Chapter Summaries

Wang Teng met Su Lingxuan’s friends Shu Hongye and Tan Shasha, then faced off against Talent List geniuses Wan Feipeng and Qu Bai'an. When they attacked together, Wang Teng overwhelmed them with Burn the Heavens, leaving both severely injured.

• Su Lingxuan introduced Wang Teng to her friends Shu Hongye and Tan Shasha, the daughter of the Yang City Lord and the academy vice president’s granddaughter.
• Wan Feipeng and Qu Bai'an arrived with Xia Shan and confronted Wang Teng over his earlier fight with Wan Feiyu’s group.
• Wang Teng learned that Wan Feipeng ranked 132nd and Qu Bai'an ranked 126th on the Talent List, then challenged them to attack him together.
• Wan Feipeng struck with Saber Force while Qu Bai'an attacked with Wind Force, and Wang Teng evaded Qu Bai'an’s Wind Blades without moving his feet.
• Wang Teng unleashed Burn the Heavens with Flame Sword Force, turning their attacks to ash and severely injuring Wan Feipeng and Qu Bai'an.

Wang Teng defeated Wan Feipeng and Qu Bai'an, then demanded compensation for his damaged mood. After they gathered one hundred thousand source stones, the two left humiliated.

• Wang Teng collected the Fire Source Power, Flame Saber Force, Wind Source Power, and Wind Force dropped by Wan Feipeng and Qu Bai'an.
• Wang Teng taunted the injured Wan Feipeng and Qu Bai'an, and Qu Bai'an stopped Wan Feipeng from fighting again.
• Wang Teng demanded fifty thousand Yellow-rank Low-grade source stones from each man as a Mood Damage Fee.
• Qu Bai'an and Wan Feipeng pooled source stones from their companions until they had gathered one hundred thousand.
• Wang Teng accepted the source stones and waved goodbye as Wan Feipeng and Qu Bai'an left.

Wang Teng gathered strength and knowledge in Yang City, advancing his attributes and mastering poisoncraft. As winter arrived, he prepared to return to Earth Star, but a letter from Yang King Manor signaled that a major confrontation was approaching.

• Wang Teng kept the source stones from Su Lingxuan, then treated her, Shu Hongye, and Tan Shasha to Spirit Food at the academy cafeteria.
• At the Martial Arts Arena, Wang Teng collected many Attribute Bubbles, increasing his Five Elements Source Power, Spirit, and Comprehension.
• Wang Teng visited Yang City Academy and You Jingfu over the following days, raising his Five Elements Source Power to the 5-Star War Soldier Level and his Wind and Poison Source Power to 4-Star.
• Wang Teng's Spirit and Comprehension entered the King Realm, and he advanced Flame Sword Force, Flame Saber Force, and Wind Force to nine tenths.
• As winter came, Wang Teng prepared to leave Yang City for Earth Star, then received a letter from Yang King Manor.

Wang Teng accepted Golin’s invitation to the banquet at Yang King Manor after learning that Yang King had recovered from his mysterious poison. He arrived with Golin and saw Yang King welcome the Rune Guild president with great honor.

• Li Rongxue’s maid invited Wang Teng to Yang King Manor, but Wang Teng initially tossed the invitation aside.
• Golin told Wang Teng that Yang King’s poison had been purged and invited him to attend the manor’s banquet.
• Wang Teng wondered how Li Rongxue had obtained the means to cure Yang King and decided to attend with Golin.
• Wang Teng and Golin arrived at Yang King Manor, where Golin’s status let them enter without presenting invitations and take a shortcut to the banquet.
• Yang King greeted Golin warmly, congratulated him on arriving, and seated him in the first place on his left.

Yang King hosted Yang City’s prominent figures to celebrate his recovery and thank those who had supported the city. He credited Li Rongxue for finding the cure and announced that he would reward her by finding her a husband, leaving the young men eager to win her favor.

• Yang King greeted Golin’s new disciple, Wang Teng, and welcomed the city’s prominent guests, including the Su and Wan families.
• Su Lingxuan joined Golin and Wang Teng, while Su Lingyun showed jealousy and Wan Feifeng watched Wang Teng coldly because he had injured her relatives.
• Dean Yang arrived with his disciples Dongfang Yu and Yi Kaicheng, whom Yang King welcomed as distinguished young talents.
• Yang King toasted his guests for watching over Yang City during his illness and thanked Li Rongxue for finding the medicine that cured him.
• Yang King promised to choose an excellent husband for Li Rongxue, prompting the young men to vie for her attention as Yi Kaicheng watched with a glint in his eyes.

