Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen waited in a cave near the Lin Family back mountain while Lin Mang and his son fled under pursuit, then used an Innate Yin Bead to break through to the Earthly Yuan Stage. After reaching the new stage, he killed three Scorpion Tigers with a single sword slash.

• Lin Mang and his son escaped toward the mountains while black-clothed Heavenly Yuan Stage experts obstructed Lin Zhentian and the others.
• Lin Chen occupied a Demonic Beast lair in the back mountain forest and prepared to break through before Lin Mang and his son arrived.
• Lin Chen used the Ancestral Stone to refine Innate Yin Sha Qi into Innate Yin Beads, then swallowed one and fused its energy with his Yuan Power.
• Lin Chen absorbed Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi and successfully formed ice-blue origin power, breaking through to the Earthly Yuan Stage.
• Three Scorpion Tigers approached the cave, and Lin Chen killed all three with one slash of the Green Lotus Sword.

Lin Mang and Lin Hong escaped the Lin Family pursuit after Lin Zhentian’s attack left Lin Mang badly injured and weakened. As they fled toward the Boundless Mountain Range, Lin Chen appeared alone to block their path, revealing that he had been waiting for them.

• Lin Zhentian blasted through the disguised Heavenly Yuan Stage experts and struck Lin Mang and Lin Hong with a powerful palm, sending them crashing into the ground.
• Lin Mang survived by shielding Lin Hong, but his strength fell to the Earthly Yuan Stage as the pair fled into the forest toward the Boundless Mountain Range.
• Lin Zhentian ordered Lin Xiao and Lin Ken to keep searching for Lin Mang and his son, alive or dead.
• Lin Mang and Lin Hong encountered Lin Chen, who said he had been waiting for them and invited them to seek revenge.
• Lin Mang and Lin Hong demanded to know how Lin Chen knew they would flee that way.

Lin Chen ambushed Lin Mang and Lin Hong in the forest, killing them both with the Green Lotus Sword after revealing his Earthly Yuan Stage strength. Lin Zhentian, Lin Xiao, and Lin Ken later found traces of the fight but mistakenly concluded that Lin Mang and his son had fled after fighting a Demonic Beast.

• Lin Hong charged Lin Chen with his spear, but Lin Chen cut the weapon in half and killed him with a thrust to the brow.
• Lin Mang discovered that Lin Chen had reached the Earthly Yuan Stage and attacked him with the Yin Han Saber and Yang Gang Saber.
• Lin Chen dodged Lin Mang’s attacks and killed him with the Throat Slitting Sword, then left after clearing some traces of the battle.
• Lin Zhentian, Lin Xiao, and Lin Ken arrived and found signs of a fight in the clearing.
• Lin Zhentian and the others mistook the blood and battle marks for evidence that Lin Mang and Lin Hong had fought a Demonic Beast before fleeing, and they returned home believing the pair were likely gone.

After killing Lin Mang and his son, Lin Chen received a White Tiger Cub from the system and began raising it. The Lin Family settled down, and Lin Chen, Lin Xia, and Lin Dong visited the Martial Arts Pavilion, where Lin Chen found a fragment of the Third-grade Qi Men Seal.

• Lin Chen signed in after killing Lin Mang and his son and received a White Tiger Cub.
• Lin Chen fed the cub diluted Spirit Liquid and settled it inside the Small World in his Azure Dragon Ring.
• The Lin Family transferred Lin Mang's financial authority to Lin Xiao and rewarded Lin Chen and the other Clan Tournament first-place winners with Fire Blood Ganoderma and access to the Martial Arts Pavilion.
• Lin Chen, Lin Xia, and Lin Dong entered the Martial Arts Pavilion to choose martial arts, and Lin Xia reminded Lin Dong that Third-grade Martial Arts were difficult for Body Tempering cultivators.
• Lin Chen examined the Nine Thunder Sword, then picked up a pale-black manual identified as the fragment of the Third-grade Qi Men Seal.

