Chapter Summaries

Lin Yun discovered his Task System and used it to accelerate his Tongbei Fist training while seeking ways to improve his cultivation. He established increasingly demanding tasks with rewards that could boost his martial arts, attributes, and resources.

• Lin Yun lamented his slow progress with Tongbei Fist and recalled that Lin Dong had already taken the Ancestral Stone he had hoped to find.
• The Task System bound itself to Lin Yun, and he learned that he could create tasks himself and claim rewards without penalty for failure.
• Lin Yun completed a task to practice Tongbei Fist once and received a proficiency increase, then used repeated tasks to advance the technique to minor mastery.
• Lin Yun found that advancing Tongbei Fist beyond minor mastery required ten repetitions per proficiency increase and continued training to build muscle memory.
• Lin Yun established further tasks offering rewards for practicing Falling Rock Fist, mastering Tongbei Fist, and breaking through to the Body Tempering Sixth Layer.

Lin Yun relentlessly cultivated Tongbei Fist, using system rewards and pills to reach Body Tempering Sixth Layer and improve his attributes. With his food supplies exhausted and cultivation demanding more energy, he decided to hunt for resources.

• Lin Yun mastered Tongbei Fist and claimed a bottle of First Grade Qi Blood Pills from the system.
• Lin Yun used pills to sustain his intense training and perfected Tongbei Fist, earning a bottle of Second Grade Azure Blood Pills.
• Lin Yun ate Azure Blood Pills and continued cultivating while pursuing the system reward for Fist Technique Talent.
• Lin Yun broke through to Body Tempering Sixth Layer, awakened Origin Power, and claimed increases to his physique and Root Bone.
• Lin Yun ran out of food and decided to hunt Demon Beasts in the mountains around Qingyang Town.

Lin Yun hunted an Ironback Azure Bear, earned a Cosmos Sack, and followed Qing Tan back toward the Lin Family. When Lin Shan cornered Qing Tan to seize her Crimson Sun Grass and threatened Lin Dong, Lin Yun intervened by throwing a wild boar at him, and Lin Shan ordered his lackeys to attack.

• Lin Yun killed an Ironback Azure Bear, claimed a Cosmos Sack and a physique increase, and hunted two wild boars.
• Lin Yun spotted Qing Tan finding Crimson Sun Grass and followed her as she headed home to give it to Lin Dong.
• Lin Shan and his followers blocked Qing Tan, demanded her Spirit Herb, and threatened Lin Dong when she refused.
• Lin Yun created a mission to help Qing Tan, then threw a wild boar at Lin Shan and knocked him down.
• Lin Shan got up, cursed Lin Yun, and ordered his lackeys to beat him.

Lin Yun defended Qing Tan from Lin Shan and fought Lin Hong, revealing that he had also reached the Body Tempering Sixth Layer. After Lin Xia ended the confrontation, Lin Yun thanked Lin Dong and Qing Tan, returned to his room, and claimed his mission rewards.

• Lin Yun defeated Lin Shan and the youths who had tried to take Qing Tan’s Spirit Herb.
• Lin Hong arrived and challenged Lin Yun, but Lin Dong joined the fight to help him.
• Lin Yun blocked Lin Hong’s Origin Power attack and revealed his own Body Tempering Sixth Layer cultivation.
• Lin Xia stopped the fight, and Lin Hong threatened Lin Dong over his plan to arrange a childhood engagement with Qing Tan.
• Lin Yun thanked Qing Tan and Lin Dong, then returned to his room and claimed Golden Silk Gloves and Second-Grade Qi Blood Pills.

Lin Yun’s reputation grew after the Back Mountain Conflict, and he continued training while seeking better martial arts. Lin Xia took him to spar, where she revealed the gap between their skills and left him eager to learn more.

• Lin Yun refused the Crimson Sun Grass Lin Dong and Qing Tan offered, fed them roasted wild boar, guided Lin Dong, and encouraged Qing Tan to practice Martial Dao.
• Lin Yun decided to train his legs and seek a movement martial art, then went to Lin Ken’s home to request entry to the Martial Arts Hall.
• Lin Xia offered to take Lin Yun to the hall and advised him to learn a second-grade fist technique; Lin Yun asked to borrow both that and a movement art.
• Lin Yun created missions to spar with and defeat Lin Xia, then accepted her challenge to test his foundation.
• Lin Yun’s Falling Rock Fist and Tongbei Fist pressured Lin Xia at first, but her greater mastery of Spirit Sword Finger let her disrupt his Yuan Power and end the exchange.

Lin Yun chose Eight Steps Catching Cicadas and Eight Desolations Palm at the Martial Arts Hall, then trained intensely with system rewards and pills. After gaining elementary Movement Technique Talent and advancing his martial arts, he was visited by Lin Xia, who brought him food and challenged him to spar.

