Chapter Summaries

After defeating sixteen genius martial artists, Wang Teng faced the fury of Yue Qiqiao, Leng Qianxue, Rabbit Little Eight, and Situ Wan'er for knocking them unconscious, but Situ Wan'er eased the confrontation. He then reviewed his gains from the battle, including stronger domains, talents, physiques, and combat techniques, and left eager to face stronger opponents.

• Yue Qiqiao, Leng Qianxue, Rabbit Little Eight, and Situ Wan'er confronted Wang Teng about smashing the backs of their heads, but he defused their anger with jokes and Situ Wan'er helped settle them down.
• Wang Teng checked his Attribute Panel and found that the battle had improved his domains and Saint-level Talents, including granting him a Saint-level Poison Talent from Gant.
• Wang Teng collected Leng Qianxue's Icy Sacred Body attributes and Landon's Dragon Blood Battle Body attributes, strengthening both physiques.
• Wang Teng gained Man and Sword as One attributes from Su Jianchen and the Imperial Son, though his mastery remained incomplete.
• Wang Teng acquired the Thunder Dragon Overlord Rain Spear Technique and Thunder Devouring Ninefold Saber Technique at Proficient level and raised Storm Palm to Mastery.

The Imperial Son challenged the other contestants in succession and defeated all fifteen, establishing himself as the runner-up behind Wang Teng. Wang Teng watched the matches, gained new abilities from Attribute Bubbles, and looked forward to facing the Imperial Son.

• The Second Prince fought the Imperial Son with metal and fire Primal Force and a third-rank Fire Element Domain, but lost when the Imperial Son shattered his domain.
• Ji Haochen, Timothy, Xiahou Zun, Soyer, Jiang Weisheng, Landon, and the other contestants fought the Imperial Son and were defeated; Su Jianchen also lost after their Man and Sword as One clash.
• Wang Teng collected an Attribute Bubble for Man and Sword as One and improved his own comprehension.
• Leng Qianxue used Frost Spring Arrows and her third-rank Frost Domain against the Imperial Son, but his powerful Fire Domain overcame her; Wang Teng collected Frost Domain, Fire Domain, and Frost Spring Arrow attributes.
• Berkta, Rabbit Little Eight, Yue Qiqiao, and Gant each lost to the Imperial Son, who broke Gant’s poison domain and seriously injured him.
• The Imperial Son defeated all fifteen opponents without resting, and the audience cheered for him as he took second place behind Wang Teng.

Wang Teng and the Imperial Son began their final battle for first place after the rankings were decided. As the Imperial Son unleashed his signature techniques, Wang Teng copied them, leaving the Imperial Son stunned and escalating their duel.

• The Imperial Son finished his fifteen-battle run, and Wang Teng claimed he was the one who should feel pressure because he had fought sixteen opponents alone.
• Over the following fifteen days, the rankings settled with the Second Prince in third place, while Wang Teng and the Imperial Son prepared for their final match.
• The Imperial Son questioned Wang Teng's belief in walking the path of invincibility, and they began their battle with sword strikes that matched evenly.
• Wang Teng used a finger attack nearly identical to the Imperial Son's Hegemon Overlord Finger, making the Imperial Son accuse him of stealing the technique.
• The Imperial Son unleashed Sword One of Hegemon Overlord Twelve Swords, and Wang Teng spent Blank Attribute points to raise his own mastery before countering with a powerful golden sword strike.

Wang Teng matched the Imperial Son’s first sword and appeared to learn it on sight, then faced the Imperial Son’s more powerful Second Sword. He answered by switching to a saber and using the Yellow Family Saber Art to shatter the Imperial Son’s attack, leaving the saber ray heading toward him.

• Wang Teng and the Imperial Son clashed with identical first swords, and Wang Teng was pushed back less, giving him the advantage.
• The Imperial Son unleashed Sword Two of the Hegemon Overlord Twelve Swords, powered by his fourth-rank Metal Domain.
• Wang Teng replaced his sword with a saber and activated his Earth Element Domain, startling the Imperial Son and Huang Xinghua with a strike resembling the Yellow Family Saber Art.
• Wang Teng’s yellow saber ray collided with the Imperial Son’s golden sword ray and shattered it, then continued toward the Imperial Son.

