Chapter Summaries

Human reinforcements arrived as Wang Teng’s formation left the Eight Arms Demon General, Zurz, near death. Mitis appeared, bewitched many fighters, and rescued Zurz before the approaching War General Level reinforcements could reach Yang City.

• The Red Tiger Legion, Black Sparrow Legion, and the local empire’s Military Department arrived, raising human morale as Wang Teng sensed that Zurz was still alive.
• Mitis emerged beside the flames, and her bewitching aura dazed many male warriors, though Wang Teng remained unaffected.
• Mitis tried to charm Wang Teng, but he rejected her bluntly and warned that reinforcements were approaching.
• Mitis lashed the flames with a black whip, dragged out the battered Zurz, and mocked him for being beaten by Wang Teng.
• Zurz angrily told Mitis to shut up after she called him foolish and embarrassing.

Tantai Xuan and the other War General Level experts arrived in Yang City to confront Mitis and Zurz, but a colossal arm emerged from the Space Vortex and overwhelmed their combined attacks. The arm seized Mitis and Zurz and withdrew through the closing vortex, while Zurz vowed revenge against Wang Teng.

• Mitis taunted Zurz about his failed mission as several War General Level auras approached Yang City.
• Tantai Xuan arrived with Xiao Nanfeng, Shen Tu Xiong, and other experts, greeted her disciple Wang Teng, and prepared to kill Mitis and Zurz.
• A massive Sky Propping Giant Arm burst from the Space Vortex and reached for the gathered experts.
• Tantai Xuan, Xiao Nanfeng, Shen Tu Xiong, the other experts, and Wang Teng attacked the arm together, briefly wounding it.
• The arm evaded their attacks, seized Mitis and Zurz, and withdrew through the Space Vortex as it vanished.
• Zurz threatened Wang Teng with revenge from inside the vortex.

After Zurz escaped through the Space Rift, Wang Teng collected attributes from the battlefield and gained a major boost to his Darkness cultivation and abilities. He also acquired the Heaven-rank Eight Extremes Devil Art, leaving him with a powerful new cultivation method.

• Zurz singled out Wang Teng with a threat, and Wang Teng calmly said he could beat him again if they met.
• Tantai Xuan encouraged Wang Teng to kill Zurz someday, angering Xiao Nanfeng.
• Reinforcements arrived in Yang City, and Yang King, Shen Tu Xiong, and the other War General Level powerhouses killed the High-level Darkness Breeds trapped there.
• Wang Teng collected Space Attributes from the shattered rift, raising his Space Attribute to 2310/10000.
• Wang Teng picked up Zurz's Attribute Bubbles, raising his Darkness Source Power to 5-Star and his Darkness Talent to Advanced.
• Wang Teng comprehended the Heaven-rank Eight Extremes Devil Art, a cultivation method focused on strengthening the body.

After the battle in Yang City, Wang Teng collected the Attribute Bubbles left behind by the fighting, raising his Darkness and five elemental Source Powers to the 6-Star War Soldier Level. He also gained new combat techniques and Ape King Fist Intent, leaving him resolved to grow stronger after witnessing the war’s heavy human casualties.

• Wang Teng accepted the Eight Extremes Devil Art, confident that his Advanced Darkness Talent let him cultivate it without the dangers faced by transformed humans.
• Wang Teng used his Mental Power to collect Attribute Bubbles across Yang City, gaining Advanced Fire Talent and enough Darkness and elemental Source Power to reach the 6-Star War Soldier Level.
• Wang Teng collected Shadow Kill Swordplay, an Earth Realm Intermediate combat technique, and wondered why he kept obtaining Darkness Breed techniques.
• Wang Teng gained King Realm Comprehension, the Earth Realm Advanced Ape King Fist, and Ape King Fist Intent, which he understood through a vision of a giant ape smashing a mountain with one punch.

After Yang City’s victory over the Darkness Breed, Wang Teng learned that Earth Star might face a large-scale invasion in two to three years as its Space Rifts multiplied. Tantai Xuan explained that the rifts began when the Star Martial Continent collided with Earth Star, leaving Wang Teng to confront the threat and the cause of the Martial Arts Era.

• Wang Teng collected Attribute Bubbles as reinforcements helped wipe out the Darkness Breed, but Yang City’s victory left more than sixty percent of its martial warriors dead and the survivors grieving.
• Watching the devastated city with Tantai Xuan and the others, Wang Teng reflected on martial warriors’ role in protecting their race.
• Wang Teng asked about Earth Star’s prospects, and Tantai Xuan warned that an invasion could come in two to three years because Earth Star’s transformation was recent and its foundations were weak.
• At Xiao Nanfeng’s urging, Tantai Xuan explained that increasingly frequent Space Rifts connected Earth Star to the Star Martial Continent, though people from that continent could not yet reach Earth Star through them.
• Tantai Xuan said experts believed Earth Star’s will was rejecting outsiders and that the rifts resulted from the Star Martial Continent colliding with Earth Star more than thirty years earlier, triggering the Martial Arts Era.

