Chapter Summaries

Lin Xia faced Lin Hong in the Clan Competition, but his Wind Thunder Fist gave him the advantage and he knocked her off the arena. Lin Tianci comforted Lin Xia and prepared to teach Lin Hong a lesson if they met in the next match.

• Lin Tianci encouraged Lin Xia before she faced Lin Hong in the arena.
• Lin Hong and Lin Xia revealed that they had both reached the Body Tempering Seventh Layer, and Lin Hong used the Wind Thunder Fist against her Spirit Sword Finger.
• Lin Xia was driven to the edge of the arena, and their final clash sent her falling off the stage while Lin Hong remained standing.
• Lin Hong mocked Lin Xia after his victory, and Lin Tianci grew angry at his cousin's words.
• Lin Tianci comforted Lin Xia and said Lin Hong would soon be unable to speak, expecting to face him next.

Lin Tianci effortlessly defeated Lin Hong, but Lin Hong refused to accept the loss and swallowed a pill that raised his cultivation. Lin Tianci struck him down with a punch, leaving the clan competition arena stunned.

• Lin Ken announced Lin Tianci's match against Lin Hong, and Lin Tianci traded taunts with his cousin before the fight began.
• Lin Hong charged with his Wind Thunder Fist, but Lin Tianci knocked him off the stage with a single palm strike.
• Lin Hong climbed back onto the stage and challenged Lin Tianci again, claiming he had not used his full strength.
• Lin Hong swallowed a black pill that raised him from the Body Tempering Seventh Layer to the Eighth Layer, prompting Lin Zhentian and Lin Ken to try to stop him.
• Lin Tianci punched Lin Hong in the chest, breaking bones and knocking him unconscious.

Lin Tianci proposed turning the final round into a melee and easily repelled the other finalists, while Lin Dong revealed his mastery of Eight Desolations Palm. Lin Tianci then unleashed a far stronger version of the art, leaving Lin Zhentian to suspect he had created a Fourth Grade martial art.

• Lin Tianci asked Lin Zhentian to let the top-five finalists fight him together, and Lin Zhentian agreed to make the final round a melee.
• Lin Dong, Lin Shan, Lin Yan, and the other finalists joined forces against Lin Tianci, with Lin Dong charging alongside them.
• Lin Dong unleashed Eight Desolations Palm, impressing Lin Zhentian and the spectators with his rapid progress.
• Lin Tianci countered with Limitless Eight Desolations Palm and sent Lin Shan and the others flying off the stage.
• Lin Zhentian suspected Lin Tianci had created a Fourth Grade martial art and rose in excitement, crushing his teacup.

At the Lin Family Clan Competition, Lin Tianci’s self-created Fourth Grade Martial Art and overwhelming strength astonished the spectators. After defeating Lin Dong, he lifted his cousin’s spirits by reminding him of his long-term goal of avenging his father and confronting Lin Langtian.

• Lin Zhentian and the guests marveled that Lin Tianci had created a Fourth Grade Martial Art while at the Body Tempering Stage, as Qing Tan watched him in awe.
• Lin Dong challenged Lin Tianci with his improved Eight Desolations Palm and revealed that he had reached the Body Tempering Eighth Layer.
• Lin Tianci easily punched Lin Dong off the stage, leaving Lin Dong despairing over the gap between their strength.
• Lin Tianci stopped Lin Dong and encouraged him to look beyond the loss and toward the wider world.
• Lin Tianci reminded Lin Dong to avenge his father and defeat Lin Langtian at the Lin Clan grand competition, restoring Lin Dong’s resolve.

After winning the Lin Family Clan Competition, Lin Tianci was celebrated at a banquet attended by Qingyang Town’s forces. Lin Zhentian placed Blazing Flame Manor under Lin Tianci’s charge, leaving Lin Mang furious over losing the business he had managed.

• Lin Zhentian announced Lin Tianci as the Clan Competition’s winner, with Lin Dong second and Lin Hong third.
• Lin Zhentian praised Lin Tianci and declared that the Lin Family would hold a grand banquet in his honor.
• The Lin Family banquet drew forces from Qingyang Town, including the Lei Family and Xie Family, who came to assess Lin Tianci.
• Lin Zhentian seated Lin Tianci beside him and announced that Blazing Flame Manor would be placed under Lin Tianci’s charge, with Lin Ken managing it temporarily.
• Lin Mang reacted with anger because Blazing Flame Manor had previously been under his management.

After the Clan Competition, Lin Zhentian awarded Lin Tianci Blazing Flame Manor and opened the Martial Arts Hall to the top four contestants. Lin Tianci chose a second-grade movement art while Lin Dong picked a damaged third-grade martial art, intending to restore it with the Stone Talisman.

