Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan advanced through the early rounds of the Lin Family Competition and drew attention for keeping his strength hidden. He faced Lin Chen in the top-ten round, a formidable opponent he expected to place third, and looked forward to testing himself.

• Lin Yan defeated Lin Changqiang with a single palm strike, and Lin Changqiang admitted defeat.
• Lin Yan and Lin Dong each won their next matches and entered the top ten, while Lin Hong and Lin Xia impressed the crowd with one-move victories.
• Lin Ken began the second round by calling Lin Yan to the central platform, where Qingtan encouraged him and Lin Dong watched expectantly.
• Lin Ken announced Lin Chen as Lin Yan's opponent, and Lin Yan recognized him as a likely third-place finisher in the competition.

Lin Yan faced Lin Chen in the clan trial and revealed that he had reached Body Tempering Sixth Level and mastered Stone Crushing Fire Fist. He defeated Lin Chen with one flaming punch, while Lin Dong watched with growing concern about Lin Yan’s strength.

• Lin Yan refused Lin Chen’s offer to admit defeat, and Lin Ken started their match.
• Lin Yan deflected Lin Chen’s attack and met his Flying Dragon Claw head-on with Stone Crushing Fist.
• Lin Yan revealed his Yuan Power, Nameless Fire, and Stone Crushing Fire Fist, shocking the spectators.
• Lin Yan struck Lin Chen’s claw with a flaming fist and sent him flying off the Stone Platform.
• Lin Ken declared Lin Yan the winner, and Lin Dong watched the flames in Lin Yan’s hand with a grave expression.

Lin Dong stunned the Clan Competition crowd by revealing his ninth Through-the-Back Fist echo and Body Tempering Sixth Level strength, defeating Lin Yun. The match left Lin Yan and the Lin Family audience eager to see what the two dark horses would do next.

• Qingtan and Lin Dong congratulated Lin Yan, and Lin Xiao invited him to visit his family, which Lin Yan accepted.
• Lin Yan congratulated Lin Yun and cautioned him not to underestimate Lin Dong, his next opponent.
• Lin Yun pressed Lin Dong with Falling Rock Fist, but Lin Dong counterattacked with nine echoes of the Through-the-Back Fist.
• Lin Dong revealed his Body Tempering Sixth Level strength and knocked Lin Yun off the platform with one punch.
• The crowd erupted over Lin Dong's victory and wondered whether he and Lin Yan heralded the Lin Family's rise.

After Lin Dong defeated Lin Yun, the Lin Family competition narrowed to five contenders, and the draw paired the rising dark horses against the established geniuses. The chapter ended as Lin Dong and Lin Hong prepared to fight, with Lin Yan set to face Lin Xia next.

• Lin Yun admitted defeat to Lin Dong, and Lin Yan encouraged him not to lose heart.
• Lin Xia, Lin Hong, Lin Yan, Lin Dong, and Lin Ting emerged as the top five in the competition.
• Lin Ting drew a bye, while Lin Hong drew Lin Dong and Lin Yan was matched against Lin Xia.
• Lin Hong challenged Lin Dong to settle their grievances, and Lin Dong calmly accepted as he stepped onto the fighting platform.

Lin Dong defeated Lin Hong in the Clan Competition after revealing he had reached the seventh level of Body Tempering and mastered the Eight Desolations Palm. Lin Xia then challenged Lin Yan, leaving their match about to begin.

• Lin Yan told Lin Yun that Lin Dong would win against Lin Hong.
• Lin Dong revealed his seventh-level Body Tempering cultivation and matched Lin Hong's strength.
• Lin Dong used the Eight Desolations Palm to break through Lin Hong's attack and knock him off the Stone Platform.
• Lin Xia grew angry at Lin Yan's composure and called him up to fight her.

Lin Yan faced Lin Xia in the Clan Competition finals and revealed that he had reached the seventh level of Body Tempering. He used the Eight Desolations Palm to defeat Lin Xia, leaving his match against Lin Dong as the next test of his strength.

• After Lin Dong defeated Lin Hong, Lin Yan and Lin Xia began their match as the crowd eagerly watched.
• Lin Xia teased Lin Yan about his feelings for Qingtan and said he would need to defeat her before winning Lin Dong's approval.
• Lin Xia revealed her seventh-level Body Tempering strength and attacked Lin Yan with the First Grade Martial Art, Plum Blossom Finger.
• Lin Yan blocked Lin Xia's attack with Stone Crushing Fist and revealed that he had also reached the seventh level of Body Tempering.
• Lin Xia used the Second Grade Martial Art, Spirit Sword Finger, but Lin Yan countered with the Eight Desolations Palm and knocked her off the platform.

