Chapter Summaries

Wang Wu, a newly transmigrated Ancient Giant Bear cub, discovered his four Bloodline Talents and learned he could absorb sunlight as Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. He cautiously foraged near his rocky hiding place, easing his hunger but remaining far from full.

• Wang Wu woke hungry in a rocky crevice after fleeing the sword light that had killed his mother bear.
• Wang Wu discovered that sunlight charged his Spiritual Essence Bloodline Talent and revealed his status panel and four Bloodline Talents.
• Wang Wu spent one point of Spiritual Energy to keep his body in peak condition for twelve hours, though his Fullness did not increase.
• Wang Wu cautiously ate wild grass, a spotted white mushroom, and lichen near the crevice.
• Wang Wu raised his Fullness by 25 points by nearly noon without encountering danger.

Wang Wu killed two Black Snake Sentinels and used their remains to feed his Self-Healing Talent, which advanced his resistance to snake venom. At sunrise, he discovered the cliff and nearby hills were crowded with rival creatures competing for sunlight and spiritual energy.

• Wang Wu let a Black Snake Sentinel carry him into the open, then killed it by slashing its belly and ate its blood, gallbladder, and flesh to recover from the venom.
• Wang Wu killed a second Black Snake Sentinel the same way, and his Self-Healing Talent raised his progress toward perfect snake-venom resistance to 2/5.
• Wang Wu slept in the rock crack and woke before sunrise, finding his Satiety had fallen to 12 while his Growth Rate had increased by 0.5%.
• Wang Wu emerged and saw at least fifty or sixty Black Snakes covering the cliff, including an enormous serpent near its summit.
• Wang Wu ran around the cliff and spotted Red-winged Birds, Crimson Scorpions, a black centipede, and White Rats occupying the surrounding hills and high points.

Wang Wu absorbed Golden Particles during Silver Three Minutes and fought off a swarm of Wandering Mantis Swordsmen, gaining Spiritual Energy by absorbing sunlight and eating insects. After Gray Rats drove him from their territory, he hid in the grass and wondered whether powerful beasts had claimed the wider lands as Great Demons.

• Wang Wu observed Golden Particles in the sunlight and identified a brief period of especially dense particles as Violet Gold Three Minutes.
• At the foot of the mountain, Wang Wu competed with swarms of insects for Golden Particles and killed more than thirty Wandering Mantis Swordsmen after they attacked him.
• Wang Wu ate the defeated insects, raised his Satiety to 231, and reached 24.9 points of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy in total.
• Wang Wu followed the other insects into the forest, but Gray Rats attacked him for entering their territory and forced him to flee after he killed two of them.
• With 20 Health Points remaining and his Self-Healing Talent requiring 200 Satiety and five hours to recover him, Wang Wu hid in the grass and suspected that powerful beasts occupied the greater lands as Great Demons.

Wang Wu upgraded his Passive Stealth and hid in the grass while his wounds healed, but hunger eventually forced him to consider moving. He watched the valley’s creatures trade and fight over Red Berries, and decided he would have to outwit them to get food.

• Wang Wu spent 20 points of Spiritual Qi to upgrade his Passive Stealth to Level 2.
• Wang Wu remained hidden for nearly five hours as his wounds healed, then endured hunger, thirst, and the afternoon heat rather than risk crossing the exposed valley.
• Wang Wu watched Crimson Birds take Red Berries from a Gray Rat convoy without resistance.
• Wang Wu saw Gray Rat Heavy Cavalry fight Flame Scorpions and deliver another load of Red Berries to the White-Haired Rats.
• Wang Wu became eager to obtain Red Berries but concluded that he would have to outwit the valley’s creatures.

Wang Wu stayed hidden through a dangerous night in the valley, then used the dawn rush for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to slip away toward the Red Berries. He left the valley’s central battle behind, choosing to gather food rather than risk being hunted by the Gray Rats.

• Wang Wu remained motionless as the valley’s clans fought through the night, while a Spider Family built a vast web around the tree where he hid.
• A Gray Rat became trapped in the web, and the Spider Clan exchanged it for a Red Berry brought by the Gray Rat Heavy Cavalry.
• At dawn, Wang Wu watched the Gray Rats and insect Sprites surge toward the cliffs to compete for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
• Wang Wu emerged from hiding as the clans rushed past, then plunged into the bushes to collect Red Berries instead of joining the fight.

Wang Wu found a hidden stream and a Gray Rat berry farm, then returned to his rock crevice after raiding the berries. A giant eagle seized the Black Snake Clan leader, leaving the valley in chaos, and Wang Wu took advantage of the aftermath to collect corpses before the Flame Scorpion King attacked.

