Chapter Summaries

Wang Teng revealed his strength when the robbers tried to kill him and defeated all five in less than a minute. He was left exhausted, while the hostages feared him more than they trusted his claim that he was a good person.

• Wang Teng stopped pretending to be frightened and attacked the lead robber, killing him with a single blow.
• Wang Teng hurled the lead robber's body into Scarface and knocked Scarface unconscious with a sweeping kick.
• Wang Teng dodged the robbers' gunfire, used a thrown chair to distract them, and took down two more robbers.
• Wang Teng evaded the last driver's shots and defeated him with a Basic Sword Technique thrust.
• Wang Teng panted with exhaustion and asked the frightened hostages whether they believed he was a good person; they shook their heads before hastily nodding.

After being released from the police station, Wang Teng dismissed the reward for killing five wanted criminals and donated it to the police. He trained until late to work through the pressure of the encounter, then returned home to his mother’s care and went to sleep, leaving the next arc to begin afterward.

• Yang Zhenchao told Wang Teng that the robbers were wanted criminals and offered him a reward and commendation, but Wang Teng declined the reward and asked that the money go to the police station.
• Yang Zhenchao helped Wang Teng retrieve his towed supercar and remarked that the seventeen- or eighteen-year-old Advanced Martial Apprentice might become a Martial Warrior within two years.
• Wang Teng went to the Polar Star Martial Arts Academy and trained in boxing, swordsmanship, and blade techniques while deciding that killing the robbers had been necessary to survive.
• Wang Teng returned home, reassured Li Xiumei that he had eaten with classmates, and ate egg noodles made with Star Beast Meat.
• Wang Teng checked messages from Bai Wei and Yu Hao, left them unanswered until morning, and went to sleep.

Wang Teng trained at the martial arts academy, watched Zhang Shaoyang advance to Advanced Martial Apprentice, and reluctantly agreed to attend a gathering at a Mountain Villa on Baoan Mountain. He drove there with Bai Wei while Xu Jie led the way, and the group entered the mountain area.

• Wang Teng arrived late at Polar Star Martial Arts Academy and learned that Zhang Shaoyang was close to advancing to Advanced Martial Apprentice.
• Zhang Shaoyang passed his test that afternoon and moved up to train on the third floor.
• Xu Jie persuaded Wang Teng to attend a gathering for noble family friends at a Mountain Villa on Baoan Mountain.
• Wang Teng met Xu Jie, Bai Wei, and Yu Hao near the highway entrance, then drove with Bai Wei while Xu Jie led in the other car.
• The group followed the signs off the highway and drove along a concrete road into Baoan Mountain.

Wang Teng attended a mountain villa gathering with Xu Jie, Yu Hao, and Bai Wei, where he learned that Zhou Baiyun had organized it after returning from abroad. The chapter left Zhou Baiyun approaching the group and discovering the tension between Wang Teng and her friend Li Rongcheng.

• Wang Teng and his friends arrived at Baoan Mountain’s villa and met Xu Jie’s cousin, Sun Gaoyan.
• Sun Gaoyan told Xu Jie that Zhou Baiyun, the Zhou Family’s third child, had organized the gathering and returned for good.
• Zhou Baiyun arrived with Li Rongcheng and socialized with the guests.
• Xu Jie, Yu Hao, and Bai Wei discussed Li Rongcheng’s grudge against them, and Wang Teng told them to watch what they said.
• Zhou Baiyun approached Wang Teng’s group, noticed the awkward reactions between them and Li Rongcheng, and Sun Gaoyan began introducing everyone.

Wang Teng and his companions attended Zhou Baiyun’s gathering at Baoan Mountain, where she favored other guests and hosted a lavish meal. In the afternoon, she led everyone to the mountain’s entertainment facilities and announced a team hunting contest with a mysterious prize.

• Zhou Baiyun greeted Wang Teng’s group but showed them less warmth than the other guests, and they speculated that she was recruiting Li Rongcheng for his potential as a Martial Warrior.
• Sun Gaoyan inferred something from the discussion about Li Rongcheng and gradually joined Wang Teng’s group more closely.
• The guests ate a meal featuring mildly mutated animal meat, then rested before setting out at two thirty.
• Zhou Baiyun led the group to a mountain pool and nearby attractions, where Lin Hao jumped into the water fully clothed.
• Zhou Baiyun invited the guests to hunt in teams for game to barbecue and promised a mysterious gift to whoever caught the most prey, warning them about aggressive beasts.

