Recaps

Chen Shouyi returned to Zhonghai, learned that Chen Xingyue had been offered the dean position at a new martial arts academy, and supported her decision to accept. Meanwhile, a convoy of scientists and workers from the Holy Alliance Nation boarded ships bound for Great Xia, part of a massive transfer that weakened their country in exchange for protection.

• Chen Shouyi returned to Taifo Nation and saw locals beginning to practice martial arts under newly implemented policies.
• Chen Xingyue told Chen Shouyi that the Education Bureau had offered her the deanship of Zhonghai Second Martial Arts Academy, and he encouraged her to try it.
• Aurora Huang, Blaze, and other evacuees traveled by bus toward a port while gunshots and the troubled state of the Holy Alliance Nation kept them uneasy.
• The evacuees arrived at the port and boarded crowded ships flying the flag of Great Xia.
• Aurora Huang and Dina discussed the transfer of up to a million people and extensive research equipment, which they believed would severely weaken the Holy Alliance Nation in exchange for protection.

Chen Shouyi tried to improve his nerve transmission by altering the myelin sheaths in his body, seeking a way to overcome his sluggish agility. After a failed attempt and hours of experimentation, he succeeded and found that his body felt much lighter.

• Chen Shouyi realized he might improve his agility by modifying the myelin sheaths around his nerves rather than changing the nerves themselves.
• Chen Shouyi studied his myelin sheaths and chose his left little finger to test reducing the number of sheath segments.
• Chen Shouyi’s first modification made his little finger numb and sluggish, so he continued experimenting with the nerve structure.
• Chen Shouyi kept testing until noon, when he finally succeeded and felt as though he had shed a heavy shell.

Chen Shouyi improved his physical abilities through self-optimization, then entered Tam World and was attacked by hostile savage gods. After killing one and capturing another, he demanded to know why they had come after him.

• Chen Shouyi discovered that his self-optimization had increased his points by 0.6 and ordered biology books and bookshelves from Bai Xiaoling.
• Chen Shouyi rode through the city, and Hu Han recognized him and excitedly told the martial artists with him.
• Chen Shouyi returned to Tam World, sensed growing hostility, and began cultivating at a distant mountain.
• A savage god confronted Chen Shouyi, who transformed into a giant and killed him with a single blow.
• Chen Shouyi collected the dead savage god's remains and caught another fleeing god, demanding an explanation.

After killing a barbarian god, Chen Shouyi ventured into Tam World’s dangerous outer space to investigate its unstable Divine Kingdoms and demiplanes. He found a demiplane and entered it, discovering a tiny, lifeless world with an asteroid and a dim reflection of Tam’s sun.

• Chen Shouyi learned that Tam World’s Divine Kingdoms were collapsing and that the surviving gods had been influenced by Tam’s Will to target him.
• Chen Shouyi flew into outer space, endured its deadly energy currents, and collected a remarkably durable meteorite.
• A violent eruption of ash, gas, and magma swept through space, leading Chen Shouyi to suspect that an asteroid or demiplane had collapsed.
• Chen Shouyi used his Faith Value to search for a demiplane, sensed one overlapping Tam World, and broke through its barrier with his will.
• Chen Shouyi explored the demiplane and found a cramped, lifeless space containing a small asteroid, several meteorites, and a dim reflection of Tam’s sun.

Chen Shouyi sensed the danger of the unstable demiplanes and left after realizing how a Divine Kingdom could suppress intruders. He spent time with Zhang Xiaoyue, then the chapter shifted to Great Xia Nation’s vast, internationally supported industrial mobilization for a project vital to humanity’s survival.

• Chen Shouyi spread his will through a demiplane, felt its instability, and concluded that a Divine Kingdom could control its world and suppress enemy gods.
• Chen Shouyi left the demiplane, watched distant lights vanish in space, and feared the conflict between Tam's will and its foe could bring calamity to Tam World and Earth.
• Zhang Xiaoyue told Chen Shouyi she had rented a small room near her school and took him to see it.
• Chen Shouyi and Zhang Xiaoyue shared an intimate moment, but she remained unwilling to go further, so he left frustrated and considered testing things in the virtual memory world.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel and saw that he still needed 17 energy points to optimize Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self.
• Great Xia Nation and foreign partners expanded a huge industrial project in the Beijing-Tianjin region, mobilizing people, resources, and factories for humanity's survival.

