Chapter Summaries

Lin Tianci subdued Wang Yuan, a Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace elder who had tried to steal Lin Dong’s Devouring Ancestral Symbol. Lin Tianci bound Wang Yuan’s life to the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar and ordered him to obey for two years, just as Lin Dong returned to check on him.

• Lin Dong decided to return with Little Flame and ask Lin Tianci whether Wang Yuan had come for the Devouring Ancestral Symbol or the Ancestor Stone.
• Wang Yuan warned Lin Tianci that Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace might investigate his death, then offered information about another Ancestral Symbol to bargain for his life.
• Lin Tianci said he did not need an Ancestral Symbol and planted the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar’s mark in Wang Yuan’s soul.
• Lin Tianci promised to remove the mark within two years if Wang Yuan obeyed him, and Wang Yuan accepted the deal.
• Lin Dong arrived and asked whether Lin Tianci was all right.

Lin Tianci stopped Wang Yuan from attacking Lin Dong and sent Lin Dong away with a martial art as compensation. Lin Dong learned that Wang Yuan belonged to the terrifying Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, leaving him wary of the powerful faction as he headed toward the approaching Clan Gathering.

• Lin Tianci warned Lin Dong to conceal the Devouring Ancestral Symbol's aura and said he planned to visit the Lin Clan for the Clan Gathering.
• At Lin Tianci's urging, Wang Yuan gave Lin Dong a jade slip containing the Supreme Purity Wandering Sky Steps.
• Lin Dong left and asked the Heavenly Demon Marten about Wang Yuan's background and the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
• The Heavenly Demon Marten identified the martial art as an incomplete fragment that could become a Creation Martial Art if perfected.
• The Heavenly Demon Marten said the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace dwarfed the Great Yan Dynasty and that Wang Yuan was ordinary by its standards, alarming Lin Dong.

Lin Tianci left Dahuang Prefecture and traveled toward Great Yan Prefecture to attend the Lin Clan's Clan Gathering, while Lin Dong resolved to grow stronger after learning how much danger Lin Tianci had shielded him from. Lin Tianci reached the outskirts of Great Yan Prefecture anticipating the gathering and thinking that the Lin Clan's arrogance and decay might soon bring about its fall.

• Lin Dong realized that Lin Tianci had protected him from Wang Yuan and vowed not to let his brother bear the pressure alone.
• Lin Tianci announced his departure for the Lin Clan's Clan Gathering, and the gathered sect leaders said they would meet him there.
• Wu Zong and Mu Lei discussed joining Lin Tianci, believing the gathering could bring a major upheaval in the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Lin Tianci traveled for half a month, cultivating on the way but making little progress toward another breakthrough.
• Lin Tianci arrived near Great Yan Prefecture and reflected on the Lin Clan's contempt for its Branch Families and its growing corruption.

Lin Tianci arrived in Great Yan Prefecture and headed for Lin City ahead of the Lin Clan’s Clan Gathering. Irritated that Branch Family members lacked invitations and faced a long queue, he bypassed the city’s formation and entered unnoticed.

• Lin Tianci decided to go to Lin City to find Lin Zhentian and the others.
• Lin Tianci reached Lin City, where crowds had gathered for the upcoming Lin Clan’s Clan Gathering.
• Lin Tianci saw the long entry queue and noted that he had no invitation to bypass it.
• Lin Tianci used the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar’s aura to erase part of the city-wall formation without setting off an alarm.
• Lin Tianci entered Lin City and left the guards to discover the damage.

Lin Tianci arrived in the city for the Lin Clan's Clan Gathering and found the shabby lodging assigned to the Branch Families. He reunited with Lin Zhentian and his family, then reassured Lin Xiao that Lin Dong was delayed but should arrive soon.

• Lin Tianci asked a Lin Clan guard where the Branch Families were staying and learned their lodging was in a remote area of thatched huts.
• Lin Tianci used his Mental Energy to locate his family and reunited with Lin Zhentian, who joyfully called everyone out to see him.
• Lin Tianci greeted Lin Ken, Lin Xia, and the other family members, praising the younger generation's improved strength.
• Lin Xiao asked whether Lin Dong had returned with Lin Tianci, and Lin Tianci explained that Lin Dong had been delayed and should arrive soon.

Lin Tianci reunited with Lin Zhentian and the Yan City Branch Family at their shabby lodging in Lin City, where he learned they had nowhere better to stay before the Clan Gathering. He assessed the younger generation, advised Lin Xia on breaking through, and gave the others martial arts and cultivation insights, leaving them excited enough to wake the elders.

