Chapter Summaries

Old Han, the seemingly ordinary gatekeeper of Yellow Sea Military Academy, drove back the Storm Giant Ape and negotiated its withdrawal. He agreed to release three captured Lord Level Sea Beasts, but Wang Teng awakened them with his Azure Jade Glazed Flame as he carried them toward the Storm Giant Ape.

• Old Han arrived and revealed himself as the expert who had wounded the Storm Giant Ape, then ordered Tantai Xuan and the others to fall back.
• Old Han demanded that the Storm Giant Ape leave the Human World, and the beast agreed to withdraw if humanity released the three captured Lord Level Sea Beasts.
• Old Han told the Storm Giant Ape and the other sea beasts to retreat ten li, then ordered Wang Teng to bring the captives forward.
• Wang Teng carried the three sea beasts in a Source Power Net toward the Storm Giant Ape and ignored its demand for his name.
• Wang Teng ignited his Azure Jade Glazed Flame on the net, waking the three sea beasts as they called for their king.

Wang Teng killed the three Lord Level Sea Beasts, provoking the Storm Giant Ape and forcing Old Han to fight it despite his injuries. As the battle began, Wang Teng poured his Blank Attribute into Space Storm and prepared to use the skill to turn the tide.

• Wang Teng burned the three Lord Level Sea Beasts with Azure Jade Glazed Flame, then killed the Deep Sea Giant Python, Giant Octopus, and Giant Lobster in quick succession.
• Wang Teng fled behind Old Han and claimed he had killed the sea beasts as Old Han instructed, leaving Old Han to face the enraged Storm Giant Ape.
• Tantai Xuan revealed that Old Han was injured, and Wang Teng realized their situation was worse than he had expected.
• Old Han clashed with the Storm Giant Ape, wielding Saber Intent against its lightning-wreathed rock staff.
• Wang Teng spent 15,800 Blank Attribute points to raise Space Storm to near the peak of Completion, then began gathering space before him.

Wang Teng began forming a space storm as Old Han fought the Storm Giant Ape, shocking the nearby War General Level experts with the growing danger. The storm swallowed Wang Teng and threatened to pull in everyone nearby, forcing Tantai Xuan and the others to order a retreat.

• Spatial fluctuations alarmed Tantai Xuan, Ye Jixing, and the others, but Wang Teng revealed that he had caused them and told everyone to step back.
• Wang Teng intensified the spatial tremors while Tantai Xuan and the other War General Level experts retreated from the danger.
• Old Han, wounded and struggling with an old injury, unleashed a concentrated blade strike against the Storm Giant Ape’s rocky staff.
• The collision sent a powerful shockwave across the sea as Wang Teng remained at the front and the space around him began to crack.
• A wind of nothingness spiraled into a storm, and Wang Teng vanished inside it as the suction force drove the others and nearby soldiers to retreat.

Wang Teng unleashed a Space Storm and clashed with the Storm Giant Ape above the East Sea, while the battle was watched across the country. After both fighters were left wounded, Wang Teng ordered the sea beasts to retreat, and the Storm Giant Ape withdrew with its forces as humanity celebrated victory.

• The Martial Arts Leader recognized Wang Teng's attack as a Space Combat Technique, and the growing Space Storm pulled seawater, rocks, and trees into its vortex.
• The Storm Giant Ape knocked Old Han from the sky, but Wang Teng's power pulled Old Han safely back to Tantai Xuan and the others.
• Wang Teng's Space Storm swept across the sea, tearing apart sea beasts as the Storm Giant Ape formed a Thunder Storm and charged at him.
• The Space Storm and Thunder Storm collided in a devastating battle that left Wang Teng and the Storm Giant Ape covered in wounds.
• Wang Teng ordered the sea beasts to retreat, and the Storm Giant Ape withdrew into the deep sea with its remaining forces.
• The humans celebrated their victory and chanted Wang Teng's name as sunlight fell on him.

After quelling the Sea Beast Riot and saving East Sea, Wang Teng collapsed from exhaustion and injuries. He healed while his family and fellow martial artists watched over him, and woke to find his parents and grandfather at his side.

• Wang Teng's defeat of the Storm Giant Ape and defense of East Sea earned him the gratitude of survivors and admiration across the country.
• The Martial Arts Leader ordered medical aid, reconstruction supplies, coastal defenses, and heightened surveillance throughout the Xia Kingdom.
• Tantai Xuan and the other martial artists found Wang Teng unable to move and helped him return to the rear.
• Wang Teng took Healing Pills, collected the nearby Attribute Bubbles, and focused on recovering.
• Wang Teng woke at dusk to find Li Xiumei, his father, grandfather, and the rest of the Wang Family guarding him.

