Chapter Summaries

Wang Teng absorbed the attributes left by the collapsing Fire River World, greatly strengthening his Space Talent and raising his Fire Element Starry Sky Source Power to Stellar Level Seventh Layer. After his Space Power shielded An Lan and the others from the collapse, Wang Teng prepared to leave, confident he could face Cao Hongtu and even kill powerful Universe Level Martial Artists.

• Wang Teng absorbed countless Attribute Bubbles from the collapsing Small World, advancing to Stellar Level Seventh Layer and forming a cocoon of Space Power around himself.
• An Lan and the three Mechanical Race Martial Artists realized Wang Teng’s Space Talent could protect them, while Cao Jiaojiao watched Wang Teng’s Space Shard expand around her.
• As the collapse swallowed the Central Volcano, Wang Teng’s Space Power created a field that calmed and isolated the surrounding destruction, keeping An Lan and the others safe.
• Wang Teng emerged from the cocoon with his Space Body upgraded to Third Tier, his Space Shard expanded, and 886,500 Blank Attributes available.
• Wang Teng told An Lan and the others to leave, noting that Cao Hongtu and the others were likely waiting for them and thought he was dead.

Wang Teng returned from the collapsed Fire River World after Cao Hongtu and Sinclairmon assumed he had died and believed Cao Hongtu had won the competition. His reappearance overturned their hopes for the Baron Title, and he greeted them with a pointed remark about how quickly they had left.

• Cao Hongtu, Cao Wu, and the others emerged from the Fire River World while Wang Teng remained inside, and Cao Hongtu pretended to mourn his absence.
• The Fire River Mirror shattered and the passageway disappeared, leading Sinclairmon and Cao Hongtu to believe Wang Teng had died and Cao Hongtu had won the competition.
• Elder Ge began to announce that the result had been decided, but the passageway reappeared before he finished.
• Wang Teng emerged with several Mechanical Race Martial Artists, stunning Cao Hongtu and Sinclairmon.
• Wang Teng greeted Cao Hongtu and Sinclairmon and remarked that they had left so quickly he had thought something had happened to them.

Wang Teng revealed that he had completed all three tasks and obtained the Fire River World Lord’s inheritance, then displayed an astonishing haul of Fire River Crystals and Fire Toads. Cao Hongtu conceded the contest, but Wang Teng publicly highlighted that he had beaten both Cao Hongtu and Sinclairmon, leaving them furious and humiliated.

• Wang Teng showed the elder his Inheritance Mark, confirming that he had obtained the Fire River World Lord’s final inheritance.
• Wang Teng produced over a hundred thousand jin of Fire River Crystals and more than two thousand Fire Toads, shocking everyone.
• Wang Teng asked Cao Hongtu to present his own results, and Cao Hongtu conceded the contest.
• Wang Teng questioned Cao Hongtu’s decision to concede and pointed out that he had faced both Cao Hongtu and Sinclairmon.
• Sinclairmon trembled with anger as everyone looked strangely at him and Cao Hongtu.

Wang Teng won the title trial and returned to the Great Qian Empire Star, while the Parax Family learned about his two Heaven and Earth Strange Fires and Space Talent. He resolved to focus on growing stronger and eventually uproot anyone who dared target him.

• The elder ended the contest and declared Wang Teng the winner, and Wang Teng collected the Fire Toads and Fire River Crystals before leaving with the others.
• Qi Chengtian escorted Wang Teng and the group from the Qi Family residence, and they returned to the Great Qian Empire Star.
• Walter Gu learned from Sinclairmon that Wang Teng possessed two Heaven and Earth Strange Fires and ordered that the family ancestors be informed after Wang Teng's title inheritance.
• Sinclairmon revealed that Wang Teng also possessed Space Talent, prompting Walter Gu to call him a threat who had to be eliminated.
• Wang Teng assessed his gains, decided to prioritize strengthening himself, and vowed to uproot the Parax Family if they provoked him.

Wang Teng and Yuan Gungun explored the Space Ring left by the Fire River World Lord and discovered an immense fortune, a collection of World Lord Level weapons and armor, and several rare treasures. Wang Teng secured the relics and left the room vastly wealthier.

• Wang Teng confirmed that the flame-patterned ring was the Fire River World Lord's Space Ring and searched its contents.
• Yuan Gungun checked the five-star Universe First Bank card and found a balance of 288.9 billion Universe Coin, then helped Wang Teng bind it to himself.
• Wang Teng revealed more than a dozen World Lord Level weapons, including weapons of several elements, and a complete set of World Lord Level battle armor.
• Wang Teng and Yuan Gungun identified a Life Azure Mushroom in a Jade Box and recognized its power to restore even a grievously injured World Lord Level Expert.
• Wang Teng opened the remaining Jade Boxes and found rare spiritual herbs, including Spirit Marrow Fruit and Scarlet Light Grass, then put the treasures away.

