Chapter Summaries

Wang Teng studied the Gluttony Race’s combat techniques and discovered that their attacks combined Darkness with Space Power. As he absorbed the brutal cultivation experience behind [Gluttony Heart Breaking Claw], his [Slaughter Will] rose close to a breakthrough, while he remained wary of the unusual runes tied to Demon Transformation.

• Wang Teng compared the Calamity Origin Law Runes with the Darkness Origin Law Runes involved in Demon Transformation, realized both seemed detached from their usual origins, and decided to be more cautious when using the transformation.
• Wang Teng absorbed the Gluttony Race combat technique enlightenment, raising [Gluttony Demon Domain] and [Gluttony Mouth] while [Gluttony Demon Fish] reached perfection through enlightenment overwritten by [Nightmare Devourer Demon Fish].
• Wang Teng learned [Gluttony Body Shattering Palm], a Small Success technique that used Space Power to trap targets and devour them with a palm covered in mouths.
• Wang Teng absorbed the cruel cultivation experience behind [Gluttony Heart Breaking Claw], which used Space Power to crush targets’ hearts before its claw descended.
• Wang Teng suppressed the resulting Slaughter Intent and saw [Slaughter Will] increase by 34,000 points to 46,000/50,000 at the fifth tier.

Wang Teng learned the Gluttony Race techniques Gluttony Heart Breaking Claw, Gluttony Fist, Gluttony Demon Void Scythe, and Gluttony Tongue, then used the latter’s spatial principles to improve Fire Tongue. He successfully created the growth-type Void Speed Fire Tongue, which could vanish and reappear rapidly through space.

• Wang Teng analyzed Gluttony Heart Breaking Claw and realized that Darkness Power guided Space Power to seize and devour targets’ hearts.
• Wang Teng absorbed more insights into Gluttony Fist and Gluttony Demon Void Scythe, bringing both Lower Demon Venerable Level techniques close to breakthroughs.
• Wang Teng learned Gluttony Tongue, a Lower Demon Venerable Level technique that used Space Power to drag Light Universe Warriors into a Gluttony Race Darkness Breed’s mouth.
• Wang Teng decided to integrate Space Power and Space Origin into Fire Tongue, using Azure Jade Glazed Flame to withstand the process.
• Wang Teng successfully improved Fire Tongue into the growth-type Void Speed Fire Tongue, which vanished and reappeared throughout the room.

Wang Teng absorbed combat-technique insights from the battlefield, fused Gluttony Tongue with Blood Bone Poison Scale Demon Hair Vine, and improved several Moth Demon techniques. As Poison Devouring Face strengthened Sloth Illusion Poison Face, he began to suspect the fused technique might have existed in an original form.

• Wang Teng fused Blood Bone Poison Scale Demon Hair Vine with Gluttony Tongue, creating Gluttony Blood Bone Poison Scale Demon Hair Tongue Vine with added gluttony and space traits.
• Wang Teng reviewed the Moth Demon combat techniques he had collected and absorbed their improved insights, raising several techniques to Small Success.
• Wang Teng considered why Poison Devouring Face had not advanced, then recognized its unusual combination of space, darkness, and poison powers.
• Wang Teng noticed Poison Devouring Face had also increased Sloth Illusion Poison Face's mastery by 3,000 points.
• Wang Teng wondered whether Sloth Illusion Poison Face had originally been a single technique, then examined the shared insights linking the two techniques.

Wang Teng absorbed battle technique insights from the Moth Demon Race and Magic Armor Race, improving several skills and fusing two spike techniques into a higher-level art. The chapter ended with him discovering a new Mid Demon Venerable Level Magic Armor Race battle technique.

• Wang Teng absorbed the Moth Demon Race battle technique attributes, raising the Corrosion Moth Emperor Curse and Yin Wind Demon Bone Poison Arrow.
• Wang Teng absorbed the Magic Armor Race insights and advanced Demon Armor to Perfection while improving several other battle techniques.
• Wang Teng studied Armor Flow Blast and realized he could adapt its demon-armor projectiles into a Mental Power attack.
• Wang Teng fused Ninefold Earth Spike and Black Scale Demon Armor Spike into the Lower Demon Venerable Level Ninefold Black Scale Demon Armor Spike.
• Wang Teng improved Dark Demon Fist and Demon Armor Holy Sword to Small Success, then spotted a new Mid Demon Venerable Level battle technique.