• Lin Zhentian appointed Lin Tianci to manage Blazing Flame Manor, and Lin Mang concealed his growing resentment.
• Lin Tianci encouraged Lin Dong to keep cultivating, hoping he would become strong enough to uncover the Yang Yuan Stone Mine at Ironwood Manor.
• Lin Zhentian expanded the Martial Arts Hall reward to include Lin Xia, allowing the top four contestants to select one martial art each.
• Lin Dong, Lin Hong, Lin Xia, and Lin Tianci entered the Martial Arts Hall to choose their manuals.
• Lin Tianci selected the second-grade movement art Phantom Steps, while Lin Dong took the Mysterious Gate Seal Remnant to restore using the Stone Talisman.

Lin Tianci received the Sixth-Grade Martial Art Heavenly Opening Seal after Lin Dong obtained the Mystic Gate Seal Remnant, then prepared to practice it in the Back Mountain. Lin Zhentian warned the younger generation that Lei Li might reach the Yuan Realm before Qingyang Town’s hunt, and the chapter ended with Qing Tan calling out to Lin Tianci.

• Lin Tianci received the Heavenly Opening Seal as a hundredfold rebate and pretended that Phantom Steps was the source of his excitement.
• Lin Hong grew curious about Lin Tianci’s choice, while Lin Zhentian met the group outside the Martial Arts Hall and warned them to prepare for the hunt.
• Lin Zhentian explained that the Lei and Xie Families might unite against the Lin Family and that Lei Li could reach the Yuan Realm before the hunt.
• Lin Tianci returned home to rest, then went to the Back Mountain the next morning to practice the Heavenly Opening Seal.
• Qing Tan called out to Lin Tianci as he arrived at his training spot.

Lin Tianci kissed Qing Tan, whose cultivation had rapidly reached the Body Tempering Seventh Layer after he regulated the Yin Sha Qi in her body. He then practiced the Heavenly Opening Seal, demonstrating its immense power as Qing Tan watched in admiration.

• Lin Tianci stopped practicing when Qing Tan visited and kissed her.
• Lin Tianci discovered Qing Tan had reached the Body Tempering Seventh Layer and learned that her cultivation surged after their previous kiss.
• Lin Tianci explained that he had regulated the chaotic Yin Sha Qi in Qing Tan's body and kissed her again.
• Lin Tianci clumsily performed the Heavenly Opening Seal, causing distant trees to explode.
• Lin Tianci improved his technique and struck the ground, leaving a ten-meter-deep palm print in the mountain rock.
• Qing Tan praised Lin Tianci's power and called him more amazing than Lin Dong.

Lin Tianci absorbed a surge of Power of Chaos while demonstrating the Heavenly Opening Seal and broke through to the Yuan Realm. His new aura alarmed the Lin Family, and Lin Zhentian went to investigate its source in the Back Mountain.

• Lin Tianci began demonstrating the second form of the Heavenly Opening Seal, but the Chaos Ancestor Stone released more Power of Chaos, prompting him to stop and absorb it.
• Lin Tianci fused the Power of Chaos with his True Qi and broke through to the Yuan Realm, startling Qing Tan.
• Lin Dong sensed Lin Tianci's powerful aura at the Back Mountain and spilled a drop of medicinal liquid from the Stone Talisman.
• Lin Ken sensed the aura, considered befriending its owner, and headed toward the Back Mountain.
• Lin Zhentian called for the unknown expert to reveal themselves as he went to investigate the threat to the Lin Family.

After breaking through to the Yuan Realm, Lin Tianci tested the power of the Heavenly Opening Seal and took Qing Tan to the Trading Fair for her first visit. As they entered the crowded marketplace, the system rewarded him with a Tenfold Cultivation Return after Lin Dong’s cultivation breakthrough.

• Lin Tianci discovered that his strength had greatly increased in the Yuan Realm and used the Heavenly Opening Seal to create a massive crater in the mountainside.
• Qing Tan admired Lin Tianci’s power, and he took her by the hand back toward the Lin Family.
• Qing Tan asked Lin Tianci to take her to the Trading Fair, and he agreed.
• Lin Tianci and Qing Tan arrived at the crowded Trading Fair, where the system announced a Tenfold Cultivation Return because Lin Dong had broken through in cultivation.
• Lin Tianci led Qing Tan into the marketplace, pleased that his cultivation kept improving.

Lin Tianci and Qing Tan explored the crowded Marketplace, where she admired a necklace but left it behind after hearing its price. Lin Tianci later revealed that he had bought it for her.

