Chapter Summaries

Chen Shouyi practiced archery in the Otherworld while Shell Girl searched the sand and got bitten by a worm. The chapter ended with Shell Girl complaining to Chen Shouyi despite having no visible injury.

• Chen Shouyi realized Chen Yuwei and Chen Xingyue had failed to learn the optimized meditation technique, then spent an hour teaching them.
• Chen Shouyi rode to the Otherworld channel with his bow, arrows, and seasonings, and let Shell Girl out after entering.
• Chen Shouyi practiced shooting arrows, tried firing four at once, and decided his usual method suited him better.
• Shell Girl found a blue gemstone but discarded it, then picked up a worm that bit her finger.
• Shell Girl crushed the worm and ran to Chen Shouyi, who found no mark on her hand and silently judged her a drama queen.

Chen Shouyi discovered that his followers had multiplied as the Barbarian Tribe credited him with a bounty of fish and decided to cut down their Tree God to build him a larger statue. Back in July, he learned that Otherworld Creatures were appearing across the countryside and threatening ordinary people.

• Chen Shouyi entered Gray Mist Space and found that the number of genuine follower stars had increased to thirty-eight.
• The Barbarian Tribe preserved a huge catch of fish left by a storm and credited the bounty to the God of Calamity.
• The new shaman urged the barbarians to cut down the Tree God and carve a larger statue, and the chief and tribe agreed.
• Chen Shouyi bought a newspaper and found no news about Dongning City, then ran into Song Yingjie.
• Song Yingjie told Chen Shouyi that martial artists had been stationed in the countryside to protect people from invading Otherworld Creatures, which had killed five people in her assigned town.

Chen Shouyi investigated reports of an Otherworld Creature in the rice fields near Feixia Village and killed it with his War Bow. He rode away, while the old farmer searched the field for its remains to feed his grandson.

• Chen Shouyi left the safe zone and rode to Feixia Village after Song Yingjie's words changed his plans.
• Chen Shouyi found a tiny Otherworld Creature in the fields and crushed it, then spent half an hour searching without finding anything else dangerous.
• An old farmer told Chen Shouyi that a creature had bitten someone in the village and was keeping farmers from harvesting their rice.
• Chen Shouyi assembled his War Bow, tracked the creature through the rice, and killed it with two arrows.
• Chen Shouyi warned the old farmer that the arrows were buried in the field, then rode away.
• The old farmer searched for the creature's remains and headed home, hoping to give his martial-arts-training grandson a nourishing meal.

Chen Shouyi discussed weapon supplies with Bai Xiaoling, then returned home and checked his growing abilities while Shell Girl bathed and tried washing her dress. The chapter ended with Chen Shouyi discovering that Shell Girl had unexpectedly washed it clean.

• Chen Shouyi asked Bai Xiaoling about new arrows and a 1,500-pound War Bow, and she promised to pursue the requests.
• Chen Shouyi found an insect from the Otherworld burning against a streetlamp and dismissed it as a bad bug.
• Chen Shouyi bathed Shell Girl and let her try washing her clothes while he reviewed his Status Panel and assessed his strength against other Martial Masters.
• Chen Shouyi rinsed Shell Girl and discovered that she had genuinely cleaned her dress.

After receiving news of Xiao Changming’s death, Chen Shouyi reflected on the fragility of life, visited his parents’ restaurant, and attended Xiao Changming’s memorial service. Xiao Changming’s wife then begged him to find her husband, insisting that he was only missing.

• Bai Xiaoling delivered Chen Shouyi an invitation to Xiao Changming’s memorial service, prompting him to visit his parents’ restaurant before heading to the other world.
• Chen Shouyi attended the memorial service and learned that several Great Martial Artists from his generation, including Xiao Changming, had died.
• The service’s host introduced Chen Shouyi as the Provincial Security Chief Advisor, surprising Qin Liuyuan and the other attendees.
• Qin Liuyuan learned that Chen Shouyi had recently become a Martial Artist, though he had not yet been certified.
• Xiao Changming’s daughter brought Chen Shouyi back to her mother, who insisted Xiao Changming was only missing and begged him to bring her husband home.