After learning about the looming dangers facing Earth Star, Wang Teng met the Star Martial Continent’s commanders and was praised for helping defend Yang City. Tantai Xuan entered him in the National First Martial Arts Competition, where he was set to face Xiao Nanfeng’s disciple, while Yang King assured him that Golin was likely safe.

• Tantai Xuan explained that Earth Star’s defenses against the Star Martial Continent and the Darkness Breed would weaken within two or three years, and Wang Teng accepted that he could not shoulder the world’s fate alone.
• Shen Tu Xiong introduced Xiao Nanfeng and Tantai Xuan to Yang King and Dean Yang, who thanked them for helping Yang City and praised Wang Teng’s role in the defense.
• Tantai Xuan praised Wang Teng, and Xiao Nanfeng challenged him to have their disciples compete at the National First Martial Arts Competition.
• Tantai Xuan told Wang Teng to enter the competition and aim for first place as part of his Invincible Road; Wang Teng agreed.
• Yang King revealed that Wang Teng had also taken Golin as his teacher and said the Alchemy Guild president had intervened to help him.

Wang Teng visited the recovering Golin at the Alchemy Association, where Tantai Xuan met Golin’s disciple Su Lingxuan and teased them about becoming a couple. The chapter ended with Wang Teng leading everyone out so Golin could rest.

• Yang King told Wang Teng that Grandmaster Aogu had made an antidote for Golin and that Lin Zhan was alive and recovering.
• Wang Teng, Tantai Xuan, Yang King, and Dean Yang visited Golin, who had awakened and learned that the Darkness Breed had been defeated except for the escaped Eight Arms Demon General.
• Golin introduced Su Lingxuan to Tantai Xuan, who gave her a valuable rune-inscribed defensive necklace as a meeting gift.
• Tantai Xuan joked that she had meant to save the necklace for Wang Teng’s future wife, leaving Su Lingxuan alarmed and Golin awkwardly defending her freedom to choose.
• Wang Teng ended the visit so Golin could rest, and Tantai Xuan said they could talk again later.

Wang Teng visited the wounded Lin Zhan and told him that he had killed Yao Hongshou and destroyed the Yao Family. Back at the Rune Guild, Wang Teng inspected his greatly improved attributes and ended up considering how he might obtain Thunder Element Talent from Shen Tu Xiong.

• Wang Teng visited Lin Zhan, who confirmed that Liu Yan and the others had escaped the Yao Family.
• Wang Teng told Lin Zhan that he had killed Yao Hongshou and destroyed the Yao Family, shocking Lin Zhan.
• Wang Teng returned to the Rune Guild and inspected his attributes, including King Realm comprehension and spirit, advanced talents in all five elements, and Primal Force nearing the 7-Star War Soldier Level.
• Wang Teng noticed that he had gained Thunder Element Source Power but lacked Thunder Element Talent, then started wondering whether Tantai Xuan could help him knock out Shen Tu Xiong.

Wang Teng examined the cultivation methods and combat techniques he had gained during the battle, then received the Eight Arms Demon General’s weapon from Yang King. He learned that the weapon was made of Demon Vein Black Metal and was named Demon Citadel.

• Wang Teng tested the Azure Flame Finger and reviewed the Overturning Rain Saber Technique, its Saber Intent, and the Star Shattering Spear Technique.
• Yang King summoned Wang Teng to his manor, where Tantai Xuan and Xiao Nanfeng were also present.
• Yang King presented Wang Teng with an intact severed arm of the Eight Arms Demon General, still holding its weapon.
• Tantai Xuan identified the weapon as Demon Vein Black Metal and translated its name as Demon Citadel.
• Wang Teng accepted Demon Citadel as his spoils of war.

The Yang King awarded Wang Teng an Honorary Baron title for helping Yang City, while the Empire viewed the recognition as a step toward deeper cooperation with Earth Star. Wang Teng left Yang City and began his journey home to prepare for the final exams and National First Martial Arts Competition.

