Chapter Summaries

After passing the martial artist combat assessment, Chen Shouyi returned home and showed his certificate to his family. He proposed moving them to Hedong City for safety, and reassured his parents that a settlement allowance would help with housing costs.

• Chen Shouyi learned he had passed the assessment, received his martial artist certificate, and left for home with Shell Girl.
• At home, Mother Chen worried about Chen Shouyi's long absence while Chen Dawei and Chen Xingyue tried to reassure her.
• Chen Shouyi arrived home and showed his certificate; his parents and sister celebrated that he had become a martial artist.
• Chen Shouyi proposed moving the family to Hedong City or Ningzhou, and Chen Dawei agreed to Hedong.
• Chen Shouyi's parents worried about Hedong's housing prices, and he told them they would receive a settlement allowance.

Back in his bedroom, Chen Shouyi discovered that his Sword Qi had grown sharper and nearly twice as long, possibly because his Will had increased. As he looked for a living creature to test it on, Shell Girl rushed under the bed after hearing there was a mouse.

• At dinner, the landlady told Zhou Xue to be polite to Chen Shouyi because he was a martial artist, but Zhou Xue insisted she would become one herself.
• Chen Shouyi tested the sword he had taken from the man in black and found his Sword Qi had nearly doubled in length and sharpness since his Will rose to 12.5.
• Chen Shouyi wondered whether Sword Qi could be linked to Will and tested whether it could hurt living things, deciding not to use Shell Girl as a target.
• After spotting a mouse, Chen Shouyi tried to catch it, and Shell Girl mistook it for a mouse from Beiqi and hurried under the bed to find it.

Chen Shouyi traveled with his family toward Dongning and encountered a deadly attack on a military checkpoint. He intervened and killed the blood-stained swordsman, leaving the surviving soldier and his family behind him.

• Shell Girl panicked at the sight of a rat, and Chen Shouyi carried her back to the bed.
• Chen Shouyi and his family left for Dongning to retrieve their investment and consider selling their old house; Zhou Xue watched them depart.
• As their bus approached Dongning, gunmen in two sedans attacked the checkpoint, killing several soldiers.
• Chen Shouyi left the bus despite his mother's protests and confronted the swordsman as he killed more soldiers.
• The swordsman used Fanaticism Technique, but Chen Shouyi outmaneuvered him and pierced his forehead with his sword.

Chen Shouyi returned to Dongning City with his family, then secretly visited his old school. He learned that Zhang Xiaoyue had transferred away, but did not find out where she went.

• Chen Shouyi asked the officer to keep his identity confidential and rejoined his family on the bus.
• After the family checked into a hotel, Chen Shouyi slipped out and took a taxi to Fifth High School.
• Chen Shouyi told Cao Lili and his classmates that he had passed the Martial Apprentice certification exam.
• Chen Shouyi asked Sun Xin about Zhang Xiaoyue and learned that she had transferred because her father was reassigned.

Chen Shouyi and Mother Chen went to withdraw the family’s savings from Yuanlongsheng Investment Company, but Boss Huang claimed he could not repay them. Chen Shouyi exposed his deception with force and confronted him, demanding to know what connections he had.

• Chen Shouyi asked Cao Lili about Zhang Xiaoyue, but she did not know where Zhang Xiaoyue had transferred.
• Chen Shouyi saw that the Unfinished Building had been demolished and turned into a military camp.
• Chen Shouyi accompanied Mother Chen to Yuanlongsheng Investment Company to withdraw their more than 3.8 million yuan.
• Boss Huang promised to repay them in a month, but Chen Shouyi suspected the company was bankrupt and insisted on getting the money that day.
• Boss Huang ordered two men to escort them out, so Chen Shouyi hurled a heavy table and seized Boss Huang.
• Chen Shouyi showed Boss Huang his Martial Artist Certificate and demanded to hear what connections he could call on.

Chen Shouyi forced Boss Huang to repay his mother’s money, and the family listed their old house for sale as Dongning’s housing market continued to collapse. In the Memory Space, Chen Shouyi studied Director Fang’s strength before Shell Girl demanded a gemstone in exchange for staying with him.