Wang Teng absorbed battle-technique insights from the Magic Armor Race, vampires, the Bone Spirit Race, and the Goat-headed Demon Race, gaining a new Mid Demon Venerable Level saber technique and improving several others. He recognized that one vampire carried the Blood River Old Ancestor's bloodline and sent the discovery to the Blood God Clone, then began absorbing the Goat-headed Demon Race techniques.

• Wang Teng gained proficient mastery of the Mid Demon Venerable Level [Demon Remains Blade Slash], a technique that combined metal and dark forces.
• Wang Teng reviewed the vampire techniques he had improved, praised Xue Lanbo's talent with [Blood Demon Battle Saber], and found that a vampire had the Blood River Old Ancestor's bloodline.
• Wang Teng recognized the vampire and sent the information to the Blood God Clone so it could investigate after the vampires returned to the Darkness World.
• Wang Teng absorbed the Bone Spirit Race techniques, raising [Bone Erosion Demon Axe] from proficient to Small Success, and reflected that their deaths had left more Attribute Bubbles.
• Wang Teng absorbed the Goat-headed Demon Race's fire-and-darkness battle techniques, improving his insights into their combination.
• Wang Teng saw an unarmed Goat-headed Demon Race fighter using leg techniques and suspected the figure was female.

Wang Teng absorbed the Goat-headed Demon Race’s battle techniques, gaining Black Fiend Power and further insights into Bo Yan Demon Venerable’s techniques. He then turned to the Troll Race, whose newly revealed techniques surprised him with their high mastery and immense strength.

• Wang Teng learned the Goat-headed Demon Race’s Demon Flame Armor-Splitting Leg Technique, Black Evil Demon Flame Palm, and Demon Flame Extinguishing Saber Technique.
• Wang Teng improved Bo Yan Demon Venerable’s Demon Flame Holy Fist and Darkness Burning Demon Halberd, joking that the fallen Demon Venerable had left him a gift.
• Wang Teng began absorbing the Troll Race’s techniques and discovered that several familiar techniques had advanced to great success.
• Wang Teng watched a Troll Race phantom trample Light Universe Warriors and expected to gain insight into the Source of Power.

Wang Teng absorbed the Troll Race’s combat techniques, including several brutal Darkness Breed skills, before turning to the Magic Rock Race’s similar arsenal. He mastered multiple techniques and began studying the Magic Rock Giant Body, whose appearance inspired him to reconsider his Sacred Rock Armor improvements.

• Wang Teng absorbed Troll Stomp and Magic Mountain Great Strength Palm, noting their crushing power and the dark Demonic Intent behind the latter.
• Wang Teng learned Troll Frenzied Sword Slash at Proficient level, though he was disappointed that its insight showed only a single clash.
• Wang Teng examined the Magic Rock Race’s battle techniques and found them similar to the Troll Race’s, then raised several techniques—including Magic Rock Fist and Magic Rock Saber Technique—to great success.
• Wang Teng studied the Magic Rock Giant Body and realized its rock-and-muscle appearance could inspire further improvements to his Sacred Rock Armor.

Wang Teng comprehended the Magic Rock Race’s Magic Rock Giant Body and became interested in obtaining Darkness Breed corpses for their valuable materials. Yuan Gungun explained how the Light Universe handled the corpses and revealed that some people had deliberately approached the disposal sites to become Darkness Corrupted.

• Wang Teng absorbed the Magic Rock Star-Shattering Palm’s enlightenment and recognized its similarities to the Light Universe’s Earth Splitting Star Piercing Fist.
• Wang Teng comprehended the Magic Rock Giant Body, a battle technique that enlarged the Magic Rock Race user’s body into a massive solid form.
• Wang Teng realized that Magic Rock Race bodies could be valuable dark- and earth-element treasures and asked Yuan Gungun how the Light Universe disposed of Darkness Breed corpses.
• Yuan Gungun explained that the Light Universe used places rich in fire, lightning, or Light Source to suppress and purify Darkness Power, while reserving some corpses for research.
• Wang Teng asked where those disposal sites were, and Yuan Gungun revealed that some people had deliberately gone near them to become Darkness Corrupted.

