Chapter Summaries

Wang Teng and the other new students arrived at the Seven Great Starry Sky Academies, where they learned the academies occupied seven enormous continents protected by powerful rune weapons. After reaching the Seventh Starry Sky Academy, Wang Teng reunited with the Imperial Son, learned his name was Yu Yunxian, and began his new life as a student.

• Wang Teng and the other newcomers were stunned to learn that the Seven Great Starry Sky Academies stood on seven continents, each more than a hundred thousand light-years across.
• Si Kong Di Er explained that rune Source Power Weapons defended the continents, and Wang Teng watched one destroy a Middle Emperor-Level Starry Sky Beast after a student's saber strike failed to kill it.
• Wang Teng said goodbye to Yu Yuanrui, Ji Haochen, and Landon before boarding the Seventh Starry Sky Academy's warship with Yue Qiqiao and the Imperial Son.
• Wang Teng asked the Imperial Son whether he was feeling better, learned that his name was Yu Yunxian, and teased him by asking whether he was actually a young lady.
• Wang Teng and the other new students reached the Seventh Starry Sky Academy's Mooring Port, where senior students welcomed them and the leading young man recognized Wang Teng.

Wang Teng and the other newcomers learned about the Academy Arbitration Association and its seven powerful Adjudicators, who had reached the Immortal Level within thirty thousand years. While the others felt intimidated or angered, Wang Teng remained confident that they could be surpassed as he arrived at the academy.

• Sally introduced himself as logistical staff of the Academy Arbitration Association and took Wang Teng and the newcomers to their residences aboard a World Lord Level Spaceship.
• Sally explained that the Academy Arbitration Association governed the younger generation of the Seven Great Starry Sky Academies and was backed by the Starry Sky Arbitration Association.
• Sally revealed that seven Peerless Heavenly Geniuses who had reached the Immortal Level within thirty thousand years controlled the association as its Adjudicators.
• Many newcomers reacted with anger or defiance when Sally described the Adjudicators and their followers, while Wang Teng stayed calm.
• Wang Teng told Yuan Gungun that the Adjudicators could be surpassed, and Yuan Gungun imagined rising alongside him if he became one.

Sally introduced the academy’s points system, residences, and rankings to the new students, while Wang Teng learned he had received thirty thousand points for placing on the Star Ranking List. The newcomers arrived at the Seventh Starry Sky Academy’s Universe Zone, where Wang Teng, Yue Qiqiao, and Yu Yunxian each chose an estate near a secluded mountain.

• Sally explained how students earned and spent points, described the academy’s residential zones and rankings, and warned the newcomers that the Top 100 Ranking List was beyond their current level.
• The students checked their Smart Wristwatches and discovered their starting point balances; Wang Teng had thirty thousand points because of his Star Ranking List placement.
• Sally brought the students to the Universe Zone and told them to select unoccupied residences before ending his welcome task.
• Wang Teng proposed that he, Yue Qiqiao, and Yu Yunxian live near one another, and they chose three unoccupied estates at the foot of a mountain.
• Wang Teng opened estate Number 1568 and explored its spacious villa, rune-inscribed training ground, and swimming pool.

Wang Teng read the academy enrollment guide and learned about the Four Great Secret Realms, hoping to find a way to improve his strength. The chapter ended with him wondering which secret realm new students could enter.

• Wang Teng settled into his luxurious villa and asked Yuan Gungun to open the academy enrollment guide.
• Wang Teng studied the academy’s rules and dangers, mindful that his Star Ranking List status could make him a target.
• Yuan Gungun urged Wang Teng to prepare for entering a secret realm, where many warriors broke through to the Universe Level.
• Yuan Gungun spent three points to obtain the Secret Realm Detailed Explanation from the academy’s Internal Network.
• Wang Teng learned that the Chaos, Primordial, Universe, and Doomsday Secret Realms differed in their opportunities and dangers, and that new students almost never entered the Chaos Secret Realm.

Wang Teng explored the Academy Treasure Pavilion and discovered that its mixed-attribute cultivation techniques and rare items cost far more points than he could afford. He decided to start a business selling weapons and pills across the Seven Great Starry Sky Academies, then learned that the legendary Void Sword had been forged from the bones of a Void Devouring Beast, his clone.

• Wang Teng read about the Academy Internal Network and found that students across the Seven Great Starry Sky Academies could exchange information using points.
• Wang Teng browsed mixed-attribute cultivation techniques in the Treasure Pavilion and found that even Universe Level techniques cost thousands of points.
• Wang Teng decided to earn points by selling weapons or pills, and planned to enlist Ji Haochen and the others to help him expand his business across all seven academies.
• Wang Teng browsed the Treasure Pavilion's categories and found ancient warships and numerous God-level weapons, including the legendary Void Sword.
• Yuan Gungun told Wang Teng that the Void Sword had been forged from the bones of a Void Devouring Beast, which was Wang Teng's clone.
• The Hangguang Tree sensed Wang Teng's attention and suspected that he was plotting against her again.

