Chapter Summaries

While waiting for his trip to the Great Qian Empire Star, Wang Teng studied Time Power and discovered that reversing injuries consumed Life Essence and Soul Essence in proportion to the time and damage reversed. He stopped before risking a larger cost, improved the Sloth Mist Demon Art, and began drawing slothfulness from nearby living beings.

• Wang Teng used Time Power to reverse a finger wound and found that one second of reversal cost 10 points each of Life Essence and Soul Essence.
• Wang Teng tested a ten-second reversal and a doubled wound, confirming that both longer intervals and larger injuries consumed more essence.
• Wang Teng decided to reserve Time Power for emergencies because using it carelessly could drain his life and soul.
• Wang Teng spent 200 Blank Attributes to advance the Sloth Mist Demon Art to the proficient stage.
• Wang Teng cultivated the art, sensed slothfulness in nearby living beings, and drew it toward himself as black mist.

Wang Teng absorbed the Sloth Mist throughout the War Fortress, then used his Holy Light Fire to treat warriors infected by Darkness Source Power. The injured began recovering under his Holy Light Healing Method, leaving the medical staff stunned.

• Wang Teng absorbed the sluggishness throughout the War Fortress into his dark star, restoring the exhausted warriors' energy.
• Wang Teng met Di Qi, Olia, and Clive while they inspected the wounded and learned that many had been infected by Darkness Source Power.
• Olia asked Wang Teng to use his Holy Light Fire to heal the injured, and Di Qi urged him to help.
• Wang Teng told the medical staff to open the medical pods, then bathed the injured in sacred white light that expelled Darkness Source Power and healed their wounds.
• The White Coat recognized Wang Teng's technique as the Holy Light Healing Method.

Wang Teng used Goddess's Blessing to heal the wounded and remove all their Darkness Source Power, impressing Di Qi and Doctor Leonard. Di Qi explained the Sub-Profession Alliance and helped Wang Teng position himself to negotiate benefits before joining.

• Wang Teng cast Goddess's Blessing, healing the wounded and completely expelling their Darkness Source Power.
• Doctor Leonard tried to recruit Wang Teng into the Sub-Profession Alliance, but Di Qi took Wang Teng away before they could talk.
• Yuan Gungun and Di Qi explained that recruiters could benefit from bringing Wang Teng into the Sub-Profession Alliance, so Wang Teng decided to negotiate for benefits.
• Di Qi described the alliance's members, resources, protection, and influence, and Wang Teng said he wanted to join.
• Olia warned Clive not to harm Wang Teng, and Clive insisted he would not repay Wang Teng's kindness with hostility.

Wang Teng traveled with Di Qi and the others from Defense Star No. 4 toward the Great Qian Empire Star, arriving first at Nan Shi Star and boarding a military spacecraft. There, Di Qi introduced Wang Teng to the Universe Level powerhouse Wu Tai as the person who had helped secure their great victory.

• Yuan Gungun urged Wang Teng to join the Sub-Profession Alliance, but Wang Teng remained confident in his qualifications and prepared to leave for the Great Qian Empire Star.
• Wang Teng met Di Qi, Olia, Clive, and the wounded travelers, then left the War Fortress with them through a teleportation array.
• Olia explained that they had arrived at Nan Shi Star, an outer planet, and the group traveled from its mooring port toward the Emperor Star by military spacecraft.
• Di Qi encountered Wu Tai, a Universe Level powerhouse returning to the Emperor Star, and told him that Defense Star No. 4 had won a great victory.
• Di Qi introduced Wang Teng to Wu Tai as the person who had helped him achieve the victory.

Wang Teng accepted Fan Tai Ning and Leonard as his recommenders to the Sub-Profession Alliance, then entered the Virtual Universe and beat an Azure Finch into guiding him to its flock. He drugged the flock with Illusion Ice Grass, including three Middle Emperor-Level Azure Finches, and left the outcome unresolved.

• Fan Tai Ning and Leonard offered to recommend Wang Teng to the Sub-Profession Alliance and split the alliance rewards with him, and Wang Teng accepted.
• Wang Teng returned to the Virtual Universe, defeated the Azure Finch occupying the Black Wind Eagle King's nest, and collected its attribute bubbles.
• Wang Teng forced the bald Azure Finch to lead him to an ice valley where three Middle Emperor-Level Azure Finches lived.
• Yuan Gungun told Wang Teng that Azure Finches loved Illusion Ice Grass, so Wang Teng scattered the grass into their valley and the birds ate it.
• The chapter ended as the Azure Finches began shrieking after eating the Illusion Ice Grass.

Wang Teng ambushed Azure Finches in the Virtual Universe, harvesting their attributes and raising his Ice Element Talent to Emperor-level while gaining the Ice and Snow Storm technique. After spending more than ten days strengthening several Source Powers, he and Yuan Gungun approached the Great Qian Empire Star.