Wang Teng absorbed the Magic Rock Race’s battle techniques, including the Mid Demon Venerable Level Magic Rock Earth-Covering Seal, then studied the Sloth Mist Race’s techniques and fused two chain skills. He gained the Lower Demon Venerable Level Sloth Miasma Ailment Sword Technique and ended the chapter pleased with its ability to trigger hidden injuries.

• Wang Teng finished absorbing the Magic Rock Giant Body and learned that it required the Magic Rock Saint Body talent to use.
• Wang Teng absorbed the Magic Rock Earth-Covering Seal, a proficient Mid Demon Venerable Level battle technique.
• Wang Teng absorbed several Sloth Mist Race techniques, raising Sloth Miasma Saber to great success and recognizing Sloth Mist Chains as a powerful area-control skill.
• Wang Teng fused Sloth Mist Chains with Moth Demon Chains to create the Lower Demon Venerable Level Moth Demon Sloth Mist Chains.
• Wang Teng learned the Lower Demon Venerable Level Sloth Miasma Ailment Sword Technique, which used the Power of Sloth and Darkness Power to trigger ailments in its targets.

Wang Teng absorbed several Sloth Mist Race combat techniques, including a rare wind-powered movement technique, and fused it with Blood Illusion Wind Shadow Evasion to create a stronger skill. He entered the Chaos Star Region to test the newly fused technique.

• Wang Teng’s Sloth Mist Face comprehension improved, which also raised his mastery of Sloth Illusion Poison Face.
• Wang Teng comprehended the Lower Demon Venerable Level Sloth Mist Heart-Eroding Whip and considered whether it could fuse with his other whip techniques.
• Wang Teng learned the Mid Demon Venerable Level Sloth Wind Shadowless Body and discovered that it combined sloth and darkness with Wind Element Power.
• Wang Teng fused Sloth Wind Shadowless Body with Blood Illusion Wind Shadow Evasion, creating the Upper Demon Venerable Level Blood Illusion Sloth Wind Shadow Evasion.
• Wang Teng entered the Chaos Star Region and prepared to test the newly fused movement technique.

Wang Teng absorbed the Sloth Mist Race and Huan Shen Race combat techniques, gaining mastery over several powerful skills. He ended with the Huan Shen Instant Kill Sword at Small Success, impressed by its speed and potential.

• Wang Teng fused two Mid Demon Venerable Level Sloth Mist Race techniques into the Upper Demon Venerable Level Blood Illusion Sloth Wind Shadow Evasion.
• Wang Teng comprehended the Mid Demon Venerable Level Sloth Heaven Soul-Snatching Spear, which combined spear attacks with spiritual power.
• Wang Teng raised Huan Shen Realm to great success and recognized that it could trap even Demon Venerable Level and Immortal Level opponents.
• Wang Teng absorbed Huan Shen Ghost Slash, the illusion-based sword technique used by the Huan Shenshi that Venerable Tian Yan had killed.
• Wang Teng learned Huan Shen Instant Kill Sword and found that its illusion-concealed speed could rival a Lower Demon Venerable Level technique, despite its Small Success mastery.

Wang Teng absorbed the Huan Shen Race’s archery technique, fused it with his poison-arrow technique, and studied several Dark Scale Race combat techniques. He recognized how the race’s reliance on shared talents limited its techniques, then discovered that its whip technique could also unleash the scale-burst attack of its fist technique.

• Wang Teng absorbed the Lower Demon Venerable Level [Huan Shen Thousand-Fold Archery] and fused it with [Yin Wind Demon Bone Poison Arrow] to create [Thousand-Phantom Yin Wind Demon Bone Poison Arrow].
• Wang Teng absorbed five Dark Scale Race combat techniques and raised [Devil Scale Scythe] and [Dark Scale Tail] from Small Success to great success.
• Wang Teng studied [Demon Scale Fist], learning that its fist imprint could explode into countless attacking scales.
• Wang Teng absorbed the Dark Scale Race’s whip technique and compared its black-pythons with [Dark Scale Tail].
• Wang Teng concluded that the Dark Scale Race’s shared talents and rigid hierarchy restricted its combat techniques, then saw the whip’s giant pythons burst into Black Light like [Demon Scale Fist].

