Chapter Summaries

A wounded Sea God escaped the God of Nature and found a tribe of Chen Shouyi’s followers, where it destroyed their statue and demanded their worship. Chen Shouyi sensed his followers disappearing and entered his remaining Divine Statue to investigate.

• The Sea God fled through the ocean after the God of Nature destroyed its Divine Kingdom and stole its followers.
• The Sea God discovered a barbarian tribe worshiping Chen Shouyi, shattered its statue, and demanded that the barbarians worship it instead.
• Chen Shouyi sensed hundreds of Faith Lines breaking each second and realized something had happened to the islands.
• Chen Shouyi decided to investigate and sent his mind into his only remaining Divine Statue.

Chen Shouyi encountered the Barbarian God through a Divine Statue and judged it to be a true god with Weak Divine Power, while the god destroyed his projection. After being harassed on his way home and preparing his legendary energy, Chen Shouyi left Hedong City at night and flew toward Dongning.

• The Barbarian God sensed Chen Shouyi through the Divine Statue, called him an ant, and blasted the statue to pieces with dark-blue light.
• Chen Shouyi estimated that the Barbarian God possessed only Weak Divine Power and continued through the desert as his Faith Lines kept snapping.
• Several female workers, including Zhou Hongping, surrounded and teased Chen Shouyi on his bicycle until he reached the safety zone and escaped them.
• Chen Shouyi told his parents he would be away for a few days, then trained Explosive Force and saw his attributes temporarily increase by 10%.
• Chen Shouyi left a note, took Shell Girl out before dawn, and flew from Hedong toward Dongning.

Chen Shouyi returned to the other world to challenge the God of the Sea, but his first attempt in the memory's virtual world ended in failure after he was caught in the ocean. He woke in the passageway realizing that fighting at sea put him at a severe disadvantage.

• Chen Shouyi crossed the overgrown ruins near Dongning and used Giant Transformation to lift the iron door into the passageway.
• Chen Shouyi entered the other world, reassured the Shell Girl, and went into the Book of Knowledge's memory space to test his plan.
• Chen Shouyi flew over the sea and called out the God of the Sea, provoking it to attack with a giant hand made of seawater.
• Chen Shouyi transformed and destroyed the watery hand, but plunged into the ocean as the God of the Sea emerged and warned him that the sea was its domain.
• Chen Shouyi woke from the memory and concluded that fighting the savage god in the ocean left him unable to fight back.

The God of the Sea hunted Chen Shouyi across the sea and attacked him at the Small Island. Chen Shouyi transformed into a giant and charged the god, beginning their fight.

• The God of the Sea hid in an undersea cave to recover and build up his divine power, but repeatedly sensed someone watching him.
• Chen Shouyi died again when the God of the Sea detected and killed him, then left the Space Channel to get some air.
• The God of the Sea surged toward the Small Island and struck it with enormous waves while Chen Shouyi tried to bargain with him.
• The God of the Sea refused to spare Chen Shouyi, and Chen Shouyi provoked him into coming ashore.
• Chen Shouyi transformed into a thirty-meter-tall giant and charged the God of the Sea, and they clashed in the shallows.

Chen Shouyi fought God of the Sea in the shallow waters near Small Island, using his giant transformation and Explosive Force to withstand divine attacks and batter the god. God of the Sea fled after Chen Shouyi landed a devastating punch, and Chen Shouyi pursued him.

• God of the Sea summoned water ropes and a massive barrage of water spears, but Chen Shouyi's Explosive Force broke the ropes and blasted apart the spears.
• Chen Shouyi charged God of the Sea, blocked his pincers, and survived a divine spear that pierced deep into his chest.
• The two fought at tremendous speed, devastating the sea and killing nearby sea creatures as Chen Shouyi suffered multiple wounds.
• Chen Shouyi seized an opening and struck God of the Sea in the chest, crushing his divine defensive field and sending him flying toward Small Island.
• God of the Sea fled, and Chen Shouyi angrily strode after him.

