Chapter Summaries

After the exchange banquet, Wang Teng reviewed the attributes, techniques, and talents he had gained from the competition and considered how to develop his own combat methods. He ended the night reflecting on how far he had progressed and how he could now better protect himself and his family.

• Wang Teng endured a crowd of women congratulating him at the banquet, then escaped after Tantai Xuan and Zhu Yunshao reacted to his remark about women.
• Wang Teng checked his Attribute Panel and found that the competition had greatly increased his Life Essence, Primal Force, and Intent attributes.
• Wang Teng considered combining his Fist, Saber, and Sword Intents into combat methods of his own, and planned to study the idea after returning home.
• Wang Teng identified Ajiuluo's Fire Marrow Scripture and Mental Illusion, along with Peerless Thunder Element Talent and the Ice Dust Physique, as major gains.
• Wang Teng looked out at the night and reflected that his growing strength had brought him closer to protecting himself and his family.

After the Exchange Meet, Wang Teng was invited to the Holy Mountain to meet an unnamed figure. He left his companions and followed the Temple Priest toward the summit, where he noticed the path behaved strangely.

• Wang Teng ate breakfast with Zhu Yunshao, Tantai Xuan, and the others before their planned departure.
• Parick told Wang Teng that someone on the Holy Mountain wanted to meet him, and Wang Teng agreed to go despite Tantai Xuan's concern.
• Parick escorted Wang Teng to the final stone steps, where the Temple Priest was waiting to guide him up the mountain.
• Wang Teng asked whether he had to pass through the Zodiac Twelve Palaces, and the Temple Priest said he could follow a different route.
• As Wang Teng climbed with the Temple Priest, he noticed that the first palace seemed near but remained out of reach.

Wang Teng followed Temple Priest Follos up Holy Mountain, collecting attributes in Aries Palace that raised his Wood Element Source Power to 11-Star. In Taurus Palace, he refused Arudis’s demand to take a punch and then struck the Saint Knight hard enough to send him flying from the palace.

• Wang Teng secretly studied the mountain path’s Space Runes as he followed Follos toward Aries Palace.
• Wang Teng collected the Attribute Bubbles in Aries Palace, gaining Wood Element Source Power, talent, Spirit, and Comprehension, and breaking through to 11-Star Lower War General Level.
• Wang Teng and Follos continued to Taurus Palace after its Saint Knight returned the silver-white token.
• Arudis blocked Wang Teng and demanded that he take one punch before passing, but Wang Teng turned to leave instead.
• Arudis tried to stop Wang Teng, who punched him and sent him flying out of Taurus Palace.

Wang Teng defeated Arudis at Taurus Palace, but Arudis summoned the Starry Saint Armor to defend a Saint Knight’s honor and force a rematch. Their next clash began as Saint Knights across the Zodiac Twelve Palaces and a young girl in the Temple sensed the armor’s awakening.

• Wang Teng struck Arudis out of Taurus Palace, and Follos recognized that Arudis had provoked the fight by underestimating Wang Teng.
• Arudis rose and called on the palace’s power, telling Follos he would plead guilty but could not let a Saint Knight’s honor be tarnished.
• A golden light from Taurus Palace merged with Arudis and formed the Starry Saint Armor, drawing the attention of the other Saint Knights and a praying young girl in the Temple.
• Arudis declared that he would fight Wang Teng, then charged with a golden Wild Bull fist as Wang Teng gathered Five Elements Source Power and Fist Intent.

Wang Teng defeated Arudis and damaged the Starry Saint Armor with one punch, then decided to fight his way through the remaining Zodiac Twelve Palaces. As he continued up the mountain, he absorbed the gains from Taurus Palace and advanced to the 11-Star Lower War General Level.

• Wang Teng unleashed the Five Elements Fist and overwhelmed Arudis's attack, sending him crashing into Taurus Palace and cracking his Starry Saint Armor.
• Wang Teng passed Arudis and continued up the mountain, leaving Follos stunned by his decision to climb onward.
• Wang Teng told Follos that he would fight through the remaining ten palaces, and Follos failed to dissuade him.
• Wang Teng collected the Attribute Bubbles in Taurus Palace and advanced to the 11-Star Lower War General Level.