• Wang Teng used Illusion Ice Grass to ambush the Azure Finches, defeating the flock’s three Middle-Level Emperor Azure Finch Kings with Mental Illusion, his Domain of Wind, and powerful attacks.
• Wang Teng absorbed the Azure Finches’ Attribute Bubbles, advanced his Ice Element Talent to Emperor-level, and learned the Ice and Snow Storm battle technique.
• Wang Teng repeatedly returned to harvest the flock until the Azure Finch Kings moved the entire flock away from the valley.
• Wang Teng spent more than ten days hunting Star Beasts, bringing all five of his Five Elements Source Powers to the complete Ninth Layer of the Planetary Level and advancing his Wind, Thunder, Ice, and Poison Source Powers.
• Yuan Gungun warned Wang Teng to keep his unusual gains secret, then told him they would reach the Great Qian Empire Star in about half an hour.
• Wang Teng and Yuan Gungun saw the sea-blue Great Qian Empire Star, surrounded by a purple ribbon, in the distance.

Wang Teng arrived at the Great Qian Empire's Emperor Star after passing through its heavily guarded space station and orbital transit system. Di Qi warned him that the person connected to Baron Nangong's disappearance had reached the Domain Lord Level, but Wang Teng still intended to face the matter.

• Wang Teng and his companions passed inspection by the Emperor Star's defense force and landed at Great Qian Number One Satellite.
• Di Qi led Wang Teng and the others by rail train from the satellite to the Emperor Star.
• Di Qi offered Wang Teng a place to stay, but Wang Teng chose to visit Baron Nangong's residence alone.
• Di Qi warned Wang Teng that Baron Nangong's affairs involved many parties and that the person in question had reached the Domain Lord Level thirty thousand years earlier.
• Yuan Gungun worried that Wang Teng was going to his death, but Wang Teng said a Domain Lord Level opponent would not frighten him.

After learning that Great Grandmasters could draw the support of powerful experts, Wang Teng accepted Rune Grandmaster Fan Tai Ning’s offer of lodging while preparing for his Sub-Profession Alliance assessment. Fan Tai Ning brought him to his home in Great Qian Imperial City, where two disciples and a robot greeted them.

• Di Qi and Olia left, and Wu Tai departed to handle the handover.
• Fan Tai Ning invited Wang Teng to stay at his residence and offered to ask him rune-related questions; Wang Teng accepted.
• Doctor Leonard said farewell and left, while Fan Tai Ning took Wang Teng to his home in a Rune Energy Flying Car.
• Yuan Gungun explained the universe’s source-stone grades, and Wang Teng realized his own stones might be valuable.
• Fan Tai Ning arrived home with Wang Teng, where his two disciples greeted him.

Wang Teng stayed at Rune Grandmaster Fan Tai Ning’s residence before heading to the Empire Noble Council to publicly pursue the restoration of NanGong Yue’s Baron Title. He rang the Council’s bronze bell seven times and announced that he had come bearing Baron Nangong’s token.

• Fan Tai Ning introduced Wang Teng to his disciples, Hou Zhiwei and Trist, and hosted him for lunch, urging them to seek Wang Teng’s guidance without disturbing him.
• Guided by Yuan Gungun, Wang Teng traveled to the Empire Noble Council, intending to put his claim to NanGong Yue’s Baron Title in the public eye.
• Wang Teng confronted the Council’s imposing aura and learned from Yuan Gungun that seven bell rings signaled an injustice involving a title’s inheritance.
• After his first strike rebounded, Wang Teng raised his Ancient God Body to 3-star and struck the bronze bell until it rang seven times.
• As a Council figure hurried toward the entrance, Wang Teng announced that he had come bearing Baron Nangong’s token.

Wang Teng challenged the Empire Noble Council to recognize Baron Nangong Yue’s claim and presented the baron’s seal to deacon Ming Cheng. As the Cao Family prepared to oppose him, Ming Cheng brought Wang Teng inside to await the noble elders’ decision.

• Di Qi and a middle-aged member of the Kalandis Family discussed Wang Teng’s arrival, and Di Qi decided he might help him.
• A brown-haired man from the Cao Family learned that someone had reopened the old case and ordered a vehicle to the Noble Council Hall.
• Ming Cheng appeared before Wang Teng, questioned him about ringing the Council Hall’s bell, and asked whether he was NanGong Yue’s heir.
• Wang Teng showed Ming Cheng the Baron Seal, and Ming Cheng verified it as genuine.
• Ming Cheng led Wang Teng into the Council Hall and said they would wait for the noble elders to decide the case.