Chen Shouyi pursued the wounded God of the Sea across the ocean and killed him, then drank the god’s blood to recover his strength. He ended the chapter standing beside the valuable corpse and wondering how long its riches would last.

• The wounded God of the Sea fled across the sea while Chen Shouyi chased him from the Small Island.
• Chen Shouyi caught the God of the Sea by the tail after he plunged underwater.
• Chen Shouyi slammed the God of the Sea into the seabed, tore his body in half, and crushed his head when he begged for mercy.
• Chen Shouyi carried the corpse back to the beach, then collapsed from exhaustion after ending his transformation.
• Chen Shouyi drank the God of the Sea’s blood, quickly regained his strength, and marveled at the corpse’s value.

After killing a true god, Chen Shouyi found the god’s ocean-related divine office appearing above the corpse and resisted its pull. He left it to dissipate and approached the corpse with his sword.

• Chen Shouyi examined his healed wound, changed clothes, and returned to the Space Channel across the ruined island.
• Chen Shouyi pulled Shell Girl from her hiding hole, calmed her down, and told her the bad guy was dead.
• Chen Shouyi saw a glowing projection of the sea above the God Corpse and recognized it as a divine office.
• Chen Shouyi resisted the divine office’s temptation as it began to dissipate and the distant sea grew turbulent.
• Chen Shouyi recovered his strength, drew his sword, and walked toward the God Corpse.

Chen Shouyi dismantled the God of the Sea’s corpse and discovered that his space had grown enough to hold the entire remains and his other belongings. As dawn broke, the islanders realized their new god was gone and began hailing the God of Calamity as their protector again.

• Chen Shouyi transformed into a giant and tore the God of the Sea’s corpse into pieces to store in his space.
• Shell Girl licked a drop of the True God’s divine blood, and Chen Shouyi let her continue after warning her.
• Chen Shouyi harvested the corpse’s meat, organs, and pincers, then discovered his space had expanded enough to fit a long spine and his other belongings.
• At dawn, the islanders could no longer sense the God of the Sea and feared that their god had vanished.
• A savage announced that he could sense the God of Calamity, and the tribe blamed the God of the Sea’s death on his blasphemy and prepared offerings for Chen Shouyi.

After reclaiming the faith of two island archipelagos by posing as the sea god, Chen Shouyi expanded his territory and followers but exhausted himself in the process. With Shell Girl reporting that no more islands remained, he returned through the passage to Dongning and hurried home.

• Chen Shouyi visited the remaining islands in the first archipelago, cowing their barbarians and restoring his Faith Domain as the World Tree absorbed the sea god's curse and grew.
• Shell Girl told Chen Shouyi she had found many more islands near the sun, and he praised her before following her to a second archipelago.
• Chen Shouyi spent four days parading through the second archipelago, increasing his followers to around 160,000 and expanding his territory to more than 100,000 square kilometers.
• After Shell Girl confirmed there were no more islands, Chen Shouyi rested, walked back to the passage, and returned to Dongning during the night.
• Chen Shouyi cleaned up, changed clothes, flew to the outskirts of the Hedong Safe Zone, and hurried home.

Chen Shouyi told Bai Xiaoling he had five hundred tons of True God Meat and ten tons of demigod meat to sell, stunning her with his claim that he had killed a True God. Great Xia Nation’s wartime leadership learned of the meat and ordered the news kept strictly confidential.

• Chen Shouyi asked Bai Xiaoling how to sell his demigod meat, then revealed he also had five hundred tons of True God Meat.
• Bai Xiaoling was shocked to learn Chen Shouyi had killed a True God and asked how much meat he had.
• Chen Shouyi said he had about five hundred tons of True God Meat and ten tons of demigod meat.
• The old man in the Military Commission’s Number One Office heard from the Jiangnan Province High Official that Chen Shouyi had killed a True God and acquired five hundred tons of meat.
• The old man praised the High Official and ordered him to keep the news strictly confidential because foreign agents might try to obtain the meat.

Yevgeny and Sarah were kept away from Chen Shouyi while officials watched him closely, and Chen Xingyue returned home to keep an eye on her brother. Meanwhile, a military force arrived at Hedong’s airport under central government orders, leaving its mission undisclosed.

