Chapter Summaries

Lin Tianci used the Heaven and Earth Chessboard to shield the Colosseum from the Destruction Storm. After the storm passed, Lin Dong stood while the injured Lin Langtian lay on the ground, leaving the match’s result apparent.

• Lin Tianci summoned the Heaven and Earth Chessboard and expanded it over the Colosseum.
• Lin Tianci used the chessboard’s light to protect everyone from the Destruction Storm, while Lin Fan coveted the treasure.
• Lin Tianci watched Lin Dong as the storm subsided; the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and Heavenly Demon Marten kept Lin Dong alive, while Lin Langtian also survived in terrible condition.
• The Destruction Storm vanished, revealing Lin Dong standing and Lin Langtian lying on the ground amid the ruined Colosseum.

Lin Dong defeated Lin Langtian, leaving him critically injured and destroying his Earth-grade Spirit Treasure. As the Lin Clan elders blamed Lin Tianci and Lin Fan tried to enter the arena, Lin Tianci kept the Heaven and Earth Chessboard deployed across Lin City and refused to let him pass.

• Lin Dong stood battered but alert while Lin Langtian lay near death beside his shattered Hexagonal Black Mirror.
• The Lin Clan elders realized Lin Langtian had lost and lamented the damage to his prospects and the clan’s future.
• The elders turned their anger toward Lin Tianci, despite his having saved one of them earlier.
• Lin Fan asked to enter the arena, but Lin Tianci refused and kept the Heaven and Earth Chessboard active across Lin City.
• Lin Fan suppressed his anger but did not dare challenge Lin Tianci or the Heaven and Earth Chessboard.

Lin Fan announced Lin Dong as the Clan Gathering champion after Lin Tianci forced him to acknowledge the result. Lin Tianci then insisted the Lin Clan honor its promised reward, while Lin Fan warned that collecting it might be dangerous.

• Lin Tianci pressured Lin Fan to announce the match result before he could reach the injured Lin Langtian.
• Lin Fan declared Lin Dong of Yan City the champion, prompting the Branch Family members to cheer and the main clan to fall silent.
• Lin Langtian twitched on the ground after hearing the result, while the watching factions recognized Lin Dong and Lin Tianci's achievements.
• Lin Tianci let Lin Fan go to Lin Langtian after the announcement and reminded him that the Lin Clan had to honor Lin Dong's reward.
• Lin Fan agreed to provide the reward but warned Lin Tianci that it was dangerous, and Lin Tianci mocked the Lin Clan's reputation.

After Lin Tianci challenged the Lin Clan to expel his Yan City branch family, Lin Fan considered whether to honor Lin Dong’s victory and award him first place. The Grey-haired Elder proposed expelling the branch family to force Lin Zhentian to beg for readmission and let the clan seize Lin Dong’s reward and Lin Tianci’s Heaven Rank Spirit Treasure.

• Lin Tianci told Lin Fan he would accept the Yan City Lin Family leaving the Lin Clan, and Lin Fan angrily ordered Lin Langtian taken away for treatment.
• Lin Fan asked the Great Elder how to proceed with the Clan Gathering, while the Great Elder urged him to honor the result and the agreed rewards.
• The Grey-haired Elder suggested expelling the Yan City branch family, but the Great Elder objected to the plan.
• Lin Fan hesitated over expelling Lin Tianci and Lin Dong, so the Grey-haired Elder claimed Lin Zhentian would beg to return and the clan could take Lin Dong’s reward and Lin Tianci’s Spirit Treasure.

Lin Fan and the Lin Clan elders confirmed that Lin Zhentian’s desire to return to the clan could be used to control Lin Tianci and Lin Dong, and they decided to expel the Yan City Branch Family. As Lin Tianci reassured Lin Dong about their future outside the clan, Lin Fan publicly confronted them after the Clan Competition.

• Lin Fan agreed to verify the Grey-haired Elder’s plan to exploit Lin Zhentian’s wish to return to the Lin Clan in exchange for Lin Tianci’s Heaven Rank Spirit Treasure.
• Lin Tianci told Lin Dong that the Lin Clan might expel their branch family, but said Lin Zhentian was already disappointed in the clan and promised Lin Dong would receive his competition rewards.
• An elder returned with Lin Tao’s confirmation that Lin Zhentian longed to return and that Lin Tianci and Lin Dong would heed him.
• Lin Fan declared that Lin Tianci and Lin Dong had committed offenses and that Lin Zhentian’s branch family could not remain in the Lin Clan.
• Lin Fan confronted Lin Tianci and Lin Dong before the Colosseum, prompting confusion and disappointment among the spectators, including Lin Ke'er.