Wang Teng tested his newly acquired Gun Technique in the hunting ground and showed off his exceptional aim. After shooting a White Fox that Zhou Baiyun’s group had been chasing, he earned her promise to grant the shooter one condition.

• Wang Teng checked his Attribute Panel and recalled gaining Small Success Gun Technique and a Rune Gun from the bandits he had killed.
• Wang Teng, Xu Jie, Yu Hao, and Sun Gaoyan entered the hunting ground with Rune Guns, while Bai Wei joined the water-gun squad.
• Wang Teng shot a Big Gray Rabbit with one accurate shot, impressing Xu Jie, Yu Hao, and Sun Gaoyan.
• The group encountered Zhou Baiyun and Li Rongcheng chasing a White Fox, and Li Rongcheng repeatedly missed it.
• Zhou Baiyun offered to grant one condition to whoever hit the White Fox, and Wang Teng shot it as it charged toward him.
• Zhou Baiyun praised the fox’s fur and said she would use it to make a scarf.

Wang Teng left the hunting ground with his friends, then stopped a young man from secretly groping Bai Wei by striking him with stones. As everyone prepared to go home after a bonfire meal, a thunderous boom came from the dark mountain forest, leaving them startled and unsure what had happened.

• Wang Teng declined Zhou Baiyun's offer of a favor and left the hunting ground with Xu Jie, Sun Gaoyan, and Yu Hao.
• Wang Teng struck a young man's hand with a pebble when he tried to grope Bai Wei, then hit his crotch with a larger stone when he tried again.
• Bai Wei realized Wang Teng had intervened and joined him and his friends by the pool.
• Everyone ate roasted game and socialized around a bonfire as night fell.
• As Zhou Baiyun prepared to address the group before they left, a thunderous boom shook the distant mountain forest.

Wang Teng investigated a disturbance in the mountain forest and found evidence of a battle between powerful martial artists. After surviving an ambush and killing his attacker, he picked up the dead man’s attribute bubbles.

• Li Rongcheng went to investigate a distant disturbance, and Wang Teng followed after showing the group his extraordinary movement skills.
• Li Rongcheng returned without finding anything, but another explosion sounded, so the group waited for Wang Teng to report back.
• Wang Teng found scorched trees, shattered ground, and a dead figure, then realized the battle might have involved Martial Warriors.
• An unseen attacker wounded Wang Teng with a sword, but Wang Teng fired his Rune Gun and killed the assailant.
• Wang Teng picked up the dead attacker’s bubbles, gaining Crimson Flame Art, Elementary Fire Talent, and two Fire Source Power.

Wang Teng absorbed the attributes of two dead Martial Warriors, becoming a One-Star War Soldier and gaining both fire and ice abilities. After stabilizing the conflicting powers, he looted the bodies and took their weapons and belongings.

• Wang Teng absorbed the Fire Source Power, Crimson Flame Art, Fire Scale Sword Art, and other attributes from the fire Martial Warrior, healing his injuries and becoming a One-Star War Soldier.
• Wang Teng picked up the attributes left by the second Martial Warrior and gained Elementary Ice Talent, Ice Element Source Power, Profound Ice Art, and Illusory Ice Fist.
• Wang Teng's fire and ice powers nearly clashed inside him, but a mysterious force helped them settle into balance.
• Wang Teng decided to study Martial Warrior knowledge so he would not make another dangerous mistake.
• Wang Teng searched both corpses and took the purple-black gloves, the crimson-rune longsword, and several other belongings.

Wang Teng burned the two Martial Warriors’ bodies to hide the evidence, then found a mysterious egg in a backpack and returned to the group without revealing what he had taken. After taking Bai Wei home, he drove toward home to examine his spoils, but spotted a familiar figure on a crowded street.

• Wang Teng cremated the two Martial Warriors in the pit and searched the Fire Element Martial Artist’s tree, where he found a backpack containing a mysterious egg.
• Wang Teng returned to the group, dismissed their complaints with an excuse about getting lost, and warned Li Rongcheng against gossiping about him.
• Li Rongcheng won the hunting contest and received Zhou Baiyun’s female True Person doll as his prize.
• Xu Jie asked Wang Teng to take Bai Wei home, and Wang Teng drove her to Jinhua before heading for home with his spoils hidden in the trunk.
• Wang Teng reviewed how he had concealed the evidence and changed clothes, then noticed a familiar figure while driving through a busy commercial street.