Chen Shouyi donated two God Corpses, declined the president’s offer to guard a base, and spent his time reading at home. After finishing his books, he asked Bai Xiaoling for more, while she mistakenly thought he wanted a private library with a theater.

• Chen Shouyi donated two God Corpses and inspected a factory with the president, who offered to introduce him to a girlfriend.
• Chen Shouyi asked about the nearby Savage Gods, then declined the president’s request to guard the base.
• Chen Shouyi read hundreds of pages at once and finished his books in an hour.
• Chen Shouyi called Bai Xiaoling to ask for another batch of books.
• Bai Xiaoling offered to arrange a private library and theater, but Chen Shouyi declined and said he would use the university library.

After Chen Shouyi killed a barbarian god in the Middle East, Great Xia’s people barely reacted, while non-citizen martial artists like Ruan Xiong faced strict limits on their rights and work. The chapter ended with Great Xia clearing broad routes through the forest in the other world to prepare for a possible mass migration.

• Chen Shouyi traveled to the Middle East, killed a Medium Divine Power barbarian god, and took its God Corpse, causing nearby barbarian gods to retreat from scheming against Great Xia.
• Chen Shouyi told his family he had gone to the Middle East, but Chen Dawei and Mother Chen showed little surprise or concern.
• Ruan Xiong, a Luoyue Nation non-citizen living in Zhonghai, considered the long path to citizenship and the better security Great Xia offered his family.
• Ruan Xiong met Li Lin at the base cafeteria, where they discussed growing recruitment for work in the other world and Great Xia’s plans to open up the forest.
• Great Xia used tracked steam-powered logging machines to clear wide passages through the forest, preparing for a possible future mass migration.

Chen Dongliang struggled with jealousy as the handsome Chen Shouyi drew attention from the women in the library, including Chen Dongliang’s secret crush. Meanwhile, Chen Shouyi reached 81 points of Energy Accumulation and left to optimize Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self.

• Chen Dongliang returned from the restroom and saw his goddess watching the handsome Chen Shouyi, while other girls repeatedly passed by him.
• Chen Dongliang reported Chen Shouyi to the librarian for distracting everyone, but the librarian dismissed his complaint.
• Chen Dongliang’s goddess took the seat beside him and thanked him, but she continued sneaking glances at Chen Shouyi.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel, saw that his Energy Accumulation had reached 8101, and left the library to optimize Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self.

Chen Shouyi tried to refine the divinity in his consciousness, but the attempt drew the attention of a terrifying will and forced him to stop. Determined to remove the danger, he flew with the Little Dots to a secluded Himalayan peak to enter seclusion.

• Chen Shouyi optimized Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self and reached the divinity in his consciousness, but a powerful will interrupted the process and left him shaken.
• Chen Shouyi realized the divinity could be a hidden danger and decided to eliminate it as soon as possible.
• Chen Shouyi notified the High Committee and the city government that he would enter seclusion.
• Chen Shouyi flew with the Little Dots to the Himalayas and prepared a cave for their stay, while Shell Girl grew upset at how long they would be away from home.

Chen Shouyi prepared to refine divinity despite the danger, devising ways to protect himself from a terrifying being’s power. He spent more than ten hours extracting heavy elements from a mountain to create a massive metal sphere, then left exhausted, hoping it would help.

• Shell Girl and Little Red Dot fought over the red Crystal Ball, and Little Red Dot won, leaving Shell Girl sulking with the blue one.
• Chen Shouyi reflected on how his optimized will had grown stronger and more concentrated, while acknowledging that he still lacked the power he needed.
• He planned to refine divinity inside his memory’s virtual world and build a sealed space from heavy materials to weaken the connection to the being.
• Chen Shouyi burned Faith Value and used Thought Acceleration to disintegrate a mountain and separate its heavy elements.
• After more than ten hours, Chen Shouyi formed a metal sphere over twenty meters wide, then headed to the cave to rest.

Chen Shouyi continued refining the divine nature inside the iron sphere, rapidly increasing his perception and will. When he sensed an ominous warning before the final refinement, he stopped and used his power to destroy twenty-one Himalayan peaks, triggering an eruption as he tried to stabilize the ground.