• Wang Wu drank from a hidden stream, found the Gray Rats' cultivated Red Berries, and ate enough to reach 300 Satiety.
• Wang Wu returned to his rock crevice and entered Level 2 Passive Stealth before a giant eagle broke his stealth and seized the Black Snake Clan leader.
• Wang Wu saw that the eagle's passage had damaged the valley and left Mantis Swordsmen corpses and an unconscious Gray Rat Knight nearby.
• Wang Wu killed the Gray Rat Knight and dragged it and the Mantis Swordsmen corpses into his crevice.
• The Flame Scorpion King attacked the Black Snake Clan with its underlings, and Wang Wu hid rather than risk confronting them.

Wang Wu was trapped in a rocky crevice with an elite Black Snake Assassin after it ambushed and badly injured him. Once his Self-Healing Talent restored his health and strengthened his resistance to the snake venom, he counterattacked and crushed the assassin.

• After the battle between the Black Snake Clan and the Flame Scorpions ended, Wang Wu stayed hidden and wondered about the valley’s dangers and the Golden Particles.
• An elite Black Snake Assassin ambushed Wang Wu in the crevice, biting him twice and dealing severe damage.
• Wang Wu returned to the crevice entrance and held his ground while the Black Snake Assassin ate his Red Berries and retreated deeper inside.
• Wang Wu waited until his Self-Healing Talent restored his health and improved his Snake Venom Resistance.
• Wang Wu attacked before nightfall, endured the assassin’s bite to his neck, then crushed its head with his paws.

Wang Wu survived the night in his rock crevice and used the morning’s cultivation window to raise his Stealth Talent to Level 3 before fleeing Gray Rat Knights. He hid in the bushes as a Gray Rat force pursued him, while the Black Snake Clan also had reason to target him.

• Wang Wu woke with his Growth Rate at 2% and decided to stay near his rock crevice while gathering Spiritual Qi.
• Gray Rat Knights gathered about thirty fighters to surround Wang Wu, but Black Snake Sentinels confronted them and the two groups dispersed when cultivation time began.
• Wang Wu left the cliff, absorbed Golden Particles, and spent 20 Spiritual Qi to raise his Stealth Talent to Level 3.
• Wang Wu drank from the stream and ate berries at Brook Plain, slapping two Gray Rat Knights dead when they tried to stop him.
• As a Gray Rat Heavy Cavalry force charged after him, Wang Wu hid in dense grass and activated Level 3 Passive Concealment.

Wang Wu escaped Gray Rat Knights by luring them into a rock crevice, where he killed and ate several while the Black Snake and Flame Scorpion clans fought the rats nearby. The next morning, he found over a hundred Wandering Mantis Swordsmen outside his shelter, led by a Golden Giant Mantis carrying a bloody rat head.

• Wang Wu used Stealth to avoid the Gray Rat Knights during the day, then sprinted toward his rock crevice at dusk despite their pursuit.
• The Gray Rat Knights stabbed Wang Wu repeatedly, but he reached the narrow crevice and killed four who rushed inside.
• Wang Wu ate the rats as the Black Snake Clan ambushed the Gray Rat Knights, then the Flame Scorpion Clan attacked the snakes and forced them to withdraw.
• Wang Wu slept through the battle, restored his lost Health Points, and gained no Growth Rate because it was spent on Self-Healing.
• The next morning, Wang Wu emerged and found more than a hundred Wandering Mantis Swordsmen near his shelter.
• A Golden Giant Mantis Swordsman appeared carrying a bloody rat head on one of its glowing blades.

Wang Wu seized Golden Particles amid the Mantis raid, strengthened his Stealth Talent, and evaded the valley’s dangers through the day. When he returned to his rock crevice at dusk, an elite Black Snake Priest ambushed and bit him.

• The Golden Holy Mantis led the Wandering Mantis Swordsmen in a raid on the Black Snake Clan and carried off a Black Snake Elite.
• Wang Wu climbed partway up the cliff, absorbed Golden Particles, and raised his Spiritual Qi to 22.9 points.
• Wang Wu upgraded his Stealth Talent to level four, then fled the Gray Rat Knights and hid in the grass.
• Wang Wu waited through the dangerous daytime hours, then headed back to his rock crevice at dusk.
• An elite Black Snake Priest ambushed Wang Wu in the crevice, piercing him with its fangs and inflicting damage.

