[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete":3,"chapter-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-47":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting from the Apocalypse, I Alone Severed Eternity",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2312429,4518,"Chapter 47","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-47",47,"\u003Cp>Another world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancient trees towered, vegetation lush and thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The climate was hot and humid; after a few steps, moisture clung to the tip of the nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a towering tree, vines coiled like countless giant snakes, twisting into bizarre shapes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Firewing Bird burst through the canopy, soaring over the vines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It descended into the dim forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned its head curiously, as if searching for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish! Swish! Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, another dozen Firewing Birds appeared beside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire forest was lit bright red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A silver glow flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before all the Firewing Birds, a silver disc slowly unfolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its surface rippled like water, faint ripples brushing with the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first Firewing Bird’s eyes brightened; it let out an excited cry and rushed in without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Firewing Birds refused to be outdone, scrambling to squeeze inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some even fought over who got to go first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They pecked and bit each other, clawed at one another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some even spat flames to burn their rivals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though all were fire-type creatures with full fire resistance, no serious injuries were inflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But charred trails remained on the forest floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it not been for the rainforest’s dampness and the trees’ resistance to burning under primal energy’s nourishment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a cold, dry forest, a massive fire would have broken out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After fighting for a while, the Firewing Birds suddenly realized:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones that hadn’t joined the fight had already slipped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They let out furious screeches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their desire to fight vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all stopped, crowding toward the spatial passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue Star, at the spatial passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi casually pulled out a Firewing Bird, then slashed its head off as it stared in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group gathered around watching had long grown numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, when the spatial passage first appeared,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi had stood by, waiting for Firewing Birds to emerge, then immediately beheading them with a single sword strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually, Fang Shi found it too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply reached in himself, dragging Firewing Birds out of the passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, he moved faster and prevented their corpses from falling into the other world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a perfect solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? This one’s injured?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi remarked, eyeing the Firewing Bird’s missing head feathers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whatever. Doesn’t matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another slash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He killed four more injured Firewing Birds, then no new ones appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi stood beside the spatial passage, thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhaowen Army, you all go hide in the nearby building.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m going to take a look in the other world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhaowen Army’s heart jumped; he hurriedly said, “Master, no! These monsters can fly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you go over, you might be attacked mid-air—it’s too dangerous!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi smiled faintly: “No, the spatial passage’s position is relative. If it’s on the surface here on Blue Star, it must be on the surface there too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhaowen Army said nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi was always mysterious, possessing knowledge unknown to ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he said it wouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi first plunged his longsword deep into the spatial passage, swinging it several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving ripples across the silver disc-like passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the downside of spatial passages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without crossing, you couldn’t see what lay on the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi feared Firewing Birds might be watching and waiting to strike first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d enter only after confirming no obstruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his rebirth, humanity\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had naturally explored spatial passages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As one of the sources of the apocalypse, humanity had to investigate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result? That single expedition revealed the other world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other world was similar to, yet different from, Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar in that a day still lasted twenty-four hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Day and night divisions were identical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even time zones didn’t exist—all regions rose and set with the same sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one sun and one moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gravity, air, soil, water sources—all were nearly identical to Blue Star’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With proper development, it could become humanity’s second habitable planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately, this was hard to achieve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other world was rich in primal energy, allowing supernatural creatures to freely unleash their abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the Firewing Bird could spew flames without preparation—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just open its mouth, and fire rolled forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This greatly enhanced the Firewing Bird’s power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The threat level to humans rose another notch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Firewing Birds were nothing special in the other world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This land was a paradise for monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All kinds of powerful creatures dwelled there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some could kill legendary beings with a wave of their hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even entities capable of battling deities existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, the world could nurture such powerful beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other world’s area was equally vast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even two spatial passages on Blue Star that seemed close\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Might be separated by tens of thousands of miles in the other world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful being once ran an experiment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten squads entered different spatial passages simultaneously and tried to communicate via magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After traveling thousands of miles, only two squads actually met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest received no signals; after exploring their surroundings, they turned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, they endured countless hardships, and all ten squads suffered heavy losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, exploring the other world remained a high-risk operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To go, one must first possess the strength to defeat the passage monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What are passage monsters?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ancheng, the passage monsters were Firewing Birds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Firewing Birds could pass through the spatial passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All other creatures couldn’t even perceive the passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To them, it was as if nothing were there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, creatures like Firewing Birds were called Gatekeeper Monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there were no such restrictions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early days of the apocalypse, if a strange creature had simply appeared, humanity would have already lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, before the second wave of the apocalypse, the spatial portals to human settlements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were utterly incapable of crossing over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the one sliver of hope the apocalypse granted humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some once speculated that the apocalypse had this mechanism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even granting humans attribute panels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All were merely breeding poison insects, sifting out a supreme champion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As to why, various theories emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, Master Lonely said there was an invincible expert who was too bored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he wanted to cultivate a supreme champion to fight him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps it was simply a bored high-level civilization’s trivial game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as humans use white mice for experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A high-level civilization uses humans for experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also theories like World Invasion Awakening, Primordial Force Revival, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi rarely pondered these matters—his strength was insufficient; thinking about them was meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he needed to consider now was the dangers he might face upon entering the other world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his rebirth, Fang Shi’s cultivation progressed too slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was far behind humanity’s first tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much so that he couldn’t defeat the gatekeeper monster, and thus never got the chance to enter the other world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t because the gatekeeper monster was guarding the door—it was a measure of strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like now, a spatial portal sits before a Level 1 cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would a Level 1 cultivator dare enter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the portal isn’t guarded by Firewing Birds, what lies beyond?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might just end up directly in the Firewing Bird’s nest, reduced to ashes instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now, with his strength greatly enhanced,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does Fang Shi no longer fear the Firewing Birds, and thus dare to explore the other world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Other world, don’t let me down.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1229,"2026-06-20T12:43:33.559Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bd6b471636c6049d6136f253d6609dda1984253eafdfd89a4ae715699ca499be","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-48","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-46",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-cover.jpg"]