• The Yang King gave Wang Teng Demon Citadel and announced that he had been granted the title of Honorary Baron.
• Wang Teng bound the Baron Badge to his identity, and the Yang King explained to Shen Tu Xiong that Wang Teng’s connections and aid to Yang City had justified the title.
• Wang Teng said farewell to Tantai Xuan, Golin, and Su Lingxuan before heading to the airship terminal.
• Li Rongxue met Wang Teng at the terminal, gave him an airship ticket, and watched him depart.
• Wang Teng boarded the airship with the Nether Flame Underworld Crow and set off for Earth Star.

Wang Teng returned to Earth Star, caught up with his friends, and reported to the principals about his experiences in the other world. He finished his specially arranged final exams in half a day, and Peng Yuanshan was stunned by his results.

• Wang Teng returned to Earth Star and reunited with Hou Pingliang, Song Shuhang, Lü Shu, and Baili Qingfeng over breakfast.
• Wang Teng told his friends that he had visited the other world and then left to report to Principal Peng Yuanshan.
• Wang Teng gave Peng Yuanshan an account of his experiences, including the Darkness Breed invasion, and agreed to prove his progress in the final exams.
• Wang Teng checked in with Principal Tong Hu and resumed his routine at school as students prepared for exams.
• Peng Yuanshan arranged a separate exam room and gave Wang Teng one day to complete every subject, but Wang Teng finished in half a day.
• Peng Yuanshan reviewed Wang Teng's papers and called him a freak after seeing his results.

After the final exams, Wang Teng’s friends discussed the National First Martial Arts Competition and the delayed roster announcement. They discovered that Wang Teng had been selected to compete, leaving them shocked while he calmly treated it as a chance to gain experience.

• Principal Peng exempted Wang Teng from the Combat Assessment because his strength had advanced too far for the test to be meaningful.
• Hou Pingliang, Song Shuhang, Lü Shu, and Baili Qingfeng discussed the competition’s contenders and wondered why Yellow Sea had not announced its roster.
• Wang Teng pretended to follow the discussion despite not recognizing the martial artists they mentioned.
• Hou Pingliang and the others checked the official website and found Wang Teng listed as a competitor.
• Wang Teng’s friends questioned whether a first-year student could compete against older martial artists, and Wang Teng said he would go to gain experience.

After Yellow Sea Military Academy named Wang Teng to its team for the National First Martial Arts Competition, students and rival factions questioned the decision. At the school’s training ground, Zhang Fengyu challenged Wang Teng over his placement, but Wang Teng effortlessly shattered Zhang Fengyu’s sword strike and stunned the onlookers.

• Wang Teng reassured Hou Pingliang and his classmates that he would not be harmed by competing, and they accepted his explanation.
• Yellow Sea Military Academy’s competitor list revealed Wang Teng as a freshman, prompting campus rumors and investigations by other schools and factions.
• Peng Yuanshan gathered the competitors and explained that their performance would affect the school’s honor and future resource allocation.
• Peng Yuanshan told the upperclassmen they could prove Wang Teng was unqualified, and Zhang Fengyu challenged him because Wang Teng’s selection had pushed him into the second echelon.
• Zhang Fengyu attacked with 50% Sword Force, but Wang Teng shattered his sword light with a single punch, shocking everyone present.

Wang Teng defeated Zhang Fengyu with one punch and was selected for the National First Martial Arts Competition, leaving the deans to speculate that he might be stronger than Han Zhu. Before departing for Xia Capital, he told Lin Chuhan he had found a way to cure Chu Xia, while joking that she would owe him again.

• Wang Teng defeated Zhang Fengyu with a single punch, and Zhang Fengyu conceded.
• Peng Yuanshan finalized the roster, named Han Zhu captain, and told the group to leave for Xia Capital the next day.
• The deans discussed Wang Teng's hidden strength, and Peng Yuanshan suggested he might be stronger than Han Zhu.
• Wang Teng returned to his dorm and practiced his newly acquired battle techniques before the competition.
• Lin Chuhan called Wang Teng after seeing the news about his competition, and he told her he had found a way to cure Chu Xia.
• Wang Teng told Lin Chuhan that the bad news was she would owe him again.

Lin Chuhan and her roommates decided to travel to Xia Capital to watch the National First Martial Arts Competition, while Wang Teng prepared to attend with Yellow Sea Military Academy. The chapter ended with Wang Teng and the university team boarding a private plane bound for Xia Capital.

• Lin Chuhan was relieved that Wang Teng had found a way to resolve Chu Xia's problem, and her roommates teased her about him.
• Xu Wantong offered to arrange tickets and lodging in Xia Capital, and Lin Chuhan agreed to go with her and Tian Xiaoxiao.
• Wang Teng received Lin Chuhan's transfer and continued cultivating, unaware of the women's travel plans.
• Wang Teng met the ten senior students on the Training Field, including Han Zhu, Du Yu, and Wan Baiqiu, before Peng Yuanshan arrived to lead the team.
• Peng Yuanshan led Wang Teng and the students to the airport, where they boarded a private plane for Xia Capital.