After waking from his injuries, Wang Teng reunited with his family and reassured them that he was recovering. He was examined by a doctor, then shared a teasing but affectionate exchange with Lin Chuhan as their families met.

• Li Xiumei embraced Wang Teng and scolded him for risking his life, while Wang Sheng Guo praised him as a hero.
• Zhao Huili pointed out that their homes were gone and they had only dry rations, leaving Li Xiumei worried about feeding her recovering son.
• Tantai Xuan and the others arrived with medical workers, and a female doctor examined Wang Teng and asked to study his blood.
• Wang Teng asked the doctors to treat other people instead, and Tantai Xuan and the others left to help with the remaining work.
• Li Xiumei brought Lin Chuhan's mother aside to chat, leaving Wang Teng and Lin Chuhan together.
• Lin Chuhan told Wang Teng not to overexert himself, then claimed she had worried about him only as much as she would worry about stray cats and dogs.

After returning from the Darkness World, Wang Teng reunited with his friends and boasted about destroying the Darkness Breeds’ Holy City and taking its treasures. Governor Jiang pressed him to help rebuild East Sea, but Wang Teng and Old Master Wang refused to promise support, citing the Wang Family’s own losses and expected aid from Xia Capital.

• Wang Teng told Lin Chuxia, Xu Wantong, Tian Xiaoxiao, Lü Shu, Hou Pingliang, and the others that he had ended up in the Darkness World and claimed he fought his way through the Holy City.
• Wang Teng nearly revealed that he had taken the Darkness Breeds’ treasures, prompting Governor Jiang to ask whether he had looted the hoard.
• Wang Teng denied taking the treasures and resisted Governor Jiang’s appeal to help East Sea’s displaced residents, pointing out that the Wang Family had also suffered heavy losses.
• Old Master Wang told Governor Jiang that the Wang Family could offer little help and that Xia Capital would likely send aid.

Wang Teng and Old Master Wang fended off Governor Jiang’s efforts to make Wang Teng fund East Sea’s recovery, while discussing ways to strengthen the city’s defenses. That night, Wang Teng roasted three Lord Level Sea Beasts and shared the feast with survivors and officials, leaving the ruined city’s people eating together in better spirits.

• Old Master Wang argued that East Sea’s recovery should be led by the nation, and Governor Jiang reluctantly agreed to discuss contributions later.
• Tantai Xuan said Wang Teng could gain benefits by helping, while Wang Teng proposed using Rune Arrays on three mountains to defend East Sea.
• Wang Teng brought out three Lord Level Sea Beasts and roasted them with Azure Flame as the gathered survivors eagerly watched.
• Wang Teng shared the meat with his family and Lin Chuhan’s family before the others joined the feast and praised the food.
• Governor Jiang, General Chen, and other officials arrived and ate with the survivors, while Governor Jiang ordered East Sea’s Spirit Chefs to cook more sea beasts for everyone.

After the Sea Beast Riot, Wang Teng reflected on the deaths and suffering caused by the battle while reviewing the attributes he had gained. He strengthened several talents and elemental powers, then ended the night troubled by the human lives behind his gains.

• Wang Teng stayed awake to cultivate while Lin Chuhan watched him before falling asleep.
• Wang Teng reviewed his gains from the Sea Beast Riot, including higher Spirit, Comprehension, and Battlefield Awareness attributes.
• Wang Teng discovered that his Water, Thunder, and Wind Element Talents had reached Peerless level.
• Wang Teng noted that all five elemental Source Powers had reached 10-Star War General Level and gained Deep Sea Breathing.
• Wang Teng felt weighed down by the deaths behind his gains and angrily raised a middle finger at the sky.

The Wang Family discussed whether to leave East Sea, and Wang Teng argued that staying was safest because of his ties to the city and the greater threats facing the world. Old Master Wang agreed that the family should remain and share East Sea’s fate.

• Wang Teng finished a night of cultivation as Lin Chuhan and the Wang Family woke and watched him.
• Old Master Wang invited the family to discuss their future, and Zhao Huili proposed relocating everyone elsewhere.
• Wang Teng agreed that relocation was an option but said the Wang Family should stay in East Sea.
• Wang Teng secretly told the family about the Darkness Breed and warned that other threats were more terrifying than the Star Beast Riot.
• Old Master Wang agreed that the family should stay in their homeland rather than trust their safety to an unfamiliar city.

After the sea beast riot, Wang Teng persuaded the Wang Family to stay in East Sea and promised to protect their rebuilt homes with a Rune Defense Array. He was summoned to a meeting about East Sea’s defenses, where he learned that the Military Department had made him a major general after the Star Maple City Battle.