Lin Yan defeated Lin Xia, joining Lin Dong as one of the Lin Family Double Heroes after Lin Dong defeated Lin Hong. With Lin Ting withdrawing, Lin Yan and Lin Dong prepared to face each other in the final to determine the champion.

• Lin Xiao celebrated Lin Yan and Lin Dong’s victories and considered arranging for Lin Yan and Qingtan to become engaged.
• Lin Yan explained that Lin Xiao had taught him the Eight Desolations Palm, and Lin Xia accepted her defeat before leaving.
• Lin Ken announced that Lin Yan had defeated Lin Xia and Lin Dong had defeated Lin Hong, prompting Lin Zhentian to name them the Lin Family Double Heroes.
• Lin Ting withdrew after receiving a bye, leaving Lin Yan and Lin Dong to compete in the final.

Lin Yan and Lin Dong reached the Lin Family Competition final, drawing the arena’s attention as the Lin Family Double Heroes prepared to face off. Qingtan hesitated over whom to support, while Lin Xiao considered Lin Yan a suitable match for her; the chapter ended just as the battle began.

• Lin Xiao asked Qingtan whether she hoped Lin Dong or Lin Yan would win, and her blush and hesitation revealed her growing interest in Lin Yan.
• Lin Xiao approved of Lin Yan as a potential match for Qingtan and planned to discuss it with his wife.
• Lin Yan and Lin Dong met on the platform, acknowledged each other’s hidden strength, and eagerly anticipated the fight.
• The crowd and Lin Ken watched as the two Lin Family Double Heroes faced off, and the match began.

Lin Dong and Lin Yan fought fiercely in the Clan Competition, each revealing greater strength as their battle reached its climax. Their strongest attacks destroyed the Stone Platform and sent them both off it at the same time, leaving the match a draw.

• Lin Yan opened with Stone Crushing Fire Fist, and Lin Dong met it with Ninth Resonance Tongbei Fist as both fighters staggered back evenly.
• Lin Dong and Lin Yan exchanged Eight Desolations Palm attacks for nearly a quarter of an hour without gaining an advantage.
• Lin Yan proposed that they use their strongest moves, and Lin Dong revealed the Tenth Resonance of Tongbei Fist, shocking the spectators.
• Lin Yan summoned the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire and prepared Eight Desolations Fire Palm as Lin Dong charged with his Tenth Resonance Tongbei Fist.
• Lin Dong's fist and Lin Yan's palm collided, cracking the Stone Platform and sending both fighters off it at the same time.

Lin Yan and Lin Dong tied for first place in the Clan Competition, but Lin Mang tried to seize Lin Yan’s mysterious flame before Lin Xiao stopped him. Lin Xiao revealed that his injuries had healed and his strength had returned, and Qingtan then took Lin Yan to the rear courtyard at Lin Zhentian’s request.

• Lin Zhentian declared Lin Yan and Lin Dong co-champions, with Lin Ting in second place and Lin Xia in third.
• Lin Mang attacked Lin Yan to inspect his mysterious flame, but Lin Xiao intervened and knocked Lin Mang back.
• Lin Xiao explained that his injuries had healed and told Lin Mang that Lin Yan had obtained the flame by chance.
• Lin Zhentian reprimanded Lin Mang, then ordered everyone to gather in the rear courtyard after the hall was cleaned up.
• Qingtan told Lin Yan that Lin Zhentian had asked her to bring him to the rear courtyard, and Lin Yan agreed to go with her.

After the Clan Competition, Lin Zhentian recognized Lin Yan and Lin Dong as the Lin Family Double Heroes, promoted Lin Xiao to oversee Flame Manor, and promised the youths support. At dinner, Lin Yan agreed to marry Qingtan in the future, but only after he cured her cold energy outbreaks and could formally ask for her hand.

