Chapter Summaries

Wang Teng absorbed Gongyang Yu’s attribute bubbles, gaining powerful Water Element talents, techniques, domains, and World Power. After Tianlan Xingwei summoned him to inspect the Cinder Ore weapons, Wang Teng reached the fortress’s lowest level and saw a strange mechanical structure shaped like an eye.

• Wang Teng absorbed Gongyang Yu’s Water Element Starry Sky Source Power, God-level Water Element Talent, and Vast Sea Saint Body, then fused the physique into his True Water Divine Body.
• Wang Teng gained the Immortal Level Vast Sea Saint Fist and Vast Sea Saint Sword, along with the Ninth Order Fusion Realm Vast Sea Domain.
• Wang Teng’s Domain of Water rose to the Seventh Order Fusion Realm, and he advanced his Water Origin and World Power to the seventh order.
• Yuan Gungun told Wang Teng that Tianlan Xingwei had arrived and wanted him to inspect the Light Universe’s Cinder Ore weapons.
• Wang Teng followed a Mechanical Puppet down to the fortress’s lowest level, where he found an enormous mechanical structure resembling an eye.

Wang Teng collected insights from the Mechanical Ember Eye, learning that it was an incomplete Saint-Level Seven-Tribulation weapon and mastering Mechanical Runes. Zeus Venerable summoned Wang Teng for a private conversation and revealed that every member of the Mechanical Race was an Intelligent Lifeform.

• Wang Teng absorbed Attribute Bubbles from the Mechanical Ember Eye, raising his incomplete Saint-Level Seven-Tribulation weapon insight and learning Mechanical Runes.
• Wang Teng joined Tianlan Xingwei, Su Cheng, Kandisi, Star Machine King, and the others, then identified the Mechanical Ember Eye as a Saint-Level Seven-Tribulation weapon.
• Zeus Venerable spoke from the surrounding space, sent the others away, and appeared to Wang Teng as a small mechanical sphere.
• Zeus Venerable revealed that he had detected the Intelligent Lifeform accompanying Wang Teng and asked about the origins of the Mechanical Race.
• Wang Teng said he thought the Mechanical Race had been born from mechanical bodies, and Zeus Venerable revealed that every member of the race was an Intelligent Lifeform.

Zeus Venerable explained that Intelligent Lifeforms faced the Immortal Shackles and that the Mechanical Race’s Heart of Evolution could help them break through. Wang Teng agreed to let Yuan Gungun join the Mechanical Race, and Zeus Venerable granted Wang Teng special authorization to use the Mechanical Ember Eye as war loomed.

• Zeus Venerable explained that Intelligent Lifeforms were bound by the Immortal Shackles, a barrier that prevented them from advancing to the Immortal Level.
• Zeus Venerable revealed that the Mechanical Race’s Heart of Evolution could break the shackles and offered Yuan Gungun a chance to obtain one by joining the race.
• Wang Teng agreed to let Yuan Gungun join the Mechanical Race, and Zeus Venerable arranged for Star Machine to prepare its identity.
• Zeus Venerable granted Wang Teng special authorization to use the Mechanical Ember Eye and gave Yuan Gungun access to its permissions.
• Star Machine King warned Wang Teng that war could begin at any time and that the Mechanical Ember Eye must not be lost.

Wang Teng inspected the Mechanical Ember Eye and discovered that three small components had been secretly replaced with inferior material. After checking with the Blood God Clone, he identified the culprit and contacted Star Machine King, leaving the explanation and investigation to follow.

• Wang Teng collected Attribute Bubbles around the Mechanical Ember Eye, raising his Mechanical Ember Eye and Mechanical Runes insights while examining its structure with his True Sight Eye.
• Tianlan Xingwei visited and learned that Wang Teng had received the authority he had sought, then left without disturbing him.
• Wang Teng found a component made with Wu Silver Sand instead of Wu Silver Stone and warned Yuan Gungun that the sabotage could destroy the weapon under Cinder Ore energy.
• Wang Teng discovered three swapped components in total and decided to confirm the culprit with the Blood God Clone before notifying the Mechanical Race.
• Wang Teng confirmed the culprit, contacted Star Machine King, and prompted his curiosity about what Wang Teng had discovered.

