Chapter Summaries

After the Nature Spirit was destroyed, Chen Shouyi faced a sudden invasion of giant insects in the city. He rescued no one yet, but confronted a spider-like monster and struck at its head as it tried to flee.

• Soldiers burned the haunted house site with napalm, and Chen Shouyi found that the Nature Spirit had been reduced to ashes.
• Song Tingting visited Chen Shouyi and asked him to correct her sword practice.
• Chen Shouyi saw soldiers being massacred by a giant spider-like monster and leaped from his fifth-floor window to fight it.
• Chen Shouyi found another giant insect nearby and severed its legs and forelegs as it attacked him.
• Chen Shouyi pursued the wounded monster and brought his sword down toward its head.

Chen Shouyi killed three giant spiders near his residential complex, then returned home to retrieve his bow before heading back into the chaos. After Song Tingting kissed his cheek and urged him to return safely, he hurried barefoot toward the gunfire.

• Chen Shouyi found a giant spider climbing an apartment building and killed it with his sword before it could reach the people inside.
• Chen Shouyi returned home covered in spider fluids, reassured his family that he was unharmed, and said he needed to go out again.
• Chen Dawei encouraged Chen Shouyi to leave, while Mother Chen told him to be careful.
• Chen Shouyi took his War Bow and two quivers, and Song Tingting gave him his shoes and kissed his cheek before asking him to come back safely.
• Chen Shouyi left the shoes behind and hurried barefoot toward the distant gunfire.

Chen Shouyi used his War Bow to hunt giant spiders near his residential complex while keeping his family out of danger. After killing a group of spiders in a mall, he sensed that something was watching him.

• Chen Shouyi tested the War Bow's power by killing a giant spider with a single arrow.
• He saw soldiers drive off another spider with machine-gun fire and a grenade, then killed it with an arrow as it fled.
• Chen Shouyi stayed near his residential complex and shot a spider attacking a shopping mall.
• Hearing chewing and many spiders moving inside the mall, Chen Shouyi tried to retreat but killed a spider leaping at him from the third floor.
• Seven or eight giant spiders sprang down from the mall's upper floors, and Chen Shouyi shot them in midair before finishing off the wounded survivors.
• As Chen Shouyi prepared to leave, he felt something watching him.

Chen Shouyi survived a deadly encounter with a flying Silver Giant Spider and returned home to his worried family. As artillery rumbled outside, he struggled to sleep, while Song Tingting worried that her parents had not returned.

• Chen Shouyi spotted a Silver Giant Spider in the mall, but it evaded his arrows and flew at him.
• Chen Shouyi retreated into the mall and hid until the spider left, then hurried back to his residential compound.
• Mother Chen worried over Chen Shouyi’s bloodied clothes, and he reassured her that he was uninjured before washing up and eating.
• Song Tingting worried because her parents had not come home, and Mother Chen and Chen Shouyi tried to comfort her.
• Chen Shouyi listened to artillery and could not sleep, while Shell Girl asked about the noise outside.

Chen Shouyi watched a Steam Tank confront the Silver Giant Spider that had entered his residential compound, then joined the fight after the tank’s weapons were disabled. He killed the injured spider with a series of arrows and disappeared before the tank crew could reach him.

• Chen Shouyi saw a Steam Tank roll through the city and later warned his family to gather in the living room after the Silver Giant Spider killed people in a nearby apartment.
• Chen Shouyi’s family found that the tap water had stopped, though their natural gas still worked.
• When the Steam Tank returned, the Silver Giant Spider flew toward it, and Chen Shouyi jumped from his apartment and ran to the fight.
• The spider damaged the tank’s steam machine guns, but escaping superheated steam burned it and damaged its senses.
• Chen Shouyi shot the wounded spider seven times with his War Bow, killing it, then left before the tank crew approached.

As the spider invasion in Hedong City ebbed, Chen Shouyi brought home meat from a Silver Giant Spider and shared a feast with his family. Song Tingting moved away with her mother, leaving Chen Shouyi wistful, while the city began rebuilding its defenses and displaying its remaining military strength.

