Chapter Summaries

Wang Teng joined forces with Guang Yu’s Third Starry Sky Academy team to explore the ruins, while recognizing that they were underestimating him. After a Snake-Human Race warrior was killed by the black shadow, Wang Teng discovered a lingering aura and gained Shadow Force.

• Wang Teng agreed to explore the ruins with Guang Yu’s team from the Third Starry Sky Academy, and Dan Ba unsuccessfully tried to recruit the Snake-Human Race Queen into an alliance.
• Wang Teng and Guang Yu exchanged information about the black shadow, then Guang Yu recognized Wang Teng from the Star Ranking List and underestimated him.
• Wang Teng made Wan Dong pose as the team’s powerful captain, and the group entered the ruins together.
• Dan Ba sent Snake-Human Race warriors to search separately, and Wang Teng warned Wan Dong’s group to be careful while allowing the searchers to proceed.
• A black shadow killed a Snake-Human Race warrior, and Wang Teng used his True Sight Eye to find a fading chilling aura and absorb a Shadow Force attribute bubble.

Wang Teng discovered that the black shadows used Shadow Force, could control Snake-Human Race warriors, and escaped through shadows. After several shadows appeared at once and slipped past Guang Yu’s team, Wang Teng trapped them inside a vast golden maze formed by his Spirit Power, leaving Guang Yu shocked to realize Wang Teng had created it.

• Wang Teng recognized Shadow Force and began searching for the black shadow with Wan Dong and the others.
• A black shadow controlled a Snake-Human Race warrior and escaped into a wall’s shadow after Wang Teng struck the warrior down.
• Wang Teng traded information with Guang Yu and learned that multiple black shadows had appeared before.
• Four black shadows controlled Universe Level Snake-Human Race warriors, then escaped when Guang Yu’s team defeated their hosts.
• Wang Teng formed a golden Spirit Power maze that erased the surrounding shadows and trapped the fleeing black shadows.

Wang Teng trapped the black shadows in a Spirit Maze, manipulated Guang Yu’s team into fighting a fused shadow, and gained Shadow Talent by collecting its attribute bubbles. He then revealed his new power by easily dispersing and absorbing three black shadows.

• Wang Teng used NanGong Yue’s Spirit Maze and Divine Sound Wave to trap and restrain the black shadows, then trapped Guang Yu’s team with one of them.
• Wang Teng made Guang Yu’s team fight the shadow while he and his companions watched, and he redirected more shadows toward the battle until they fused into a powerful black giant.
• Wang Teng collected Shadow Talent and Shadow Force attribute bubbles from the battle and learned the abilities of Shadow Talent.
• Wang Teng left his companions, punched apart a fused shadow, and absorbed all three black shadows while Wan Dong and the others watched in shock.

Wang Teng absorbed the shadows terrorizing the group and rescued Guang Yu and his teammates from the black giant shadow. After Wang Teng revealed that an inheritance lay within the buildings, he left the group stunned by devouring their powerful foe.

• Wang Teng used Nether Burial to interrupt the shadows’ fusion, then absorbed nearly all the scattered shadows and strengthened his Shadow Talent and Shadow Force.
• The black giant shadow possessed Dan Ba and then Rao Ying, forcing Guang Yu and his teammates into a desperate fight.
• Guang Yu traded information about an inheritance in the buildings for Wang Teng’s help, then agreed to pay three hundred thousand cubic meters of Source Stones when the shadow threatened to kill him.
• Wang Teng combined Five Elements Fist with Nether Burial to knock the shadow out of Rao Ying, then devoured the giant shadow with his Shadow Talent and Devouring Heaven and Earth Divine Power.

Wang Teng defeated the black shadow, collected attributes from Guang Yu and his team, and led the group deeper into the ancient complex. When they found a Giant Horn Tribe corpse and its Space Ring, Wang Teng lured Guang Yu into a field of hidden shadow attacks, then safely approached the corpse and retrieved the ring.