Wang Teng presented Baron Nangong’s seal before the Empire Noble Council and challenged Cao Guan’s claim that Cao Hongtu was the rightful heir. The Council Elder confirmed that no rule or will gave a baron’s disciple inheritance rights, leaving Cao Guan unable to explain his family’s legitimacy.

• Wang Teng entered the Council Hall’s ninth-floor meeting and faced the Noble Elders, including Cao Guan.
• Wang Teng presented Baron Nangong’s seal as proof of his claim to be the heir.
• Cao Guan argued that his father, Cao Hongtu, was the legitimate successor because he had been Baron Nangong’s only disciple.
• Wang Teng asked whether the Empire had a rule granting a disciple inheritance rights, and the Council Elder said it did not.
• The Council Elder confirmed Baron Nangong had left no will naming Cao Hongtu as heir.
• Wang Teng asked Cao Guan where his family’s claimed legitimacy came from, leaving Cao Guan furious and unable to answer.

Wang Teng rebutted Cao Guan’s challenge over Cao Hongtu’s will, then learned that Sinclairmon belonged to the powerful Parax Family. Sinclairmon urged the council to verify Wang Teng’s identity before considering the inheritance, hinting at severe consequences if it proved false.

• Wang Teng calmly argued that Cao Hongtu would never have forged a will, leaving Cao Guan unable to answer.
• Yuan Gungun told Wang Teng that the bald man was likely from the Pylax Family, a powerful clan known for its flame constitution and ability to fuse special flames.
• Wang Teng considered the Pylax Family a target to fleece, then learned they were one of the Empire’s Eight Great Kings with Different Surnames and recognized the danger they posed to his Heaven and Earth Strange Fires.
• Sinclairmon told the white-haired elder to set aside Cao Hongtu’s inheritance for the moment and verify Wang Teng’s identity, warning that the Great Qian Empire would not tolerate a false claim.

Wang Teng’s claim to the Baron Title remained disputed as Sinclairmon and Cao Guan tried to seize the Baron Seal and expel him. Wang Teng defied Sinclairmon until a council elder stopped Sinclairmon’s attack, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The council elder questioned Wang Teng’s identity, and Wang Teng realized he had no proof beyond the Baron Seal.
• Yuan Gungun warned Wang Teng that revealing the Inheritance Palace could expose the Nangong Family’s Treasure Vault and put him in danger.
• Cao Guan demanded that Wang Teng surrender the Baron Seal, while Sinclairmon backed him and tried to intimidate Wang Teng with his aura.
• Wang Teng broke through Sinclairmon’s pressure and accused him of acting as though he ruled the Great Qian Empire.
• Sinclairmon lost his temper and launched a blue flame arrow at Wang Teng, but it stopped inches from his brow when a calm voice said, “Enough!”

Wang Teng faced the Noble Council Hall’s challenge to his claim as baronial heir and revealed NanGong Yue’s Inheritance Mark to prove his identity. The elder recognized him as the heir, while Sinclairmon left the hall in anger.

• Sinclairmon tried to seize Wang Teng’s Baron Seal, but the elder stopped him and ordered an investigation into Wang Teng’s identity.
• The elder ruled that Wang Teng could not leave the imperial capital until the matter was resolved, and Cao Guan expected him to lose his claim.
• As the council members prepared to leave, Wang Teng announced that he could prove his identity and activated NanGong Yue’s Inheritance Mark.
• The Inheritance Mark lit up in response to the Baron Seal, convincing the council members that Wang Teng had inherited the Nangong Family’s legacy.
• The elder confirmed Wang Teng as the baronial heir, and Sinclairmon left the hall without a word.

Wang Teng proved his right to inherit Baron Nangong’s title, but the Noble Council required him to undergo an assessment and wait for Cao Hongtu to return. After Cao Guan threatened him outside the Council Hall, Wang Teng publicly accused him of plotting an assassination, then returned to Fan Tai Ning’s residence.

• The Council Hall accepted Wang Teng as Baron Nangong’s heir but required him to pass an assessment and wait until Cao Hongtu returned before settling the succession.
• Yuan Gungun told Wang Teng that Cao Hongtu had built considerable influence and reassured him that the assessment should not be difficult.
• Cao Guan offered Wang Teng money to leave the Great Qian Empire, then warned that he could be killed if he inherited the title.
• Wang Teng loudly accused Cao Guan of threatening to have Cao Hongtu and the Parax Family assassinate him, drawing the attention of Council Hall members.
• Wang Teng returned to Fan Tai Ning’s residence, confirmed that he was Baron Nangong’s heir, and received a warning to beware of Cao Hongtu and his family.

Wang Teng gained Sinclairmon’s Sea Whale Flame and stayed with Grandmaster Fan Tai Ning while preparing to register at the Sub-Profession Alliance. Meanwhile, Cao Hongtu learned that Wang Teng had inherited NanGong Yue’s baron title and began mobilizing his family to oppose him.

