Chapter Summaries

Wang Teng defied the Black Nightmare Demon Lord’s attention and used his Mental Power to rally the human fighters against the Darkness Breeds. He continued clearing the battlefield and helped Kong Li, Yuwen Xuan, Cold Wind, Black Widow, and their teams form a battle formation.

• The Black Nightmare Demon Lord ordered fleeing Darkness Breeds to turn back and attack the humans, and they began slaughtering martial artists.
• Wang Teng feared the Black Nightmare Demon Lord but charged into battle and froze nearby Darkness Breeds with his Mental Power.
• Wang Teng urged the human fighters to attack, restoring their morale as Tantai Xuan, Yang King, and the others praised him.
• Wang Teng moved across the battlefield, killing Darkness Breeds and collecting Attribute Bubbles while the Black Nightmare Demon Lord watched without attacking.
• Wang Teng aided Kong Li, Yuwen Xuan, Cold Wind, Black Widow, and their teams, then ordered them to gather and form a battle formation.

Wang Teng led the Black Sparrow Legion and Gale Wind Wolves in a coordinated charge that began turning the battle, while Black Nightmare Demon Lord offered the War General Level Darkness Breeds a chance to escape punishment by killing him. Xile attacked Wang Teng, who evaded its claw with his Space Talent and then aimed a Fire God Cannon at it.

• Wang Teng commanded Kong Li, Cold Wind, and the others in a blade-shaped formation that cut through the Darkness Breeds.
• Zuerzi spotted Wang Teng and tried to reach him, but Tantai Xuan intercepted it and fought it back.
• Black Nightmare Demon Lord promised to spare any War General Level Darkness Breed that killed Wang Teng, prompting them to break away and pursue him.
• Xile abandoned an injured human martial artist and charged toward Wang Teng while Yang King, Tantai Xuan, and the others were held off by the other Darkness Breeds.
• Wang Teng vanished with his Space Talent to avoid Xile's claw, then appeared at a distance and fired his charged Fire God Cannon at it.

Wang Teng fled from the werewolf War General Xile, using his speed and the mountain range’s Star Beasts to wear down his pursuer while Tantai Xuan and the others were kept from helping him. After Xile killed a Half-step Lord Level Yellow Scaled Tiger, Wang Teng collected its attribute bubbles and broke through to the 8-Star War Soldier Level in Earth Element Source Power.

• Wang Teng fired the Fire God Cannon at Xile, then fled as Xile pursued him and Tantai Xuan was blocked by Zuerzi.
• Black Nightmare Demon Lord sent a clone after Wang Teng while Kong Li, Cold Wind, and Yuwen Xuan watched helplessly from the battlefield.
• Wang Teng used Wind Source Power, Mental Power, and Wind Concealment to evade Xile and lure him into battles with powerful Star Beasts.
• Wang Teng provoked Xile during the pursuit, and Xile fought through Star Beasts while growing increasingly exhausted.
• Wang Teng led Xile into the territory of a Half-step Lord Level Yellow Scaled Tiger, which Xile killed before collecting its corpse.
• Wang Teng picked up the Yellow Scaled Tiger’s attribute bubbles and broke through to the 8-Star War Soldier Level in Earth Element Source Power.

Wang Teng discovered that his Darkness Source Power had silently reached the 9-Star War Soldier Level and fused with his Origin Cores, then escaped a Werewolf Race War General by using Space Power. As Xile pursued him, Wang Teng used his bond with Little White to locate a powerful Fire Source Power cluster and changed direction toward it.

• Wang Teng checked his attributes and found his Earth Source Power at 8-Star, his Fire Source Power one point short of 8-Star, and his Darkness Source Power at 9-Star.
• Wang Teng discovered that his Darkness Source Power had fused into the surfaces of all nine of his Origin Cores, leaving him worried that he was losing control.
• Xile attacked Wang Teng's hiding place, but Wang Teng used Space Power to dodge the Werewolf Race War General's claw blades and flee.
• Xile recognized Wang Teng's Space Power and chased him, believing he could catch him once Wang Teng reached his limit.
• Wang Teng shared vision with Little White, which had reached 5-star strength, and located a dazzling cluster of Fire Source Power in the mountains.
• Wang Teng abruptly turned toward the cluster, while Xile questioned what he was planning.