Wang Teng discussed the Fire River World Lord’s inheritance and his plans for Earth Star before returning to Emperor Star, where he confronted Cao Hongtu and Walter Gu after winning a baronial title. He left wary of the Parax Family’s plans as he awaited the title inheritance.

• Wang Teng told Yuan Gungun that the inheritance included a World Lord Level spaceship and other valuable resources, then discussed returning to Earth Star and using his future noble authority.
• Wang Teng studied the Fire River World Lord’s fire-element inheritance during the journey back to Emperor Star.
• News of Wang Teng’s victory spread through Emperor Star’s upper circles, and an elder told him the title inheritance should take place within a day or two.
• Wang Teng told Cao Hongtu to clear out Nangong Residence for him, provoking Cao Hongtu and a confrontation with Walter Gu.
• Wang Teng warned Walter Gu not to misuse his standing among the Eight Great Kings with Different Surnames, then suspected the Parax Family was plotting against him and left to prepare.

Wang Teng learned that his succession ceremony would take place at the Imperial Palace, as rumors drew factions and onlookers to the Imperial City. As he prepared for the ceremony, Ming Cheng delivered the noble garments he would wear.

• Great Grandmasters visited Wang Teng to congratulate him and promised to attend his succession ceremony.
• Rumors spread across the Emperor Star that Wang Teng had won Baron Nangong’s title from Domain Lord Cao Hongtu, prompting various factions to travel to the Imperial City and assess him.
• The Empire Noble Council informed Wang Teng that his title succession would take place at eight o’clock on the third day inside the Imperial Palace.
• Wang Teng reviewed the ceremony’s rules and etiquette, then joked to himself about trying to fleece something from the Imperial Palace’s legendary experts.
• Ming Cheng arrived at Fan Tai Ning’s residence and delivered the purple noble garments for Wang Teng’s ceremony.

Wang Teng prepared to inherit his Imperial Baron title and arrived at the Imperial Palace’s heavenly stairway before a crowd of nobles and spectators. As he began climbing the rune-restricted steps, everyone waited to see how many runes his talent would activate.

• Ming Cheng Deacon delivered luxurious purple noble robes to Wang Teng and reminded him that he would inherit his title the next day.
• Wang Teng dismissed Trist, while Yuan Gungun recalled NanGong Yue and told Wang Teng to prepare for the ceremony.
• Nobles from powerful families, including the Parax, Kalandis, and Ji Families, gathered at the Imperial Palace as spectators speculated about Wang Teng’s rumored conflict with the Parax Family.
• The Imperial Palace appeared through the dispersing mist, and Wang Teng arrived in his noble robes to the crowd’s astonishment.
• An Imperial voice summoned Wang Teng to climb the heavenly stairway and inherit his Baron title, and he stepped onto the rune-restricted stairs as the crowd watched.

Wang Teng climbed the White Jade Stairway, enduring its growing pressure and mental disturbances with ease. At the halfway point, he collected Attribute Bubbles and obtained the Great Qian Empire’s rare space-element divine scripture, the Void Extinction Divine Sword Art.

• Wang Teng climbed past a hundred steps while his spiritual power neutralized the stairway’s mental disturbances, impressing the nobles watching above.
• Walter Gu disparaged Wang Teng, while Bora Gu defended him and the nobles compared his progress with the stairway’s historic records.
• Wang Teng reached the halfway point, where more than nine hundred runes had lit up, then stopped as nobles guessed he had reached his limit.
• Wang Teng collected three Attribute Bubbles from the stairway and absorbed the Void Extinction Divine Sword Art, a space-element scripture left by the Great Qian Empire’s founding ancestor.
• Wang Teng realized the White Jade Stairway had been intended to pass down the scripture, and that he had obtained the empire’s highest inheritance.

Wang Teng resumed climbing the White Jade Stairway and revealed astounding talent as the runes surged beyond the legendary record. He reached the Imperial Palace with the stairway’s unprecedented maximum of three thousand runes, leaving the noble powerhouses stunned.

• Wang Teng continued up the White Jade Stairway as its pressure and glowing runes increased, while the spectators struggled to understand his progress.
• Wang Teng passed nine hundred steps with two thousand and fifty runes, drawing the dismay of Walter Gu and the attention of Cao Hongtu and his companions.
• Wang Teng activated his Ancient God Body and climbed on, causing the rune count to rise toward the record set by the Imperial Son.
• Wang Teng surpassed the record and reached two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine runes just before the final stair.
• Wang Teng stepped onto the last stair before the Imperial Palace, triggering the White Jade Stairway’s unprecedented limit of three thousand runes.

