Chapter Summaries

Wang Teng discovered that a White-Headed Eagle Country Gene Warrior had dropped Life Essence, while the Exchange Meet continued with Xia Kingdom winning its matches. The day ended with Yout warning his Gene Warriors not to use their unstable abilities, but Fortes and Quincy dismissed him.

• Wang Teng absorbed Life Essence and realized it could replenish life, just before the White-Headed Eagle Country Beastification martial artist killed his Great Eagle Country opponent after the man tried to surrender.
• The Temple Priest banned the Beastification martial artist from further matches, and Tantai Xuan explained that White-Headed Eagle Country had developed Gene Warriors whose beastly wills and genetic defects could shorten their lives.
• Neon Country defeated Kangaroo Country, then Ren Qingcang used his Thunder Body to defeat the Afei Alliance Country martial artist and win for Xia Kingdom.
• Ji Xiuming, Luo Cheng, and Xia Kingdom's other fighters won their matches, while Wang Teng stayed in the stands and collected Ren Qingcang's Thunder Element attributes.
• Yout warned Fortes, Quincy, and the other Gene Warriors that their abilities were unstable, but Fortes and Quincy insisted they could control them as Martha watched Yout leave.

Wang Teng secretly collected Spirit Chef attributes and strengthened his King Realm Spirit and comprehension by stroking the Crystal Skull in the museum overnight. At the next Exchange Meet, the Temple changed the rules to allow free challenges, and Fortes of White-Headed Eagle Country challenged Wang Teng.

• Wang Teng left the hotel to collect Spirit Chef attributes on Gourmet Street and resolved to become an all-around gourmet.
• Wang Teng sneaked into the museum and used the Crystal Skull to increase his King Realm comprehension and Spirit.
• The Temple Priest announced that martial warriors could freely challenge one another instead of drawing lots, a sudden rule change ordered by the Temple's upper ranks.
• Wang Teng set out a table of food and ate leisurely while the countries hesitated to begin challenging one another.
• Fortes of White-Headed Eagle Country stepped into the arena and challenged Wang Teng.

Wang Teng was challenged by Fortes and effortlessly evaded his attacks before crushing Fortes's Gold Sword Intent with his bare hand. He then struck Fortes from behind with a golden brick, leaving his defeat imminent.

• Fortes challenged Wang Teng, who reluctantly left his meal and appeared in the arena.
• Wang Teng dodged Fortes's twin-sword attacks with ease while martial artists from several countries watched and assessed him.
• After Fortes used an insulting term and attacked with Gold Sword Intent, Wang Teng caught and crushed it barehanded.
• Wang Teng mocked Fortes's Sword Intent, vanished, and struck him behind the head with a golden brick.

Wang Teng knocked Fortes down with a golden brick, then waited as Fortes activated his Gene Ability and transformed. After collecting Life Essence attributes, Wang Teng faced the newly scaled Fortes and mocked his appearance.

• Wang Teng's brick strike left Fortes sprawled on the ground, shocking the gathered martial artists and embarrassing Yout's White-Headed Eagle Country team.
• Yout urged Fortes to get up and use his Gene Ability, while Wang Teng eagerly waited for Fortes to transform.
• Wang Teng collected Spirit, Comprehension, Metal Source Power, and three Life Essence attributes, raising his Life Essence to 1354.
• Fortes transformed, growing black scales and clawed hands, then confronted Wang Teng.
• Wang Teng denied laughing and told Fortes that his transformed appearance was ugly.

Wang Teng taunted Fortes about his Beastification, then used his speed and a brick to overwhelm him despite Fortes’s enhanced strength and sword intent. White-Headed Eagle Country conceded, but Wang Teng knocked Fortes unconscious anyway and claimed he had not held back in time.

• Wang Teng mocked Fortes for Beastifying, provoking him into a furious attack with his twin swords and fifty-percent Gold Sword Intent.
• Wang Teng evaded Fortes’s sword strike and struck him with a brick, then used afterimages to confuse him as he attacked wildly.
• Wang Teng stepped through Fortes’s sword radiance and repeatedly smashed him in the face with the brick until Yout called for a concession.
• Yout conceded for White-Headed Eagle Country, but Wang Teng struck Fortes once more and knocked him unconscious.
• Wang Teng apologized to Yout, saying he had not held back in time, while spectators stared at Fortes’s swollen face and Wang Teng’s brick.