Wang Wu killed the Black Snake Priest, recovered by eating its flesh, and gained stronger self-healing and snake venom resistance. The Flame Scorpions took over the Black Snake Clan’s territory, and Wang Wu prepared to sneak in for Spiritual Qi during the Violet Gold Three Minutes.

• Wang Wu smashed the Black Snake Priest against the rocks until he killed it, then drank its blood and devoured its flesh.
• Wang Wu upgraded his Self-Healing Talent to Level 2, gained perfect resistance to that type of snake venom, and increased his Growth Rate.
• Wang Wu finished eating the Black Snake Priest and recovered Health Points while gaining more Spiritual Qi.
• The next morning, Wang Wu saw that the Flame Scorpion King and its forces had occupied the Black Snake Clan’s territory.
• Wang Wu climbed toward the cliff and entered Level 4 Stealth to gather Spiritual Qi during the Violet Gold Three Minutes.

Wang Wu witnessed powerful Great Demons intercepting most of the Golden Particles and chose caution over gathering more Spiritual Qi. After reaching Level 5 Stealth, he hid from the returning Giant Eagle, which circled the cliff before flying away.

• Wang Wu saw several powerful Great Demons seize Golden Particles from the sky and realized the valley was surrounded by dangers far beyond his strength.
• Wang Wu gathered 20 points of Spiritual Qi during the Silver Three Minutes, then hid and upgraded his Stealth Talent to Level 5.
• Wang Wu learned that Level 5 Passive Concealment could fool many beasts and careless demons but remained ineffective against creatures with keen senses or special Reconnaissance Talents.
• A Giant Eagle returned to the valley after the Silver Three Minutes, and Wang Wu's Level 5 Stealth kept it from finding him.
• The Giant Eagle circled the cliff without hunting and then flew away while Wang Wu wondered whether it had come to scout for prey.

Wang Wu was ambushed by Blood Spiders, then his rock-crack hiding place was bombarded by Flame Scorpion forces. Burned and exposed by his scent, he escaped the Gray Rat Knights and headed for a stream to wash himself.

• Wang Wu cautiously detoured through the red birds’ territory and was caught in a web attack by seven Blood Spiders, but he broke free and fled to the crack in the rocks.
• After checking his shelter, Wang Wu fell asleep, but Scorpion Sentinels discovered the hiding place and Scorpion Priests bombarded it with fireballs, setting his fur ablaze.
• Wang Wu escaped the crack and activated Level 5 Stealth in the grass, realizing that his hiding place had been found and his burnt-fur scent could give him away.
• When six Gray Rat Knights searched the grass, Wang Wu knocked one down and broke its spine, then charged toward the shrubs to reach the stream and wash off the smell.

Wang Wu escaped the Gray Rat Knights by hiding in the Little Red Birds' territory, recovered from his burns, and gained Fire Resistance. After the rats enlisted an Enlightened High Rat to search for him, Wang Wu stayed hidden and abandoned his plan to borrow fire that night.

• Wang Wu fled the Gray Rat Knights into the Little Red Birds' territory, where the pursuing rats stopped and retreated.
• Wang Wu recovered from his burns and gained one point of ordinary Fire Resistance from his Level 2 Self-Healing Talent.
• Wang Wu left the birds' territory, slept until dawn, then drank from the stream and stocked up on berries at Berry Plains.
• The Gray Rat Knights brought an upright White-Haired Rat, which froze part of the stream and searched near Wang Wu but failed to find him.
• Wang Wu remained hidden and used berries to maintain his Satiety as his Self-Healing Talent restored his Health Points.
• Wang Wu decided not to visit the Flame Scorpions for fire that night because the risk was too high.

Wang Wu survived an ambush by the Four Heroes of the Valley, then evaded the Gray Rat Clan’s efforts to hunt him. The chapter left him cautiously heading toward the cliff as the Gray Rat Knights appeared to acknowledge his presence peacefully.

• Wang Wu was targeted by the Four Heroes of the Valley, whose Iron-Cloth Hedgehog, Grasshopper Spider, and two Iron Mantises injured him in an ambush.
• Wang Wu killed both Iron Mantises, ate one for Satiety and Spiritual Qi, and stored the other as food.
• Wang Wu gathered berries and killed a Gray Rat Knight before hiding in Level 5 Stealth as a White-Haired Rat searched Berry Plains for him.
• Gray Rat Knights left berries on a leaf by the creek in what Wang Wu suspected was an attempt to make peace, but he avoided the offering.
• The next morning, Wang Wu headed toward the cliff, and Gray Rat Knights he encountered made their strange gesture instead of raising an alarm.

