Chapter Summaries

Lin Tianci, a transmigrator in the Lin Family, attended a Fist Technique Test with his sister Lin Xia and spotted his cousin Lin Dong, the future Martial Ancestor. The Tenfold Return System activated and bound itself to Lin Dong, promising Lin Tianci multiplied returns from Lin Dong’s cultivation and opportunities.

• Lin Tianci practiced the Throughback Fist and reflected on his limited cultivation talent compared with Lin Xia and Lin Dong.
• Lin Xia found Lin Tianci and hurried him to the Lin Family’s Fist Technique Test.
• Lin Tianci and Lin Xia arrived at the crowded Trial Hall, where the family’s younger generation had gathered.
• Lin Tianci spotted Lin Dong warming up alone at the back of the crowd.
• The Tenfold Return System activated after detecting Lin Dong and explained that it would return his cultivation and opportunities to Lin Tianci multiplied.

Lin Tianci bound Lin Dong through the system and gained a hundredfold return of Lin Dong’s aptitude, which immediately improved his understanding of cultivation. As the Lin Family’s Minor Test began, Lin Tianci resolved to prove his talent, and Lin Hu stepped onto the Trial stage as the first contestant.

• Lin Tianci bound Lin Dong, and Lin Dong sensed a mysterious connection but dismissed it as nervousness about the test.
• The system returned Lin Dong’s aptitude to Lin Tianci a hundredfold, allowing him to resolve the difficult points in his Throughback Fist practice.
• Lin Xia noticed Lin Tianci acting strangely, while Lin Zhentian told him he would take over the family business after the Clan Competition because his talent had not emerged.
• Lin Tianci told Lin Xia he would shock everyone at the Minor Test and the upcoming Clan Competition.
• Lin Zhentian announced that outstanding contestants would receive two Third-Grade Spirit Medicines, and Lin Ken began the test by having participants draw lots.
• Lin Tianci drew number nine, and Lin Hu stepped onto the Trial stage.

The Lin Family juniors demonstrated their martial skills before the elders, with Lin Xia and Lin Hong showcasing their Throughback Fist. Lin Dong surprised everyone with six rings after only ten days of practice, and Lin Tianci was called up next.

• Lin Hu performed Falling Stone Fist, and Lin Zhentian praised his progress after twenty-eight days of practice.
• Lin Xia performed Throughback Fist and produced five rings, impressing the elders and juniors.
• Lin Hong performed Throughback Fist, produced six rings, and claimed he would lead the juniors and restore the Lin Family's honor.
• Lin Dong performed Throughback Fist and produced six rings after about ten days of practice, earning Lin Zhentian and Lin Ken's praise.
• Lin Hong glared resentfully at Lin Dong after losing the hall's attention, and Lin Tianci took the stage next.

Lin Tianci stunned the Lin Family during the Fist Technique Mini-Test by completing all nine stances of the Throughback Fist with nine resonant rings, despite his previously poor reputation. He left the gathering with the family’s approval and a supply of Third-Grade Spirit Medicine, while Lin Zhentian and Lin Ken speculated about his sudden improvement.

• Lin Tianci performed the Throughback Fist smoothly, prompting Lin Zhentian and the others to watch with growing anticipation.
• Lin Tianci completed all nine stances and produced nine rings, withholding a tenth ring that would have revealed even greater power.
• Lin Zhentian praised Lin Tianci, and Lin Ken revealed that he had produced only two rings the previous day.
• Lin Tianci claimed that reaching his physical limit while practicing in the mountains had awakened his potential, and Lin Zhentian suggested he might have a special constitution.
• Lin Zhentian awarded Lin Tianci, Lin Xia, Lin Hong, and Lin Dong Third-Grade Spirit Medicine.

After winning the Fist Technique Mini-Test, Lin Tianci received a system reward and challenged Lin Dong to compete for first place in the Clan Competition. Lin Dong and Lin Hong accepted the challenge, setting up a rivalry for the competition fifteen days later.

• Lin Zhentian awarded Lin Tianci and three others two stalks of Third-Grade Spirit Medicine each, and the system gave Lin Tianci a Body Cultivation Pill in return for Lin Dong's medicine.
• Lin Zhentian reminded the juniors that the Clan Competition was fifteen days away, and Lin Ken announced that the top three would enter the Martial Arts Hall to select Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills.
• Lin Hong pointed out that the Clan Competition depended on cultivation, and Lin Tianci countered that cultivation alone was not enough without skill in fist techniques and Martial Skills.
• Lin Tianci declared that he would claim first place and invited Lin Dong to challenge him, prompting Lin Dong to vow to compete for the top spot.
• Lin Hong also declared that he would fight for first place, and Lin Tianci was pleased that the rivalry had taken hold.

