Chapter Summaries

Wang Teng revealed that Liu Xinghui had plotted against him and that President Golin had accepted him as a disciple, then beat Liu Xinghui unconscious with a golden brick. After Wan Feiyu fled, Wang Teng asked Su Lingxuan about the families he had offended as they returned to the Rune Guild.

• Su Lingxuan told Wan Feiyu that Wang Teng had passed the Intermediate Rune Master assessment and become President Golin's disciple.
• Liu Xinghui admitted plotting against Wang Teng and blamed Wan Feiyu for bringing trouble upon himself.
• Wang Teng beat Liu Xinghui with a golden brick until he collapsed, then absorbed the Spirit and Comprehension Attributes Liu Xinghui dropped.
• Wang Teng ordered Wan Feiyu and his companions to leave, and they hurried away without helping Liu Xinghui.
• Wang Teng and Su Lingxuan headed back to the Rune Guild, where Su Lingxuan began explaining the Wan and Liu families.

Wang Teng moved into the Rune Guild and followed Golin to the Eternal Night Mountain Range to train as a Spiritual Mind Master. After learning how techniques drew on Primal Force, he faced several wolf-type Star Beasts using Mental Power alone.

• Su Lingxuan warned Wang Teng about gifted members of the Liu and Wan Families who might seek trouble, but Wang Teng was unconcerned.
• Golin invited Wang Teng to live at the Rune Guild, and Su Lingxuan helped him prepare a cabin.
• Golin summoned Wang Teng at midnight and flew with him to the Eternal Night Mountain Range for Spiritual Mind Master training.
• Golin taught Wang Teng how Spiritual Mind Masters used Mental Power and techniques to draw on Primal Force.
• Wang Teng used the Fire Arrow Technique for the first time, swiftly forming more than a dozen arrows as several wolf-type Star Beasts charged him.

Wang Teng trained with Golin, using his new Spiritual Mind Master spells to kill several Star Beasts before returning to Yang City. After sleeping through the morning, he let Su Lingxuan trick him into treating her to breakfast in exchange for introductions to beautiful women.

• Wang Teng used Fire Source Power and Flame Arrows to kill several wolf-type Star Beasts, and Golin advised him to control the arrows' trajectories with Mental Power.
• Wang Teng collected the Star Beasts' dropped attributes and stored their corpses in his Space Ring before continuing the hunt with Golin.
• Wang Teng and Golin returned to Yang City before dawn, and Wang Teng went to sleep after mastering several spells.
• Su Lingxuan woke Wang Teng and claimed she had prepared breakfast, then revealed she planned to take him to a nearby restaurant instead.
• Su Lingxuan offered to introduce Wang Teng to beautiful women whenever he treated her to food, and Wang Teng agreed to buy her breakfast.

Wang Teng secretly killed Soft Mud Monster Babies to search for their Transformation Talent, but found only elemental attributes until Su Lingxuan caught him. He then spotted a Transformation attribute bubble and prepared to use it to defend his actions.

• Wang Teng collected Rune Knowledge and Spirit attributes in the Rune Guild, raising his Rune Master progress and Spirit.
• Wang Teng found Soft Mud Monster Babies in the guild garden and killed them one by one, hoping they would drop a Transformation Talent.
• The monsters dropped only single points of elemental Source Power, leaving Wang Teng frustrated and guilty.
• Su Lingxuan returned, saw the dead Soft Mud Monster Babies, and accused Wang Teng of killing them.
• Wang Teng claimed he had been researching their Transformation Talent, then noticed a Transformation attribute bubble at his feet.

Wang Teng gained and perfected the Transformation Talent, then used a disguised appearance to visit Yang City's Alchemy Guild and rapidly advanced to an intermediate Alchemist. He left the guild with two Alchemists enthusiastically accompanying him.

• Wang Teng collected the Transformation Talent and told Su Lingxuan he had discovered how it worked, provoking her to challenge his claim.
• Wang Teng spent 99 Blank Attribute points to perfect Transformation and demonstrated that he could alter his entire appearance, even taking on a woman's form.
• Wang Teng disguised himself as another young man and went to the Alchemy Guild after learning its location.
• Wang Teng collected Alchemy and Spirit attributes from the guild, raising his Alchemist profession to intermediate.
• Wang Teng passed the intermediate Alchemist assessment, obtained the title, and left with two enthusiastic Alchemists beside him.