Lin Tianci declared that the Yan City Lin Family would leave the Lin Clan after Lin Fan accused him of disrespecting the elders. Lin Zhentian supported the break, and Lin Fan threatened that the family would face consequences without the clan's protection.

• Lin Fan accused Lin Tianci of disrespecting the elders and interfering in the Lin Clan's affairs.
• Lin Tianci condemned the Lin Clan and announced that the Yan City Lin Family would sever all ties with it.
• Lin Zhentian accepted the decision, saying he would not return to the clan at the cost of Lin Tianci and Lin Dong suffering grievances.
• Lin Fan warned Lin Zhentian that leaving the Lin Clan would leave the Yan City Lin Family without its protection.

Lin Fan threatened the Yan City Lin Family, but Mu Lei and the other sect heads from Dahuang Prefecture openly pledged to support it. Lin Fan unleashed his Nirvana Stage power against them and formed a massive hand seal, leaving the conflict poised to erupt.

• Lin Fan warned Lin Zhentian that forces might take advantage of the Yan City Lin Family, and Lin Zhentian rejected his threat.
• Mu Lei of the Great Demon Gate declared that his sect would stand with the Yan City Lin Family, and Lin Tianci approved of his support.
• Lin Fan pressured Mu Lei with his Nirvana Stage aura, but Wu Zong and the other Dahuang Prefecture sect heads joined Mu Lei and stood firm.
• Lin Fan threatened to test whether the sect heads were worthy of following the Yan City Lin Family, then gathered heaven and earth Origin Energy into a destructive hand seal.

Lin Tianci stopped Lin Fan’s attack on the Dahuang Prefecture leaders and welcomed them into the Yan City Lin Family with an astonishing collection of martial arts, cultivation techniques, and Spirit Treasures. The Colosseum was left stunned by the scale of the gift and the Yan City Lin Family’s apparent wealth.

• Lin Fan formed a giant Origin Energy hand and slammed it toward Wu Zong, Mu Lei, and the other Dahuang Prefecture leaders.
• Lin Tianci stopped the attack and declared that the Yan City Lin Family welcomed the Dahuang Prefecture forces.
• Lin Fan attributed Lin Tianci’s intervention to the Weather Chessboard and did not challenge him further.
• Lin Tianci presented the Dahuang Prefecture leaders with five Creation Martial Arts, five Ninth-Grade Martial Arts, three first-rate Cultivation Techniques, two high-grade Spirit Treasures, and one Earth-grade Spirit Treasure.
• The crowd and Lin Clan members reacted with shock and envy at the value of Lin Tianci’s gift.

Lin Tianci revealed five Creation Martial Arts and Earth-grade Spirit Treasures, then sent Lin Clan Leader Lin Fan flying with a single punch. The Colosseum fell silent as the crowd realized Lin Tianci had reached the Nirvana Stage, and he left the gifts for the people of Dahuang Prefecture while daring anyone to challenge him.

• Lin Tianci's five Creation Martial Arts and Spirit Treasures astonished the Lin Clan elders, while Lin Fan coveted the gifts.
• Lin Fan tried to seize the treasures and martial arts, claiming they would compensate the Lin Clan for its losses.
• Lin Tianci struck Lin Fan through his protective Origin Energy and sent him crashing into a pit.
• The crowd realized Lin Tianci had reached the Nirvana Stage, and the Purple-robed Great Elder condemned the Lin Clan for driving him away.
• Lin Tianci told the people of Dahuang Prefecture to take his greeting gifts and challenged anyone who wanted to steal them, but nobody answered.

Lin Tianci confronted Lin Fan after overpowering him, then used the Chaos Stone to compress vast amounts of Origin Energy into a black sphere. The Colosseum collapsed, and Lin Tianci’s terrifying attack flew toward Lin Fan, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Mu Lei and Wu Zong collected the manuals and Spirit Treasures while the other sect leaders agreed to let them hold the items.
• Lin Fan recovered from Lin Tianci’s punch and threatened to punish him for offending the Lin Clan.
• Lin Fan prepared a golden Seal Technique, but Lin Tianci said he would settle the fight with one strike.
• Lin Tianci combined the Chaos Stone’s black energy with the surrounding Origin Energy, causing an explosion that reduced the Colosseum to ruins.
• Lin Tianci compressed the gathered Origin Energy into a black stone and threw it toward Lin Fan as the Lin Clan elders watched from outside the Colosseum.

Lin Tianci’s attack left Lin Fan gravely injured and cost him his right arm, while Lin Tianci prepared to trap the Strange Demons within Lin City. The Great Elder agreed to give Lin Dong every reward he had earned, leaving Lin Tianci’s conflict with the Lin Clan temporarily settled.