Lin Chen and Lin Dong selected Third-grade Martial Arts while Lin Xia warned them to focus on cultivation before the Qingyang Town Hunting Event. Back in their room, Lin Chen urged Lin Dong to cultivate only one martial art for now and asked whether he dared to try the incomplete Qi Men Seal.

• Lin Chen took the Qi Men Seal and Nine Thunder Sword, while Lin Xia advised him that the incomplete seal was weaker than complete Third-grade Martial Arts.
• Lin Xia declined to take a Third-grade Martial Art and warned Lin Dong to focus on cultivation and prepare for the Hunting Event.
• Lin Xia described the strength of Lei Li and Xie Yingying and reminded Lin Chen and Lin Dong that Wu Yun could be an ally.
• Lin Xia selected several lower Second-grade Martial Arts for herself, and Lin Chen and Lin Dong left with the Third-grade manuals.
• Lin Chen told Lin Dong to focus on cultivating one Third-grade Martial Art and asked if he dared to cultivate the incomplete Qi Men Seal.

Lin Chen and Lin Dong cultivated the Qi Men Seal with the Ancestral Stone’s help, and Lin Dong finally mastered its first layer after reaching Body Tempering Stage Eight. The chapter left Lin Dong stunned when Qing Tan revealed that she had also reached Body Tempering Stage Eight despite cultivating only sporadically.

• Lin Chen explained that the Ancestral Stone might complete the incomplete Qi Men Seal, then showed Lin Dong its hand seals and urged him to learn it for the Qingyang Town Hunting Event.
• Lin Chen mastered the Qi Men Seal’s first layer in a month and its second layer a few days later, while Lin Dong continued practicing.
• Two months later, Lin Dong mastered the first layer of the Qi Men Seal and reached Body Tempering Stage Eight.
• Lin Dong told Lin Chen about his progress, and Lin Chen encouraged him to cultivate the second layer.
• Qing Tan arrived and showed Lin Dong that she had reached Body Tempering Stage Eight, leaving him shocked by her rapid progress.

Qing Tan asked Lin Chen and Lin Dong to take her to the Trading Fair, and Lin Chen agreed after hearing Lin Xia was there. At the fair, Lin Chen found Xie Ting bullying Lin Xia and struck her down when the Xie Family juniors prepared to attack.

• Qing Tan revealed she had reached Body Tempering Stage Eight and asked to visit the Trading Fair with Lin Chen and Lin Dong.
• Lin Chen agreed to take Qing Tan and Lin Dong to the Trading Fair to meet Lin Xia and look for cultivation resources.
• Lin Chen learned that Xie Ting had slapped Lin Xia and was trying to seize the Fox Crystal Chain Lin Xia had chosen for Qing Tan.
• Xie Ting ordered the Xie Family juniors to attack Lin Xia and the other Lin Family youths.
• Lin Chen stopped the groups with sword qi, slapped Xie Ting into a stone, and warned her not to touch his people.

Lin Chen and Lin Dong arrived at Gravel Square and rescued Lin Xia from Xie Ting and the Xie Family juniors. Lin Dong defeated the Xie Family group, leaving Xie Ting and the others injured as Lin Chen reaffirmed that the Lin Family would punish anyone who attacked them.

• Lin Chen and Qing Tan reached Lin Xia after hearing her argument with Xie Ting, and Lin Chen noticed the mark on Lin Xia’s cheek.
• Xie Ting ordered Xie Zhen to attack Lin Chen, but Lin Chen sent Lin Dong to face him instead.
• Lin Dong defeated Xie Zhen and knocked down another Xie Family junior who tried to sneak-attack him.
• Lin Chen urged Lin Dong to continue, and Lin Dong beat the remaining Xie Family juniors and struck Xie Ting down.
• Lin Xia thanked Lin Chen and Lin Dong, and Lin Chen said the Lin Family would punish anyone who attacked them.

