Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan strengthened the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire with a rare Beast Bone, then spent two months consolidating his cultivation while Qingtan advanced rapidly. As the Hunting Tournament approached, Lin Yan broke through to the Earth Origin Realm.

• Lin Yan fed a Beast Bone likely left by an Origin Core Realm beast to the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, strengthening it and bringing it close to the Blazing Body stage.
• Lin Yan chose to stabilize his cultivation instead of rushing from the Body Tempering Eighth Level to the Ninth Level, while the Lin Family Double Heroes’ reputation grew after their victories over the Xie Family youths and Lei Li.
• Over two months, Lin Yan cultivated in seclusion as Qingtan advanced to the Body Tempering Seventh Level, and he found martial arts for her to practice.
• As Qingyang Town discussed the upcoming Hunting Tournament and Lei Li’s possible breakthrough, Lin Yan completed his preparations and shattered the dantian barrier with the Heavenly Flame.
• Lin Yan’s Origin Power Seed entered his dantian, marking his breakthrough into the Earth Origin Realm.

Lin Yan reflected on his failed attempt to reach the Earth Origin Realm and waited for the Qingyang Town hunting competition, hoping to use a Fire Python Tiger to strengthen the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire. As the hunt began, he stood with Lin Dong, who had also reached the Earth Origin Realm, and both voiced confidence about facing Lei Li.

• Lin Yan accepted that he had failed to break through to the Earth Origin Realm and considered how cultivation manuals could strengthen Origin Power.
• Lin Yan studied the Mysterious Jade Pearl again but found no clues and put it back in his robes.
• Two months passed, and factions gathered in Qingyang Town for the New Year hunting competition at the Beast Horn Arena.
• Lin Yan and Lin Dong surveyed the forest from a high platform as the hunt began, and Lin Yan focused on finding the injured Fire Python Tiger.
• Lin Dong asked what Lin Yan was thinking, and Lin Yan wondered whether Lei Li could withstand a joint move from the Lin Family Double Heroes.
• Lin Dong called Lei Li a clown and promised to join Lin Yan if he wanted to fight him.

Lin Yan and Lin Dong learned the Hunting Tournament’s deadly rules as the Lin Family prepared to compete for Identity Plates in a forest full of beasts and rivals. The Lei and Xie Families arrived, and Lei Bao’s hostility and Lei Li’s confidence left Lin Yan suspecting the Lei Family had prepared something unexpected.

• Lin Xiao explained that contestants had to survive the beasts and collect ten Identity Plates to reach the central platform.
• Lin Zhentian said only about a dozen of the more than one hundred contestants could qualify, and the Lin Family placed its hopes on Lin Yan and Lin Dong.
• Lei Bao and Xie Qian arrived with their families, and Lin Xia identified them as enemies of the Lin Family.
• Lei Bao noticed Lin Xiao’s recovered strength and warned that the Lin Family should prepare its stakes for the hunt.
• Lei Li threatened Lin Yan and Lin Dong, while Lin Yan suspected the Lei Family had made unusual preparations and resolved to reach the Earth Origin Realm.

Lin Yan and Lin Dong joined the Qingyang Town hunting competition after the major forces gathered at Beast Horn Arena. Before entering the forest, they promised to brave the outside world together someday, then split up to collect Identity Plates.

• Lin Yan realized that the Fire Python Tiger and its three cubs were hidden in the forest, giving him an opportunity to obtain a powerful cub.
• Mad Blade Martial Hall's Luo Cheng greeted Lin Zhentian and praised Lin Yan and Lin Dong as promising talents.
• Lei Bao announced that competitors needed ten Identity Plates to reach the platform, and Lin Yan and Lin Dong accepted the Lin Family's plates.
• Lin Dong warned Lin Yan to be careful, and Lin Yan promised they would explore the outside world together someday.
• Lin Yan jumped into the forest ahead of Lin Dong and disappeared into its depths, keeping the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire secret from him.