• Wang Teng and the Wang Family agreed to remain in East Sea, with Wang Teng proposing that their families live together behind a Rune Defense Array.
• Several family heads arrived seeking the Wang Family’s help, but Fu Tiandao summoned Wang Teng to meet Governor Jiang and the others.
• Wang Teng reached the meeting and was greeted as Major General Wang by the gathered officials and experts.
• Tantai Xuan explained that the Military Department had awarded Wang Teng the rank after the Star Maple City Battle, and Governor Jiang began a discussion about East Sea’s Defense Array.

Wang Teng joined a meeting of Rune Masters debating how to defend East Sea’s coastline with a Rune Array. He drew a proposed design on a map, but the others could not recognize it, leaving him to explain that it resembled a Black Tortoise.

• Rune Masters argued over whether to protect the three relocated mountains or build a stronger array to defend East Sea’s coastline from Lord Level Sea Beasts.
• The group discussed seeking help from Rune Grandmasters in the other world but reached no conclusion.
• Tantai Xuan urged the Rune Masters to ask Wang Teng for his plan, and Governor Jiang brought over a topographical map.
• Wang Teng marked the three mountains’ new and original positions, then drew a pattern around East Sea’s boundaries.
• After everyone struggled to understand his drawing, Wang Teng asked whether it was ugly and explained that it resembled a Black Tortoise.

Wang Teng persuaded the East Sea’s leaders to use the Black Tortoise Locking Heaven Array, claiming he could set it up with more than eighty percent confidence. After teaching the Rune Masters its structure, he earned their respect as a Rune Grandmaster.

• Wang Teng’s attempts to draw the array were mocked, so he explained that he knew the Black Tortoise Locking Heaven Array.
• Wang Teng said the array had exceptional defensive power and that he was over eighty percent confident he could set it up.
• Tantai Xuan revealed that Wang Teng had reached Grandmaster Level in Rune Attainment and cited his work at Star Maple City.
• Governor Jiang approved Wang Teng’s proposal, and Wang Teng began explaining the array to the Rune Masters.
• Chu Yongnian and the other Rune Masters bowed to Wang Teng and thanked him for enlightening them.

Wang Teng oversaw the construction of the Black Tortoise Sky Locking Grand Array while helping Earth Star’s Rune Masters learn techniques from the other worlds. After discussing Wang Teng at a family meeting, the Zhou Family’s Old Master asked Zhou Baiyun whether she was satisfied with him.

• Wang Teng directed the Rune Masters as they built the array, and Chu Yongnian and Lao Fang asked him to explain why their rune work kept exploding.
• Wang Teng identified their mistake, explained how to form the rune structure, and left them impressed by his knowledge.
• Wang Teng taught Dou Dou to practice punches while the Wang Family maintained its agreements with the Xu and Bai Families and encouraged young family members to cultivate.
• The Zhou Family discussed its losses in the Sea Beast Riot and the need to strengthen its martial warriors.
• Zhou Baiyun described Wang Teng’s early martial arts and his role in the Baoan Mountain incident and a bank robbery, warning her family not to provoke him.
• Old Master Zhou asked Zhou Baiyun whether she was satisfied with Wang Teng, leaving her stunned.

Zhou Baiyun considered Master Zhou’s suggestion that she pursue Wang Teng, while Wang Teng completed the Black Tortoise Sky Locking Grand Array to protect East Sea. The next day, Governor Jiang offered Wang Teng land-use rights in exchange for funding the city’s reconstruction, and Wang Teng asked whether the rights could be permanent.

• Master Zhou urged Zhou Baiyun to consider marrying Wang Teng, and she acknowledged that he had a girlfriend, Lin Chuhan.
• Wang Teng inscribed the final core runes, completing the Black Tortoise Sky Locking Grand Array over East Sea.
• Governor Jiang thanked Wang Teng for protecting the city, and Wang Teng left after Chu Yongnian praised his guidance of the Rune Masters.
• Governor Jiang visited Wang Teng the next day and offered him land-use rights in exchange for funding East Sea’s reconstruction.
• Wang Teng asked for permanent land-use rights, and Governor Jiang agreed to seek approval.

Wang Teng discussed investing in East Sea and building the Wang Family into a major industrial power, then visited the gravely injured Old Han. He revealed that he was a Grandmaster Level alchemist and could stabilize Old Han’s injuries, leaving his full recovery for later.