• Yevgeny and Sarah discussed trying to approach or seduce Chen Shouyi, but an officer diverted them with a warning about barbarians in the security zone.
• Chen Xingyue returned from school after provincial officials instructed her to watch Chen Shouyi, who said someone had come looking for him and then went to cultivate with True God Meat.
• Soldiers secured Hedong’s backup airport as workers prepared its runways for an incoming operation.
• Ten transport planes landed under fighter escort, and a Major General took command of the airport with central government authorization.
• Regiment Commander Shao confirmed that vehicles were ready for the Major General’s mission.

Chen Shouyi met with Great Xia officials to negotiate a trade of five hundred tons of True God Meat, but Bai Xiaoling fled before the talks began. Chen Shouyi took over and asked for Divine Artifacts in exchange, then added the bones to the deal.

• Six negotiation experts prepared to discuss how Great Xia could pay for five hundred tons of True God Meat.
• Chen Shouyi arrived at the provincial government building with Bai Xiaoling and introduced her as his liaison.
• Bai Xiaoling panicked at the high-ranking officials and excused herself to go to the restroom.
• Chen Shouyi agreed to negotiate himself after Zhang Deqing asked whether he had another representative.
• Chen Shouyi asked to trade the meat for one or two Divine Artifacts, and Zhang Deqing said Great Xia could accept one item.
• Chen Shouyi asked whether Great Xia would also take the bones and added one more item to the deal.

Chen Shouyi traded two Divine Artifacts for five hundred tons of True God Flesh, then returned home and gave Bai Xiaoling another chance to arrange a sale. He left her to organize an auction of Demigod Meat for martial artists in Jiangnan Province.

• Chen Shouyi and Zhang Deqing completed negotiations to exchange two Divine Artifacts for five hundred tons of True God Flesh.
• Chen Shouyi delivered the True God Meat and the God of the Sea’s crystalline bones to a secured warehouse.
• Chen Shouyi arranged to visit the capital the day after tomorrow to choose two Divine Artifacts.
• Bai Xiaoling apologized to Chen Shouyi, who reassured her that he was not sending her away.
• Chen Shouyi asked Bai Xiaoling to organize an auction of Demigod Meat for influential martial artists in Jiangnan Province.

Chen Shouyi increased his Giant Battle Body progress and tested his transformation, while Shell Girl continued consuming divine blood and growing chubbier. The next day, he learned that Bai Xiaoling had arranged provincial support and publicity for his planned Demigod Meat auction, though he had not yet set its date.

• Chen Shouyi found Shell Girl licking divine blood under the bed, teased her about getting fat, and let her return to her treat.
• Chen Shouyi spent 1,800 Faith Value to raise his Advanced Giant Battle Body progress from 42.05% to 60.05%.
• Chen Shouyi transformed into a six-and-a-half-meter giant and judged that he would struggle to defeat the God of the Sea in that form.
• Bai Xiaoling brought Chen Shouyi a Jiangnan Daily announcing his intention to auction Demigod Meat and explained that the province had arranged publicity and a conference hall.
• Chen Shouyi told Bai Xiaoling he would choose an auspicious date for the auction in a few days.

At the Lucy Nation Hedong Office, Yevgeny persuaded Victor to involve the whole office in using funds to buy divine blood from Godchen’s Demigod Meat auction. Meanwhile, Chen Shouyi flew toward the capital but reached only Dingjiang City by dawn, where he asked Mayor Huang Youpeng about helicopters.

• Yevgeny urged Victor to use office funds to buy divine blood, and Victor suggested bringing the entire office into the scheme.
• After completing five sets of the Thirty-Six Forms of Hardening, Chen Shouyi ate God Corpse meat, took Shell Girl, and flew toward the capital.
• Chen Shouyi’s willpower recovery slowed during the journey, and he arrived in Dingjiang City with six hundred kilometers still to go.
• Mayor Huang Youpeng welcomed Chen Shouyi and asked why he was in the city.
• Chen Shouyi said he had happened to pass through and asked whether any helicopters were flying to the capital that day.