Chen Shouyi comforted Xiao Changming's wife and learned from Qin Liuyuan that Otherworld Creatures were breeding unchecked in remote areas. Later, Mother Chen asked him to accompany Chen Xingyue to a school event at the crematorium, leaving his sister torn between embarrassment and fear.

• Chen Shouyi awkwardly comforted Xiao Changming's wife and declined her request before leaving the hotel with Qin Liuyuan.
• Qin Liuyuan told Chen Shouyi that Otherworld Creatures had appeared frequently and were multiplying in remote mountain areas.
• Chen Shouyi returned home as a storm began and tested how his will could slow falling raindrops.
• Chen Shouyi practiced with his Long Sword and felt his will enhance his strength, speed, and attacks.
• Mother Chen asked Chen Shouyi to accompany Chen Xingyue to her class's overnight confidence-building event at the crematorium.
• Chen Xingyue privately begged Chen Shouyi not to go, but left still afraid of the crematorium and unwilling to admit she wanted his company.

At the hospital, a patient’s writhing blood vessel revealed a possible otherworldly parasite, while Chen Shouyi hunted in the forest and encountered two barbarians. He killed them without learning where their tribe was, then waited for Chen Xingyue and her classmates before their trip to the funeral home.

• A nurse discovered that a gravely ill patient’s vein was writhing and alerted Doctor Zhao, who suspected an otherworldly parasite and went to report it.
• Chen Shouyi encountered two barbarians in the forest and killed the older one before demanding that the younger reveal the tribe’s location.
• The young barbarian attacked Chen Shouyi with a poisoned sting, but Chen Shouyi killed him with a slap and lost the chance to find the tribe.
• Chen Shouyi picked up the older barbarian’s Bone Spear, discarded it, and continued toward the cave with Shell Girl.
• Chen Shouyi waited outside the Martial Arts Academy for Chen Xingyue, then Teacher Zhang asked her about her brother, and she said he was easy to get along with.

Chen Shouyi followed Chen Xingyue to the funeral home, where she and her classmates carried corpses as part of their courage training. When red parasites emerged from several bodies, the students feared they might have been infected, while Chen Shouyi remained elsewhere in the facility.

• Chen Shouyi followed Chen Xingyue and her classmates to the funeral home, then entered after showing his Martial Master Certificate.
• The funeral home officer warned Chen Xingyue's class about strange sights and sounds as the students prepared for their courage training.
• Chen Xingyue and her classmates helped unload and move bodies into the crowded morgue.
• A red, earthworm-like parasite appeared on the floor, and soldiers discovered more parasites emerging from several corpses.
• The students worried that handling the bodies had exposed them to infection, and their Martial Arts Teacher tried to reassure them.

Chen Shouyi visited Chen Xingyue at the funeral home, where a parasite outbreak forced soldiers and students to burn hundreds of bodies. After the girls went to the restroom, a scream brought Chen Shouyi rushing to find Chen Xingyue safe but pleading for him to save Tian Zhenzhen.

• Chen Shouyi shared martial arts advice with the funeral home's officers, who admitted that spirits had been growing stronger.
• A soldier reported that parasites had overrun the morgue, and Chen Shouyi saw spirits wandering the corridors as he headed toward the bodies.
• Chen Xingyue and the other students handled the parasite-ridden bodies, while soldiers moved them outside and burned them under Chen Shouyi's watch.
• Chen Xingyue and several classmates went to the restroom, where a scream prompted Chen Shouyi to race after them.
• Chen Xingyue grabbed Chen Shouyi and urgently asked him to save Tian Zhenzhen.

Chen Shouyi rescued Tian Zhenzhen from possession by a powerful spirit at the funeral home and destroyed it. He then agreed to clear the remaining spirits from the area, demonstrating that his will alone could eliminate them.

• Chen Shouyi entered the women's restroom after Chen Xingyue and her classmates sensed a chilling presence, and found Tian Zhenzhen possessed in a locked stall.
• The possessed Tian Zhenzhen attacked Chen Shouyi, who drove the spirit out of her and destroyed its red-clad phantom with his concentrated will.
• Tian Zhenzhen woke in the morgue, and Company Commander Zhou apologized for the incident and confirmed that Chen Shouyi had eliminated the spirit.
• Company Commander Zhou asked Chen Shouyi to clear the funeral home of other spirits, and Chen Shouyi agreed.
• Chen Shouyi used his will to destroy spirits around and beneath the funeral home, frightening Tang Jiande when his gaze swept past him.

