Chapter Summaries

Wang Teng and the War Tiger Martial Artists Team were attacked by a Star Martial Continent native riding a giant bird, who blasted them with a Fire God Cannon. Wang Teng survived the explosion and killed the attacker with his flying knives, but the fate of his teammates remained unknown.

• A young man riding a giant bird demanded the Unicorn Roar's spoils, then ordered the bird to attack Lin Zhan and the War Tiger Martial Artists Team with Wind Blades.
• Liu Yan and Wang Teng tried to strike the bird from the ground, but it climbed out of their reach and its rider fired a Fire God Cannon at them.
• Wang Teng used his shield and Earth Essence Shield to withstand the blast, then woke alone amid the scorched ground and feared that Lin Zhan and the others had died.
• The young man descended, called Wang Teng a lucky 1-Star War Soldier Level Martial Artist, and demanded to know where the spoils were.
• Wang Teng baited the 3-Star War Soldier Level Martial Artist into charging, then split his flying knife attack into six blades that killed him.

After defeating the young man, Wang Teng tended to his unconscious teammates and discovered the spoils he had gained, including a Space Ring and powerful wind techniques. Lin Zhan and the others woke in a cave, where Yang Fei realized he had lost a leg.

• Wang Teng searched for Lin Zhan and the others, treated their severe injuries, and carried them to safety while burning the young man's body.
• Wang Teng examined the Fire God Cannon and found a Space Ring on the young man's corpse, which contained valuable items and a heavy golden ore.
• Wang Teng checked his Attribute Panel, discovered he had advanced to 2-Star War Soldier Level, and gained wind talent, Wind Spirit Art, and Azure Wind Claw.
• Wang Teng tested his new Wind Source Power by firing a Wind Blade into the cave wall.
• Lin Zhan woke and asked about the others; Yan Jinming and Liu Yan also awoke, and Yang Fei discovered his leg had been severed.

After Wang Teng saved Lin Zhan’s team, they returned to Earth Star with Yang Fei badly injured and missing a leg. The team settled Yang Fei with his family and planned to sell their loot, while Wang Teng reflected on the brief but eventful trip.

• Yang Fei lashed out over losing his leg, then accepted Yan Jinming’s reminder that becoming a martial artist had been his own choice.
• Wang Teng explained that he had ambushed and killed the enemy after the man mistook him for a weak 1-star martial artist.
• After resting, Lin Zhan’s team returned to Yong City and used a cover story about encountering a 4-star Star Beast before crossing back to Earth Star.
• Yang Fei’s family met him at the hospital, and Lin Zhan promised to help him find a job as a Martial Arts Instructor.
• Lin Zhan planned to sell the team’s loot through the Martial Arts Hall and auction the Star Bone, while Wang Teng reflected on the trip.

After returning to Earth Star, Wang Teng settled into his University City rental house and exchanged messages with friends while deciding to travel to the other world alone again. He learned that his Volcano Salamander materials had sold for 3 million, while Crow Egg still had not hatched.

• Wang Teng changed his taxi destination to University City instead of going home so he could avoid worrying his parents before his next trip to the other world.
• Wang Teng greeted his landlord Wang Dapao and Sister Han, then checked on Crow Egg, which had still not hatched.
• Wang Teng ignored Bai Wei and Xu Jie’s invitations after learning Xu Hui was looking for him, and he traded teasing messages with Lin Chuhan about a secret outing with Lin Chuxia.
• Wang Teng asked Lin Chuxia about the USB drive Gun God had given her, learned it contained the Gun Kata battle technique, and told her she could try practicing it.
• Wang Teng received 3 million from the sale of the Volcano Salamander he had killed during the Combat Assessment.

Wang Teng arranged to have the Meteor Cone forged and joined Lin Zhan’s team to sell the materials from their dangerous expedition. After the team divided their earnings, they took the Star Bone to Bond Auction House, where it was accepted for an upcoming auction.

• Wang Teng failed to match the talisman-like map to any real location and contacted Master Lu, who arranged for him to meet his Senior Brother about forging the Meteor Cone.
• Wang Teng met Lin Zhan and the others at Polar Star Martial Arts Academy, where another team leader wrongly accused him of being a troublesome newcomer before Lin Zhan praised his strength and sneakiness.
• Lin Zhan’s team sold their Star Beast materials and negotiated the Unicorn Roar star core’s price up to sixty million.
• Lin Zhan distributed the proceeds, giving Yang Fei an increased share and Wang Teng extra money in recognition of his help.
• Lin Zhan’s team brought the Star Bone to Bond Auction House, which accepted it for the auction in three days and placed it seventh from the end.

