Chapter Summaries

Chen Shouyi teased Chen Xingyue into accepting his old sword, then continued archery practice in the other world and killed a Giant Bird. Shell Girl helped him bring the prey back to the cave and eagerly asked whether he thought she was strong.

• Chen Xingyue followed Chen Shouyi to his room, confirmed he had become a Martial Master, and spotted Shell Girl’s drying outfit.
• Chen Shouyi offered Chen Xingyue his old sword, and she accepted it after he revealed it was made from Divine Artifact material and worth at least thirty million.
• Chen Shouyi asked Chen Xingyue about her archery skill, then spent several days practicing and improving his accuracy.
• Chen Shouyi shot a diving ferocious bird through the head from over a hundred meters away and retrieved the Giant Bird for lunch.
• Shell Girl tried to help Chen Shouyi drag the Giant Bird back to the cave and proudly asked whether she was strong.

Chen Shouyi received provincial honors, shares in a major state-owned company, and divine blood for his family, then noticed his Faith Value had risen sharply. A midnight attack on the provincial government left more than two hundred dead, and news arrived that the municipal government building had also been attacked.

• Chen Shouyi attended an awards ceremony and received one percent of the Jiangnan Province Steam Turbine Group Company’s shares and twenty milliliters of divine blood.
• Chen Shouyi divided the divine blood among his parents and younger sister, then noticed his Faith Value had climbed to 12.85 and wondered whether provincial publicity was behind the increase.
• Chen Shouyi was awakened by an emergency call and went to the provincial government building, where more than two hundred people had been killed.
• The police chief told Chen Shouyi that the killer had attacked from outside and fought their way into the building, and that the killer was believed to have come from the other world.
• A police officer reported that the municipal government building had also been attacked.

After a barbarian attacker struck Hedong City's government buildings, Chen Shouyi stayed at the provincial government building and helped organize a plan to draw him out. Chen Shouyi faced the attacker as he arrived, and the barbarian challenged him to a fight.

• Chen Shouyi examined the attack site and judged that the attacker was exceptionally strong, while the barbarian watched him from a rooftop and identified him as a target to kill.
• Hedong City imposed martial law and searched through the night, while Chen Shouyi and Qin Liuyuan guarded the provincial government building.
• Chen Shouyi told Qin Liuyuan that he had killed a badly wounded demigod, leaving Qin Liuyuan stunned by the gap between them.
• Chen Shouyi sensed the attacker nearby and persuaded the Provincial High Official to withdraw some people so the remaining group could draw the attacker out.
• The barbarian approached the government plaza, looked up at Chen Shouyi, and called him a foolish god-defiler who was asking for death.

Chen Shouyi fought a legendary barbarian who threatened the people inside the hall, initially struggling against the warrior’s speed and strange energy. He used his Faith Value to sharpen his perception, turned the fight around, and killed the barbarian.

• Qin Liuyuan fired at the barbarian, but the warrior dodged his arrows and charged toward the building’s entrance.
• Chen Shouyi transformed, intercepted the barbarian, and fought him at close range, but the barbarian’s strange energy began to stiffen his body.
• As the barbarian struck Chen Shouyi from behind, Chen Shouyi spent Faith Value to slow his perception of time and predict the warrior’s moves.
• Chen Shouyi blocked the barbarian’s attack, punched him in the chest, and smashed him into the ground.
• Chen Shouyi crushed the barbarian’s head beneath his foot, killing him.

Chen Shouyi recovered after defeating a powerful barbarian and returned home, where he comforted Shell Girl by giving her the red crystal she had long wanted. He still felt numb and stiff from the battle, and Shell Girl asked to accompany him wherever he went.

• Chen Shouyi left the battlefield after defeating the barbarian, and Zhang Miaomiao returned his War Bow and wallet while thanking him for saving everyone.
• Chen Shouyi dismissed Zhang Miaomiao’s concerns about his wound and pondered whether the barbarian had been a legendary powerhouse.
• Chen Shouyi’s abdominal wound healed, but his body remained numb and stiff as he made his way home.
• Chen Shouyi endured his parents’ questions about returning in his underwear, then went to his bedroom exhausted.
• Shell Girl emerged from under the blanket, cried that she had nearly starved, and asked to go wherever Chen Shouyi went.
• Chen Shouyi gave Shell Girl the red crystal, and she cheered up and praised him.