At the royal banquet, Wang Teng gained Lute Art and teased Su Lingxuan while they ate. The Yang King and Li Rongxue apologized to Wang Teng over their past misunderstanding, leaving the guests suspicious of the relationship between him and the Princess.

• Wang Teng collected Lute Art Attribute Bubbles from the musicians and became an Advanced Lutenist.
• Wang Teng stopped Su Lingxuan from drinking wine, and their banter drew amused attention from the guests.
• Li Rongxue told the Yang King about the Yao Family’s conduct toward Wang Teng, and he decided to investigate them.
• The Yang King apologized to Wang Teng on Li Rongxue’s behalf and toasted him for another unspoken reason.
• Li Rongxue apologized to Wang Teng and called him a friend, prompting guests to suspect they were bickering lovers.
• Su Lingxuan asked Wang Teng how he knew Li Rongxue, but he refused to tell her.

Yao Hongshou publicly accused Wang Teng of murdering both his sons and produced a portrait identifying him as one of the Earth Star martial artists involved in his younger son’s death. After Yang King allowed him to bring forward a witness, Wang Teng sensed trouble ahead.

• Meng Qiao and Fei Huai accused Wang Teng of being untrustworthy, but Fei Qingxin stopped them from confronting him because he was Golin’s disciple.
• Yao Hongshou told Yang King that the killer of both his sons was present and pointed at Wang Teng.
• Golin and Yang King demanded evidence, and Yao Hongshou showed a portrait of Earth Star martial artists that included Wang Teng.
• Golin questioned how Yao Hongshou could know Wang Teng had killed his younger son, and Yao Hongshou claimed he had a witness.
• Yang King permitted Yao Hongshou to bring the witness forward.

Wang Teng faced Yao Hongshou’s accusation that he had killed both of his sons, while Li Rongxue revealed that she had killed Yao Yu. Yao Hongshou attacked Wang Teng, but the Yang King and Golin struck him down before he could continue.

• Yao Hongshou had Lin Zhan brought in as a battered witness and accused Wang Teng of killing his sons.
• Li Rongxue admitted that she had killed Yao Yu because he had plotted against her, clearing Wang Teng of that death.
• Wang Teng healed Lin Zhan and challenged Yao Hongshou’s accusation that his younger son’s death demanded revenge.
• Yao Hongshou ignored the Yang King’s refusal to execute Wang Teng and launched a sudden attack on him.
• Wang Teng met Yao Hongshou’s strike with a powerful punch, and the Yang King and Golin then blasted Yao Hongshou backward with their auras.

Yao Hongshou opened a Space Channel to the Darkness Land, putting Yang City at risk of invasion. As the city prepared its defenses, a gigantic, malign eye appeared beyond the widening vortex and gazed down at the city.

• Yao Hongshou detonated a black sphere, causing space to collapse into a vortex that Wang Teng identified as a channel to the Darkness Land.
• Wang Teng collected the falling Space Attributes, greatly increasing his Space Attribute and sharpening his perception of space.
• Yang King ordered Yang City to prepare for battle, while Li Rongxue organized evacuations, Shu Yi sought reinforcements, and Golin mobilized the Rune Guild to strengthen the defenses.
• Wang Teng stayed with Golin to help defend Yang City, despite Golin warning him that he could still leave.
• The Space Vortex expanded as lightning struck, and a gigantic red-eyed being appeared beyond it, enveloping Yang City in terrifying Mental Pressure.

Wang Teng and Yang City faced an invasion of Darkness Breeds after a demon god’s gaze crossed the Space Vortex, and Yang City’s strongest fighters confronted the Eight Arms Demon General. As the city’s defenses broke and battle spread across the walls, Wang Teng joined the fight against the invading creatures.

• A demon god’s gaze overwhelmed ordinary people with madness, but Wang Teng resisted its Mental Pressure with his King Realm Spirit and gained Spirit attributes from the passing force.
• Darkness Breeds poured through the Space Vortex and attacked Yang City, while its Defense Array and Source Power Cannons tried to hold them back.
• The Eight Arms Demon General shattered the Defense Array with a single slash, opening a breach for the Darkness Breeds.
• Yang King, Dean Yang, and Golin charged the Eight Arms Demon General as fighting erupted across the city walls.
• Wang Teng killed a low-level Darkness Breed and joined Dongfang Yu, Yi Kaicheng, Wan Feifeng, and the other young fighters in attacking the invaders.