• Chen Shouyi watched residents carve up a black giant spider, then went out and cut two forelegs from a dead Silver Giant Spider to bring home.
• Chen Shouyi tested the spider meat on a stray dog, then his family cooked and ate it, though Mother Chen and Song Tingting refused.
• Zhang Jingyi visited Song Tingting and announced that she was moving with her to the employee compound near the Steam Turbine Group.
• Song Tingting tearfully said goodbye to Chen Xingyue and hugged Chen Shouyi before leaving with her mother, making him feel as if something had gone hollow inside.
• Hedong City began restoring order, building new defenses, and parading Steam Tanks and Steam Trucks through the streets as citizens cheered.

Chen Shouyi cheated at aeroplane chess and made Shell Girl cry, then learned that the government and military were recruiting martial artists to explore the Space Channels. He agreed to consider joining after hearing the reward was a villa in a secure suburban zone.

• Chen Shouyi played aeroplane chess with Shell Girl and secretly manipulated the die to win, making her accuse him of cheating and burst into tears.
• The next morning, Bai Xiaoling visited Chen Shouyi and told him that Hedong had mostly returned to normal.
• Bai Xiaoling explained that the government and military planned to explore the Space Channels where the Giant Sickle Worms had emerged.
• Bai Xiaoling warned Chen Shouyi that the voluntary mission was dangerous and offered a villa in a newly established safe zone as its reward.
• Chen Shouyi considered the danger to his family and asked when the mission would leave.

Chen Shouyi joined a group of martial artists heading to investigate the Giant Sickle Worms’ nest, while the team’s members exchanged introductions and boasts. They arrived at the military position around the haunted house, where Chen suspected the Space Channel lay beneath the ruins.

• A resident thanked Chen Shouyi for protecting their compound and asked whether his nineteen-year-old son could still begin martial arts.
• Chen Shouyi boarded a steam truck with Qin Liuyuan and Yu Hongyong, and Xu Jie joined them along the way.
• Chen Shouyi noticed his agility had increased to 144, matching his strength, and thought he would fare better against another silver Giant Sickle Worm.
• Jin Feiyan urged Chen Shouyi to get to know his companions, while the martial artists joked during the ride.
• Qin Liuyuan led the group to the haunted house, where soldiers and military equipment surrounded the ruins; Chen Shouyi suspected the Space Channel was beneath them.

Chen Shouyi joined Qin Liuyuan’s city government team for a military briefing about Giant Sickle Worms. He revealed that he had killed a Silver Scythe Worm and demonstrated his strength, leaving the room stunned.

• Qin Liuyuan and the city government team waited for the military martial artists, then met Colonel Xiao Changming, who took charge of the briefing.
• Xiao Changming distributed intelligence about Giant Sickle Worms and explained that the military had found two Silver Scythe Worms, one killed by artillery and one reportedly killed by a Great Martial Artist.
• Chen Shouyi warned that a single Great Martial Artist might struggle against a Silver Scythe Worm and revealed that he had killed one himself.
• When Xiao Changming demanded proof, Chen Shouyi drew his sword and split the conference table in two, shocking everyone in the room.

Chen Shouyi joined Xiao Changming and Qin Liuyuan to investigate the Space Channel and hunt the Silver Scythe Worm, revealing his formidable strength to the team. After entering a cavern that proved to be a Giant Sickle Worm nest, the group headed toward a possible exit, but a swarm began rushing toward them.

• Chen Shouyi described his encounters with the Silver Scythe Worm, and Xiao Changming organized an expedition to deal with the threat.
• Chen Shouyi, Xiao Changming, and Qin Liuyuan entered the Space Channel and found themselves in a vast, dark cavern.
• Chen Shouyi killed several Giant Sickle Worms with rapid, accurate arrows, astonishing Xiao Changming and Qin Liuyuan.
• Xiao Changming chose a tunnel with wind coming from it, and the group followed while a military martial artist marked their route.
• Chen Shouyi heard a swarm approaching and warned the group, prompting Xiao Changming to order everyone to stay alert.