• Wang Teng demanded an IOU from Guang Yu for his help, absorbed the team's dropped attributes, and improved his elemental powers, Brute Force Vajra Palm, and Power of Profound Meaning.
• Wang Teng led the group onward, where they found a World Lord Level Giant Horn Tribe martial artist nailed to a wall and pierced by black metal tubes.
• Wang Teng persuaded Guang Yu and his team to approach the corpse by mentioning its Space Ring, then agreed that he and Guang Yu would each act alone to claim it.
• Guang Yu was struck by increasingly numerous hidden shadow attacks as he advanced, while Wang Teng collected Shadow Domain attributes and teased him into continuing.
• Wang Teng used his Shadow Talent to pass through the attacks unharmed and retrieved the corpse's Space Ring with his Mental Power.

Wang Teng seized a World Lord Level martial artist’s Space Ring, manipulated the Shadow Domain to torment Guang Yu’s team, and collected the corpse’s strange black tubes before leading his companions onward. They reached an ancient palace complex marked with a blood-written warning, where Wang Teng’s group discovered signs of a great battle but no bodies.

• Wang Teng broke the Spirit Mark on the Giant Horn Tribe martial artist’s Space Ring and took it while Guang Yu struggled against the Shadow Domain’s attacks.
• Ran Qian and the others entered the dangerous area to help Guang Yu, and Wang Teng secretly strengthened the Shadow Domain until Guang Yu’s team broke free at great cost.
• Wang Teng removed the black tubes from the corpse, collected them as a material, and promised Wan Dong and the others that he would distribute the Space Ring’s contents according to their contributions.
• Wang Teng’s group continued through the ruins and found a grand palace complex bearing an ancient blood-written warning: “Die! Everyone must die! No one can escape!!!”
• The Queen of the Snake-Human Race sensed a mysterious call as the group entered the palace, and Wang Teng collected the weapons scattered among its battle scars.
• Yuan Gungun pointed out that the palace bore extensive signs of fighting but contained no corpses, so Wang Teng warned everyone to be cautious.

Wang Teng searched the Naga royal palace for treasures with Wan Dong and the others, then encountered animated armored corpses in the darkness. He rescued Tong En and her companions from a deadly fight and left them astonished to discover their junior had saved them.

• Wang Teng collected Serpent Soul Cold Stone statues and Spirit Concentration Incense from the palace halls while the Snake-Human Race Queen paid respects to a statue of her ancestor.
• Wang Teng and the others heard strange footsteps, watched armored corpses patrol the palace, and continued searching the royal residences for Blood Orchid Fragrance.
• Wang Teng heard a scream and rushed to help Tong En, Wei Na, Yuan Bai, Qin Quan, and Bi Yao fight armored corpses that trapped them in a corridor.
• A Naga Race armored corpse attacked Tong En's group, but Wang Teng struck it with a golden sparrow attack and moved the five warriors to safety.
• Tong En recognized Wang Teng as the person who had rescued them and rushed to pinch his face to check whether he was real.

Wang Teng rescued Tong En and her companions, removed the Shadow Force from their bodies, and learned the Shadow Blade and Shadow Puppet Restriction techniques while exploiting the armored corpses. After provoking a horde and leading it toward the central palace, he struck the powerful Naga Race armored corpse with Shadow Blade and appeared to disable it.

• Wang Teng reunited Tong En, Bi Yao, and their companions with Wan Dong's group, then absorbed the Shadow Force infecting Tong En, Yuan Bai, Wei Na, and the others.
• Tong En explained that the armored corpses had attacked her group, and Wang Teng identified their sensing methods and suspected the Naga Race corpse guarded something.
• Wang Teng collected Shadow Blade attributes and learned the technique, then secretly destroyed the Shadow Puppet Restriction inside armored corpses and absorbed their Shadow Force.
• The armored corpses suddenly pursued Wang Teng and the others, and Wang Teng led the group toward the central palace to draw out the Naga Race corpse.
• Wang Teng and the others fought the Naga Race corpse; Wang Teng struck its head with Shadow Blade, after which it froze, leaving Tong En and the others stunned.

Wang Teng entered the great hall and overcame the Naga expert’s overwhelming Battle Intent by raising his Ancient Will and comprehending Unyielding Battle Intent, which he fused with Thunder Battle Intent into Unyielding Thunder. He reached the expert’s corpse and discovered its Shadow Sword was a Demigod-level weapon, but the sword revealed a Sword Soul before he could claim it.