Wang Teng lured Xile into the territory of a Lord Level Ironclad Flame Scorpion, using the Star Beast to distract the werewolf while he slipped into the stone forest. The chapter left Xile fighting the scorpion as Wang Teng hid nearby.

• Wang Teng used Little White to scout a Lord Level Ironclad Flame Scorpion and discovered it was drawn to the Azure Flame beside it.
• Xile pursued Wang Teng and attacked, while Wang Teng absorbed Attribute Bubbles from Star Beasts caught in the crossfire and raised several Source Powers to 8-Star War Soldier Level.
• Wang Teng provoked Xile into attacking more fiercely, then lured him into the Ironclad Flame Scorpion's territory.
• Wang Teng slashed into the stone forest with Demon Citadel and slipped inside while Xile paused at the scorpion's presence.
• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion ordered Xile to leave its territory, then charged him with its pincers.

Wang Teng watched from hiding as Xile and the Ironclad Flame Scorpion fought, keeping Little White from stealing the Azure Flame while he waited for both opponents to weaken. The battle left them badly injured, and it ended this chapter with Xile striking the scorpion’s flaming tail with a black Primal Force Light Sphere.

• Xile charged the Ironclad Flame Scorpion and dodged its Azure Flame poison stinger as they fought in midair.
• Wang Teng concealed himself with perfected Wind Concealment and concealment runes, then stopped Little White from approaching the Azure Flame.
• Black Nightmare Demon Lord’s avatar watched the battle and refused to intervene.
• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion and Xile exchanged attacks until both suffered serious injuries.
• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion unleashed its blazing tail whip, and Xile fired a black Primal Force Light Sphere into its tail.

Wang Teng watched as the Ironclad Flame Scorpion’s Azure Flame nearly killed Xile, until the Black Nightmare Demon Lord’s clone intervened and demanded the flame. The scorpion refused and unleashed its full power, leaving it fighting the clone while Xile was battered aside.

• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion’s Azure Flame engulfed Xile, and Wang Teng realized the flames grew stronger when fed by Darkness Source Power.
• The Black Nightmare Demon Lord’s clone appeared, stripped the Azure Flame from Xile, and ordered the Ironclad Flame Scorpion to hand over its remaining flame.
• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion refused, and the clone ordered Xile to attack it.
• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion covered its body in Azure Flame and charged Xile, who struggled to avoid being burned.
• The clone slapped Xile aside, and the Ironclad Flame Scorpion redirected its attacks toward the clone.

Wang Teng used the Black Nightmare Demon Lord’s fight with the Ironclad Flame Scorpion to target the wounded Werewolf Race War General. After raising his Assassination Art to the consummate stage, he ambushed the general repeatedly, leaving it badly wounded and enraged.

• The Black Nightmare Demon Lord struck the Ironclad Flame Scorpion’s pincers aside and cracked one, while Wang Teng observed how its fluorescent protective layer resisted the Azure Flame.
• The injured Werewolf Race War General searched for Wang Teng, and Wang Teng decided to exploit its weakened state before he might have to face two War General Level Darkness Breeds.
• Wang Teng spent all 3,200 of his Blank Attribute to raise his Assassination Art from Entry Level to the consummate stage.
• Wang Teng vanished into concealment and cut the Werewolf Race War General’s arm when it dodged his first surprise attack.
• Wang Teng continued striking from hidden positions, using the Divine Weapon Demon Citadel to slash the general’s thigh and mock it as it attacked blindly.

Wang Teng killed the Werewolf Race War General Xile by combining poison, assassination techniques, and Bewitch Heart. He collected its attributes and decided to risk absorbing enough Darkness Source Power to approach a War General breakthrough, while a stronger Darkness Breed remained a threat.

