Recaps

Chen Shouyi and the others fought through a swarm of Giant Sickle Worms and Silver Scythe Worms in a cave, then retreated toward its exit as their strength dwindled. They emerged into a forest at dawn, where the worms stopped at the entrance and withdrew.

• Chen Shouyi and the Martial Artists killed waves of Giant Sickle Worms as they advanced through the passage.
• Chen Shouyi warned the group that more worms were approaching from both directions, and Xiao Changming and Qin Liuyuan organized a back-to-back defense.
• Chen Shouyi shot down two Silver Scythe Worms by targeting them as they leapt between the passage walls.
• Qin Liuyuan urged the group to retreat, and Chen Shouyi said the exit was near as he cleared the way with a rapid barrage of arrows.
• The group fought its way out of the cave into a forest, and the Giant Sickle Worms stopped at the entrance before withdrawing.

Chen Shouyi and the others took shelter in the cave as a storm revealed two gods fighting outside. After witnessing the terrifying battle, the group retreated deeper into the cave.

• Chen Shouyi struggled to use his Wind Control Ability and sensed that a powerful force was interfering with it.
• A bolt of lightning struck a distant mountain, and Chen Shouyi realized the roiling clouds were unnatural.
• A colossal creature fell from the sky and crashed into a valley as the clouds formed a giant figure.
• The wounded lion-like Giant Beast called Caballo challenged the cloud giant, and they began to fight.
• Xiao Changming recognized the combatants as gods, and Chen Shouyi led the group farther into the cave.

After the storm ended, Chen Shouyi and the others searched the crater where the Giant Beast had fallen and found fresh divine blood. Yu Hongyong touched it and suffered a horrific death, leaving the group to face the danger of the blood firsthand.

• The storm stopped, and Chen Shouyi and the others left the cave to inspect the fallen Giant Beast.
• The group found a drop of fresh divine blood clinging to the crater wall.
• Yu Hongyong touched the divine blood with his bare finger, and it began invading his body.
• Yu Hongyong's body melted as he fell into the still-hot lava, and Qin Liuyuan killed him with an arrow.
• Yu Hongyong's corpse melted away until only bone remained.

After finding and dividing a large pool of divine blood, Chen Shouyi and the expedition team rested before rushing back through the Giant Sickle Worm nest. His archery let the exhausted group fight through the cave at speed, and they neared the Space Channel.

• The expedition found a large pool of divine blood on the mountain summit, and Xiao Changming divided it among the team, awarding Chen Shouyi thirty percent of their share.
• Chen Shouyi collected about thirty milliliters of divine blood and blood-soaked earth, then asked Qin Liuyuan how the blood could be processed.
• The group encountered Giant Sickle Worms, rested for two hours, and killed more than a dozen on the way back to the cave.
• Xiao Changming urged the exhausted martial artists to move quickly through the nest and make sure everyone returned to Hedong City.
• Chen Shouyi shot down Giant Sickle Worms, including a silver one, as the group raced toward the nearby Space Channel.

Chen Shouyi escaped the other world with the warriors after a mysterious Giant Sickle Worm appeared, and the military bombarded the passage. As the survivors met Major General Sun, the badly wounded worm burst through the flames and charged toward them.

• Chen Shouyi held off the Giant Sickle Worms while the warriors climbed through the Space Channel, then narrowly escaped the mysterious worm’s mental shriek and returned to their world.
• Xiao Changming helped Chen Shouyi lead the group away as the military opened fire and artillery struck the creatures near the passage.
• Chen Shouyi and the others made it beyond the defensive line, where Xiao Changming introduced them to Major General Sun and Qin Liuyuan.
• Major General Sun praised Chen Shouyi and offered him a place in the military, but a cry of alarm interrupted before Chen Shouyi could reply.
• The wounded mysterious Giant Sickle Worm burst from the flames and raced toward the group, prompting Xiao Changming to warn Major General Sun to retreat.

