Chapter Summaries

Lin Tianci left Yan City for Dahuang Prefecture, receiving farewells and support from his family and the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce. On the road, he studied his route and considered the dangers and opportunities ahead, including protecting Lin Dong and growing stronger.

• Lin Tianci said goodbye to the Lin family, and Lin Dong promised to defeat Lin Langtian at the Clan Gathering and compete for the top two places.
• Lin Tianci rode Little Wing through Yan City, where residents recognized him and watched him depart with admiration.
• Xia Wanjin and Xuan Su gave Lin Tianci a Qiankun Bag of cultivation resources and asked him to remember them; Lin Tianci asked Xia Wanjin to look after the Lin family.
• Little Wing carried Lin Tianci over the city wall, while City Lord Shi arrived too late to see him off.
• Lin Tianci stopped in a forest to study a map of Dahuang Prefecture, where he planned to seek opportunities, strengthen himself, and protect Lin Dong in his pursuit of the Ancestral Symbol.

Lin Tianci traveled toward Dayang Prefecture, hunting demonic beasts as he sought Earth Fire to cultivate the Heavenly Fire Body. After he encountered the wounded Chen Qingqiu and her companions at his camp, Di Yun and his men arrived to attack them, while Lin Tianci remained uninvolved.

• Lin Tianci headed toward Dayang Prefecture, intending to reach a valley where Earth Fire erupted every three years.
• Lin Tianci killed an Iron-Backed Rhinoceros after a difficult fight, and Little Wing devoured its Demonic Crystal.
• Lin Tianci settled down to cook the rhinoceros meat, then noticed five injured people fleeing through the forest toward him.
• Chen Qingqiu asked Lin Tianci to help her group, but he refused and offered to share his meal instead.
• Di Yun arrived with his men and threatened Chen Qingqiu and her companions, while Lin Tianci said he was only a passerby.
• Di Yun ordered his men to attack as Chen Qingqiu and the others prepared to fight.

Lin Tianci encountered the wounded Chen Family of Dayang Prefecture while roasting Iron-Backed Rhinoceros meat and refused to help them. When Di Yun and his men caught up, Lin Tianci declared he would stay out of the conflict, leaving Chen Qingqiu and her companions facing an attack.

• Lin Tianci offered the fleeing Chen Qingqiu and her companions roasted meat but declined their request for help.
• Chen Qingqiu explained that Pavilion Master Zuo of the Di Family was pursuing them and warned Lin Tianci not to get involved.
• Di Yun arrived with his guards, threatened Lin Tianci, and ordered Chen Qingqiu and her companions to surrender.
• Lin Tianci said he was only a passerby and would not interfere unless provoked.
• Di Yun ordered his men to attack as Chen Qingqiu and the others prepared to defend themselves.

Lin Tianci interrupted the Di Family’s attack after recognizing Chen Qingqiu’s Wanjin Chamber of Commerce pendant and learning she was Xuan Su’s cousin. He agreed to intervene, but Di Yun rejected his offer, and the chapter ended as three Di Family experts advanced on Lin Tianci.

• Di Yun and his people overwhelmed Chen Cheng and the Chen Family, leaving Chen Qingqiu injured and her jade pendant on the ground.
• Lin Tianci picked up the pendant, recognized the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce mark, and asked Chen Qingqiu about her connection to it.
• Chen Qingqiu said Xuan Su was her cousin and that they regularly exchanged letters, prompting Lin Tianci to ask Di Yun to withdraw for his sake.
• Di Yun refused, attacked Lin Tianci, and was intercepted by Chen Cheng, who urged Lin Tianci to defeat the other opponents before helping him.
• Di Yun sent three Great Perfection of the Yuan Core Stage experts toward Lin Tianci.

Lin Tianci revealed overwhelming Form Creation Stage strength, killing Di Yun’s three Great Perfection of the Yuan Core Stage attackers with his aura before cutting down Di Yun’s attendants. He confronted Di Yun directly, and their first clash ended with Di Yun’s cyan spear snapping apart.

• Elder Fang and two other Di Family experts attacked Lin Tianci, but his Form Creation Stage aura shattered their assault and killed them.
• Di Yun threatened Lin Tianci, who ordered him to withdraw and warned that he could wipe out the Di Family.
• Lin Tianci drew the Phoenix Wing Purple Gold Sword and killed more than a dozen of Di Yun’s attendants with a single sweep.
• Di Yun summoned a cyan spear and attacked Lin Tianci with Green Light Kill.
• Lin Tianci thrust his sword into Di Yun’s spear attack, making the spear shadows vanish and snapping the cyan spear.

