Chapter Summaries

After confronting the Myriad Gods Society Legend, Chen Shouyi realized he could learn to control his own legendary energy by studying the man’s body in the memory world. He practiced through the night and managed to strike the desk with an energy-wreathed palm, leaving a small dent.

• Chen Shouyi returned home, worried about humanity’s worsening situation, and considered why he had spared the Myriad Gods Society Legend.
• Chen Shouyi recalled the strange vibrations in his opponent’s legendary energy and suspected the energy could be actively controlled.
• Chen Shouyi entered the memory world and experienced the Myriad Gods Society Legend’s body during their fight, observing how the man made his energy vibrate to strengthen himself.
• Chen Shouyi left the memory world and practiced moving his own energy for hours as dawn approached.
• Chen Shouyi struck his desk with an energy-wreathed palm and left a small dent in the wood.

Chen Shouyi discovered that Explosive Force boosted all his physical attributes and shared the technique with the Great Xia Nation, earning merit points toward a Soul Pearl. During Spring Festival, he received visitors and learned that his upcoming martial arts lecture had drawn wide attention.

• Chen Shouyi tested Explosive Force, found it increased his attributes by five percent, and saw it appear on his skill list.
• After watching the city for five days to ensure the Myriad Gods Society’s legendary had fled, Chen Shouyi submitted a report on Explosive Force through Bai Xiaoling and received one hundred merit points.
• Chen Shouyi decided to save his merit points until he could exchange them for a Soul Pearl.
• During Spring Festival, Chen Shouyi welcomed many visitors, including Qin Liuyuan and the newly promoted Martial Master Luo Peibin.
• Qin Liuyuan told Chen Shouyi that his planned lecture at Jiangnan University had caused a stir, and Luo Peibin praised him as a legendary powerhouse.

Chen Shouyi advanced his Explosive Force practice while Shell Girl worried that she resembled a bee. At Jiangnan University, visitors gathered for a lecture by Chen Shouyi, and Qin Liuyuan told Luo Peibin about Chen’s rise and his killing of a demigod.

• Chen Shouyi practiced Explosive Force as Shell Girl compared his buzzing punches to a bee and then grew distressed that she might resemble one too.
• Chen Shouyi reassured Shell Girl that she was a little person like him, though she continued to worry about being a bee.
• On the Sunday after the Spring Festival, visitors from across the region arrived at Jiangnan University for a lecture by a legendary powerhouse.
• Qin Liuyuan told Luo Peibin how Chen Shouyi had advanced from Great Martial Artist to legendary powerhouse while Qin remained far behind.
• Qin Liuyuan revealed that Chen Shouyi had killed the demigod vicious bird during the God of Hunting war, then headed with Luo Peibin toward the crowded auditorium.

Chen Shouyi hurriedly improvised a speech before addressing a packed auditorium of martial artists and students. He began by joking about the crowd and promised to share his martial arts experiences, while Zhou Xue recognized him in shock.

• Chen Shouyi struggled to write a speech until he gave up, changed clothes, and left with Chen Xingyue.
• A huge crowd gathered at Jiangnan University for Chen Shouyi's speech, with Zhou Xue and her classmates securing seats.
• Zhou Xue recognized the famous expert as the Chen Shouyi she already knew when he entered the auditorium.
• Chen Shouyi greeted the audience, joked about their reasons for attending, and began his speech on his martial arts experiences.

Chen Shouyi revealed that he had revised the Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms and Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self by using the power of the mind, demonstrating its abilities to a stunned audience. After his speech, people gathered to study the new cultivation method, while Zhou Xue watched him leave and regretted how she had treated him.

• Chen Shouyi explained that the existing Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms were insufficient for humanity's needs and claimed he had revised them along with Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self.
• Chen Shouyi named the mysterious power the power of the mind and demonstrated it by making objects fly and levitating himself.
• Chen Shouyi described how focused cultivation could harness the power of the mind, impressing Song Tingting and the audience.
• After Chen Shouyi's two-hour speech, the crowd pressed attendees for details about the new cultivation method.
• Chen Shouyi spotted Zhou Xue and nodded as he left, and Zhou Xue regretted her past arrogance.
• Zhou Xue and her roommate discussed the memorized techniques and joined others in studying the new cultivation method.

Chen Shouyi’s modified Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms spread after his speech, prompting the provincial government to investigate and drawing widespread interest. His rising public influence sharply increased his Faith Value, while he returned home and discussed the method with Chen Xingyue.