Wang Teng absorbed the Dark Scale Race’s battle technique insights, fused four whip techniques into the Mid Demon Venerable Level [Blood Sloth Myriad Scale Dark Erosion Whip], and learned the [Nether Scale Demon Meteor Hammer]. He then studied the Meiyan Race’s techniques and discovered that [Seductive Eyes] drew power from Meiyan Power.

• Wang Teng mastered the [Darkness Myriad Scale Whip] and fused it with three other whip techniques to create the proficient Mid Demon Venerable Level [Blood Sloth Myriad Scale Dark Erosion Whip].
• Wang Teng learned the proficient Lower Demon Venerable Level [Nether Scale Demon Meteor Hammer], but his hammer techniques showed no sign of being fusible.
• Wang Teng found four Meiyan Race techniques on the Attribute Panel, including [Seductive Eyes], and absorbed their insights despite being embarrassed by their names.
• Wang Teng experienced the seductive force of [Seductive Eyes] during the enlightenment and learned that Meiyan Power strengthened its effects.
• Wang Teng realized that Meiyan Power appeared when the Meiyan Body reached the fourth tier or above, and concluded that such a physique had already appeared.

Wang Teng absorbed several Meiyan Race battle technique insights, learning seductive, musical, fragrance-based, and evasion abilities. He fused Formless Phantom into Blood Illusion Sloth Wind Evasion, creating a stronger battle technique, Blood Illusion Sloth Wind Phantom Evasion.

• Wang Teng mastered Seductive Eyes at great success and learned that it could bewitch enemies through the power in his gaze.
• Wang Teng learned Bone-Eroding Soul-Melting, a Meiyan Pipa technique whose music formed a domain that eroded the soul, and decided a Meiyan Race clone could use it for him.
• Wang Teng advanced Meiyan Illusion Fragrance to great success and speculated that the Meiyan Race might have battle techniques for all five senses.
• Wang Teng mastered the Lower Demon Venerable Level evasion technique Formless Phantom, which combined charm with high-speed movement.
• Wang Teng fused Formless Phantom with Blood Illusion Sloth Wind Evasion, creating the Upper Demon Venerable Level Blood Illusion Sloth Wind Phantom Evasion.

Wang Teng absorbed the Demon Brain Race’s battle-technique insights and discovered how their abilities let them devour brains, take over bodies, and conceal souls. He realized the techniques could explain the race’s absence from sight on the battlefield and resolved to use his new understanding to find them.

• Wang Teng wondered why the Demon Brain Race had not appeared openly on the battlefield and feared that its members might be controlling Light Universe warriors.
• Wang Teng absorbed five Demon Brain Race battle techniques, including the head-shaped [Darkness Ghost Head] and the growth-type [Brain Eating].
• Wang Teng learned that [Brain Eating] could devour a victim’s brain to gain their enlightenment, and he resolved to study how to counter it.
• Wang Teng discovered that [Soul Concealment] used new concealment runes from the [Ancient Darkness Mark] to hide a soul as well as its power.
• Wang Teng realized [Soul Concealment] could make Demon Brain Race members even harder to detect and vowed to uncover them.

Wang Teng absorbed the Demon Brain Race’s battle techniques, gaining stronger control and concealment abilities, before turning to insights from the Nether God Race. The chapter leaves him examining five Nether God Race techniques and deducing that their source was a Lower Demon Venerable Level being.

• Wang Teng raised [Soul Concealment] and [Soul Attachment] to proficient mastery, improving his ability to hide his soul and control other beings.
• Wang Teng learned [Darkness Brain Attachment], a growth-type technique that formed an auxiliary brain for remote control, and found it had reached the fifth rank.
• Wang Teng finished absorbing the Demon Brain Race insights while Light Universe powerhouses remained under supervision aboard the Mechanical Race's God-Level Warship.
• Wang Teng absorbed insights into five Nether God Race combat techniques, including [Nether King Claw], which could drain an opponent's life force.
• Wang Teng noted the increased mastery of three familiar Nether God Race techniques and deduced that the source of the insights was a Lower Demon Venerable Level being.