Wang Teng learned that Yue Qiqiao wanted to earn academy points by selling Yuan Yue Pearls, but he proposed selling pills instead and offered her a share of the profits. The chapter ended with Yue Qiqiao eager to join his pill business.

• Wang Teng browsed the Treasury Pavilion, then spent the night cultivating in his manor.
• Yue Qiqiao visited Wang Teng and explained that academy points were scarce and that her race could condense Yuan Yue Pearls to temper Spirit Power.
• Wang Teng quickly broke through the illusion in Yue Qiqiao's Yuan Yue Pearl, impressing her.
• Wang Teng agreed that they could sell Yuan Yue Pearls later, but said new students were unlikely to buy them yet.
• Wang Teng proposed making pills and offered Yue Qiqiao ten percent of the profit for selling them.

Wang Teng confronted a powerful visitor from the Candle Dragon Race after the man and his followers pressured Yue Qiqiao outside his manor. Their first clash favored Wang Teng slightly, but the Academy Arbitration Association arrived before the fight could continue.

• Yue Qiqiao agreed to help Wang Teng sell pills for a share of the profits and gather Yuan Yue Pearls.
• A muscular man from the Candle Dragon Race demanded that Yue Qiqiao call Wang Teng out, and one of his followers blocked her from leaving.
• Yue Qiqiao struck the follower back, but the Dragon Horn Man subdued her with his aura until Wang Teng came outside.
• Wang Teng recognized the Candle Dragon Race, checked on Yue Qiqiao, and traded insults with the visitor and his followers.
• The Dragon Horn Man attacked Wang Teng, but Wang Teng's punch forced him back farther than Wang Teng stepped.
• A spacecraft carrying members of the Academy Arbitration Association arrived above the group.

The Academy Arbitration Association intervened in Wang Teng and Zhu Longshan’s confrontation, penalizing the students who had attacked first. Zhu Longshan left after recognizing Wood, but warned Wang Teng he would return for the item Wang Teng had taken from the Candle Dragon Race.

• Wood arrived with the Academy Arbitration Association and ordered the students who had attacked Wang Teng to lose points and study the Academy Rules.
• Zhu Longshan accused Wang Teng of taking something from the Candle Dragon Race, while Wang Teng denied it and mocked his accusation.
• Wood introduced himself, and Zhu Longshan recognized him and changed his attitude, then departed with the association after warning Wang Teng he would come back.
• Yue Qiqiao laughed at Zhu Longshan’s departure and said she would settle the rest of her grievance herself.
• Wang Teng warned Yue Qiqiao about the Candle Dragon Race and Zhu Longshan’s influential elder brother, and Yue Qiqiao joked that Wang Teng would make a good backer.

Wang Teng and Yue Qiqiao discussed relying on him for protection as they explored the Seventh Starry Sky Academy together. They arrived at Sword Rain Plain, where they planned to test their Sword Dao comprehension.

• Yue Qiqiao asked Wang Teng about his familiarity with the Candle Dragon Race, and he said he had encountered one on the Great Qian Empire's Twenty-Ninth Defense Star.
• Yue Qiqiao admitted she wanted Wang Teng as her backer, and he teased her about being his employee and performing well.
• Wang Teng and Yue Qiqiao took his registered Qian Yuan C86 Type spaceship to explore the academy.
• The two reached Sword Rain Plain and learned that students could earn points by comprehending or contributing Sword Dao insights.
• After a senior sister encouraged them, Wang Teng and Yue Qiqiao entered the rain-covered plain.

Wang Teng gathered sword-domain comprehensions in Sword Rain Plain and tried to fuse domains of all five elements into a Five Elements Sword Domain. Yue Qiqiao reached her limit and left, while Wang Teng remained in the rain to continue comprehending.

• Wang Teng entered Sword Rain Plain and collected Attribute Bubbles that strengthened his Gold Sword Domain.
• Yue Qiqiao endured the painful rain and stopped to comprehend in a separate area.
• Miao Tao and several senior students waited outside and watched Wang Teng move between areas as he gathered different Sword Domains.
• Wang Teng collected Sword Domains for all five elemental Primal Force attributes, raised each to the second level, and sat down to attempt their fusion.
• After night fell, Yue Qiqiao withdrew from Sword Rain Plain while Wang Teng continued comprehending.

Yue Qiqiao left Sword Rain Plain ranked 127,600th, then revealed that Wang Teng was the Great Qian Empire prodigy who had made the Star Ranking List. At dawn, Wang Teng emerged after a night of comprehension and received an academy-wide announcement for breaking into the Sword Rain Ranking List’s top 100,000 at 99,999th rank, drawing attention across the academies.