Chen Shouyi recovered from abnormal energy gathering around his tailbone and learned that the God of Hunting had sent a legendary barbarian to kill him. Meanwhile, the Dongning front faced escalating barbarian attacks, leaving the war zone command expecting a major battle.

• Chen Shouyi ate to replenish his strength, then used his inner vision to break down the red energy around his abdomen and tailbone until his body felt normal again.
• Chen Shouyi questioned the captured barbarian in his simulated memories and confirmed that the God of Hunting had sent him to kill Chen Shouyi.
• At the Dongning battlefield, barbarians attacked human defenses with ambushes, explosives, and increasingly familiar tactics, while soldiers returned fire.
• The Dongning war zone command received reports of breached defenses and targeted attacks in nearby cities, and sensed that a major battle was about to begin.

Zhang Miaomiao visited Chen Shouyi with rare wild Purple Dragon Beard, and he later traveled with her to violence-stricken Dongxing City on a provincial mission. In the Other World, the God of Hunting persuaded the demigod Kaimola to become his subordinate under a contract sworn by Tam’s Will, while Chen and Zhang arrived in Lanshan District to meet acting mayor Qian Pengcheng.

• Zhang Miaomiao brought Chen Shouyi a kilogram of wild Purple Dragon Beard and checked on his wounds, which he said had already healed.
• Chen Shouyi gave the herbs to his parents, then noticed fighter jets overhead and read a newspaper that briefly reported recent attacks on government offices.
• The God of Hunting threatened Kaimola into accepting a subordinate-god contract that promised protection and a million followers after a hundred years of service.
• Chen Shouyi received a mission to investigate worsening disorder around Dongning and flew to Dongxing City with Zhang Miaomiao.
• During the flight, Chen Shouyi accidentally startled the pilot by clenching his fist, then saw the deserted, bloodstained streets of Dongxing City from the helicopter.
• Chen Shouyi and Zhang Miaomiao landed and met Qian Pengcheng, the acting mayor of Dongxing City and district chief of Lanshan District.

Chen Shouyi and Zhang Miaomiao arrived in Dongxing City, where Acting Mayor Qian Pengcheng showed them the city’s heavily fortified underground headquarters and described the deadly barbarian attacks. The meeting was interrupted by news that antiwar protesters had gathered and a soldier had been killed, with the attacker escaping into the crowd.

• Qian Pengcheng greeted Chen Shouyi and Zhang Miaomiao, then led them by bicycle to a civil air-defense shelter serving as the temporary city hall.
• Chen Shouyi and Zhang Miaomiao saw the shelter’s defenses and learned that Dongxing City had suffered repeated attacks, losing both of its Great Martial Artists while killing only five barbarians.
• A secretary reported that residents in Haicheng District were demanding an end to the war and claiming that faith belonged to the gods while the secular world belonged to the government.
• The city chief official learned that soldiers had dispersed the protesters but that one soldier had been stabbed, and the culprit had escaped into the crowd.

Chen Shouyi settled into an air-raid shelter and went out to watch for the barbarian god’s forces. When a bow-wielding attacker struck a military trap and escaped, Chen Shouyi rushed to the scene and learned that the trap had failed.

• Chen Shouyi and Qian Pengcheng discussed the danger of people turning their faith to real barbarian gods before Qian Pengcheng showed Chen Shouyi and Zhang Miaomiao to their quarters.
• Chen Shouyi released Shell Girl, armed himself with his War Bow, and left her behind while he went out to hunt bad giants.
• Chen Shouyi watched from a rooftop near the municipal government until gunshots sounded, then leaped across buildings toward the shooting.
• Chen Shouyi arrived to find five people killed by arrows and learned that the attacker had escaped after targeting officers in a trap.
• Chen Shouyi questioned the officer in charge and challenged the hidden forces nearby to try another show.

Chen Shouyi patrolled the city with soldiers and killed two attacking barbarians, then sensed a powerful enemy watching him. After returning to the shelter, he drank at a welcome banquet and accidentally got Shell Girl drunk with his breath.