Wang Teng arrived at the milk tea shop and drove Lin Chuhan home, unsettling the two male employees who had competed to escort her. He left after warning them not to call Lin Chuhan by her first name alone.

• Lin Chuhan rejected Qian Weibao and Tinfoil Perm's offers to take her home as they finished work at the milk tea shop.
• Wang Teng arrived and ordered milk tea, surprising Lin Chuhan and making Qian Weibao and Tinfoil Perm see him as a romantic rival.
• Lin Chuhan refused Wang Teng's offer, but he lifted her electric scooter into the trunk of his sports car and persuaded her to get in.
• Wang Teng grabbed Qian Weibao and Tinfoil Perm by the shoulders and warned them to use Lin Chuhan's surname when addressing her.
• Wang Teng drove away with Lin Chuhan, leaving Qian Weibao and Tinfoil Perm staring at the scooter protruding from his trunk.

After taking Lin Chuhan home, Wang Teng inspected the spoils from the fight and studied the changes to his Attribute Panel. He confirmed he had become a One-Star War Soldier with both Fire and Ice Talents, then fell asleep after hiding the mysterious egg.

• Wang Teng drove Lin Chuhan home and lit the dark alley with his headlights until she was safely out of sight.
• Wang Teng returned home and examined the ordinary belongings, Rune Weapons, and unidentified egg he had taken from the two Martial Warriors.
• Wang Teng checked his Attribute Panel and saw his Spirit, Talents, Primal Force, cultivation methods, combat skills, and combat strength.
• Wang Teng realized he had originally possessed no Talent and felt relieved that the system had granted him Fire and Ice Talents.
• Wang Teng hid the egg beneath his bed, finished reviewing his spoils, and drifted off to sleep.

After becoming a Martial Warrior, Wang Teng went to school and searched Taobao for a custom case to carry his weapons. He agreed to pay one hundred thousand for a modified Weapon Storage Box and awaited the seller’s work.

• Wang Teng woke up, reflected on becoming a Martial Warrior, and learned that his father would be delayed by company business.
• Wang Teng drove to East Sea No. 1 High School and saw Lin Chuhan studying before class.
• Wang Teng searched Taobao for a container that could carry his battle sword and gauntlets, but found no suitable listings.
• Wang Teng contacted Master Lu’s shop and learned that its old Weapon Storage Box had been sitting in a warehouse for ten years.
• Wang Teng gave the seller his customization requirements and agreed to pay one hundred thousand if the finished box satisfied him.

Wang Teng sought advice on hatching the egg, but a Giant Crow attacked East Sea City while he was at a pet shop. Just as Wang Teng prepared to fight it, an unknown warrior killed the bird with a single saber strike.

• Wang Teng skipped class to ask a pet shop worker how to incubate the egg, while Zhao Gangbao spotted him and followed him with a companion.
• A Giant Crow flew toward East Sea City and shattered shop windows with its piercing cries, injuring pedestrians.
• Wang Teng pulled the pet shop worker to safety, took his battle gear, and realized the Giant Crow was diving toward him.
• The Giant Crow’s murderous aura briefly paralyzed Wang Teng, but he broke free and charged his sword with Fire Source Power.
• An unknown person shouted at the Giant Crow and cut it down with a green saber strike, leaving Wang Teng and the crowd stunned.

Wang Teng witnessed a Martial Warrior kill a Giant Crow and collected powerful attribute drops from its corpse. As the City Guard Department investigated the attack, Zhao Ganghu stopped Zhao Gangbao from confronting Wang Teng and revealed that Wang Teng was a Martial Warrior.

• Wang Teng watched a Martial Warrior slay the Giant Crow, then concealed his weapons and backpack while the crowd discussed the mysterious fighter.
• Wang Teng collected Speed, Fire Source Power, Blank Attribute, and Spirit Vision Eye attribute bubbles from the Giant Crow's corpse.
• The City Guard Department sealed off the scene, removed the Giant Crow, and questioned witnesses, but learned little about why it had entered East Sea City.
• Wang Teng wondered whether the Giant Crow had been targeting him, then saw the Pet Shop's young woman approach.
• Zhao Gangbao urged Zhao Ganghu to help him seize Wang Teng, but Zhao Ganghu struck him and warned that Wang Teng was a Martial Warrior.

Wang Teng confronted the Zhao brothers after discovering they had followed him, and forced Zhao Ganghu to promise a satisfactory resolution for Zhao Gangbao’s offense. The brothers left under pressure, while Wang Teng waited for Zhao Ganghu’s answer the next day.

