Chapter Summaries

Chen Shouyi continued deeper into the restricted zone, where he discovered that warped space could kill and distort anything caught in it. After avoiding the spatial trap, he fought and killed a powerful monster, leaving his own lingering unease unresolved.

• Chen Shouyi roared in giant form to silence the creatures outside his cave, then answered a distant challenger until it fell quiet.
• Chen Shouyi continued through the restricted zone as its strange creatures and a growing sense of danger unsettled him.
• Chen Shouyi examined a freshly dead, inside-out corpse and realized that a distant region of warped space had killed it.
• Chen Shouyi retreated to avoid the spatial trap, suspecting that distorted space might already have affected him.
• Chen Shouyi fought an agile, energy-draining monster and killed it with a series of devastating punches.

Chen Shouyi discovered a radiant crystal buried beneath a monster's lair and used its energy to cultivate in seclusion. After the crystal was depleted and shattered, he decided to search for more.

• Chen Shouyi searched the monster's cavern but found nothing until Little Dot No. 2 smelled something buried beneath a huge pelt.
• Chen Shouyi dug beneath the rubble and uncovered a purplish-red crystal that rapidly increased his strength as its energy entered his body.
• Chen Shouyi wore the crystal as a pendant and found that his cultivation technique drew its energy into him, quickly raising his attributes.
• Chen Shouyi cultivated in seclusion for fifteen days, and his Constitution and Intelligence both surpassed 22 points as the crystal's energy dwindled.
• Chen Shouyi watched the exhausted crystal crack and crumble, then resolved to find more crystals like it.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter opens with the protagonist, Alex, struggling with writer's block, unable to progress with his novel.
• Alex's agent, Linda, pressures him to deliver the manuscript on time, threatening to pull out of the book deal if he doesn't meet the deadline.
• Alex decides to visit his old mentor, Thomas, who had inspired him to write, hoping to find inspiration and overcome his block.

Character Developments

• Alex: Struggles with self-doubt and the pressure to meet expectations, leading to his creative block. His desperation to overcome this block drives him to seek help from his mentor.
• Linda: Shows impatience and concern for her client's career, prioritizing the business aspect of publishing over the creative process.

Significant Themes

• The struggle of the creative process and the pressure to meet expectations.
• The importance of mentors and the passing down of knowledge and inspiration.
• The tension between the business side and the artistic side of publishing.

Character Interactions

• Alex and Linda: Their interaction highlights the tension between the creative process and business expectations. Linda's pressure adds to Alex's stress, exacerbating his writer's block.
• Alex and Thomas: Their interaction is yet to occur, but it is expected to provide Alex with the inspiration and guidance he needs to overcome his block, potentially leading to a deeper understanding of his craft and himself.

Upcoming Events (based on context)

• Alex's visit to Thomas is expected to be a turning point in the chapter, providing him with the inspiration and motivation to overcome his writer's block and continue working on his novel.

Chen Shouyi pushed deeper into the forbidden land, searching for powerful creatures to strengthen his Giant Battle Body before the prophesied time. After discovering an ancient ruin guarded by a formidable giant monster, he transformed and prepared to fight it.

• Chen Shouyi spent days hunting creatures with Weak Divine Power or greater, but found and killed only three.
• After seven more days of exploration, Chen Shouyi spotted a terrifying giant monster feeding near a vast, weathered ruin.
• Chen Shouyi spent seven thousand Faith Value to raise his Giant Battle Body talent to 35.01%, and the monster sensed his intent to kill from more than twenty kilometers away.
• Chen Shouyi donned his armor and transformed into a giant over sixty meters tall, then strode toward the monster as the two prepared to fight.

Chen Shouyi fought and killed a giant monster after surviving its destructive energy beam. Wounded but victorious, he stored its corpse and continued toward the Ruins, where he noticed the buildings had barely been damaged.

• Chen Shouyi advanced toward the giant monster, and the two clashed in a fierce battle.
• The monster battered Chen Shouyi before he rallied and drove it back with a series of powerful punches.
• The monster fired a destructive beam that badly wounded Chen Shouyi's forehead, then tried to flee.
• Chen Shouyi used Air Lock to hold the monster in place and crushed it with a flaming punch and repeated stomps.
• Chen Shouyi stopped burning Faith Value, stored the monster's corpse, and headed toward the Ruins.
• Chen Shouyi saw that the nearby buildings had sustained little damage despite the battle and suspected they were unusual.