• Lin Yun went with Lin Xia to the Martial Arts Hall and selected Eight Steps Catching Cicadas and Eight Desolations Palm.
• Back at his courtyard, Lin Yun claimed a Second-Grade Qi Blood Pill, a Second-Grade Marrow Cleansing Pill, and one-hundred-jin Iron Shoes, then swallowed the pill and began training.
• After a month of practice, Lin Yun reached major mastery in Eight Steps Catching Cicadas and minor mastery in Eight Desolations Palm, then created missions to improve both techniques further.
• Lin Yun perfected Eight Steps Catching Cicadas after another twenty days and gained elementary Movement Technique Talent, which reduced the repetitions needed to improve the technique.
• After another month of seclusion, Lin Xia visited Lin Yun with food and challenged him to spar.

Lin Yun sparred with Lin Xia, broke through to the Body Tempering Seventh Layer, and cultivated all four of his martial arts to the Transcendent level. With the clan competition approaching, he prepared to use its battles and rewards to advance further.

• Lin Yun sparred with Lin Xia and remained undefeated, then claimed a bottle of Second-Grade Origin Qi Pills and received two Crimson Beard Ginseng roots from her.
• Lin Yun used the pills and ginseng to break through to the Body Tempering Seventh Layer, gaining Constitution and Comprehension.
• Lin Yun cultivated Tongbei Fist to Transcendent and raised Falling Rock Fist, Eight Steps Catching Cicadas, and Eight Desolations Palm to Transcendent as well.
• Lin Yun remained at the Body Tempering Seventh Layer while waiting for the clan competition, which began three days later.

Lin Yun attended the Lin Family Clan Competition and drew Lin Shan as his first opponent. As the match began, Lin Yun saw that defeating Lin Shan would earn him a Third-Grade Qi Blood Pill.

• Lin Xia escorted Lin Yun to the Trial Hall, where Lin Yun saw Lin Xiao, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan arrive.
• Lin Mang mocked Lin Xiao, prompting Lin Dong and Qing Tan to react angrily.
• Lin Zhentian opened the Clan Competition, and the participants drew lots for their matches.
• Lin Dong defeated Lin Changqiang in the opening round.
• Lin Yun drew number seven and faced Lin Shan, who reluctantly prepared to fight.
• Lin Yun checked his mission and saw that defeating Lin Shan would earn him a Third-Grade Qi Blood Pill.

Lin Yun defeated Lin Shan and then Lin Hong at the Lin Family competition, revealing that he had reached Body Tempering Seventh Layer and mastered the Eight Desolations Palm. After Lin Hong was carried away injured and out of the top five, Qing Tan gratefully gave Lin Yun her handkerchief, leaving him to notice its fragrance.

• Lin Yun defeated Lin Shan with Falling Rock Fist and earned a Third-Grade Qi Blood Pill reward.
• Lin Yun drew Lin Hong in the match for a place in the top five and accepted the challenge for a bottle of Third-Grade Origin Qi Pills.
• Lin Hong revealed his Body Tempering Seventh Layer strength, but Lin Yun showed he had reached the same level and countered Lin Hong's Eight Desolations Palm with ease.
• Lin Hong attacked viciously, so Lin Yun beat him and kicked him off the stage; Lin Zhentian ordered Lin Mang to take Lin Hong for treatment.
• Qing Tan gave Lin Yun her handkerchief, relieved that Lin Hong could no longer pursue an engagement with her, and Lin Yun noticed its fragrance.

Lin Yun watched Lin Dong reveal his hidden strength and win his match, then advanced through the clan competition until he faced Lin Dong in the final. The chapter ended as Lin Yun and Lin Dong prepared for their showdown.

• Lin Yun created missions tied to Qing Tan and Lin Dong, including rewards for defeating or subduing Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong revealed that he had reached Body Tempering Sixth Layer and defeated Lin Ting with Tongbei Fist, earning his father's surprise and pride.
• Lin Yun, Lin Dong, Lin Xia, Lin Chen, and Lin Feng advanced to the second half of the competition, where Lin Dong drew a bye.
• Lin Yun defeated Lin Xia and then Lin Chen, while Lin Dong received another bye.
• Lin Yun and Lin Dong were set to face each other in the final showdown.

Lin Yun defeated Lin Dong in the clan competition after demonstrating superior skill and guiding him through their fight. After winning first place, he gained the clan head’s support and returned to his courtyard to inspect his rewards.

• Lin Yun and Lin Dong fought with Tongbei Fist and Eight Desolations Palm, and Lin Dong realized Lin Yun was guiding him rather than trying to win quickly.
• Lin Dong learned from Lin Yun’s techniques, then Lin Yun pushed him off the platform after more than fifty exchanges and won the match.
• Lin Zhentian announced Lin Yun, Lin Dong, and Lin Xia as the competition’s first-, second-, and third-place finishers, then praised Lin Yun and promised the clan would support him.
• Lin Zhentian ordered Lin Ken to mentor Lin Yun and raise his treatment, while Lin Yun declined Lin Xia and Lin Ken’s offer to move into their courtyard.
• Lin Yun returned to his own courtyard to review the rewards he had earned.

