Chapter Summaries

The Martial Arts Leader brought Wang Teng to a secure research facility, where he saw a restrained, scaled creature and learned it was an extraterrestrial lifeform. The Martial Arts Leader explained that its spacecraft had crashed on Earth Star eighteen years earlier, leaving Wang Teng to confront the existence of powerful species beyond their world.

• Wang Teng agreed to follow the Martial Arts Leader and the Three Marshals to an underground laboratory.
• The Martial Arts Leader told Wang Teng to cover himself with Primal Force before entering the sealed research area.
• Wang Teng saw a three-meter-tall scaled creature restrained by rune handcuffs and chains while researchers drew substances from its body.
• Wang Teng noticed two Attribute Bubbles and a type of Primal Force unlike any he had encountered, but chose not to collect the bubbles in front of the Martial Arts Leader and the Three Marshals.
• The Martial Arts Leader revealed that the creature was an extraterrestrial lifeform captured after its spacecraft crashed on Earth Star eighteen years earlier.

Wang Teng learned that the Martial Arts Leader wanted him to represent the Xia Kingdom at the Global Exchange Conference and agreed after negotiating help selling his Darkness World treasures. While observing the imprisoned extraterrestrial lifeform, he gained Starry Sky Source Power (Fire) and discovered that the creature’s Primal Force might offer clues to a stronger Martial Arts Path; he was set to leave for the Nordic Sacred Mountain in three days.

• The Martial Arts Leader explained that Earth Star’s nations were studying the extraterrestrial lifeform for a stronger Martial Arts Path and asked Wang Teng to represent the Xia Kingdom at the Global Exchange Conference.
• Wang Teng agreed to compete after asking the Martial Arts Leader to help sell the treasures he had looted from the Darkness World, worth several trillion to ten trillion.
• Wang Teng used Mental Power to collect 22 points of Starry Sky Source Power (Fire) from the extraterrestrial lifeform.
• The extraterrestrial lifeform woke and struggled, so the laboratory staff injected it with anesthetic until it fell asleep again.
• Wang Teng told the Martial Arts Leader that the creature’s Primal Force seemed strong, then accepted the conference invitation and left with Tantai Xuan for accommodations before their departure in three days.

Wang Teng and Tantai Xuan settled into the Xia Capital Military District, where they shifted their relationship from teacher and disciple to equals. Later, Wang Teng discovered that the Ancient God Body could draw in Primal Force of every attribute and transform it into Starry Sky Source Power.

• Wang Teng chose Pavilion 08 because he considered the number lucky for making a fortune.
• Tantai Xuan told Wang Teng to stop calling her Teacher, and he agreed to call her Sister Xuan instead.
• Tantai Xuan revealed that she had a private pavilion and teased Wang Teng that he would need to become a lieutenant general for the same treatment.
• Wang Teng examined his Starry Sky Source Power and realized it contained a hotter, more destructive form of Fire Source Power.
• Wang Teng cultivated the Ancient God Body and drew in Primal Force of every attribute, which transformed into pure energy and merged into his body.

Wang Teng spent the night trying to devise a Starry Sky Source Power cultivation method, but made little progress. The next morning, Tantai Xuan took him to a military facility and introduced him to its advanced Virtual Reality system.

• The Three Marshals sensed a powerful fluctuation from Wang Teng's Ancient God Body cultivation but could not locate its source.
• Wang Teng reasoned that Starry Sky Source Power came from transformed Primal Force and began trying to create a cultivation method using the methods he had collected.
• After a sleepless night of unsuccessful deductions, Wang Teng met Tantai Xuan for breakfast, and she teased him about staying up late.
• Tantai Xuan offered to take Wang Teng somewhere that required Contribution Points and led him to a guarded military facility.
• Wang Teng entered a pod in the Virtual Reality hall, where the system asked whether he wanted to spend one thousand Contribution Points for ten hours.

Wang Teng entered Virtual Reality with Tantai Xuan, learned that it came from technology salvaged from an extraterrestrial spacecraft, and explored its strange world. After he defeated an ice python and discovered that he could collect Attribute Bubbles there, he eagerly challenged it to attack him again.

• Wang Teng spent one thousand Contribution Points to enter Virtual Reality and found that its streets and surroundings felt almost indistinguishable from reality.
• Tantai Xuan told Wang Teng that Virtual Reality came from preserved extraterrestrial technology and described humanity’s fears about other lifeforms and a possible advanced network called Skynet.
• Wang Teng and Tantai Xuan flew outside the city to hunt Star Beasts, where they found a Lower Lord Level ice python beside a cold pool.
• Wang Teng struck the ice python with a True Serious Punch and knocked it away, then discovered that he could collect Ice Element Source Power and Blank Attribute bubbles in Virtual Reality.
• Wang Teng urged the recovering python to attack him again, leaving it to wonder whether he was a masochist.