• Lin Tianci sealed the Colosseum with the Heaven and Earth Chessboard as his Origin Energy Stone triggered a devastating storm that destroyed Lin Fan’s defenses.
• Lin Tianci secretly spread mental energy across Lin City using the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar, anticipating that the Strange Demons would take advantage of the chaos.
• The storm subsided, leaving Lin Fan unconscious and missing his right arm, while the Colosseum was reduced to a crater.
• The Great Elder pleaded with Lin Tianci to stop, but Lin Tianci demanded that Lin Dong receive every reward he had earned for winning the Clan Competition.
• The Great Elder agreed to Lin Tianci’s demand, and the Lin Clan members hoped he would leave Lin City.

Lin Tianci welcomed powerful experts who wanted to join the Yan City Lin Family and refused to withdraw the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, telling the Lin Clan to look behind them. The crowd turned and saw that black barriers had enveloped the area outside the Colosseum.

• A powerful expert asked Lin Tianci what it would take to join the Yan City Lin Family, and others voiced the same desire.
• Lin Tianci welcomed the prospective followers and promised to treat them fairly after the Clan Gathering.
• Several people asked Lin Tianci to guarantee they could study the Creation Martial Arts, and he assured them he would keep his word.
• The Great Elder demanded that Lin Tianci withdraw the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, but Lin Tianci said it could not yet be removed.
• Lin Tianci told the Lin Clan to turn around, and the crowd saw that layer upon layer of black barriers surrounded the area outside the Colosseum.

A black barrier surrounded Lin City, and Lin Tianci recognized it as the work of the force that had destroyed the sect Lin Dong saw in the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet. As the Strange Demons appeared and threatened to turn Lin City into a dead city, Lin Tianci prepared to protect the city while Lin Dong offered to help.

• Wu Zong and the Dahuang Prefecture experts escorted Lin Zhentian, Lin Ken, and the others out of the Colosseum under Lin Tianci's instructions.
• Lin Dong and Lin Ke'er joined Lin Tianci, and Lin Dong asked why the black barrier made him feel such hostility.
• Lin Tianci connected the barrier's aura to the force Lin Dong had encountered in the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet and warned that it planned to turn Lin City into a dead city.
• Lin Dong pledged to help Lin Tianci, who told him to stay close.
• Several black-robed Strange Demons rose into the sky, and their leader declared that Lin City would be the burial ground of its inhabitants.
• The Great Elder challenged the Strange Demons, and someone urged him to take Lin Fan away to keep him safe.

Lin Tianci confronted the Strange Demons as they activated a blood sacrifice array that trapped Lin City and drained its inhabitants’ Origin Energy. He revealed that he had already sabotaged much of the array, then unleashed his Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar-infused mental energy against the runic seals.

• The Great Elder checked Lin Fan’s injuries and found that his life was not in danger.
• The Strange Demon Leader activated an array that sealed Lin City, drained its Origin Energy, and caused buildings to collapse as its inhabitants weakened.
• Desperate residents appealed to Lin Tianci, while the Strange Demons attacked those who tried to fight back.
• The Strange Demon Leader sent annihilating runic seals toward Lin Tianci, who pointed out that many of the array’s seals were missing and its power had been cut nearly in half.
• The Strange Demon Leader realized Lin Tianci had sabotaged the array, and Lin Tianci released mental energy imbued with the properties of the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar.

Lin Tianci trapped Lin City inside a starry domain formed from mental energy bearing the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar’s aura, then annihilated the Strange Demons who tried to fight back. With the leaderless Blood Sacrifice Array left to dismantle, Lin Dong asked whether he could help, and Lin Tianci realized he had forgotten Lin Dong was watching.

• Lin Tianci formed a vast starry domain around Lin City, weakening the Strange Demon Leader’s control over the Blood Sacrifice Array.
• Lin Tianci hurled a Star Spirit at the Strange Demons while their leader tried to use the array to resist.
• The Star Spirit shattered the demons’ black-hole defense, and the Strange Demons were killed and devoured by the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar.
• Lin Tianci explained that he could now dismantle the abandoned array by devouring its black talisman seals.
• Lin Dong asked Lin Tianci if there was anything he could do, and Lin Tianci realized he had forgotten Lin Dong was there.

Lin Tianci repelled the Strange Demons and saved Lin City, then the Great Elder announced Lin Dong as the Clan Competition’s first-place winner. As the Lin Clan began restoring order, Lin Tianci warned the Great Elder against defying him and asked Lin Dong to help clear the remaining seals.