• Chen Shouyi intimidated Boss Huang into transferring 4.2 million to Mother Chen and waited until the money arrived.
• Mother Chen scolded Chen Shouyi for using violence, then listed the family’s old house for 1.2 million as they prepared to leave Dongning.
• At dinner, Chen Dawei suggested inviting his older brother and sister-in-law to eat with the family, but Mother Chen said they should wait until Dongning was stable.
• In the Memory Space, Chen Shouyi sensed Director Fang’s immense strength and estimated that he was a Great Martial Artist far stronger than himself.
• Chen Shouyi accidentally grabbed Shell Girl while she tried to fly, and she cried that she wanted to return to her old home.
• Chen Shouyi promised Shell Girl she could watch Beiqi after six days, but she demanded a large gemstone as the price for staying.

Chen Shouyi and his family left Dongning after gunfire and military activity made the city seem unsafe, deciding to move to Hedong City. As they departed Changmen Town, Zhou Xue regretted not saying goodbye and blushed when her mother teased her about liking Chen Shouyi.

• Chen Shouyi refused Shell Girl's threat to return home, then gave her a larger marble after she complained about the tiny one.
• After gunfire erupted in Dongning, Chen Shouyi, Chen Dawei, and Mother Chen took shelter in a clothing store before returning to their hotel.
• Chen Dawei proposed leaving Dongning and buying a house in Hedong City, and Chen Shouyi persuaded his parents to let him contribute his money.
• The Chen family left Dongning by bus the next morning and returned to Changmen Town before departing for Hedong City.
• Zhou Xue watched Chen Shouyi leave, regretted not saying goodbye, and blushed when her mother teased her about liking him.

Chen Shouyi explored the martial artist trading network and learned about its scarce drugs, regulated poisons, and discounted weapons. After freeing the angry Shell Girl from his briefcase, he promised she could see Beiqi if she stopped misbehaving, then ordered her to bathe.

• Chen Shouyi logged into the internal trading network and examined its drug listings, noting Divine Marrow's effects on intelligence and that he could not afford it yet.
• Chen Shouyi reviewed Divine Blood, Soul Liquid, other training drugs, restricted poisons, and discounted weapons, but bought nothing because he had no permanent address.
• Chen Shouyi let Shell Girl out of his briefcase and freed her, then scolded her for urinating inside it.
• Chen Shouyi threatened to keep Shell Girl from seeing Beiqi, and she quickly promised not to wet or soil the briefcase or throw a tantrum.
• Chen Shouyi grabbed Shell Girl and told her to take a bath, while she protested and demanded to see Beiqi.

Chen Shouyi attended Hedong City's martial artist meet-and-greet after bathing Shell Girl, where government departments and cities competed to recruit him. He avoided committing to either department, and Hedong City raised its settlement allowance to eight million.

• Chen Shouyi washed Shell Girl in the sink, gave her fresh clothes, and left her watching a cartoon while he cleaned his briefcase.
• Chen Shouyi arrived at the meet-and-greet and saw county and city representatives offering increasingly large allowances to attract martial artists.
• Director Fang tried to recruit Chen Shouyi for the Martial Arts Notarization and Discipline Inspection Office, while a square-faced man urged him to join the Third Bureau of Investigation.
• Chen Shouyi declined to choose a department, explaining that he was not yet an adult and wanted to look around first.
• Chen Shouyi learned that Hedong City's representative was seeking approval to increase the allowance, then watched him raise it to eight million.

Chen Shouyi chose to join Hedong City's Lower District Public Security Sub-bureau after reviewing the city's benefits and job placements. While out walking, he unexpectedly met his former teacher Wang Ruyue, who invited him to resume their sword lessons.

• Chen Shouyi reviewed Hedong City's martial artist benefits and chose a Lower District Public Security Sub-bureau assignment to earn a salary and martial artist merit points.
• Chen Shouyi completed the paperwork, received a start date of the following Monday, and learned that his eight million yuan relocation allowance would be deposited that afternoon.
• Chen Shouyi ran into Wang Ruyue while walking and learned that she had moved to Hedong City.
• Wang Ruyue invited Chen Shouyi to visit her for the two sword lessons she still owed him, and he pretended he had not already mastered the basic techniques.
• After Chen Shouyi left, Wang Ruyue told her friend that he was already at the Martial Apprentice level and had exceptional talent.