• Lin Tianci received a tenfold cultivation return from Lin Dong, stabilizing his newly attained Yuan Realm strength.
• Lin Tianci took Qing Tan to the Marketplace and guided her through its busy stalls and crowds.
• Qing Tan eagerly explored the Marketplace, then chose a colorful necklace and asked Lin Tianci to put it on her.
• The stall owner demanded one Second-Grade Medicinal Pill for the necklace, so Qing Tan took it off and pulled Lin Tianci away.
• After noticing Qing Tan was still thinking about the necklace, Lin Tianci showed her the one he had bought.

Lin Tianci and Qing Tan shopped together, and he gave her a necklace and received a kiss. Their outing ended when Lin Shan told him that Lin Xia had been bullied by the Xie family’s younger members, sending Lin Tianci to confront them.

• Lin Tianci gave Qing Tan a necklace, and she kissed him after he asked for one.
• Lin Tianci and Qing Tan continued shopping, buying gifts for his younger sister and parents.
• Lin Tianci noticed Lin Shan’s bruised face and asked what had happened.
• Lin Shan explained that the Xie family’s younger members had bullied Lin Xia after she argued with them.
• Lin Tianci’s killing intent surged, and he ordered Lin Shan to take him to Lin Xia immediately.

Lin Tianci rushed to the Marketplace after learning that Xie Ting had slapped Lin Xia and trapped the Lin Family Juniors. He arrived just as the Xie Family attacked, killing the one who had ordered the assault and stopping the confrontation.

• Lin Shan told Lin Tianci and Qing Tan how Xie Ting’s group had surrounded the Lin Family Juniors and slapped Lin Xia.
• Lin Tianci hurried to the Marketplace, furious that Lin Xia had been hurt.
• Xie Ting demanded Lin Xia’s bracelet, and Lin Xia crushed it underfoot and kicked it back to her.
• Xie Ting’s group began attacking Lin Xia, Lin Wei, and the other Lin Family Juniors.
• A Xie Family Junior was suddenly killed, and Lin Tianci appeared between the two groups as Lin Xia called out to her ge.

Lin Tianci confronted the Xie Family Juniors after finding Lin Xia injured, killing one youth, crippling Xie Zhen, and slapping Xie Ting. As he moved to punish her for striking Lin Xia, an urgent voice and a gust of wind interrupted him.

• Lin Tianci found Lin Xia with a handprint on her cheek and killed a Xie Family Junior with one palm strike.
• Xie Zhen charged Lin Tianci, who struck him and shattered his dantian, crippling him.
• Lin Tianci asked Lin Xia which hand Xie Ting had used to hit her, then slapped Xie Ting across the face.
• Lin Tianci approached the fallen Xie Ting and raised his foot to crush her right hand.
• A woman shouted for Lin Tianci to stop as a fierce gust of wind shot toward him.

Lin Tianci crippled Xie Ting after she attacked Lin Xia, then defied Xie Yingying and Lei Li when they arrived to confront him. As tensions between the Lin, Xie, and Lei Families escalated, members of the Savage Blade Martial Hall entered the plaza.

• Lin Tianci crushed Xie Ting’s palm, while the Lin Family Juniors welcomed his decisive retaliation against the Xie Family.
• Xie Yingying and Lei Li arrived and saw their juniors’ injuries, then Xie Yingying demanded that Lin Tianci stop.
• Lin Tianci kicked Xie Ting in the dantian, knocking her unconscious, and rejected Xie Yingying’s threats on behalf of the Xie and Lei Families.
• Lin Tianci explained that the Xie Family had provoked the Lin Family and warned that the Xie Family Juniors would not leave the plaza alive.
• Lei Li and Xie Yingying sensed that Lin Tianci’s aura rivaled theirs as several Savage Blade Martial Hall members entered the plaza.

Lin Tianci faced down the Lei and Xie Families at the Marketplace, but Wu Yun and the Savage Blade Martial Hall’s arrival forced them to retreat. On the way home, Lin Tianci vowed to destroy the Lei and Xie Families, while Lin Xia teased him and Qing Tan about their closeness.

• Wu Yun and the Savage Blade Martial Hall arrived, and Wu Yun sided with Lin Tianci against Lei Li and Xie Yingying.
• Xie Yingying challenged Lin Tianci to attend Qingyang Town’s Hunting, and she and Lei Li withdrew with their juniors.
• Lin Tianci thanked Wu Yun, then led the Lin Family Juniors home with Lin Xia clinging to his arm.
• Lin Xia said the group owed Lin Tianci for protecting them, and he urged her to train so she could defeat Xie Ting herself.
• Lin Tianci vowed to destroy the Lei and Xie Families, then awkwardly offered Lin Xia gifts he had bought while with Qing Tan.
• Lin Xia teased Lin Tianci and Qing Tan after noticing that Qing Tan had kept his gifts, making Qing Tan blush.

