Chapter Summaries

After taking command of the Black Sparrow Legion, Wang Teng led a force of 1,328 martial artists toward the Black Bandits’ lair to destroy them. He left the warship to retrieve his spirit pets and found Little White and the Ironclad Flame Scorpion fleeing a powerful black giant ape.

• Wang Teng addressed the assembled Black Sparrow Legion troops, condemned the Black Bandits, and rallied them to exterminate the group.
• Wang Teng led the troops aboard a rune warship toward the Black Bandits’ lair in the Mosachi La Mountain Range.
• Wang Teng told Song Wanjiang and the deputy Army Masters that he would set up an array to warm the lair, then left the warship in his Phoenix King Fighter to retrieve his spirit pets.
• Little White and the Ironclad Flame Scorpion fled through a mountain range after angering a Mid-level Lord Level black giant ape by taking two spirit herbs.
• The black giant ape pursued Little White and the Ironclad Flame Scorpion and hurled two fireballs at them.

Wang Teng rescued Little White from the Explosive Flame Giant Ape, then defeated the ape and the Star Beasts that came to its aid. The chapter ended with Wang Teng repeatedly beating the fallen ape with a brick.

• The Explosive Flame Giant Ape engulfed Little White in flames, but Wang Teng appeared and used Azure Jade Glazed Flame to protect it.
• Wang Teng punched the Explosive Flame Giant Ape, shattering its arm and forcing it to flee while Little White and the Ironclad Flame Scorpion chased after it.
• The Explosive Flame Giant Ape drew a horde of Star Beasts into attacking Wang Teng, who welcomed them as a source of Attribute Bubbles.
• Wang Teng used Blood Moon Light Needles and flying knives to poison and slaughter the attacking Star Beasts, sending the survivors fleeing.
• Wang Teng hurled a brick into the Explosive Flame Giant Ape's head, knocked it down, and beat it repeatedly as the Ironclad Flame Scorpion watched in fear.

After Wang Teng defeated the Star Beasts, he absorbed their Attribute Bubbles and advanced his Metal and Fire Source Powers to the 12-Star mid-level War General Level. He briefly glimpsed the Sea of Emptiness and then awakened the Source Essence Eye, leaving him with a new gifted ability.

• Wang Teng left the surviving Star Beasts alone and handed the battered Explosive Flame Giant Ape to Little White and the Ironclad Flame Scorpion.
• Wang Teng absorbed the nearby Attribute Bubbles, increasing his Source Powers, Spirit, Comprehension, and Blank Attribute.
• Wang Teng's Metal and Fire Source Powers broke through to the 12-Star mid-level War General Level.
• Wang Teng's soul briefly entered a dark place and saw the vast, unreachable Sea of Emptiness before returning to his body.
• Wang Teng discovered that his Blank Attribute had risen to 52110 and awakened the Source Essence Eye, which could see through obstructions and perceive essence.

After acquiring the Source Essence Eye from the Three-Eyed Zini, Wang Teng used it to locate Star Cores and Star Bones among the fallen Star Beasts. He sent the Ironclad Flame Scorpion and Little White to gather more treasures while he stored the bodies and examined the Three-Eyed Zini.

• Wang Teng used his Source Essence Eye to see the Ironclad Flame Scorpion’s soul and ordered it to retrieve Star Cores and Star Bones from the fallen Star Beasts.
• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion gathered 136 Star Cores and 12 Star Bones by following Wang Teng’s directions.
• Wang Teng gave Little White four Fire Star Cores and the Ironclad Flame Scorpion two, prompting the scorpion to declare its loyalty.
• The Ironclad Flame Scorpion offered to collect spiritual treasures from the dead Star Beasts’ territories, and Wang Teng sent it with Little White.
• Wang Teng stored the Star Beasts’ bodies and examined the Three-Eyed Zini, realizing that its Source Essence Eye talent had dropped after its death.

Wang Teng collected a Spirit Power-type Star Bone and rare treasures before returning to the Black Sparrow Legion, where he learned that two other legions would join the campaign against the Black Bandits. The planning meeting began with Xiao Nanfeng and Zhou Xuanwu seeing the unusually young Wang Teng as the Black Sparrow Army Master.