After becoming a Security Advisor, Chen Shouyi used his relocation allowance to buy a home for his family and learned that a city in Toni Nation had fallen after its Space Channel was overrun. He then performed a second optimization of Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self, whose dream led him to perceive his body at the cellular level.

• Chen Shouyi told his family about his new position and relocation allowance, then took charge of finding them a home when his parents struggled to choose one.
• Chen Shouyi negotiated the price of a renovated apartment down to 52,000 yuan per square meter and bought it for 6.75 million yuan using his allowance.
• Chen Shouyi moved his family into the new home, let Shell Girl out, and set up cartoons for her on a laptop.
• Chen Shouyi read that Wushui City in Toni Nation had been overrun and that Great Xia had dispatched the South Sea Fleet to provide military assistance.
• Chen Shouyi used three points of Energy Accumulation to optimize Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self for a second time and began perceiving the cells in his body.

Chen Shouyi discovered that his deeper meditative state had sharpened his Sword Qi, then went to the Lower City District Public Security Sub-bureau to begin work as a Security Advisor. The bureau chief welcomed him and explained that he would meet his colleagues and be contacted through a liaison when emergencies arose.

• Chen Shouyi practiced at the haunted house and found his Sword Qi had cut three centimeters into a camphor tree, while his sword swept through grass with invisible force.
• Chen Shouyi dressed to look older, checked his Status Panel, and reflected that his Swordsmanship had neared proficiency but still lacked the refinement of completed Muscle Refinement.
• Chen Shouyi arrived at the Lower City District Public Security Sub-bureau and asked where to complete his onboarding as a newly appointed martial artist.
• A policewoman escorted Chen Shouyi to the Human Resources Department, where Chief Zhang welcomed him and went to inform the bureau chief.
• The bureau chief welcomed Chen Shouyi, promised to arrange a meet-and-greet with the Public Security Police Detachment, and said a liaison would contact him when emergencies required his help.

Chen Shouyi was introduced as the Public Security Police Detachment’s new Security Advisor, and Bai Xiaoling recognized him from a recent shopping trip. The director appointed Bai as Chen’s dedicated liaison, and she told Wang Ruyue that her tutoring student was a martial artist.

• The branch director introduced seventeen-year-old Chen Shouyi as the new Security Advisor, astonishing the officers with his martial artist qualifications.
• Bai Xiaoling recognized Chen Shouyi from a recent shopping trip and stood up in shock, so Chen explained that she was his friend and the director let her off with a warning.
• The director summoned Bai Xiaoling and appointed her as Chen Shouyi’s dedicated liaison because they already knew each other.
• Bai Xiaoling called Wang Ruyue and revealed that Chen Shouyi was the branch’s new Security Advisor and a martial artist, which Wang Ruyue found impossible.

After applying for an Exploration Certificate, Chen Shouyi declined Wan Shaochun’s offer to explore together and returned home. There, he received a sealed vial of Divine Marrow and wondered if it was what he had ordered.

• Chen Shouyi visited the Jiangnan Province Martial Arts Branch and reviewed the many otherworld exploration missions listed there.
• He obtained an Exploration Certificate, a survival manual, and an audit pass for a short course on collecting information about otherworlds.
• Wan Shaochun invited Chen Shouyi to join him on an exploration mission, but Chen declined because he planned to cultivate alone.
• A Special Item Logistics Company employee delivered Chen Shouyi’s package, which contained a sealed vial that appeared to hold Divine Marrow.

Chen Shouyi drank Divine Marrow and raised his Intelligence to 13, then discovered Shell Girl reacted strongly to its scent and compared it to Yata Flower. He resolved to visit Jiangnan Martial Arts Academy and return to the island behind Dongning to investigate the flower.

• Chen Shouyi diluted and drank the Divine Marrow, gaining 0.4 Intelligence while his other attributes stayed the same.
• Chen Shouyi tested his improved memory, considered his dwindling savings, and decided to visit Jiangnan Martial Arts Academy the next day.
• Shell Girl smelled the Divine Marrow residue, drank the drops left in the cup, and became unsteady.
• Shell Girl said the substance shared a feeling with Yata Flower, prompting Chen Shouyi to suspect the flower had similar effects and that the island behind Dongning was worth investigating.
• Chen Shouyi gave Shell Girl a cartoon to watch after she refused to think more about Yata Flower.