Wang Teng used disguises to earn recognition at the Alchemist and Forging Guilds, then returned to Golin and claimed he had learned something from studying Soft Mud Monster Babies. Golin agreed to see his results after dinner, while Su Lingxuan remained skeptical.

• Wang Teng passed the Intermediate Alchemist certification under the alias Medicine King, impressing the Yang City Alchemist Guild.
• Wang Teng disguised himself as Forging De, collected attributes at the Forging Guild, and drew the president’s eager but unsuccessful attempt to take him as a disciple.
• Wang Teng escaped the Forging Guild president, restored his appearance, and headed to the Rune Guild.
• Su Lingxuan told Golin that Wang Teng had killed many Soft Mud Monster Babies, and Wang Teng said he had studied their transformation talent.
• Golin agreed to examine Wang Teng’s research after dinner, while Su Lingxuan doubted he had discovered anything.

Wang Teng impressed Golin by producing an incomplete structure for the Deformation Rune, prompting them to agree to research it together. Su Lingxuan lost her bet and ended the chapter in tears after Wang Teng demanded she eat a jar of chili or wash his socks.

• Wang Teng drew several rune structures, and Golin recognized them as part of the Deformation Rune.
• Golin praised Wang Teng's discovery and proposed that they research the rune together.
• Wang Teng reminded Su Lingxuan that she had promised to eat a jar of chili if he made progress.
• Su Lingxuan tried to escape and pleaded with Wang Teng, but he offered her a choice between eating the chili and washing his stinky socks.
• Wang Teng insisted she finish the jar, and Su Lingxuan broke down crying.

Wang Teng advanced his Rune Master, alchemist, Spirit, and combat abilities while training alone in the Eternal Night Mountain Range. After spotting a battle between seven fighters and a Chicken Crest Azure Scale Python, he watched as the python released deadly black smoke that felled its attackers.

• Wang Teng raised his Rune Master and alchemist levels to Advanced and his Spirit Attribute above 90 while training with Golin and collecting attributes.
• Wang Teng killed a 4-Star Earth-element giant ape, collected its attributes, and stored its corpse after finding no Star Core or Star Bone.
• Using the Nether Flame Underworld Crow's vision, Wang Teng spotted two groups near a valley and secretly approached to observe them.
• Seven powerful fighters attacked a Chicken Crest Azure Scale Python while Wang Teng watched from concealment; a young woman warned them about its poisonous attacks.
• The python released spreading black smoke after its scales were damaged, and the seven fighters collapsed despite trying to flee.

Wang Teng watched as Yao Yu’s group approached the poisoned warriors and revealed their plan to exploit Li Rongxue and seek a Poison Element Cultivation Method. The chapter left Li Rongxue weakened and furious while Yao Yu’s men killed the other unconscious warriors.

• Wang Teng used a trace of Poison Source Power to keep the poisonous smoke away from himself and waited for it to disperse.
• Yao Yu and You Jingfu approached the fallen warriors, and Yao Yu prepared to give Li Rongxue an antidote.
• Li Rongxue woke and attacked Yao Yu, but he seized her wrist and forced a Limbs Weakening Pill down her throat.
• Yao Yu ordered his followers to kill the unconscious warriors, and Li Rongxue swore revenge as she watched them die.
• You Jingfu asked about borrowing a Poison Element Cultivation Method, and Yao Yu promised to let him see one if they found it.

Wang Teng interrupted Yao Yu as he tried to take Li Rongxue away, offering to save her in exchange for a Poison Element Cultivation Method. After defeating Yao Yu’s attendants and matching his Saber Intent with Sword Intent, Wang Teng revealed Ice Element Source Power and knocked Yao Yu backward.

• Wang Teng asked Li Rongxue whether Yang King Manor had a Poison Element Cultivation Method and promised to save her in exchange for it.
• Li Rongxue agreed to give Wang Teng the method, and he defeated Yao Yu’s attendants by smashing them into the ground with a golden brick.
• Yao Yu challenged Wang Teng, and the two exchanged attacks before revealing their Saber Intent and Sword Intent, which clashed evenly.
• Yao Yu used Ice Element Source Power and attacked Wang Teng, but Wang Teng met him with the same power and blasted him backward.