Wang Teng absorbed the Nether God Race’s battle techniques and discovered that Netherworld Extradition could ferry souls, though he could not determine why the race used it. He then turned to spiritual battle techniques and found a huge trove of attribute comprehensions.

• Wang Teng absorbed the Nether God Race’s techniques and learned that Netherworld Extradition used Death Nether Power to ferry souls, potentially even those of Enfeoffed King Immortal Level beings.
• Wang Teng suspected the Nether God Race had an undiscovered scheme involving the souls it extradited but lacked enough information to identify it.
• Wang Teng’s Illusory Nether Evasion comprehension improved Blood Illusion Sloth Wind Phantom Evasion by 2,300 points.
• Wang Teng began absorbing spiritual battle technique comprehensions and was astonished by the large collection of new and familiar techniques.

Wang Teng absorbed several spirit battle technique insights from the battlefield, improving his abilities against illusions and spiritual attacks. He discovered that Spirit Shield had advanced to a higher rank, and considered whether it belonged to a series of inheritances.

• Wang Teng learned the World Lord Level Peak, great-success Truth-Breaking Mantra, which used language and Spirit Power to break illusions and counter Darkness Power's corruption.
• Wang Teng raised Mental Illusion from the first to the third tier of Saint level and improved his great-success Illusion Heart Art by more than thirty thousand attribute points using insights from a Multi-Eyed Race warrior.
• Wang Teng increased Spirit Burst Bullet from proficient to great success, making it easier to integrate into Void Mayfly's Wrath.
• Wang Teng discovered that Spirit Shield had changed from a perfected, below-World Lord-level technique into a skilled Marquis-level Immortal technique, and wondered whether it belonged to a higher-rank inheritance.

Wang Teng absorbed insights that strengthened his spiritual defenses and taught him several powerful techniques, including methods for sealing minds, attacking wills, and resisting sound-based attacks. He completed the Soundless Art and wondered where its missing insights had come from before discovering a new comprehension of Mental Power Control.

• Wang Teng learned the Heart-Locking Art, which could seal an enemy's mind or suppress his own emotions, and considered using it to control the Demon Thoughts from the Candle Dragon Nine Tribulation Demon Body.
• Wang Teng raised his mastery of Thunderous Golden God Strike to Proficiency Level and decided not to demonstrate it to Nan Xi because it belonged to Universe First Bank.
• Wang Teng learned the Will-Slaying Sword, which could attack an opponent's will and soul, and noted that his mastery was still only at the proficient stage.
• Wang Teng completed the Soundless Art and questioned how its missing insights had appeared despite his having taken all the Soundless Stones.
• Wang Teng discovered that the Soundless Art could counter sound-wave attacks, then began absorbing insights into Mental Power Control.

Wang Teng absorbed the enlightenment for great-success Mental Power Control and learned the Water Mirror Soul Cleansing Secret Technique, which could purify and strengthen his soul. He tested it with Starlight Yuanming Holy Water and Yellow Springs Weak Water, discovering that both enhanced the technique but Yellow Springs Weak Water was harder to control and seemed to unleash greater power.

• Wang Teng saw Mental Power Control rise from small success to great success and recognized that its enlightenment came from a human expert.
• Wang Teng absorbed the Water Mirror Soul Cleansing Secret Technique enlightenment and learned that it could cleanse his soul, attack enemies, and trap them in a water-mirror illusion.
• Wang Teng realized the technique could temper his soul with water-type treasures of heaven and earth and decided to test it with Starlight Yuanming Holy Water.
• Wang Teng combined Starlight Yuanming Holy Water with the technique, suppressing its Light Power to form a water mirror that was several times stronger than normal.
• Wang Teng switched to Yellow Springs Weak Water, struggled to control its heavy properties, and found that it seemed to boost the technique's power even more.