• Chen Shouyi led six soldiers on patrol and killed a barbarian who leaped from a building to attack him.
• Chen Shouyi pursued another barbarian after it hurled a steel bar at him, then cut it in half inside a building.
• Chen Shouyi sent the exhausted soldiers back and assembled his War Bow after sensing a dangerous presence nearby.
• Chen Shouyi returned to the air-raid shelter and drank heavily at a municipal welcome banquet, outlasting the women who tried to get him drunk.
• Chen Shouyi breathed alcohol fumes at Shell Girl, who became tipsy and fell from his shoulder.

Chen Shouyi improved his willpower and Sword Qi before joining a local garrison ambush meant to draw out barbarians. After a quiet morning, a giant barbarian attacked the group, killing a military martial artist and leaving Chen Shouyi facing the enemy.

• A barbarian lord told the warriors that Ma Jiao had been killed by a powerful human, then ate his corpse.
• Chen Shouyi raised his willpower by 0.1, extended his Sword Qi to 25 centimeters, and learned he could lift fifty kilograms with his willpower.
• A deputy commander arranged a new ambush with Chen Shouyi, using an armored vehicle and military martial artists as bait.
• After the group found no barbarians all morning, Chen Shouyi sensed danger and ordered everyone to retreat.
• A concrete block struck the armored vehicle, sending it crashing through a building wall and killing a military martial artist.
• A huge figure leapt down from above and landed in front of Chen Shouyi and the survivors.

Chen Shouyi fought a giant with a restraining ability, endured its powerful attacks, and eventually pinned and killed it. The battle ended with the giant’s skull crushed as a military martial artist watched from afar.

• Chen Shouyi ordered the surviving martial artists to flee as a giant charged at him.
• The giant restrained Chen Shouyi and punched him through a building, then killed a fleeing martial artist.
• After completing his transformation, Chen Shouyi dodged the giant’s club and kicked him in the neck.
• Chen Shouyi overcame the restraining force, grappled with the giant, and pinned him to the ground.
• Chen Shouyi repeatedly punched the giant until he crushed its skull.

Chen Shouyi hunted down the barbarians who fled after the giant’s defeat, then returned to the soldiers and learned that his battle had cost nearly all his Faith Value. He left for the air-raid shelter after eating, shocked by the remaining 2.24 points.

• Chen Shouyi pursued the fleeing barbarians through a building and killed two who tried to ambush him.
• Chen Shouyi leaped across rooftops, killed a third barbarian, and lost track of the others as they escaped through the city.
• Chen Shouyi returned to the battlefield, where soldiers were collecting the dead, and retrieved his sword and borrowed clothes from a military martial artist.
• Chen Shouyi ate five boxes of military rations on his way to the air-raid shelter.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel and saw that his Faith Value had fallen to 2.24.

After killing a giant, Chen Shouyi discovered that his Control Atmosphere talent had changed into an advanced form and gained a new air-locking ability. He planned to master the ability while staying in Dongxing City one more day before returning to his other duties.

• Chen Shouyi cleared dust and blood from his airways, then noticed that his Control Atmosphere talent had vanished from his Status Panel even though he could still control the wind.
• Chen Shouyi told Zhang Miaomiao that he had killed the strongest giant among the attackers and would remain in Dongxing City for one more day.
• Chen Shouyi returned to his room, where Shell Girl said she had bravely faced a bad giant mother outside and threatened to bite her.
• Chen Shouyi found that his Status Panel listed Advanced Control Atmosphere and tested his improved wind control.
• Chen Shouyi realized he could lock the air around him, slowing movement and muffling sound, then released Shell Girl after accidentally trapping her in the effect.

Chen Shouyi tested his new Wind Restraint ability, discovering he could slow his fall from a skyscraper. After the attacks stopped, Dongxing officials tried to persuade him to stay, but he said he had already visited the city’s sights.

• Chen Shouyi used his innate ability to immobilize Shell Girl, then released her and endured her angry bite.
• Chen Shouyi tested the ability on nearby animals, found it worked only within about six meters, and froze a falling leaf.
• Chen Shouyi jumped from a skyscraper, slowed his fall first with his will and then with Wind Restraint, and drifted safely to the ground.
• With no further attacks that afternoon, Qian Pengcheng thanked Chen Shouyi and asked him to stay longer in Dongxing.
• Chen Shouyi declined to go sightseeing, telling Qian Pengcheng that he had already visited Lu Xun’s former residence.