• Wang Teng stopped the Naga Race armored corpse with a sword strike, collected it, and led the group toward the great hall.
• Wang Teng resisted the hall’s Battle Intent with Ancient Will and raised it to the third tier to enter, while Tong En and the others struggled to follow.
• Wang Teng picked up Unyielding Battle Intent attributes from the Naga expert’s corpse, witnessed the expert’s death, and comprehended the fourth-tier Battle Intent.
• Wang Teng fused Unyielding Battle Intent with Thunder Battle Intent to create Unyielding Thunder, overpowering the corpse’s Battle Intent and reaching it.
• Wang Teng took the corpse’s spatial bracelet and learned its Shadow Sword was a Demigod-level weapon that contained Shadow Force.
• The Shadow Sword reacted to Wang Teng’s Shadow Force, loosened the corpse’s grip, and revealed a small shadow snake Sword Soul.

Wang Teng obtained the Shadow Sword by feeding its intelligent Sword Soul Shadow Force, then discovered a hidden Naga Race Blood Pool beneath the throne. He and the others entered the pool to absorb its power, while Wang Teng continued far deeper than anyone else and collected Essence Blood Power and Ancient Azure Python Bloodline attributes.

• Wang Teng fed the Shadow Sword’s Sword Soul Shadow Force until it flew into his Small Universe, though it had not yet acknowledged him as its master.
• Wang Teng stored the Naga Race expert’s corpse, and the Snake-Human Race Queen sensed something underground in the hall.
• Wang Teng used his True Sight Eye to find a mechanism in the throne, revealing a staircase to a hidden Blood Pool.
• Wang Teng invited Tong En, Yuan Bai, and the others to share the Blood Pool, where the Snake-Human Race Queen and the group began absorbing its Essence Blood Power.
• Wang Teng walked far beyond the others’ limits, submerged himself in the Blood Pool, and collected Essence Blood Power and Ancient Azure Python Bloodline attributes as he continued deeper.

Feng Mo and the others left the Blood Pool after strengthening their bodies, while the Snake-Human Race Queen awakened Naga bloodline and learned she might be able to leave the world. Wang Teng remained in the pool for thirty days, and everyone departed without him as Scorpion King Star returned to normal.

• Feng Mo emerged from the Blood Pool after three days, and other martial artists gradually left over the following days with improved physical strength.
• Tong En emerged after twelve days, surprising the others, while Wang Teng and the Snake-Human Race woman remained in the Blood Pool.
• A giant python phantom appeared, and the Snake-Human Race Queen emerged after awakening Naga bloodline through ancestral reversion.
• Tong En told the Snake-Human Race Queen that her bloodline could qualify her to leave the world with them, and the Queen decided to ask Wang Teng for confirmation.
• After Wang Teng remained in the Blood Pool for thirty days, Tong En and the others left to resume their missions, while the Snake-Human Race Queen returned to Rui Snake City.
• The Poison Tide ended and Scorpion King Star returned to its former state, but Wang Teng remained unawakened in the ancient complex.

After half a year in the Naga Ancient Architectural Complex, Wang Teng emerged as the Snake-Human Race Queen unified Scorpion King Star and was threatened by Liu Mang. Wang Teng arrived in time to save her, then killed Liu Mang and his four companions, leaving the planet’s new ruler safe but the Starry Sky Academy fighters stunned.

• Cang Zhu led Rui Snake City’s warriors to defeat Dan Rong and unify the Snake-Human Race cities on Scorpion King Star.
• Liu Mang confronted Cang Zhu and demanded her bloodline power; when she tried to self-destruct rather than submit, Wang Teng appeared and stopped her.
• Wang Teng identified himself to Liu Mang and, after the Liu Mang Squad attacked, killed Ya Like and three other Domain Lord Level martial artists with his punches.
• Wang Teng destroyed Liu Mang’s poison techniques and killed him with his Extreme Prison Demon Lotus, leaving all five members of the Liu Mang Squad dead.

Wang Teng defeated the Liu Mang Squad, harvested their abilities, and witnessed Cang Yu unite Scorpion King Star before departing with her and Xiao Qing'er. They left the Corrosion Poison World through its exit, where a powerful pressure and an unfamiliar voice greeted them.

