Chapter Summaries

Chen Shouyi met Luo Jingwen in the capital, learned that Zhu Xueqing had married, and heard that more Legends had become citizens of Great Xia Nation. The multinational summit remained deadlocked over how humanity could survive, with both migration options presenting insurmountable obstacles.

• Chen Shouyi called Ye Zong's home and then arranged to meet Luo Jingwen for a drink.
• Luo Jingwen told Chen Shouyi that four Legends had recently naturalized in Great Xia Nation, including two from the former United States.
• Luo Jingwen told Chen Shouyi that Zhu Xueqing had married a martial master she met on a mission several months earlier.
• Several days passed as the multinational summit continued without resolving whether humanity should migrate to another world or leave the Solar System.

Chen Shouyi sensed growing danger from the spatial fluctuations, refused the Fate Stealer’s invitation to join the evil creatures, and tried to put humanity’s uncertain future out of his mind. After meeting Song Tingting and her parents, he was left with an awkward reunion as her parents wondered whether the two might become a couple.

• Chen Shouyi practiced on the icy plains, then reassured Shell Girl and Little Red Dot that they would return home.
• The Fate Stealer urged Chen Shouyi to join the evil creatures, but he rejected it and warned it not to approach him again.
• Chen Shouyi reflected on the Ancestor God’s imprisonment and Tam’s power while dealing with the pressure by smoking.
• Chen Shouyi ran into Song Tingting and her parents near a night market and greeted them warmly.
• Zhang Jingyi nudged Song Qiran to leave Chen Shouyi and Song Tingting alone, while the parents privately wondered whether their daughter had a chance with him.

Chen Shouyi spent an awkward but increasingly comfortable outing with Song Tingting, showing her how his will could freeze a popsicle and briefly grow a seedling. When he told her he had a girlfriend, Song Tingting questioned him about their relationship and then asked him to walk her home.

• Chen Shouyi and Song Tingting bought popsicles, and Chen Shouyi accidentally froze his solid with his thoughts.
• Song Tingting got Chen Shouyi a seed, and he made it sprout briefly before it withered.
• Song Tingting told Chen Shouyi that she had Martial Master strength, and he advised her to settle for a Martial Artist Certificate.
• Chen Shouyi told Song Tingting that he had a girlfriend, leaving her stunned.
• Song Tingting pressed Chen Shouyi about whether he had kissed or slept with his girlfriend, then asked him to walk her home.

After humanity’s leaders decided to pursue aerospace development and improve human fitness, Chen Shouyi confronted the Holy Alliance’s Leader and delivered a document demanding technological and talent assistance for Great Xia. The Leader was left with the untouched document as his office disintegrated into ash.

• Song Tingting returned home after parting from Chen Shouyi and avoided her parents’ questions by retreating to her room.
• On July 30, Chen Shouyi attended the final vote, where humanity’s leaders chose to develop aerospace technology and improve people’s physical fitness.
• The Holy Alliance’s Leader reprimanded Kaisen over unrest and ordered him to investigate disloyalty in the military police.
• Chen Shouyi appeared in the Leader’s office and identified himself as GodChen, terrifying the Leader into submission.
• Chen Shouyi left a document titled “Project for Providing Technological and Talent Assistance to the Great Xia Nation,” and the office crumbled into ash around it.

Chen Shouyi left the Holy Alliance Nation after forcing its Leader to accept his demands, then investigated the forbidden land in Tam and fled when its chaotic power drew the attention of a powerful god. A distant roar from what he suspected was the Ancestor God nearly drove him mad, and he continued escaping after his pursuer disappeared.

• Chen Shouyi returned to the Leader's office, heard him curse, and warned him to stop before leaving with Shell Girl and Little Red Dot.
• Chen Shouyi approached Tam's forbidden land and saw its chaotic energies drive creatures mad and distort the laws of physics.
• Chen Shouyi sensed gods with Great Divine Power watching the forbidden land and withdrew to avoid them.
• A god spotted Chen Shouyi and pursued him as he fled at full speed.
• A distant roar flooded Chen Shouyi's mind with chaotic information, but he burned Faith Value to resist it.
• Chen Shouyi suspected the roar came from the Ancestor God, regained control, and continued fleeing after the pursuing god vanished.