Lin Tianci defeated Di Yun and forced Di Teng, the Di Family patriarch, to stop the fight. After Di Teng mistook Lin Tianci for a protected Lin Clan genius, Lin demanded two hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills as compensation for Little Wing, leaving Di Teng to consider the costly demand.

• Lin Tianci cut apart Di Yun's green spear and nearly struck him down before Di Teng intervened and pulled his son away.
• Di Teng cautiously asked Lin Tianci's origins, and Lin introduced himself as a nobody from the Lin Family.
• Lin demanded Pure Yuan Pills for Little Wing's supposed distress, while Di Teng grew more alarmed and rebuked Di Yun for provoking him.
• Di Teng apologized on Di Yun's behalf and asked how much compensation Lin wanted.
• Lin demanded two hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills, leaving Di Teng and the Di Family guards visibly troubled by the price.

Lin Tianci demanded two hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills from Di Teng, who paid the sum to avoid provoking the Lin Clan. After the Di Family departed, Lin Tianci decided to leave the Thunder Source Crystal Beast to Lin Dong and told the Chen Family that they had kept him from resting long enough.

• Di Teng chose to give Lin Tianci two hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills as a gesture of friendship, despite Di Yun's objections.
• Lin Tianci collected the pills and sent Di Teng and the Di Family away.
• Di Yun complained about their losses, but Di Teng explained that Lin Tianci was too dangerous to offend and that the family needed to focus on the Thunder Source Crystal Beast.
• Di Teng said he hoped to obtain the beast's thunder source and grow powerful enough to consider revenge later.
• Lin Tianci learned the Thunder Source Crystal Beast would break through in half a month and decided to leave it for Lin Dong to handle.
• Lin Tianci told the Chen Family they had disturbed his rest for too long.

Lin Tianci reached the Mist Forest on the edge of Dahuang Prefecture after gaining strength and other rewards from the system. As he searched for someone who could guide him through the forest, he approached a group besieged by demonic beasts.

• Chen Qingqiu agreed to guide Lin Tianci through Earth Fire Valley and stay with him until he left Dayang Prefecture, while Chen Cheng and the others returned to report to the Chen Family.
• The system rewarded Lin Tianci with a Hundredfold Return after Lin Dong increased his strength, bringing Lin Tianci to Greater Creation Stage and closer to Mid-level Spirit Symbol Master.
• Over two months, Lin Tianci cultivated the Heavenly Fire Body, absorbed Power of Chaos from the Chaos Ancestor Stone, and gained various rewards from the system.
• Lin Tianci arrived at Mist Forest, where the mist suppressed mental energy and made finding the correct path difficult.
• Lin Tianci sensed people nearby and rode Little Wing toward them, while a group of several dozen people fought off waves of demonic beasts.

Lin Tianci encountered Jiang Lei and his Eagle Martial Hall companions in the Mist Forest after they survived a demonic beast attack. Jiang Lei agreed to let Lin Tianci travel with them, despite Jiang Xue’s objections.

• Jiang Lei led the group in fighting off a demonic beast assault that lasted half an hour.
• After the beasts retreated, Jiang Lei sensed someone in the mist and confronted Lin Tianci as he emerged.
• Lin Tianci explained that he had gotten lost and asked to travel with the group until they left the Mist Forest.
• Jiang Xue objected to taking in a stranger, but Jiang Lei agreed to help Lin Tianci despite the danger.
• Jiang Lei introduced himself as the Hall Master of Eagle Martial Hall and introduced his daughters, Jiang Xue and Jiang Yinyin.

Lin Tianci traveled with Eagle Martial Hall through the Mist Forest and sensed that demonic beasts were waiting near the group. As the mist thinned and the group made faster progress, he shared a meal and jokes with the martial hall members.

• Jiang Lei told Lin Tianci to ride in a carriage while the group recovered, and Jiang Yinyin asked to pet Little Wing.
• Jiang Xue warned Lin Tianci that Eagle Martial Hall might not be able to protect him, then led Jiang Yinyin and Little Wing to the carriage.
• Lin Tianci sensed demonic beasts watching near Eagle Martial Hall and suspected the group had drawn dangerous trouble.
• The group traveled faster after the beast attack, and Lin Tianci noticed the mist had grown thinner as they headed out of the forest.
• Wu Zhen gave Lin Tianci roasted Flame Earth Bear meat, and Eagle Martial Hall members laughed as they discussed a wager about how quickly he would eat it.