Chen Shouyi returned from the battle with Giant Sickle Worm meat and brought home a golden foreleg. At home, he stopped Shell Girl from jumping into dangerous divine-blood soil and locked it away.

• Chen Shouyi severed a foreleg from the wounded golden Giant Sickle Worm to take home as food.
• General Sun restricted golden Giant Sickle Worm meat to Great Martial Artists, while the others collected Silver Scythe Worm remains.
• Chen Shouyi returned home with the foreleg, reassured his worried family, and ate before going to his bedroom.
• Shell Girl smelled the divine-blood soil and leapt toward it, but Chen Shouyi caught her before she could touch it.
• Chen Shouyi wrapped up the divine-blood soil and locked it in a suitcase in the upper wardrobe.

After reprimanding Shell Girl for recklessly eating something dangerous, Chen Shouyi reflected on his weakness after facing a god and spent Energy Accumulation to optimize his swordsmanship. He left to practice, and Shell Girl followed him outside for the first time, frightened by the towering buildings but reassured that he would protect her.

• Chen Shouyi offered Shell Girl honey water and practiced the Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms while she sulked and played flight chess.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel, considered the danger of the God War, and used his Energy Accumulation to optimize Swordsmanship.
• Chen Shouyi experienced the Book of Knowledge refining his sword forms and realized the optimized techniques could make him much more powerful.
• Chen Shouyi headed out to practice and told Shell Girl to stay inside, but she followed him through the window.
• Shell Girl mistook the tall buildings for nests full of bad giants, and Chen Shouyi promised to protect her.

Chen Shouyi practiced his newly optimized martial arts through the night, then returned home with Shell Girl. Meanwhile, officials questioned Bai Xiaoling about Chen Shouyi and promoted her to his full-time liaison officer after naming him Chief Advisor for Security.

• Chen Shouyi tested the Book of Knowledge's improvements to his martial arts, while Shell Girl watched the distant skyscrapers.
• Chen Shouyi and Shell Girl headed back to the residential complex, and he taught her to fear the soldiers by saying they ate Beiqi.
• Director Lin questioned Bai Xiaoling about her relationship with Chen Shouyi and his habits.
• Director Lin told Bai Xiaoling she would become Chen Shouyi's full-time liaison officer and be promoted to deputy section chief.
• Bai Xiaoling left the office realizing Chen Shouyi had apparently become a Great Martial Artist and Chief Advisor for Security.

Chen Shouyi recovered from his intense training, reassured Shell Girl, and told Chen Xingyue their family would receive a villa in a new safe zone. As he processed a giant creature’s foreleg, Bai Xiaoling revealed that he had become a Great Martial Artist, leaving Chen Xingyue stunned and discouraged.

• Chen Shouyi found Shell Girl watching the street, calmed her fears, and gave her honey before putting her in his briefcase.
• Chen Shouyi told Chen Xingyue their family would soon move into a villa in the safe zone, and she excitedly hugged and kissed him.
• Chen Shouyi cut open the golden foreleg and tasted its raw meat, while Chen Xingyue refused to try it because she feared parasites.
• Bai Xiaoling visited and told Chen Xingyue that Chen Shouyi was a Great Martial Artist, astonishing her.
• After Chen Shouyi finished extracting the meat, Chen Xingyue left to train, feeling crushed by the gap between them.

Chen Shouyi asked Bai Xiaoling’s cousin, environmental microbiologist Guan Miao, to make real divine blood nonlethal. Guan Miao agreed to begin plasma separation in the university lab, while Chen insisted on being present.

• Chen Shouyi and Bai Xiaoling found Guan Miao at her university and invited her to discuss a favor over lunch.
• Chen asked Guan Miao whether she could use her lab, then led her away from Bai Xiaoling to discuss real divine blood.
• Guan Miao explained that divine blood was lethal and described two ways to render it harmless.
• Chen revealed that he possessed fresh divine blood and ordered Guan Miao to start with plasma separation.
• Guan Miao said the experiment could begin at one thirty, and Chen insisted on being present in the lab.