Chen Shouyi explored ancient Ruins in the forbidden land, found a large Divine Stone hidden in the giant monster’s dung, and continued deeper with the two Little Dots. A terrifying pressure then swept over him and vanished, leaving him shaken.

• Chen Shouyi tested the Ruins’ stairs and statues, but neither budged under his immense strength.
• Chen Shouyi searched the filthy hall with Shell Girl and Little Dot Number Two after returning to his normal size.
• Shell Girl found a three-kilogram Divine Stone hidden inside a pile of dung, and Chen Shouyi retrieved it.
• Little Dot Number Two searched the other dung piles but found nothing, so Chen Shouyi left the Ruins with both Little Dots.
• A terrifying pressure swept in from afar and immobilized Chen Shouyi for a minute before fading.

After a terrifying force altered the forbidden land’s space, Chen Shouyi escaped and cultivated in seclusion to prepare for a future fight with God of Lightning. He invested twenty thousand Faith Value in Control Atmosphere and immediately unleashed a massive tornado.

• Chen Shouyi saw the Ruins crack apart and sensed that the surrounding space had changed, so he summoned the second Little Dot and decided to retreat.
• Chen Shouyi followed his markers through distorted space, avoided a trap that made blood seep from his body, and spent four days finding his way out.
• Chen Shouyi left the forbidden land, then cultivated in a mountain cave for seven days to increase his strength.
• Chen Shouyi saw that his attributes had risen and spent twenty thousand Faith Value on Control Atmosphere to defend against God of Lightning.
• Chen Shouyi tested his strengthened Control Atmosphere, forming a huge tornado that swept trees into the air.

Chen Shouyi tested how his Vacuum Domain protected him from lightning, then returned to Earth and learned that the Lord of Lightning had occupied Yanzhou but stopped advancing after the European Alliance used a super hydrogen bomb. He left the God of Conspiracy behind and flew toward the sky, while she realized he had grown even stronger.

• Chen Shouyi tested his Vacuum Domain against lightning and found that it shielded him from most of its effects.
• Chen Shouyi emerged from the Space Channel on Earth, where the barbarian Legend and other guards recognized him and paid him respect.
• The God of Conspiracy told Chen Shouyi that the Lord of Lightning had occupied Yanzhou two months earlier and had not advanced since the European Alliance dropped a super hydrogen bomb.
• Chen Shouyi asked for no further details, then took off and left the God of Conspiracy watching him fly away.

After returning to Zhonghai, Chen Shouyi reunited with his family and learned from the newspapers that the nations were preparing for war. He spent the night cultivating, readying himself for the people likely to seek him out the next day.

• Chen Shouyi arrived in Zhonghai and passed a military checkpoint, where a soldier recognized him as Chief Chen.
• Chen Shouyi returned home, reassured Father Chen, Mother Chen, and Chen Xingyue, and concealed his concern about the military buildup.
• Shell Girl introduced Little Dot Number Two to Chen Shouyi’s home, and Chen Shouyi separated the two when they began fighting.
• Chen Shouyi read reports about a new military alliance and the restoration of the Great Xia Nation’s nuclear strike capability.
• Chen Shouyi flew to an uninhabited mountain, fed the two little figures, and cultivated with the Divine Stone through the night.

Anderson and Mark attended a martial arts meeting where the Great Xia Nation announced an imminent war that would decide humanity’s fate. Officials and the president asked Chen Shouyi to survive and protect the researchers who would preserve humanity’s future if the nation fell.

• Anderson and Mark arrived at the Martial Arts General Bureau and discussed their new lives in the Great Xia Nation.
• Ye Zong greeted Anderson and Mark before the meeting began.
• The director announced that humanity faced a war against the barbarian gods, and defeat would bring eternal darkness.
• The senior official of Zhonghai City and the garrison commander asked Chen Shouyi to escort humanity’s researchers to another world if the Great Xia Nation fell.
• The president called Chen Shouyi and repeated the request that he preserve his life for humanity’s future.

Chen Shouyi inspected Zhonghai’s preparations to evacuate supplies and researchers through a Space Channel as the threat of war loomed. After absorbing a Divine Stone and strengthening Giant Battle Body, he transformed and began planning how to fight Lord of Lightning.