Jiang Xue told Lin Tianci that Eagle Martial Hall had been targeted by a pair of Mist Leopard Crocodile Kings after one of its members killed their cub. With the group set to leave the Mist Forest the next day, she warned that the beasts would attack that night and asked Lin Tianci to protect little Yinyin if things turned dire.

• Lin Tianci enjoyed the easygoing company of Eagle Martial Hall, though Jiang Xue continued to watch him with suspicion.
• Jiang Xue explained that Eagle Martial Hall had drawn the Mist Leopard Crocodile Kings’ vengeance by killing one of their cubs, and predicted they would attack that night.
• Jiang Xue admitted she had doubted Lin Tianci’s strength, then asked him to look after little Yinyin if the group faced an emergency.
• Wu Zhen told Lin Tianci that Jiang Xue had arranged his meals and urged him to be careful as the worried martial hall members awaited the beasts.

As Eagle Martial Hall reached its final night in Mist Forest, Jiang Lei chose to camp rather than travel through the darkness, while Lin Tianci calmly prepared for the beasts gathering around them. When the camp settled in for a tense night watch, Lin Tianci received a Hundredfold Return after Lin Dong increased his cultivation.

• Jiang Lei ordered Eagle Martial Hall to stop and set up camp as night fell, and the group built defenses and prepared food.
• Jiang Lei asked Lin Tianci to protect Little Yinyin that night, and Lin Tianci promised she would not be harmed.
• The demonic beasts gathered around the camp as Eagle Martial Hall kept watch, while Lin Tianci sat calmly beside Little Yinyin and the injured.
• Lin Tianci sensed the large number of beasts with his Mental Energy and received a system notification that Lin Dong had gained cultivation, granting him Hundredfold Return.

As the Mist Leopard Crocodile Kings and a horde of demonic beasts surrounded Eagle Martial Hall’s camp, Jiang Lei prepared to face the two kings while Lin Tianci promised to protect Yinyin and the others. The kings gave the signal to attack, and the beasts charged the camp.

• Lin Tianci reassured Yinyin that everyone would be safe, while the wounded Eagle Martial Hall members mistook his calm smile for arrogance.
• Over a hundred demonic beasts gathered around the camp as the Mist Leopard Crocodile Kings approached through the fog.
• Jiang Lei ordered Wu Zhen to guard the camp and said he would hold off both kings himself.
• Jiang Lei entrusted Yinyin and the others to Lin Tianci, who promised to protect them despite the others’ doubts.
• The two Mist Leopard Crocodile Kings roared, and the demonic beasts surged toward the camp.

Eagle Martial Hall fought off a massive beast tide until the two Mist Leopard Crocodile Kings charged together and threatened to break through their formations. Jiang Lei confronted the pair head-on and was injured, but he held his ground.

• The Mist Leopard Crocodile King's mental influence drove the demonic beasts toward camp faster until Lin Tianci silently suppressed it.
• Eagle Martial Hall's defenses slowed the beast tide, and its members formed groups of three to kill the advancing beasts.
• The two Mist Leopard Crocodile Kings charged toward camp as the beast tide replenished its ranks, putting the fighters and those behind them in danger.
• Jiang Lei attacked the two kings with his heavy sword, but their dark-red energy surged and they resumed their charge.
• Jiang Lei braced his sword against the kings' combined impact, suffered a bloody mouth and pale complexion, and refused to retreat.

Jiang Lei was badly injured and defeated by the two Leopard Crocodile Kings, leaving the Eagle Martial Hall surrounded and near collapse. As Jiang Xue faced a lethal attack, Lin Tianci stepped in and revealed an overwhelming aura that stunned everyone.

• Jiang Lei fought the two Leopard Crocodile Kings, but they bit his greatsword in half and slammed him into the defensive circle, leaving him too injured to fight.
• The Leopard Crocodile Kings fired dark-red air cannons at the Eagle Martial Hall, blasting the defenders away and leaving Jiang Xue exposed to their attack.
• Lin Tianci stood up despite Wu Zhen's warning and swiftly appeared in front of Jiang Xue.
• Lin Tianci swept his sleeve to clear the dust, and his powerful aura froze the Eagle Martial Hall members in shock.