Lin Yan entered the forest hunt, gathered Identity Plates, and tracked Lei Li to the wounded Fire Python Tiger. After Lin Dong’s group took the three visible cubs and fled, the dying mother tiger revealed another cub hidden inside her, which Lin Yan rescued.

• Lin Yan entered the forest and defeated several challengers, collecting enough Identity Plates to come within two of the requirement to ascend the Stone Platform.
• Lin Yan learned that Lei Li and Xie Yingying were leading a group near the Fire Python Tiger, then hurried to their location and watched from hiding.
• Lei Li’s group killed the wounded Fire Python Tiger, but Lin Yan waited while Lin Dong’s group ambushed them and Wu Yun stole the three visible cubs.
• Lin Dong, Mu Lingsha, and Wu Yun escaped with the cubs, leaving Lin Yan alone beside the fallen mother tiger.
• The Fire Python Tiger pointed Lin Yan toward its belly, and he pulled out a fourth, newborn cub.

Lin Yan let the dying Fire Python Tiger see its fourth cub, then agreed to care for it before the mother died. After Xiao Ai absorbed the beast’s essence and awakened into a Blazing Body, Lin Yan used its power to break through to the middle stage of the Earth Origin Realm, where a voice from his chest identified him as having a Divine Astral Body.

• Lin Yan reunited the Fire Python Tiger with its fourth cub, and the dying mother entrusted the cub to him before passing away.
• Lin Yan had the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire devour the Fire Python Tiger’s corpse, and it gained the Blazing Body and the ability to speak.
• Lin Yan named the spirit fire Xiao Ai and asked it to help him break through to the Earth Origin Realm.
• Lin Yan’s aura rose through the initial stage and reached the peak of the middle stage of the Earth Origin Realm.
• A middle-aged man’s voice spoke from Lin Yan’s chest, expressing surprise at his Divine Astral Body.

After breaking through to the Earth Origin Realm, Lin Yan discovered that his Mysterious Jade Pearl was the ancient divine object Refining Demon Pearl and met the soul of its former master, Uncle Luo. Lin Yan persuaded Uncle Luo to cooperate with him, then continued toward the Hunting Tournament, with plans to speak again that night.

• Lin Yan heard a voice from the Mysterious Jade Pearl and learned that it was the Refining Demon Pearl, ranked thirteenth on the Ancient Divine Object Ranking.
• Lin Yan entered the pearl’s inner space and met its soul-bodied former master, a middle-aged man who introduced himself as Luo from the Southern Xuan Region.
• Uncle Luo sensed the powerful flame and scorching space within Lin Yan and initially dismissed his offer to cooperate because Lin Yan was only at the Earth Origin Realm.
• Lin Yan challenged Uncle Luo to recognize his potential, citing his terrifying flame and Divine Astral Body, before Uncle Luo sent him back to the forest.
• Uncle Luo agreed to cooperate with Lin Yan and said they would speak again that night, while Lin Yan returned to his Hunting Tournament journey.

Lin Yan returned from the forest with a Fire Python Tiger cub, having reached the mid Earth Origin Realm and learned that his Mysterious Jade Pearl was the Refining Demon Pearl. After Lei Bao wagered Ironwood Manor against the two cubs, Lin Yan and Lin Dong accepted the challenge on behalf of the Lin Family.

• Lin Yan arrived at the Hunting Tournament with ten Identity Plates and a Fire Python Tiger cub, joining Lin Dong and Wu Yun among the successful contestants.
• Lin Yan told Lin Dong and Wu Yun that he had found the cub in an injured Fire Python Tiger, while Lei Li and Xie Yingying arrived furious over the cubs they had lost.
• Lei Li accused Lin Dong and Wu Yun of stealing three cubs, and Lei Bao and Xie Qian demanded that the Lin Family hand them over.
• Luo Cheng and Lin Zhentian defended Lin Dong and Wu Yun, and Lei Bao offered Ironwood Manor as a wager for a contest against Lei Li.
• Lin Yan and Lin Dong accepted Lei Bao's wager, agreeing to compete for Ironwood Manor with the two Fire Python Tiger cubs at stake.