Chen Shouyi returned to Zhonghai, learned that Chen Xingyue had been offered the dean position at a new martial arts academy, and supported her decision to accept. Meanwhile, a convoy of scientists and workers from the Holy Alliance Nation boarded ships bound for Great Xia, part of a massive transfer that weakened their country in exchange for protection.

• Chen Shouyi returned to Taifo Nation and saw locals beginning to practice martial arts under newly implemented policies.
• Chen Xingyue told Chen Shouyi that the Education Bureau had offered her the deanship of Zhonghai Second Martial Arts Academy, and he encouraged her to try it.
• Aurora Huang, Blaze, and other evacuees traveled by bus toward a port while gunshots and the troubled state of the Holy Alliance Nation kept them uneasy.
• The evacuees arrived at the port and boarded crowded ships flying the flag of Great Xia.
• Aurora Huang and Dina discussed the transfer of up to a million people and extensive research equipment, which they believed would severely weaken the Holy Alliance Nation in exchange for protection.

Chen Shouyi tried to improve his nerve transmission by altering the myelin sheaths in his body, seeking a way to overcome his sluggish agility. After a failed attempt and hours of experimentation, he succeeded and found that his body felt much lighter.

• Chen Shouyi realized he might improve his agility by modifying the myelin sheaths around his nerves rather than changing the nerves themselves.
• Chen Shouyi studied his myelin sheaths and chose his left little finger to test reducing the number of sheath segments.
• Chen Shouyi’s first modification made his little finger numb and sluggish, so he continued experimenting with the nerve structure.
• Chen Shouyi kept testing until noon, when he finally succeeded and felt as though he had shed a heavy shell.

Chen Shouyi improved his physical abilities through self-optimization, then entered Tam World and was attacked by hostile savage gods. After killing one and capturing another, he demanded to know why they had come after him.

• Chen Shouyi discovered that his self-optimization had increased his points by 0.6 and ordered biology books and bookshelves from Bai Xiaoling.
• Chen Shouyi rode through the city, and Hu Han recognized him and excitedly told the martial artists with him.
• Chen Shouyi returned to Tam World, sensed growing hostility, and began cultivating at a distant mountain.
• A savage god confronted Chen Shouyi, who transformed into a giant and killed him with a single blow.
• Chen Shouyi collected the dead savage god's remains and caught another fleeing god, demanding an explanation.

After killing a barbarian god, Chen Shouyi ventured into Tam World’s dangerous outer space to investigate its unstable Divine Kingdoms and demiplanes. He found a demiplane and entered it, discovering a tiny, lifeless world with an asteroid and a dim reflection of Tam’s sun.

• Chen Shouyi learned that Tam World’s Divine Kingdoms were collapsing and that the surviving gods had been influenced by Tam’s Will to target him.
• Chen Shouyi flew into outer space, endured its deadly energy currents, and collected a remarkably durable meteorite.
• A violent eruption of ash, gas, and magma swept through space, leading Chen Shouyi to suspect that an asteroid or demiplane had collapsed.
• Chen Shouyi used his Faith Value to search for a demiplane, sensed one overlapping Tam World, and broke through its barrier with his will.
• Chen Shouyi explored the demiplane and found a cramped, lifeless space containing a small asteroid, several meteorites, and a dim reflection of Tam’s sun.

Chen Shouyi sensed the danger of the unstable demiplanes and left after realizing how a Divine Kingdom could suppress intruders. He spent time with Zhang Xiaoyue, then the chapter shifted to Great Xia Nation’s vast, internationally supported industrial mobilization for a project vital to humanity’s survival.

• Chen Shouyi spread his will through a demiplane, felt its instability, and concluded that a Divine Kingdom could control its world and suppress enemy gods.
• Chen Shouyi left the demiplane, watched distant lights vanish in space, and feared the conflict between Tam's will and its foe could bring calamity to Tam World and Earth.
• Zhang Xiaoyue told Chen Shouyi she had rented a small room near her school and took him to see it.
• Chen Shouyi and Zhang Xiaoyue shared an intimate moment, but she remained unwilling to go further, so he left frustrated and considered testing things in the virtual memory world.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel and saw that he still needed 17 energy points to optimize Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self.
• Great Xia Nation and foreign partners expanded a huge industrial project in the Beijing-Tianjin region, mobilizing people, resources, and factories for humanity's survival.

