Chapter Summaries

Wang Teng challenged Yue Qun, a top-100 student, and fought him to a standstill despite Yue Qun’s 3-Star War Soldier Level strength. Wang Teng realized the challenge was meant to help him absorb and apply what he had learned from Tantai Xuan, and the battle continued with Yue Qun growing more desperate.

• Wang Teng stepped into the arena to challenge Yue Qun, drawing disbelief from the crowd and attracting Zhuge Xiaoliang’s interest in placing more bets.
• Yue Qun grew angry when Wang Teng described the match as homework, and the referee started the battle.
• Yue Qun charged Wang Teng with powerful Earth Element attacks, but Wang Teng faced him head-on after testing Yue Qun’s presence.
• Wang Teng and Yue Qun traded a flurry of blows, leaving the spectators stunned as Yue Qun failed to gain the upper hand.
• Yue Qun realized Wang Teng’s Primal Force was only at 2-Star War Soldier Level, yet Wang Teng could match his 3-Star strength, and he became increasingly savage.
• Wang Teng understood that Tantai Xuan had set up the challenge so he could test and absorb her lessons through battle.

Wang Teng defeated Yue Qun by adapting Tantai Xuan’s lethal fighting style, then teamed up with Zhuge Xiaoliang to bet on his next top-hundred challenge. He challenged Fang Ming for the following day before training with Tantai Xuan, who quickly humbled him again.

• Wang Teng used Yue Qun as a sparring partner while copying Tantai Xuan’s attack methods, then defeated him by cutting through his Furious Lion Vajra Fist.
• Yue Qun admitted defeat and left the arena, while Wang Teng collected the Attribute Bubbles and gained the Furious Lion Vajra Fist.
• Zhuge Xiaoliang offered Wang Teng his 300-credit winnings, and the two agreed to split profits from betting on Wang Teng’s future challenges.
• Wang Teng told Zhuge Xiaoliang he would challenge Fang Ming, ranked ninety-ninth, the next day and claimed he was certain to win.
• Wang Teng visited Tantai Xuan for training, and she knocked him down after half an hour despite acknowledging his improvement.

After entering the school's top 100, Wang Teng challenged more ranked students, won repeatedly, and earned credits while improving his strength. During the National Day holiday, he returned home with Little Crow before preparing to join Lin Zhan and the others on a trip to another world.

• Wang Teng's place at the bottom of the top 100 rankings caused an uproar, and students crowded around him after he arrived on campus.
• Wang Teng challenged Fang Ming, ranked ninety-ninth, and defeated him in a crowded Training Field match.
• Wang Teng kept challenging top-100 students and winning, gaining credits and strengthening his reputation as a genius.
• When the National Day holiday began, Wang Teng brought Little Crow home so he could join Lin Zhan and the others on their trip to another world.
• Wang Teng told Wang Sheng Guo and Li Xiumei that Little Crow was a Star Beast, then let Dou Dou pet it.

Wang Teng welcomed Dou Dou into the Wang Family and discussed with Wang Sheng Guo how the family company could enter the warrior industry. The family planned to move cautiously while Wang Teng secured a permit and built enough strength to support their growth.

• Li Xiumei told Wang Teng that Dou Dou's relatives had tried to take her back, and Wang Teng offered to protect her from them.
• Wang Teng asked Dou Dou to become his real little sister, and she accepted, officially joining the Wang Family.
• Wang Sheng Guo asked whether the company could enter the warrior industry, and Wang Teng proposed selling pills, weapons, and rune equipment with help from his connections.
• Wang Teng cautioned Wang Sheng Guo to wait for a permit and expand gradually, since established powers controlled the lucrative markets and the Wang Family needed greater strength.

Wang Teng let Dou Dou name his crow cub Little White and prepared to take it to the other world. At the Martial Artist Hall, he learned that Duan Jinzhi had tried to join the War Tiger Martial Artists Team by replacing him, but Lin Zhan refused, and the team set out for the Space Rift with Wang Teng and Little White.

• Dou Dou named the black crow cub Little White, and it protested when Wang Teng accepted the name.
• Wang Teng arrived at the Martial Artist Hall and found Duan Jinzhi and his aide pressuring Lin Zhan to take Duan Jinzhi into the team instead of him.
• Lin Zhan refused to abandon Wang Teng, citing Vice-Director Fu's assignment, and Duan Jinzhi left angrily.
• Wang Teng joined Lin Zhan, Liu Yan, and Yan Jinming, who discussed the risk that Duan Jinzhi might hold a grudge.
• The team drove toward the Military Restricted Area, and Wang Teng let Little White out of his backpack and told the others it was a Star Beast cub.

Wang Teng and Lin Zhan’s team entered the other world, accepted a mission to clear out Gale Mantises near the Red Leaf Hills, and bought a Spirit Pet Contract for Little Crow. After forming the contract, Wang Teng discovered he could see through Little Crow’s eyes, an effect Lin Zhan had never heard of.