• Miao Tao and the other students found Yue Qiqiao’s 127,600th-place ranking and learned she had ranked lower than some peers in the Great Qian Empire Genius Competition.
• Yue Qiqiao identified Wang Teng as the exceptional Great Qian Empire prodigy on the Star Ranking List, surprising Miao Tao and the others.
• At dawn, Wang Teng ended his night of comprehension as a five-colored sword light flashed through the rain curtain, leaving the onlookers unsure what Sword Dao Intent they had sensed.
• The academy announced that Wang Teng had entered the Sword Rain Ranking List at 99,999th rank and earned 30,000 points, breaking a record on his first attempt.
• Sally, Zhu Longshan, Wood, the silver-haired girl, Wang Teng’s acquaintances, and students across the academies reacted to the announcement, while some senior students headed for Sword Rain Plain.

Wang Teng learned that he had ranked 99999th on the Sword Rain Ranking List, breaking the new-student record and earning thirty thousand points. After leaving the Sword Rain Plain, he discussed the attention his achievement would bring and Yue Qiqiao’s plans to build their business.

• Yue Qiqiao told Wang Teng that he ranked 99999th on the Sword Rain Ranking List, surpassing the previous new-student record and earning thirty thousand points.
• Wang Teng teased Miao Tao about peaches, and she flirted back before he hurried away with Yue Qiqiao.
• Several young martial warriors arrived hoping to meet Wang Teng, but learned he had already left.
• On the spacecraft, Yue Qiqiao asked whether Wang Teng had gained insight, and he said he had made a small gain.
• Wang Teng suggested he might hand their business over to Yue Qiqiao if she performed well, and she eagerly promised to do her best.

Wang Teng and Yue Qiqiao learned that the new students were about to enter a secret realm, and they waited with the others for the academy spacecraft. Before it arrived, Wang Teng met Boleite, a rare treant with powerful wood, lightning, and fire talents; the new students then boarded the ship and headed for an unknown destination.

• Wang Teng and Yue Qiqiao received the academy’s notice that the new students would soon be taken to a secret realm, and Yue Qiqiao speculated Wang Teng might enter the Chaos Secret Realm.
• Wang Teng, Yue Qiqiao, and the other new students waited in the residential area for the academy spacecraft.
• Yu Yunxian joined Wang Teng and Yue Qiqiao outside, and they watched a neighbor emerge from a nearby estate.
• Wang Teng recognized the neighbor as Boleite, a Treant Race member with wood, lightning, and fire talents, and introduced himself to him.
• The academy spacecraft arrived, and Wang Teng, Yue Qiqiao, Boleite, Yu Yunxian, and the other new students boarded it for an unknown destination on the academy continent.

Wang Teng and the other new students arrived at the academy’s secret-realm hub, where an Immortal powerhouse explained the available realms and their entry rules. Because Wang Teng had entered the Star Ranking List, the academy granted him special permission to enter the Chaos Secret Realm, and he flew into one of its five portals.

• Wang Teng spotted Zhu Longshan aboard the spacecraft, and Zhu Longshan later challenged him over the newly opened Newcomer Ranking List; Wang Teng dismissed his taunts and refused Wu Yan’s offer to team up against him.
• An Immortal powerhouse announced that the Newcomer Ranking List would begin with the secret-realm trials, then led the students to a gray expanse containing portals to four types of secret realms.
• The white-robed powerhouse explained that the academy had gathered the secret-realm entrances there and outlined which Genius Competition ranks could enter the Primordial, Universe, and Doomsday Secret Realms.
• The white-robed powerhouse gave Wang Teng special permission to enter the Chaos Secret Realm because he had made the Star Ranking List, drawing envy and surprise from the other students.
• Yue Qiqiao left for her chosen realm, while Wang Teng selected a Chaos Secret Realm portal and entered it.

Wang Teng entered the Chaos Secret Realm, collected Time and Space Attributes in its disordered passageway, and reached the Transit Island. A Guiding Envoy from the Academy Arbitration Association welcomed him and gave him a pass token.

• Wang Teng endured the passageway’s spacetime disorder and collected Time and Space Attributes as he traveled through it.
• Wang Teng emerged into the Chaos Secret Realm, saw its chaotic currents, Space Rifts, and visible Source Law rune chains, and learned from Yuan Gungun why the realm aided cultivation.
• Wang Teng flew toward the Transit Island and met a World Lord Level Guiding Envoy from the Academy Arbitration Association.
• The Guiding Envoy gave Wang Teng a token for entering and leaving the island and warned that returning to the realm required enough points and qualifications.
• Wang Teng followed the Guiding Envoy through the island’s barrier and saw its plain, stone-built cultivation buildings.

