Chapter Summaries

Yue Qiqiao rallied the remaining Starry Sky Association members to trust Wang Teng while he refined nine batches of Great Grandmaster Level Seven-Rank Heaven Origin Spirit Gathering Pills at once. After enduring a merged final lightning tribulation with his body, Wang Teng emerged unharmed, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Yue Qiqiao and Wade persuaded the Starry Sky Association members to wait three days and trust Wang Teng, who had gone to the Pill Dao Volcano.
• Wang Teng controlled nine pill furnaces at once and successfully refined nine batches of Heaven Origin Spirit Gathering Pills.
• The pills drew nine pillars of light and successive waves of lightning tribulation, shocking the alchemists gathered around the Alchemy Room.
• Wang Teng emerged and used his Thunderclap Brick before enduring the lightning with his physiques and Saint-level Body Talent.
• The final sixty-three bolts merged into one massive lightning pillar, and Wang Teng used chaos energy to endure it for ten minutes.
• Wang Teng emerged unharmed as Tong En and the others stared in disbelief, while Pill Saint Tao Yuan's companion questioned whether Wang Teng was really an alchemist.

Wang Teng recovered from the lightning tribulation after refining 135 Heavenly Origin Spirit Gathering Pills, then continued refining pills for the Starry Sky Association. After three days he finished more than 400 pills of two kinds, drawing widespread attention and leaving Feng Qingyan and Ruan Banlian worried about their plans; he departed for the Newcomer Ranking List and apprenticeship ceremony after receiving an invitation from Pill Saint Tao Yuan.

• Wang Teng collected 135 Heavenly Origin Spirit Gathering Pills after surviving the lightning tribulation, then returned to the Alchemy Room to keep refining.
• Yuan Bai delivered the first batch to Yue Qiqiao, who announced the pills’ effects and organized a drawing for the Starry Sky Association members.
• Feng Qingyan and Ruan Banlian learned that Wang Teng had refined nine batches at once again and worried that his pills would strengthen the Starry Sky Association.
• Wang Teng refined more than 400 Heavenly Origin Spirit Gathering Pills and more than 400 Domain Nurturing Pills over three days, attracting representatives from many factions.
• Wang Teng declined the factions’ invitations until after the Newcomer Ranking List and apprenticeship ceremony, while Pill Saint Tao Yuan invited him to discuss the Alchemy Dao.

Wang Teng distributed cultivation and domain pills to the Starry Sky Association before questioning Landon about the Azure Wave Pearl. He learned how to prepare for the Graywhite Flame and discovered that a True God-level expert might observe the Apprentice Recruitment Ceremony, then set his sights on becoming one’s disciple.

• Wang Teng gave the Starry Sky Association Heavenly Origin Spirit Gathering Pills and Domain Nurturing Pills, then supplied Yue Qiqiao, Yu Yunxian, and Boleite with pills as well.
• Wang Teng reviewed his growing attributes and examined the Azure Wave Pearl, then awakened Landon and used Bewitch Heart to question him.
• Landon revealed that the Azure Wave Pearl was an ingredient in the Yin Transformation Stone Pill, which could protect against the Graywhite Land’s petrifying power, and gave Wang Teng the pill formula.
• Wang Teng judged the Yin Transformation Stone Pill to be top-grade, learned that its rare ingredients would be difficult to obtain, and considered how to prepare for subduing the Graywhite Flame.
• Yuan Gungun told Wang Teng that True God-level experts might observe the Apprentice Recruitment Ceremony, and Wang Teng resolved to seek one as his master.
• Landon revealed the Graywhite Land’s location in a cosmic forbidden zone in Liuguang Territory, and Wang Teng sealed him and returned him to the Devouring Space.

Wang Teng handed over his mission haul for 3.25 million points and earned a record-setting Death-level rating, then spent 1.25 million points on the Nine Rainbows Light Illusion Scripture and mastered its Domain Lord Level techniques. On the final day of the Newcomer Ranking List, he rallied the Starry Sky Association to compete.