Wang Teng fought through the Darkness Breeds invading Yang City, growing stronger as he collected Attribute Bubbles. After revealing his Flame Wings and overpowering a 5-Star War Soldier Level Vampire Darkbreed with Bewitch Heart, he left the enemy pierced through the heart.

• Darkness Breeds broke through a crack in Yang City's defenses while human forces battled to hold the city.
• Wang Teng collected Attribute Bubbles as he fought, then killed several Low-level Darkness Breeds with one sword strike.
• Wang Teng saved Dongfang Yu from a Darkness Breed attacking her from behind, and she returned to the fight.
• A 5-Star War Soldier Level Vampire Darkbreed attacked Wang Teng from the air, but Wang Teng revealed his Flame Wings and caught up to it.
• Wang Teng defeated the Vampire Darkbreed's Bewitch Heart with his own and pierced its heart with a sword beam.

Wang Teng killed a Vampire Darkbreed and helped defend Yang City as the Darkness Breeds overwhelmed its defenses. After the Eight Arms Demon General attacked him with a spear, Wang Teng and Golin stopped it, and Wang Teng claimed the weapon while resolving to repay the attack someday.

• Wang Teng killed a 5-Star War Soldier Level Vampire Darkbreed and collected its Attribute Bubbles.
• Yi Kaicheng recovered his fighting spirit and joined the battle, while Li Rongxue returned to the city wall and Su Lingxuan rested under Wang Teng's protection.
• The Rune Masters struggled to hold the array as Darkness Breeds poured into Yang City, while the Eight Arms Demon General forced Yang King, Golin, and Dean Yang back.
• Wang Teng's remark about the Eight Arms Demon General speaking human language eased the warriors' despair, but the demon general suddenly hurled a spear at him.
• Wang Teng used his Mental Power to halt the spear until Golin helped stop it, then took the weapon and silently vowed to return the attack someday.

Wang Teng taunted the Eight Arms Demon General as Golin began setting up an array and Yang King and Dean Yang held the demon general back. While helping Li Rongxue and the others fight the Darkness Breeds, Wang Teng survived Yao Hongshou’s surprise attack with his Space Talent and counterattacked, discovering that Yao Hongshou had undergone Dark Transformation.

• Wang Teng mocked the Eight Arms Demon General, which threatened to tear him apart after Yang City fell.
• Golin began forming an array while Yang King and Dean Yang engaged the Eight Arms Demon General to buy time.
• Wang Teng joined Li Rongxue and the others, cutting down Darkness Breeds with a sword and saber.
• Yao Hongshou stabbed Wang Teng from behind with a Jet Black Dagger, but Wang Teng used his Space Talent to evade the fatal strike and struck back with a Flame Sword Light.
• Wang Teng recognized the transformed attacker as Yao Hongshou, whose body was covered in dark patterns and infused with Darkness Source Power.

Yao Hongshou revealed that he had undergone Dark Transformation and fought Wang Teng and Yang City’s powerful warriors. As the battle continued, the Eight Arms Demon General tried to stop Golin from completing his formation, leaving Yang King and Dean Yang to hold it back.

• Yao Hongshou recovered from Wang Teng’s attack and vowed to kill him and Li Rongxue for his son’s death.
• Several Noble Family heads confronted Yao Hongshou, who declared that he would destroy Yang City and the Yao Family with him.
• The Noble Family heads attacked Yao Hongshou, and Wang Teng joined the fierce battle as Yao Hongshou repeatedly healed from his injuries.
• The Eight Arms Demon General knocked Dean Yang aside and charged toward Golin’s incomplete formation.
• Yang King and Dean Yang blocked the Eight Arms Demon General and unleashed their strongest combat skills against it.

Wang Teng killed Yao Hongshou with a devastating sword strike that combined sword qi and Poison Source Power, destroying his body and breaking Wang Teng’s battle sword. The human side gained morale, but remained at a disadvantage as Golin struggled to complete his formation and a Black Light shot toward him.