Chen Shouyi donated two God Corpses, declined the president’s offer to guard a base, and spent his time reading at home. After finishing his books, he asked Bai Xiaoling for more, while she mistakenly thought he wanted a private library with a theater.

• Chen Shouyi donated two God Corpses and inspected a factory with the president, who offered to introduce him to a girlfriend.
• Chen Shouyi asked about the nearby Savage Gods, then declined the president’s request to guard the base.
• Chen Shouyi read hundreds of pages at once and finished his books in an hour.
• Chen Shouyi called Bai Xiaoling to ask for another batch of books.
• Bai Xiaoling offered to arrange a private library and theater, but Chen Shouyi declined and said he would use the university library.

After Chen Shouyi killed a barbarian god in the Middle East, Great Xia’s people barely reacted, while non-citizen martial artists like Ruan Xiong faced strict limits on their rights and work. The chapter ended with Great Xia clearing broad routes through the forest in the other world to prepare for a possible mass migration.

• Chen Shouyi traveled to the Middle East, killed a Medium Divine Power barbarian god, and took its God Corpse, causing nearby barbarian gods to retreat from scheming against Great Xia.
• Chen Shouyi told his family he had gone to the Middle East, but Chen Dawei and Mother Chen showed little surprise or concern.
• Ruan Xiong, a Luoyue Nation non-citizen living in Zhonghai, considered the long path to citizenship and the better security Great Xia offered his family.
• Ruan Xiong met Li Lin at the base cafeteria, where they discussed growing recruitment for work in the other world and Great Xia’s plans to open up the forest.
• Great Xia used tracked steam-powered logging machines to clear wide passages through the forest, preparing for a possible future mass migration.

Chen Dongliang struggled with jealousy as the handsome Chen Shouyi drew attention from the women in the library, including Chen Dongliang’s secret crush. Meanwhile, Chen Shouyi reached 81 points of Energy Accumulation and left to optimize Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self.

• Chen Dongliang returned from the restroom and saw his goddess watching the handsome Chen Shouyi, while other girls repeatedly passed by him.
• Chen Dongliang reported Chen Shouyi to the librarian for distracting everyone, but the librarian dismissed his complaint.
• Chen Dongliang’s goddess took the seat beside him and thanked him, but she continued sneaking glances at Chen Shouyi.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel, saw that his Energy Accumulation had reached 8101, and left the library to optimize Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self.

Chen Shouyi tried to refine the divinity in his consciousness, but the attempt drew the attention of a terrifying will and forced him to stop. Determined to remove the danger, he flew with the Little Dots to a secluded Himalayan peak to enter seclusion.

• Chen Shouyi optimized Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self and reached the divinity in his consciousness, but a powerful will interrupted the process and left him shaken.
• Chen Shouyi realized the divinity could be a hidden danger and decided to eliminate it as soon as possible.
• Chen Shouyi notified the High Committee and the city government that he would enter seclusion.
• Chen Shouyi flew with the Little Dots to the Himalayas and prepared a cave for their stay, while Shell Girl grew upset at how long they would be away from home.

Chen Shouyi prepared to refine divinity despite the danger, devising ways to protect himself from a terrifying being’s power. He spent more than ten hours extracting heavy elements from a mountain to create a massive metal sphere, then left exhausted, hoping it would help.

• Shell Girl and Little Red Dot fought over the red Crystal Ball, and Little Red Dot won, leaving Shell Girl sulking with the blue one.
• Chen Shouyi reflected on how his optimized will had grown stronger and more concentrated, while acknowledging that he still lacked the power he needed.
• He planned to refine divinity inside his memory’s virtual world and build a sealed space from heavy materials to weaken the connection to the being.
• Chen Shouyi burned Faith Value and used Thought Acceleration to disintegrate a mountain and separate its heavy elements.
• After more than ten hours, Chen Shouyi formed a metal sphere over twenty meters wide, then headed to the cave to rest.

Chen Shouyi continued refining the divine nature inside the iron sphere, rapidly increasing his perception and will. When he sensed an ominous warning before the final refinement, he stopped and used his power to destroy twenty-one Himalayan peaks, triggering an eruption as he tried to stabilize the ground.