Lin Tianci attended the Lin Family gathering, where Lin Zhentian praised him for defeating Xie Zhen and Xie Ting and intimidating the Lei and Xie juniors. The Xie and Lei Families planned revenge during the upcoming hunt, while Lin Xia revealed Lin Tianci’s growing closeness with Qing Tan to their family.

• Lin Tianci joined the Lin Family’s monthly gathering and sat beside Lin Zhentian, who was pleased to hear that Blazing Flame Manor had increased production.
• Lin Zhentian told the gathering that Lin Tianci had crippled Xie Zhen and Xie Ting at the Marketplace and stopped Lei Li and Xie Yingying from acting.
• Lin Ken urged Lin Dong to learn from Lin Tianci, and Lin Dong eagerly agreed.
• Xie Qian vowed that the Xie Family would not accept the humiliation, while Lei Li promised to kill Lin Tianci during the hunt in exchange for the Xie Family’s resources and a chance to marry Xie Ting and Yingying.
• After the gathering, Lin Xia told Lin Ken about Lin Tianci and Qing Tan, including the necklace Lin Tianci had given her, and Lin Ken warned Lin Tianci to treat Qing Tan well.

After warning Lin Tianci that the Xie and Lei Families might target him during Qingyang Town's hunt, Lin Ken urged him to prioritize safety, but Lin Tianci resolved to participate and train harder. He began his special training by taking Lin Dong to the Back Mountain and repeatedly beating him to spur his growth.

• Lin Xia laughed at Lin Tianci, and Lin Ken praised him before Chen Xiu grabbed Lin Ken's ear over his romantic past.
• Lin Tianci gave his parents gifts, then Lin Ken warned him that Xie Qian would hold a grudge and suggested he skip the hunt.
• Lin Tianci refused to withdraw from the hunt because he intended to deal with Lei Li and Xie Yingying, and he decided to train before facing the Lei and Xie Families.
• The next morning, Lin Tianci visited Lin Dong and offered to put him through special training for the hunt.
• Lin Tianci took Lin Dong to the Back Mountain and beat him repeatedly, leaving Lin Dong determined to work harder.

Lin Tianci trained Lin Dong for a full day, then gave him Third-Grade Spirit Medicine to help him cultivate. After Lin Dong broke through, Lin Tianci received a hundredfold return that raised him to the Yuan Realm Middle Stage, and the chapter ended with rumors of his strength spreading through Qingyang Town as people anticipated the Lei and Xie Families’ retaliation.

• Lin Tianci put Lin Dong through a day of special training until Lin Dong’s Body Tempering Eighth Layer foundation was stable.
• Lin Tianci gave Lin Dong two stalks of Third-Grade Spirit Medicine and urged him to break through before the hunt.
• Lin Dong used the Stone Talisman to refine the medicine, and his cultivation surged within an hour.
• Lin Tianci received a hundredfold cultivation return and broke through to the Yuan Realm Middle Stage as the Chaos Ancestor Stone released more Power of Chaos.
• Lin Tianci absorbed the Power of Chaos, then shattered a sturdy Training Stone with a punch carrying two hundred thousand jin of force.
• Rumors about Lin Tianci’s strength spread through Qingyang Town, while people expected the Lei Family and Xie Family to retaliate.

Xie Qian and Lei Bao prepared to have Lei Li kill Lin Tianci during the hunt, giving him a powerful hidden weapon. Meanwhile, Lin Tianci reached the Late Yuan Realm and absorbed the Chaos Ancestor Stone’s power, transforming his body before asking Qing Tan to test its strength with a blade.

• Xie Qian and Lei Bao agreed that Lin Tianci had become a threat to their families and needed to be killed during the hunt.
• Lei Li vowed to kill Lin Tianci and Wu Yun’s group, and Xie Qian gave him a Demonbane Needle that could threaten even a Sky Realm expert.
• Lin Tianci received a Tenfold Cultivation Return from Lin Dong’s progress and advanced to the Late Yuan Realm.
• The Chaos Ancestor Stone released Power of Chaos, which Lin Tianci absorbed to strengthen his body to a level he compared with the Dragon Race.
• Lin Tianci asked Qing Tan to bring out the sharpest knife in the household and try cutting his arm.