Lin Chen confronted Xie Yingying and Lei Li after Lin Dong defeated the Xie Family juniors. He swiftly disabled Lei Li’s Yuan Power and held his wooden sword to Lei Li’s throat, forcing him to admit defeat.

• Xie Yingying arrived and challenged Lin Chen over the injured Xie Family juniors, while Lin Chen exposed that she had watched the fight from upstairs without intervening.
• Lei Li leaped down and offered to handle Lin Chen, drawing attention to Xie Yingying’s earlier claim that she had just arrived.
• Lin Chen stepped forward to confront Lei Li and mocked him for making Xie Yingying’s excuses look false.
• Lei Li charged Lin Chen with a Yuan Power-enhanced fist, but Lin Chen tapped him with his wooden sword and disrupted his ability to use Yuan Power.
• Lin Chen pressed the sword’s tip to Lei Li’s throat, and Lei Li, fearing for his life, admitted defeat.

Lin Chen defeated Lei Li and demanded compensation from Xie Yingying before letting them leave. After Lei Li attacked him again and was struck down, Lin Chen demanded further payment, leaving Xie Yingying furious but resigned to pay.

• Lin Chen kept Lei Li subdued despite Wu Yun asking him to spare him, and demanded compensation for the harm Lei Li and Xie Ting had caused.
• Xie Yingying handed over a Storage Bag, which Wu Yun checked and confirmed contained valuable medicines, weapons, and a martial art.
• After Lin Chen withdrew his wooden sword, Lei Li tried to attack him and reclaim the Storage Bag, but Lin Chen blasted him away with Eight Desolations Palm.
• Xie Yingying accused Lin Chen of going back on their agreement, but he said Lei Li’s sneak attack required separate compensation.
• Wu Yun mocked Xie Yingying and reminded her that Lei Li was her fiancé, and she angrily agreed to pay again.

Lin Chen ended the confrontation at the Trading Fair after Lei Li and Xie Yingying surrendered their Storage Bags, then examined his spoils and began preparing for the Qingyang Town Hunting Event. He discovered two Fourth-grade Spiritual Medicine Plants and planted them inside the Azure Dragon Ring, while the White Tiger Cub remained in his care.

• Wang Jin intervened to end the conflict, and Lin Chen accepted the Storage Bags before warning Lei Li and Xie Yingying not to provoke the Lin Family again.
• After the crowd dispersed, Lei Li blamed Lin Chen's wooden sword for sealing his meridians and planned to prepare protective armor for the Hunting Event, while Xie Yingying worried about the cost of rescuing him.
• Lin Chen and the Lin Family juniors returned from the Trading Fair with their spoils and began secluded cultivation for the upcoming Qingyang Town Hunting Event.
• Lin Chen found the Third-grade Martial Art Thunderclap Sword, weapons, medicines, and two nearly fruiting Fourth-grade Spiritual Medicine Plants among the items he had taken.
• Lin Chen transplanted the Spiritual Medicine Plants into the Azure Dragon Ring, supplied them with red Spirit Liquid, adjusted the flow of time, and fed the White Tiger Cub.

The Qingyang Town Hunting Event began, and Lin Chen's group prepared to compete in the dangerous forest for a place among the ten finalists. The Lin Family's rivals Lei Li and Xie Ting threatened or resented Lin Chen, setting up further conflict as the contestants entered the hunt.

• Lin Xiao explained that contestants had to collect ten Identity Tokens while surviving beasts and rival participants to reach the Grand Stage.
• Lin Xia warned Lin Chen that Lei Li and Xie Yingying would target the Lin Family over their losses at the Trading Fair.
• Lin Zhentian traded barbs with Lei Bao after learning Lei Li had reached the Earthly Yuan Stage, and he insisted Lin Chen could defeat him again.
• Lei Li threatened Lin Chen and vowed to take back the two Storage Bags, but Lin Chen mocked him for begging at the Trading Fair.
• Xie Ting glared at Lin Chen, flinched when he raised his fist, and stormed off after remembering her humiliating defeats, including the one Qing Tan had dealt her.