• On the way to the Space Rift, Lin Zhan and Liu Yan explained that valuable spirit pets were hard to obtain and told Wang Teng about the Spirit Pet Contract.
• After entering the other world, Wang Teng collected Space Attribute bubbles, and Lin Zhan’s team accepted a mission to help the dwarves clear out Gale Mantises in the Red Leaf Hills.
• Lin Zhan drove the group to Rune Treasure Pavilion, where Wang Teng bought a Spirit Pet Contract made by Grandmaster Lingxu for 130 million.
• Wang Teng used the contract to link himself with Little Crow and sensed its thoughts and emotions.
• Wang Teng discovered he could see through Little Crow’s eyes, but Lin Zhan said he knew of no contract effect beyond sensing a spirit pet’s feelings.

Wang Teng discovered that he could share Little Crow’s perspective and increase its attributes through the Attribute Panel before his team was ambushed on the road. After defeating the attackers, the team learned that the Yang City Yao Family Head had ordered them to kill teams returning from the Dark Mist Forest.

• Wang Teng confirmed he could exchange perspectives with Little Crow, found its Spirit Pet entry on the Attribute Panel, and added a Blank Attribute point to its Primal Force.
• Three Heavy Armor Vehicles ambushed Lin Zhan’s team, and Wang Teng and Liu Yan returned fire as Lin Zhan drove through the attack.
• Lin Zhan used the vehicle’s rune-enhanced speed to turn the enemy’s rocket fire against the two pursuing vehicles, then led the team in fighting the survivors.
• Wang Teng killed a 2-Star War Soldier Level attacker and captured another, who revealed that the Yang City Yao Family Head had ordered ambushes on teams returning from the Dark Mist Forest.
• The captive explained that the Yao Family Head sought revenge after his son was killed in the Dark Mist Forest, and Lin Zhan and the others realized they had encountered the actual murderers.

Wang Teng and Lin Zhan’s team learned that the powerful Yao Family had sent attackers after them, then killed the surviving assailants and continued toward Red Leaf Hills. The chapter ended as Wang Teng fired three Rune Bullets at a pack of Jackal Dog Star Beasts, but the lead beast dodged them.

• Wang Teng questioned a captured attacker and learned that the Yao Family Head was a 6-Star War Soldier Level Martial Artist backed by several powerful family members.
• Wang Teng left the captured man to Lin Zhan’s team, and Yan Jinming killed him while Lin Zhan killed the other prisoner.
• Lin Zhan’s team searched the bodies, collected Source Stones and Rune Weapons, and discussed the danger posed by the Yao Family.
• Wang Teng reassured the team, and Lin Zhan joked that they could retreat to Earth Star if necessary.
• Lin Zhan’s team continued toward Red Leaf Hills and fought a pack of 2-Star Jackal Dog Star Beasts.
• Wang Teng fired three Rune Bullets at the lead Jackal Dog, which dodged them with its speed and agility.

Wang Teng and his team defeated a Jackal Dog pack, and Liu Yan recognized that he had mastered Gun Kata. They reached the Red Leaf Hills, met the Red Leaf Tribe’s dwarf chief Ohm, and prepared to hunt the Gale Mantises with help from the tribe’s warriors.

• Wang Teng killed the Jackal Dog leader with Gun Kata, and the remaining dogs fled or were dealt with.
• Liu Yan asked Wang Teng about Gun Kata, and he explained how he had learned it without revealing his attribute collection.
• Lin Zhan led the team to the Red Leaf Hills, where Niya checked their mission scroll and guided them to the tribe’s chief.
• Ohm welcomed the martial warriors and offered to send dwarf warriors who had already fought the Gale Mantises to assist them.

Wang Teng joined Lin Zhan and the others in investigating the Gale Mantis infestation threatening the Red Leaf Dwarf Tribe. After Wang Teng spotted hidden Gale Mantises, the warriors launched an attack, and the chapter ended as Lin Zhan swung his axe against a mantis’s descending sickle arm.

• Wang Teng fed Little Crow while waiting for the dwarf warriors, and Niya explained that only a few 2-Star War Soldier Level fighters could join the hunt.
• Wak questioned Wang Teng’s strength and insulted him, but Niya defended her guests and led the group toward the overrun farmland.
• Niya warned the warriors about the Gale Mantises and their 3-star king as they approached the field.
• Wang Teng used his Spirit Vision Eye to locate several camouflaged Gale Mantises, then Lin Zhan ordered the team to attack.
• The Gale Mantises rose from the grass and slashed at the warriors, and Lin Zhan raised his battle axe against the first attack.