Chen Shouyi had Guan Miao separate divine blood into plasma and blood cells, then discovered that drinking the plasma greatly increased his attributes. He shared the remaining doses with Shell Girl and drank the rest of the divine blood himself.

• Chen Shouyi brought divine blood to Guan Miao's laboratory, where she separated it into plasma and blood cells and tested small doses on mice.
• Chen Shouyi took the processed plasma home, drank three tubes, and gained points in Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Intelligence.
• Chen Shouyi heard Shell Girl in his briefcase, gave her the last drops in a test tube, and watched her become briefly dazed before asking for more.
• Chen Shouyi gave Shell Girl the remaining plasma and some divine blood, then drank the rest of the divine blood himself.

After drinking divine blood, Shell Girl became dangerously overheated, then recovered with a brief multicolored force that repelled Chen Shouyi’s touch. Chen Shouyi took her outside to practice adjusting to his increased strength, and Shell Girl said she seemed stronger and could fly and jump more easily.

• Chen Shouyi noticed Shell Girl sprawled red and motionless after she drank the remaining divine blood, and he feared she had overdosed.
• Chen Shouyi considered using his sword to let some of Shell Girl’s blood, but stopped when she mumbled that she wanted more to drink.
• Multicolored glimmers surrounded Shell Girl and pushed Chen Shouyi’s finger away before her color returned and she woke up unharmed.
• Chen Shouyi locked away the divine blood and took Shell Girl outside to practice, then misjudged his strength and fell face-first after jumping from the window.
• Chen Shouyi asked Shell Girl about new abilities, and she said flying felt easier and she seemed stronger and able to jump higher.

Chen Xingyue killed one of two burglars while protecting her family, and Chen Shouyi reassured her that she had acted in self-defense. The police took the dead burglar and his accomplice away, leaving the surviving thief stunned to learn Chen Shouyi was a Great Martial Artist.

• Long and Biaozi prepared to rob another home after previously murdering a family and stealing a necklace.
• Chen Shouyi returned home before dawn and found his family safe, with one burglar dead and the other tied up.
• Mother Chen explained that Chen Xingyue had killed one burglar while defending the family, and Chen Shouyi reassured them.
• The surviving burglar threatened Chen Shouyi, who ignored him and went to call the police.
• The deputy head and officers collected the body and arrested the burglar, then treated Chen Shouyi with deference as a Great Martial Artist.

After the police took away the dead thief and his accomplice, Chen Shouyi reassured his family and gave his parents and Chen Xingyue divine blood. The family prepared to try it carefully, but Chen Shouyi told them to drink it in their rooms because it could make them lose control.

• Chen Shouyi reassured his parents that the police could not easily act against him as long as he obeyed the law.
• Chen Shouyi returned to his bedroom and comforted Shell Girl, who had been frightened by the police outside.
• The next morning, Chen Shouyi gave one tube of divine blood each to Chen Dawei, Mother Chen, and Chen Xingyue, warning them to take only small amounts.
• Chen Xingyue poured drops of divine blood into cups for herself and her parents, then Chen Shouyi told them to drink in their rooms because it could cause euphoria and loss of control.

As the steam age worsened Hedong City’s pollution and instability, Chen Shouyi learned that the authorities were preparing a fortified safe zone for an approaching war. Bai Xiaoling delivered the deed to his new villa and told him his family would move there in seven days.

• Chen Shouyi saw a new order requiring retired servicemen under forty-five to report to the Hedong Military Region by March 1.
• At a barbershop, Chen Shouyi overheard customers discuss Yunshan Mountain being sealed off and rumors about the Otherworld Creatures.
• Chen Shouyi returned home and found Bai Xiaoling delivering New Year gifts to his family.
• Bai Xiaoling gave Chen Shouyi the deed and keys to Villa No. 24 in the safe zone.
• Bai Xiaoling told Chen Shouyi that a steam truck would take his family to the safe zone at noon in seven days.

