Chapter Summaries

Zhang Ming mutated his Lightning Control by feeding it crystal powder, greatly increasing its power and precision at the cost of much of his lifespan. After testing the violet lightning and planning to wear down the flying birds, he was reunited with Stone Mama, whom he immediately teased about being dirty.

• Zhang Ming marinated the Monster Bird meat, preserved its six eyeballs in blood, and spent half a month cultivating his lightning with crystal powder.
• Zhang Ming’s Lightning Control mutated, raising its mental value cap and control while consuming forty years of his lifespan; he spent another 1,300 years to raise his mental stat.
• After eating the bird meat, Zhang Ming gained three attributes and discovered the Soul Pinning ability, but chose not to activate it.
• Zhang Ming tested his violet lightning, found it more precise and less dangerous to things he wanted to protect, and decided to wear down the flying birds rather than charge their base.
• Stone Mama returned to the ship, and Zhang Ming teased it about its smell before striking the sea with his Lightning Five-Strike Whip.

Zhang Ming boarded the freighter to investigate the source of its White Shadows and found a corpse identical to himself, which reflected his attacks and seemed to be connected to an invisible attacker. As he was bitten and injured, he realized the corpse was central to the fight but remained trapped in the deadly encounter.

• Zhang Ming finished killing the monsters drawn from the freighter and decided to board it because its White Shadows might be related to the living-dead disaster on Earth.
• Zhang Ming left Little White to guard the ship and rowed to the freighter with Stone Mama, while Little White climbed the mast to scout.
• Zhang Ming found a human corpse dressed and shaped exactly like himself, then tested it with violet lightning after his sixth sense warned him not to attack its head.
• Zhang Ming's attacks on the corpse were reflected onto his own body, and he found Stone Mama stuck to the corpse as he wondered whether he had left his body.
• An invisible creature bit Zhang Ming repeatedly, and he concluded that the corpse was the key to the battle.

Zhang Ming gambled that the body being attacked was an illusion, enduring its apparent destruction until he exposed and trapped the real invisible creature. After killing it and crushing its crystal, he emerged victorious with a new trophy he named the Soul Crystal.

• Zhang Ming weighed whether the damaged body was real or an illusion and decided to keep gambling rather than return to it.
• He used violet lightning to sever the body's limbs and destroy its eyes, suffering the same injuries through the apparent backlash.
• Zhang Ming struck the body's heart with lightning, broke the illusion, and saw Blue Light rushing toward him.
• Zhang Ming trapped Blue Light in a dense net of Violet Current and held it until the creature condensed into a deep-blue crystal.
• Zhang Ming crushed the crystal with an Ice Spear, confirmed the creature was dead, and named the crystal the Soul Crystal.

Zhang Ming searched the freighter after defeating a donkey-headed monster, recovering its crystal powder and blood while investigating how the possessed creatures had imitated human routines. He restored power and found five thousand electric cars in the cargo hold, then reached the surveillance room and got one computer running.

• Zhang Ming collected the deep-blue Soul Crystal’s powder, drained the donkey-headed monster’s blood, and asked Stone Mama to keep watch.
• Zhang Ming searched the ship’s rooms and found evidence that the monsters had copied human habits, leaving him worried they might have read their victims’ memories.
• Zhang Ming started a backup diesel generator by hand, restoring electricity throughout parts of the freighter.
• Zhang Ming discovered five thousand Niusla electric cars and related supplies in the cargo hold, though they were of little practical use to him.
• Zhang Ming found the surveillance room, failed to start one computer, and successfully powered on another.

Zhang Ming reviewed the freighter’s recordings and learned how the Donkey-Headed Monster created possessed duplicates and reproduced, raising fears that the disaster might threaten Earth. As he left the ship, he picked up a Corgi with a spatial ability, which promptly got into a fight with Stone Mama.

• Zhang Ming watched the surveillance footage and discovered that the Donkey-Headed Monster’s white shadows possessed people, creating living corpses that killed the freighter’s crew.
• Zhang Ming saw the Donkey-Headed Monster reproduce by budding and send its offspring away with human sailors and other monsters.
• Stone Mama explained that creatures able to find hidden worlds were called World Hunters, and Zhang Ming worried the monsters might have reached Earth.
• Zhang Ming decided to contact Earth as soon as possible, searched the freighter for communications equipment, then shut down its generator and left in his boat.
• A yellow-furred Corgi swam from the freighter to Zhang Ming’s boat, and he discovered it could vanish using a spatial ability.
• Stone Mama stuck to the Corgi’s backside, and the Corgi reappeared and bit at the stone as they began fighting.