• Wang Teng used the Assassination Art to drive Xile into a frenzy and inflicted multiple wounds while the poison inside it spread through its body.
• Xile recognized Wang Teng's Poison Source Power and tried to purge it, but the poison corroded its body and Darkness Source Power.
• Wang Teng appeared behind Xile and used Bewitch Heart to distract it, then cut off its head with Demon Citadel.
• Wang Teng stored Xile's corpse and collected its Attribute Bubbles, including 1200 points of Darkness Source Power.
• Wang Teng hesitated over absorbing the Darkness Source Power because of an earlier abnormality, then resolved to take the risk and absorbed Spirit, Comprehension, and Advanced Darkness Talent attributes.

Wang Teng perfected his Darkness Source Power across all nine Origin Cores, but failed to advance to the War General Level. He then discovered the Black Nightmare Demon Lord clone was weakened and destroyed it while trying to keep the Ironclad Flame Scorpion from surrendering its Azure Flame.

• Wang Teng absorbed Dark Wind Bullet attributes from the Werewolf Race War General and raised the technique to Small Success.
• Wang Teng perfected Darkness Source Power in all nine Origin Cores, but the expected breakthrough to the War General Level did not occur.
• Wang Teng found the Ironclad Flame Scorpion badly wounded and hesitating as the Black Nightmare Demon Lord clone demanded its Azure Flame.
• Wang Teng used Spiritual Sight to realize the clone had little Primal Force remaining, then rushed in to help the Ironclad Flame Scorpion.
• Wang Teng struck the Black Nightmare Demon Lord clone with a punch, causing it to collapse into Darkness Source Power and vanish.

Wang Teng destroyed the Black Nightmare Demon Lord’s avatar and absorbed its Attribute Bubbles, gaining the Darkness Avatar Technique. After the Ironclad Flame Scorpion invited him to visit its home, Wang Teng asked to see its Azure Flame.

• Wang Teng punched apart the Black Nightmare Demon Lord’s avatar, surprising the Ironclad Flame Scorpion with his strength.
• Wang Teng collected the avatar’s Attribute Bubbles and learned the Heaven-rank Darkness Avatar Technique.
• Wang Teng realized the Black Nightmare Demon Lord had threatened to remember him and worried about attracting the powerful expert’s attention.
• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion thanked Wang Teng and offered him spirit fruits and herbs at its home.
• Wang Teng asked the Ironclad Flame Scorpion to show him its Azure Flame.

Wang Teng persuaded the injured Ironclad Flame Scorpion to lead him to the Azure Flame, which the scorpion offered to him as thanks for saving its life. Beneath the stone forest, Wang Teng discovered that the flame came from a massive Azure Crystal Stone.

• Wang Teng asked the Ironclad Flame Scorpion to show him the Azure Flame, and the scorpion reluctantly agreed.
• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion explained that an unknown azure stone had shattered underground, releasing the flame, and admitted the flame had helped it grow beyond its kind’s usual limit.
• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion offered Wang Teng the Azure Flame, then led him to a tunnel beneath a pile of boulders.
• Wang Teng followed the scorpion more than a hundred meters underground and saw its wounds healing in the chamber’s heat.
• Wang Teng found a massive Azure Crystal Stone embedded in the chamber walls and used his Ice Element Source Power to withstand its heat.

Wang Teng recognized the Azure Crystal Stone as the prison of the rare Azure Jade Glazed Flame and saw through the Ironclad Flame Scorpion’s attempt to make him absorb it. He began using his powerful Mental Power to control the flame, leaving the outcome of his attempt uncertain.

• Wang Teng recalled that the Azure Jade Glazed Flame formed within Azure Crystal Stones and that its power had turned the Ironclad Flame Scorpion into a Lord Level creature.
• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion urged Wang Teng to absorb the flame from the Azure Crystal Stone, while Wang Teng realized that a careless attempt would trigger a deadly eruption.
• Wang Teng approached the enormous crystal and prepared to subdue the flame with Mental Power, the safest method available to him.
• Wang Teng pressed his hand against the Azure Crystal Stone and sent his Mental Power into it to control the flame within.