• Chen Shouyi entered the iron sphere and refined the divine nature in the memory virtual world, finding that the being’s will affected him less than it had in his dream.
• Over the following days, Chen Shouyi’s perception and will rose sharply as the divine light dimmed.
• On the fifteenth day, Chen Shouyi felt something was wrong and decided not to attempt what should have been his final refinement.
• Chen Shouyi reduced nearby mountains to dust and transformed their heavy metals into black matter, causing twenty-one Himalayan peaks to disappear.
• When the loss of pressure destabilized the ground, Chen Shouyi manipulated the plates, but a volcano rose and erupted.

Chen Shouyi condensed and strengthened a massive metal sphere to shield himself while attempting to overcome the pressure in his mind. After his divine nature burst apart and his consciousness expanded, a pair of eyes opened in the chaos, prompting the Savage Gods to gather and the Goddess of Agriculture to flee when a hand emerged from the sphere.

• Chen Shouyi used his power to contain the volcanic eruption and gathered the heavy metals into a giant sphere.
• Chen Shouyi spent more than ten days compressing and transforming the sphere until it became exceptionally dense and resistant to his will.
• After resting, Chen Shouyi entered the sphere and meditated in the virtual world, where the pressure shattered his divine nature and merged its fragments with his consciousness.
• As Chen Shouyi's consciousness expanded, a pair of eyes opened in the chaos, and their terrifying gaze left him unable to think.
• The Savage Gods on Earth descended in their true forms, and the Goddess of Agriculture arrived first.
• When a pale hand reached out of the sphere, the Goddess of Agriculture recognized the danger and fled, realizing she was in Great Xia Nation's territory.

Chen Shouyi survived Tam’s gaze but spent much of his Faith Value purging Tam’s will from his body. As he recovered in the Himalayas, he ambushed and killed the God of Strength, then noticed two figures flying toward him.

• Chen Shouyi escaped the metal sphere badly injured after Tam’s gaze overwhelmed his defenses.
• Chen Shouyi spent twelve thousand Faith Value to remove the remnants of Tam’s will, then used Self-healing to restore his body.
• The God of Strength descended to Earth, drawn toward the Himalayas by the apparent promise of advancement to Medium Divine Power.
• Chen Shouyi struck the God of Strength with a phantom spear and killed it with a giant hand.
• Chen Shouyi stored the God of Strength’s corpse and saw two figures flying toward him.

After killing the God of Strength, Chen Shouyi refined his will, collected the metal sphere’s materials, and arranged for Great Xia Nation to receive the metals and God Corpse. Meanwhile, Samit questioned why the gods had gathered in their true forms, and the Goddess of Agriculture feared a calamity was coming.

• Chen Shouyi reflected that his fourth-dimensional will might explain how he resisted Tam’s gaze, then returned to the metal sphere.
• Chen Shouyi separated the sphere into metal ingots, stopped a radioactive ingot from triggering a chain reaction, and stored the metals.
• Chen Shouyi told the president he would hand over the God Corpse and tens of millions of tons of metal ingots.
• Samit asked the Goddess of Agriculture why the gods had gathered in their true forms, and she worried that a calamity was approaching.

As Tam’s Will eroded Chen Shouyi’s consciousness, Samir warned the Goddess of Agriculture that opposing GodChen could be fatal and suggested she leave her true body on Earth. Chen Shouyi failed to remove Tam’s influence with Self-Healing, then received a report about space channels from Bai Xiaoling.

• The Goddess of Agriculture said Tam’s Will had chosen them because they were connected to Earth, while Samir argued that confronting GodChen was too dangerous and advised her to keep her true body on Earth.
• Chen Shouyi meditated and found Tam’s Will steadily consuming his consciousness, though he could hold his position for now.
• Chen Shouyi spent ten thousand Faith Value on Self-Healing, but the attempt did not lessen Tam’s influence.
• Bai Xiaoling urged Chen Shouyi to meet the officials taking custody of the god’s remains and supplies, but he refused because he did not know them.
• Bai Xiaoling gave Chen Shouyi the higher-ups’ research report, titled “Recent Developments in Space Channels Across the Country.”

Chen Shouyi began his senior year uncertain whether to pursue university or martial arts, despite his determination to become a martial artist. Watching the talented Ding Liang draw attention at school left him envying the strength he could not seem to achieve.