After breaking through to the Qi Creation Realm, Lin Tianci killed both Leopard Crocodile Kings with a single punch each and burned their bodies away. With their threat gone, Eagle Martial Hall defeated the remaining beasts, and the surviving members regarded Lin Tianci with awe.

• Lin Tianci released his Qi Creation Realm aura and met the two charging Leopard Crocodile Kings with his bare fists.
• Lin Tianci smashed both Leopard Crocodile Kings into the ground and killed them instantly.
• Lin Tianci's black flames burned the beasts' bodies away, leaving two Demonic Crystals behind.
• Lin Tianci returned to his seat and told Jiang Xue and the others to deal with the remaining demon beasts.
• Eagle Martial Hall fought off the remaining beasts, which eventually fled, while its members watched Lin Tianci with newfound respect.

After Lin Tianci rescued Eagle Martial Hall from the Mist Leopard Crocodile Kings, Jiang Lei thanked him and Jiang Xue treated him with newfound warmth. The group set out for home the next morning with Lin Tianci riding in their finest carriage, while Jiang Xue’s changed attitude toward him remained apparent.

• Jiang Lei realized Lin Tianci had reached the Qi Creation Realm and thanked him for saving Eagle Martial Hall.
• Jiang Xue sat beside Lin Tianci, and Yinyin praised him for protecting everyone.
• Jiang Xue brought Lin Tianci the best roasted meat, which he eagerly ate as the Eagle Martial Hall members looked on approvingly.
• The next morning, Eagle Martial Hall resumed its journey and invited Lin Tianci to ride in its most luxurious carriage.
• Jiang Xue gently stopped Yinyin from disturbing Lin Tianci, and he noticed that Jiang Xue now seemed warmer toward him.

Lin Tianci traveled through the Mist Forest with Jiang Lei’s group and learned about the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet in Dahuang Prefecture. The tablet was due to open in a little over five months, giving Lin Tianci time to prepare and wait.

• Jiang Lei told Lin Tianci that their group would leave the Mist Forest in about half a month.
• The system informed Lin Tianci that Lin Dong had gained thirty thousand Pure Yuan Pills and awarded Lin Tianci thirty thousand True Yuan Pills.
• Jiang Lei explained that the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet contained ancient ruins, abundant Origin Energy, and valuable martial arts and treasures.
• Lin Tianci learned that the tablet’s seal weakened once every three years and that it would open in a little over five months.

Lin Tianci agreed to go to Great Eagle City with Jiang Lei’s group, escaped the Mist Forest, and learned about Dahuang Prefecture’s major powers. At Eagle Martial Hall, Jiang Xue took him on a tour, drawing jealous attention from the disciples and the hostility of a young man who approached them.

• Lin Tianci accepted Jiang Xue’s invitation to stay in Great Eagle City and heard Jiang Lei describe the Yinkui Sect, Great Demon Gate, and Martial Alliance.
• Jiang Lei’s convoy emerged from the Mist Forest and continued to Great Eagle City, carrying Demonic Crystals from the beasts they had slain.
• The convoy entered Great Eagle City, where residents greeted Jiang Lei respectfully, while some showed Eagle Martial Hall disdain.
• At Eagle Martial Hall, Jiang Lei sent Jiang Xue to show Lin Tianci around and arrange a room for him, while he met anxious stewards.
• Jiang Xue walked beside Lin Tianci through the martial hall, prompting jealous remarks from the disciples and a hostile approach from a young man.
• Jiang Xue introduced Lin Tianci to the young man as someone they had met in the Mist Forest who would be staying at the martial hall.

Lin Tianci arrived in Great Eagle City with Jiang Lei and Jiang Xue, and saw that Eagle Martial Hall held great influence despite facing rival factions. Jiang Xue took him to look around the hall while Jiang Lei dealt with worried stewards, and Lin Tianci’s closeness to her drew jealous attention from the disciples.

• Lin Tianci entered Great Eagle City with Eagle Martial Hall’s convoy and noticed the city was larger and more powerful than Yan City.
• The convoy reached Eagle Martial Hall, where guards and disciples welcomed Jiang Lei and the returning group, though several stewards appeared anxious.
• Jiang Lei asked Jiang Xue to show Lin Tianci around and arrange a room for him while he stayed behind to meet the stewards.
• Jiang Xue walked through the hall with Lin Tianci, whose presence beside her stirred jealousy among her admirers.
• A young man confronted them and asked Jiang Xue to introduce Lin Tianci, and she explained that they had met in the Mist Forest and that he would stay at the hall for a while.