Zhang Ming returned to the sailboat with Corgi and the Donkey-Headed Monster’s corpse, and the group ate after he butchered his prey. He discovered the monster had granted him the powerful Soul Split ability, but its risks led him to consider it mainly for its soul-regeneration power.

• Zhang Ming returned to the sailboat with Corgi, Stone Mama, and the Donkey-Headed Monster’s corpse, where Little White had prepared boiling water.
• Zhang Ming dissected the monster, noted the strange properties of its hide, and grilled its meat for the group.
• Zhang Ming fed Corgi ordinary bird meat because the dog was too weak to eat the Donkey-Headed Monster’s flesh.
• After eating, Zhang Ming gained five attribute points and discovered the unactivated Soul Split ability on his Attribute Panel.
• Zhang Ming read that Soul Split could regenerate and divide souls, but possession risked a fractured psyche and soul mutation, and he decided to value it as a soul-healing ability.

Zhang Ming discovered that splitting off a piece of his soul could cleanse a strange object of its mental backlash without removing its powers, making him realize he could create Legendary Masterpieces. He then searched the Memory Library for information about the Donkey-Headed Monster and found an ancient account linking soul-separation victims’ remains to an offering at the Summit of the World.

• Zhang Ming used Soul Split to leave his body, tested his soul’s abilities, and attached a fragment to a bone kitchen knife.
• Zhang Ming set rules for the new Corgi, assigning it chores and lookout duty aboard the boat.
• The soul fragment removed the knife’s malice while leaving its Diamond property intact, and Zhang Ming realized he could make Legendary Masterpieces by sacrificing part of his soul.
• Zhang Ming searched the Memory Library for information about the Donkey-Headed Monster but found none in the Flame-Horned People’s forging or monster texts.
• Zhang Ming found an ancient account describing a soul-separation plague and stating that soul ash could be offered at the Summit of the World.

Zhang Ming used the World Tree and the Source of the World to connect with Earth's Gaia Consciousness, survey the transformed planet, and summon prominent people to warn them that a World Hunter may have infiltrated Earth. He identified the suspected creature as a Soul Splitter and linked it to living-dead outbreaks.

• Zhang Ming studied the World Tree and used the Source of the World to activate Earth's consciousness connection.
• Zhang Ming surveyed Earth through Gaia's interface and saw how the planet had changed after eight years of disaster.
• Zhang Ming connected with more than twenty prominent people, including Old Wang, in Gaia's space.
• Zhang Ming warned the group that a World Hunter might have appeared on Earth and that a Soul Splitter could be behind the living-dead outbreaks.

Zhang Ming warned Earth’s leaders about powerful, mind-controlling Soul Splitters and urged them to investigate the living dead disasters and prepare for the threat. After answering questions in the Gaia Space, he ended the costly meeting and spoke privately with Wang Fumin.

• Zhang Ming described the Soul Splitters he had encountered overseas, explaining their possession, reproduction, strengths, and weaknesses.
• Zhang Ming warned that only people who had broken through the first human-limit threshold had a chance of surviving in the Demon God's Sea, and urged the leaders to investigate remote living dead disasters.
• Zhang Ming explained that killing Soul Splitters might strengthen the Gaia Consciousness, reminded the leaders that Earth had only several thousand units of Source of the World, and called for humanity to unite.
• Zhang Ming answered questions about mental defenses and breathing techniques, then ended the meeting when the costs of the Gaia Space became too great.
• Zhang Ming dismissed everyone except Wang Fumin, and the two old friends exchanged news about their lives.

Zhang Ming reunited with Wang Fumin, who shared his concerns about his daughter and his hopes of working with Qin Yiwei to unify Pangaea. The next day, Zhang Ming sailed to explore the freighter and tried to get it running, but its electronics and machinery had deteriorated.

• Wang Fumin told Zhang Ming he had no desire to remarry and hoped his daughter could live an ordinary life despite [Lone Star of Calamity].
• Wang Fumin introduced Qin Yiwei, whose mental attribute was nearing its bottleneck and who shared his belief that Pangaea should be unified.
• Zhang Ming and Wang Fumin ended their call after discussing future deliveries of electronics and agreeing to stay in touch.
• After sleeping for eight hours, Zhang Ming ate breakfast, named the dog Brother Hao, and sailed toward the freighter with the dog and Stone Mama.
• Zhang Ming started the freighter's diesel generator and explored its bridge, but the computers would not turn on and the ship's machinery showed extensive deterioration.