Wang Teng visited Lu Zisheng to have Meteor Cones forged and gained forging knowledge and Lu's Hammer Technique by collecting Attribute Bubbles while he waited. Lu Zisheng inspected Wang Teng's materials and said they could produce at least six-star Meteor Cones, then asked who would obtain the auxiliary materials.

• Wang Teng arrived at Master Lu Branch and entered the smithing room, where Lu Zisheng was forging a sword.
• Wang Teng collected Forging Art Attribute Bubbles from Lu Zisheng and raised his skill to Entry Level 53/100.
• Wang Teng collected Lu's Hammer Technique and learned the Earth Grade forging technique.
• Lu Zisheng introduced himself, reviewed Wang Teng's Meteor Cones design, and accepted the Star Bone and Black Cold Stone.
• Lu Zisheng said the materials could make at least six-star Meteor Cones and asked whether Wang Teng would provide or have him purchase the auxiliary materials.

Wang Teng persuaded Lu Zisheng to forge his Mystic Heavy Obsidian Gold into a brick, then spent two days secretly learning from Lu's forging work. After his skills improved, he headed to the Bond Auction House for the auction.

• Wang Teng showed Lu Zisheng his ores, and Lu recognized the Mystic Heavy Obsidian Gold and explained that it grew heavier when infused with Primal Force.
• Wang Teng refused to sell the metal and asked Lu Zisheng to forge it into a brick; Lu reluctantly agreed for a ten-million fee and promised it in three days.
• Wang Teng visited Lu Zisheng's branch over the next two days and collected Forging Art and Lu's Hammer Technique attribute bubbles while Lu worked.
• Wang Teng advanced both skills to Small Success, gaining the ability to forge 1-star weapons reliably and 2-star weapons with a fifty to sixty percent chance of success.
• On the final day, Wang Teng skipped the forge and went to the Bond Auction House for the auction.

Li Liangda brought Li Rongcheng to the Bond Auction House to broaden his horizons and encouraged him to surpass Wang Teng, but their encounter with Wang Teng and other martial warriors deepened Li Rongcheng’s resentment and Li Liangda’s sense of inferiority. They met martial warrior Xie Kun, who revealed he had come to bid on an item for forging a weapon.

• Li Liangda told Li Rongcheng that Wang Teng was still inexperienced and urged him to prepare for next year’s martial arts examination.
• Li Rongcheng spotted Wang Teng at the auction house and resented that he had an invitation, while Li Liangda assumed the Wang Family had obtained it for him.
• Li Liangda and Li Rongcheng waited for another elevator after Li Liangda recognized the passengers as likely martial warriors and apologized for his son’s interruption.
• Li Rongcheng blamed Wang Teng for his failure to enter a Key University, and Li Liangda told him to become stronger if he wanted revenge.
• Xie Kun greeted Li Liangda and explained that he had come to bid on an auction item suitable for forging a weapon.

At the Heavenly Auction Venue, Wang Teng ran into Xu Hui, who confronted him for ignoring her messages and introduced him to her Jiangnan University seniors. The gathering ended with one of the male seniors warning Wang Teng to stay with them so he would not offend an important figure.

• Li Liangda told Xie Kun that Wang Teng had forced Li Rongcheng out of the Combat Assessment and criticized Wang Teng for his attitude.
• Xie Kun warned Li Liangda and Li Rongcheng that talent alone could not protect a martial warrior from stronger opponents.
• Wang Teng waited at the Heavenly Auction Venue, where Xu Hui suddenly found him and demanded to know why he had ignored her messages.
• Xu Hui introduced Wang Teng to her Jiangnan University seniors, and Pan Danwen teased them about being childhood sweethearts.
• A male senior offered to let Wang Teng stay with the group to avoid offending an important figure, leaving Wang Teng irritated by the man's condescending address.

Wang Teng rejected Xie Zhilong and the Jiangnan University students’ offer to guide him, then faced accusations from Xie Kun that he had sabotaged Li Rongcheng’s martial arts exam. He openly challenged Xie Kun’s right to lecture him, leaving Xie Zhilong furious in the Bond Auction House.

• Xie Zhilong and Pan Danwen urged Wang Teng to join their group, but he said he was waiting for his friends.
• Xie Zhilong accused Wang Teng of looking down on ordinary students, and Xu Hui scolded Wang Teng for refusing their help.
• Xie Kun arrived with Li Liangda and Li Rongcheng, and Xie Zhilong introduced Wang Teng as the East Sea Martial Arts Top Scorer.
• Li Rongcheng and Xie Kun accused Wang Teng of using underhanded methods to force Li Rongcheng out of the martial arts exam, while Xu Hui defended Wang Teng.
• Wang Teng asked Xie Kun who he was and why the accusation concerned him, prompting Xie Zhilong to angrily accuse Wang Teng of disrespecting his elder.