• Wang Teng took a Spirit Power-amplifying Star Bone from the Three-Eyed Zini and later received rare spiritual treasures from the Ironclad Flame Scorpion.
• Wang Teng rewarded the Ironclad Flame Scorpion with a Fire Star Core, stopped its quarrel with Little White, and emptied its nest of Azure Crystal Stones.
• Wang Teng returned to the Black Sparrow Legion and caught Song Wanjiang and Zhu Chengwang calling him unreliable before asking why they were waiting for him.
• Song Wanjiang told Wang Teng that two other legions wanted to discuss their joint operation against the Black Bandits, so Wang Teng ordered an immediate meeting.
• Wang Teng joined the meeting by video with Xiao Nanfeng of the Red Tiger Legion and Zhou Xuanwu of the Xuanwu Legion, who were both surprised by his youth.

Wang Teng met with Xiao Nanfeng and Zhou Xuanwu to plan an encirclement of the Black Bandits, who were conspiring with the Darkness Breeds. After exposing the risks of their proposed ice-element array, he suggested using a fire-element array instead.

• Zhou Xuanwu told Wang Teng and Xiao Nanfeng that the Black Bandits planned to open a rift and summon powerful Darkness Breeds.
• When Zhou Xuanwu asked for his plan, Wang Teng joked that they should simply march in and attack, prompting the other Army Masters to question his reliability.
• Zhou Xuanwu and Xiao Nanfeng proposed setting up an array before the attack, and their Array Masters recommended an ice-element array that drew on the snow mountains.
• Wang Teng warned that the Black Bandits might know the terrain and have their own ice-element arrays, making the plan dangerous through array resonance.
• After Zhou Xuanwu and Xiao Nanfeng realized Wang Teng had deliberately let them stumble, Wang Teng proposed using a fire-element array instead.

Wang Teng, Zhou Xuanwu, and Xiao Nanfeng prepared to attack the Black Bandits using the Heavenly Extinction Earth Fire Formation. Wang Teng infiltrated the bandits’ hidden lair and discovered a large underground settlement.

• Wang Teng proposed using the Heavenly Extinction Earth Fire Formation, and the armies’ formation masters confirmed the plan was feasible.
• The three armies secretly assembled in the Mosachi La Mountain Range, where Wang Teng volunteered to scout the suspected lair.
• Wang Teng found a concealed, formation-protected entrance beneath one of the snow-covered peaks and slipped inside unnoticed.
• Wang Teng overheard two guards discussing the Black Bandits’ failed role in the East Sea Beast Riot and their confinement in the mountains.
• Wang Teng discovered an extensive underground settlement with caves, buildings, shops, and many residents.

Wang Teng followed a Black Bandit named Yao into a woman’s room, knocked him unconscious, and discovered that the pervert was a gifted rune researcher. After absorbing Yao’s Rune Breaking Method, Wang Teng decided to extract everything useful from him.

• Wang Teng followed the unwelcome Black Bandit Yao to a stone cave and watched him use a special technique to break its Rune Array.
• Wang Teng discovered that Yao had entered Ma Feifei’s room to steal and sniff her intimate clothing.
• Wang Teng knocked Yao unconscious with a brick and collected attribute bubbles, including Yao’s Rune Breaking Method.
• Wang Teng learned from Yao’s memories that he was a withdrawn rune prodigy who had developed a theory for breaking runes.
• Wang Teng decided to improve Yao’s Rune Breaking Method and fleece Yao for every useful attribute.

Wang Teng disguised himself as Yao Ji and followed the crowd to Left Peak’s Life and Death Arena, where Hong Peng and Murong Shan were fighting over Ma Feifei. After Wang Teng’s crude remark drew everyone’s attention, the two fighters launched their duel.

• Wang Teng stripped the unconscious Yao Ji, took his clothes and appearance, sealed his Primal Force, and hid him beneath the bed.
• Wang Teng left the mountain interior and followed a crowd through the Left Side Passage to Left Peak’s Life and Death Arena.
• Onlookers explained that Hong Peng and Murong Shan were fighting because Ma Feifei had been involved with both of them.
• Wang Teng called their rivalry a threesome, drawing laughter from the crowd and hostile looks from Hong Peng, Murong Shan, and Ma Feifei.
• Hong Peng and Murong Shan began fighting, clashing their saber and sword inside the arena.

Hong Peng and Murong Shan fought to a draw, but Hong Peng unleashed Man-Knife Unity and killed Murong Shan. Wang Teng collected the scattered attribute bubbles and recognized the legendary technique, leaving him astonished by what the bandit had revealed.