Wang Teng activated all three thousand runes, surpassing the Imperial Son’s record and drawing the attention of the Great Qian royal family. Chongshan King formally granted him a baron title, while the nobles rallied around him and Walter Gu left in anger.

• Wang Teng’s three thousand activated runes surpassed the Imperial Son’s record, shocking the crowd and frightening Cao Hongtu and the Cao Family.
• Chongshan King praised Wang Teng and instructed him to present the Baron Seal NanGong Yue had left behind.
• Wang Teng bound the Baron Seal with his blood, and Chongshan King proclaimed him a Baron of the Great Qian Empire and welcomed him into the Great Qian Nobility Pavilion.
• Chongshan King wished Wang Teng success across the cosmic seas, then vanished, leaving Wang Teng astonished by his power.
• The nobles congratulated Wang Teng and sought his favor, while Walter Gu refused to congratulate him and left in anger.

After completing his Inheritance Ceremony, Wang Teng went to Nangong Residence to claim his new home and drive out Cao Hongtu's family. Cao Hongtu left in disgrace after An Lan overpowered him and Wang Teng demanded compensation for missing items; Wang Teng also learned that his fief's procedures were complete and began preparing to host a banquet.

• Ming Cheng Deacon told Wang Teng that his fief had been decided and accompanied him to reclaim Nangong Residence.
• Wang Teng entered the residence and ordered Cao Hongtu's family to move out, while An Lan's aura forced Cao Hongtu to back down.
• Wang Teng discovered that items from the Nangong Family's collection were missing, and Cao Hongtu agreed to compensate him.
• Wang Teng invited Cao Hongtu to his banquet the next day as the Cao Family left Nangong Residence in disgrace.
• Ming Cheng Deacon confirmed that Wang Teng's star system fief and its procedures were settled, and Yuan Gungun advised him to visit the Slave Market for servants.

Wang Teng and An Lan visited the Imperial City Slave Market so Wang Teng could buy servants for Nangong Residence. After purchasing Clam Race women, Wang Teng bought all ten rare Flower Spirit Race slaves, leaving with his household acquisitions secured.

• Wang Teng toured Nangong Residence with An Lan and decided to buy servants to manage the large estate.
• Wang Teng and An Lan traveled to the Slave Market, where a manager showed them slaves from various races.
• Wang Teng selected twenty-five beautiful Clam Race women after learning their prices.
• The manager offered Wang Teng ten rare Flower Spirit Race slaves, and Yuan Gungun explained their ability to cultivate spiritual herbs.
• Wang Teng agreed to buy all ten Flower Spirit Race slaves for one hundred thousand Universe Coins each.

Wang Teng bought Flower Spirit Race members, trained servants, and hundreds of talented Stellar Level Tark Star slaves for his plans. He then asked to see Universe Level slaves and was brought to an arena where two of them were fighting.

• Wang Teng bought ten Flower Spirit Race slaves and planned to use them to cultivate spiritual medicines and develop his Space Shard.
• Wang Teng bought various trained servants and requested guards at Stellar Level or above from powerful races.
• Wang Teng purchased fifty talented Tark Star slaves at specified Stellar Levels, then gradually bought enough to reach three hundred Stellar Level Martial Artists.
• Wang Teng asked whether the Slave Market had Universe Level Martial Artists, and the person in charge led him to a dedicated arena.
• Wang Teng saw two Universe Level Martial Artists fighting inside the arena and asked what was happening.

Wang Teng visited the Slave Market and decided to buy a beautiful Universe Level Mental Power Master and a rare Shadow Kill Race warrior, despite warnings about possible conflicts. The chapter ended with the supervisor pricing the Shadow Kill Race slave at one hundred billion Universe Coins.

• Wang Teng watched a Universe Level Elf Race Mental Power Master defeat a Three-Eyed Race warrior and learned she cost twenty-five billion Universe Coins.
• The supervisor brought Wang Teng to see the Mental Power Master, and Wang Teng bought her despite the risk of angering another interested customer.
• Wang Teng asked to see the best Universe Level slaves, and the supervisor marked the Mental Power Master as sold.
• The supervisor revealed a Shadow Kill Race slave, and Yuan Gungun and An Lan explained that the race possessed rare spatial abilities and could bring trouble.
• Wang Teng decided to buy the Shadow Kill Race slave, and the supervisor quoted a price of one hundred billion Universe Coins.

Wang Teng bought a large group of slaves, including the Shadow Kill Race expert Hardi and Mental Power Master Bertha, then assigned them roles in the Nangong Residence and ordered them to prepare a banquet for the Imperial City’s nobles. Yuan Gungun led him to the Nangong Family’s hidden treasure vault, which Wang Teng opened with his Inheritance Mark.