Chen Shouyi watched tensions rise as the God of Hunting appeared in Hedong, then left Dongxing City to reach his family. He raced through the night, leaving the threatened city behind.

• Chen Shouyi worried that the God of Hunting was preparing for another war and patrolled Dongxing City as Fighter Jets flew toward Dongning.
• A first-level alert sent residents into shelters, and Chen Shouyi saw a ferocious bird destroy Fighter Jets returning from Dongning.
• Zhang Miaomiao told Chen Shouyi that the God of Hunting had appeared in Hedong, so the helicopter meant to evacuate him could not come.
• Chen Shouyi packed his bow and sword, put Shell Girl in his briefcase, and set out for Hedong to reach his family.
• Chen Shouyi refused Zhang Miaomiao's request to accompany him and sped through the streets, leaving Dongxing City after more than ten minutes.

Chen Shouyi raced through the snow-covered ruins of Hedong City, fearing for his family after the God of Hunting’s attack. He found his parents and sister safe in an air-raid shelter, and the fear weighing on him finally eased.

• Chen Shouyi ran toward Hedong City with Shell Girl, pushing through exhaustion as he heard distant artillery.
• Chen Shouyi passed a wrecked plane, destroyed military vehicles, and the devastated safe zone, realizing the God of Hunting had overwhelmed the city’s defenses.
• Chen Shouyi reached his home and found his parents and sister missing, then hurried to the nearby air-raid shelter.
• A second lieutenant told Chen Shouyi that his family was safe inside the shelter, and Chen Shouyi asked to see them at once.

Chen Shouyi reunited with his family in an air-raid shelter and told them that the Barbarian God had invaded and Hedong might have fallen. As the family lay awake amid the uncertain silence, he fed Shell Girl and eventually fell asleep from exhaustion.

• Chen Xingyue, Mother Chen, and Father Chen waited anxiously in their cramped shelter, unsure what had happened outside.
• Chen Shouyi arrived, changed out of his muddy clothes, and reassured his family that he had come to check on them.
• Chen Shouyi told his family that the Barbarian God had invaded and Hedong might already have fallen.
• Unable to sleep, Chen Shouyi worried that Hedong's defenders had been defeated and that the God of Hunting might have perished.
• Shell Girl emerged from Chen Shouyi's briefcase, asked for food, and hid when Chen Xingyue spoke nearby.
• Chen Shouyi fed Shell Girl honey, tucked her back into the briefcase, and fell asleep from exhaustion.

Chen Shouyi learned that communications and power were down and that people were leaving the shelters, then went outside to assess the devastation. A human face appeared across the sky as the God of Hunting called on humanity to worship him, and many civilians knelt in prayer.

• Yang Songkun asked Chen Shouyi about conditions outside after the shelter lost communications and power, but Chen Shouyi said he could not advise them and believed civilians were generally safe in fallen zones.
• Chen Shouyi ate breakfast with his family and left the shelter to inspect the streets, telling Chen Xingyue to stay behind.
• Chen Shouyi saw corpses, frightened residents, and families fleeing Hedong as he walked through the ruined safety zone.
• Chen Shouyi noticed the clouds gathering into a vast human face, which announced that the God of Hunting would become the world's sole true god and demanded worship.
• Many passersby knelt in the snow, and a mother rebuked her son for calling the God of Hunting a cult.

Chen Shouyi watched Hedong descend into chaos as the Hunting God’s forces entered the city, then gathered his aunt and cousin with his family in an air-raid shelter. He decided they would wait for the Hunting God to leave before attempting to flee.

• A man urged the crowd to flee Hedong, and a mother hurried away with her son after he warned her she could be arrested for kneeling.
• Chen Shouyi packed a travel bag with cash, saw the Hunting God’s Warbirds attack the city, and left his villa to find his relatives.
• Chen Shouyi found Qin Shufen and Chen Yuwei sheltering in an underground parking lot and brought them to his family’s air-raid shelter.
• Chen Dawei asked whether they should flee, and Chen Shouyi said they would wait until the Hunting God left Hedong.
• Chen Shouyi told everyone that the barbarians had entered the city and that they should remain in the shelter while fighting continued.