcome this block drives him to seek help from his mentor.
• Linda: Shows impatience and concern for her client's career, prioritizing the business aspect of publishing over the creative process.

Significant Themes

• The struggle of the creative process and the pressure to meet expectations.
• The importance of mentors and the passing down of knowledge and inspiration.
• The tension between the business side and the artistic side of publishing.

Character Interactions

• Alex and Linda: Their interaction highlights the tension between the creative process and business expectations. Linda's pressure adds to Alex's stress, exacerbating his writer's block.
• Alex and Thomas: Their interaction is yet to occur, but it is expected to provide Alex with the inspiration and guidance he needs to overcome his block, potentially leading to a deeper understanding of his craft and himself.

Upcoming Events (based on context)

• Alex's visit to Thomas is expected to be a turning point in the chapter, providing him with the inspiration and motivation to overcome his writer's block and continue working on his novel.

Chen Shouyi pushed deeper into the forbidden land, searching for powerful creatures to strengthen his Giant Battle Body before the prophesied time. After discovering an ancient ruin guarded by a formidable giant monster, he transformed and prepared to fight it.

• Chen Shouyi spent days hunting creatures with Weak Divine Power or greater, but found and killed only three.
• After seven more days of exploration, Chen Shouyi spotted a terrifying giant monster feeding near a vast, weathered ruin.
• Chen Shouyi spent seven thousand Faith Value to raise his Giant Battle Body talent to 35.01%, and the monster sensed his intent to kill from more than twenty kilometers away.
• Chen Shouyi donned his armor and transformed into a giant over sixty meters tall, then strode toward the monster as the two prepared to fight.

Chen Shouyi fought and killed a giant monster after surviving its destructive energy beam. Wounded but victorious, he stored its corpse and continued toward the Ruins, where he noticed the buildings had barely been damaged.

• Chen Shouyi advanced toward the giant monster, and the two clashed in a fierce battle.
• The monster battered Chen Shouyi before he rallied and drove it back with a series of powerful punches.
• The monster fired a destructive beam that badly wounded Chen Shouyi's forehead, then tried to flee.
• Chen Shouyi used Air Lock to hold the monster in place and crushed it with a flaming punch and repeated stomps.
• Chen Shouyi stopped burning Faith Value, stored the monster's corpse, and headed toward the Ruins.
• Chen Shouyi saw that the nearby buildings had sustained little damage despite the battle and suspected they were unusual.