Wang Teng reflected on the mysterious Starry Saint Armor as he climbed the Holy Mountain, then entered Gemini Palace to fight its Saint Knight, Kao. Their battle began with neither fighter gaining the upper hand.

• Follos followed Wang Teng up the mountain and worried about reporting Arudis's defeat to the Temple.
• Wang Teng wondered whether the Starry Saint Armor came from an ancient civilization and considered how useful its forging method would be to Xia Country.
• Wang Teng refused to use Follos's token and entered Gemini Palace, where Kao blocked his path in golden Saint Armor.
• Follos told Kao that Arudis had already lost, and Kao accepted his duty to stop Wang Teng.
• Kao and Wang Teng exchanged powerful blows, and Kao realized he had underestimated his opponent.

Wang Teng defeated Kao’s Gemini Illusion Demon Fist with his overwhelming Spirit Power, then collected the palace’s Attribute Bubbles and continued toward the next palace. Kao and Follos realized Wang Teng’s Spirit Power was far beyond Kao’s, but Wang Teng refused to reveal its level.

• Kao attacked Wang Teng with the Gemini Illusion Demon Fist, trapping him in visions of heaven and hell.
• Wang Teng unleashed his Spirit Power, shattered the illusions, and forced Kao to stagger backward.
• Wang Teng collected Attribute Bubbles and mastered the Gemini Illusion Demon Fist while discovering his Spirit Power and comprehension had increased.
• Kao asked Wang Teng what level his Spirit Power had reached, but Wang Teng refused to answer and left Gemini Palace.
• Wang Teng continued toward the next palace as Follos briefly comforted the dispirited Kao before following him.

Wang Teng entered Cancer Palace and endured its darkness while repeatedly calling out to the unseen Saint Knight, Magus. Green flames revealed a mass graveyard where corpses grabbed at him, but his Spirit Power could not dispel them.

• Wang Teng entered Cancer Palace, whose darkness blocked even his Spirit Vision Eye, and walked into it alone.
• Follos waited at the entrance, worrying whether Magus could stop Wang Teng.
• Wang Teng calmly walked through the darkness and called out every three minutes, but received no reply.
• Green flames appeared around Wang Teng after he mocked the unseen presence for lighting the way.
• The flames revealed a sinister graveyard where bloody hands and corpses reached for Wang Teng.
• Wang Teng spread his Spirit Power to dispel the corpses, but they remained.

Wang Teng discovered that Magus had trapped him in a separate space and used a Miniature Space Storm to shatter it. Cancer Palace returned to normal as Magus was swept away by the blast.

• Wang Teng burned the corpses with his Azure Jade Glazed Flame and tracked Magus by sensing his faint emotional fluctuation.
• Wang Teng confirmed that he was in another space, while Magus challenged him to destroy it and promised to call him Grandpa if he succeeded.
• Wang Teng activated his Space Talent and formed a Miniature Space Storm, shocking Magus.
• Magus sent corpses and charged at Wang Teng, but Wang Teng launched the storm and shattered the space.
• Follos heard Magus’s howl as the darkness receded and Cancer Palace returned to normal.

Wang Teng defeated Magus and destroyed his Death Space, then absorbed the scattered attributes and discovered that the space he gained could hold life. Excited by the possibility that it might one day grow into a world, he imagined himself as a future World Master.

• Wang Teng emerged victorious as Magus staggered out, gravely injured and horrified that his Death Space had been destroyed.
• Wang Teng collected the Attribute Bubbles and gained Soul Essence, realizing that the Death Space's corpses had been soul bodies.
• Wang Teng's Spirit and Comprehension rose sharply, and he wondered whether Soul Essence affected his spiritual power and aptitude.
• Wang Teng gained Space Talent and Space Shard attributes, then found a small living space within his mind that he could control.
• Wang Teng imagined the space expanding into a newborn world and himself becoming its World Master.