Lin Yan and Lin Dong accepted Lei Li’s challenge, prompting Lin Zhentian to weigh the risks to the Lin Family before agreeing to the contest. With the two Fire Python Tiger cubs entrusted to Wu Yun, the match began, leaving Lin Yan eager to see what the Lei Family had prepared.

• Lin Yan and Lin Dong accepted Lei Li’s challenge, and Lin Zhentian hesitated over the danger of gambling the family’s Fire Python Tiger cubs and future security.
• Lin Ken argued that the two youths must have hidden trump cards, and Lin Zhentian agreed to the contest despite the risks.
• Lin Dong assured Lin Yan that they had made the decision together, while Wu Yun took both Fire Python Tiger cubs to keep them safe.
• The hunting competition paused as the contestants cleared the arena and Lei Li confronted Lin Yan and Lin Dong with a threat.
• The referee called both sides into position and started the match.

Lin Yan and Lin Dong revealed that they had both reached the Earth Origin Realm and gained the upper hand against Lei Li. After they knocked him down, Lei Li swallowed a Rampage Origin Pill that dramatically increased his power, leaving the fight uncertain.

• Lin Dong revealed his Earth Origin Realm cultivation, and Lin Yan immediately revealed that he had reached the same level.
• Lin Yan and Lin Dong joined forces against Lei Li, using Eight Desolations Palm to overpower his Spirit Snake Palm.
• Lei Bao reassured Xie Qian that Lei Li had backup measures prepared, even as Lin Yan and Lin Dong continued driving Lei Li back.
• Lin Yan and Lin Dong struck Lei Li down with their palms, but Lei Li swallowed a black pill that erased his visible injuries and greatly boosted his Origin Power.
• Uncle Luo identified the pill as a Rampage Origin Pill and warned Lin Yan to be careful.

Lei Li used a Rampage Origin Pill to reach the middle stage of the Earth Origin Realm, turning the arena match against the Lin Family Double Heroes in his favor. As the Lin Family swallowed the insult, Lin Yan told Lin Dong to leave Lei Li to him.

• Lei Li rose after his apparent defeat and used a Rampage Origin Pill to boost his strength to the middle stage of the Earth Origin Realm.
• Lin Zhentian accused Lei Bao of using a dishonorable tactic, but Lei Bao defended the pill and threatened war if the Lin Family broke their agreement.
• Xie Qian stood with Lei Bao, while Lin Ken urged Lin Zhentian not to give the Lei Family an excuse to attack.
• Lin Zhentian accepted that the Lin Family had to rely on Lin Yan and Lin Dong, while Lei Bao privately resolved to remove the Lin Family from Qingyang Town.
• Lin Dong realized he could not match Lei Li's new strength, and Lin Yan asked him to step aside and let him handle the fight.

Lin Yan stayed in the arena to face Lei Li alone and revealed that he had reached the mid Earth Origin Realm. After Lin Yan defeated Lei Li’s Thunderbolt Light with the Fire Departure Skill, Lei Li threw a Thunder Fire Pearl at him, but Uncle Luo told Lin Yan that the Refining Demon Pearl could handle it.

• Lin Dong left the arena, and Lin Yan faced Lei Li alone as the Lei Family youth attacked with Thunderstorm Strike.
• Lin Yan blocked Lei Li’s assault with Stone Crushing Fist and Eight Desolations Palm, revealing his mid Earth Origin Realm cultivation.
• Lei Li unleashed the fourth-grade Thunderbolt Light, but Lin Yan’s enhanced Fire Departure Skill struck him down.
• Lei Li threw a Thunder Fire Pearl at Lin Yan after his defeat, prompting alarm from the crowd and the Lin Family.
• Uncle Luo told Lin Yan that the Refining Demon Pearl could deal with the Thunder Fire Pearl.