Wang Teng fought and killed an ice python Lord Level Star Beast, using his Metal Strong Fist and Azure Jade Glazed Flame to defeat it. After collecting its attribute drops, he was eager to hunt another ice-element beast and raise his Ice Element Source Power.

• Tantai Xuan watched as Wang Teng faced the ice python and resolved to grow stronger after seeing his strength.
• Wang Teng charged the ice python with his Metal Strong Fist and struck its head into the ground.
• When the wounded python tried to freeze Wang Teng's arm, he melted the ice with Azure Jade Glazed Flame and burned its horns until it died.
• Wang Teng collected the ice python's attribute drops, raising his Ice Element Source Power to 7-Star and gaining Advanced Ice Element Talent and Blank Attributes.
• Wang Teng became eager to find another Lord Level ice-element Star Beast and increase his Ice Element Source Power to 8-Star.

Wang Teng searched the mountain range for ice-element Star Beasts to harvest their attributes and discovered a vast Ice Ant colony with a powerful queen. He devised a plan to wipe out the nest and began filling its cave with poisonous smoke.

• Wang Teng told Tantai Xuan that he intended to hunt more ice-element Star Beasts, and she left after realizing his punch had contained an ultimate meaning.
• Wang Teng searched the mountain range, spotted a snow-covered peak, and used his Spirit Vision Eye to find an Ice Ant.
• Wang Teng followed the Ice Ant to its nest and sneaked into the cave using his Darkness Talent and Shadow Dive Secret Art.
• Wang Teng found a Mid-level Lord Level queen ant and numerous Soldier Ants, then decided to destroy the colony for its ice-element attributes.
• Wang Teng mixed Poison Source Power with Azure Jade Glazed Flame and used a fierce wind to push the resulting black smoke into the cave.

Wang Teng slaughtered Ice Ants outside their cave, gathering enough attributes to raise his Ice Element Source Power to 8-Star War Soldier Level. The Mid-level Lord Level Queen Ant emerged and triggered an avalanche, leaving Wang Teng facing a sudden danger.

• Wang Teng released poisonous smoke at the cave entrance and punched the Ice Ants that crawled out, collecting their attribute bubbles.
• Several Quasi Lord Level Soldier Ants charged Wang Teng, but he used his fire power and Azure Jade Glazed Flame to kill them.
• Wang Teng's Ice Element Source Power rose to 8-Star War Soldier Level, and his Blank Attribute total reached 6,300.
• The Queen Ant was carried out of the cave by Ice Ants, and Wang Teng watched warily as it emitted a strange fluctuation.
• The Queen Ant's fluctuation triggered an avalanche, and Wang Teng looked up in alarm as snow and ice fell toward him.

Wang Teng defeated the Ice Ant Queen and gained its Avalanche skill, along with enough Ice Element Source Power to reach the 9-Star War Soldier Level. After returning to reality, he learned why Tantai Xuan had warned him to find a safe place before logging off, and they agreed to enter the Virtual Reality again tomorrow.

• Wang Teng melted the Queen Ant's avalanche with Azure Jade Glazed Flame, then killed the buried Ice Ants and the Queen Ant.
• Wang Teng absorbed the Attribute Bubbles, raising his Ice Element Talent to Peak, gaining Avalanche, and bringing his Blank Attributes above ten thousand.
• Wang Teng hunted several smaller ice-element Star Beasts and raised his Ice Element Source Power to the 9-Star War Soldier Level before time ran out.
• Wang Teng returned to reality and admitted to Tantai Xuan that he had not made it back to the city in time.
• Tantai Xuan explained that leaving the Virtual Reality in an unsafe place could expose him to a Star Beast on his next visit and harm his spirit.
• Wang Teng agreed to heed her warning, and he and Tantai Xuan arranged to return to the Virtual Reality the next day.

Wang Teng hunted a Lord Level Poison Toad in Virtual Reality and gained Poison Source Power, talents, and Blank Attributes. After returning to reality, he told Tantai Xuan that his Ice Element Source Power had reached 9-Star War Soldier Level, crushing her pride before they prepared to leave for the Nordic Sacred Mountain.

• Wang Teng trapped the Lord Level Poison Toad with Azure Jade Glazed Flame and killed it with ice spears.
• Wang Teng collected the Poison Toad's Attribute Bubbles, raising his Poison Source Power to 7-Star War Soldier Level and his Blank Attribute total above twenty thousand.
• Wang Teng reviewed his gains from two days of hunting and flew back to the city.
• Tantai Xuan told Wang Teng they would leave for the Nordic Sacred Mountain the next day and said her Primal Force cultivation had improved by a level.
• Wang Teng told Tantai Xuan that his Ice Element Source Power had reached 9-Star War Soldier Level, and she walked away in frustration after he proved it.