After spending the night exterminating spirits at the funeral home, Chen Shouyi returned home and showed Chen Xingyue how his willpower could move objects and damage a wall. Chen Xingyue then revealed she had tattled on him about a crack in the dining table.

• Chen Shouyi cleared the funeral home of spirits while nearly a thousand bodies arrived and were cremated.
• Chen Shouyi and Chen Xingyue cycled home as military trucks headed toward the contaminated area, and he hoped the safety zone would remain secure.
• At home, Chen Shouyi checked his status and saw that his Perception had increased by 0.1 as officials collected water samples and workers spread lime.
• Chen Shouyi cooked mushy noodles, then explained to Chen Xingyue that focused willpower could unleash spiritual power.
• Chen Shouyi demonstrated his power by making bowls fly into a cupboard and cracking a wall, then agreed to teach Chen Xingyue.
• Chen Xingyue admitted she had identified Chen Shouyi as the one who cracked the dining table, leaving him irritated at her tattling.

A deadly new Otherworld parasite outbreak spread around Guangming Reservoir, and authorities struggled to contain it without targeted medication. After cases reached the secure zone, Chen Shouyi received insecticide and reassured his worried family.

• A deputy mayor told officials that parasite larvae had infected areas around Guangming Reservoir, causing more than a thousand deaths, and warned that incoming rain could worsen the spread.
• A health bureau director reported that an outbreak had been discovered in the secure zone.
• Chen Shouyi watched workers prepare the villa district against flooding while Shell Girl accused him of taking one of her gems, and he gave her a glass marble.
• Bai Xiaoling brought Chen Shouyi insecticide and said a resident of Shuiyue Community had developed a parasite infection, prompting soldiers to seal off the area.
• Chen Xingyue worried that handling corpses might have exposed her to parasites, and Chen Shouyi inspected her arm and reassured her.

Chen Shouyi investigated whether parasites could infect people through their skin, then went to Jiangnan University to deliver insecticide to his cousin and aunt. The chapter left him heading home after learning that Guan Miao had recently divorced.

• Chen Shouyi examined parasites in the Book of Knowledge’s Memory Space and found that one could not penetrate Tang Jiande’s skin.
• Chen Shouyi decided to test whether his younger sister’s skin could resist the parasites.
• Chen Shouyi rode to Jiangnan University with insecticide for Chen Yuwei and his aunt.
• Ma Shuhua guided Chen Shouyi to the School of Economics and Trade dormitory and mentioned that Guan Miao had become stricter since her divorce.
• Chen Shouyi asked someone to call Chen Yuwei down, then left campus and rode home.

Chen Shouyi stayed home amid spreading parasite rumors and reassured himself that the outbreak was largely confined to the reservoir area. At Guangming Reservoir, epidemic prevention workers collected water samples to check whether any resilient parasites remained.

• Chen Shouyi trained, checked his reduced energy points, and found Shell Girl pulling a borrowed cultivation book from under the bed.
• Chen Shouyi sparred with Chen Xingyue in a park and told her she still had a long way to go before becoming a martial artist.
• Chen Shouyi remained home for a week as parasite rumors spread, while learning that the worst damage was concentrated near the reservoir.
• Five Epidemic Prevention Station workers arrived at Guangming Reservoir, where toxic insecticide had killed the aquatic life, and set out to collect water samples.

Chen Shouyi joined a mission at Guangming Reservoir after a Giant Beast emerged from a hidden Space Channel and attacked water-sampling workers. At the drained reservoir, he saw Otherworld Creatures being driven back by soldiers and met a group of martial artists who learned he was one of Jiangnan Province’s two Martial Masters.

• Workers collecting water samples at Guangming Reservoir discussed the high death toll as a whirlpool formed nearby and a huge shadow moved beneath the water.
• Chen Shouyi noticed that his Strength had risen by 0.1 and sensed that the barbarians were holding another sacrifice.
• Bai Xiaoling told Chen Shouyi that a Giant Beast had swallowed several workers at Guangming Reservoir before escaping through a Space Channel after a military Depth Charge.
• Chen Shouyi and Bai Xiaoling rode to the reservoir, where they passed a disaster zone filled with quarantined homes, a temporary hospital, and supply trucks.
• Chen Shouyi met Regiment Commander Gao Yuanshan and saw soldiers using flamethrowers to keep Otherworld Creatures from charging the embankment.
• Qin Liuyuan introduced Chen Shouyi to more than twenty martial artists as Jiangnan Province’s Provincial Security Chief Advisor and one of its two Martial Masters.