• Wang Teng absorbed the Sea Whale Flame left behind by Sinclairmon’s attack and learned about its origins and properties.
• Wang Teng discussed runes with Grandmaster Fan Tai Ning, then returned to his room to cultivate in the virtual space.
• Cao Hongtu reprimanded Cao Guan for failing to stop Wang Teng from claiming NanGong Yue’s inheritance and reassigned Cao Guan’s affairs to Cao Ling.
• Cao Hongtu ordered Cao Ling to investigate Wang Teng’s strength and background and decided to contact Domain Lord Sinclairmon.
• Cao Hongtu summoned Cao Jiaojiao and Cao Wu to return to Emperor Star, while Wang Teng asked Yuan Gungun to investigate Cao Hongtu.

Wang Teng learned that his casual guidance had helped Grandmaster Fan Tai Ning improve his Rune Attainment, then accompanied him to the Sub-Profession Alliance. At the alliance, Wang Teng thought about the people on the Star Martial Continent and his plans to return after resolving Earth Star’s crisis.

• Grandmaster Fan Tai Ning thanked Wang Teng for helping him overcome a Rune Attainment bottleneck and said he hoped to exchange pointers again.
• Wang Teng changed the subject and agreed to go with Fan Tai Ning to the Sub-Profession Alliance after breakfast.
• Wang Teng and Fan Tai Ning traveled to Kunwu Street and entered the Sub-Profession Alliance’s distinctive building.
• Wang Teng observed the alliance’s members and professional robes, then remembered Grandmaster Golin, Li Rongxue, and the others on the Star Martial Continent.
• Wang Teng resolved to visit the Star Martial Continent and address its Darkness Breed invasion once he had settled Earth Star’s crisis and identity issue.

Wang Teng registered with the Sub-Profession Alliance and took its physician assessment, using attributes gathered from other examinees to master the written-test material. After earning a perfect score, he began the practical test by healing a severely injured patient with Goddess's Blessing, leaving the examiners stunned.

• Fan Tai Ning introduced Wang Teng to Hobson, a Forging Grandmaster of the Heavy Rock race, who joined them as they went to the Alliance.
• Wang Teng completed his registration with help from Fan Tai Ning and Doctor Leonard, then went to the physician assessment with Leonard.
• Celia announced the written and practical portions of the assessment, and Wang Teng collected Medical Knowledge attributes while the other examinees answered.
• Wang Teng completed the written test in ten minutes, and Zeng Xiu, Celia, and Guo Suyang found every answer correct.
• Wang Teng examined his assigned battlefield casualty with Source Essence Eye and cast Goddess's Blessing, astonishing the three examiners.

Wang Teng passed the doctor examination after demonstrating the Light Healing Art, then went with Fan Tai Ning to the Rune Master examination site. He revealed that he had come to take the Great Grandmaster Level examination, stunning Fan Tai Ning, Pittman, and Jiang Wenxing.

• Wang Teng used the Light Healing Art to stabilize a patient's injuries, impressing the examiners and earning their recognition as a Grandmaster.
• Doctor Guo Suyang told Wang Teng the alliance would recommend him for Grandmaster certification, and Wang Teng left to take another examination.
• Fan Tai Ning hurried Wang Teng toward the Rune Master examination, while Leonard and Hobson learned that Wang Teng had passed the doctor examination.
• Fan Tai Ning introduced Wang Teng to Pittman and Jiang Wenxing, who had come for Jiang Wenxing's Grandmaster Level examination.
• Wang Teng said he was there for the Great Grandmaster Level examination, leaving Fan Tai Ning, Pittman, and Jiang Wenxing stunned.

Wang Teng revealed that he was taking the Great Grandmaster Rune assessment, then shocked Fan Tai Ning, Doctor Leonard, and Hobson by requesting Great Grandmaster assessments in Blacksmithing and Alchemy as well. The chapter left them struggling to believe that he was a Three Dao Grandmaster.

• Jiang Wenxing and Pittman doubted Wang Teng’s Great Grandmaster Rune level, and Wang Teng rebuked them for coming to flaunt their own abilities.
• Fan Tai Ning thanked Wang Teng for defending him against Pittman, then learned Wang Teng was serious about taking the Great Grandmaster Rune assessment.
• Wang Teng said he was seventy or eighty percent confident, and Fan Tai Ning offered to arrange the assessment, which required more than three Great Grandmaster Rune Masters.
• Wang Teng asked Fan Tai Ning to apply for Great Grandmaster assessments in Blacksmithing and Alchemy too, leaving Fan Tai Ning, Doctor Leonard, and Hobson dumbfounded.
• Wang Teng claimed he had worked tirelessly to reach his level, and the three reassessed him with awe.