Wang Teng joined Lin Zhan’s team in fighting the Gale Mantises and saved Niya from the Gale Mantis King. After collecting the king’s drops, he advanced his Wind Source Power to 2-Star and gained the Wind Concealment skill; the team then prepared to return.

• Lin Zhan, Yan Jinming, Yan Jinyue, and the dwarves fought the Gale Mantises while Liu Yan protected the group and Wang Teng searched for their king.
• The Gale Mantis King ambushed Niya, but Wang Teng killed it with one sword strike and saved her.
• Liu Yan shot another Gale Mantis before it could attack Niya and Wak, and the dwarves thanked Wang Teng for rescuing Niya.
• Wang Teng collected the Gale Mantis King’s drops, advancing his Wind Source Power to 2-Star and gaining the Wind Concealment battle skill.
• Lin Zhan called for everyone to gather the Gale Mantis corpses before returning, and Wak apologized to Wang Teng for his earlier rudeness.

After Wang Teng killed the Gale Mantis King, Lin Zhan’s team recognized how much his strength had surpassed theirs, and Lin Zhan privately suspected Wang Teng would eventually leave them. The team returned the cleared farmland to the Dwarves and accepted Chief Ohm’s invitation to a bonfire feast.

• Yan Jinyue, Lin Zhan, Liu Yan, and Yan Jinming praised Wang Teng’s strength and discussed hunting 4-Star Star Beasts with him on the team.
• Lin Zhan gathered the Gale Mantis corpses while Wang Teng collected attribute bubbles, gaining 76 Blank Attributes and 84 Wind Source Power.
• Wang Teng and the others helped transport the Gale Mantis corpses to the Dwarves’ settlement, where Chief Ohm celebrated the threat to the farmland being eliminated.
• Chief Ohm thanked the martial artists and invited them to stay for a bonfire feast, and Lin Zhan accepted after the others teased him about wanting the wine.

Wang Teng learned the Dwarf Race’s forging art during a tour of their mountain workshops, then joined a feast with Lin Zhan and the others. The celebration was interrupted by a bandit attack, and Wang Teng fought back, knocking down a 3-Star War Soldier Level bandit with his golden brick.

• Niya led Wang Teng and the others through the Dwarf Race’s forging chambers, where Wang Teng collected enough Forging Art attributes to reach great success.
• That night, the group enjoyed the dwarves’ food, wine, and music at a bonfire party.
• A warning drum sounded, and Niya and Chief Ohm announced that bandits were attacking the settlement.
• Lin Zhan, Wang Teng, and the others joined the dwarves in fighting the bandits, killing several attackers.
• Wang Teng dodged a 3-Star War Soldier Level bandit’s blade and struck him from behind with a golden brick.

Wang Teng and Lin Zhan’s team agreed to help the Red Leaf Dwarf Tribe eliminate the Black Wind Bandits, and devised a sneak attack after learning the enemy’s strength. Wang Teng slipped into Black Wind Stronghold and poisoned the bandits’ wine with Bewitching Soul Grass, while another unknown group also waited in ambush.

• Wang Teng knocked a brown-haired bandit unconscious and collected attribute bubbles as the fighting ended, though several dwarves had died.
• Niya and Wak interrogated the prisoner and learned that thirty or forty Black Wind Bandits remained nearby, led by a 4-Star War Soldier Level martial artist.
• Wang Teng said he could handle a 4-Star opponent, and Lin Zhan’s team agreed to help the dwarves with a sneak attack while reserving the right to retreat if necessary.
• Lin Zhan’s team and the dwarves traveled to the bandits’ mountain camp with the bound prisoner and forced him to lead them there.
• Wang Teng used Wind Concealment and Darkness Source Power to infiltrate Black Wind Stronghold, crush Bewitching Soul Grass into the bandits’ wine, and return safely to his team.
• Wang Teng and his companions waited for the drug to take effect, unaware that another group was also lying in ambush.

Wang Teng, Lin Zhan, Niya, and the Red Leaf Dwarves infiltrated the Black Wind Bandits’ camp after Bewitching Soul Grass knocked most of the bandits unconscious. Two 3-Star War Soldier Level bandits launched surprise attacks, exposing the raid and forcing the group into battle, which continued as a powerful black shadow burst from a house.

• Niya killed the two sentries at the camp entrance, then led Wang Teng and the others inside, where they found the bandits unconscious.
• Niya and the others began killing the unconscious bandits, while Wang Teng warned them to stay alert for a trap.
• A 3-Star War Soldier Level bandit sprang up and stabbed Lin Zhan, who killed him with a furious axe strike.
• Another bandit attacked Yan Jinyue, but Wang Teng pulled her away and killed the attacker with one punch before the man shouted an alarm.
• The remaining bandits rushed out, and Lin Zhan ordered everyone to attack as Wang Teng helped Niya and the dwarves fight them.
• A black shadow burst through the door of a house in the middle of the camp with an imposing aura.