• Wang Teng killed the five Domain Lord Level members of the Liu Mang Squad and absorbed their Attribute Bubbles, improving his Primal Force, domains, talents, and Python King Profound Poison Art.
• The Queen of Rui Snake City unified the Snake-Human Races of Scorpion King Star and announced that she would leave, become stronger, and return to lead them out of the small world.
• Wang Teng discovered that the Queen of Rui Snake City was Cang Yu, and he prepared to leave with Cang Yu and Xiao Qing'er aboard the Demon Kill spacecraft.
• Wang Teng, Cang Yu, and Xiao Qing'er activated the exit token and entered the dark blue vortex at the edge of the Corrosion Poison World.
• The three appeared in a grand hall, where a voice sounded and a powerful pressure fell upon Cang Yu and Xiao Qing'er.

Wang Teng brought Cang Yu and Xiao Qing'er to the Starry Sky Academy, where he secured their admission and rebuffed Ding Jie’s attempt to buy them. Meanwhile, the embattled Starry Sky Association faced the Azure Flame Association in an arena showdown, and Yue Qiqiao fought Wen Ningfu as allies weighed whether to intervene.

• An ancient powerhouse in the academy hall recognized Cang Yu and Xiao Qing'er’s Naga bloodlines and approved their entry to the Starry Sky Academy.
• Ding Jie tried to claim Cang Yu and Xiao Qing'er as property, but Wang Teng overwhelmed him with his aura and led the women away.
• Wang Teng explained to Cang Yu how strength had helped him lead his own world into the universe, then took her and Xiao Qing'er aboard an ancient warship.
• Feng Qingyan’s Azure Flame Association challenged the struggling Starry Sky Association, while Wu Ta and Ji Feiyun considered backing Wang Teng and Tong En’s group decided to join his association.
• Yue Qiqiao faced Wen Ningfu in the arena and launched into a fierce sword battle as Wade, Boleite, and Yu Yunxian watched.

Yue Qiqiao and Wade won the first two Arena Battle matches for the Starry Sky Association, overturning the Azure Flame Association’s expectations. Yu Yunxian then faced Qi Lianfeng and unleashed a single overwhelming sword strike, leaving the outcome of their match unresolved.

• Yue Qiqiao defeated Wen Ningfu with her Water Moon Domain and left her with sword wounds before holding a sword to her neck.
• Wade evaded Jia Deng’s attacks, then used a fourth-order domain and a fierce axe strike to defeat him despite taking heavy injuries.
• Feng Qingyan grew angry over the Azure Flame Association’s two losses, while Ruan Banlian assured him that Qi Lianfeng and the remaining fighters could still win.
• Yu Yunxian stepped forward to face Qi Lianfeng, who was ranked fifteenth on the Newcomer Ranking List.
• Qi Lianfeng attacked with his fifth-order Sword Domain, but Yu Yunxian used Man and Sword as One to shatter his strike and hit him.

Yu Yunxian defeated Qi Lianfeng, giving the Starry Sky Association victory over the Azure Flame Association, but Feng Qingyan tried to recruit its members and Ruan Banlian struck Yue Qiqiao. Wang Teng returned, broke Ruan Banlian’s arm with one punch, and slapped her before Feng Qingyan could stop him.

• Yu Yunxian defeated Qi Lianfeng with a powerful sword strike, securing the Starry Sky Association’s third straight win.
• Feng Qingyan urged the Starry Sky Association members to join the Azure Flame Association, but Yue Qiqiao defended Wang Teng and her faction.
• Ruan Banlian slapped Yue Qiqiao, prompting the Starry Sky Association members to rise against her until Tong En, Ji Feiyun, and Wu Ta intervened.
• Feng Qingyan revealed he expected to reach the Immortal Level and insisted Wang Teng could no longer threaten him.
• Wang Teng returned and learned Ruan Banlian had struck Yue Qiqiao, then broke Ruan Banlian’s arm with a punch and slapped her as Feng Qingyan tried to intervene.