• Chen Shouyi bragged to Zhao Yifeng and Sun Xin that summer martial arts training had improved him, though they doubted he could pass the Martial Apprentice assessment.
• At school, Chen Shouyi let Sun Xin copy his summer homework in exchange for a meal and listened as Cao Lili urged the class to focus on the gaokao because few students passed the martial arts assessment.
• Chen Shouyi spent the morning confused about whether to pursue university or attend a Martial Arts Academy, then hurried with Zhao Yifeng and Sun Xin to the cafeteria.
• Zhao Yifeng asked about Chen Shouyi's younger sister, Chen Xingyue, and Chen Shouyi explained that she was competing in a district high school martial arts exchange.
• Ding Liang entered the dining hall after passing the Martial Apprentice assessment, drawing admiration from the girls and envy from Chen Shouyi.

Chen Shouyi attended the launch of humanity’s first unmanned outer solar system probe and discussed the threat of Primal Force and the materials needed for future space travel. The rocket launched successfully, while Chen Shouyi agreed to synthesize more of his extraordinary metal for the country.

• Chen Shouyi read a report showing that the Ancestor God's resistance was slowing Tam's progress in devouring the Space Channel.
• Chen Shouyi attended the probe launch as its protector and learned it would use a Plasma Engine, a Light Sail, and a Primal Force detector to reach the Kuiper Belt.
• Chen Shouyi explained that humanity hoped the outer Solar System could provide refuge and resources if Earth and the inner Solar System were lost to Primal Force.
• The president thanked Chen Shouyi for donating thirty-five million tons of extraordinary metal and asked where it came from.
• Chen Shouyi said he had synthesized the metal and promised to make more when the country sent materials to Zhonghai.
• Chen Shouyi led the ignition countdown, and the rocket carrying the unmanned probe launched into the sky.

Chen Shouyi dreamed of Tam’s Eye and found its influence appearing in the mirror, confirming that Tam’s Will was polluting his consciousness. He used Insight and Faith Value to fight it, but ran out of Faith Value just before he could finish.

• After a successful probe launch, the president urged scientists to stop factionalism and discrimination against foreign researchers.
• Chen Shouyi awoke from a nightmare about Tam’s Eye and realized that Tam’s Will was increasingly affecting his consciousness.
• He saw Tam’s eerie eyes in the bathroom mirror, shattered the room in alarm, then restored the damage and decided to spend his Faith Value to remove the remnant.
• Chen Shouyi flew hundreds of kilometers from Zhonghai City, activated Insight, and began overpowering Tam’s Will.
• His Faith Value ran out just before he could finish, and Chen Shouyi smashed the mountaintop in frustration.

Chen Shouyi regretted spending his Faith Value carelessly, but discovered that his Perception had risen after Tam’s lingering power affected him. Seeking to replenish his resources, he arranged a talk at Chen Xingyue’s academy and contacted media outlets in several countries, leaving their leaders scrambling to confirm his calls.

• Chen Shouyi noticed his Perception had increased from 30.0 to 30.2 after his outburst, and considered drawing on Tam’s power again.
• Chen Xingyue told Chen Shouyi that she was heading to the Martial Arts Academy, and he offered to give a talk there.
• Chen Shouyi called Renren Daily to arrange an interview and promote his upcoming speech.
• Chen Shouyi contacted official media outlets in several countries, prompting their leaders to urgently confirm the calls with one another.

Chen Shouyi gave an exclusive interview about his battle with the Lord of Lightning before agreeing to visit the Ba Nation at the Goddess of Agriculture’s invitation. As interviews and publicity revived his Faith Value, he prepared to make the visit after his upcoming speech.

• Chen Shouyi welcomed Renren Daily reporter Wang Jingshu to his home for an interview and discussed the power of barbarian gods and humanity’s ability to fight them.
• Zhang Miaomiao interrupted the interview to tell Chen Shouyi that the Goddess of Agriculture wanted him to visit the Ba Nation.
• Chen Shouyi learned that the Goddess of Agriculture had approached Great Xia Nation’s embassy and that the Ba Nation was an important grain supplier.
• Chen Shouyi agreed to arrange the visit for after his speech and told Zhang Miaomiao to reply to the Ba Nation.
• Chen Shouyi spent the following days giving interviews, and Great Xia Nation’s reports helped his Faith Value rebound.