• Wang Teng circled Yao Hongshou’s battle, searching for an opening while the other martial artists kept Yao Hongshou occupied.
• Wang Teng unleashed a massive crimson sword strike infused with nine-tenths sword momentum and Poison Source Power, piercing Yao Hongshou’s heart and tearing his body apart.
• The watching martial artists stared in shock as Wang Teng’s battle sword shattered, and the Eight Arms Demon General decided Wang Teng could not be allowed to live.
• Wang Teng’s victory lifted the human fighters’ morale, but they remained at a disadvantage while Golin struggled to finish his formation.
• A Black Light shot toward Golin as he continued working on the formation.

Golin was poisoned while setting up a formation, leaving him vulnerable as the Eight Arms Demon General’s forces attacked. Wang Teng fought his way to his teacher, rescued him, and promised to take over the unfinished formation.

• The Eight Arms Demon General’s venomous snake bit Golin, poisoning him and disrupting his work on the formation.
• Wang Teng charged to help Golin, punched two Darkness Breeds away, then killed them with a sudden attack of light.
• A Darkness Breed closed in on the injured Golin while Yang King and Dean Yang remained occupied fighting the Eight Arms Demon General.
• Wang Teng arrived in time to kill the attacker with a saber strike and caught Golin as he fell.
• Golin warned Wang Teng that the formation was about to collapse, and Wang Teng promised to take over.

After rescuing Golin, Wang Teng took over the unfinished formation while the others guarded him. As he began inscribing its crucial core, his King Realm Mental Power stunned the battlefield and made the Eight Arms Demon General view him as a future threat.

• Wang Teng handed the injured Golin to rescuers and sat at the center of the formation, prompting everyone to realize he intended to complete it.
• Su Lingxuan told Li Rongxue and the others that Wang Teng had been an Intermediate Rune Master at his last test, and they suspected he had advanced further.
• Two 6-Star War Soldier Level experts returned to guard Wang Teng while Yang King and Dean Yang kept the Eight Arms Demon General occupied.
• Wang Teng unleashed King Realm Mental Power as he prepared to inscribe the formation’s intricate central runes.
• The Eight Arms Demon General resolved that Wang Teng was too dangerous to be allowed to live.

As Wang Teng completed the array above Yang City, the Defense Array fell and Darkness Breeds overwhelmed the human defenders, leaving many dead and wounded. Eight Arms Demon General offered a reward for Wang Teng’s death, but Wang Teng survived the attacks with his Earth Element Source Power just as the array was completed.

• The Defense Array shattered, letting the Darkness Breeds surge into Yang City and kill human martial warriors.
• Two 6-Star War Soldier Level experts left Wang Teng to help the defenders after he insisted he could protect himself.
• The battle claimed many lives, including Wan Feipeng, while Yi Kaicheng, Dongfang Yu, Li Rongxue, and Wan Feiyu were badly hurt.
• Eight Arms Demon General offered ten thousand demon crystals to anyone who killed Wang Teng, and several Darkness Breeds attacked him.
• Wang Teng blocked the attacks with barriers made from his Earth Element Source Power, revealing he wielded three elements.
• The array was completed as a terrifying aura erupted from it.

Wang Teng completed the Eight Desolations Fire Dragon Formation and used it to attack the Eight Arms Demon General. The demon general survived the first Flame Dragon, and Wang Teng summoned three more to continue the fight.

• Wang Teng completed the formation, and the Human warriors celebrated his success.
• Three Darkness Breeds rushed into the formation to kill Wang Teng, but its flames burned them to ashes.
• Wang Teng unleashed a Flame Dragon at the Eight Arms Demon General, which was engulfed in flames after its attack failed to stop the dragon.
• The Eight Arms Demon General emerged scorched but alive and taunted Wang Teng.
• Wang Teng summoned three more Flame Dragons above the formation.

Wang Teng used the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon Formation to overwhelm the Eight Arms Demon General, who had unleashed a life-draining forbidden technique. As the Eight Arms Demon General was engulfed in flames again, reinforcements arrived from every direction and dawn broke over Yang City.

• The Eight Arms Demon General used its race’s forbidden technique to strengthen itself, but Wang Teng said humanity’s unity would ensure its defeat.
• Wang Teng attacked with three Flame Dragons, seriously injuring the Eight Arms Demon General, then summoned six more when it survived.
• The Eight Arms Demon General escaped Wang Teng’s eight Flame Dragons, but the formation’s flames engulfed it again as Yang King and Dean Yang watched.
• The Red Tiger Legion, the Black Sparrow Legion, and Empire reinforcements approached Yang City from all sides.
• The people of Yang City cheered as dawn broke.