Magus summoned the power of Cancer to fight Wang Teng after vowing to die for the destruction of Cancer Palace’s Death Space. He used Nether Burial on Wang Teng, but an unseen power protected Wang Teng’s soul, leaving Magus shocked.

• Magus declared he would kill Wang Teng and take his own life to atone for losing the Death Space, while Follos hurried to seek the Holy Maiden.
• Cancer Palace drew power from Cancer in the starry sky, alerting warriors and Temple leaders across the world.
• Magus and Wang Teng clashed with their Space Power, matching each other despite the star’s enhancement of Magus.
• Magus engulfed Cancer Palace in darkness and unleashed Nether Burial, sending the darkness into Wang Teng’s glabella.
• An unseen power shielded Wang Teng’s soul, and Magus cried out in disbelief.

Wang Teng killed Magus with a powerful Azure Flame saber strike despite a newcomer’s attempt to stop him. Afterward, he collected Magus’s Attribute Bubbles and gained Nether Burial, the Cancer Palace Saint Knight’s secret art.

• Wang Teng recovered from Magus’s Nether Burial and attacked him with Divine Weapon Demon Citadel and Azure Flames.
• Magus tried to flee, but Wang Teng’s saber strike reached him before the newcomer could intervene and killed him.
• Wang Teng shattered the newcomer’s sword light with a punch as the Azure Flames faded, leaving Magus’s cracked Starry Saint Armor behind.
• Follos arrived behind the newcomer and saw that Magus had been killed, while the newcomer confronted Wang Teng with an icy gaze.
• Wang Teng collected Magus’s Attribute Bubbles, gaining Space, King Realm Spirit, King Realm Comprehension, Wood Element attributes, and Nether Burial.

Wang Teng understood the limits of Nether Burial and argued with Sage Eliphas over the Holy Mountain’s demand for judgment. Eliphas attacked him, and Wang Teng overwhelmed him with a relentless barrage, leaving him wounded.

• Wang Teng realized Nether Burial required exceptional Space Talent, consumed irreplaceable Soul Essence, and worked best against weaker opponents.
• Wang Teng suspected the system had protected his Soul Body, but it stayed silent as he tried to coax it into answering.
• Wang Teng rejected Sage Eliphas’s claim that the Holy Mountain could judge him, reminding him that Wang Teng was a Xia Country Martial Artist.
• Sage Eliphas ordered Follos to help capture Wang Teng, then attacked him with a powerful sword strike.
• Wang Teng met Eliphas’s sword with Demon Citadel and launched Thunder Spears, punches, and Azure Jade Glazed Flame attacks that wounded Eliphas.

Elifas and Follos attacked Wang Teng, who fought them through the Cancer Palace and taunted Elifas into summoning the Saint Knights of the Zodiac Twelve Palaces. Seven Saint Knights arrived, including Kao of Gemini, while the rest either ignored or did not accept Elifas’s summons.

• Elifas pressured Follos into joining the fight against Wang Teng, and both attacked him with their sword and spear intents.
• Wang Teng fought Elifas and Follos inside the Cancer Palace, wrecking the hall before punching through its roof to take the battle outside.
• Elifas threatened to arrest Wang Teng, who challenged him to come and arrest him, leaving Elifas speechless and furious.
• Elifas sent tokens to the other eleven palaces and commanded their Saint Knights to gather, prompting Follos to recognize the scale of his reckless order.
• Seven Saint Knights arrived beside Elifas, including Kao of Gemini, while several others did not respond to the summons.

Wang Teng confronted seven Saint Knights who surrounded him, then overwhelmed them with his Primal Force and Meteor Cones. He seized Kao and killed him in front of the others, leaving the remaining Saint Knights horrified.

• Elifas called on the seven Saint Knights to capture Wang Teng, while Kao and Dimiya argued over Kao’s earlier defeat.
• Ai Luodeni stopped the quarrel, and the Saint Knights surrounded Wang Teng, who challenged them to attack together.
• Wang Teng unleashed five kinds of Primal Force and the Azure Jade Glazed Flame, then sent Meteor Cones to keep the Saint Knights occupied.
• Wang Teng appeared beside Kao, pierced both his arms, and seized him by the neck.
• Wang Teng dismissed the Saint Knights’ threats and twisted Kao’s neck, killing him as the others watched in disbelief.