Chen Shouyi arrived in the capital and went with Minister Zhang to inspect the Divine Artifacts transferred to a guarded warehouse. The chapter ended as they prepared to go downstairs to see them.

• Chen Shouyi flew to a military base outside the capital, signed an autograph for an admiring officer, and called Minister Zhang's office.
• Minister Zhang picked Chen Shouyi up and told him that the Divine Artifacts had been moved from the laboratory to an underground warehouse.
• Professor Luo Chaoyuan protested the transfer of two Divine Artifacts, but Minister Zhang explained that the country had made the decision and left three for research.
• Minister Zhang introduced Chen Shouyi to Luo Chaoyuan, who questioned him about the Chen's Cultivation Method and invited him to conduct research.
• Chen Shouyi declined the invitation and asked to see the Divine Artifacts, so Minister Zhang arranged for them to go downstairs.

Chen Shouyi chose the giant bone club among the Divine Artifacts and stored it with his spatial ability, then discovered he could control a black sphere said to be armor. He transformed the sphere into black-and-gold armor and decided to take it as well.

• Chen Shouyi ignored Luo Chaoyuan's objections and inspected the five Divine Artifacts in the underground chamber.
• Chen Shouyi tested the massive bone club, declared it suitable, and made it disappear with his spatial ability.
• Luo Chaoyuan reacted in shock to the vanished club, and Minister Zhang calmed him by explaining that science could not yet explain everything.
• Chen Shouyi learned the black sphere was believed to be armor and used his will to take control of it.
• Chen Shouyi commanded the sphere to arm him, and it covered him in black armor patterned with gold.

Chen Shouyi awakened a dormant Divine Artifact and discovered that controlling it required immense will. After returning to Hedong by helicopter, he put the armor on at home and accidentally cracked the floor under its weight.

• Chen Shouyi tested the black armor, finding that it moved swiftly and felt weightless while he focused his will, but became extremely heavy when he stopped.
• Luo Chaoyuan and the others recovered from their shock, and Chen Shouyi explained how to refine the Divine Artifact.
• Minister Zhang arranged a helicopter to take Chen Shouyi back to Hedong after Chen declined dinner and offered him a few pounds of True God Meat.
• Chen Shouyi flew home before dawn, then put the armor on again after entering his bedroom.
• The armor's weight shattered the floor beneath Chen Shouyi, leaving him afraid to move.

Chen Shouyi tested the Divine Artifact armor and found that its power drained his mind too quickly for him to use it in his normal state. After transforming into a giant, he wielded it to smash a small hill to pieces, revealing its devastating potential.

• Chen Shouyi returned to the Otherworld and tested the armor, whose crushing weight nearly brought him to his knees.
• Chen Shouyi linked his mind to the armor and discovered it could cancel its weight and let him move at incredible speed, but it exhausted him in under five seconds.
• Chen Shouyi transformed into a giant and found that the armor fit him like a second skin and resisted his immense strength.
• Chen Shouyi sent Shell Girl several kilometers away, then used the armor and bone club to demolish a small hill.

Chen Shouyi reviewed reports of Great Xia’s recovering military technology and learned that the Dongting Mountain operation had killed many soldiers and martial artists. Qin Liuyuan visited to ask about the Demigod Meat auction, then bitterly regretted refusing Chen Shouyi’s offer to give him some.

• Chen Shouyi read news about the reopening of Tianling Mountain’s electromagnetic cannon and a successful strategic missile test.
• Chen Shouyi spoke with Qin Liuyuan about the Dongting Mountain sweep, where more than two hundred soldiers and civilian martial artists and one Great Martial Artist had died.
• Qin Liuyuan asked Chen Shouyi when the Demigod Meat auction would take place.
• Chen Shouyi remembered the auction and offered to give Qin Liuyuan some Demigod Meat, but Qin Liuyuan refused and left.
• Qin Liuyuan realized Chen Shouyi had genuinely offered him valuable meat and slapped himself repeatedly for refusing.