Wang Teng defeated Yao Yu and helped Li Rongxue recover from the poison. Yao Yu offered the Yao Family’s Purple Heart Grass in exchange for his life, giving Li Rongxue a lead on refining the Purple Heart Bone Cleansing Pill.

• Wang Teng revealed his ice element and superior speed, stopped Yao Yu from reaching Li Rongxue, and caught him when he fled.
• Wang Teng knocked Yao Yu unconscious with a brick, took his Space Ring, and found an antidote for Li Rongxue.
• Li Rongxue recovered, picked up a longsword, and approached Yao Yu while he begged her to spare him.
• Yao Yu offered to have his father meet Li Rongxue’s demands and revealed that the Yao Family possessed Purple Heart Grass.
• Li Rongxue stopped and asked Yao Yu where he had obtained the Purple Heart Grass.

Li Rongxue killed Yao Yu after learning that the Purple Heart Grass was in Yao Manor, while Wang Teng collected attributes from the dead and strengthened his abilities. Wang Teng then gathered more attributes by beating the surviving martial artists further into the ground.

• Li Rongxue pressed Yao Yu for the location of the Purple Heart Grass, but killed him when he tried to bargain for his life.
• Li Rongxue told Wang Teng that she would obtain the Purple Heart Grass from Yao Manor herself, and Wang Teng collected Yao Yu's attribute bubbles.
• Wang Teng gained Metal and Ice Source Power, raised his Ice Element Talent to Intermediate, and learned the Geng Metal Art.
• Li Rongxue stored her companions' bodies, while Wang Teng collected the remaining attribute bubbles and improved his elemental talents.
• Wang Teng used a brick to pound the surviving martial artists deeper into the ground, collecting the attributes they dropped.

Wang Teng agreed to help Li Rongxue hunt the wounded Chicken Crest Azure Scale Python in exchange for its materials and information about poison-element cultivation. He descended into the swamp alone after warning Li Rongxue that she would only hold him back, and she returned to the surface after the corrosive depths drained her Primal Force.

• Wang Teng agreed to hunt the Chicken Crest Azure Scale Python, claiming everything except the Snake Crest Li Rongxue needed.
• Wang Teng plunged into the swamp to find the python, and Li Rongxue followed despite his warning.
• Wang Teng dodged dangerous currents and killed a giant spider, collecting its Poison Source Power.
• Wang Teng protected himself from the corrosive depths with Poison Source Power and continued toward the python.
• Li Rongxue ran out of Primal Force, retreated to the surface, and wondered who Wang Teng really was.

Wang Teng killed the injured Chicken Crest Azure Scale Python, collected its Poison Source Power, and found three strange spirit medicines in its lair. After Li Rongxue took the Snake Crest she needed, they agreed to return to Yang City together so Wang Teng could receive a Poison Element Cultivation Method and related materials.

• Wang Teng killed the fleeing Chicken Crest Azure Scale Python with Ice Cones and collected 86 points of Poison Source Power.
• Wang Teng found three black, ginseng-like plants with snake-shaped roots beneath the python's lair and took them with him.
• Wang Teng returned to Li Rongxue and showed her the python's corpse, astonishing her with his success.
• Li Rongxue cut off less than a third of the Snake Crest, and Wang Teng kept the rest of the corpse.
• Wang Teng agreed to accompany Li Rongxue to collect the cultivation method and materials, and told her his name was Wang Teng.

Wang Teng examined his spoils from the previous night, finding valuable source stones, a saber, a combat technique, and rare treasures inside the Chicken Crest Azure Scale Python. After resting and eating with Golin and Su Lingxuan, he received another package from the Princess and angrily sent her a message in return.

• Wang Teng searched Yao Yu's Space Ring and found Yellow-rank Middle-grade source stones, a 5-star saber, and the Golden Rainbow Saber Technique.
• Wang Teng found a Snake Gall, a star core, and a Star Bone inside the Chicken Crest Azure Scale Python, then stored them along with its other materials and went to sleep.
• Su Lingxuan woke Wang Teng for lunch, where he and Golin teased her about Wang Teng learning faster.
• Wang Teng made up his missed lessons with Su Lingxuan, then met the Princess's maid, who delivered a Space Ring of items and repeated the Princess's complaint that he was stingy.
• Wang Teng returned the empty Space Ring and told the maid to warn the Princess that he would show her what real stinginess was.