Chen Xingyue organized security and reception for Chen Shouyi’s upcoming speech as millions of people crowded into Zhonghai to see him. Zhu Xueqing and Li Wei arrived among the crowd, where Li Wei urged her to use her past connection with Chen Shouyi to help them find safer work.

• Chen Xingyue limited organizations’ requests for places, arranged personal reception for Legendary guests, and assigned security planning to the academy and police.
• More than two and a half million people entered Zhonghai ahead of Chen Shouyi’s speech, and city officials sought lodging for them while urging some to leave.
• Zhu Xueqing and Li Wei reached their hotel through the crowd, and Li Wei asked whether she knew Chen Shouyi.
• Zhu Xueqing explained that she had once worked with Chen Shouyi and had let go of her former crush as his status and power grew beyond her reach.
• Li Wei urged Zhu Xueqing to ask Chen Shouyi to help them leave freelance martial arts work, but she hesitated because she already felt indebted to him.

Chen Shouyi practiced in the Himalayas, arranged to give Zhu Xueqing and her husband seats at his upcoming speech, and prepared for the grand martial arts event. The chapter ended as huge crowds gathered outside the Second Martial Arts Academy in Xingqing Town, where military police struggled to control entry.

• Chen Shouyi’s cultivation finally raised his Intelligence by 0.1, and he told the two Little Dots they would not return to the Himalayas the next day.
• Chen Shouyi called the president to arrange collection of the twenty million tons of elements he had gathered.
• Zhu Xueqing called Chen Shouyi from Zhonghai and said she and her husband had come to hear his speech.
• Chen Shouyi offered Zhu Xueqing seats and invited her and her husband to visit, but she declined because they planned to see the night market.
• Two days later, thousands of Great Martial Artists and other spectators crowded around the Second Martial Arts Academy as military police tried to enforce entry rules.

Chen Shouyi arrived at the Second Martial Arts Academy to give a speech before a massive crowd of martial artists and officials. When sleet threatened the event, he dispersed the clouds with his will, leaving the audience stunned by the sudden sunlight.

• Luo Jingwen met Ye Zong and An Haoran outside the hotel, where Ye Zong agreed to a friendly spar with An Haoran.
• Thousands gathered at the Second Martial Arts Academy as Chen Xingyue supervised preparations and anxiously waited for Chen Shouyi.
• Chen Xingyue met Chen Shouyi at the school gate after he arrived late because people had stopped him on the way.
• Chen Shouyi took the podium and began his speech as the crowd applauded.
• When sleet began to fall, Chen Shouyi focused his will and scattered the clouds, drawing astonished reactions from the crowd.

Chen Shouyi revealed godlike power by clearing the clouds over Zhonghai, then used his martial arts lecture to explain cultivation and unveil a dangerous revised body-tempering method. The crowd listened closely as he warned that only legendary practitioners who could control every cell should attempt it.

• Ye Zong and An Haoran realized Chen Shouyi had become a god and that the gap between them had widened.
• Chen Shouyi deliberately slowed his clearing of the clouds so the crowd could witness his power, then told Chen Xingyue to leave the stage.
• Chen Shouyi resumed his lecture and divided cultivation into mastering oneself and strengthening the body.
• Chen Shouyi explained self-evolution and described how he had revised the Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms.
• Chen Shouyi demonstrated the new method and warned that it could severely damage the body, so practitioners below the legendary level should not attempt it.

Chen Shouyi publicly shared his profound cultivation method, while Great Xia’s leaders debated military cuts to fund scientific research and the space program. A mysterious miracle caused panic around Zhonghai, and Chen returned home to find his Faith Value rising as people reacted to his speech; Bai Xiaoling then told him Ye Zong, Luo Jingwen, and others wanted to visit.

• Chen Shouyi’s public cultivation method inspired people, though only a rare few were likely to master it and become legends.
• Great Xia’s Supreme Military Power Committee discussed cutting its twenty-million-strong military to manage soaring research and space-program costs.
• A mysterious miracle triggered panic in Zhonghai, and crowds gathered near the Second Martial Arts Academy, forcing Chen Shouyi to end his speech and leave unnoticed.
• Chen Shouyi returned home, played with Shell Girl and Little Red Dot, and discovered that his Faith Value was climbing rapidly.
• Bai Xiaoling called to say Ye Zong, Luo Jingwen, and others wanted to visit, and Chen Shouyi agreed to receive them.