Lin Yan survived Lei Li’s Thunder Fire Pearl attack, shocking the arena and stopping the Lin and Lei families from immediately coming to blows. He emerged from the ruins nearly unharmed, having relied on the Refining Demon Pearl to absorb most of the explosion’s power.

• Lei Li’s Thunder Fire Pearl exploded, destroying the arena and leaving everyone convinced Lin Yan had died.
• Lin Zhentian attacked Lei Li, but Lei Bao intervened and blocked him as the two family leaders clashed.
• Lei Bao offered Ironwood Manor as compensation, but Lin Zhentian rejected the proposal as an insult to the Lin Family.
• A cracking sound came from the ruins, and the crowd watched as Lin Yan emerged alive and nearly unharmed.
• Lin Yan realized the Refining Demon Pearl had absorbed most of the Thunder Fire Pearl’s explosive force.

Lin Yan survived Lei Li’s Thunder Fire Pearl and won the match, making him Qingyang Town’s foremost young genius. The Lei Family withdrew, but Lei Bao and Lin Yan both left with plans to destroy their rivals.

• Lin Yan emerged unharmed from the explosion, though the Refining Demon Pearl had drained most of his origin power.
• Lin Yan chose not to kill Lei Li, deciding that doing so could trigger an early war between the Lin and Lei Families.
• The referee declared Lin Yan the winner, and Lin Zhentian demanded that the Lei Family hand over Ironwood Manor within half a month.
• Lei Bao slapped a Lei Family member for provoking Lin Zhentian, then left the arena with Lei Li and the rest of his family.
• Lin Yan vowed to destroy the Lei Family, while Luo Cheng congratulated Lin Zhentian on having him as an asset.

After the hunting contest, Lin Yan learned from Uncle Luo that his True God Body had likely been formed by the twenty-two Different Fires in his body and could qualify him for the Fire Yang Emperor’s inheritance. The chapter ended with Lin Yan beginning his cooperation with Uncle Luo by asking for two dozen martial arts manuals.

• The Lin Family celebrated Lin Yan’s victory over Lei Li, while the Lei Family’s loss of Ironwood Manor heightened fears of a future clash with the Lin Family.
• After the banquet, Lin Yan returned to his hut, where Uncle Luo revealed that he could temporarily leave the Refining Demon Pearl.
• Uncle Luo said Lin Dong also seemed to possess a great opportunity and identified Qingtan as having the Fiend Devil Body.
• Uncle Luo suspected Lin Yan’s True God Body had formed after birth from the flames within him and mentioned the Fire Yang Emperor’s inheritance as a possible opportunity.
• Lin Yan agreed to start cooperating with Uncle Luo and asked him for two dozen martial arts manuals.

Lin Yan trained with the Pure Origin Finger and began cultivating the Yang Flame Art, opening its first meridian in a day with the help of Fire Force. After Uncle Luo revealed that Lin Yan’s Fire Python Tiger cub had a mutated bloodline and offered it the Thunder Fire Giant Tiger’s bloodline, Lin Yan considered giving it a Nine Dragons Thunder Flame Fire seed.

• Lin Yan shattered three wooden dummies with the Pure Origin Finger and reviewed the Yang Flame Art Uncle Luo had given him.
• Lin Yan used Fire Force to open the Yang Flame Art’s first meridian in less than a day, greatly increasing his absorption of Yuan Power.
• Lin Yan called his Fire Python Tiger cub to him, and Uncle Luo identified a trace of mutated bloodline in it.
• Uncle Luo revealed that the Refining Demon Pearl had refined the Thunder Fire Giant Tiger’s bloodline from the Thunder Fire Pearl’s explosion.
• Lin Yan grew excited about strengthening the cub with the Thunder Fire Giant Tiger’s bloodline and considered giving it a Nine Dragons Thunder Flame Fire seed.