Wang Teng discovered that Darkness Breeds had tampered with the Mechanical Ember Eye and advised Star Machine King to secretly search for the infiltrator while keeping it unaware. As Wang Teng searched the Lanji Void Fortress, he found Heart of Evolution attributes inside a Mechanical Race member but lacked enough points to reach Entry Level.

• Wang Teng showed Star Machine King three replaced components in the Mechanical Ember Eye, and Star Machine King confirmed the sabotage.
• Wang Teng advised Star Machine King to use Mechanical Puppets to search without alerting the Mechanical Race, and to monitor the hidden Darkness Breed rather than capture it immediately.
• Star Machine King failed to find the infiltrator, so Wang Teng used Yuan Gungun's map to search the Lanji Void Fortress himself.
• Wang Teng inspected a Mechanical Race member fused with the third level's core and secretly collected Heart of Evolution attribute bubbles.
• Wang Teng checked his Attribute Panel and saw that his Heart of Evolution had reached 370/50000 at Entry Level.

Wang Teng searched the Lanji Void Fortress for the Darkness Breed disguised as a Mechanical Race member, collecting Heart of Evolution, Mechanical Rune, and Mechanical Puppet attributes along the way. After confirming the suspect had gone to the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line, Wang Teng set out aboard the upgraded Fire River spacecraft.

• Wang Teng searched the fortress floors, collected incomplete Heart of Evolution attributes, and advanced his Mechanical Rune mastery to Small Success.
• Wang Teng collected Mechanical Puppet attributes from a Mechanical Race member and learned that he could manufacture First Rank Mechanical Puppets.
• Wang Teng and Yuan Gungun finished searching the Lanji Void Fortress without finding the Darkness Breed, so Wang Teng asked Star Machine King whether any Mechanical Race members had left recently.
• Star Machine King confirmed that a Mechanical Race member had gone to the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line and gave Wang Teng a token to secure assistance there.
• Wang Teng and Yuan Gungun inspected the repaired Fire River spacecraft, found that the Mechanical Race had improved its performance, and departed for the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line.

Wang Teng reached the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line and collected many valuable Attribute Bubbles, gaining fifth-order Mechanical Puppet crafting knowledge and completing his Heart of Evolution attribute. After using Star Machine King's token to slip past the rune defenses, he entered the fortress in secret and located a trace of Darkness Power.

• Wang Teng and Yuan Gungun approached the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line and Wang Teng gathered Attribute Bubbles left behind by a devastating battle.
• Wang Teng mastered the fifth-order Mechanical Puppet crafting method and completed his Heart of Evolution attribute, while improving his Mechanical Runes, domains, and Source Laws.
• Wang Teng and Yuan Gungun surveyed the wreckage and recognized how brutally the Darkness Breed had attacked the defense line.
• Wang Teng spotted the Mechanical Runes covering the island and used Star Machine King's token to gain undetected access.
• Wang Teng concealed himself with Space Power and Shadow Force, searched the defense line with his True Sight Eye, and found the Darkness Breed's location.

Wang Teng infiltrated a restricted area in the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line and discovered Gu Qi, a Bone Spirit Race Darkness Breed disguised as a Mechanical Race member. After uncovering Gu Qi’s Heart of Evolution and its plan to seize control of the Mechanical Puppet army, Wang Teng followed it deeper into the facility.

• Wang Teng used Star Machine King’s token to enter the defense line’s restricted zone and found a vast storehouse of World Lord Level Mechanical Puppets.
• Wang Teng identified the disguised Gu Qi by seeing the Darkness Power and Demon Bone within its mechanical body.
• Wang Teng discovered that Gu Qi concealed a Heart of Evolution capable of hiding its Darkness Power and emitting poison and water powers.
• Wang Teng realized Gu Qi was tampering with eighteen central Mechanical Puppets and chose to remain hidden rather than alert it.
• Gu Qi finished marking the puppets and said it would use them to control the Mechanical Puppet army and attack the Light Universe.
• Wang Teng followed Gu Qi and discovered more fifth-order, World Lord Level Mechanical Puppets in the facility.