• Lin Tianci erased most of the black talisman seals, and the Strange Demons vanished from Lin City.
• The Great Elder acknowledged that Lin Tianci had saved the city, and Lin Tianci withdrew the Heaven and Earth Chessboard.
• The Great Elder announced that Lin Dong had won first place and apologized for the Clan Competition ending early.
• The Great Elder asked Lin Tianci for time to restore order before giving Lin Dong his reward, and Lin Tianci warned him not to plot against him.
• The Great Elder regretted failing to recruit Lin Tianci and resolved to clean up the Lin Clan.
• Lin Tianci told Lin Dong to help remove the remaining seals from Lin City.

Lin Tianci left Lin Dong to clear the remaining black seals while he went to check on his family and the Dahuang Prefecture leaders he had protected. Lin Xiao offered Lin Dong’s Clan Competition reward to Lin Tianci, but Lin Tianci said he had no use for it.

• Lin Dong thanked Lin Tianci and, trusting him, used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to touch a black seal and begin clearing the remaining seals.
• Lin Tianci went to the sealed area where Lin Zhentian, Lin Ken, and the people from Dahuang Prefecture were gathered and thanked the sect leaders for protecting his family.
• Lin Tianci reassured Lin Zhentian and the others that he was unharmed, and Lin Xiao asked where Lin Dong was.
• Lin Tianci explained that Lin Dong was handling follow-up matters and would receive the Lin Clan’s reward after finishing.
• Lin Xiao urged Lin Tianci to take Lin Dong’s First Place reward instead, but Lin Tianci refused, saying he had no need for it.

Lin Zhentian accepted Wu Zong, Mu Lei, and the other Dahuang Prefecture sect leaders into the Yan City Lin Family after Lin Tianci reassured him they were sincere. The family became the Lin Alliance, with Lin Zhentian as leader and its branches spread across nearby cities.

• Lin Tianci assured Lin Zhentian that Wu Zong and the other sect leaders genuinely wanted to join the Yan City Lin Family, and they promised their loyalty.
• Lin Zhentian welcomed the sect leaders, while experts departed the Clan Competition recognizing the Yan City Lin Family’s rising strength and Lin Fan’s faction weakened.
• Lin Zhentian, Lin Tianci, Mu Lei, and Wu Zong completed plans to merge the Yan City Lin Family with Dahuang Prefecture’s factions and rename it the Lin Alliance.
• Lin Zhentian became alliance leader, the sect leaders took elder roles and relocated their sects to nearby cities, and Lin Xiao and Lin Ken assumed key positions.
• Lin Tianci accepted some sincere independent cultivators into the alliance but refused other factions that had only sought to join after seeing his strength.

Lin Tianci and Lin Dong joined the Lin Clan’s Great Elder to claim Lin Dong’s reward for winning the Clan Gathering, the chance to choose one item from the Clan Treasury. Lin Dong looked forward to finding a powerful Spirit Treasure, while Lin Tianci wondered what reward the system would return; the group arrived at the Clan’s training ground, where the disciples fell silent at their approach.

• Lin Dong told Lin Tianci that he had cleared the last black seal and felt close to a breakthrough after absorbing their energy.
• The Great Elder arrived and said the Lin Clan had settled its affairs and could fulfill its promise to Lin Dong.
• Lin Tianci and Lin Dong followed the Great Elder to collect the Clan Gathering champion’s reward: one item of their choice from the Clan Treasury.
• The Great Elder explained that the treasury held martial arts, pills, and rare treasures, including the Spirit Wheel Realm Lin Langtian had obtained there.
• Lin Dong resolved to choose at least an Earth-grade Spirit Treasure, while the Lin Clan disciples fell silent as Lin Tianci and Lin Dong reached the training ground.

Lin Mu led Lin Tianci and Lin Dong to the Lin Clan Treasury, where Lin Zhi challenged Lin Dong’s right to enter. Lin Zhi revoked Lin Dong’s opportunity, and Lin Mu disputed his authority as the confrontation continued.

• Lin Mu led Lin Tianci and Lin Dong through the damaged Lin Clan grounds to the forbidden Clan Treasury.
• Lin Mu introduced Lin Zhi as the elder in charge of the Treasury and ordered him to open its stone gate.
• Lin Zhi objected to Lin Tianci accompanying Lin Dong, and Lin Tianci accused him of vile conduct within the clan.
• Lin Zhi used Lin Tianci’s words as a pretext to revoke Lin Dong’s opportunity to enter the Treasury.
• Lin Mu insisted that Lin Dong’s entry had already been settled, while Lin Zhi argued that the decision had bypassed him.