The Qingyang Town Hunting Event began after the Lin Family strengthened its alliance with Mad Saber Martial Hall. Lin Chen entered Beast Horn Arena and discovered three contestants hiding in ambush, then demanded their Identity Tokens.

• Luo Cheng greeted Lin Zhentian and praised Lin Chen, then told Wu Yun to cultivate alongside Lin Chen.
• Lei Bao announced that contestants needed ten Identity Tokens to qualify for the final matches and sent them into Beast Horn Arena.
• Lin Chen entered the forest to look for Lin Dong and Lin Xia, aware that rival families might use the hunt to kill him.
• Lin Chen sensed an ambush, silently approached three youths, and told them to hand over their Identity Tokens.

Lin Chen joined Wu Yun and Mu Lingsha to stop the Lei and Xie families from claiming three Fire Python Tiger Cubs. As the injured mother Fire Python Tiger stood guard over them, Lin Chen proposed treating it instead of waiting for it to die.

• Lin Chen seized three Identity Tokens from youths who had tried to ambush him, bringing his total to nine.
• Mu Lingsha and Wu Yun met Lin Chen and told him that Lin Dong and Lin Xia were ahead, along with a gravely injured Fire Python Tiger and its three cubs.
• Wu Yun explained that the Lei and Xie families wanted the cubs, which could eventually give their rivals a powerful advantage in Qingyang Town.
• Lin Chen agreed that the cubs must not fall into the Lei or Xie families' hands, and the group headed toward the Fire Python Tiger.
• Lin Chen and Wu Yun found Lei Li and Xie Yingying waiting for the wounded beast to die, and Lin Chen suggested treating it.

Lin Chen persuaded Wu Yun to help him approach the wounded Heavenly Yuan Stage Fire Python Tiger, intending to stop its bleeding and take it back with the cubs. The group prepared to move, with Lin Chen charging toward the beast first.

• Wu Yun panicked when Lin Chen said he planned to treat the Fire Python Tiger, but Lin Chen explained he only meant to stop its bleeding while it was too weak to attack.
• Lin Chen told Wu Yun he wanted to keep the Fire Python Tiger alive so its cubs could survive and so it might become a guardian beast for the Lin Family.
• Wu Yun agreed to the plan and told Mu Lingsha to cover them while they took the cubs.
• Lin Chen considered using the Fire Python Tiger as a wet nurse for his White Tiger Cub and as protection against the Lei Family and the Xie Family.
• Lin Chen shouted for the group to move and charged toward the wounded Fire Python Tiger.

Lin Dong blocked Lei Li and Xie Yingying, revealing that he had reached the Earthly Yuan Stage, while Lin Chen secretly helped the wounded Fire Python Tiger escape with the promise to protect her cubs. The Fire Python Tiger fled toward the Endless Mountain Range, leaving her cubs with Lin Chen until dusk.

• Lin Dong confronted Lei Li and stopped his attack, revealing that he had reached the Earthly Yuan Stage.
• Lin Dong taunted Xie Yingying by crediting her stolen spirit medicines for his rapid breakthrough.
• Lin Chen gave the wounded Fire Python Tiger two Blood-Stopping Pills and told her to flee while he guarded her cubs.
• The Fire Python Tiger swallowed the pills, recovered enough to move, and ran toward the Endless Mountain Range after Lin Chen urged her to go.

Lin Chen secretly arranged for the Fire Python Tiger to draw the Lei and Xie families away while Wu Yun carried off its three cubs. He hid the cubs in the Azure Dragon Ring and prepared to rejoin the pursuit so no one would suspect them.