Wang Teng discovered that Gu Qi had marked the Mechanical Puppets so the Darkness Breed could control them, then secretly overlaid his own marks to prevent the plan from succeeding. He informed Star Machine King of the danger and admitted that he had altered the puppets, leaving Star Machine King astonished that Wang Teng had learned the Mechanical Runes.

• Gu Qi finished tampering with the fifth-tier Mechanical Puppets and returned to sleep, while Wang Teng left a clone to watch it.
• Wang Teng examined a Light Source Mechanical Puppet and discovered Gu Qi had imprinted a master-recognition mark on its chip to seize control of the Mechanical Puppets.
• Yuan Gungun explained that an Intelligent Lifeform above the Immortal Level could imprint techniques into weaker intelligences, and Wang Teng realized the mark might alert the enemy if he touched it.
• Wang Teng used Ancient Space Runes, Ancient Shadow Runes, and Mechanical Runes to conceal his own marks over Gu Qi's marks, then modified every affected Mechanical Puppet.
• Wang Teng decided to keep watching Gu Qi and told Yuan Gungun to contact Star Machine King about the threat to the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line.
• Wang Teng told Star Machine King that he had restored the Mechanical Puppets and revealed he had learned the Mechanical Runes, leaving Star Machine King doubtful and surprised.

Wang Teng persuaded Star Machine King to entrust him with the Mechanical Puppet army while he investigated Gu Qi’s sabotage of the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line and the Lanji Void Fortress. After Gu Qi revealed its tampering, Wang Teng used his abilities to subdue it.

• Wang Teng told Star Machine King he had reached the Proficiency Level in Mechanical Runes, and Star Machine King temporarily handed him control of the Mechanical Puppet army.
• Star Machine King ordered Wang Teng to watch Gu Qi and investigate whether it had tampered with the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line or the Lanji Void Fortress.
• Wang Teng used the Blood God Clone to lure Gu Qi beyond the defense line, then appeared disguised as Xue Jue and demanded information about its mission.
• Bound by the Soul Contract, Gu Qi admitted it had sabotaged the energy engines of both fortifications to help the Bone Spirit Race seize them.
• Wang Teng exploited Gu Qi’s weakened mental defenses, using Bewitchment, Bewitch Heart, and Sloth Intent to overcome its resistance.

Wang Teng defeated Gu Qi, enslaved it with his Bewitchment and Sloth powers, and learned more about the Bone Spirit Race’s plan against the Lanji Void Fortress. He let Gu Qi return to the Mechanical Race and decided to delay sharing the intelligence with Star Machine King until the final day before the attack.

• Wang Teng used Sloth Mist and Bewitchment to subdue Gu Qi, overpowering its attacks and implanting a Bewitchment Seed and the Blood God Curse.
• Wang Teng questioned Gu Qi and learned that the Bone Spirit Race planned to attack the Lanji Void Fortress for merit, while Demon Venerable Gu La had supplied its mechanical body and Heart of Evolution.
• Wang Teng examined Gu Qi’s Heart of Evolution and watched it leave its mechanical body before ordering it to return.
• Wang Teng chose not to alert Star Machine King immediately and planned to wait two days before sharing the intelligence, with three days remaining until the Darkness Breeds’ total attack.

Wang Teng joined the Mechanical Race’s forces and identified the planned Mechanical Light Python Grand Array. He warned Iron Wing Marquis and the Star Machine King that the Darkness Breed would attack the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line from the rear, leaving them to assess his intelligence and reconsider their deployment.

• Wang Teng explored the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line while the Star Machine King’s troops gathered in a hidden spacecraft nearby.
• Wang Teng arrived at the army’s underground base, where Iron Wing Marquis and Gongyang Yu greeted him.
• Wang Teng inferred that the Mechanical Race planned to arrange its forces into the Mechanical Light Python Grand Array and target the front of the defense line.
• Wang Teng warned Iron Wing Marquis that the Darkness Breed would attack from the rear, despite the Void Turbulence Belt blocking that approach.
• Iron Wing Marquis contacted the Star Machine King, who questioned Wang Teng about the source and reliability of his intelligence.