Wang Teng defeated the Imperial Son’s Second Sword with Huang Xinghua’s saber technique, then faced the Imperial Son’s supposedly unbeatable Third Sword after learning it carried Source Power. Wang Teng’s Yellow Sky One Saber shattered the Third Sword and left the Imperial Son badly wounded, while the Imperial Son struggled to accept his defeat.

• Wang Teng’s saber light overwhelmed the Imperial Son’s Second Sword, but the Imperial Son emerged unharmed and admitted he had one more sword.
• The Imperial Son warned Wang Teng that his uncontrolled Third Sword could kill him, then gathered enormous metal Source Power and revealed that he had grasped Source Power.
• Onlookers across the factions concluded that Wang Teng could not overcome the Imperial Son’s Third Sword, while Huang Xinghua wondered whether his family’s saber technique could keep growing in power.
• The Imperial Son unleashed his Third Sword as Wang Teng used Yellow Sky One Saber, and Wang Teng’s saber light shattered the sword despite its Source Power.
• Wang Teng’s saber strike hit the Imperial Son and hurled him ten thousand meters away, and Wang Teng calmly declared that he had lost.

Wang Teng defeated the Imperial Son with a saber slash powered by Source Power, then revealed he had not used his full strength. The humiliated Imperial Son erupted with strange Darkness Power and appeared to have fallen to darkness, leaving Wang Teng and the watching experts alarmed.

• Wang Teng defeated the Imperial Son's Third Sword with a single slash, and spectators and experts recognized that his attack contained stronger Source Power.
• Chongshan King, Generals Fu Xinglan, Habakak, and Tang Wuwei, and observers from the Parax and Kalandis families reacted to Wang Teng's victory and talent.
• Wang Teng asked the defeated Imperial Son whether he still thought Wang Teng was arrogant, then said he had not used his full strength because he had used someone else's battle technique.
• The Imperial Son roared Wang Teng's name and erupted with black mist and demonic whispers, prompting Wang Teng to examine the unusual Darkness Power with his True Sight Eye.
• Chongshan King and the generals recognized that the Imperial Son had fallen to darkness, while Wang Teng found that the darkness had overwhelmed the Imperial Son's consciousness without fully merging with his body and soul.

The Imperial Son became demonized, and Wang Teng agreed to fight him rather than let the authorities intervene. Their battle escalated when the Imperial Son’s mysterious second consciousness unleashed a Darkness-infused sword strike that swallowed Wang Teng in black aura.

• The Imperial Son’s demonization shocked the audience, and Chongshan King and the proctors debated how to contain the crisis without making the royal family appear guilty.
• General Fu Xinglan asked Wang Teng whether he would continue the match, and Wang Teng agreed to face the demonized Imperial Son.
• The demonized Imperial Son revealed that Wang Teng’s victory had helped him suppress the Imperial Son’s main consciousness, then attacked after Wang Teng teased him.
• Wang Teng used Light Source Power to break the Imperial Son’s black-mist spikes, and the two exchanged evenly matched light and darkness fist strikes.
• The demonized Imperial Son’s Darkness-infused Third Sword shattered Wang Teng’s Yellow Sky One Saber and pursued him, then a surge of black aura swallowed Wang Teng.

Wang Teng overcame the Demonized Imperial Son, who transformed into a monstrous Darkness Breed creature and nearly dragged him into its domain. Wang Teng destroyed its body with a Space Storm, leaving the Imperial Son gravely wounded as the spectators cheered.

• The Demonized Imperial Son claimed victory after striking Wang Teng, but Wang Teng appeared behind him and battered him with Radiant Sky Curtain and Light Cannon Fist.
• The Demonized Imperial Son rose from the dust and underwent Demon Transformation, prompting Chongshan King, General Fu Xinglan, and the others to seal Arena Continent against its corrupting influence.
• The transformed Imperial Son attacked Wang Teng with tentacles and tried to pull him into its mouth-domain, but Wang Teng countered with a Space Storm.
• Wang Teng infused the Space Storm with Fire, Wind, and Metal Element Origins, overpowering the Imperial Son and destroying its enormous black body.
• The Space Storm subsided, revealing the Imperial Son alive but gravely wounded, while the spectators cheered for Wang Teng.