• Hong Peng and Murong Shan clashed in the arena while the bandits boasted about their martial warriors and one was ridiculed for suggesting they compete with outside geniuses.
• Hong Peng and Murong Shan traded powerful attacks until both were badly injured and forced to their knees, ending their duel in a draw.
• Wang Teng collected the Attribute Bubbles, raising his Metal Saber Intent to eighty percent and increasing his Water Element Sword Intent.
• Hong Peng discarded his saber, merged with his Saber Qi, and used Man-Knife Unity to split Murong Shan in two.
• Wang Teng recognized Hong Peng’s technique as Man-Knife Unity and stared in shock.

Wang Teng picked up Hong Peng’s Abandon Knife Art attributes and realized the technique imitated Man-Knife Unity at great risk to its user. After Hong Peng killed Murong Shan in the arena and collapsed, Ma Feifei ordered Yao Ji to carry him away, and Wang Teng followed while hiding his resentment.

• Wang Teng collected attributes from Hong Peng and learned that his technique was the Abandon Knife Art, not true Man-Knife Unity.
• Wang Teng recognized that the Abandon Knife Art harmed its user but believed his strong body could let him wield it safely.
• Hong Peng used the technique to kill Murong Shan, then collapsed from his injuries as the crowd identified the forbidden art.
• Ma Feifei ordered Yao Ji to carry Hong Peng away, and Wang Teng obeyed while concealing his anger toward her.

Wang Teng followed Ma Feifei to Hong Peng’s room, where she tried to seduce him before revealing her intent to kill him. Wang Teng dodged her attack and pinned her against the wall, then demanded to know why she wanted him dead.

• Wang Teng followed Ma Feifei to Hong Peng’s room and used Hong Peng’s token to open the stone door.
• Ma Feifei tried to seduce Wang Teng, but he grew wary and refused to give in.
• Ma Feifei attacked Wang Teng with a claw strike, but he dodged it and pinned her against the wall.
• Wang Teng demanded to know why Ma Feifei wanted to kill him, and she denied it.
• Wang Teng threatened to strip and expose Ma Feifei, then tore away a strip of her clothing.

Wang Teng exposed Ma Feifei as Saten Retsuka, a Neon Country warrior who had infiltrated the Black Bandits to provoke conflict and seize control. After Bewitch Heart forced her to reveal her history and plans, Saten Retsuka awoke and demanded to know who Wang Teng was.

• Wang Teng questioned Ma Feifei and noticed signs that her face was disguised.
• Wang Teng tore off Ma Feifei's mask, revealing the beautiful Saten Retsuka beneath it.
• Saten Retsuka tried to resist interrogation, but Wang Teng used Bewitch Heart to overwhelm her.
• Under Bewitch Heart, Saten Retsuka revealed that she was a Neon Country warrior who had spent a year and a half infiltrating the Black Bandits to stir up internal strife and control them.
• Wang Teng woke Saten Retsuka, and she demanded to know what he had done and who he was.

Wang Teng exposed Saten Retsuka's undercover identity and forced her to guide him to the Black Bandits' strongholds. Before they could leave, he beat Hong Peng with a golden brick to silence him and collect his abilities, waking him up in terror.

• Wang Teng admitted he was Yao Ji and revealed that he had used Mental Illusion to learn Saten Retsuka's secrets.
• Wang Teng demanded that Saten Retsuka lead him to the Black Bandits' key strongholds, and she reluctantly agreed after he threatened to kill her.
• Saten Retsuka warned Wang Teng that killing Hong Peng in the Black Bandits' Lair would cause trouble, but Wang Teng decided Hong Peng had to die because he had overheard them.
• Wang Teng repeatedly struck Hong Peng with a golden brick, swelling his face until Hong Peng woke and begged him to stop.

Wang Teng forced Hong Peng to reveal that the Black Bandits' leader had hidden an intercepted Alien Spaceship beneath the snowy mountains, then took Saten Retsuka's Soul Flame. After killing Hong Peng and collecting his attributes, Wang Teng and Saten Retsuka disguised themselves and headed deeper into the mountain.

• Wang Teng stopped himself from killing Hong Peng when Hong Peng offered to reveal a core secret, then used Bewitch Heart to make him confess that the Black Bandits' leader had hidden an Alien Spaceship beneath the snowy mountains.
• Wang Teng told Saten Retsuka he would spare her if she handed over her Soul Flame, and she agreed and gave it to him.
• Wang Teng erased Hong Peng's consciousness, collected his attribute bubbles, and advanced his Abandon Knife Art to the proficient stage.
• Saten Retsuka put on a mask to look like Ma Feifei and followed Wang Teng out of the room; after she bumped into him, Wang Teng told her to walk in front.
• Wang Teng and Saten Retsuka avoided the others and quietly headed deeper into the mountain.