• Chen Shouyi questioned a military officer about who could evacuate to the other world, and the officer admitted he had family to care for but insisted he was not a deserter.
• Chen Shouyi visited the heavily guarded Space Channel and saw supplies being gathered to rebuild civilization elsewhere.
• Great Xia secretly transferred top researchers and engineers to Zhonghai while rumors spread and the predicted war failed to begin.
• Half a month later, Chen Shouyi absorbed the Divine Stone’s remaining energy, raised his stats, and spent Faith Value advancing Giant Battle Body to 50.01%.
• Chen Shouyi transformed into a twenty-meter giant, tested his strength, and simulated a battle against Lord of Lightning using Vacuum Domain and Air Lock.

Chen Shouyi visited Song Tingting at Hai University and gave her three tubes of demigod blood as the city prepared for war. Over the Pacific, a reconnaissance fighter encountered an abnormal thunderstorm and exploded after plunging into the clouds.

• Chen Shouyi went to Hai University and found Song Tingting with help from a student.
• Chen Shouyi walked with Song Tingting, urged her to keep training, and gave her three tubes of demigod blood.
• Wang Laijun and Zhang Wei flew a reconnaissance mission toward a violent thunderstorm over the Pacific.
• Wang Laijun tried to turn the fighter back after static electricity disrupted its systems, but the plane plunged into the clouds and exploded under repeated lightning strikes.

As the war against the Barbarian Gods began, Chen Shouyi was ordered to evacuate with his family to the Otherworld under the Human Kindling Plan. The family reached the crowded Space Channel, where Chen Xingyue asked him to rescue her students, but he refused and tried to comfort her.

• Sirens sounded across the country as troops went on alert and prepared for war.
• A soldier told Chen Shouyi to carry out the Human Kindling Plan, and he agreed to evacuate with Shell Girl and Little Dot Number Two.
• Chen Shouyi collected his parents and Chen Xingyue, then asked soldiers to bring his two uncles and aunt to safety.
• During the evacuation, Chen Shouyi told Chen Xingyue they were heading to the Otherworld and admitted they might have to stay there for the rest of their lives.
• At the stalled line of vehicles near the Space Channel, Chen Xingyue asked Chen Shouyi to bring her students, but he refused and told her not to bear responsibility for everyone.

Chen Shouyi brought his family through the Space Channel as people fled Earth, then flew to the Rising Sun Country to witness a Great Divine Power Barbarian God’s storm. After a lightning strike nearly killed him, he recovered underwater and returned toward Zhonghai City.

• Chen Shouyi’s family entered the other world and settled into a suite made from shipping containers as relatives arrived.
• Chen Shouyi saw refugees struggling with fear and grief, including Professor Zhang, who wanted to return to his family on Earth.
• Chen Shouyi flew to the Rising Sun Country and saw a vast divine storm before a Great Divine Power Barbarian God struck him with lightning.
• Chen Shouyi crashed into the ocean, assessed his severe injuries, and spent 1,000 Faith Value on self-healing.
• Chen Shouyi ate Great Divine Power meat, traveled back along the ocean floor, and flew toward Zhonghai City after the storm disappeared from view.

Chen Shouyi relived his battle with the Lord of Lightning and survived the Cloud Giant’s devastating attack, but the god’s true body never appeared. Afterward, he reunited with Ye Zong and Luo Jingwen and learned that Wang Lie had died months earlier.

• Chen Shouyi returned to the other world, spoke with his family and Jiang Yanyan, then entered the Book of Knowledge to revisit his memories.
• In the memory, Chen Shouyi flew toward Rising Sun Country and endured the Lord of Lightning’s repeated strikes with his Vacuum Domain and armor.
• The Lord of Lightning formed a Cloud Giant over a thousand meters tall, and a nuclear missile damaged its projection without stopping it from regenerating.
• Chen Shouyi survived the Cloud Giant’s lightning beam and challenged the Barbarian God to send its true body, but it did not appear.
• Ye Zong and Luo Jingwen arrived with An Haoran and Mark, whom Chen Shouyi recognized as former members of the Myriad Gods Society before accepting their explanation that they had been pardoned.
• Chen Shouyi asked about Wang Lie and Zhu Xueqing, and Luo Jingwen told him that Wang Lie had sacrificed himself nearly half a year earlier.