Wang Teng warned Star Machine King that the Darkness Breed planned to attack the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line from behind and proposed building a Void Burst Grand Array in the Void Turbulence Belt. After revealing that the Lanji Void Fortress and the defense line’s energy engines had been tampered with, Wang Teng began inscribing the array with Gongyang Yu’s help.

• Star Machine King asked Wang Teng how to counter the expected rear attack, and Wang Teng proposed the Void Burst Grand Array with a ninety-eight percent chance of success.
• Wang Teng privately told Star Machine King that the energy engines of the Lanji Void Fortress and Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line had been tampered with, prompting Star Machine King to end the call and investigate.
• Wang Teng gathered the array materials and headed for the Void Turbulence Belt, while Gongyang Yu followed him and agreed to collect meteorites.
• Wang Teng surveyed the vortices, began inscribing Ancient Space Runes for the Void Burst Grand Array, and received the meteorites Gongyang Yu sent over.

Wang Teng completed a Saint-level Void Burst Grand Array in the Void Turbulence Belt with help from Gongyang Yu and Space Crystals supplied by Iron Wing Marquis. He and Gongyang Yu stayed behind to guard it, and Wang Teng began Void Fishing with Shadow Force as bait.

• Wang Teng inscribed Ancient Space Runes on meteors and placed them in the Void Turbulence Belt while Gongyang Yu fetched more meteors.
• Wang Teng directed Gongyang Yu to create Void Turbulence Vortices at specific locations, then left Space Runes in them as array nodes.
• Iron Wing Marquis delivered high-quality Space Crystals, which Wang Teng inscribed with Space Runes and embedded in the array.
• Wang Teng finished the Void Burst Grand Array and told Gongyang Yu that its effects would become apparent when it activated the next day.
• Wang Teng and Gongyang Yu stayed to guard the array, and Wang Teng took out his Void Fishing Rod and used Shadow Force as bait.

Wang Teng and Gongyang Yu fished at the edge of the Void Turbulence Belt while the Darkness Breed prepared attacks against the Light Universe’s fortresses. The Blood God Clone learned that the Blood Race planned to use the Blood Ember Axe against the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line, while the Bone Spirit Race had prepared an Undead Bone Dragon to threaten Lanji Void Fortress.

• Gongyang Yu caught several Star Beasts, including Dragon Gall Blue Soul Pythons, while Wang Teng insisted his own cast would hook something valuable.
• Star Machine King repaired the energy engine at Lanji Void Fortress and worried that the coming Darkness Breed assault could endanger both the fortress and the surrounding territories.
• The Vampire Darkbreed geniuses were astonished when the Blood God Clone returned with Xue Luosha and Blood Emperor Lun, whose strength and devotion to him had increased.
• Xue Luosha teased You Feilia about the Blood God Clone helping her advance to the Advanced Demon Emperor Level.
• Bloodshed Demon Venerable ordered the Blood God Clone to take the Blood Ember Axe to the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line and revealed that the Bone Spirit Race had prepared an Undead Bone Dragon to threaten Lanji Void Fortress.
• The Blood God Clone accepted the order and secretly exchanged a glance with Blood Remnant Demon Venerable before the Demon Venerables departed.

The Blood God Clone warned Wang Teng that the Bone Spirit Race had prepared an Undead Bone Dragon, prompting him to alert Star Machine King about a possible Ember Ore Weapon attack. As the Darkness Breeds arrived at the Void Turbulence Belt, Wang Teng hooked a rat while fishing, leaving the battle about to begin.

• The Blood God Clone entrusted Xue Luosha and Xue Lanbo with commanding the fleet carrying the Blood Ember Axe, then relayed intelligence about the Undead Bone Dragon to Wang Teng.
• Wang Teng warned Star Machine King that the Darkness Breeds might use an Ember Ore Weapon against the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line, and offered his Fifth Order Space Crystal to power one Void Burst Grand Array attack.
• Star Machine King promised to send reinforcements by the sixth universe hour, while Wang Teng told Gongyang Yu that a fierce battle was likely.
• At the fourth universe hour, Darkness Power swept through the Void Turbulence Belt as the Darkness Breeds arrived.
• Wang Teng's fishing rod suddenly caught something, and he hauled a rat into the air as Gongyang Yu watched.

