Breakthrough Before the Clan Competition

Time flowed like water. Before anyone knew it, two months had slowly passed. The scorching summer had already faded, and a trace of coolness had settled over the whole land.

Yet though the heat had dispersed, within the Lin Family, many people's hearts were growing hotter and hotter, because that most important Clan Competition was about to begin.

Lin Yan was well aware of this too, and he began seizing every moment to cultivate. Even when Qingtan tried several times to invite him to her home as a guest, Lin Yan politely declined on the grounds that he had no time, making the young girl furious.

Over these two months, aside from busying himself with honing his martial arts, Lin Yan had been hunting all kinds of wild beasts deep in Back Mountain.

As the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire devoured more and more beasts, its growth suddenly accelerated. Lin Yan could even sense that the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire's intelligence seemed to be slowly awakening; perhaps, in the near future, a Fire Spirit would be born.

Lin Yan was naturally happy to see this.

Because a sentient Fire Spirit could not only become a helper on his future path of cultivation, but could also offer spiritual companionship during the long, lonely days of training.

Besides that, Lin Yan could also feel that as the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire grew, his own cultivation was constantly improving.

The Origin Power Seed flowing through his bone marrow was also gradually surging toward the outside of his bones.

And once the Origin Power Seed broke through the restraint of his bones and flowed into the meridians within his body, that would mean he had reached the seventh level of Body Tempering, Refining Origin into Meridians!

During this period, Lin Yan could almost clearly feel that the Origin Power Seed within his bones had been growing stronger and stronger. At times, there were even signs that it was about to burst out through the bone. Lin Yan understood what those signs meant: they were omens of an imminent breakthrough.

However, Lin Yan did not actively drive it forward. Although he understood that if he forced it, he might have already reached the seventh level of Body Tempering long ago, for some unknown reason, in the depths of his intuition, he felt that it might be better to let this step happen naturally, when the conditions were ripe.

And so he had waited, all the way until now...

Night shrouded the earth, and moonlight passed through the window, spilling into the room.

Lin Yan sat cross-legged on the bed. First, he took the Mysterious Jade Pearl from his robes.

Two months ago, Lin Yan had obtained a total of two valuable things from the Scorpion Tiger King's cave. One was the Shattered Origin Mysterious Steel, and the other was the Mysterious Jade Pearl before him.

As for the Shattered Origin Mysterious Steel, although Lin Yan knew its value, he also knew that he had not even stepped across the threshold of becoming a Symbol Master yet, so he had no use for it for the time being. Thus, he had set the Shattered Origin Mysterious Steel aside.

But Lin Yan had never been able to figure out the Mysterious Jade Pearl in his hand.

Although he did not know what this thing was, Lin Yan vaguely felt that it seemed to be connected to demonic beasts.

Because, for some unknown reason, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire within his body always held an unusual covetousness toward this Mysterious Jade Pearl. This was a passion it did not show toward ordinary beasts, which also proved that this Mysterious Jade Pearl had to be connected to even stronger demonic beasts, and might very likely have come from the Demon Domain!

The Demon Domain was the territory of demonic beasts, and very few humans set foot there. However, some peak demonic beasts were not the slightest bit weaker than the mighty experts of the human race, and were even stronger.

Lin Yan also knew that currently, within Lin Dong's stone talisman, there slumbered a mighty demon expert: Little Sable, the Young Clan Leader of the Sky Demon Sable clan, one of the four great demonic beast clans.

After studying it for a while longer, Lin Yan still did not discover anything special, so he helplessly placed the Mysterious Jade Pearl back into his robes.

Sometimes, when the opportunity had not arrived, certain things could not be forced.

He felt disappointed for a while, but soon Lin Yan adjusted his mood. For someone like him, who possessed twenty-two Different Fire Seeds, even without any fortuitous encounters, Different Fire alone would be enough to let him stand at the peak of the continent.

Next, Lin Yan took out the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire again. Looking at the flame in his hand, which was now the size of two fists put together, Lin Yan could not help but sigh that his efforts over the past few days had not been wasted.

During this time, through careful investigation and exploration, Lin Yan had figured out the territories of the major wild beasts deep within Back Mountain. In the end, through lures and traps, he had killed several dozen vicious, savage beasts in one fell swoop within a valley!

Among them, there was no lack of powerful beasts like the Scorpion Tiger King and the Poison Mist Python. There were even two Thunder Fire Wolves strong enough to rival the seventh level of the Body Tempering Realm.

After devouring and absorbing so many powerful beasts, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire had finally grown to the size of two fists. The might of ten thousand beasts within it had also become almost tangible, emitting a terrifying aura that shook the soul.

Because he was worried that the dense stench of blood would attract powerful beasts like the Crimson Sun Wolf, which was strong enough to rival the Earth Origin Realm, Lin Yan immediately returned after the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire finished devouring those beasts, choosing to make his breakthrough steadily at home.

And this breakthrough was just like water flowing when the channel was formed—it broke through with a single push!

As the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire entered his body this time, the trembling sensation coming from deep within his bones grew increasingly intense. Later on, even Lin Yan's body began to tremble slightly.

"Is it finally about to break out of the bones..."

Sensing this situation, Lin Yan could not help but take a deep breath. As long as the Origin Power Seed broke free from the restraint of his bones, it would flow into his meridians. At that time, he would be able to absorb Origin Power from the world to temper his body. That would be an extremely important step!

"Buzz, buzz!"

The shaking of his body became more and more violent. Then, suddenly, a low sound that seemed as if it did not truly exist rang out from within Lin Yan's body.

And the moment that low sound rang out, Lin Yan's vision went black. In a daze, he saw that within his body, there was a transparent ball of light about the size of a walnut. The ball of light slowly flowed through his body, releasing a strange suction force. Under this suction, faint wisps of energy actually began to seep out from the surrounding world, before following Lin Yan's breathing and burrowing into his body.

"So this is the Origin Power Seed? Why is it so big?"

Lin Yan's vision quickly returned to normal. Immediately after, a stunned expression appeared on his face. According to common sense, an Origin Power Seed that broke out of the bones was generally, at most, the size of a little finger. Yet his Origin Power Seed was more than ten times larger than normal!

"Could it be because of the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire?"

Lin Yan seemed to understand something. The size of the Origin Power Seed determined the speed at which one absorbed Origin Power. His Origin Power Seed seemed to have already taken a step ahead of others from the very beginning...

After pondering for a moment, Lin Yan smiled faintly.

In the original work, because of the Stone Talisman Spirit Liquid, the Origin Power Seed condensed by Lin Dong was much larger than that of ordinary martial artists. And now, his own Origin Power Seed was not inferior to the other party's in the slightest.

He fell backward, feeling the softness of the bed, and murmured in a low voice, "Tomorrow is the clan's great competition. Lin Dong, don't disappoint me..."