• The wounded Fire Python Tiger fled, and Lei Li mistakenly believed it had taken its three cubs with it, so he led the Lei and Xie families into the forest to chase it.
• Lin Chen took Lin Dong to meet Wu Yun, who revealed that he had carried the cubs away while Mu Lingsha watched without noticing anything unusual.
• Lin Chen persuaded Wu Yun and Mu Lingsha to keep the cubs' whereabouts secret and promised he could safely hide them until the Hunting Activity ended.
• Lin Chen told the others to catch up with Lei Li's group and find a chance to release the Fire Python Tiger, then used the Azure Dragon Ring to conceal the three cubs.
• The White Tiger Cub in the ring's Small World pawed at the newly arrived cubs and fell asleep beside them, leaving Lin Chen thinking it still needed a wet nurse.

After the Fire Python Tiger fled into the Boundless Mountain Range, Lei Li, Xie Yingying, Lin Chen, and Wu Yun debated where its three cubs might be and turned back toward the Grand Stage. There, Lin Zhentian and Luo Cheng discussed strengthening their alliance before Lei Bao reacted in shock to news of the Fire Python Tiger.

• The Fire Python Tiger escaped into the Boundless Mountain Range, and Lei Li ordered the Lei and Xie families to search nearby for its three cubs.
• Xie Yingying reasoned that the cubs might still be hidden nearby, while Lei Li considered asking his father and others to search the mountain range if they were not found.
• Lin Chen and Wu Yun arrived, complained that the Fire Python Tiger had escaped, and agreed to report the cubs to their family elders and have Lin Zhentian hunt the beast.
• Lei Li and Lin Chen both urged the others to return to the Grand Stage, where their groups had already earned enough Identity Tokens to qualify for the finals.
• Lin Zhentian and Luo Cheng discussed drawing their families closer together, then Lin Zhentian asked Lin Chen and Lin Dong about their trip.
• Lin Chen began to explain what had happened, but Lei Bao suddenly exclaimed in shock about a Fire Python Tiger.

The factions searched for the Fire Python Tiger Cubs but returned empty-handed, believing the Heavenly Yuan Stage beast had taken them into the Boundless Mountain Range. Lei Bao then changed the tournament rules after learning Lin Dong had reached the Earthly Yuan Stage, while Lin Chen secretly arranged to divide the hidden cubs with Wu Yun and Mu Lingsha after the event.

• Lin Chen told Lin Zhentian that the Fire Python Tiger had fled and the cubs’ whereabouts were unknown, concealing that they were safe with his group.
• Lin Zhentian, Luo Cheng, Lei Bao, and Xie Qian searched the Beast Horn Arena forest and the Boundless Mountain Range but found no cubs.
• Lei Bao resumed the Hunting Activity and sent Lei Li and Lin Dong directly into the Final Four Tournament because they had reached the Earthly Yuan Stage.
• Lin Dong confirmed his breakthrough to Lin Zhentian and Lin Xiao, who celebrated and warned their family to prepare for conflict with the Lei and Xie families.
• Lin Chen silently asked Wu Yun to bring Mu Lingsha to the Lin Family after the event so they could divide the Fire Python Tiger Cubs.

Lin Zhentian and Luo Cheng challenged Lei Bao’s match arrangement after Lin Chen was set to face Lin Dong and Wu Yun was slated to fight the stronger Lei Li. They proposed a duel to decide the Hunting Activity’s champion, and Luo Cheng backed Lin Zhentian’s plan.

• Lei Bao announced that Lin Chen would face Lin Dong in the Final Four, prompting objections from the Lin Family and Mad Saber Martial Hall.
• Lin Chen suggested using the dispute to demand Ironwood Manor, and Lin Zhentian agreed to press Lei Bao over the draw.
• Lin Zhentian and Luo Cheng jointly accused Lei Bao of arranging the matches unfairly, while Luo Cheng threatened to call off the Hunting Activity.
• Luo Cheng demanded either a supervised redraw or compensation, and Lin Zhentian proposed that one fighter from each side duel for the championship.
• Lei Bao tried to drive a wedge between the Lin Family and Mad Saber Martial Hall, but Luo Cheng declared his support for Lin Zhentian.