• A provincial meeting was interrupted by news that Chen Shouyi had revealed a more effective cultivation method.
• Officials watched footage of Chen Shouyi performing the modified Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms, and Professor Wang judged it plausible as the government ordered urgent research.
• Chen Xingyue asked why Chen Shouyi had not taught her the method, and he promised five bottles of Divine Marrow if she mastered Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel and noticed that his Faith Value had begun rising faster after his speech.
• As news spread through Hedong and surrounding cities, Chen Shouyi’s Faith Value surged past six hundred, and he anticipated that the excitement might eventually fade.

Chen Shouyi hosted a delegation of leading martial arts researchers from the capital, who questioned him about his revised cultivation methods. He explained what he could, while the researchers left convinced that his techniques could make nationwide martial arts possible if they learned to control the subconscious.

• Shell Girl read a children's book while Chen Shouyi practiced, having made no progress in his attributes for half a month.
• Chen Xingyue told Chen Shouyi that Zhang Miaomiao and several visitors had come to see him.
• Zhang Miaomiao introduced Xu Yuanchun and other leading martial arts and scientific researchers to Chen Shouyi.
• Li Qinghua asked how Chen Shouyi could remain aware while controlling his conscious and subconscious mind, and Chen Shouyi attributed the ability to talent.
• Chen Shouyi answered the visitors' questions and demonstrated techniques, leaving them impressed by the completeness of his revised Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms.

Chen Shouyi used 27.01 energy to optimize Thirty-Six Forms of Hardening, producing a terrifying cultivation method that forced his body to confront the fear of death. After practicing it through the night, he found it greatly increased his will and improved his flight speed, though it exhausted him before he could complete a cycle.

• Chen Shouyi waited until his energy reached 27.01, then optimized Thirty-Six Forms of Hardening for the fourth time.
• In the dream, Chen Shouyi repeatedly practiced the forms until the technique transformed and filled him with the terror of imminent death.
• Chen Shouyi tried the new technique and had to stop at the fifteenth form when fear and exhaustion overwhelmed him.
• Chen Shouyi ate Demigod Meat and resumed practicing, but even by dawn he had not completed one full cycle.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel and discovered that his will had increased by 0.2 despite little change to his physical attributes.
• Chen Shouyi tested his improved will by flying and found that his speed had more than doubled.

Chen Shouyi tested his new ability to fly, then endured days of brutal training to master the Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms. After completing the final form, he absorbed a surge of Primal Force and saw his attributes rise again.

• Chen Shouyi launched himself into the sky and flew above the clouds until exhaustion, while Shell Girl praised him.
• Chen Shouyi struggled with the terrifying Body Tempering practice and realized his willpower was not yet strong enough.
• On the third day, Chen Shouyi reached the thirtieth form, and his attributes began to rise despite his failure to complete a full set.
• On the fifth day, Chen Shouyi endured all thirty-six forms, triggering a surge of Primal Force that healed his body.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel and found that his Strength, Agility, Constitution, Intelligence, and Will had increased.

Chen Shouyi discovered that the optimized cultivation method had increased his intelligence and used Faith Value to improve Giant Battle Body, then set out to cultivate in seclusion in the other world. A violent sandstorm trapped him and Shell Girl inside a cave at Kongdong Mountain, where he finally fell asleep after five days of barely resting.

• Chen Shouyi noticed his attributes had improved, including intelligence, and spent a thousand Faith Value to raise Giant Battle Body to 11.05%.
• After eating Demigod Meat, Chen Shouyi transformed and tested his increased agility with a punch that sent Shell Girl flying in the shock wave.
• Chen Shouyi told his family he was going to the other world to cultivate in seclusion, then informed Bai Xiaoling he would be near the Space Channel in Huangling Town.
• On his fifth day in the desert, Chen Shouyi was nearly caught in a terrifying sandstorm and retreated into a cave at Kongdong Mountain with Shell Girl.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel, then fell asleep after spending five days in the other world with less than ten hours of rest.

After mastering Chen Shouyi’s cultivation method, Wang Lie learned that others had succeeded too, while Chen emerged from a devastating storm and was summoned for a national mission. Chen collected his unfinished greatsword and departed by helicopter, leaving his family a note.

• Researchers in Beijing tested volunteers claiming to have mastered Chen’s Cultivation Method, while Wang Lie learned that Zhu Xueqing had succeeded in Xijing.
• Wang Lie finally mastered Chen’s method after half a month of practice and began teaching his daughter, who asked him for Chen Shouyi’s autograph and photo.
• After the five-day storm ended, Chen Shouyi left the sand-covered cave, and Shell Girl warned him that a bad giant was approaching.
• Bai Xiaoling told Chen that the military had a national mission for him, and he agreed to go after confirming it was not in Jiangnan Province.
• Chen visited Jiangnan Province’s First Heavy Machinery Factory, collected the unfinished greatsword, and left it in his pocket space.
• Chen left a note at home and boarded a military helicopter, which carried him away.