• Wang Teng handed over his mission gains, and the mission center valued them at 3.25 million points before upgrading his overfulfilled Nightmare-level mission to Death-level and awarding him 30,000 points.
• The mission center announced Wang Teng’s Death-level record, stunning students across the Seven Great Starry Sky Academies and drawing the attention of fellow geniuses.
• Wang Teng spent 1.25 million points to obtain the complete Nine Rainbows Light Illusion Scripture and used Blank Attribute points to master its Domain Lord Level method.
• Wang Teng used the Nine Rainbows Light Illusion Scripture to conceal himself by manipulating light, then continued cultivating for a day.
• On the final day of the Newcomer Ranking List, Wang Teng gathered the Starry Sky Association members and urged them to fight for places on the list.

On the final day of the Newcomer Ranking List, Zhu Longshan, Lu Tian, Feng Mo, Reynolds, and Wu Yan gathered as the rankings drew intense attention. Wang Teng arrived with more than three hundred people aboard a World Lord Level spaceship, setting up a possible clash with the mysterious first-place holder, Yuan Mu.

• Zhu Longshan arrived with the Candle Dragon Race, and Zhu Longgao and Zhu Longshuang discussed his rivalry with Wang Teng and the Dragon Blood he had absorbed.
• Lu Tian watched the rankings while Feng Mo arrived, and he and Reynolds challenged each other over who had improved more.
• Wu Yan arrived in second place, noticed Feng Mo's poison-type abilities, and drew Feng Mo's interest as a potential rival for second place.
• Wang Teng arrived aboard a World Lord Level spaceship with more than three hundred people, causing the crowd to speculate whether he could defeat Yuan Mu for first place.
• The students discussed Yuan Mu's connection to Yuan Jue Estate and wondered whether his identity gave him an advantage over Wang Teng.

Wang Teng led the Starry Sky Association through the Newcomer Ranking List, where all its members rose into the top three thousand and Wade defeated Qi Lianfeng. The chapter ended with Feng Qingyan alarmed by Wang Teng’s growing influence and the Starry Sky Association’s dominance.

• Wang Teng learned that Yuan Mu of Yuan Jue Estate held the top spot on the Newcomer Ranking List and led more than three hundred Starry Sky Association members down to challenge the rankings.
• Feng Qingyan’s Azure Flame Association prepared to compete after Qi Lianfeng and others consumed Six Yuan Burst Spirit Pills, while the Starry Sky Association relied on pills Wang Teng had refined.
• The Starry Sky Association members completed their challenges, and every member entered the top three thousand, leaving Feng Qingyan and Ruan Banlian shocked.
• Feng Qingyan sent Qi Lianfeng, Jia Deng, and Wen Ningfu to challenge the Starry Sky Association’s leading fighters, and Wang Teng chose Wade to face Qi Lianfeng.
• Wade defeated Qi Lianfeng and took fifteenth place on the Newcomer Ranking List, then credited the physical-strength crystals Wang Teng had given him.

Yue Qiqiao challenged Tai Beisha for a place on the Newcomer Ranking List but lost, while Wang Teng studied the connected battle spaces and collected the fighters’ Attribute Bubbles. Tai Beisha remained tenth, Yue Qiqiao placed thirteenth, and Tai Beisha ended by asking whether the Starry Sky Association was still recruiting.

• Yue Qiqiao challenged tenth-ranked Tai Beisha, whose Light Domain and swordsmanship defeated her.
• Wang Teng used his Space Body to find a passage between the viewing space and the battle space, then collected Attribute Bubbles after the match.
• Wang Teng gained Light Starry Sky Source Power, advanced his Light Domain to the fourth rank, and learned proficient Holy Light Swordplay.
• The ranking placed Yue Qiqiao thirteenth while Tai Beisha stayed tenth, leaving Wen Ningfu shocked by Yue Qiqiao’s strength.
• Tai Beisha told Yue Qiqiao that she had used only sixty percent of her strength, and Wang Teng pointed out that she had not used her wings or full domain.
• Tai Beisha asked Wang Teng whether the Starry Sky Association was still recruiting.

Tai Beisha joined the Starry Sky Association to grow stronger, and Yu Yunxian challenged Lu Tian for third place on the Newcomer Ranking List. Yu Yunxian defeated Lu Tian, revealing the Imperial Son of the Great Qian Empire as one of the academy’s top newcomers and raising the Starry Sky Association’s standing.