Wang Teng’s teammates from the War Tiger Martial Artists Team intervened when Xie Kun threatened him over a false accusation. Xie Kun apologized and paid Wang Teng compensation before leaving, while Xu Hui and the others realized how far Wang Teng had advanced beyond them.

• Xie Kun and Xie Zhilong confronted Wang Teng, and Xie Kun threatened him while Xu Hui tried to defend him.
• Lin Zhan and the War Tiger Martial Artists Team arrived and warned Xie Kun not to threaten one of their members.
• Wang Teng explained how Li Liangda and Li Rongcheng had framed him, and Xie Kun realized he had acted on a false account.
• Lin Zhan demanded an apology and compensation, and Xie Kun handed Wang Teng eighty origin stones before leaving with Xie Zhilong.
• Li Liangda and Li Rongcheng slipped away, while Xu Hui, Pan Danwen, and the others were left stunned by Wang Teng’s status and progress.

Wang Teng joined Lin Zhan and the others in a private room at Bond Auction House, leaving Xu Hui feeling a new distance between them. The auction began with a coveted pill selling for seventy-six million, while Wang Teng wondered whether he could learn alchemy and profit from it.

• Pan Danwen apologized to Wang Teng, who brushed it off and went upstairs with Lin Zhan and his teammates to their private room.
• Wang Teng teased Lin Zhan and Yan Jinming for being single, then dodged Liu Yan's flirtation with a joke about his mother's warning.
• The auctioneer introduced Alchemist Sun's Three-Pattern Flame Leaving Pill, which could help Fire Element Martial Artists break through from 3-Star to 4-Star.
• Lin Zhan explained that he was stuck at the peak of 3-Star and that advancing would help the team explore more dangerous areas of Dark Mist Forest.
• Bidders drove the pill's price up to seventy-six million, and a middle-aged man won it.
• Wang Teng considered whether he could pick up alchemy attributes and make money refining pills, while he and his teammates held off on bidding.

Wang Teng and his companions watched the Unicorn Roar Star Bone sell for two billion, earning them a large payout. As the auctioneer began introducing the final item, an explosion shook the building and plunged the auction into chaos.

• The auctioneer presented the leg Star Bone of a three-star wind-element Star Beast, the Unicorn Roar, and bidding began at five hundred million.
• Bidders in private boxes drove the price up, and Box No. 8 won the Star Bone for two billion.
• Lin Zhan, Yan Jinming, Liu Yan, and Yan Jinyue celebrated the money their group would receive, while Wang Teng watched the remaining auction items.
• As the auctioneer began announcing the final item, a deafening explosion rocked the building and debris fell from the ceiling.
• Wang Teng, Lin Zhan, and their companions drew their weapons and faced the direction opposite the blast.

The Black Bandit Bandits attacked the Bond Auction House, forcing Wang Teng and Lin Zhan’s team to flee and fight their way out. Wang Teng held off a 3-Star Martial Warrior to protect Liu Yan, leaving him in grave danger as the battle continued.

• The Black Bandit Bandits attacked the Bond Auction House, and the building began to collapse as people fled.
• Lin Zhan led Liu Yan, Yan Jinming, and Wang Teng out through a window, where several Black Bandit Bandits ambushed them.
• Lin Zhan and the others engaged the attackers, while Liu Yan asked Wang Teng to cover her as she fired her heavy machine gun.
• Wang Teng blocked a long-faced 3-Star Martial Warrior from reaching Liu Yan, but was overpowered and sent flying by the enemy’s attack.
• Wang Teng used Gale Step and Mental Power to dodge the long-faced man’s repeated strikes, then called for Liu Yan’s help as he struggled to survive.

Wang Teng killed the 3-Star War Soldier horse-faced bandit with the help of his poison, then collected attributes from the fallen enemies as Lin Zhan’s group finished off the remaining bandits. With a powerful Black Bandit fighter battling overhead, the group prepared to flee while Wang Teng absorbed new talents, Source Power, and Comprehension.

• Wang Teng used the Demon Lotus Poison Body’s poison to slow the horse-faced bandit and killed him with a sword strike.
• Liu Yan reacted with alarm to Wang Teng’s victory and his claim that he was a kind, chicken-sparing good guy, then went to help Lin Zhan and the others.
• Wang Teng collected the horse-faced bandit’s Attribute Bubbles, gaining Strength, Speed, Water Source Power, Intermediate Water Element Talent, and Rippling Wave Swordplay.
• Lin Zhan and the others defeated the remaining bandits, while the fighting overhead suggested the Black Bandits had sent a fighter at least at the 7-Star War Soldier Level.
• Wang Teng collected more Attribute Bubbles, including Intermediate Fire Element Talent and Comprehension, which raised his Spirit Realm Comprehension to 1/100.
• Lin Zhan warned the group to leave quickly, and they prepared to escape through a nearby alley.