Chen Shouyi arrived in Shan Kui Province to investigate monsters appearing in the shadows and learned the strange incidents had spread across nearly half the province. After finding a possible Divine Emblem linked to the threat, he planned to investigate it the next day.

• A military officer told Chen Shouyi that people in Tuo'an City had been disappearing and turning into shadow-hiding monsters, and that an elite military team sent to investigate had not returned.
• Chen Shouyi reached a village command center and met Wang Lie and Zhu Xueqing, who had arrived two days earlier.
• Chen Shouyi learned that the incidents had spread across nearly half of Shan Kui Province and that the army had sealed off its northern region.
• Zhu Xueqing and Wang Lie told Chen Shouyi that villagers feared the shadow monsters and displayed wooden triangles resembling Divine Emblems outside their homes.
• Chen Shouyi examined the wooden emblem, found no sign of divine faith radiance, and decided he would learn more the next day.
• Wang Lie asked Chen Shouyi for an autograph and a martial arts blessing for Wang Yuting.

Chen Shouyi, Zhu Xueqing, and Wang Lie traveled toward Tuo'an City to investigate the source of the danger in Shan Kui Province. After encountering a Shadow Creature and finding Guangcheng County outwardly orderly but strangely fearful, they decided to seek information at the county government.

• Chen Shouyi saw Wang Lie practicing the revised Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms and advised him to link the movements together.
• Chen Shouyi, Zhu Xueqing, and Wang Lie set out through the frozen countryside and encountered a Shadow Creature, which Chen Shouyi captured and killed.
• The group reached Guangcheng County and decided to stay for a day or two to assess the situation before heading to Tuo'an City.
• A hotel owner refused to let them stay without residence permits and fled when Wang Lie and Chen Shouyi questioned her about the danger.
• Chen Shouyi and his companions chose to go to the county government for information as the dawn sky blazed red.

Chen Shouyi, Zhu Xueqing, and Wang Lie investigated reports of Harbingers of Sin in the sealed-off Guangcheng County and questioned its top official, Shao Jinqian. Shao warned that the Harbingers pursued people who learned about them, and Chen decided the group would travel to Tuo'an City the next morning after a cautious night at the guesthouse.

• At breakfast, Chen Shouyi, Zhu Xueqing, and Wang Lie overheard locals whispering that Zhang the cripple had vanished after becoming a Harbinger of Sin.
• Wang Lie suggested that people who had done evil were being transformed, while Chen Shouyi questioned how the force judged good and evil.
• At the county government, Shao Jinqian identified Chen Shouyi as the team leader and reluctantly agreed to answer their questions.
• Shao Jinqian called the Harbingers of Sin a taboo and said they were everywhere, then identified Chen Shouyi's triangular badge as a symbol of the Justice Cult and mentioned other cults.
• After leaving, Chen Shouyi spotted Shao Jinqian watching them from a fifth-floor window, crushed the badge, and decided they would stay overnight and head to Tuo'an City in the morning.
• Chen Shouyi warned Zhu Xueqing and Wang Lie to be careful that night in case the Harbingers came after them.

Chen Shouyi strengthened his Giant Battle Body with Faith Value, then fought off shadow monsters that had targeted the group in Guangcheng County. After learning the county Party secretary had died by suicide, he continued toward Tuo'an City with Wang Lie and Zhu Xueqing, stopping to share Demigod Meat.

• Chen Shouyi spent 900 Faith Value to raise his Giant Battle Body (Advanced) from 12.05% to 21.05%.
• Chen Shouyi killed the shadow monsters lurking outside his window, then warned Zhu Xueqing and met Wang Lie, who had also been attacked.
• A deputy county magistrate told Chen Shouyi that the county Party secretary had been found frozen after jumping to his death.
• Chen Shouyi left Guangcheng County with Wang Lie and Zhu Xueqing and traveled toward Tuo'an City.
• Chen Shouyi shared Demigod Meat with Wang Lie and Zhu Xueqing, who struggled to chew it and saved most of their portions.

Chen Shouyi and his companions reached Tuo'an City, where despair, cult recruitment, and powerful Shadow Creatures plagued the streets. After the group was ambushed in an alley, Chen Shouyi swiftly killed more than twenty Shadow Creatures, leaving Wang Lie stunned.