Wang Wu upgraded his Danger Sense to Level 3 and tested its ability to detect threats. As he rushed to reclaim his rock crevice before an approaching storm, his heightened senses warned him of an ambush inside.

• Wang Wu upgraded Danger Sense to Level 2 and accepted berries left by the Gray Rat Knights, though he remained wary of them.
• After gathering enough Spiritual Qi over the next two days, Wang Wu upgraded Danger Sense to Level 3 and used it with Level 5 Stealth to scout the valley.
• Wang Wu sensed nearby threats from a distance and realized the Black Widows were weaving webs, possibly in preparation for heavy rain.
• Wang Wu concluded he needed shelter and charged toward the rock crevice, but Danger Sense warned him of an ambush within.

Wang Wu killed the two Fire Scorpion Priests in the rock crevice by luring them into firing at him in the cramped space, then recovered by eating them. As a torrential storm began, he found five Scorpion Sentinel corpses and realized the Flame Scorpions had sheltered there from the rain.

• Wang Wu dodged a fireball from the rock crevice and pressed toward it, using feints to test the Fire Scorpion Priests inside.
• Wang Wu charged into the crevice and deliberately took two fireballs head-on, relying on their explosions in the narrow space to injure the Fire Scorpion Priests.
• Wang Wu recovered from the blast, found both Fire Scorpion Priests, and ate one, gaining 32 points of spiritual energy.
• Wang Wu upgraded his Self-Healing Talent to Level 3, regained Health Points, and gained fire resistance and Growth Rate.
• Wang Wu heard a thunderclap as the storm began, then found five Scorpion Sentinel corpses and realized the Flame Scorpions had entered the crevice for shelter.

Wang Wu used the lull imposed by torrential rain to recover, consider his next upgrades, and strengthen his Defense while worrying about the Gray Rat Clan. After sleeping through the night, he woke to lingering rain and mist, with his Growth Rate increased to 16.2%.

• Wang Wu healed all his injuries with Level 3 Self-Healing, consuming 450 Satiety points over three hours, and gained Spiritual Qi and Growth Rate from eating a Fire Scorpion Priest.
• Wang Wu reconsidered his Talents and grew suspicious that the Gray Rat Clan had befriended him as part of a plan to let him fight the White-Haired Rats.
• Wang Wu spent 20 Spiritual Qi to raise his Defense from 5 to 6, then ate a Scorpion Sentinel and spent another 17 points to raise his Defense to 7.
• Wang Wu tested his harder bones and claws, then practiced navigating the rock crevice with his eyes closed before entering Level 5 Stealth and falling asleep.
• Wang Wu woke to a light rain and mist, and his Growth Rate reached 16.2% as he anticipated more noticeable changes at 20%.

Wang Wu endured an unnatural deep freeze while the White-Haired Rats launched an attack on the Scorpion Tribe and sealed his cave exit in magically reinforced ice. After discovering the ice was sweet, Spiritual Qi-condensed Mystic Ice, he eagerly began licking it.

• Wang Wu hid in his rock crevice as the fog thickened and the valley grew colder, suspecting the White-Haired Rats were changing the weather.
• The temperature fell so low that Wang Wu’s growth stopped and his food was consumed to resist the cold, so he ate Scorpion Sentinels for warmth and used 20 Spiritual Qi to raise his Defense.
• Fireball explosions signaled that the White-Haired Rats had begun attacking the Scorpion Tribe.
• Wang Wu found the entrance to his crevice sealed by hard ice that repaired itself after he clawed at it.
• Wang Wu licked the ice, recognized its pure sweetness as a sign of Spiritual Qi, and concluded it was Mystic Ice.

Wang Wu repeatedly licked the Profound Ice, gaining Spiritual Qi, growth, and cold resistance while recovering from frostbite with his Self-Healing Talent. When the ice melted and the sky cleared, the Flame Scorpion King was still alive and attacking the Gray Rat Knights, leaving Wang Wu to hide as the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Wang Wu endured repeated bouts of frostbite from licking the Profound Ice and increased his resistance to cold qi.
• Wang Wu collected enough Spiritual Qi to upgrade his Level 3 Self-Healing Talent to Level 4, then continued licking the ice.
• Wang Wu’s ice resistance rose to (4/10), and the thick ice layer collapsed as the weather cleared.
• The Flame Scorpion King hurled fireballs into the valley, killing many Gray Rat Knights.
• Wang Wu entered Level 5 Stealth and stayed hidden while the Flame Scorpion King did not descend from the cliff and the White-Haired Rats remained unseen.