Wang Teng risked his Mental Power to subdue the Azure Jade Glazed Flame while the Ironclad Flame Scorpion waited for him to suffer backlash. After revealing that he had succeeded and that his frightened behavior was an act, Wang Teng forced the scorpion to beg for its life and offer to acknowledge him as its master.

• Wang Teng sent his Mental Power into the Azure Crystal Stone and fought through the heat to reach the Azure Jade Glazed Flame.
• Wang Teng trapped the flame with his Mental Power and drove needle-like spikes toward its core, while the Ironclad Flame Scorpion watched and waited for him to be injured.
• Wang Teng screamed and spat blood, convincing the Ironclad Flame Scorpion that the flame had injured him.
• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion attacked Wang Teng, but he revealed the Azure Jade Glazed Flame and admitted that his fear had been an act.
• Wang Teng rejected the scorpion’s offer of treasure, and the Ironclad Flame Scorpion begged to acknowledge him as its master.

Wang Teng forced the Ironclad Flame Scorpion to surrender its Soul Flame, then let Little White absorb the Azure Jade Glazed Flame’s separated flame while he returned to the battle at Star Maple City. He found humanity holding a stalemate against the Darkness Breed, and the Black Nightmare Demon Lord fixed her attention on him.

• Wang Teng claimed the Ironclad Flame Scorpion’s Soul Flame and ordered it to recover and guard the Azure Crystal Stone.
• Wang Teng told the Ironclad Flame Scorpion that Little White would absorb the separated flame, then let Little White begin awakening its Nether Flame Talent.
• Wang Teng flew back toward Star Maple City, hoping to help defend humanity.
• Wang Teng arrived to find human martial artists in a stalemate with the Darkness Breed while Tantai Xuan and other War General Level experts fought the Black Nightmare Demon Lord.
• The Black Nightmare Demon Lord noticed Wang Teng, and Wang Teng glared back and taunted her with a punching gesture.

Wang Teng returned after killing the Werewolf Race War General and offered to lead the Rune Grandmasters in restoring the grand arrays. As the battle against the Black Nightmare Demon Lord continued, Golin proposed a perilous Thirteenth Lightning Attraction Pillar, and Wang Teng volunteered to preside over it.

• Tantai Xuan and the others rejoiced when Wang Teng returned, while the Black Nightmare Demon Lord realized he had killed the Werewolf Race War General and resolved to kill him.
• The Black Nightmare Demon Lord charged Tantai Xuan and the other human War General Level powerhouses, while Wang Teng judged that humanity needed a way to turn the battle around.
• Wang Teng gathered Attribute Bubbles and told Golin and the Rune Grandmasters that his Spirit Power had reached the peak of the King Realm, offering to serve as the grand array's core.
• Grandmaster Kaier warned that the restored arrays would still be insufficient against the Black Nightmare Demon Lord, and Golin explained an ancient method requiring a Thirteenth Lightning Attraction Pillar.
• Golin revealed that he had secretly had an extra Lightning Attraction Pillar forged and volunteered to activate it, and the Rune Grandmasters agreed to risk the attempt.
• Wang Teng interrupted and offered to preside over the Thirteenth Lightning Attraction Pillar himself.

Wang Teng volunteered to activate the thirteenth Lightning Attraction Pillar, revealing that his Thunder Element Heaven-rank Cultivation Method could let him withstand the array’s Thunder Power. As the Rune Grandmasters began activating the Ten Thousand Thunder Nirvana Array, the Black Nightmare Demon Lord ordered the Darkness Breeds to attack them, leaving the human fighters struggling to protect the array.