• Chen Shouyi entered the iron sphere and refined the divine nature in the memory virtual world, finding that the being’s will affected him less than it had in his dream.
• Over the following days, Chen Shouyi’s perception and will rose sharply as the divine light dimmed.
• On the fifteenth day, Chen Shouyi felt something was wrong and decided not to attempt what should have been his final refinement.
• Chen Shouyi reduced nearby mountains to dust and transformed their heavy metals into black matter, causing twenty-one Himalayan peaks to disappear.
• When the loss of pressure destabilized the ground, Chen Shouyi manipulated the plates, but a volcano rose and erupted.

Chen Shouyi condensed and strengthened a massive metal sphere to shield himself while attempting to overcome the pressure in his mind. After his divine nature burst apart and his consciousness expanded, a pair of eyes opened in the chaos, prompting the Savage Gods to gather and the Goddess of Agriculture to flee when a hand emerged from the sphere.

• Chen Shouyi used his power to contain the volcanic eruption and gathered the heavy metals into a giant sphere.
• Chen Shouyi spent more than ten days compressing and transforming the sphere until it became exceptionally dense and resistant to his will.
• After resting, Chen Shouyi entered the sphere and meditated in the virtual world, where the pressure shattered his divine nature and merged its fragments with his consciousness.
• As Chen Shouyi's consciousness expanded, a pair of eyes opened in the chaos, and their terrifying gaze left him unable to think.
• The Savage Gods on Earth descended in their true forms, and the Goddess of Agriculture arrived first.
• When a pale hand reached out of the sphere, the Goddess of Agriculture recognized the danger and fled, realizing she was in Great Xia Nation's territory.

Chen Shouyi survived Tam’s gaze but spent much of his Faith Value purging Tam’s will from his body. As he recovered in the Himalayas, he ambushed and killed the God of Strength, then noticed two figures flying toward him.

• Chen Shouyi escaped the metal sphere badly injured after Tam’s gaze overwhelmed his defenses.
• Chen Shouyi spent twelve thousand Faith Value to remove the remnants of Tam’s will, then used Self-healing to restore his body.
• The God of Strength descended to Earth, drawn toward the Himalayas by the apparent promise of advancement to Medium Divine Power.
• Chen Shouyi struck the God of Strength with a phantom spear and killed it with a giant hand.
• Chen Shouyi stored the God of Strength’s corpse and saw two figures flying toward him.

After killing the God of Strength, Chen Shouyi refined his will, collected the metal sphere’s materials, and arranged for Great Xia Nation to receive the metals and God Corpse. Meanwhile, Samit questioned why the gods had gathered in their true forms, and the Goddess of Agriculture feared a calamity was coming.

• Chen Shouyi reflected that his fourth-dimensional will might explain how he resisted Tam’s gaze, then returned to the metal sphere.
• Chen Shouyi separated the sphere into metal ingots, stopped a radioactive ingot from triggering a chain reaction, and stored the metals.
• Chen Shouyi told the president he would hand over the God Corpse and tens of millions of tons of metal ingots.
• Samit asked the Goddess of Agriculture why the gods had gathered in their true forms, and she worried that a calamity was approaching.

As Tam’s Will eroded Chen Shouyi’s consciousness, Samir warned the Goddess of Agriculture that opposing GodChen could be fatal and suggested she leave her true body on Earth. Chen Shouyi failed to remove Tam’s influence with Self-Healing, then received a report about space channels from Bai Xiaoling.

• The Goddess of Agriculture said Tam’s Will had chosen them because they were connected to Earth, while Samir argued that confronting GodChen was too dangerous and advised her to keep her true body on Earth.
• Chen Shouyi meditated and found Tam’s Will steadily consuming his consciousness, though he could hold his position for now.
• Chen Shouyi spent ten thousand Faith Value on Self-Healing, but the attempt did not lessen Tam’s influence.
• Bai Xiaoling urged Chen Shouyi to meet the officials taking custody of the god’s remains and supplies, but he refused because he did not know them.
• Bai Xiaoling gave Chen Shouyi the higher-ups’ research report, titled “Recent Developments in Space Channels Across the Country.”