Wang Teng boarded the latest-generation Phoenix King Fighter to lead Xia Kingdom’s team to Northern Europe, after Marshal Hong promised him the fighter if he defeated the other countries’ young experts. The team departed with the soldiers’ salute, beginning their journey to the competition.

• Marshal Hong offered Wang Teng a Phoenix King Fighter if he defeated the other countries’ younger-generation experts, and promised to arrange the paperwork for flying it in Xia Kingdom.
• Wang Teng recognized Ren Qingcang, Ji Xiuming, Luo Cheng, and other martial arts competition opponents among the team, and spotted four hidden powerhouses using Spiritual Sight.
• Marshal Hong appointed Wang Teng captain, and the four stronger young fighters accepted without objection.
• Wang Teng and the others boarded the Phoenix King Fighter and returned the soldiers’ salute before the aircraft sped toward Northern Europe.

Wang Teng met the military officers joining the Exchange Meet aboard the Phoenix King Fighter and asserted his authority after Qu Fei and Yan Bo tried to test him. The group continued getting acquainted, and Luo Cheng recognized Mu Zhiguo as a former student of Xia Capital Military Academy.

• Tantai Xuan accompanied Wang Teng and the others to the Exchange Meet as an advisor.
• A female officer introduced Yan Bo, Qu Fei, Zhu Yunshao, and Mu Zhiguo, revealing that Mu Zhiguo had reached the Low-level War General level.
• Zhu Yunshao greeted her fellow First Academy student Ji Xiuming, who deferred to Wang Teng as the main force of the team.
• Yan Bo and Qu Fei tried to pressure Wang Teng by raising concerns about facing foreign geniuses, but Wang Teng turned their challenge back on them and reaffirmed his role as leader.
• Luo Cheng recognized Mu Zhiguo as a graduate of Xia Capital Military Academy and asked whether the academy's dean and others were well.

Wang Teng and Tantai Xuan’s delegation crossed the Bersilia Plain to reach the Holy Mountain, where they began a diplomatic visit. Wang Teng collected many Attribute Bubbles along the way, including a Peerless Wood Element Talent, and the story left the group at the mountain’s foot, preparing to continue on foot.

• Mu Zhiguo hinted at a regretful past but refused to explain it, and he told the others that Wang Teng was stronger than him.
• After a Star Beast attack, Tantai Xuan learned that the fighter jet had entered the Star Beast-filled Bersilia Plain and warned the group to be careful.
• Wang Teng collected many Attribute Bubbles across the plain, gained several thousand Blank Attribute points, and discovered a Peerless Wood Element Talent.
• Wang Teng sensed dozens of powerful Lord Level Star Beasts, but his passing Mental Power kept them wary and the fighter jet completed its journey safely.
• Tantai Xuan led the group to meet Parick, and after half a day of diplomatic arrangements they reached the foot of the Holy Mountain.
• Parick told the group that they would have to continue up the Holy Mountain on foot.

Wang Teng explored the Nordic Sacred Mountain’s hidden town, sampled its food, and visited a museum, where he met a mysterious girl named Alais. After gaining Slaughter Intent from an ancient sword, he continued deeper into the museum with Alais following him.

• Parick led Wang Teng and the others up the Nordic Sacred Mountain and explained the origins of its myths.
• Wang Teng discovered that a Rune Array had expanded and concealed the town on the mountainside.
• Parick brought the group to their hotel, and Wang Teng learned about the Soraka District from him.
• Wang Teng explored the lively town at night, collected Spirit Chef attributes from street vendors, and entered a museum.
• Wang Teng gained Slaughter Intent by studying an ancient longsword, then met Alais, who introduced herself and followed him deeper into the museum.

Wang Teng visited a museum with the mysterious Alais and found that a Crystal Skull produced King Realm Spirit and Comprehension attributes. After leaving the museum, he disappeared into a dark alley while shadowy figures pursued him.

• Wang Teng questioned Alais about her ability to sense his strength, and she hinted that she was not ordinary.
• Wang Teng searched the museum for more attribute-producing artifacts and found a Crystal Skull that yielded King Realm Spirit and Comprehension attributes.
• Alais explained that the Crystal Skull was linked to the ancient Maya Civilization and described rumors of cultivation traces and hidden spaces in Maya Temples.
• Wang Teng collected more attributes from the Crystal Skull, said farewell to Alais, and vanished into a dark alley.
• Several shadowy figures lost track of Wang Teng and decided to investigate the hotel where the Xia Kingdom group was staying.

