Recaps

Chen Shouyi used the Book of Knowledge to improve his martial arts, discovered a passage to the Otherworld, and brought a Shell Girl back to Earth. By the end, he had surpassed his class and arranged private lessons while continuing to explore the Otherworld with the Shell Girl.

• Chen Shouyi optimized the Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms with the Book of Knowledge and began impressing his classmates with his improved sword technique.
• Chen Shouyi enrolled in Teacher Wang’s Advanced Swordsmanship Class, while Chen Xingyue passed her Martial Arts Assessment and received an Alloy Sword from Chen Dalong.
• Chen Shouyi escaped a savage’s attack in a bookstore with Zhang Xiaoyue, then studied the savage’s memories and later rescued Zhao Yifeng from a beating.
• Chen Shouyi followed the Book of Knowledge’s reaction through a Space Channel into the Otherworld and returned to Earth with improved attributes and Beginner Self-Healing.
• Chen Shouyi found a tiny Shell Girl on the island, restrained her, and made her collect Gold Sand while he trained and explored.
• Chen Shouyi sold the gold, practiced archery until he reached Beginner (10), and began teaching Shell Girl about Earth with honey, beads, cartoons, and language books.
• Chen Shouyi developed short-range awareness through Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self and easily dodged Teacher Wang’s attacks, prompting her to offer him private lessons.
• Chen Shouyi returned to the Otherworld, found Shell Girl’s latest pile of gold sand, and calmed her with a glass bead before praising her in her language.

Chen Shouyi killed the barbarians’ chief, then faced a citywide crisis as mysterious forces disrupted Dongning and the dead began to move. After investigating the otherworld and preparing for another attack, he reached the barbarians’ canoe workshop and charged the remaining workers.

• Chen Shouyi ambushed and killed two barbarians, then returned to find Shell Girl had escaped and brought her back through the passage with promises of beads.
• Chen Shouyi bought a secondhand War Bow and Alloy Sword, trained with Wang Ruyue, and practiced his archery and sword thrusts on the Small Island.
• When twenty-three barbarians came ashore, Chen Shouyi killed their chief and drove the others away, then found a strange crystal-like object that left him feeling hot and stronger.
• Chen Shouyi ordered arrows, but a mysterious blackout cut power and communications across Dongning, while unrest and reports of walking corpses spread through the city.
• Chen Shouyi optimized the Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms, saw Old Man Wang’s corpse walk, and broke the sound barrier while practicing sword thrusts.
• Chen Shouyi accompanied Chen Xingyue to watch Old Man Wang’s corpse, then found and disposed of an intruder who had died near the passage while trying to reach the Gold Sand.
• Chen Shouyi sailed toward the barbarians’ island, killed a survivor who warned him about the sacred tree, and returned to the city before preparing for another trip.
• Chen Shouyi landed on the island, avoided its dangerous Nature Spirits, found a canoe workshop, and killed four barbarians before charging the rest as they recognized him as the Evil One.

Chen Shouyi gained Atmospheric Control after probing the Holy Tree, then fled Dongning City with his family after cultists targeted Chen Xingyue. He earned his Martial Apprentice certificate and passed the physical tests for the martial artist assessment in Hedong, leaving the practical assessment five days away.

• Chen Shouyi killed barbarians near the island and gained Atmospheric Control (Weak) after attempting to enter the Holy Tree in the Gray Mist Space.
• Chen Xingyue told Chen Shouyi that she had escaped a cult ritual where Zhang Qianru and Lu Shuoyuan had died.
• Chen Shouyi killed the men watching his home and the attackers pursuing his family, then burned the bullet-riddled car before the family settled in Changmen Town.
• Chen Shouyi taught Chen Xingyue the first modified body tempering form and anonymously reported the hidden Space Channel to the police.
• Chen Shouyi passed the Martial Apprentice examination in the Otherworld and helped Zhou Xue survive her encounter with the aggressive birds.
• Chen Shouyi encountered a mysterious young man on the train to Hedong and later failed to examine him clearly in the Memory Space.
• Chen Shouyi registered for the martial artist assessment and learned that a cult blood sacrifice had killed more than a hundred people in Dongning City.
• Chen Shouyi easily passed the physical tests and learned that the practical assessment would take place in five days.

Chen Shouyi became a martial artist, moved his family to Hedong City, and took a Security Advisor post while strengthening his abilities. After killing a dangerous Otherworld creature, he returned to Dongning to investigate the island beyond its Space Channel, where Shell Girl revealed she had hidden a gemstone.

• Chen Shouyi passed the practical assessment by helping kill a giant and its tribe, then returned home and persuaded his family to move to Hedong City.
• On the trip back to Dongning, Chen Shouyi killed a swordsman attacking a checkpoint, visited his former school, and forced Yuanlongsheng Investment Company to return his family's money.
• Chen Shouyi secured an eight-million-yuan relocation allowance, took a Security Advisor position in Hedong, bought an apartment for his family, and began refining his body through Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self.
• Chen Shouyi acquired Divine Marrow and gained intelligence, then attended a course at Jiangnan Martial Arts Academy and learned more about the dangers of the Otherworld.
• Chen Shouyi killed a scaled Otherworld creature that had overwhelmed the police, earning a bonus and merit points before deciding to investigate Dongning's Space Channel.
• Chen Shouyi entered the Otherworld near Dongning with arrows and supplies, released Shell Girl, and prepared to row toward the island after she flew away.
• Shell Girl returned with a glass bead and told Chen Shouyi she had hidden another gemstone on the island, asking him to help retrieve it.