Wang Teng arrived at the Chaos Secret Realm’s Transit Island and learned about the dangers beyond it, including Space Rifts, Chaos Beasts, and Chaos Forbidden Areas. Despite the warnings, he planned to venture outside after preparing, and discovered that the island’s rooftops also held insights left by earlier visitors.

• The Guiding Envoy explained that the ancient Transit Island offered basic shelter and a place to comprehend, while the opportunities of the Chaos Secret Realm lay beyond it.
• The Guiding Envoy warned Wang Teng about Space Rifts, Chaos Beasts, and Chaos Forbidden Areas, advising him to stay within three thousand kilometers of the island if he went out.
• After the Guiding Envoy departed, Wang Teng told Yuan Gungun he intended to explore beyond the island and entered an unoccupied stone house.
• Wang Teng went onto the rooftop, collected Attribute Bubbles for Wood Essence and Wood Domain, and realized they came from ancient marks and patterns left by previous visitors.

Wang Teng explored the Transit Island’s stone houses, collecting attribute bubbles from the insights left by powerful predecessors. After a night of harvesting, he had improved numerous Domains and gained several Origin powers, while keeping the extent of his abilities secret.

• Wang Teng picked up Wood and Metal attributes from rooftops and moved quickly between stone houses, drawing the attention of senior students and the Guiding Envoys.
• Ge Chenfei questioned Wang Teng’s rooftop visits, but Wang Teng claimed he was experiencing the predecessors’ states of mind, convincing Ge Chenfei to let him continue.
• Wang Teng found rare Space Domain and Space Origin bubbles and spent three hours absorbing them, raising both attributes to Tier 1.
• Wang Teng continued searching through the island, collecting Five Elements attributes and rare Thunder Essence and Thunder Domain bubbles.
• By dawn, Wang Teng had searched every empty stone house and improved several Domains, including his Falling Fire Meteor Domain and Five Elements Sword Domain.
• Wang Teng reviewed his gains, including new Ice Origin and multiple Source Laws, and decided he needed to conceal the full extent of his powers.

Wang Teng left Transit Island to explore a Space Rift and discovered Chaos Origin Energy while collecting insights into several Origin Laws. A fleeting inspiration stirred the Primal Force Stars in his Sea of Emptiness, but he could not grasp the connection he sensed between stars, Primal Force, and the Great Dao.

• Wang Teng left Transit Island despite the Guiding Envoys’ concerns and flew into the chaotic region in his Demon Kill spaceship.
• Wang Teng reached a Space Rift, sensed the dense Chaos Origin Energy, and learned that Chaos Source Crystals could provide valuable energy for cultivation and Source Law comprehension.
• Wang Teng collected Space Origin, Earth Origin, Wind Origin, and Chaos Origin Energy Attribute Bubbles around the rift.
• Wang Teng absorbed the Origin Law insights and examined how the Chaos Origin Energy contained particles that continually evolved into different forms of Source Power.
• Wang Teng’s Primal Force Stars briefly trembled as he sensed a possible connection between stars, Primal Force, and the Great Dao, but he failed to seize the inspiration.

Wang Teng explored the Chaos Secret Realm, collected laws and Chaos Origin Energy, and discovered that Chaos Beasts could yield valuable rewards. After killing one and letting Yuan Gungun consume its golden essence, he found a horde of Chaos Beasts charging toward him.

• Wang Teng asked Yuan Gungun whether Chaos Origin Energy could nourish a Space Shard and decided to store his supply for later.
• Wang Teng collected Wood Essence, Thunder Essence, Light Source, and Chaos Origin Energy near a Space Rift, then investigated a pile of rocks.
• Wang Teng uncovered a concealed Chaos Beast, killed it with a law-infused attack, and captured the golden essence it left behind.
• Yuan Gungun swallowed the golden essence and sensed that it had improved its Life Essence and Soul Essence, so it urged Wang Teng to hunt more Chaos Beasts.
• Wang Teng collected Earth Origin, Chaos Origin Energy, and 10,000 Blank Attribute from the Chaos Beast, then spotted a horde charging toward him.

Wang Teng fled a swarm of Chaos Beasts, then used Chaos Origin Energy and his disguise talent to hide within the chaotic currents. After the beasts dispersed, he ambushed three of them and escaped with their golden light spheres and attribute bubbles.

• Wang Teng returned to the Demon Kill spaceship and fled as Chaos Beasts swarmed and attacked it.
• Wang Teng guessed that Chaos Beasts sensed intruders through the chaotic currents, then put away the spaceship and entered the currents himself.
• Wang Teng covered himself in Chaos Origin Energy and used his disguise talent to blend into the chaos, evading the searching beasts.
• Wang Teng ambushed three nearby Chaos Beasts with Fire Tongues empowered by fire Source Laws and collected their golden light spheres and attribute bubbles.
• Wang Teng escaped to another chaotic region and hid as more Chaos Beasts rushed toward the disturbance.