• Wang Teng convinced Golin and the Rune Grandmasters to let him take charge of the thirteenth Lightning Attraction Pillar by demonstrating his thunder-element Primal Force and explaining that he could cultivate with Thunder Power.
• Golin handed Wang Teng the final Lightning Attraction Pillar, and Wang Teng planted it at the center of Star Maple City while the other Rune Grandmasters activated the twelve surrounding pillars.
• Tantai Xuan and the other Human War General Level fighters continued fighting the Black Nightmare Demon Lord, but she noticed the Rune Grandmasters preparing the array.
• The Black Nightmare Demon Lord ordered the high-level Darkness Breeds to kill the Human Rune Masters, and many broke through the human defensive line to attack them.
• Yang King called for two War General Level fighters to intercept the attackers, but the Black Nightmare Demon Lord intensified her assault to prevent anyone from leaving.

Wang Teng saved Grandmaster Kaier and overwhelmed the Darkness Breed attacking Star Maple City with his Azure Jade Glazed Flame and Mental Power. As the Rune Grandmasters continued activating the array, the Black Nightmare Demon Lord’s murderous intent toward Wang Teng reached its peak.

• Wang Teng killed the 9-Star War Soldier Level Darkness Breed threatening Grandmaster Kaier with a Flame Saber Light infused with Azure Jade Glazed Flame.
• The Black Nightmare Demon Lord ordered the Darkness Breed to surround Wang Teng and attack, while Wang Teng told Golin and the other Rune Grandmasters to focus on activating the array.
• Wang Teng used Mental Power to gather weapons from across the battlefield and form a flaming torrent that protected the Rune Grandmasters and attacked the Darkness Breed.
• Wang Teng’s weapons, carrying ordinary fire Primal Force and Azure Jade Glazed Flame, killed the Darkness Breed across Star Maple City.
• The Black Nightmare Demon Lord watched Wang Teng and resolved that the human prodigy could not be allowed to live.

Wang Teng watched the battle turn against humanity after General He sacrificed himself to destroy the Eight Arms Demon General. Ordered by Black Nightmare Demon Lord to attack Wang Teng, the wounded demon general took pills to recover and charged at him while Wang Teng remained near the unfinished grand array.

• General He self-destructed after being gravely wounded by the Eight Arms Demon General, leaving the demon general badly injured and killing the first human War General Level fighter in the war.
• Yang King and the other human powerhouses mourned General He as Wang Teng resolved that he wanted to face the Eight Arms Demon General himself.
• Black Nightmare Demon Lord ordered the Eight Arms Demon General to kill Wang Teng and threatened it with the consequences of failing to act.
• Wang Teng stayed near the thirteenth Lightning Attraction Pillar because the grand array was only halfway complete, then taunted the Eight Arms Demon General to draw it toward him.
• The Eight Arms Demon General swallowed a bottle of dark pills, rapidly healed and powered up, then charged at Wang Teng.

After absorbing General He's attributes and Heaven-rank techniques, Wang Teng fought the Eight Arms Demon General with overwhelming Mental Power and a flaming weapon torrent. He used the spear from their earlier encounter, infused with Azure Jade Glazed Flame, to pierce the demon general's chest.

• Wang Teng collected the Attribute Bubbles left by General He's self-destruction, gaining Advanced Water Element Talent, Three Revolution Heavy Water Art, Seven Stars Departing Water Sword Art, and Departing Water Sword Intent.
• The Eight Arms Demon General attacked while Wang Teng was briefly absorbed in his new insights, but Wang Teng countered with a flaming sword formed from his weapon torrent and blasted it backward.
• Wang Teng clashed head-on with the Eight Arms Demon General using Heavenly Fire Saber, then pursued it with his Mental Power-controlled weapon torrent.
• The Eight Arms Demon General broke its battle saber against the flaming sword and survived the impact with a powerful defensive method.
• Wang Teng recalled the spear strike from their past encounter, sent the spear into a spinning flaming drill, and pierced the Eight Arms Demon General's chest with it after Azure Jade Glazed Flame burned through its defense.