• Tai Beisha told Wang Teng and Yue Qiqiao she wanted to join the Starry Sky Association to become stronger, accepted its probationary period, and joined.
• Wen Ningfu, Jia Deng, and Qi Lianfeng regretted their choice to join the Azure Flame Association as Tai Beisha joined Wang Teng’s faction.
• Yu Yunxian challenged the third-ranked Lu Tian, drawing Wang Teng and other geniuses into the viewing space to watch.
• Wang Teng predicted Lu Tian would lose, and Yu Yunxian defeated him with a strike using Man and Sword as One.
• Yu Yunxian took third place on the Newcomer Ranking List, and spectators learned he was the Imperial Son of the Great Qian Empire.

Yu Yunxian defeated Lu Tian and reached third place on the Newcomer Ranking List, while Wang Teng collected their Attribute Bubbles and strengthened his sword techniques and other insights. Boleite then stepped forward to challenge the seventh-ranked newcomer, raising hopes that the Starry Sky Association would claim another top-ten spot.

• Yu Yunxian's rise to third place shocked the newcomers, and Ruan Banlian decided to approach him about joining her faction.
• Wang Teng absorbed Attribute Bubbles from Yu Yunxian and Lu Tian, improving his Starry Sky Source Power, sword techniques, Slaughter insights, and Man and Sword as One.
• Wang Teng praised Lu Tian and Yu Yunxian and invited Lu Tian to spar again, but Lu Tian turned away and left.
• Boleite entered the Newcomer Ranking List to challenge the seventh-ranked newcomer, drawing attention from the crowd and Wang Teng.

Boleite challenged seventh-ranked Bai Chuan Liu, whose Hundred Rivers Divine Body let him create powerful clones and unleash a combined saber attack. Bai Chuan Liu defeated Boleite, while Wang Teng collected the Attribute Bubbles and resolved to pursue the Hundred Rivers Divine Body.

• Boleite fought Bai Chuan Liu in a forest battle space, using wood and fire attacks that forced Bai Chuan Liu to wield his saber domain.
• Yuan Gungun explained to Wang Teng that the Hundred Rivers Clan’s Hundred Rivers Divine Body created strong water-powered clones, and Wang Teng became eager to obtain it.
• Boleite revealed his thunder element and attacked Bai Chuan Liu with a lightning-wreathed net and spears.
• Bai Chuan Liu created three clones and combined their saber strikes with his original body’s attack, tearing apart Boleite’s lightning net and defeating him.
• Wang Teng collected the Attribute Bubbles dropped by Boleite and Bai Chuan Liu and welcomed the large haul.

Wang Teng absorbed attribute bubbles from Boleite and Bai Chuan Liu, gaining the Spirit Wood Saint Body, the Hundred Rivers Divine Body, and several powerful battle techniques. As he prepared to fight, Yuan Mu arrived and asked who Wang Teng was.

• Wang Teng absorbed Boleite’s attributes, fused the Wood Spirit Body with the Yi Wood Spirit Body to form the Spirit Wood Saint Body, and improved his Thunder Domain and two spear techniques.
• Wang Teng absorbed Bai Chuan Liu’s attributes, gained the Hundred Rivers Divine Body, and learned the Immortal Level Nine Yuan Hundred Rivers Saber Technique.
• The Newcomer Ranking List placed Bai Chuan Liu fifth and Boleite seventh, leaving the Starry Sky Association with three geniuses in the top ten.
• Wang Teng prepared to enter the battle, but Yuan Mu’s spaceship appeared above the ranking list.
• Yuan Mu stepped out of his spaceship, surveyed the gathered geniuses, and asked who Wang Teng was.

Yuan Mu arrived and challenged Wang Teng, but several other top newcomers also demanded a fight. Wang Teng challenged all ten of the Newcomer Ranking List’s top geniuses at once, and they entered the list to face him together.

• Yuan Mu called out Wang Teng, but Zhu Longshan stepped forward first and insisted on challenging him before Yuan Mu could.
• Wu Yan, Bai Chuan Liu, Lu Tian, and Reynolds also declared that they wanted to fight Wang Teng.
• Wang Teng told the challengers to attack him together, and Reynolds, Lu Tian, Bai Chuan Liu, Zhu Longshan, and Wu Yan accepted.
• Feng Mo, Yu Yunxian, Boleite, and Tai Beisha joined the challenge after Wang Teng invited them.
• Yuan Mu entered the Newcomer Ranking List as well, completing the group of ten geniuses who would face Wang Teng together.