Wang Teng defeated the Demonized Imperial Son and won first place in the Genius Competition, though the Imperial Son’s condition remained uncertain. A mysterious Star Ranking List then recorded Wang Teng’s name among peerless geniuses from across history, stunning the spectators and powerful figures who witnessed it.

• Wang Teng defeated the Demonized Imperial Son with a Space Storm, then discovered that a hidden dark consciousness remained in the Imperial Son’s Sea of Consciousness.
• General Fu Xinglan and Chongshan King arrived, praised Wang Teng, and took the unconscious Imperial Son away.
• The Genius Competition rankings placed Wang Teng first and the Imperial Son second with his result marked Pending Decision.
• A starry scroll appeared, and a golden light descended on Wang Teng as the Star Ranking List recorded his name and scenes from his competition performance.
• Spectators and powerful figures recognized the list’s significance after spotting the ancient genius Meng Tianyou among its entries, while Wang Teng’s rivals looked on with envy and admiration.

After the Star Ranking List named Wang Teng, he absorbed the Attribute Bubbles left by the Imperial Son and gained powerful talents, combat techniques, domains, and origins. He considered the dangers of Darkness Power and Demon Transformation but ended the chapter wondering whether it was too late to turn back.

• The Star Ranking List appeared, recorded Wang Teng's name, and vanished, leaving the crowd staring at him in surprise.
• Wang Teng absorbed the Attribute Bubbles and greatly increased his Saint-level Metal, Darkness, and Sword Combat Technique talents and his comprehension.
• Wang Teng learned the first three swords of Hegemon Overlord Twelve Swords and raised Hegemon Overlord Finger to Proficiency Level and Dark Demon Fist to Skilled level.
• Wang Teng gained the second-rank Black Devouring Domain and realized it resembled the Void Devouring Beast's devouring power, recalling the danger he had sensed during the Imperial Son's Demon Transformation.
• Wang Teng increased his Metal Origin, Darkness Origin, and Demon Transformation, which reached Perfection, then worried that his growing connection to Darkness Power might lead him down a dangerous path.

After the Genius Competition ended, Wang Teng reunited with the other top contestants, who learned more about his abilities and began to draw closer to him. The Seven Great Starry Sky Academies’ examiners announced the competition’s conclusion, praised Wang Teng’s place on the Star Ranking List, and welcomed the contestants to their next stage.

• Wang Teng regrouped with the Second Prince and the others, joked with them, and learned that Landon and the Third Prince had already left.
• Rabbit Little Eight teased Yue Qiqiao about Wang Teng, prompting Yue Qiqiao and Situ Wan'er to warn her against careless matchmaking.
• Wang Teng discussed poisoncraft with Gant and revealed that he was an Alchemy Grandmaster, surprising Gant and easing the tension between them.
• The Second Prince helped the top Great Qian Empire contestants grow closer to Wang Teng, hoping they would unite before entering the Seven Great Starry Sky Academies.
• Seven examiners appeared on the First Ring Continent, declared the Genius Competition concluded, praised the top thousand contestants, and singled out Wang Teng for entering the Star Ranking List.

After the Genius Competition, the top ten contestants met the Seven Great Starry Sky Academies’ examiners to learn about the schools and choose where to study. Wang Teng chose the Seventh Starry Sky Academy because it suited his cultivation of multiple Primal Force types, and the other examiners promised they would accept him if he later changed his mind.

• The top ten contestants followed Wang Teng to the Military Department’s giant fortress, where the examiners gave them academy wristwatches and classified information about the Seven Great Starry Sky Academies.
• Gong Han gave Wang Teng a special wristwatch for Star Ranking List prodigies, and the examiners argued over which academy should recruit him.
• Wang Teng chose the Seventh Starry Sky Academy, explaining that it best suited his cultivation of multiple types of Primal Force.
• Gong Han warned Wang Teng that the Seventh Starry Sky Academy’s demanding path caused many students to fall short, but Wang Teng reaffirmed his decision.
• The examiners from the other academies promised to accept Wang Teng if he ever regretted his choice, and Wang Teng thanked them with a deep bow.