• Lin Tianci objected to the thatched hut, but Lin Zhentian explained that the Lin Clan had booked nearly every inn in Lin City and encouraged him to focus on the upcoming Clan Gathering.
• Lin Tianci spent the day catching up with Lin Zhentian and the others, and Lin Xia and Lin Hong listened eagerly to his stories about his travels.
• Lin Tianci tested Lin Xia's strength, found her close to entering the Three Realms of Creation, and shared his insights on breaking through from the Great Perfection of the Yuan Core Stage.
• Lin Tianci gave Lin Xia, Lin Hong, Lin Hu, and the other juniors martial arts and a Nirvana Practitioner's insights from the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet.
• The juniors eagerly read their new manuals late into the night, prompting Lin Mang to appear and scold Lin Hong for making noise.

Lin Mang took Lin Hong’s Nirvana Stage insights and an Eighth-Grade Martial Art after becoming captivated by the books Lin Tianci had given him. He left with the insights, urging Lin Hong to master the martial art before the Lin Clan’s Clan Competition, while Lin Hong stayed behind to complain with the other juniors.

• Lin Mang interrupted Lin Hong’s reading, seized the Nirvana Stage insights, and became absorbed in them.
• Lin Mang took the Eighth-Grade Martial Art, Sea-Suppressing Seal, and marveled at the valuable books Lin Tianci had brought back.
• Lin Mang told Lin Hong to practice the martial art and ask Lin Tianci for help mastering it before the Clan Competition.
• Lin Mang left with the insights, and Lin Hong complained as the other juniors teased and encouraged him.
• Lin Hong threatened to tell the other elders about the juniors’ behavior, while Lin Tianci watched them bicker with a smile.

Lin Tianci joined his family to register for the Lin Clan Gathering and sensed a Strange Demon lurking among the crowded Lin Clan members. He suspected someone in the clan might be cooperating with the demons, but kept his discovery from Lin Zhentian as the gathering approached.

• Lin Tianci’s cultivation advanced to the Six-Yuan Nirvana realm while he stayed with the Lin Family before the Clan Gathering.
• Lin Tianci and Lin Zhentian’s group set out to register Lin Tianci, Lin Dong, Lin Xia, and Lin Hong as the Yan City Branch Family’s four participants.
• At the crowded registration square, Lin Tianci sensed a familiar, detestable aura and spotted a black shadow, but his divine sense found nothing.
• Lin Tianci recognized the aura as belonging to a Strange Demon and worried that it might be infiltrating the Lin Clan or working with someone inside it.
• Lin Tianci resolved to oppose any Lin Clan member who cooperated with Strange Demons, then told the concerned Lin Zhentian that he had merely been thinking about cultivation.

Lin Tianci searched Lin City for the Strange Demon that had briefly leaked its aura, using the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar to identify its unique trace. He found the demon disguised as an ordinary person at an inn, though its apparent strength was only at the Form Creation Stage.

• The Lin Family completed registration, and the registrar was surprised by Lin Xia and Lin Hong’s strength but overlooked Lin Tianci.
• Lin Tianci returned to the place where he had sensed the Strange Demon and used the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar to gather and analyze the auras in the Martial Arts Arena.
• Lin Tianci isolated the Strange Demon’s aura and learned how to recognize it even when concealed.
• Lin Tianci searched the plaza and then the rest of Lin City with his mental energy, finding the Strange Demon at a large inn disguised as an ordinary person.

Lin Tianci watched a Strange Demon at an inn and suspected it planned to disrupt the Lin Clan's Clan Gathering, so he secretly marked it and waited. The gathering began in Lin City, where Lin Fan welcomed the assembled guests; Lin Tianci sensed that the clan leader had reached the Nirvana Stage.

• Lin Tianci observed the Strange Demon muttering to itself at an inn and suspected it was plotting to cause destruction at the Clan Gathering.
• Lin Tianci secretly marked the Strange Demon with his Mental Energy and left, hoping to catch it in the act.
• The Lin Clan's Clan Gathering began at a massive Colosseum packed with guests and experts from across the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Lin Fan welcomed the powerful guests, and Lin Tianci sensed that the Lin Clan leader had reached the Nirvana Stage.

The Lin Clan Gathering began, but Lin Dong had not yet arrived, leaving Lin Xiao worried. Lin Hong lost his match to Lin Yang and was mocked for his Branch Family and Lin Tianci, while Lin Tianci promised to avenge him if he faced Lin Yang; the family then returned to their seats and found Lin Xia there.