Wang Teng returned to the Starry Sky Association and crushed the Azure Flame Association’s attempt to intimidate it, beating and holding Ruan Banlian hostage until Feng Qingyan agreed to withdraw. After welcoming several Domain Lord Level seniors into the association, Wang Teng promised rewards to its members as they celebrated aboard his spaceship.

• Wang Teng struck Ruan Banlian down, blocked Feng Qingyan’s attack, and seized Ruan Banlian to keep him from intervening.
• Wang Teng slapped Ruan Banlian until Feng Qingyan agreed to end the confrontation, then released her and watched the Azure Flame Association leave.
• Wang Teng thanked Ji Feiyun and Wu Ta for their support, and they warned him that the Azure Flame Association might send veteran students next time.
• Tong En and the others joined the Starry Sky Association, and Wang Teng brought them aboard the Demon Kill spaceship.
• Wang Teng gave Wade blood essence crystals for his physical training and promised Great Grandmaster Level cultivation pills to members who had contributed to the association.

Wang Teng brought Cang Yu and Xiao Qing'er to the Seventh Starry Sky Academy to complete their enrollment, where Yu Yena Nan tested their abilities. Cang Yu passed and Xiao Qing'er was admitted without a fight, but Yu Yena Nan then challenged Wang Teng.

• Yue Qiqiao told Wang Teng that the Starry Sky Association had earned 550,000 points, which she transferred to him for materials.
• Wang Teng took Cang Yu and Xiao Qing'er to the academy's Executive Hall, where they met Yu Yena Nan, a top-ten expert on the World Lord Level Top 100 Ranking List.
• Yu Yena Nan agreed to evaluate Cang Yu and Xiao Qing'er through a test, and Cang Yu chose to fight first.
• Cang Yu attacked Yu Yena Nan with her bloodline power and three domains, but Yu Yena Nan defeated her with one punch.
• Yu Yena Nan judged that Cang Yu had forced her to use thirty percent of her strength and admitted her, then accepted Xiao Qing'er based on her bloodline talent.
• Yu Yena Nan challenged Wang Teng to fight her, leaving him startled by her sudden demand.

Wang Teng sparred with Yu Yena Nan and revealed overwhelming strength, forcing her to use more of her power before landing a punch with Space Manipulation. After Wang Teng and the others returned to the Executive Hall, Yu Yena Nan’s teacher arrived, examined Cang Yu and Xiao Qing'er, and offered to take them as disciples.

• Yu Yena Nan challenged Wang Teng to a spar and agreed to raise her suppressed strength to Universe Level peak after he proved too powerful at Universe Level fifth layer.
• Wang Teng and Yu Yena Nan exchanged powerful attacks, and Wang Teng gained the upper hand with his Five Elements Fist and five Domains.
• Yu Yena Nan used Domain Lord Level strength, prompting Wang Teng to activate the Ancient God Body and Space Manipulation; he struck her in the eye before she ended the fight.
• Wang Teng collected attribute bubbles from the spar, gaining Spirit, Comprehension, three types of Starry Sky Source Power, three Seventh-Order Domains, and Saint-level Body Talent.
• Yu Yena Nan’s teacher appeared at the Executive Hall, examined Cang Yu and Xiao Qing'er, and offered to accept them as her disciples, citing her inheritances of the Naga Race.

Wang Teng sought pill formulas and began refining medicines to strengthen the Starry Sky Association before the Newcomer Ranking List closed in five days. Meanwhile, Feng Qingyan and Ruan Banlian planned to exploit the deadline to attack the association.

• A mysterious woman accepted Cang Yu and Xiao Qing'er as disciples and took them away, while Wang Teng left with Tong En and the others for Pill Dao Volcano.
• After learning that the Apprentice Recruitment Ceremony would begin in five days, Wang Teng went to refine pills for the Starry Sky Association and asked Sub-Profession Alliance Great Grandmasters for advice.
• Wang Teng obtained the formulas for the Heavenly Origin Spirit Gathering Pill and Domain Nurturing Pill, borrowed the required contribution points, and had Lin Qian deliver the herbs.
• Feng Qingyan visited the humiliated Ruan Banlian, gave her an ointment for her injuries, and said they would attack the Starry Sky Association when the Newcomer Ranking List closed.