At a dangerous Space Channel in a reservoir, Chen Shouyi revealed his status as a Martial Master and witnessed a deadly attack on the soldiers. He ordered the gathered martial artists to spread out, then demonstrated his powerful archery as creatures approached the embankment.

• Lin Jingyi recognized Chen Shouyi from their earlier train ride and realized he was a Martial Master.
• Chen Shouyi learned that the Space Channel was seven or eight hundred meters wide and opened directly into a swamp.
• A giant venom-spitting creature attacked soldiers, killing thirty or forty before machine guns and flamethrowers destroyed it.
• Chen Shouyi told the martial artists to spread out and take defensive positions, then spoke with Xue Youcheng and Lin Jingyi.
• Chen Shouyi assembled his War Bow and rapidly shot down approaching Otherworld Creatures, drawing awed stares from the gathered martial artists.

Chen Shouyi and the warriors guarded the reservoir while the army tried to seal it with concrete, and he spent the hot morning fending off few threats. The chapter ended when a huge flying creature burst from the water and charged toward the embankment crowd.

• Chen Shouyi sent Bai Xiaoling back to camp because the heat made it difficult for her to remain at the reservoir.
• Xue Youcheng questioned why the army was not using poison, and Lin Jingyi explained that it could contaminate the nearby safety zone.
• Concrete pump trucks began pouring concrete into the reservoir, but the work made little visible progress before noon.
• Bai Xiaoling brought Chen Shouyi individual ration packs and chilled mineral water, which he quickly consumed.
• A giant flying creature burst from the reservoir, dodged the warriors' arrows, and rushed toward the people on the embankment as Chen Shouyi charged toward it.

A powerful winged beast attacked soldiers at the reservoir, shrugging off gunfire and a Rocket Launcher while killing several people. Chen Shouyi gave up trying to outrun it and rushed toward a nearby machine-gun position as the battle continued.

• The beast crashed into the soldiers, killed and devoured one, then took off as machine guns opened fire.
• After more bullets wounded it, the beast transformed into a larger, metal-skinned form and charged at the gun positions.
• The beast destroyed a machine gun and killed its operator, then survived a Rocket Launcher blast and crushed the soldier who had fired it.
• Chen Shouyi stopped trying to run back and forth, assessed the panicked young warriors, and hurried toward a nearby machine-gun position.

Chen Shouyi raced to confront a vicious beast that had destroyed several machine-gun emplacements. He killed it with a series of sword strikes, and the battlefield fell silent.

• Chen Shouyi sprinted past a martial artist and reached the next machine-gun emplacement as the vicious beast adapted to the local gravity and destroyed another position.
• The soldiers fired machine guns, a flamethrower, and rockets at the beast, but it dodged their attacks and killed a soldier.
• Chen Shouyi discarded his War Bow, warned the soldiers to flee, and prepared to attack as the beast charged the emplacement.
• Chen Shouyi struck the beast's neck with his Long Sword, then ran beneath it and split open its abdomen.
• Chen Shouyi leaped onto the beast's head and drove his sword between its neck vertebrae, killing it.

After killing a Divine Creature, Chen Shouyi recovered from the battle and discovered that its divinity was changing the World Tree in his Book of Knowledge. The tree grew, but unlike after he killed the Tree God, it produced no rule fruit, leaving him unsure what the new power would bring.

• Chen Shouyi killed the ferocious beast, while two soldiers died and several others were injured during the fight.
• Chen Shouyi accepted fresh clothes and insecticide from Bai Xiaoling, then grew increasingly hot and noticed blurry characters appearing in his innate abilities on the Status Panel.
• Chen Shouyi sat aside and entered the space inside the Book of Knowledge, where he recognized the beast as a Divine Creature with faint Faith Power and divinity.
• The World Tree absorbed the beast's Faith Power and divinity, grew larger, and expanded the surrounding space, but produced no rule fruit.