Chen Shouyi and the others fought through a swarm of Giant Sickle Worms and Silver Scythe Worms in a cave, then retreated toward its exit as their strength dwindled. They emerged into a forest at dawn, where the worms stopped at the entrance and withdrew.

• Chen Shouyi and the Martial Artists killed waves of Giant Sickle Worms as they advanced through the passage.
• Chen Shouyi warned the group that more worms were approaching from both directions, and Xiao Changming and Qin Liuyuan organized a back-to-back defense.
• Chen Shouyi shot down two Silver Scythe Worms by targeting them as they leapt between the passage walls.
• Qin Liuyuan urged the group to retreat, and Chen Shouyi said the exit was near as he cleared the way with a rapid barrage of arrows.
• The group fought its way out of the cave into a forest, and the Giant Sickle Worms stopped at the entrance before withdrawing.

Chen Shouyi and the others took shelter in the cave as a storm revealed two gods fighting outside. After witnessing the terrifying battle, the group retreated deeper into the cave.

• Chen Shouyi struggled to use his Wind Control Ability and sensed that a powerful force was interfering with it.
• A bolt of lightning struck a distant mountain, and Chen Shouyi realized the roiling clouds were unnatural.
• A colossal creature fell from the sky and crashed into a valley as the clouds formed a giant figure.
• The wounded lion-like Giant Beast called Caballo challenged the cloud giant, and they began to fight.
• Xiao Changming recognized the combatants as gods, and Chen Shouyi led the group farther into the cave.

After the storm ended, Chen Shouyi and the others searched the crater where the Giant Beast had fallen and found fresh divine blood. Yu Hongyong touched it and suffered a horrific death, leaving the group to face the danger of the blood firsthand.

• The storm stopped, and Chen Shouyi and the others left the cave to inspect the fallen Giant Beast.
• The group found a drop of fresh divine blood clinging to the crater wall.
• Yu Hongyong touched the divine blood with his bare finger, and it began invading his body.
• Yu Hongyong's body melted as he fell into the still-hot lava, and Qin Liuyuan killed him with an arrow.
• Yu Hongyong's corpse melted away until only bone remained.

After finding and dividing a large pool of divine blood, Chen Shouyi and the expedition team rested before rushing back through the Giant Sickle Worm nest. His archery let the exhausted group fight through the cave at speed, and they neared the Space Channel.

• The expedition found a large pool of divine blood on the mountain summit, and Xiao Changming divided it among the team, awarding Chen Shouyi thirty percent of their share.
• Chen Shouyi collected about thirty milliliters of divine blood and blood-soaked earth, then asked Qin Liuyuan how the blood could be processed.
• The group encountered Giant Sickle Worms, rested for two hours, and killed more than a dozen on the way back to the cave.
• Xiao Changming urged the exhausted martial artists to move quickly through the nest and make sure everyone returned to Hedong City.
• Chen Shouyi shot down Giant Sickle Worms, including a silver one, as the group raced toward the nearby Space Channel.

Chen Shouyi escaped the other world with the warriors after a mysterious Giant Sickle Worm appeared, and the military bombarded the passage. As the survivors met Major General Sun, the badly wounded worm burst through the flames and charged toward them.

• Chen Shouyi held off the Giant Sickle Worms while the warriors climbed through the Space Channel, then narrowly escaped the mysterious worm’s mental shriek and returned to their world.
• Xiao Changming helped Chen Shouyi lead the group away as the military opened fire and artillery struck the creatures near the passage.
• Chen Shouyi and the others made it beyond the defensive line, where Xiao Changming introduced them to Major General Sun and Qin Liuyuan.
• Major General Sun praised Chen Shouyi and offered him a place in the military, but a cry of alarm interrupted before Chen Shouyi could reply.
• The wounded mysterious Giant Sickle Worm burst from the flames and raced toward the group, prompting Xiao Changming to warn Major General Sun to retreat.