Wang Teng defeated Fortes in a humiliating match, then collected the attributes he dropped and returned to the stands, where his companions warned him he had angered White-Headed Eagle Country. The tournament continued with Andrei challenging Great Eagle Country’s William.

• The Temple Priest declared Fortes defeated, and Yout carried him away while Wang Teng teased Yout about introducing his sister.
• Wang Teng collected Spirit, Comprehension, Life Essence, Metal Source Power, and Two-Handed Sword Combat Technique attributes from the arena.
• Wang Teng returned to the stands, where Zhu Yunshao and the others warned him that his treatment of Fortes had offended White-Headed Eagle Country.
• Wang Teng insisted Fortes would smile at him next time, despite his companions’ disbelief.
• Andrei challenged Great Eagle Country, William accepted, and their match began as Wang Teng watched from the stands.

While watching the competition, Wang Teng gathered martial insights from the contestants and conceived a way to combine the Five Elements Fist Intents into a single technique. He entered an epiphany, and the chapter ended as he opened his eyes with a five-colored gleam.

• Wang Teng reviewed the Two-Handed Sword Combat Technique insights he had gained from Fortes.
• Andrei defeated William, and Wang Teng collected their Earth and Water Source Power and Fist Intent attributes.
• Wang Teng added Earth Element Fist Intent to his Empty Mountain Fist Intent and gained Water Element Fist Intent.
• Wang Teng collected more attributes from the following matches and decided to blend the five elements into a Five Elements Fist.
• Tantai Xuan recognized Wang Teng's epiphany and told everyone to move away so they would not disturb him.
• Wang Teng opened his eyes, and a five-colored gleam flashed through them.

Wang Teng created a powerful new fist technique through enlightenment and collected Attribute Bubbles from the arena. When Shields Song of Ice Country challenged the Xia Kingdom, Zhu Yunshao stepped forward to fight him, and their battle began.

• Wang Teng completed a new fist technique by combining the five elements’ intents, then returned to reality as Tantai Xuan and the others admired his gains.
• Wang Teng collected Attribute Bubbles, gaining several kinds of Source Power, Life Essence, and Fire Sword Intent.
• Shields Song challenged the Xia Kingdom, despite his leader’s warning, hoping to test its geniuses without facing Wang Teng.
• Zhu Yunshao accepted the challenge, and Wang Teng warned her that Shields Song was an Ice Element Martial Artist.
• Shields Song attacked Zhu Yunshao with an ice spear as their match began.

Shields Song revealed his Ice Dust Physique and defeated Zhu Yunshao, earning an invitation to join the Temple as a reserve Guardian Knight. Wang Teng absorbed the attributes Shields Song dropped and prepared to challenge him next.

• Zhu Yunshao and Shields Song fought evenly until Shields Song's Ice Dust Physique formed ice armor that let him break through her flames and defeat her.
• The Temple Priest invited Shields Song to join the Temple as a reserve member, and Shields Song accepted.
• Wang Teng collected the battle's attribute bubbles, gaining Ice Dust Physique and Ice Element Spear Intent.
• Wang Teng volunteered to fight Shields Song next, confident that he could use the newly gained physique against him.
• Shields Song told Ice Country's martial artist leader that his mentors had kept his physique secret to protect him while he was growing up.

Kannazuki Kiri Hime challenged White-Headed Eagle Country and used a powerful mental illusion to make Quincy believe he had smashed her head. She revealed the trick by restoring her head, then detached it and let it roll to Quincy's feet.

• Kannazuki Kiri Hime challenged a martial artist from White-Headed Eagle Country, alarming Yamamoto Kenichiro and angering Yout.
• Quincy volunteered to fight Kannazuki Kiri Hime and charged her with a warhammer.
• Quincy appeared to smash Kannazuki Kiri Hime's head, shocking the spectators.
• Wang Teng recognized that Kannazuki Kiri Hime had deceived everyone with a mental illusion.
• Kannazuki Kiri Hime restored her head, then let it fall and roll to Quincy's feet as she remarked that he had smashed it.

Kannazuki Kiri Hime tormented Quincy with illusions until he lost control of his Beastification, then trapped him in a swarm of black bees. Quincy fled in panic as the match remained unresolved.