Chen Shouyi encountered a servant of the God of Courage in a deserted grove and fought him after the barbarian promised his god would descend on Earth. The barbarian escaped, leaving Chen Shouyi gravely injured.

• Chen Shouyi spotted a hidden figure in the grove after Shell Girl warned him of a bad giant.
• The barbarian revealed himself as a servant of the God of Courage and said his god would soon descend to save the world.
• Chen Shouyi attacked the barbarian, who used Giant's Strength and fought with overwhelming power.
• Chen Shouyi wounded the barbarian with his Long Sword, but the barbarian kicked him hard in the chest.
• The barbarian fled into the darkness, and Chen Shouyi spat blood and stood gravely injured.

After recovering from the High Priest’s near-fatal kick, Chen Shouyi followed the wounded barbarian’s blood trail to an abandoned office building. He killed Barber with a swift sword strike, while the High Priest’s fate remained uncertain.

• Chen Shouyi reset his broken ribs and treated his wounds, then recovered rapidly through Natural Healing.
• Chen Shouyi took Shell Girl with him and followed the High Priest’s blood trail to an abandoned office building.
• The High Priest healed his wound with Divine Techniques and herbs, warned Barber not to underestimate the world, and sensed an enemy approaching.
• Chen Shouyi entered the building and attacked Barber, who tried to defend himself with an office desk.
• Chen Shouyi drove his sword into Barber’s forehead, inflicting a catastrophic wound.

Chen Shouyi tracked down and killed the invisible High Priest, then discovered his sword aura could destroy the priest’s spirit. He suspected the other barbarian’s spirit had escaped and realized that death was no longer necessarily the end in the changing world.

• Chen Shouyi used Shell Girl’s keen senses to find the invisible barbarian hiding in a tree.
• The wounded High Priest emerged and attacked, but Chen Shouyi severed his arm and beheaded him in their final clash.
• A glowing spirit rose from the High Priest’s corpse and prayed for the God of Courage to draw it to the Divine Kingdom.
• Chen Shouyi struck the spirit with his sword, shattering it, and concluded that his sword aura of will could destroy spirits.
• Chen Shouyi returned to the office building and found no spirit from the other barbarian, leading him to suspect it had escaped because he had not formed his sword aura.

After recovering from his battle, Chen Shouyi shared his discovery with the Hedong City government as signs of war intensified. He tested Chen Xingyue’s fighting ability during the bleak Spring Festival, then left Hedong City with his family aboard a steam truck.

• Chen Shouyi returned home with Shell Girl, cleaned off the blood, and passed his discovery to the government through Bai Xiaoling the next day.
• As retired soldiers were mobilized and the Spring Festival passed under a tense atmosphere, Chen Shouyi’s family discussed the possibility of war.
• Chen Xingyue asked Chen Shouyi to test whether she was strong enough to become a martial artist, and he sparred with her and assessed her progress.
• Several days later, Chen Shouyi’s family and Bai Xiaoling boarded a steam truck to leave, where Chen Shouyi ran into Qin Liuyuan and his family.

Chen Shouyi and his family moved into a villa in Hedong City’s safe zone, where the new settlement gradually became busier. As life settled into a calm routine, neighbors and officials began visiting Chen Shouyi.

• Qin Liuyuan told his sons that Chen Shouyi was likely the strongest person in Hedong City and urged them to treat him respectfully.
• Chen Shouyi’s family arrived at Villa 24 and explored their spacious new home.
• Chen Shouyi released Shell Girl in his bedroom, then removed an intimate painting after she pointed out the couple kissing.
• The safe zone filled with residents, government departments, and research institutes as Steam Trucks continued to travel in and out.
• Chen Shouyi trained daily while Qin Liuyuan, his sons, and nearby neighbors visited him.