• Wang Teng paid more than 120 billion for the slaves and had them delivered to the Nangong Residence.
• Wang Teng appointed Annie to manage the residence and prepare a high-standard banquet for the Imperial City’s nobles.
• Wang Teng warned Bertha and Hardi to obey him, while promising to make them followers if he reached the Domain Lord Level.
• Bertha began organizing the slaves, and Annie put the residence in order.
• Yuan Gungun revealed the hidden entrance beneath the study and led Wang Teng to the Nangong Family’s Treasure Vault.
• Wang Teng activated NanGong Yue’s Inheritance Mark to open the vault that Cao Hongtu wanted.

Wang Teng opened the Nangong Treasure Vault and collected treasures to improve his Space Shard before settling into life at the Baron Residence. He arranged protection for Earth Star and ended the chapter enjoying a lavish bath after resisting Annie’s advances.

• Wang Teng used the Inheritance Mark to open the Nangong Treasure Vault and took Grass Wood Crystals, plant shoots, seeds, and other useful treasures.
• Wang Teng praised Annie for organizing the Baron Residence and hired Spirit Chefs to prepare meals and an upcoming banquet.
• Wang Teng invited An Lan to work for him, and An Lan said he would consider it.
• Wang Teng told An Lan he planned to return to his home planet after the banquet because he feared Cao Hongtu would target Earth Star.
• Wang Teng sent Hardi and fifty Stellar Level Martial Artists to Earth Star to protect his family, Lin Chuhan, Tantai Xuan, and the planet.
• Wang Teng let Annie arrange a luxurious bath but resisted her temptation and maintained his chastity.

Wang Teng transformed his Space Shard with spiritual soil, water, and arrays that created vitality, wind, and a miniature sun. He brought the Flower Spirit Race girls inside to cultivate spirit medicines and manage the new environment, while Cao Jiaojiao remained his prisoner.

• Wang Teng reminded Cao Jiaojiao that Cao Hongtu had not come looking for her, then inspected the Space Shard and ordered expensive spiritual soil and water.
• Wang Teng spread the soil and water across the Space Shard and set up a Life-Sustaining Spirit Gathering Array, several Small Wind Spirit Arrays, and a Small Stellar Array.
• Wang Teng admired the transformed space with Little White and the Ironclad Flame Scorpion, while Cao Jiaojiao doubted that he could be a Rune Grandmaster.
• Wang Teng brought the ten Flower Spirit Race girls into the Space Shard, where they feared he would feed them to the Star Beasts.
• Wang Teng assigned the Flower Spirit Race girls to plant spirit medicines and control the wind and stellar arrays, threatening to feed them to the Star Beasts if they did poorly.

The ten Flower Spirit Race girls began planting Wang Teng’s spirit items in his Space Shard, encouraged by Hua Zi and the area’s abundant vitality. Wang Teng arranged invitations for the Sub-Profession Alliance masters and checked in with Hardi as he prepared for the evening banquet.

• Hua Zi reassured Hua Changpu that the girls would be safe from Little White and the Ironclad Flame Scorpion if they worked well for Wang Teng.
• The Flower Spirit Race girls discovered valuable spirit item seeds and saplings, along with vitality denser than in their former homeland.
• Hua Zi urged the girls to manage the Space Shard as their home, and they began planting spirit items in areas suited to their attributes.
• The girls used their abilities to draw in vitality, helping some spirit items sprout and quickly filling the Space Shard with life.
• Wang Teng gave Annie invitations for the Sub-Profession Alliance masters to deliver.
• Wang Teng contacted Hardi, who had already departed for Earth Star aboard the Qian Yuan E63 Type spacecraft, then focused on awaiting the banquet.

Wang Teng hosted a lavish banquet for his new title as nobles and powerful families arrived. When the Parax Family came with the Raging Flame World Lord, Wang Teng refused to give them special treatment and traded barbs with them, leaving the confrontation unresolved as the banquet continued.

• Annie and the Maids welcomed a stream of noble guests to Wang Teng’s ornate banquet, including Duke Situ Nan, who arrived with Situ Wan'er.
• Situ Wan'er judged Wang Teng impressive but suspected him of being lecherous because of his beautiful Maids.
• The Parax Family arrived with the Raging Flame World Lord, and Wang Teng had them seated like ordinary guests instead of greeting them personally.
• Adris accused Wang Teng of insulting the Parax Family, but Wang Teng argued that abandoning Baron Willie to welcome them would have been disrespectful to another noble.
• The Raging Flame World Lord warned Wang Teng not to be frivolous, and Wang Teng turned the warning on the Parax Family’s younger members before telling the group to stop blocking the entrance.
• The Raging Flame World Lord snorted and led the Parax Family to sit down.