Wang Teng faced Yuan Mu and nine other prodigies in the Newcomer Ranking List, overwhelming them with his aura before battling them all at once. After activating his True Dragon Battle Body and Ancient God Body, he used the Space Domain to break through their attacks and beat several opponents into submission, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Yue Qiqiao, Ji Feiyun, Feng Qingyan, and others entered the Newcomer Ranking List to watch Wang Teng challenge ten prodigies.
• Yuan Mu and the others unleashed their auras, but Wang Teng’s Unyielding Thunder Battle Intent crushed them and forced them back.
• Wang Teng defeated Zhu Longshan’s Candle Dragon Fist and repelled attacks from Lu Tian, Reynolds, Tai Beisha, and Wu Yan.
• The ten prodigies launched a coordinated assault, and Wang Teng activated his True Dragon Battle Body and Ancient God Body to fight them with his physical strength.
• Wang Teng used his Space Domain to freeze incoming attacks, then struck back and battered Lu Tian, Reynolds, Bai Chuan Liu, Zhu Longshan, and Tai Beisha.

Wang Teng overwhelmed the Newcomer Ranking List geniuses one after another, defeating nine opponents through sheer strength and leaving only Yuan Mu in the battle space. Yuan Mu faced Wang Teng as the final opponent, and their duel was about to begin.

• Ji Feiyun and Wu Ming marveled at Wang Teng’s physical strength, while the Starry Sky Association members cheered for their president.
• Wang Teng defeated Zhu Longshan by shattering his domain and Source Power attack, then battered him out of the battle space.
• Wang Teng eliminated Lu Tian, Bai Chuan Liu, Reynolds, Feng Mo, and Tai Beisha as the remaining geniuses joined forces or challenged him in turn.
• Yu Yunxian and Boleite attacked Wang Teng with their sword and Tree Domain, but Wang Teng overcame both and eliminated them.
• Wu Yan trapped Wang Teng in his Poison Swamp Domain, but Wang Teng broke free, struck him with the Thunderclap Brick, and eliminated him.
• Wang Teng confronted Yuan Mu as the last opponent, and Yuan Mu declared that he would make Wang Teng pay for his conceit.

Wang Teng defeated Yuan Mu after forcing him to reveal the Starry Sky Saint Body and unleash a sixth-rank composite domain. He claimed first place on the Newcomer Ranking List, leaving the spectators and Starry Sky Association celebrating his victory.

• Wang Teng and Yuan Mu exchanged fierce attacks, and Wang Teng gained the advantage by strengthening his True Dragon Battle Body with multiple flames.
• Yuan Mu awakened the Starry Sky Saint Body and fought Wang Teng for hundreds of moves, but Wang Teng grew stronger by unleashing the Ten Thousand Beasts True Spirit Flame.
• Yuan Mu used his sixth-rank composite domain and Starry Palm, but Wang Teng countered with the Five Elements Fist and defeated him.
• Wang Teng declared himself the strongest after defeating all the geniuses, and the viewing space erupted in cheers as he took first place on the Newcomer Ranking List.

After defeating the Top Ten and claiming first place on the Newcomer Ranking List, Wang Teng collected their Attribute Bubbles and gained numerous breakthroughs, techniques, and physiques. The academy publicly recognized him for breaking the list’s combat-power record and awarded him one million points.

• Wang Teng gathered the Top Ten’s Attribute Bubbles, raising most of his Primal Force levels and improving his Spirit, Enlightenment, and Saint-level talents.
• Wang Teng gained Holy Light Wings and new Light, Thunder, and mixed-element techniques from Tai Beisha, Reynolds, Feng Mo, and Boleite.
• Wang Teng absorbed attributes from Zhu Longshan and Bai Chuan Liu, strengthening his Candle Dragon and Hundred Rivers physiques and acquiring Immortal Level techniques.
• Wang Teng collected Lu Tian and Yu Yunxian’s Slaughter techniques and sword arts, then gained Wu Yan’s Poison Swamp and archery techniques.
• Wang Teng obtained Yuan Mu’s Starry Sky Saint Body, Starry Palm, and Star Domain, which he realized could incorporate his many domains.
• Wang Teng’s victory put him atop the Newcomer Ranking List, and the academy announced his record-breaking combat prowess and awarded him one million points.