Wang Teng killed Kao in front of the Saint Knights, provoking them into attacking him together. As their combined Primal Force met his five types of Primal Force, he began circulating the Five Elements Source Power through generation and restraint.

• Wang Teng strangled Kao to death and flung his body aside, shocking Dimiya, Elifas, and the other Saint Knights.
• Ai Luodeni and Yafilika condemned Wang Teng and vowed to capture him, while Wang Teng mocked Yafilika for calling him a murderer.
• Blofield of Pisces Palace stopped Yafilika from attacking, but Wang Teng teased him about his beauty and childhood, driving him into a rage.
• Ai Luodeni ordered the Saint Knights to attack Wang Teng together, and six streams of Primal Force combined into a torrent.
• Wang Teng unleashed five types of Primal Force and circulated the Five Elements Source Power as his torrent collided with theirs.

Wang Teng overwhelmed the Saint Knights and their allies despite their combined attacks, then used his speed and Space Talent to ambush them with a golden brick. After knocking Dimiya unconscious, he turned on Yafilika, who had mistakenly believed she had frozen him.

• Wang Teng countered the eight opponents' combined Primal Force with several elements and the Azure Jade Glazed Flame, blasting them back.
• Elifas convinced the others that Wang Teng had nearly exhausted his Primal Force, so they rushed to attack him.
• Wang Teng evaded their strikes with an afterimage and beat Dimiya unconscious with a golden brick.
• Wang Teng concealed himself with his Space Talent, but Yafilika froze only an apparent target and was struck from behind.
• Wang Teng taunted Yafilika and began beating her with the golden brick.

Wang Teng relentlessly beat Yafilika with a golden brick while mocking her accusation that he killed people like flies. After stopping Ai Luodeni’s Thunder Light Lion Fist with one punch, Wang Teng left the Saint Knights staring at his strength.

• Wang Teng struck Yafilika repeatedly with a brick as she tried to escape and unleashed Ice Cones to keep him away.
• Yaro warned Yafilika to stop attacking indiscriminately, and Wang Teng used the opening to hit her again.
• Ai Luodeni charged to rescue Yafilika with Thunder Light Lion Fist, but Wang Teng struck her face before turning to meet his attack.
• Wang Teng told Yafilika he had spared her life and hit her only because she had called him a killer.
• Wang Teng invoked Ancient God Body and shattered Ai Luodeni’s lightning lion phantom with a single punch.

Wang Teng overwhelmed the Saint Knights with his punches and brick, defeating Ai Luodeni, Yaro, and Blofield while fending off attacks from an archer. He turned toward the last Saint Knight of Sagittarius Palace.

• Wang Teng defeated Ai Luodeni with a single punch, leaving the Saint Knight badly injured and shaken.
• Yaro attacked Wang Teng with his sword while Blofield trapped him in a poison-powered vortex, but Wang Teng shattered both attacks and wounded Blofield.
• Wang Teng beat Yaro unconscious with a brick while using the Meteor Cone to intercept arrows fired by the distant Saint Knight of Sagittarius Palace.
• Wang Teng pursued Blofield and battered him with a brick until he fell, badly bruised.
• Wang Teng turned toward the last Saint Knight of Sagittarius Palace.

Wang Teng trapped Elifas and Follos, then faced Freita in battle. He shattered Freita’s golden bird attack with a single punch, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Wang Teng used Poison Silk and Azure Jade Glazed Flame to trap Elifas and Follos in poisonous fumes as they tried to flee.
• Freita acknowledged Wang Teng’s strength but refused to surrender, and the two prepared to fight.
• Wang Teng and Freita exchanged attacks with Demon Citadel, Freita’s Golden Longbow, and a Golden Arrow.
• Freita fired three arrows that formed a golden bird imbued with Arrow Intent, but Wang Teng shattered it with a punch.