Vol. 1The Island’s New Path

Zhang Ming survived the island’s monsters, explored the Flame-Horned ruins, and found a way to overcome his human limits as Earth’s disasters worsened. After a world-shaking flood, he rallied the turtles to train, planned to build a ship, and continued studying the island’s history while awaiting news of rescue.

  • Zhang Ming survived alone on the island, grew stronger by hunting giant crabs, and discovered his Strength Burst ability.
  • Li Xianfeng and disaster officials monitored the Mysterious Zones as Zhang Ming’s radio was destroyed and the giant sea turtles began following him.
  • Zhang Ming explored ancient ruins, gained new abilities, and prepared to hunt the Golden Electric Eel in the Red Mangrove Forest.
  • Li Xianfeng’s team learned that Earth lay within a vast parallel world and planned research bases, rescue operations, and floating platforms.
  • Zhang Ming studied the Flame-Horned People’s breathing techniques and received a message from Wang Fumin while struggling to raise his Physique past 200.
  • As disasters and mutations spread, Zhang Ming decided to teach humanity the Human Breathing Technique through a mirage.
  • Zhang Ming helped Stone Mama confront the island’s central monsters, survived the resulting flood, and found the island’s monsters dead with Stone Mama unresponsive.
  • Zhang Ming rallied the surviving turtles to train, received letters confirming his family was safe, and studied the Flame-Horned records as he planned to build a ship.
Chapters 1–104 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Stranded Survivor

Zhang Ming survived alone on an island in a Mysterious Zone, using his attribute panel and the remains of a crashed plane to hunt giant crabs and endure the dangers around him. As Earth followed his progress and disasters worsened, he remained isolated and hoped for rescue while officials monitored the other zones.

  • Zhang Ming woke beside the wreckage of Flight DS898, learned from a radio operator that global disasters had halted travel, and discovered a status panel listing his attributes.
  • Li Xianfeng and disaster officials saw mirages revealing sixteen Mysterious Zones, including Zhang Ming’s island, as people around the world watched and speculated about the disasters.
  • Zhang Ming shifted points from Lifespan into other attributes, searched the wreckage for supplies, and began building a shelter as food and water grew scarce.
  • A huge black creature tore through the wreckage and destroyed Zhang Ming’s radio, leaving him cut off from humanity and determined to become strong enough to kill it.
  • Zhang Ming salvaged food, a tent, and a solar radio, built a shelter and dew collectors, and learned from broadcasts that Mysterious Zones contained monsters and superpowered survivors.
  • Zhang Ming fought a giant crab with a metal pipe, secured a crab leg, and cooked it, and eating the meat raised his attributes and led him to discover the Strength Burst ability.
  • After Zhang Ming frightened off a giant sea turtle, he prepared a coconut trap and killed a giant crab, then ate its meat while listening to reports of worsening disasters and mass shelter plans.
  • Zhang Ming fed crab scraps to sea turtles and watched them follow him to the shore, while Li Xianfeng judged his situation stable and ordered continued monitoring of Zones No. 6 and No. 15.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2Into the Red Mangroves

As disasters spread across the world, Zhang Ming grew stronger on the island, uncovered traces of an ancient civilization, and prepared to hunt the Golden Electric Eel. Li Xianfeng’s team learned that Earth lay within a vast parallel world and began planning expeditions and rescue efforts, while Zhang Ming entered the mangroves on his own.

  • Li Xianfeng and Wang Yuheng arranged to send Zhang Ming food information, while a global earthquake and eerie laughter brought worsening disasters and mass mobilization.
  • Zhang Ming trained, fortified his camp, and grew stronger by eating crabs and turtle barnacles as he searched the island for food and clues about its monsters.
  • Li Xianfeng’s team launched a satellite survey from a tethered warship, but the rocket failed to escape the atmosphere and the satellite revealed only a silent ocean.
  • Zhang Ming discovered ancient ruins and a blood-marked tower, escaped fungal whispers, and used plants, chilies, and barnacles to gain new abilities and build a bond with the turtles.
  • Zhang Ming gained Toxin Resistance and Extraordinary Vision, endured harmful mushrooms, and gathered bird eggs while Li Xianfeng concealed his ability to reincarnate with his memories.
  • Academician Ge reported that the Mysterious Zones connected Earth to a vast parallel world, and Li Xianfeng’s team began planning research bases, rescue operations, and floating platforms.
  • Zhang Ming built a Faraday Cage to face the Golden Electric Eel and, despite the turtles’ protests, carried it and his weapons into the Red Mangrove Forest.
Chapters 26–5125 summaries Read

Arc 3A Path for Humanity

Zhang Ming explored the Flame-Horned ruins and adapted their cultivation knowledge as Earth faced growing supernatural threats and widening inequality. After receiving Wang Fumin’s message, Zhang Ming uncovered a possible way to break his bottleneck and prepared to teach the Human Breathing Technique through the mirages.

  • Zhang Ming killed the Golden Electric Eel, traded its head to the sea turtles, and explored the ruins of the Flame-Horned People with their help.
  • Zhang Ming found that his attributes stalled at 200 and studied the Flame-Horned records, using Stone Mama to uncover their breathing techniques and history.
  • As Earth’s wars and supernatural disasters worsened, Li Xianfeng warned that Gaia’s protection was weakening and that humanity urgently needed cultivation.
  • Zhang Ming received Wang Fumin’s letter, replied with dried crab meat, and asked him to check on his parents.
  • Wang Fumin received Zhang Ming’s reply and, with Lu Tuyu, planned to send him crop seeds while concealing his own newly awakened ability.
  • Zhang Ming learned that combining innate talent with breathing techniques could break the human limit, but he still struggled to raise his Physique beyond 200.
  • After Li Xianfeng reported rising mutations, crime, and fading mirages, Zhang Ming decided to teach everyone the Human Breathing Technique through a mirage.
Chapters 52–7825 summaries Read

Arc 4The Turtles’ Survival

Zhang Ming helped Stone Mama confront the island’s ancient catastrophe, survived the flooding, and rallied the sea turtles to become stronger on their own. As he prepared to build a ship and received news from his family, he studied the Flame-Horned People’s records and considered the nature of fate and identity.

  • Zhang Ming uncovered the Flame-Horned People’s history of betrayal and panic, then agreed to help Stone Mama confront the island’s central monsters.
  • Zhang Ming broke through his Human Limits and lured the white-fuzz monster toward shore while the turtles fought to hold it back.
  • Zhang Ming reached the ancient hall, where Stone Mama used Black Tortoise’s power to trigger the world’s retaliation, forcing Zhang Ming and the turtles to flee the flooding continent.
  • Zhang Ming survived the flood in a giant seashell, then emerged to find the island’s monsters dead and Stone Mama unresponsive.
  • Zhang Ming rallied the surviving turtles to train for their own survival, studied the Flame-Horned records, and began planning to build a ship.
  • Zhang Ming received letters from Wang Fumin, Lu Tuyu, and his sister, who told him his family was safe and urged him to wait for rescue.
  • Zhang Ming investigated Wang Fumin’s question about [Lone Star of Calamity] and studied how strange objects and their supernatural properties could be altered.
  • Zhang Ming studied the Great Sage’s teachings about unity and the Pioneers who had driven the Flame-Horned People’s progress.
Chapters 79–10425 summaries Read
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