After Wang Teng won the Newcomer Ranking List and received one million points, Wu Ming arranged for Wu Yan to join the Starry Sky Association. Lu Tian, Reynolds, and Bai Chuan Liu then asked to join as well, leaving the association poised to gain several top-ranked newcomers.

• The academy awarded Wang Teng one million points for taking first place on the Newcomer Ranking List and announced the Apprentice Recruitment Ceremony for the next day.
• Wang Teng congratulated the Starry Sky Association members on their rankings and told them to rest before the ceremony.
• Wu Ming introduced Wu Yan as his younger brother and insisted that Wu Yan join the Starry Sky Association, which Wang Teng accepted through the usual procedures.
• Wu Ming left Wu Yan with Wang Teng, and Wu Yan reluctantly followed while vowing to train and eventually reclaim his dignity.
• Reynolds, Bai Chuan Liu, and Lu Tian asked to join the Starry Sky Association, and Wang Teng agreed.

Wang Teng and the other geniuses attended the Apprentice Recruitment Ceremony at the mysterious Starry Sky Hall, where he explained that its strange mental imprint might have come from a True God Level expert. Yuan Mu challenged Wang Teng to see whose master would be stronger, and a hostile reddish-brown-haired youth confronted Wang Teng.

• Wang Teng teased Wu Yan about losing sleep after joining the Starry Sky Association, then led the group toward the Starry Sky Hall.
• Wang Teng resisted the hall’s strange mental imprint with his Spirit Power and helped the others recover from their shock.
• Wang Teng suggested the hall’s imprint was a spiritual method left by a True God Level expert, then led the group onto the plaza.
• Wang Teng spotted Yuan Mu among the gathered students, and Yuan Mu challenged him to take a stronger master at the ceremony.
• Wang Teng said he would choose a master based on personal preference, and a reddish-brown-haired youth stepped forward to mock him.
• Wang Teng asked the youth who he was.

Wang Teng attended the Apprentice Recruitment Ceremony, brushed off O'kam's provocation, and gained a large amount of Spirit from the Starry Sky Hall. The ceremony began with the arrival of powerful academy experts, including the dean, whom Wang Teng suspected was a True God Level expert.

• O'kam confronted Wang Teng over his Newcomer Ranking List victory, and Wang Teng mocked his eighty-sixth place on the Domain Lord Level Top 100 Ranking List before learning O'kam had been a candidate for Associate Councilman.
• Tong En and Wei Na praised Wang Teng's recent battle, and he teased Tong En about her sister before convincing her that she had the potential to join the Starry Sky Goddess Ranking.
• Wang Teng collected 63,500 Universe Level Spirit Attribute points from bubbles around the Starry Sky Hall, raising his Spirit to the ninth level of the Universe Level.
• Shi Tianyun, Shen Yanfeng, Zhu Longshan, Feng Mo, and other defeated newcomers hoped to take powerful masters at the ceremony to improve their situations.
• Ancient bells rang, and Immortal Level academy experts appeared as the Apprentice Recruitment Ceremony began.
• Wang Teng used his True Sight Eye on the experts, then learned from Tong En that the white-haired man at their center was the dean and suspected he was a True God Level expert.

At the Apprentice Recruitment Ceremony, the dean introduced Divine Sky Mountain, a mysterious trial where new students would compete for discipleship and a reward no one at the academy had ever claimed. Wang Teng entered the mountain with the other contestants and set off to climb it, while Wu Yan pledged to join the Starry Sky Association willingly if Wang Teng surpassed them again.

• The dean praised the new students, announced the Apprentice Recruitment Ceremony, and revealed that Divine Sky Mountain would test their abilities and determine which powerful warriors chose disciples.
• Tong En told Wang Teng that no one from their academy had reached the summit, though some Adjudicators elsewhere had done so, and teased him after he privately called the dean scheming.
• The dean opened a Space Rift, and Zhu Longshan, Feng Mo, Yuan Mu, and the other new students entered Divine Sky Mountain before Wang Teng led the Starry Sky Association inside.
• At the mountain's foot, Wang Teng and the others felt their Spirit Power, Primal Force, and talents become sluggish under the mountain's strange aura.
• Wang Teng agreed to Wu Yan's challenge and started climbing, while Wu Yan, Yu Yunxian, Lu Tian, Reynolds, Yue Qiqiao, and the other geniuses followed.