• Quincy repeatedly smashed Kannazuki Kiri Hime's apparent heads, but she kept reappearing and convinced him he was trapped in an illusion.
• Kannazuki Kiri Hime appeared before Quincy, and he attacked what turned out to be another fake, causing his confidence to collapse.
• Quincy lost his reason and transformed further into a black bear-like beast.
• Yout chose to wait rather than concede, hoping Quincy could eliminate Kannazuki Kiri Hime before White-Headed Eagle Country restrained him.
• Kannazuki Kiri Hime summoned a huge swarm of black bees, and Quincy fled from them in panic.

Kannazuki Kiri Hime defeated Quincy with a bee illusion, and Wang Teng gained new attributes before challenging Shields Song of Ice Country. The chapter ended as Shields Song attacked Wang Teng with his spear.

• Kannazuki Kiri Hime's bees overwhelmed Quincy, who fainted, securing Neon Country's victory.
• Yamamoto Kenichiro warned Kannazuki Kiri Hime that the White-Headed Eagle Country was not someone they could afford to provoke, but she only nodded.
• Wang Teng collected the arena's Attribute Bubbles and mastered Mental Illusion, while noting Kannazuki Kiri Hime's Poison Source Power.
• Wang Teng challenged Shields Song of Ice Country, who accepted rather than bring disgrace on himself and the temple.
• Shields Song thrust his spear at Wang Teng's vital points after Wang Teng warned that he might not get another chance to attack.

Wang Teng overwhelmed Shields Song in their arena match, breaking through his ice attacks and cracking his ice armor with a punch. Shields Song remained standing but faced Wang Teng’s next assault.

• Shields Song activated his Ice Dust Physique and formed ice armor after Wang Teng shattered his opening spear attack with a punch.
• Wang Teng absorbed attribute bubbles from Shields Song’s transformation and watched him launch another Ice Spear Intent strike.
• Wang Teng’s Serious Punch shattered the ice around Shields Song’s spear, then he pursued Shields Song as he tried to flee into the air.
• Wang Teng struck Shields Song in the stomach and sent him flying dozens of meters.
• Shields Song claimed his ice armor had held, but a crack appeared in it, and Wang Teng charged at him again.

Wang Teng overwhelmed Shields Song with his strength, then destroyed his Ice Rain Arrows with a flame Azure Dragon. Shields Song was left stunned beneath the dragon as the Temple Priest took serious notice of Wang Teng.

• Wang Teng shattered Shields Song's Ice Spear and battered him with a series of flaming punches, leaving him unable to fight back.
• Valeria became infatuated with Wang Teng, while he sensed an unsettling danger and Shields Song used the distraction to retreat.
• Shields Song pushed his Ice Dust Physique to its limits and gathered Ice Element Source Power for a decisive attack.
• Shields Song unleashed Ice Rain Arrows, but Wang Teng summoned an Azure Dragon with his Surging Azure Flame and melted the icy barrage.
• The Azure Dragon roared over the stunned Shields Song, the Temple Priest studied Wang Teng, and Tantai Xuan cringed at Wang Teng's shouted move name.

Wang Teng defeated Shields Song after the newly chosen prodigy hesitated to surrender, beating him until he could finally voice his surrender. Wang Teng left him with a warning that he was a Xia Country Martial Artist, and Shields Song resolved never to provoke Xia Kingdom again.

• Zhu Yunshao defended Wang Teng’s dramatic Azure Dragon display after she noticed the foreigners admired it, silencing Zhao Yuanwu and Ren Qingcang’s criticism.
• Wang Teng vanished and struck Shields Song in the face with his brick just as Shields Song tried to surrender.
• Wang Teng repeatedly beat Shields Song, preventing him from surrendering until he finally crashed into the arena floor.
• Shields Song raised an arm and surrendered, and the Temple Priest declared Wang Teng the winner.
• Wang Teng told Shields Song to remember that he was a Xia Country Martial Artist, leaving Shields Song in tears of regret.

Wang Teng mocked his compatriots after defeating Shields Song, then reviewed the ice-element abilities and other attributes he had gained from the match. As the day’s competition ended, Valeria Matuseyevich approached him and asked him to become her boyfriend.