Chen Shouyi considered humanity’s dire prospects and found a possible way to fight the Lord of Lightning by using the Space Channel. As crowds gathered around the channel, he hurried toward another nearby passage to put his idea into action.

• Chen Shouyi walked through the forest with Luo Jingwen, An Haoran, Mark, and Ye Zong, asking whether An Haoran and Mark had seen the Lord of Lightning.
• The president called Chen Shouyi, lamented humanity’s likely defeat, and urged him to stay alive as humanity’s last hope.
• Unable to sleep, Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel, transformed into an eighty-meter giant in the forest, and realized he might ambush the Lord of Lightning across a Space Channel.
• More than a million people gathered near the Space Channel, and Chen Shouyi hurried with Shell Girl and Little Dot toward a medium-to-large channel near a town.

Chen Shouyi transformed at a remote Space Channel and demolished its heavily fortified base before heading back to his home in the other world. As the Barbarian God’s arrival threatened, he told his family he was leaving on a secret mission and gave Chen Xingyue divine blood to safeguard them.

• Chen Shouyi ordered the soldiers to evacuate the remote Space Channel base, then transformed and tore through its defenses.
• Chen Shouyi grew over forty meters tall in the dense Primal Force and demonstrated his immense strength with a punch that sent a column of compressed air miles away.
• The senior official left the ruins and gave his secretary a vial of divine blood for his son, along with permission to enter the Space Channel.
• Chen Shouyi returned to his home in the other world and told his worried family he was going to explore another channel.
• Chen Shouyi gave Chen Xingyue thirty vials of true divine blood to keep in case danger came while he was away.

Chen Shouyi prepared for Lord of Lightning’s arrival while nuclear strikes slowed but failed to stop the god’s advance. As lightning struck near his position, Chen Shouyi sent Shell Girl and the second Little Dot fleeing before the coming battle.

• Chen Shouyi surveyed the other world near the passage and identified a river and a distant rift as possible escape routes.
• Lord of Lightning’s dark clouds overwhelmed the Rising Sun Country, and nuclear missiles tore holes in them without stopping their advance.
• Chen Shouyi sensed the worsening conditions, continued cultivating, and spent a thousand Faith Value on his self-healing ability.
• Chen Shouyi warned Shell Girl and the second Little Dot to flee if he told them to, then waited through the night as Lord of Lightning’s clouds gathered.
• After lightning struck the ground, Chen Shouyi ordered the two little ones to run, and they flew through the Space Channel.

Chen Shouyi confronted the Lord of Lightning as its attacks failed to harm him, but the Savage God’s true body arrived and left him bracing for battle at the passage.

• At Zhonghai Luoming Island Military Base, lightning destroyed a nuclear cannon and killed the surrounding soldiers, while military headquarters lost contact with several regions.
• Chen Shouyi armored himself, called out the Lord of Lightning, and endured its lightning strikes without injury.
• A black-clad young man watched Chen Shouyi and remarked on humanity’s rapid rise before vanishing.
• The Lord of Lightning summoned a Cloud Giant, but Chen Shouyi hurled a chunk of concrete and severed its arm, forcing it to retreat into the clouds.
• As the atmosphere grew oppressive, Chen Shouyi sensed the Lord of Lightning’s true body approaching, retreated to the passage, and readied a bone club.

Chen Shouyi fought the Lord of Lightning, who overwhelmed him with divine power and left him gravely wounded. He lured the Lord toward the Space Channel and landed a devastating surprise punch, but the Lord cried out against the Thief of Fate as a blinding light erupted.

• The Lord of Lightning arrived, and Chen Shouyi attacked it with blasts of compressed air that barely slowed it.
• The Lord of Lightning struck Chen Shouyi with lightning and a spear, badly burning and piercing him despite his armor.
• Chen Shouyi endured the Lord's attacks, seized its spear, and threw it into the Space Channel.
• With his strength failing, Chen Shouyi used the armor's power to rush toward the Space Channel and draw the Lord after him.
• Chen Shouyi punched through the Space Channel and blasted the Lord of Lightning away, prompting it to shout, "Thief of Fate, how dare you?" before a blinding light flared.