After winning the Fist Technique Mini-Test, Lin Tianci prepared for the Clan Competition and used his system-rewarded Body Cultivation Pill to rapidly increase his strength. He finished the chapter at the Body Tempering Ninth Layer, ready to surprise the Lin Family further.

• Lin Ken urged Lin Tianci to guard against arrogance and cultivate diligently before the Clan Competition, and Lin Tianci promised to work hard.
• Lin Zhentian praised Lin Tianci's Throughback Fist performance and predicted that he and Lin Dong would bring the family more surprises.
• Lin Tianci went to his secluded clearing in the Back Mountain and took the Body Cultivation Pill.
• The pill released pure Yuan Qi, and Lin Tianci broke through five realms to reach the Body Tempering Ninth Layer with a stable foundation.

Lin Tianci reveled in reaching the Body Tempering Ninth Layer and expected to win the Clan Competition, while Lin Dong trained in the Stone Pool to surpass him. On his way home, Lin Tianci found Lin Hu and Lin Shan pressuring Lin Qingtan to surrender an Ice Spirit Fruit, and he stepped in just as she was about to hand it over.

• Lin Tianci tested his new strength, destroyed a tree with a punch, and predicted that the Ten Echo Throughback Fist would secure his victory in the Clan Competition.
• Lin Dong reached the hidden Stone Pool, vowed to beat Lin Tianci fairly, and began cultivating.
• Lin Tianci headed home and heard a quarrel near the forest entrance.
• Lin Tianci recognized Lin Qingtan holding an Ice Spirit Fruit while Lin Hu and Lin Shan claimed she had taken it from them.
• Lin Shan threatened that Lin Dong might lose his place in the Clan Competition, and Lin Qingtan reluctantly offered Lin Hu the fruit.
• Lin Tianci asked Lin Qingtan if the others were bullying her.

Lin Tianci intervened when Lin Hu and Lin Shan tried to take Lin Qingtan’s Ice Spirit Fruit, then used his strength to drive them off and promise to protect her. Lin Qingtan accepted him as someone she could rely on alongside her brother Lin Dong.

• Lin Tianci arrived as Lin Hu accused Lin Qingtan of taking the Ice Spirit Fruit, and he promised to hear her side and uphold justice.
• Lin Qingtan offered to give up the fruit, but Lin Tianci told Lin Hu to leave and condemned him for bullying someone weaker.
• Lin Hu and Lin Shan challenged Lin Tianci, so he struck Lin Hu with a palm and sent him crashing into a tree.
• Lin Tianci warned the youths not to bully Lin Qingtan or the weak, and they nodded under his gaze.
• Lin Tianci promised to protect Lin Qingtan whenever she faced trouble, and she accepted his support.

Lin Tianci drove off Lin Hu and his companions, then gave Lin Xia his two Third-Grade Spirit Medicines before they headed home. As the Clan Competition approached, Lin Zhentian defended Lin Tianci’s actions, Lin Hong revealed his breakthrough to the Body Tempering Seventh Layer, and Lin Dong vowed to claim first place while concealing the Stone Talisman in his palm.

• Lin Tianci warned Lin Hu and the others to leave, then reassured Lin Qingtan that he would protect her from future bullying.
• Lin Xia emerged from hiding, praised Lin Tianci’s strength, and walked home with him.
• Lin Tianci gave Lin Xia his two Third-Grade Spirit Medicines to help her prepare for the Clan Competition.
• Lin Zhentian dismissed Lin Ken’s offer to discipline Lin Tianci and said Lin Hu and Lin Shan had deserved the correction.
• Lin Hong told Lin Mang that he had reached the Body Tempering Seventh Layer and vowed to defeat Lin Tianci and Lin Dong at the Clan Competition.
• Lin Dong promised Lin Xiao he would strive for first place as a black Stone Talisman flickered in his palm.

Lin Tianci used Jade Root Grass from the system to break through to the Body Tempering Twelfth Layer, while Lin Dong discovered the Stone Talisman’s connection to him. The chapter left Lin Tianci confident in his strength and Lin Dong beginning to explore the talisman’s abilities.

• Lin Ken praised Lin Tianci’s improved strength at dinner and urged Lin Xia to learn from her brother.
• The system rewarded Lin Tianci with Jade Root Grass after Lin Dong obtained Crimson Ginseng, and Lin Tianci swallowed it.
• Lin Tianci compressed his Yuan Power Seed and broke through three layers, reaching the Body Tempering Twelfth Layer and forming True Qi.
• Lin Tianci tested his strength with a punch that created a sonic boom.
• Lin Dong infused the Stone Talisman with Origin Energy, and it embedded itself in his palm, forming a mysterious connection with him.