• Wang Teng told the Wang Family that his spoils from the Sea Beast Riot were worth several hundred billion to over a trillion and explained his plans to invest in East Sea.
• Wang Teng said the Wang Family could use Governor Jiang’s need for funding to build an integrated industrial chain and gain a foothold in East Sea before other businesses moved in.
• Tantai Xuan brought Wang Teng to meet Old Han, who lay in bed weakened by old injuries and surrounded by an aura of death.
• Wang Teng examined Old Han and insisted that his injuries could be treated, despite Old Han’s doubts and Tantai Xuan’s warning not to make promises.
• Wang Teng told Old Han that he could stabilize his injuries and revealed that he was a Grandmaster Level alchemist.

Wang Teng reassured Old Han that he could treat his internal injuries and asked Tantai Xuan to gather medicinal ingredients. He then visited Lin Chuhan and Lin Chuxia, gave each a valuable gift, and guided their cultivation before leaving after lunch.

• Wang Teng claimed he could treat Old Han's internal injuries and asked Tantai Xuan to prepare ingredients for healing pills and medicine.
• Wang Teng visited Lin Chuhan and learned that she had earned enough school credits to obtain a Yellow-rank Advanced cultivation method through alchemy-related work.
• Wang Teng passed a wood-element Heaven-rank Cultivation Method to Lin Chuhan and warned her to keep it secret.
• Wang Teng promised Lin Chuxia a poison pill made from a Black Serpent Poison Ginseng and guided both sisters in cultivation and battle techniques.
• Wang Teng advised Lin Chuhan to build her alchemy foundation steadily, then ate lunch with the Lin Family and left.

Wang Teng negotiated permanent land-use rights for the Wang Family and learned that the Martial Arts Leader wanted to see him in Xia Capital. He then prepared to refine medicine for Old Han, whose injuries other alchemy grandmasters had deemed incurable.

• Wang Teng negotiated with Governor Jiang and secured a contract for up to sixty-five square kilometers of land-use rights, including fifteen square kilometers in the central districts.
• Governor Jiang told Wang Teng that the Martial Arts Leader in Xia Capital might summon him, and Tantai Xuan later confirmed that Wang Teng was to travel there the next day.
• Tantai Xuan brought the spirit herbs Wang Teng had requested, and they went to Yellow Sea Military Academy so he could refine healing medicine for Old Han.
• Cui Heng doubted Wang Teng's claim that he had reached Grandmaster Level in alchemy and worried that attempting to treat Old Han could invite criticism.
• An unidentified speaker challenged Wang Teng's confidence in curing Old Han.

Wang Teng dismissed Grandmaster Chen Rui Fan's doubts and refined medicine for Old Han, using the opportunity to raise his Alchemy to Grandmaster Level. Old Han emerged from his house looking healthier, and Chen Rui Fan realized Wang Teng had truly treated him.

• Chen Rui Fan criticized Wang Teng for offering to treat Old Han, but Wang Teng challenged him and entered an Alchemy Room with Cui Heng's permission.
• Wang Teng collected Alchemy and Spirit Attribute Bubbles, advanced to Grandmaster Level, and refined the One Yuan Blood Recovery Pill and Purple Jade Spirit Marrow Paste.
• Wang Teng's unusual flame disrupted nearby alchemists, and Grandmasters Xu He Yu and Ji Xin Shui gathered outside before learning his identity and Alchemy level.
• Wang Teng gave Old Han the two medicines, and after more than an hour Old Han emerged with color back in his face and said he could finally catch his breath.
• Chen Rui Fan was shocked when Old Han's recovery confirmed that Wang Teng had treated him.

Wang Teng traveled to Xia Capital after demonstrating his alchemy abilities and helping stabilize Old Han’s injuries. On arrival, he was summoned before the Three Marshals and unexpectedly met Xia Kingdom’s Martial Arts Leader.

• Wang Teng assured Old Han that he had controlled his injuries but had not fully cured them, while Chen Rui Fan left after his treatment failed to match Wang Teng’s results.
• Wang Teng showed Ji Xin Shui, Xu He Yu, Old Han, and Tantai Xuan his Azure Jade Glazed Flame, and the two alchemy Grandmasters invited him to exchange knowledge.
• Wang Teng and Tantai Xuan flew toward Xia Capital, where their military aircraft shot down a 6-star Ice Feather Vulture; Wang Teng captured it, extracted its Ice Element Source Nucleus, and learned that the Northern Border had a worsening Space Rift situation.
• Lieutenant General Tang Qi Lue escorted Wang Teng and Tantai Xuan through the heavily guarded Xia Capital Military Department to meet the Three Marshals.
• Wang Teng entered the Three Marshals’ hall and discovered the Martial Arts Leader was there; the Martial Arts Leader asked whether Wang Teng knew why he had summoned him.