After choosing the Seventh Starry Sky Academy, Wang Teng learned that the top ten would receive protection and rewards from the Great Qian Empire. Chongshan King announced that Wang Teng’s prize for winning the Genius Competition and joining the Star Ranking List was promotion from Baron to Count.

• Yue Qiqiao chose the Seventh Starry Sky Academy, and Gong Han gave the contestants one month to settle their affairs before reporting to their academies.
• The Second Prince said the Military Department would send Immortal Level Spaceships to transport and protect the top ten, while General Fu Xinglan warned that hostile forces might target them.
• General Fu Xinglan arranged for Wang Teng and the others to rest in the fortress, and Wang Teng recovered overnight before being summoned to receive the Empire’s rewards.
• Chongshan King praised Wang Teng’s performance and contribution concerning the Imperial Son, then announced that the Empire was promoting him from Baron to Count.

Wang Teng received a promotion to Count and lavish rewards from the Great Qian Empire after his Star Ranking List performance, while the other top competitors earned Baron titles. The Military Department also granted him lieutenant general-level authority and Contribution Points, and he departed for Jade Star to prepare for the Seven Great Starry Sky Academies.

• Chongshan King promoted Wang Teng to Count, granted Baron titles to the other top competitors, and expanded Wang Teng’s fief to include four more star systems and the Milky Way Galaxy.
• Chongshan King gave Wang Teng five trillion Universe Coins and thunder-element World Lord Level battle armor and a weapon, while the others received Domain Lord Level equipment.
• Wang Teng teased Ling Yangxu about envying his battle armor before Chongshan King told everyone to prepare for their departure to the Seven Great Starry Sky Academies.
• Wang Teng declined the Second Prince’s offer to travel together and told him they would meet at the academies.
• General Fu Xinglan awarded Wang Teng lieutenant general-level purchasing authority and a large number of Contribution Points on behalf of the Military Department.
• Wang Teng boarded an Immortal Level Spaceship bound for Jade Star.

Wang Teng returned to Jade Star after winning the Genius Competition and was welcomed by its leaders and a Military Department escort. He reunited with Wu Xingyun, Old Han, and the others, then learned that Lin Chuhan and Tantai Xuan were away.

• Zhuang Zewei, Jade Star officials, and Wu Xingyun's group waited at the mooring port to welcome Wang Teng.
• A Military Department Immortal Level Spaceship landed with General Wei, a World Lord Level Expert, escorting Wang Teng.
• Wang Teng exchanged greetings with Zhuang Zewei and reunited with Wu Xingyun, Old Han, and the others at his manor.
• Zhuang Zewei invited Wang Teng to a welcoming banquet, and Wang Teng agreed before the Jade Star officials departed.
• Wang Teng learned that Lin Chuhan was on a mercenary mission and Tantai Xuan was training elsewhere.
• Wu Xingyun thanked Wang Teng on behalf of Earth Star, but Wang Teng said he was helping his own home planet.

Wang Teng arranged for Earth Star’s Sub-Profession practitioners to join the Universe Sub-Profession Alliance and promised to treat Han Ping’s old injuries. He then attended a Jade Star banquet, where the guests waited eagerly for him to arrive.

• Wang Teng learned from Wu Xingyun that Earth Star had twelve younger-generation Martial Warriors who had reached the Planetary Level.
• Wang Teng explained the Universe Sub-Profession Alliance and offered to use his connections as a Three Dao Grandmaster to help Earth Star’s Sub-Profession practitioners join.
• Wang Teng promised to refine pills to resolve Han Ping’s hidden injuries, and Han Ping expressed his gratitude.
• Wu Xingyun told Wang Teng that Martial Warriors from other Earth Star countries had remained obedient and wanted to speak with him.
• Zhuang Zewei urged his daughter to meet Wang Teng at a banquet, but she resisted and said she already liked someone.
• Wang Teng arrived at the Zhuang Family manor, drawing the attention of the banquet guests.