Chen Shouyi returned from the battle with Giant Sickle Worm meat and brought home a golden foreleg. At home, he stopped Shell Girl from jumping into dangerous divine-blood soil and locked it away.

• Chen Shouyi severed a foreleg from the wounded golden Giant Sickle Worm to take home as food.
• General Sun restricted golden Giant Sickle Worm meat to Great Martial Artists, while the others collected Silver Scythe Worm remains.
• Chen Shouyi returned home with the foreleg, reassured his worried family, and ate before going to his bedroom.
• Shell Girl smelled the divine-blood soil and leapt toward it, but Chen Shouyi caught her before she could touch it.
• Chen Shouyi wrapped up the divine-blood soil and locked it in a suitcase in the upper wardrobe.

After reprimanding Shell Girl for recklessly eating something dangerous, Chen Shouyi reflected on his weakness after facing a god and spent Energy Accumulation to optimize his swordsmanship. He left to practice, and Shell Girl followed him outside for the first time, frightened by the towering buildings but reassured that he would protect her.

• Chen Shouyi offered Shell Girl honey water and practiced the Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms while she sulked and played flight chess.
• Chen Shouyi checked his Status Panel, considered the danger of the God War, and used his Energy Accumulation to optimize Swordsmanship.
• Chen Shouyi experienced the Book of Knowledge refining his sword forms and realized the optimized techniques could make him much more powerful.
• Chen Shouyi headed out to practice and told Shell Girl to stay inside, but she followed him through the window.
• Shell Girl mistook the tall buildings for nests full of bad giants, and Chen Shouyi promised to protect her.

Chen Shouyi practiced his newly optimized martial arts through the night, then returned home with Shell Girl. Meanwhile, officials questioned Bai Xiaoling about Chen Shouyi and promoted her to his full-time liaison officer after naming him Chief Advisor for Security.

• Chen Shouyi tested the Book of Knowledge's improvements to his martial arts, while Shell Girl watched the distant skyscrapers.
• Chen Shouyi and Shell Girl headed back to the residential complex, and he taught her to fear the soldiers by saying they ate Beiqi.
• Director Lin questioned Bai Xiaoling about her relationship with Chen Shouyi and his habits.
• Director Lin told Bai Xiaoling she would become Chen Shouyi's full-time liaison officer and be promoted to deputy section chief.
• Bai Xiaoling left the office realizing Chen Shouyi had apparently become a Great Martial Artist and Chief Advisor for Security.

Chen Shouyi recovered from his intense training, reassured Shell Girl, and told Chen Xingyue their family would receive a villa in a new safe zone. As he processed a giant creature’s foreleg, Bai Xiaoling revealed that he had become a Great Martial Artist, leaving Chen Xingyue stunned and discouraged.

• Chen Shouyi found Shell Girl watching the street, calmed her fears, and gave her honey before putting her in his briefcase.
• Chen Shouyi told Chen Xingyue their family would soon move into a villa in the safe zone, and she excitedly hugged and kissed him.
• Chen Shouyi cut open the golden foreleg and tasted its raw meat, while Chen Xingyue refused to try it because she feared parasites.
• Bai Xiaoling visited and told Chen Xingyue that Chen Shouyi was a Great Martial Artist, astonishing her.
• After Chen Shouyi finished extracting the meat, Chen Xingyue left to train, feeling crushed by the gap between them.

Chen Shouyi asked Bai Xiaoling’s cousin, environmental microbiologist Guan Miao, to make real divine blood nonlethal. Guan Miao agreed to begin plasma separation in the university lab, while Chen insisted on being present.

• Chen Shouyi and Bai Xiaoling found Guan Miao at her university and invited her to discuss a favor over lunch.
• Chen asked Guan Miao whether she could use her lab, then led her away from Bai Xiaoling to discuss real divine blood.
• Guan Miao explained that divine blood was lethal and described two ways to render it harmless.
• Chen revealed that he possessed fresh divine blood and ordered Guan Miao to start with plasma separation.
• Guan Miao said the experiment could begin at one thirty, and Chen insisted on being present in the lab.