Wang Teng discovered that many of the materials Li Rongxue gave him were written in ancient languages, so he went to Yang King Manor to get her translations. Li Rongxue asked him to steal Purple Heart Grass from the Yao Family, but he left without accepting the dangerous job.

• Wang Teng found the Moon Devouring Poison Scripture among Li Rongxue's materials but could not read its ancient text, and he realized she had withheld the translations.
• Wang Teng went to Yang King Manor, where a maid led him to Li Rongxue, and he asked for the translated versions.
• Li Rongxue gave Wang Teng the translations, apologized for her scheme, and offered him Yang King Manor's friendship if he helped her.
• Li Rongxue asked Wang Teng to steal Purple Heart Grass from the Yao Family because the Yao Family Head refused to hand it over.
• Wang Teng learned that the Yao Family Head was seeking revenge for his younger son's death, then rejected the request and left.

Wang Teng studied the Moon Devouring Poison Scripture, mastered the Poison Master profession, and cultivated Poison Source Power in the swamp until he reached 3-Star War Soldier Level. He caught You Jingfu sneaking into the swamp to search for the Black Serpent Poison Ginseng and confronted him.

• Wang Teng read Li Rongxue's poison materials, identified the Black Serpent Poison Ginseng, and raised his Poison Master skill to Advanced using Blank Attribute.
• Wang Teng cultivated the Moon Devouring Poison Scripture in the Chicken Crest Azure Scale Python's swamp and advanced his Poison Source Power to 3-Star War Soldier Level.
• Wang Teng spotted You Jingfu approaching the swamp and recognized him as the man who had fled after Yao Yu's death.
• You Jingfu entered the swamp seeking a companion treasure, but Wang Teng intercepted him at the bottom and showed him the Black Serpent Poison Ginseng.

Wang Teng forced You Jingfu to teach him his poison knowledge and offered to trade the Earth-rank Low-grade Moon Devouring Poison Scripture for a suitable price. He then followed Su Lingxuan to Yang City Academy, where she began introducing him to the school.

• Wang Teng demanded that You Jingfu teach him everything he knew about poison within three days in exchange for his freedom.
• You Jingfu realized Wang Teng had poison-element talent and learned that he possessed the Moon Devouring Poison Scripture, an Earth-rank Low-grade cultivation method.
• Wang Teng offered to give You Jingfu the poison scripture if he could provide a satisfactory price, and You Jingfu said he needed time to think.
• Wang Teng met Su Lingxuan as she was heading back to the academy and decided to go with her.
• Su Lingxuan brought Wang Teng to Yang City Academy and introduced its history, subjects, and students.

Wang Teng accompanied Su Lingxuan to Yang City Academy, where an argument with Xia Shan and his fellow students turned into a fight. Wang Teng overwhelmed them and sent Xia Shan flying, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Su Lingxuan told Wang Teng about the academy’s long history and the empire’s rankings, including Senior Dongfang Yu’s tenth place on the Talent List.
• Wang Teng’s remark about Dongfang Yu’s rank offended Xia Shan and the students with him, who accused Wang Teng of insulting the academy’s top student.
• Su Lingxuan tried to lead Wang Teng away, but he refused and challenged Xia Shan and the others to attack him together.
• Wang Teng rushed the group and punched three students away with a blast of force.
• Xia Shan attacked with Earth Element Source Power, but Wang Teng struck him hard enough to send him flying and spitting blood.

Wang Teng defeated Xia Shan and the other students who challenged him, then followed Su Lingxuan into Yang City Academy. Su Lingxuan promised to introduce him to her beautiful friends and went to fetch them from the girls’ residential area, leaving Wang Teng waiting outside.

• Wang Teng defeated Xia Shan and the other students who attacked him, then violently threw Xia Shan to the ground several times.
• Wang Teng dismissed the gathered Attribute Bubbles and left with Su Lingxuan, who asked him to look after her.
• Wang Teng and Su Lingxuan discussed Dongfang Yu’s admirers as they explored Yang City Academy.
• Su Lingxuan brought Wang Teng to the girls’ residential area and went inside to call her friends out for dinner.