Lin Zhan’s squad defeated the Black Wind Bandits Leader after Wang Teng struck him with the Fire Scale Sword Art. As the exhausted squad prepared to rest, a Red Tiger Legion officer arrived with Yao Jun and announced that the squad had been requisitioned.

• The Black Wind Bandits Leader overwhelmed Lin Zhan at first, while Wang Teng and the others eliminated the remaining bandits.
• Niya and Wang Teng challenged the leader, who revealed that he was a Peak 4-Star War Soldier and charged the group.
• The leader injured the dwarves and forced Yan Jinming and his sister back, but Lin Zhan and Wang Teng created an opening for Wang Teng’s sword strike.
• Wang Teng’s Fire Scale Sword Art engulfed the leader in flames, and the squad finished him off with a coordinated assault.
• Yao Jun arrived with Chong Liang and a group from the Military Department, whose officer announced that Lin Zhan’s squad had been requisitioned.

The Military Department attempted to conscript Lin Zhan and his team without disclosing the reason, and Wang Teng revealed his Sergeant Rank to make them reconsider their hostile approach. Liu Huaixing verified Wang Teng’s certificate, lowered his soldiers’ guns, and apologized, while Yao Jun was left shocked and humiliated.

• Lin Zhan demanded to know why the Military Department was conscripting his team, but Liu Huaixing refused to disclose the classified reason and ordered them to cooperate.
• Liu Huaixing’s soldiers aimed their guns at Lin Zhan and the others as Yao Jun and Chong Liang watched with satisfaction.
• Wang Teng handed Liu Huaixing his Martial Artist Certificate and asked him to reconsider keeping the guns pointed at them.
• Liu Huaixing discovered Wang Teng had obtained a Sergeant Rank, surprising Yao Jun, Lin Zhan, Liu Yan, and the soldiers.
• Liu Huaixing confirmed the certificate was genuine, ordered his soldiers to lower their guns, and apologized to Wang Teng.

Wang Teng and his companions agreed to help Liu Huaixing investigate a cave containing a group of Darkness Breeds, while learning that higher-level ones could think and command human traitors. As the group reached the cave entrance, Wang Teng suspected Liu Huaixing had made a secret deal with Yao Jun, and the others prepared to stay on guard.

• Liu Huaixing told Wang Teng and the others that Black Wind Bandits had been covering for a group of Darkness Breeds hiding in a cave, including possibly intelligent High-level Darkness Breeds.
• Wang Teng agreed to cooperate, collected the Black Wind Bandits' Attribute Bubbles, and told Niya to return to her tribe while the group went on the mission.
• Wang Teng warned Lin Zhan, Liu Yan, and the others that Darkness Breeds could blend into darkness and were difficult to detect.
• Yao Jun secretly reminded Liu Huaixing of their agreement, and Liu Huaixing reluctantly agreed to proceed with their original plan.
• Wang Teng and Lin Zhan suspected Yao Jun and Liu Huaixing were plotting something, then Liu Huaixing led the group to the cave entrance and ordered everyone to prepare to enter.

Wang Teng and Liu Huaixing’s group entered a cave searching for Darkness Breeds and encountered several darkness-corrupted giant rats. When the group reached a fork, Liu Huaixing proposed splitting up, but Lin Zhan objected because it would put everyone at greater risk.

• Yao Jun urged Liu Huaixing to enter the cave, and Liu Huaixing led the group inside after his soldiers checked the entrance.
• The group explored the dark, foul-smelling cave as Liu Huaixing warned them that its creatures might have suffered darkness corruption.
• A giant rat attacked Yao Jun, who killed it and dismissed the danger; Wang Teng collected Darkness Source Power and Spirit from its drops.
• The group killed two more giant rats, and Wang Teng’s Darkness Source Power rose to 26 while his Spirit increased by 18 points.
• At a fork in the cave, Liu Huaixing suggested splitting up, but Lin Zhan warned that separating would increase the danger and casualties.

Wang Teng discovered that Liu Huaixing and Yao Jun planned to sacrifice Lin Zhan’s team to weaken a High-level Darkness Breed. He returned to warn the team, and they agreed to follow Wang Teng’s plan to turn the scheme against them.

• Liu Huaixing divided the teams among three tunnels, sending Lin Zhan’s team down the left path despite Lin Zhan’s objections.
• Wang Teng secretly followed Liu Huaixing and Yao Jun, recorded their conversation, and learned they intended to use Lin Zhan’s team to weaken a High-level Darkness Breed before killing it themselves.
• Wang Teng returned to Lin Zhan’s team and revealed the plot, angering Lin Zhan, Liu Yan, Yan Jinming, and Yan Jinyue.
• Wang Teng proposed a plan to deceive their enemies, and the team agreed after he claimed his stealth method came from his Big Shot teacher.