• Shields Song regretted challenging Xia Kingdom martial artists and wished he had surrendered sooner.
• Wang Teng returned to the stands and defended his embarrassing victory shout against Tantai Xuan and the others.
• Wang Teng reviewed the attributes he had taken from Shields Song, including Ice Element Source Power, Ice Element Spear Intent, and Ice Arrow Rain.
• Wang Teng collected more attribute bubbles during the remaining matches before the Temple Priest suspended the competition until the third day.
• Da Yiwan brought Great Bear Country martial artists over to meet Tantai Xuan and the Xia Kingdom group.
• Valeria Matuseyevich introduced herself to Wang Teng and directly asked whether he wanted to be her boyfriend.

Wang Teng tried to discourage Valeria from pursuing him by inventing differences between them, but she countered each excuse with cheerful answers. The group descended the mountain as Wang Teng struggled to escape the matchmaking, leaving him exasperated by Valeria’s interest in his fighting.

• Valeria asked Wang Teng whether he would consider being with her, and he tried to dodge answering by asking about tofu pudding and Blini.
• Valeria said she liked both sweet and savory Blini, frustrating Wang Teng as the others laughed at his failed escape.
• Wang Teng claimed their food preferences and hobbies were incompatible, but Valeria said she liked beating people up and Da Yiwan revealed she had sought him out after watching him fight.
• Wang Teng insisted he was gentle and avoided fighting when possible, while Valeria and Da Yiwan described her as kind-hearted, leaving Wang Teng desperate for them to spare him.

At a dinner with Great Bear Country, Tantai Xuan and Da Yiwan skirted questions about their countries’ research into Gene Warriors, while Valeria insisted she would not give up on Wang Teng. The next day, Ajiuluo challenged Xia Kingdom, and Wang Teng recognized the strange crimson power he used as Starry Sky Source Power.

• Da Yiwan asked Tantai Xuan and Wang Teng what they thought of White-Headed Eagle Country’s Gene Warriors, and the leaders exchanged pointed remarks about researching them before restoring the dinner’s friendly atmosphere.
• Valeria told Wang Teng she would not give up on him, and Tantai Xuan and Zhu Yunshao teased him about her interest.
• Valeria greeted the Xia Kingdom group the next day, prompting other countries to speculate that Great Bear Country and Xia Kingdom had joined forces.
• Ajiuluo of Inga Country challenged Xia Kingdom, and Wang Teng identified him as a Low-level War General with a strange aura.
• Mu Zhiguo accepted the challenge and began fighting Ajiuluo, whose crimson Primal Force Wang Teng recognized as Starry Sky Source Power.

Mu Zhiguo fought Ajiuluo in a fierce match, struggled against his powerful Fire Source Power, and recalled a mission where he had chosen to save his teammates over the objective. Resolving that he could not lose, Mu Zhiguo unleashed his strongest saber strike against Ajiuluo’s Flame Behemoth, leaving the outcome unknown.

• Mu Zhiguo and Ajiuluo exchanged powerful attacks, and Mu Zhiguo realized Ajiuluo’s Fire Source Power was unusually strong.
• Gerald and Arnold discussed whether Wang Teng might be Xia Kingdom’s strongest prodigy, while Yout asked Su An if he could defeat the fighters.
• Ajiuluo gained the advantage and sent Mu Zhiguo flying back with blood at the corner of his mouth.
• Mu Zhiguo remembered abandoning a mission objective to rescue his teammates and returning injured to a disappointed superior.
• Mu Zhiguo declared that he could not lose and unleashed a massive golden saber strike.
• Ajiuluo summoned a Flame Behemoth to collide with Mu Zhiguo’s saber light, and the blast obscured the match’s outcome.

Wang Teng watched Mu Zhiguo lose to Ajiuluo, then reflected on the attributes he had collected from the match. The exchange meet continued as Great Eagle Country's Gerald challenged White-Headed Eagle Country's Su An, whose battle intent met Gerald's in the arena.

• Mu Zhiguo was badly injured by Ajiuluo, and Wang Teng conceded the match for Xia Kingdom.
• Wang Teng helped Mu Zhiguo away, reassured him and the others, then collected Fire Source Power, Starry Sky Source Power, Metal Source Power, and Metal Saber Intent.
• Wang Teng considered how his techniques and powers followed a path of fusion and celebrated the benefits of collecting Attribute Bubbles.
• Gerald of Great Eagle Country entered the arena and challenged White-Headed Eagle Country.
• Yout sent the unfamiliar Su An to face Gerald, and their battle intents collided as the match began.