• Lin Fan announced the start of the Clan Competition, and the contestants began competing in groups.
• Lin Xiao worried that Lin Dong had not arrived, while Lin Tianci reassured him that Lin Dong was safe and on his way.
• Lin Yang defeated Lin Hong, who had used a powerful martial art Lin Tianci had given him.
• Lin Yang mocked Lin Hong, the Yan City Branch Family, and Lin Tianci, and Lin Hong tried to attack him before being stopped by an official.
• Lin Zhentian and Lin Tianci comforted Lin Hong, then returned with the others to their seats, where they found Lin Xia.

After Lin Xia and Lin Hong lost to Lin Clan opponents, Lin Zhentian suspected the Yan City Branch Family had been deliberately targeted. Lin Tianci became their last hope in the first round and faced Lin Feng, an advanced Creation Realm fighter ordered by Lin Langtian to prevent anyone from the branch family from advancing.

• Lin Xia lamented losing to a Lin Clan opponent at the Form Creation Stage, and Lin Tianci promised to avenge her if he faced him.
• Lin Zhentian pointed out that Lin Xia and Lin Hong had both drawn Lin Clan opponents at the Form Creation Stage and that their family had been given poor seats, suggesting they were being targeted.
• Lin Zhentian and Lin Ken urged Lin Tianci to give his all, and Lin Tianci went to the arena as the Yan City Branch Family's remaining hope.
• The announcer paired Lin Tianci against Lin Feng, an advanced Creation Realm expert from the Lin Clan.
• Lin Feng warned Lin Tianci to withdraw and mocked Lin Xiao, revealing that Lin Langtian had ordered him to keep the Yan City Branch Family from passing the first round.
• Lin Tianci recognized Lin Feng's words as an attempt to wound the family with its past and decided he could hit harder in return.

Lin Tianci faced Lin Feng, a Greater Creation Stage fighter who had been sent to challenge the Yan City Branch Family. Lin Tianci calmly blocked Lin Feng’s relentless attacks, leaving the match deadlocked as the spectators doubted he could hold out.

• Lin Zhentian and the Yan City Branch Family worried that Lin Feng’s strength and Lin Langtian’s hostility could lead to their elimination.
• Lin Feng unleashed his Greater Creation Stage aura and attacked Lin Tianci with the Withered Wind Palm.
• Lin Tianci stopped Lin Feng’s palm with his physical strength alone and forced him back two steps.
• Lin Feng launched a rapid series of attacks, while Lin Tianci effortlessly defended and warned that he would cripple Lin Feng if he failed to hurt him within a few minutes.
• After nearly a hundred exchanges, Lin Tianci had blocked every strike, but the spectators thought Lin Feng might still prevail because he had yet to use a high-level martial art.

Lin Tianci overwhelmed Lin Feng with a single palm, leaving him injured and his Spirit Treasure breastplate shattered. Lin Feng unleashed the Dragon-Elephant Tyrant Fist, but Lin Tianci prepared to end the fight by gathering Origin Energy directly from heaven and earth.

• Lin Tianci struck Lin Feng in the chest, sending him flying to the edge of the arena and making him spit blood.
• Lin Feng stood up, realized his defensive Spirit Treasure had shattered, and angrily refused to accept that Lin Tianci had overpowered him.
• Lin Feng invoked the Dragon-Elephant Tyrant Fist, forming a dragon-elephant shape from his Origin Energy as the onlookers took greater notice of Lin Tianci.
• Lin Tianci dismissed Lin Feng's martial arts and gathered Origin Energy from heaven and earth in his hand.

Lin Tianci defeated Lin Feng’s Dragon-Elephant Tyrant Fist with a strange Origin Energy attack, but Lin Feng took a pill to restore his strength and the referee ignored his apparent rule violation. Lin Tianci challenged the Lin Clan’s favoritism and stood ready to face the consequences of offending Lin Langtian.

• Lin Tianci’s misshapen Origin Energy attack split apart Lin Feng’s Dragon-Elephant Tyrant Fist and struck him down.
• Lin Tianci declared Lin Feng defeated, and Lin Feng fell into a deep pit and spat blood.
• Lin Feng swallowed a dark-red pill, regained his strength, and vowed that the Yan City Branch Family would be eliminated in the first round.
• Lin Tianci pointed out that Lin Feng had broken the rules, but the referee stepped back and pretended not to notice.
• Lin Feng blamed Lin Tianci for offending Lin Langtian, and Lin Tianci said he wanted to see who would regret it.

Lin Feng used a pill from Lin Langtian to reach Half-step Creation Realm and gained the upper hand over Lin Tianci. He unleashed an empowered Dragon-Elephant Tyrant Fist at Lin Tianci, who calmly walked toward the attack.