Wang Teng caught a rare Shadow Talent Star Beast just as the Darkness Breed launched a surprise attack on the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line. The Mechanical Race fleet helped repel the opening assault, while Gu Qi’s attempt to sabotage the defense line failed, leaving Wang Teng laughing at it.

• Wang Teng trapped a shrinking rat Star Beast in an Azure Flame cage, collected its Shadow Talent, and stored it away.
• Three Demon Venerable Level Darkness Breed, including Bloodshed Demon Venerable, arrived with an army and attacked the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line from behind.
• An ambush by Mechanical Race warships destroyed many Darkness Breed, and Iron Wing Marquis appeared and ordered the Light Universe forces to fight.
• The Darkness Breed deployed dark warships, but the defense line’s blue shield blocked their attacks.
• Gu Qi activated a Mechanical Race token and repeatedly ordered the defense line to explode, but nothing happened, prompting Wang Teng to laugh at it.

Wang Teng revealed that he had neutralized Gu Qi’s sabotage of the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line, exposing the Bone Spirit Race infiltrator and restoring control of the Mechanical Puppets. Three Demon Venerables put a bounty on Wang Teng, and he charged at the Advanced Demon Emperor Level attackers, sending them flying with one punch.

• Gu Qi released the Mechanical Puppets and ordered them to attack, but they remained motionless after Wang Teng had severed its control over them.
• Tie Zhe revealed that Gu Qi was a Bone Spirit Race Darkness Breed in disguise, and Wang Teng admitted that he had uncovered and countered Gu Qi’s sabotage.
• Wang Teng confronted Gu Qi, while Bloodshed Demon Venerable, Gu Hui, and Ursula recognized him and offered to help whoever captured him break through to the Demon Venerable Level.
• Several Advanced Demon Emperor Level Darkness Breeds charged Wang Teng to claim the bounty, and he activated multiple powerful physiques and divine treasures.
• Wang Teng met the attackers head-on and sent them flying with a single punch.

Wang Teng overwhelmed the Darkness Breeds with immense physical strength, killing several Advanced Demon Emperor Level opponents and leaving the surrounding armies and Demon Venerable Level beings stunned. The chapter ended with him beating a fifth-level Advanced Demon Emperor Level Magic Rock Race Darkness Breed to death with his fists.

• Wang Teng repelled several Advanced Demon Emperor Level Darkness Breeds with one punch each, then battered them until he killed them.
• A fifth-level Advanced Demon Emperor Level Magic Rock Race Darkness Breed attacked Wang Teng with a hammer, but Wang Teng struck it from behind with Brute Force Vajra Palm and sent it flying.
• The Magic Rock Race Darkness Breed activated its fourth-stage Magic Rock Saint Body and charged Wang Teng as a giant, but Wang Teng stopped its fists with his own.
• Wang Teng shattered the Magic Rock giant's arms and pummeled its body with dozens of punches.
• Wang Teng smashed the Magic Rock giant's head and killed it, shocking the Light Universe Warriors and Darkness Breeds.

Wang Teng faced Xue Ous, Gu Xu, and Helent as the Darkness Breeds tried to capture him, while Starfall Venerable arrived to defend the Iron Machine Fortress Defense Line and battled Bloodshed Demon Venerable. The wider fighting erupted across the battlefield, and the three Darkness Breeds attacked Wang Teng together, swallowing him in their strikes.

• Wang Teng dismissed his earlier fight as a warm-up, and Bloodshed Demon Venerable ordered Xue Ous to capture him alongside Gu Xu and Helent.
• Gongyang Yu attacked Bloodshed Demon Venerable but was overpowered until Starfall Venerable appeared and shattered the Demon Venerable's palm.
• Starfall Venerable took on Bloodshed Demon Venerable, while Gongyang Yu fought Gu Hui and Iron Wing Marquis fought Ursula.
• The battles spread across the battlefield as Wang Teng faced the three late-stage Advanced Demon Emperor Level Darkness Breeds alone.
• Gu Xu, Xue Ous, and Helent attacked Wang Teng together, and their attacks engulfed him.