Lin Tianci received the Chaos Ancestor Stone after Lin Dong obtained the Ancestor Stone, but found that absorbing its Power of Chaos was extremely slow. In the days before the Clan Competition, Lin Tianci discovered that weight-bearing training could modestly speed up absorption.

• Lin Dong entered the Stone Talisman's Mental Space and saw a projection perform the Throughback Fist with ten rings, realizing it matched Lin Tianci's suppressed performance.
• The system rewarded Lin Tianci with the Chaos Ancestor Stone after Lin Dong obtained the Ancestor Stone.
• Lin Tianci learned that he alone could absorb the stone's Power of Chaos to develop a Chaos Body, but struggled to absorb even a visible amount overnight.
• Lin Tianci bound the Chaos Ancestor Stone to himself with a drop of blood and stored it in his forehead.
• In the days before the Clan Competition, Lin Tianci found that weight-bearing training followed by circulating his cultivation technique slightly accelerated his absorption of the Power of Chaos.

Lin Tianci tested the strength he had gained by absorbing the Power of Chaos and ventured into the deep mountains, where he encountered Qing Tan searching for Fire Attribute Spirit Medicines. Their conversation left Lin Tianci suspecting she was preparing for another Cold Qi Outbreak.

• Lin Tianci absorbed the Power of Chaos until his physical strength could deliver a punch of sixty to seventy thousand jin, then headed deeper into the mountains to test himself.
• Lin Tianci killed a White Bone Wolf with one punch and took the First Grade Spirit Medicine it had guarded.
• Lin Tianci called out to Qing Tan, who had come into the mountains alone to find Fire Attribute Spirit Medicines for her ill father and struggling family.
• Lin Tianci learned why Qing Tan was searching for Fire Attribute Spirit Medicines and suspected she wanted them to suppress her approaching Cold Qi Outbreak.

Lin Tianci accompanied Qing Tan into the mountains to search for Fire Attribute Spirit Medicine and gave her one he had found earlier. They discovered an Illusion Flame Flower guarded by a Flame-Backed Turtle, which Lin Tianci killed with a single punch, leaving Qing Tan stunned.

• Lin Tianci gave Qing Tan a First Grade Fire Attribute Spirit Medicine, and she accepted it and asked him to accompany her into the mountains.
• Lin Tianci and Qing Tan searched deeper in the forest, marking immature Spirit Medicines and stopping by a stream to eat.
• Lin Tianci heard a beast nearby and found an adult Flame-Backed Turtle guarding a Second Grade Illusion Flame Flower.
• Qing Tan urged Lin Tianci to retreat, but the Flame-Backed Turtle charged at him and he pushed her out of danger.
• Lin Tianci punched through the Flame-Backed Turtle's shell and killed it, leaving Qing Tan frozen in shock before telling her to pick the flower.

Lin Tianci and Qing Tan returned from the mountains after gathering Spirit Medicine, but Qing Tan’s Cold Qi Outbreak began before they reached home. When medicine only calmed it temporarily, Lin Tianci kissed her and used the Stone of Chaos to absorb her Yin Sha Qi.

• Qing Tan gathered the Illusion Flame Flower after Lin Tianci killed a Flame-Backed Turtle with one punch, then decided she had enough Spirit Medicine to return.
• Qing Tan’s Cold Qi began erupting on the way back, and Lin Tianci carried her when she could no longer continue on her own.
• Qing Tan’s Yin Sha Qi erupted violently, so Lin Tianci gave her the Illusion Flame Flower and another Fire Attribute Spirit Medicine to temporarily suppress it.
• When the medicine’s effects ran out, Lin Tianci kissed Qing Tan and activated the Stone of Chaos to absorb the Yin Sha Qi from her body.

Lin Tianci absorbed the Yin Sha Qi erupting from Qing Tan, and their intimate encounter left her flustered as she fled. Back home, Qing Tan avoided telling Lin Dong what happened and found herself thinking about Lin Tianci instead.

• Lin Tianci absorbed all the Yin Sha Qi from Qing Tan, stopping her pain and strengthening himself.
• Qing Tan shyly thanked Lin Tianci, then fled after he told her to come to him if her Yin Sha Qi erupted again.
• Lin Tianci returned home smiling, but he dodged Lin Xia's questions about why he seemed so happy.
• Qing Tan returned home and avoided Lin Dong's hand and his questions about what was wrong.
• Lin Dong said he would focus on cultivation and win first place in the Clan Competition, while Qing Tan quietly thought Lin Tianci would have asked her more carefully what was wrong.