Chen Shouyi stocked up on clothes and Barbie dolls as the safety zone’s shops reopened, while the Divine Kingdom of Dabono, God of Courage, suffered a devastating meteor strike amid a crisis threatening his divine rank. Dabono saved his petitioners from the blast and resolved to act as his kingdom settled into ruins.

• Chen Shouyi bought eight boxes of Barbie dolls for Shell Girl and a large supply of clothes and shoes for himself.
• The chapter described how petitioners were formed from the souls of dead believers and sustained the power of a god.
• Dabono sensed a meteor approaching his Divine Kingdom while nearly ten million petitioners prayed outside his palace.
• The meteor struck the forest, devastated the Divine Kingdom, and sent a shock wave toward the petitioners.
• Dabono softened the shock wave with his power to protect his petitioners, then picked up his battle-ax and resolved to act.

Chen Shouyi trained his Will by confronting the memory of a god’s terrifying presence, but the strain knocked him unconscious. Shell Girl struggled to cover him with a blanket and then returned to trying on clothes.

• After his training, Chen Shouyi checked his attributes and noted that his physical progress had slowed while his Perception and Will had improved.
• Shell Girl tried on outfit after outfit and asked Chen Shouyi to judge how pretty she looked.
• Chen Shouyi entered Gray Mist Space and revisited a memory of witnessing a God War, pushing his consciousness toward the cloud giant to train his Will.
• The god’s pressure overwhelmed Chen Shouyi, forcing him out of the Memory Space and into a deep sleep.
• Shell Girl dragged a blanket over Chen Shouyi, complained that he made things difficult for her, and resumed sorting through clothes.

A column of barbarians crossed the Great Prairie with giant Brute Force Beasts, while Chen Shouyi woke refreshed and practiced his swordsmanship. The distant sound of massed cannon fire jolted him to the window, but the darkness hid its source.

• A barbarian boy struggled to keep a Brute Force Beast from wandering off, then watched it eat Spiny Sour Grass.
• A priest used Beast Taming Technique to lead the Brute Force Beast back to the column and warned the boy to be more careful.
• Chen Shouyi woke at four-thirty and found that his Will had increased by 0.1.
• Chen Shouyi practiced his sword art, accidentally cut a walnut coat rack in half, and caught the falling piece.
• Chen Shouyi heard an escalating barrage of cannon fire, rushed to the window, and saw only darkness outside.

Chen Shouyi sensed that a crisis had begun as artillery fire shook Hedong City. On Yunshan Mountain, a barbarian army was devastated by a modern bombardment, and Xiao Saiqi mourned Uncle Sirid as the priest urged survivors to rally behind the God of Courage.

• Chen Shouyi watched artillery fire continue through the early morning and grew uneasy as officials hurried through the safe zone.
• A reconnaissance airship spotted the barbarian army emerging from a passage, and Hedong City's forces bombarded it with shells and rockets.
• Xiao Saiqi obeyed a priest's order to return to camp and assemble after being told the God of Courage had descended.
• Xiao Saiqi found Uncle Sirid gravely wounded, and Sirid warned him to stay sharp before dying.
• Xiao Saiqi cried out in anguish over Sirid's death.

God of Courage Dabono entered the modern world, where the backlash stripped away nearly all his divine power, but he still overwhelmed the city’s defenses as he advanced. After news spread that Cheng'an District had fallen, Chen Shouyi saw airships and troops mobilize around the safety zone.

• Dabono arrived in the modern world and lost nearly all his divine power, leaving him weakened and cut off from his believers.
• Dabono dodged antiaircraft fire, landed on a rooftop, and destroyed the gun with his ax.
• Dabono raced through the city, cleaving a Steam Tank in two and causing a building to collapse.
• News spread that Cheng'an District had fallen and its soldiers had been wiped out, driving the safety zone into panic.
• Chen Shouyi saw two steam-powered airships fly north, and the military redeployed troops and artillery to establish defenses around the safety zone.