• Lin Zhentian reprimanded Lin Mang for attacking Lin Yan and reassigned Flame Manor to Lin Xiao with Lin Ken's help.
• Lin Zhentian granted Lin Yan and Lin Dong the same treatment as direct descendants, access to the Martial Arts Hall, and the family's support.
• Lin Xiao asked Lin Yan and Lin Dong about their remarkable abilities, but Qingtan diverted his questions and Lin Xiao chose not to press them.
• Liu Yan asked Lin Yan what he thought of Qingtan, and Lin Xiao offered to entrust her to him in marriage.
• Lin Yan said he wanted to marry Qingtan but would first cure her cold energy outbreaks and later formally ask Lin Xiao for her hand.
• Lin Xiao accepted Lin Yan's condition, while Qingtan and Lin Dong were relieved by his answer.

After becoming engaged to Qingtan, Lin Yan resolved to find the Extreme Fiend Yin Dragon Saliva to help her control her Fiend Devil Body. He prepared to strengthen himself for the coming Hunting Activity, where he planned to target an adult Fire Python Tiger and advance his Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire.

• Lin Yan declined a larger house and reflected on his engagement to Qingtan and the danger of her Fiend Devil Body.
• Lin Yan recalled that the Extreme Fiend Yin Dragon Saliva in a Nirvana Realm expert’s Ancient Tomb could help Qingtan condense her Yin Core, and vowed to obtain it.
• Lin Yan fed the two Fire Spirit Mushrooms from his Clan Competition reward to the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, which absorbed their essence and slightly strengthened his Origin Power Seed.
• Lin Yan decided to seek a powerful martial skill before Qingyang Town’s Hunting Activity, a trial where the major factions’ younger generations competed.
• Lin Yan planned to use the hunt to target the weakened adult Fire Python Tiger, hoping its strength would let the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire advance beyond the Ember Body.

After mastering two martial skills, Lin Yan visited the Martial Arts Hall and selected the incomplete third-grade Fire Departure Skill, which he believed would combine powerfully with his strange flame. He brought the manual home, eager to test it as the Ancient Tomb’s opening approached.

• Lin Yan went to the Martial Arts Hall, where Lin Xia told him that Lin Dong had already taken the incomplete third-grade Mysterious Imprint.
• Lin Xia showed Lin Yan the Lin family’s third-grade martial skills and warned him that cultivating them before reaching the Earth Origin Realm was inadvisable.
• Lin Yan found the incomplete Fire Departure Skill and learned that its lost section had once allowed practitioners to shape Yuan Power flames into beasts.
• Recognizing that his strange flame could replace the skill’s missing flame-condensing method, Lin Yan decided to take the manual.
• Lin Yan registered the Fire Departure Skill, brought it home, and hurried to test whether his strange flame could work with it.

Lin Yan mastered the first level of the Fire Departure Skill and used it to hunt beasts, strengthening the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire. After a month and a half of training, he reached the Body Tempering Eighth Level and realized his body rejected Yin Fiend Energy as he neared the Earth Origin Realm.

• Lin Yan used the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire to master Wolf Thrust and blasted a huge crater in the courtyard.
• Over the next month, Lin Yan mastered Wolf Thrust and began learning Leopard Strike, though he made no progress on Tiger Pounce.
• Lin Yan hunted wild beasts in the Back Mountain, feeding the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire and preparing to break through.
• The Origin Power Seed grew and advanced to the Body Tempering Eighth Level, but an invisible dantian barrier stopped it from settling in his lower abdomen.
• Lin Yan realized his body rejected Yin Fiend Energy, which cultivators needed to absorb upon entering the Earth Origin Realm.

Lin Yan tested the stronger Wolf Thrust and worried that he had exhausted the beasts near Back Mountain that could help his cultivation. Qingtan revealed that she had reached the Body Tempering Sixth Level, and Lin Yan agreed to accompany her to Qingyang Town’s Trading Fair.

• Lin Yan used Wolf Thrust and found that his stronger attack consumed nearly half the Origin Power in his Origin Power Seed.
• Lin Yan considered seeking stronger beasts to advance the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire but hesitated to involve Lin Xiao and risk exposing his secret.
• Qingtan visited Lin Yan, expressed faith in him, and told him that she had cultivated Origin Power and reached the Body Tempering Sixth Level.
• Lin Yan told Qingtan to keep her newfound strength secret from everyone except Uncle, Auntie, and Cousin Lin Dong.
• Qingtan invited Lin Yan to the Trading Fair in Qingyang Town, and he recognized it as a chance to look for overlooked treasures.