Wang Teng secretly explored the Crystal Skull in the museum and discovered it held part of a Star Chart while increasing his Spirit and comprehension. He left it behind and returned to the hotel, where his clone rejoined him and Tantai Xuan called him to breakfast.

• Wang Teng returned to the museum, evaded its security, and used Bewitch Heart to make the guards forget seeing him.
• Wang Teng unlocked the Crystal Skull and found an incomplete Star Chart hidden inside it, which he suspected could be completed by gathering all thirteen skulls.
• Wang Teng discovered that channeling his Spirit Power into the Crystal Skull had raised his Spirit and comprehension, but he decided not to steal it yet.
• Wang Teng returned to the hotel at dawn, where his clone merged back into him.
• Tantai Xuan called Wang Teng to breakfast, and he joked that he had spent the night with a blonde beauty.

Wang Teng and the Xia Kingdom team gathered with martial artists from around the world for the Exchange Meet, where he assessed the foreign prodigies and saw that several countries had Low-level War General geniuses. The gathering grew lively as representatives from nearly every major country arrived.

• Wang Teng dismissed Ren Qingcang's attempt to provoke him and continued eating breakfast.
• Parick led Tantai Xuan and the others to a mountainside lined with enormous deity statues and a winding stone staircase.
• Wang Teng used Spirit Vision Eye to assess the foreign geniuses and found that each country had at most one Low-level War General among its strongest young fighters.
• Foreign prodigies scrutinized the Xia Kingdom team, while Mu Zhiguo, Qu Fei, and the others drew attention as likely main combatants.
• Zhu Yunshao identified the approaching red-robed group as Inga Monk Martial Artists, and representatives from many more countries arrived.

Wang Teng joked with Parick about Siam before Tantai Xuan confronted Yout and the White-Headed Eagle Country delegation. Wang Teng answered their insults with a sudden show of force, and the chapter ended as the Temple Priest descended the steps.

• Wang Teng teased Parick by recommending Siam’s women, leaving Tantai Xuan and the others puzzled.
• Yout mocked Tantai Xuan’s delegation and recalled her past loss to a White-Headed Eagle Country martial warrior.
• Tantai Xuan challenged the White-Headed Eagle Country prodigies to prove themselves in the arena, and Wang Teng and the others accepted.
• Martha flirted with the Xia Kingdom prodigies, and Wang Teng made shameless remarks that provoked Fortes.
• Wang Teng intimidated Fortes and warned the White-Headed Eagle Country group before Yout and Tantai Xuan exchanged barbs.
• The Temple Priest descended the stone steps, and the gathered martial warriors turned their attention to him.

Wang Teng and the others climbed the Holy Mountain, where Parick explained its ruins and the powerful figures and guardians who protected the Divine Temple. The group learned they would compete in an arena below the twelve Zodiac Palaces, whose Saint Knights stood between visitors and the temple.

• The Temple Priest, a 12-Star Mid-level War General, silenced the crowd and led everyone up the mountain; Martha flirted with Wang Teng, prompting the others to tease him.
• Wang Teng realized Rune Power had extended the Holy Mountain, and Parick confirmed his guess as the group continued climbing.
• The group reached a mist-shrouded platform filled with ruins, and Parick explained that an ancient battle had destroyed the site and that the contestants would compete in an arena there.
• Wang Teng saw twelve ancient buildings, a goddess statue, and the magnificent Divine Temple above; Tantai Xuan reacted with nostalgia at the sight.
• Parick said the Divine Temple housed the Holy Mountain's great figures, including the Temple Priests, Sages, and Holy Maiden, and explained that its twelve Zodiac Palaces were guarded by Saint Knights who were at least Low-level War Generals.

At the Exchange Meet, Wang Teng’s group learned they would face the Afei Alliance Country in the third match, while the opening bout revealed that a White-Headed Eagle Country warrior could transform into a powerful beastlike form. The transformed 8-Star fighter defeated a 9-Star Great Eagle Country opponent, drawing the attention of every nation and Wang Teng’s interest in the resulting Attribute Bubbles.

• Tantai Xuan returned from the draw and told Wang Teng that their first-round opponent was the Afei Alliance Country.
• Ren Qingcang volunteered to fight first, but Wang Teng advised waiting to see the opponent’s strength.
• White-Headed Eagle Country sent an 8-Star War Soldier Level warrior against Great Eagle Country’s 9-Star warrior in the opening match.
• The White-Headed Eagle Country warrior transformed into a scaled, tailed beastlike form and fought back against the Great Eagle Country warrior’s Earth Shattering Slash.
• The transformed warrior shattered his opponent’s cross sword and defeated him, astonishing the spectators.
• Wang Teng collected Earth Element Source Power, Earth Sword Intent, Fire Source Power, and Life Essence Attribute Bubbles from the arena.