• Lin Feng revealed that the pill had temporarily raised his strength to Half-step Creation Realm, and Lin Tianci dismissed his power.
• Lin Langtian watched from the golden seats and expected Lin Feng to crush Lin Tianci and eliminate Yan City's Branch Family.
• Lin Mang, Lin Ken, Lin Xiao, and Lin Zhentian reacted with alarm as Lin Feng's strength surged, while Lin Zhentian concluded someone had tampered with the Clan Gathering.
• Lin Feng decided to end the match quickly and formed a much larger, more solid dragon-elephant with his Origin Energy.
• Lin Tianci walked calmly toward Lin Feng as Lin Feng shouted Dragon-Elephant Tyrant Fist and sent the empowered attack crashing down.

Lin Tianci effortlessly defeated Lin Feng and a Lin Clan elder at the Clan Gathering, then challenged the clan’s treatment of Branch Families. When a high-ranking white-haired elder asked where he was from, Lin Tianci proudly named Yan City's Lin Family.

• Lin Tianci emerged unharmed from Lin Feng's Dragon-Elephant Tyrant Fist and disabled Lin Feng with a finger to his dantian, reducing his strength to the Body Tempering Stage and knocking him unconscious.
• Lin Tianci criticized Lin Feng and the Lin Clan, prompting a gray-haired clan elder to demand that Lin Tianci's family elders appear.
• The gray-haired elder attacked Lin Tianci, who sent him flying with a casual slap from afar.
• Lin Tianci condemned the Lin Clan's arrogance toward Branch Families, and a white-haired elder asked which Branch Family he belonged to.
• Lin Tianci answered, "Yan City's Lin Family, Lin Tianci," declaring his family's name before the gathering.

Lin Tianci won his fight for the Yan City Branch Family, and Lin Dong arrived at the Clan Gathering after being delayed on the road. Lin Dong displayed a powerful aura before the gathered clanspeople and faction leaders, setting the stage for the real competition.

• The referee hesitated under pressure but declared Lin Tianci the winner, bringing relief and joy to Lin Zhentian, Lin Ken, and the Yan City Lin Family.
• Lin Tianci sensed Lin Dong's arrival and called out to him as Lin Dong swept into the dueling ground.
• Lin Dong apologized for arriving late, and Lin Tianci encouraged him and promised to back him up before leaving the stage.
• Lin Dong rose into the air and revealed a powerful aura, shocking spectators who wondered whether he had reached half-step Creation.
• Lin Chen recognized Lin Dong from the Nirvana Ancient Tomb, while Lin Ke'er and the gathered faction leaders watched with interest.

At the Lin Clan Gathering, Lin Dong challenged Lin Langtian in front of the entire Colosseum, saying he would make him answer for Lin Xiao’s past humiliation. His family worried about the danger, while Lin Tianci trusted Lin Dong to make his own choice.

• Lin Langtian dismissed Lin Dong and threatened to make him experience what Lin Xiao had suffered.
• Lin Dong called out to Lin Langtian and ordered him to come down, stunning the Colosseum before the crowd erupted in discussion.
• Mu Lei and Wu Zong remarked on Lin Dong’s boldness and his support from Lin Tianci.
• Lin Zhentian and Lin Xiao questioned Lin Tianci about Lin Dong’s challenge, and Lin Tianci told them to let Lin Dong try.
• Lin Mang encouraged Lin Xiao, while Lin Tianci reassured Lin Xia that she could trust him.
• Lin Xiao watched Lin Dong in the air and remembered his son’s promise to reclaim his father’s lost honor.

Lin Tianci reassured his Dahuang Prefecture allies that he would reward their trust and warned them to stay near him during the Clan Gathering’s final stage. Meanwhile, Lin Dong continued to confront Lin Langtian, ignoring an elder’s reprimand and calling Lin Langtian a gutless rat.

• Lin Xiao reflected on Lin Dong’s hardships and felt relieved, while Lin Tianci silently vowed to support him.
• Lin Tianci told the Dahuang Prefecture delegates that the Great Yan Dynasty’s situation would change after the Clan Gathering and promised not to treat them unfairly.
• Lin Tianci warned the delegates to stay beside him near the gathering’s end to ensure their safety, but withheld the reason.
• Wu Zong and Mu Lei discussed Lin Tianci’s warning and urged the others to remain cautious.
• A gray-haired Lin Clan elder reprimanded Lin Dong for shouting at the gathering, but Lin Dong ignored him and insulted Lin Langtian.