Chen Shouyi met Bai Xiaoling, his new full-time liaison, and took advantage of her car to travel to Jiangnan Martial Arts Academy for a course. There, he encountered former classmates Lu Weifeng and Song Yingjie, leaving Xiao Peipei surprised to realize he was a martial artist.

• Chen Shouyi found Bai Xiaoling waiting at his home and learned she had become his full-time liaison.
• Chen Shouyi asked Bai Xiaoling to drive him to Jiangnan Martial Arts Academy and read the Explorer Survival Manual during the trip.
• Chen Shouyi got lost on campus and asked Xiao Peipei to guide him to his course.
• Xiao Peipei brought Chen Shouyi to the classroom building, where Lu Weifeng and Song Yingjie greeted him.
• Chen Shouyi chatted with Lu Weifeng and Song Yingjie about staying in Hedong and keeping in touch, while Xiao Peipei realized he knew the other martial artists.

Chen Shouyi attended classes about the Otherworld before Bai Xiaoling summoned him to an emergency mission at Gaomei Residential Area. He arrived to find a dangerous creature inside and learned the operation had been canceled until a Great Martial Artist could help.

• A professor explained humanity's limited knowledge of the Otherworld and described the dangers posed by its intelligent creatures and gods.
• Chen Shouyi attended classes at the Martial Arts Academy while renovations began at his shop.
• Bai Xiaoling brought Chen Shouyi to Gaomei Residential Area after an Otherworld Creature caused an emergency.
• Director Huang said the mission was canceled because the creature was too dangerous, firearms had little effect, and two Security Advisors had already been lost.
• Wei Xiang arrived, and Chen Shouyi spotted a small, scaled creature with a snake-like tail before the guns opened fire.

Chen Shouyi and Wei Xiang fought a swift Otherworld creature after it slaughtered several special police officers. With Wei Xiang’s arrow creating an opening, Chen Shouyi struck the creature down, ending the immediate threat.

• The creature evaded gunfire and killed several special police officers while Chen Shouyi tried and failed to hit it with arrows.
• Wei Xiang stepped forward to fight the creature and told the other officers to retreat.
• The creature wounded Wei Xiang, but Chen Shouyi rushed in and took over the fight.
• Wei Xiang picked up Chen Shouyi’s bow and shot the creature in the shoulder, briefly slowing it.
• Chen Shouyi leaped forward and struck the creature with a blade of energy, and it collapsed dead.

Chen Shouyi and Wei Xiang killed a deadly monster in Hedong City, and Chen received a large reward before heading back to Dongning. On the train, he read about the ranks of deities and suspected the mysterious tree beyond Dongning’s Space Channel was a Divine Creature.

• Chen Shouyi killed the monster after Wei Xiang kept it occupied with an arrow, and Wei Xiang was sent to the hospital for his wound.
• Director Huang thanked Chen Shouyi and promised him the maximum bonus and merit points for the mission.
• Chief Consultant Cui Ziwen arrived after the fight was over, praised Chen Shouyi, and departed.
• Two days later, Chen Shouyi took a high-speed train to Dongning after receiving 1.5 million yuan and a hundred merit points for the mission.
• Chen Shouyi read about Divine Creatures, demigods, and true gods, and suspected the mysterious tree beyond Dongning’s Space Channel was a Divine Creature.

Chen Shouyi returned to Dongning City, collected his arrows and supplies, and entered the other world through the Space Channel to begin an exploration mission. After Shell Girl flew off and left him fearing she had escaped, she returned exhausted with a glass bead and asked him to help retrieve another gemstone.

• Chen Shouyi arrived in bleak Dongning City, collected a long-awaited package of arrows from the hotel, and bought food and a suitcase.
• Chen Shouyi showed his Exploration Certificate to the guards and entered the Space Channel, where his wind-controlling ability awakened more strongly.
• Chen Shouyi found a dugout canoe, spent an hour scooping rainwater out of it, and released Shell Girl.
• Shell Girl flew far away, and Chen Shouyi worried she had escaped before he prepared to row off without her.
• Shell Girl returned carrying a glass bead and told Chen Shouyi she had hidden another gemstone on the island and wanted his help retrieving it.