After Lord Wu fell, Wang Teng and his teammates helped Xu Hui, Pang Danwen, and their fellow students escape the Black Bandits’ attack. The group then discussed the bandits’ plan to invade and plunder other worlds while looking toward the Bond Auction House.

• After hearing that Lord Wu had been killed, Lin Zhan and his teammates fled as the Black Bandits chased people into their path.
• Wang Teng saved Xu Hui from a bandit’s fatal strike, then fought off attackers while Lin Zhan and the others came to support him.
• Pang Danwen and several students joined the fight, and Lin Zhan’s team killed several bandits before leading everyone to safety.
• Wang Teng parted from Xu Hui and Pang Danwen, then joined his teammates on a building overlooking the Bond Auction House.
• Lin Zhan, Liu Yan, and Yan Jinming explained that the Black Bandits were criminals who advocated invading and enslaving other worlds for their resources.

After the Black Bandits were defeated, Wang Teng secretly collected rare Attribute Bubbles near the Bond Auction House and learned the time and location of a bandit gathering. He left a warning for the authorities, who reported it for investigation.

• East Sea powerhouses killed the Black Bandit leaders, and Lin Zhan told his team to leave and recover from their injuries.
• Wang Teng disguised himself and went near the Bond Auction House to collect Attribute Bubbles from the fallen powerhouses.
• A disguised bandit mistook Wang Teng for a fellow member and revealed that the bandits would gather at eight that night in the Southern Suburbs Abandoned Warehouse District.
• Wang Teng collected Advanced Sword Combat Talent, Heavenly Flame Swordplay, and Fire Source Power, Strength, and Speed attributes.
• City Guard Department personnel chased Wang Teng, found his warning about the gathering, and decided to report it.

Wang Teng collected his newly forged weapons, tested their power, and used his auction earnings to buy equipment and improve his training. That night, the City Guard Department prepared to ambush the bandits at the abandoned warehouse, unaware that Wang Teng was listening above them.

• Wang Teng collected the Meteor Cone and golden brick from Lu Zisheng, paying him after praising his craftsmanship.
• Wang Teng tested the Meteor Cone’s shadow-traveling attack and used the golden brick to smash a rockery before fleeing when people approached.
• Wang Teng received his share of the auction proceeds, bought equipment through the Polar Star Martial Arts Academy’s Internal Network, and practiced Heavenly Flame Swordplay.
• Wang Teng spent his saved Blank Attributes on comprehension and continued practicing combat skills.
• City Guard Department personnel prepared to ambush the bandits gathered at the Southern Suburbs Abandoned Warehouse District and speculated about the person who had tipped them off, while Wang Teng listened from above.

Wang Teng secretly helped the City Guard Department’s raid on a bandit hideout, collecting attribute bubbles and knocking out fleeing bandits with a brick. The raid ended with every bandit captured or killed, while two guards hauled away twelve pig-headed prisoners and imagined a “Pig Head Manufacturing Maniac” was nearby.

• Wang Teng struck the warehouse door with a stone, prompting the City Guard Department to begin its ambush.
• The City Guard Department attacked the warehouse with smoke and tear gas, then fought the bandits as the building collapsed.
• Wang Teng collected attribute bubbles from the battle and knocked out a fleeing bandit with a brick, gaining Spirit and Comprehension attributes.
• Wang Teng repeatedly smashed lone bandits unconscious, while two City Guard Department personnel hauled away the pig-headed prisoners.
• The raid ended with all the bandits captured or killed, and the two guards dubbed the unseen assailant the “Pig Head Manufacturing Maniac.”

After helping the City Guard Department capture bandits, Wang Teng returned to University City, met his neighbor Yan Xin, and befriended her and her roommates. The next morning, Yan Xin and her friends realized Wang Teng had ordered equipment from Polar Star Martial Arts Academy and suspected he was more extraordinary than he seemed.

• Director Tan praised the City Guard Department's successful bandit operation, while Xiao Liu explained that their team had not beaten the prisoners into a pile of pig heads.
• Wang Teng checked his improved attributes and practiced combat techniques while waiting for his barbecue delivery.
• Wang Teng and Yan Xin discovered their deliveries had been switched, introduced themselves, and added each other on WeChat.
• Yan Xin told her roommates Sun Xiuyun and Li Qian about Wang Teng, then bargained with them to do her laundry in exchange for details about him.
• The next morning, Wang Teng greeted Yan Xin, Sun Xiuyun, and Li Qian while receiving equipment, and Li Qian noticed the Polar Star Martial Arts Academy logo on the boxes.