• Zhao Ganghu told Zhao Gangbao that Wang Teng had revealed himself as a Martial Warrior and urged him to apologize.
• Lu Zhiqing thanked Wang Teng for saving her and exchanged WeChat contacts with him.
• Zhao Ganghu brought Zhao Gangbao to apologize, but Wang Teng realized they had followed him and questioned their intentions.
• Wang Teng released his Martial Warrior aura, making Zhao Gangbao collapse and confirming Zhao Ganghu’s suspicions.
• Zhao Ganghu offered five million, but Wang Teng refused and gave him until the next day to provide a satisfactory answer.

Wang Teng realized the Giant Crow’s egg had made him look like a child trafficker, then raced back to the rooftop where a mysterious martial artist had struck in hopes of collecting an Attribute Bubble. He missed it, returned to school with an incubator, and found his growing Fire Source Power had raised his combat strength to 182.

• Wang Teng realized the egg belonged to the Giant Crow and wondered how two Martial Warriors had stolen it, then recalled that the mysterious martial artist might have left an Attribute Bubble.
• Wang Teng rushed to the Commercial Building rooftop, but the expert’s bubble vanished just before he could collect it, leaving him lamenting the loss of a billion.
• The security guards mistook Wang Teng’s rooftop despair for suicidal intent, but he jumped onto an air-conditioning unit and descended safely down the building’s exterior.
• Wang Teng bought an incubator, returned to school, and reviewed his Attribute Panel after lunch.
• Wang Teng saw that his Fire Source Power had risen to 41 and his Comprehensive Combat Strength to 182, placing him at the Early Stage of One-Star Middle Stage War Soldier Level combat strength.

Wang Teng tested how Blank Attributes affected his abilities, then spent them improving his Fire Source Power and Fire Scale Sword Art. At school, Fan Weiming announced expanded enrollment for the martial arts entrance exam, and Wang Teng asked Lin Chuhan whether she planned to take it.

• Wang Teng tested Blank Attribute conversion rates and found he could not raise combat strength directly.
• Wang Teng spent 20 Blank Attributes on Fire Source Power and 29 on Fire Scale Sword Art.
• Fan Weiming announced that Intermediate Martial Disciples could apply for the martial arts entrance exam and warned students about its dangerous Combat Assessment.
• The students discussed the risks and their lack of preparation for the exam.
• Wang Teng noticed Lin Chuhan seemed uneasy and asked whether she wanted to take the martial arts entrance exam.

After the martial arts exam expansion was announced, Wang Teng and his classmates discussed the new requirements and the unequal access to advance information. Wang Teng encouraged Lin Chuhan to prepare and suggested Xu Jie consider repeating a year, leaving Xu Jie to decide whether to pursue martial arts.

• Lin Chuhan explained why she wanted to take the martial arts entrance exam, and Yang Jian revealed that his uncle at the Education Bureau had told him about the exam a month earlier.
• Yang Jian said he had heard that the liberal arts exam difficulty and score requirements would be lowered, and Wang Teng reassured Lin Chuhan and offered to help her study.
• After school, Wang Teng advised Lin Chuhan to stop working part-time and focus on reviewing Five Years Martial Arts Exam Three Years Simulation.
• Wang Teng, Xu Jie, Bai Wei, and Yu Hao discussed the exam expansion, and Wang Teng suggested Xu Jie consider repeating a year.
• Xu Jie said he would discuss repeating a year with his parents, while Wang Teng reflected that Xu Jie had to decide for himself whether to take the martial path.

After the City Guard Department questioned Wang Teng about the battle at Baoan Mountain, he concealed his involvement and avoided suspicion. He then discovered that his Spiritual Sight Talent let him see Primal Force, but using it consumed Spirit.

• Bai Wei told Wang Teng and his friends that Zhou Baiyun and the City Guard Department had found traces of a battle between Martial Warriors at Baoan Mountain.
• Chai Yu questioned Wang Teng at his home, and Wang Teng gave prepared answers while Wang Sheng Guo backed up his claim that he often got lost.
• Chai Yu concluded that Wang Teng probably had little to do with the deaths of the two Martial Warriors and that the case would likely remain unsolved.
• Wang Teng secretly placed the egg in an incubator, then examined his eyes with Spiritual Sight and saw the egg glowing with Fire Source Power.
• Wang Teng realized his Spiritual Sight could reveal Primal Force, but it consumed Spirit and left him dizzy when he overused it.