Wang Teng attended a banquet hosted by Governor Zhuang and accepted generous gifts from the gathered families. After he left, Zhuang Zewei explained to Zhuang Caixuan that Wang Teng’s casual mention of his immense imperial reward had subtly warned them not to mistake his acceptance of their money for a debt of loyalty.

• Zhuang Zewei introduced his daughter Zhuang Caixuan to Wang Teng and arranged for her to accompany him at the banquet.
• Zhuang Zewei gave Wang Teng thirty billion Universe Coins, and the other guests presented gifts worth hundreds of billions in total.
• Zhuang Caixuan asked about Wang Teng’s imperial rewards, and he said he had received several trillion Universe Coins.
• After Wang Teng left, Zhuang Caixuan told her father about the reward, and Zhuang Zewei realized Wang Teng had used her to convey a subtle warning.
• Zhuang Zewei urged Zhuang Caixuan to keep interacting with Wang Teng, and she impatiently left.

Wang Teng arranged for Earth Star’s Sub-Profession practitioners to join the Sub-Profession Alliance and began refining a Thousand Grass Body Nourishing Pill for an injured elder. While he refined at the Jade Star branch, Zhuang Caixuan waited outside and reunited with Klara.

• Wang Teng asked Grandmaster Alfred and the others to help Earth Star’s 135 Grandmaster-level Sub-Profession practitioners join the Sub-Profession Alliance, and they agreed.
• Grandmaster Hua Yuan recommended the Thousand Grass Body Nourishing Pill to heal Wang Teng’s Planetary Level elder, and Wang Teng exchanged for its formula and ingredients.
• Zhuang Caixuan guided Wang Teng to the Jade Star branch, where she learned he was a Great Grandmaster-level alchemist.
• Wang Teng entered an Alchemy Room and used three sets of ingredients to begin refining the Thousand Grass Body Nourishing Pill.
• After waiting outside nearly all day, Zhuang Caixuan encountered Sister Klara and excitedly embraced her.

Wang Teng completed a batch of Great Grandmaster Level Seven-Rank pills and stopped their final thunder tribulation with a Thunder Battle Spear. Afterward, Klara hoped to ask him to refine a pill for her, but Wang Teng barely acknowledged her and left her and Zhuang Caixuan bewildered.

• Klara asked Zhuang Caixuan to introduce her to Wang Teng so she could request a Great Grandmaster Level Six-Rank pill.
• Wang Teng's pill refinement triggered a thunder tribulation, and more than a dozen pills rose into the sky.
• Wang Teng blocked the tribulation's later strikes with a golden fist and a yellow saber gleam, then formed a Thunder Battle Spear from its power to stop the final bolt.
• The tribulation dissipated, confirming that Wang Teng had refined more than a dozen Great Grandmaster Level Seven-Rank pills.
• Wang Teng emerged from the Alchemy Room, nodded when Zhuang Caixuan confirmed his success, and walked away without engaging Klara.

Wang Teng gave away nine Great Grandmaster Level Seven-Rank Pills, then returned home and gave Han Ping a Thousand Grass Body Nourishing Pill to heal his old injuries. After spending the night in the Cultivation Room, Han Ping emerged looking decades younger, with his recovery astonishing everyone.

• Wang Teng gave the Sub-Profession Alliance’s middle-aged attendant nine pills to deliver to Grandmaster Alfred on Emperor Star, then refused Klara’s request to refine a Great Grandmaster Level Six-Rank Pill for her.
• Wang Teng reviewed the Heaven and Earth Tribulation Lightning he had gained and returned to his manor, where Zhuang Caixuan left and he asked Yuan Gungun to notify Old Han.
• Wang Teng told Wu Xingyun, Han Ping, and the others that Earth Star had joined the Great Qian Empire and that its people could apply for identity accounts and receive imperial protection.
• Wang Teng gave Han Ping a Great Grandmaster Level Seven-Rank Thousand Grass Body Nourishing Pill, and Han Ping entered the Cultivation Room to take it.
• Han Ping stayed inside through the night, then emerged looking decades younger, with his old injuries apparently healed and his strength restored.