As the Lin Family Clan Competition approached, Lin Tianci lounged around while Lin Dong’s progress earned him cultivation and a martial art through the system. He broke through to the Half-step Yuan Realm and decided to wait until he had gathered enough Chaos Qi before advancing further.

• Lin Hu asked Lin Tianci for cultivation advice, and Lin Tianci answered his question before sending him off to practice.
• Lin Mang criticized Lin Tianci’s laziness, while Lin Ken urged Lin Xia to keep cultivating because Lin Dong and Lin Hong had both advanced.
• The system rewarded Lin Tianci with a hundred days of cultivation and the Fourth Grade Martial Art Limitless Eight Desolations Palm after Lin Dong made progress.
• Lin Tianci broke through to the Half-step Yuan Realm and planned to absorb Chaos Qi before entering the Yuan Realm.
• Lin Tianci examined the Limitless Eight Desolations Palm granted by the system.

Lin Tianci obtained and quickly mastered the Limitless Eight Desolations Palm, then tested its destructive power in the Back Mountain. Qing Tan brought him fruit, and Lin Tianci sensed her Yin Sha Qi had flared up before pulling her close and kissing her.

• Lin Tianci studied the Upper-Tier Fourth Grade Limitless Eight Desolations Palm and mastered it on his first attempt, destroying Black Iron Training Stones with its explosive palm wind.
• Lin Tianci went to the Back Mountain and unleashed the martial art at full strength, blasting craters into the ground as Lin Ken sensed his formidable aura and rushed toward him.
• Qing Tan arrived carrying washed fruit she had gathered for Lin Tianci, and he accepted her gift and praised its taste.
• Lin Tianci sensed that Qing Tan's Yin Sha Qi had flared up, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her until she struggled to breathe.

Lin Tianci and Qing Tan kept their secret relationship after sharing kisses, while Lin Ken searched the Back Mountain for a powerful aura and briefly wondered if it belonged to his son. On the day of the Clan Competition, Lin Tianci headed to the Family Trial Hall as Lin Dong and Lin Hong arrived confident in their training.

• Qing Tan asked Lin Tianci to keep their relationship secret, and they made a pinky promise before kissing again.
• Lin Tianci imagined pursuing the women of the Heavenly Profound Continent before Lin Ken arrived at the cultivation site searching for a powerful aura.
• Lin Tianci denied noticing anything unusual, and Lin Ken briefly suspected the aura might have been his son's before dismissing the idea.
• On the day of the Clan Competition, Lin Tianci set out for the Family Trial Hall with Lin Xia.
• Lin Dong and Lin Hong arrived confident after half a month of training, with both expecting to take first place.

Lin Tianci and Lin Xia arrived at the Lin Family Clan Competition, where Lin Zhentian publicly praised Lin Tianci's sudden talent and introduced him to distinguished guests. Lin Dong and Lin Hong grew competitive and resentful as the competition began.

• Lin Tianci reassured an anxious Lin Xia that arriving early would not affect the competition's outcome.
• Lin Tianci and Lin Xia reached the crowded Trial Hall, where Lin Tianci exchanged shy glances with Qing Tan.
• Lin Zhentian called Lin Tianci to sit beside him and introduced him to the distinguished guests.
• Lin Zhentian revealed that Lin Tianci had raised his Throughback Fist from the First Ring to the ninth ring in one day, impressing the guests.
• Lin Hong showed hostility toward Lin Tianci, while Lin Dong challenged him to perform well in the competition.
• Lin Zhentian and the others took their seats, and the Lin Family's Clan Competition began.

The Lin Family Clan Competition began, revealing Lin Tianci’s influence when Lin Hu defeated Lin Wei using the Falling Stone Fist Lin Tianci had taught him. Lin Dong advanced after unleashing the Nine-Resonance Back-Striking Fist, and the chapter ended as Lin Xia went to face Lin Hong.

• Lin Zhentian opened the Clan Competition, and the contestants drew lots to determine their matches.
• Lin Hu defeated Lin Wei with a powerful Falling Stone Fist, surprising the crowd and revealing that Lin Tianci had guided him.
• Lin Tianci and Lin Dong easily won their first-round matches, while Lin Tianci also advanced effortlessly in the second round.
• Lin Dong defeated Lin Yun after reaching the Nine-Resonance Back-Striking Fist.
• Lin Xia went to the arena for her match against Lin Hong.