Lin Yan revealed his collection of twenty-two Different Fire Seeds to Uncle Luo and offered the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame Fire to the Fire Python Tiger cub. After Uncle Luo disclosed that powerful enemies were hunting him, Lin Yan accepted the danger and committed to helping him return to the Southern Xuan Region.

• Lin Yan explained his plan to lend Different Fire Seeds to trusted subordinates and showed Uncle Luo the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame Fire.
• Lin Yan revealed the twenty-two Different Fire Seeds hidden in his Soul Space, and Uncle Luo inferred that they came from beyond their world.
• Uncle Luo warned Lin Yan that enemies in the Southern Xuan Region hunted him, but Lin Yan agreed to face them one at a time.
• Uncle Luo recounted how allied sects and schools had destroyed his body, forcing his divine soul to flee into the Refining Demon Pearl.
• Lin Yan nodded to Uncle Luo's suggestion that the Thunder Fire Giant Tiger bloodline and the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame Fire should be given to the Fire Python Tiger cub, and Uncle Luo agreed to help create an unprecedented Thunder Fire Giant Tiger.

After a month and a half of training, Lin Yan had reached the late stage of the Earth Origin Realm, while Little Thunder began awakening the Thunder Fire Giant Tiger bloodline. When the Lei Family stalled the Ironwood Manor handover, Lin Yan and Lin Dong agreed to travel there with Lin Xiao the next morning.

• Lin Yan trained in the woods, opening sixteen meridians and advancing to the late stage of the Earth Origin Realm.
• Little Thunder showed signs of awakening the ancient Thunder Fire Giant Tiger bloodline after absorbing the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame Fire.
• Qingtan told Lin Yan that Lin Xiao had returned and wanted to see him.
• Lin Xiao explained that the Lei Family had delayed handing over Ironwood Manor, and Lin Yan volunteered to investigate.
• Lin Dong offered to go with Lin Yan, and Lin Xiao told them to gather at the family gates the next morning.

Lin Yan and the Lin Family traveled to Ironwood Manor to claim it from the Lei Family, but discovered the Lei Family had ruined the ironwood forest and prepared for a confrontation. Lin Yan sent for Lin Xiao’s group and declared that he would deal with the Lei Family’s late Earth Origin Realm expert, Lei Kun.

• Lin Xiao and Lin Ken led the Lin Family party, with Lin Yan and Lin Dong riding Little Thunder and Little Flame, from Qingyang Town toward Ironwood Manor.
• At the manor gates, Lin Xiao demanded the Lei Family hand over the estate, while Lei Nuo and Lei Ying tried to delay the transfer for five more days.
• Lin Yan suspected the Lei Family was hiding something and took Lin Dong, Qin Ying, and two others into the manor to investigate.
• The group found the ironwood forest ruined by foul medicinal liquid, and Lin Yan said the forest could still be saved.
• Qin Ying warned that Lei Kun, a late Earth Origin Realm expert, and more than ten Lei Family experts were inside the manor, but Lin Yan said he would handle Lei Kun.

Lin Yan and Lin Dong confronted the Lei Family Guards at Ironwood Manor, where Lin Yan revealed his late Earth Origin Realm strength and defeated Lei Kun and Lei Shan. The fight left both Lei Family leaders gravely wounded as Lin Yan vowed that neither would leave.

• Qin Ying fired a signal flare, alerting the Lei Family Guards, and Little Thunder and Little Flame charged at them.
• Lin Yan emerged and knocked Dai En and Sixth back with one punch, then faced Lei Kun while Lin Dong took on the other guards.
• Lin Yan and Lei Kun exchanged blows, and Lin Yan wounded Lei Kun with the Pure Origin Finger.
• Lei Shan arrived to confront Lin Yan, but Lin Yan pierced his chest with another finger strike and sent him flying.