Zhang Ming salvaged equipment from a freighter and spent half a month outfitting his sailboat with electrical systems, then heard that a multinational coalition had destroyed the Living Dead Calamity’s island with nuclear bombs. The chapter left him weighing the news as the broadcast claimed the disaster had been contained before reaching the Pangaean mainland.

• Zhang Ming abandoned plans to operate the freighter and explored it with the Corgi, discovering the dog’s unstable Alternate Space ability.
• Zhang Ming collected electronics, communications gear, and a massive storage battery, then moved them to his sailboat and renovated it over half a month.
• Zhang Ming completed the electrical installation, powered on a light, and played offline games with Little White.
• Li Xianfeng announced that a multinational coalition had used twenty-two neutron bombs and twelve hydrogen bombs to destroy the Living Dead Calamity’s island.
• Zhang Ming stopped gaming to listen, then reflected on the nuclear attack and the possibility that innocents had been killed.

After humanity’s nuclear strike wiped out the Donkey-Headed Monsters on the island, Zhang Ming turned to Plants vs. Zombies while Little White became increasingly obsessed with watching him play. Little White left determined to resist the temptation, but soon returned to peek and began plotting to get stronger than Zhang Ming so it could take the computer.

• Li Xianfeng reported that the nuclear strike had killed the island’s monsters and that the Supernatural Anomaly Investigation Bureau would be established to handle supernatural threats.
• Zhang Ming dismissed the political announcements and started playing Plants vs. Zombies, captivating Little White.
• Little White’s gaming addiction worsened, but Zhang Ming and Stone Mama made it do homework and limited it to thirty minutes of games a day.
• Little White repeatedly returned to Zhang Ming’s room under the pretense of submitting homework or getting food, then secretly tried to watch the computer.
• Little White resolved to train until it was stronger than Zhang Ming and could take the computer for itself.

Zhang Ming left the freighter with his companions and began a new leg of his journey across the Demon God's Sea. After losing a week to games, he disciplined himself and returned to studying and training.

• Zhang Ming and his companions gathered supplies from the freighter, then sailed away and left the Giant Pelican to guard the ship.
• The Giant Pelican stayed behind, resolved to defend the freighter, and fought a ghoul-like monster that climbed aboard.
• Zhang Ming began a diary to track his plans, but spent a week playing games instead of working.
• Zhang Ming whipped himself with lightning to break his gaming habit, then shut off the computer and set limits on when he would play.
• Zhang Ming entered the Large Seashell to study the Flame-Horned People Forging Technique and research Strength Burst.

After two years drifting through the Demon God's Sea, Zhang Ming recorded the dangers he had survived, his growing attributes, and the state of Earth. In the twenty-seventh month, he spotted ordinary sea life and a seabed beneath the water, suggesting his boat had reached a mysterious region or a new continent.

• Zhang Ming recounted how he and his companions survived poisonous Gas Bombs, singing monsters, vast swarms of self-destructing fish, and a battle between two enormous sea beasts.
• Zhang Ming noted that he was thirty-four, had gained attributes rapidly, and had mastered Strength Burst to 100%, allowing it to remain an innate ability even when removed from a merge.
• Zhang Ming planned to merge the Stone-Skin Gland ability and recorded that Earth had stabilized after Pangaea formed, though its population had fallen and humanity still lacked political unity.
• Zhang Ming noticed the Demon God's Sea growing shallower and used Extraordinary Vision to see an azure seabed filled with ordinary marine life.
• Zhang Ming caught a golden fish that was not supernatural and realized his boat might have reached a new continent or mysterious region.

Zhang Ming and his companions encountered a friendly pod of orcas, and he won their affection by entertaining and feeding them. As Zhang Ming played in the sea, Little White fell asleep dreaming of becoming a great guardian turtle before strange cries woke it.