Lin Yan took Qingtan to the Qingyang Town Trading Fair, where he bought her trinkets and bargained for a Beast Bone that stirred his Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire. When someone from the Xie family demanded that Qingtan give up a bracelet, Lin Yan arrived and became furious.

• Lin Yan and Qingtan explored the crowded Trading Fair, and Lin Yan bought her several small trinkets.
• Lin Yan noticed a damaged Beast Bone that awakened a reaction from his Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire.
• Lin Yan bargained with a stall owner and bought the Beast Bone along with other goods for one hundred taels of silver.
• Qingtan picked up a pale green bracelet at another stall but prepared to return it after remembering Lin Yan had already bought her gifts.
• A woman demanded that Qingtan hand over the bracelet because Xie Ting wanted it, and Lin Yan hurried over, enraged by the insult.

At the Trading Fair, Lin Yan stopped Xie Ting from taking Qingtan’s bracelet and gave it to her as a gift. After Xie Ting insulted Lin Yan’s family, he defeated two Xie Family youths and slapped her even as Xie Yingying tried to intervene.

• Xie Ting demanded Qingtan hand over a bracelet, but Lin Yan stopped her and bought it for Qingtan as a gift.
• Xie Ting insulted Lin Yan’s father, and Lin Yan reassured Qingtan before confronting her.
• Xie Zhen and another Xie Family youth attacked Lin Yan, and he knocked both down with a single palm each.
• Xie Yingying called for Lin Yan to stop, but he slapped Xie Ting across the cheek.

Lin Yan defended Qingtan from the Xie Family, then joined Lin Dong in confronting Lei Li. Their combined attacks defeated Qingyang Town’s leading young genius, though the aftermath of the clash remained unresolved.

• Lin Yan slapped Xie Ting twice after she insulted Qingtan, then dismissed Xie Yingying’s warning that the Xie Family could retaliate.
• Lei Li challenged Lin Yan and threatened the Lin Family, but Lin Yan mocked his influence and the limits of Qingyang Town.
• Lin Dong arrived and stood with Lin Yan, revealing that he had also reached the Body Tempering Eighth Level.
• Lei Li attacked the Lin Family Double Heroes with the third-grade martial art Mount Tai Overturn, and Lin Yan and Lin Dong answered with Wolf Thrust and Mysterious Imprint.
• The combined attacks overpowered Lei Li, leaving him badly scorched while Lin Yan and Lin Dong remained standing.

Lin Yan and Lin Dong defeated Lei Li’s attack, but Lei Li prepared to use the Lei Family’s fourth-grade martial art Thunderbolt Light before Wu Yun and the Mad Blade Martial Hall intervened. Wang Jin ended the confrontation, and Lei Li left warning that he would settle things during the hunt.

• The younger generation of the Xie and Lin Families watched in shock as Lin Yan and Lin Dong left Lei Li scorched and wounded.
• Lei Li began gathering Yuan Power to use Thunderbolt Light, while Lin Yan and Lin Dong accepted the challenge despite the danger.
• Wu Yun arrived with youths from Mad Blade Martial Hall and provoked Lei Li, disrupting his plan to attack the Lin brothers.
• Wang Jin, the Trading Fair manager and an Earth Origin Realm expert, ordered everyone to leave and stopped the confrontation.
• Lei Li departed with Xie Yingying and warned Lin Yan, Lin Dong, and Wu Yun that he would face them during the hunt.

After Lei Li withdrew, Lin Yan and Lin Dong attended the Lin Family’s end-of-month gathering meal, where Lin Zhentian praised their strength and promised to support their cultivation. The gathering ended with Lin Yan returning to his hut to examine the Beast Bone.

• Lin Yan, Lin Dong, and Lin Xia thanked Wu Yun after Lei Li left, and Wu Yun departed after inviting the two cousins to fight him at the hunt.
• Lin Yan led the group back to the Lin Family for the monthly gathering meal, where the family discussed the juniors’ clash with the Lei and Xie Families.
• Lin Zhentian praised Lin Yan and Lin Dong as geniuses and offered them whatever resources the Lin Family could provide before the hunt.
• Lin Yan and Lin Dong accepted Lin Zhentian’s support while keeping their respective secrets unspoken.
• After the gathering meal dispersed, Lin Yan returned to his wooden hut and took out the Beast Bone.