• Chen Shouyi's group passed a destitute village and encountered Shadow Creatures on the road, including one Zhu Xueqing killed after warning that it was as strong as a Great Martial Artist.
• Chen Shouyi told the group to stay together overnight if needed as they entered Tuo'an City and saw frozen bodies, desperate residents, and Atonement Cult recruiters.
• Chen Shouyi, Zhu Xueqing, and Wang Lie entered a deserted alley, where Chen Shouyi suddenly attacked a Shadow Creature and the group realized they were surrounded.
• Chen Shouyi cleared the Shadow Creatures waiting on the rooftops while Zhu Xueqing and Wang Lie prepared to fight the creatures below.
• Chen Shouyi used his War Bow to kill more than twenty Shadow Creatures in moments, astonishing Wang Lie.

Chen Shouyi and Wang Lie interrogated a cult leader for the source of Tuo'an City's mutation, but a powerful Barbarian God seized control of the man before he could finish explaining. Chen Shouyi fought through swarms of Shadow Creatures with Zhu Xueqing and Wang Lie, then stopped as a massive monster approached them.

• Chen Shouyi revealed that he could store items in a Space Channel, astonishing Zhu Xueqing and Wang Lie.
• Wang Lie tortured a captured cult leader while Chen Shouyi pressed him for the source of Tuo'an City's mutation.
• The cult leader said a huge explosion at the Niutou Mountain mine three months earlier preceded the arrival of the Harbinger of Sin, then transformed under the Barbarian God's influence, and Chen Shouyi snapped his neck.
• Chen Shouyi realized the Barbarian God was likely at the Niutou Mountain mine and led Zhu Xueqing and Wang Lie out of the cellar as Shadow Creatures appeared across the city.
• Chen Shouyi fought through the Shadow Creatures and escaped the city with Zhu Xueqing and Wang Lie, but a massive monster pursued them, and he turned to face it.

As the Tam World’s wars subsided, E'aoni, offspring of the God of Shadow and Fear, pursued Chen Shouyi and his companions on Earth. Chen sent Zhu Xueqing, Wang Lie, and Shell Girl away, then confronted E'aoni and transformed into a five-meter-tall giant as she prepared to fight.

• The God of Shadow and Fear’s daughter E'aoni charged toward Chen Shouyi, Zhu Xueqing, and Wang Lie through the city, spreading her Fear Aura.
• Chen Shouyi urged Zhu Xueqing and Wang Lie to flee, explaining that E'aoni was only a demigod and warning them that a true god might retaliate.
• Wang Lie led the reluctant Zhu Xueqing away, and Chen Shouyi threw Shell Girl to safety before turning to face E'aoni.
• E'aoni threatened Chen Shouyi under her mother's Fear Domain, but he ate Demigod Meat and declared that he intended to kill her.
• Chen Shouyi charged and grew to five meters tall, shocking E'aoni as she readied her pitchfork and spider legs for battle.

Chen Shouyi burned Faith Value to defeat the fleeing demigod E'aoni just as a vast divine will descended. He survived the ensuing terror and shadow-creature assault, then recovered as the giant eye in the sky faded away.

• Chen Shouyi spent Faith Value to strengthen himself and struck E'aoni with a sound-barrier-breaking slash, badly injuring her.
• E'aoni hurled her trident and fled, but Chen Shouyi dodged it and chased her down.
• As E'aoni called for the Mother Goddess, Chen Shouyi resisted the descending pressure and cut her in two.
• Chen Shouyi fled with Little Dot as darkness, black snow, shadow creatures, and a giant eye of black mist appeared overhead.
• An overwhelming wave of fear made Chen Shouyi collapse, but he regained consciousness after the illusory eye began to fade.
• Chen Shouyi retched and recovered on the ground while Little Dot climbed onto his shoulder and asked if he was all right.

Chen Shouyi survived the barbarian god’s distant mental attack and struggled through its Fear Domain while avoiding Shadow Creatures. After finally escaping, he thanked Shell Girl for helping him and flew away.

• Chen Shouyi realized Shell Girl had been unaffected by the barbarian god’s attack and assessed how badly his own body had been injured.
• Chen Shouyi recovered by swallowing Demigod Meat, then left the distant demigod corpse untouched rather than risk approaching it under the barbarian god’s watch.
• Shell Girl spotted an approaching Shadow Creature, helping Chen Shouyi avoid it and several others as he traveled through the Fear Domain.
• Chen Shouyi finally left the Fear Domain and praised Shell Girl for her keen senses.
• Chen Shouyi kissed Shell Girl playfully, then launched himself into the sky and flew away.