• Zhang Ming spotted land nearby and sent Little White to look for fellow turtles while he hoped to leave the ship after two years at sea.
• Brother Hao warned Zhang Ming as a pod of orcas chased Little White back to the sailboat, but the orcas showed curiosity rather than hostility.
• Zhang Ming, Brother Hao, Stone Mama, and Little White performed for the orcas, who eagerly gathered around them.
• Zhang Ming fed the orcas frozen monster meat for over two hours, then jumped into the sea to play with them while Brother Hao stayed aboard with Little White.
• Little White rested on Brother Hao's head, dreamed of growing into a Black Tortoise-like guardian, and woke when it heard strange cries.

Zhang Ming reunited with Big Sister Pelican, learned from the orcas that land lay along their route, and fought Pelican after she challenged him for control of the ship. The orcas headed off to rest, and Zhang Ming prepared to sail toward the land the next day.

• Little White woke to find Brother Hao facing off against Big Sister Pelican, who returned to her old spot on the deck and laid an egg.
• Zhang Ming asked the orcas whether there was land nearby, and the largest orca pointed out a direction along their route.
• Zhang Ming challenged Pelican to a fight for the largest territory aboard the ship, and she charged at him.
• Zhang Ming knocked Pelican unconscious with his Fishbone Spear and noted that she had grown stronger over the past two years.
• Zhang Ming returned Pelican’s unfertilized egg, then made dinner with Little White and Stone Mama as Radio’s broadcast began.

Zhang Ming crafted a Soul-Pinning Pistol and sailed toward the New Continent with help from a pod of orcas. After twenty days, the orcas turned back at the edge of dangerous waters, leaving Zhang Ming to continue alone toward a place where he could repair his boat and eventually return home.

• Zhang Ming listened to reports about Qin Yiwei’s appointment and studied strange-object theory to improve his crafting.
• Zhang Ming completed a Soul-Pinning Pistol that reproduced part of the Six-Eyed Monster Bird’s ability and gave a weak version to Little White.
• Zhang Ming sailed toward the New Continent with the orcas while Big Sister Pelican, Little White, and Brother Hao bickered aboard the boat.
• After about twenty days and two thousand kilometers, the orcas refused to enter unfamiliar, dangerous waters over the continental shelf.
• Zhang Ming said goodbye to the orcas and continued toward the New Continent alone, hoping to repair his boat and return to his homeland.

After a month of searching for the New Continent, Zhang Ming encountered a black-canopied boat in the fog and tried to learn whether it could lead him into a hidden world. The boat remained silent and empty, then its two dead softshell turtles began towing it away.

• Zhang Ming agreed with his companions to search for the New Continent for ten more days before leaving.
• On a foggy full-moon night, Zhang Ming sensed something approaching and spotted a black-canopied boat through the mist.
• Zhang Ming found that two dead softshell turtles were towing the boat and asked whether he could enter their world.
• Zhang Ming used lightning to search beneath the canopy and found the boat empty, then examined the turtles and saw strange glowing symbols on their shells.
• The dead softshell turtles suddenly moved and towed the black-canopied boat away.

Zhang Ming followed the Black-Awning Boat into a hidden world beneath a vast blood moon, which Stone Mama identified as a demon god. He reached the strange sea safely but remained unsure who had built the boat or where it was taking him.

• Zhang Ming failed to track the Black-Awning Boat into the hidden world, then spent two years studying the Soul Splitter's hide and made an Invisibility Cloak.
• Zhang Ming finished the cloak, made two Soul-Pinning Guns, and left Little White, Brother Hao, and the Giant Pelican aboard the sailboat while he boarded the Black-Awning Boat.
• Zhang Ming crossed a hazy boundary into a world beneath an enormous scarlet blood moon, and Stone Mama called the moon a demon god.
• Zhang Ming tested the moonlight from beneath the boat's awning and found that it did not affect Stone Mama or a leafy green he tossed outside.
• Zhang Ming asked Stone Mama about demon gods and their power, then wondered whether the Black-Awning Boat's creators were fighting the blood moon.

Zhang Ming reached a colossal tower built by an ancient civilization and found that a glowing crystal opened its entrance. He boarded a mysterious rail cart that carried him deeper inside.

• Zhang Ming saw the enormous tower beneath the red moon and suspected it was restraining the red moon demon god.
• Zhang Ming and Stone Mama discussed the vanished civilization and the Flame-Horned People as the Black-Awning Boat approached the tower.
• Zhang Ming studied the tower’s murals and crystals, naming its former inhabitants the Blue Crystal People.
• Zhang Ming touched a crystal, which opened a door into a dim passage.
• Zhang Ming stepped onto a rail cart, and it sped through the passage under an unknown power.