Wang Teng confirmed the snow mountain was the Black Bandits' Lair and told Xiao Nanfeng and Zhou Xuanwu to begin setting up a formation without him. He then followed Saten Retsuka through a secret passage toward the Black Bandits' core, where he slipped away as two guards approached.

• Xiao Nanfeng and Zhou Xuanwu waited with the formation masters until Wang Teng called and confirmed the Black Bandits' Lair was inside the snow mountain.
• Wang Teng told the formation masters to start setting up the formation and said he would inspect it later, frustrating Xiao Nanfeng and Zhou Xuanwu.
• Saten Retsuka realized Wang Teng was not Yao Ji and guessed that he and his allies planned to destroy the Black Bandits.
• Saten Retsuka led Wang Teng through a concealed passage toward the core of Third Snow Mountain and warned him that security was tight.
• When two Black Bandit Bandits approached the passage to relieve themselves, Wang Teng told Saten Retsuka to wait and vanished.

Wang Teng and Saten Retsuka infiltrated the Black Bandits’ laboratory, where they discovered people being used in human experiments. Wang Teng collected the laboratory’s Attribute Bubbles as they continued deeper inside.

• Wang Teng knocked out two Black Bandit guards while they urinated and dragged them into a hidden passage.
• Wang Teng and Saten Retsuka disguised themselves in the guards’ clothes and explored the Black Bandits’ heavily guarded base.
• Saten Retsuka explained that the Black Bandits conducted human experiments to investigate cultivation methods at the microscopic level.
• Wang Teng used the Shadow Dive Secret Art to sneak with Saten Retsuka into a laboratory, bypassing its rune restrictions with his Mental Power.
• Wang Teng and Saten Retsuka saw people, including young children, floating in glass tanks while connected to laboratory machines.
• Wang Teng collected Life Essence, Medical Knowledge, and Wood and Earth Starry Sky Source Power Attribute Bubbles.

Wang Teng absorbed medical knowledge, Life Essence, and Starry Sky Source Power while exploring the Black Bandits’ laboratories. In a room full of caged Star Beasts, he gained the Magnetic Sand Body and identified the lizard that had yielded it.

• Wang Teng absorbed medical knowledge from the researchers’ Attribute Bubbles, raising his Medical Knowledge to Small Success.
• Wang Teng gained 48 Life Essence and Wood and Earth Starry Sky Source Power, and considered finding the extraterrestrial lifeform held by the Black Bandits.
• Wang Teng and Saten Retsuka entered another laboratory, where researchers dissected Star Beasts kept in rune-warded cages.
• Wang Teng collected Attribute Bubbles and gained the Magnetic Sand Body, a physique that let him control magnetic substances.
• The spiked lizard whose Attribute Bubble gave Wang Teng the Magnetic Sand Body opened its eyes and stared at him.

Wang Teng and Saten Retsuka sneaked through the Black Bandits’ laboratories toward their treasure vaults. After silently bypassing the rune restrictions, they reached two guarded stone chambers but had to wait for a chance to enter.

• A Sand Iron Black Lizard sensed Wang Teng’s faint Magnetic Sand Body, briefly startling the laboratory staff and making Saten Retsuka suspect Wang Teng was responsible.
• Wang Teng and Saten Retsuka found nothing else of interest in the laboratories, then headed for the Black Bandits’ treasure and spirit medicine storehouses.
• Wang Teng spent over four thousand Blank Attributes to raise Yao's Rune Breaking Method to great success, then silently passed a rune restriction with Saten Retsuka following him.
• The pair passed guards and reached two iron-doored stone chambers covered in runes, but Wang Teng decided to wait rather than risk alerting the guards.

Wang Teng and Saten Retsuka secretly entered the Black Bandits’ treasure vault, where Wang Teng watched Feng Quan give Feng Hua a valuable Star Bone. After leaving, Wang Teng led Saten toward the underground Alien Spaceship, approaching the Black Bandits Leader’s hidden domain.

• Wang Teng and Saten Retsuka hid in a passageway and waited for someone to open the treasure vault.
• Feng Quan brought Feng Hua into the vault, and Wang Teng and Saten followed them inside unnoticed.
• Feng Quan selected a Lord Level Star Bone for Feng Hua, leaving Wang Teng furious that they had taken something he coveted.
• Wang Teng and Saten left the vault and decided to wait for the operation outside before trying to seize its treasures.
• Wang Teng led Saten through a dark passage and down a deep stone stairway toward the hidden Alien Spaceship.