Wang Teng and the Yellow Sea Military Academy delegation arrived in Xia Capital, where First Academy arranged their accommodations ahead of the National First Martial Arts Competition. After seeing Dragon Nest and meeting other young competitors, Wang Teng realized the coming contest would be tough.

• Wang Teng and the Yellow Sea Military Academy delegation arrived in Xia Capital and were greeted by Instructor Chen and students from First Academy.
• Instructor Chen led the group to Dragon Nest, where Han Zhu and the others learned the competition would be held there the day after tomorrow.
• Instructor Chen arranged rooms for the delegation at a government-owned hotel, and Peng Yuanshan told the students not to cause trouble and asked Han Zhu to watch over them.
• Wang Teng settled into his room, then joined Han Zhu and the others for lunch at the hotel buffet.
• Wang Teng and Han Zhu observed the other young competitors and agreed that the martial arts competition would be a tough battle.

At the hotel, Wang Teng and his companions met Xiao Yunfan and the East Sea University team, who underestimated Wang Teng and promised to go easy on him. Wang Teng then joined Han Zhu, Wan Baiqiu, and the others for an afternoon outing in Xia Capital.

• Wan Baiqiu pointed out the East Sea University contestants, and Han Zhu identified their leader, Xiao Yunfan, as a Peak 4-Star War Soldier Level expert.
• Xiao Yunfan approached Han Zhu's group, questioned Wang Teng's place in the competition, and told his teammates to remember him and not hit him too hard.
• Wang Teng cheerfully thanked the East Sea University seniors for their promised care, while Han Zhu and the others recognized that they were underestimating him.
• Wan Baiqiu suggested exploring the city, and Wang Teng, Han Zhu, and several others decided to go with her.
• The group took hotel cars into the city, and Wang Teng was surprised to see Han Zhu and Wan Baiqiu dressed casually.

Wang Teng and his companions visited Xia Capital’s Ancient City Wall, where they intervened after four Afei Alliance martial warriors harassed two girls and attacked three boys who stood up for them. The group beat the attackers and drove them away, leaving the crowd cheering.

• Wang Teng, Han Zhu, Wan Baiqiu, Du Yu, and Wei Jing climbed the Ancient City Wall and discussed rumors of dragons and legendary creatures.
• Wan Baiqiu led the group toward a commotion, where they found four Afei Alliance youths harassing two girls while the crowd held back.
• Three boys confronted the youths and rallied the crowd, but the four martial warriors attacked them.
• Wang Teng, Han Zhu, Wan Baiqiu, and Du Yu blocked the attack and told the boys to step back.
• Wang Teng and his companions beat the four Afei Alliance youths and ordered them to leave.

Wang Teng and his companions toured the capital, drove off four Afei Alliance youths who harassed ordinary people, and enjoyed dinner before Peng Yuanshan briefed them on the National First Martial Arts Competition. The team returned to their rooms to rest ahead of the opening ceremony the next day.

• Wang Teng and his companions drove off four Afei Alliance youths who had harassed two girls, then warned the bystanders to be more cautious in the future.
• The group finished touring the Ancient City Wall and Imperial Palace Ruins, then ate mutton hotpot at a crowded restaurant.
• Wan Baiqiu assured Wang Teng that the academy would support them because they had acted in the right, and the group returned to the hotel after dinner.
• Peng Yuanshan gathered the students and told them to watch the major schools and factions' martial warriors at the opening ceremony so they could study their opponents.
• Peng Yuanshan cautioned Wang Teng not to underestimate other geniuses, and Wang Teng promised to take the competition seriously.
• The students returned to their rooms, and the hotel grew quiet as everyone prepared for the competition's opening ceremony.

The National First Martial Arts Competition opened at Dragon Nest as officials, spectators, and contestants gathered. Commentators Zhang Jun and Su Xiao explained the tournament format and began introducing the competitors.

• Lin Chuhan arrived with Tian Xiaoxiao and Xu Wantong, who teased her about Wang Teng and Xiao Yunfan.
• Business leaders and other prominent guests entered Dragon Nest before staff admitted the spectators.
• A martial arts powerhouse silenced the venue and declared the competition officially open.
• Zhang Jun and Su Xiao announced the one-on-one elimination format, the Resurrection Tournament, and the final ranking matches.
• Zhang Jun and Su Xiao began welcoming martial artists from universities and factions across the country.