After claiming the clan competition rewards, Lin Yun received a Divine Grade Automatic Alchemy Furnace and named its spirit Chi Ling. With his attributes improved and new cultivation tasks set, he planned to seek stronger Martial Arts at the Martial Arts Hall.

• Lin Yun claimed the rewards for completing nine missions, including a Divine Grade Automatic Alchemy Furnace.
• Lin Yun learned that the furnace could speak and automatically refine pills, then named its spirit Chi Ling.
• Lin Yun gave Chi Ling two Fire Blood Ganoderma, and she refined them into ten pills while explaining how the furnace gathered energy.
• Lin Yun checked his improved attributes and set tasks to reach Body Tempering Eighth Layer and cultivate his Martial Arts further.
• Lin Yun decided to visit the Martial Arts Hall to find deeper Martial Arts than the second-grade techniques he already knew.

Lin Yun chose Mountain Shocking Fist and Flowing Wind Movement Technique at the Martial Arts Hall, then manipulated Lin Dong into choosing Gu Ang Fist and the incomplete Mystic Gate Seal. Lin Dong agreed to cultivate the seal alongside Lin Yun, unaware that Lin Yun already possessed its complete version.

• Lin Yun selected Mountain Shocking Fist and Flowing Wind Movement Technique from the Martial Arts Hall’s Third Grade martial arts.
• Lin Yun generated a task to help Lin Dong choose the incomplete Mystic Gate Seal, hoping to earn its complete version.
• Lin Dong decided to learn Flowing Wind Movement Technique and chose Gu Ang Fist after Lin Yun praised its fit with his abilities.
• Lin Yun described the incomplete Mystic Gate Seal to spark Lin Dong’s interest, and Lin Dong considered using the Stone Talisman to complete it.
• Lin Dong encouraged Lin Yun to try the Mystic Gate Seal too, and Lin Yun agreed while hiding that he already had the complete version.

After catching Lin Yun and Lin Dong with matching martial arts manuals, Lin Xia asked to join their training and arranged to cultivate with them. The three agreed to meet every ten days in the back mountain and prepare for the year-end Hunting Event.

• Lin Xia teased Lin Yun and Lin Dong about their close relationship and accused them of secretly training together.
• Lin Xia spotted their matching martial arts manuals and treated them as proof that the two were cultivating together.
• Lin Xia asked to join their martial arts practice, and Lin Yun agreed to set regular training sessions with her and Lin Dong.
• Lin Yun proposed meeting every ten days in the back mountain to exchange martial arts and hunt for practice.
• Lin Xia chose to learn Flowing Wind Movement Technique and Mystic Gate Seal, the two manuals both Lin Yun and Lin Dong had selected.

Lin Yun spent ten days improving his martial arts before meeting Lin Xia, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan to exchange insights. He won their movement contest and learned that Qing Tan had reached the Body Tempering Sixth Layer, then prepared to spar with Lin Dong using the Mystic Gate Seal.

• Lin Yun claimed Meridian Protecting Pills, a weighted Iron Clothes, and the complete Mystic Gate Seal, then trained for ten days until his Flowing Wind Movement Technique reached Great Achievement.
• Lin Yun met Lin Xia, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan at the back mountain and proposed a race to test their Flowing Wind Movement Technique.
• Lin Yun outran Lin Dong and Lin Xia, while Qing Tan judged the contest and celebrated his return.
• Qing Tan told Lin Yun she had reached the Body Tempering Sixth Layer and asked him to keep her special constitution secret; Lin Yun agreed to teach her Falling Rock Fist.
• Lin Yun and Lin Dong shared their insights into the Flowing Wind Movement Technique and Mystic Gate Seal, while Lin Xia listened and admitted she had not learned the Mystic Gate Seal.
• Lin Yun set up a mission to spar with Lin Dong using the Mystic Gate Seal and prepared to exchange notes with him.

Lin Yun and Lin Dong demonstrated their mastery of the Mystic Gate Seal, then Lin Xia discussed the powerful rivals awaiting the Lin Family at the Hunting Event. After Lin Dong and Lin Xia left, Qing Tan stayed behind to receive personal guidance from Lin Yun.

• Lin Yun and Lin Dong exchanged Mystic Gate Seals, and Lin Dong admitted he was outmatched.
• Lin Yun shared his seal-forming experience with Lin Dong and Lin Xia, who gained confidence for the Hunting Event.
• Lin Xia named Lei Li, Xie Yingying, and Wu Yun as formidable juniors from the other major forces and asked Lin Yun and Lin Dong to help her deal with Xie Yingying.
• Lin Dong and Lin Xia headed back, but Qing Tan chose to remain with Lin Yun for instruction.
• Lin Yun promised to transform Qing Tan's skills, and she eagerly asked how he would teach her.

Lin Yun taught Qing Tan Falling Rock Fist, but the training triggered her painful cold qi flare-up. He used Chi Ling and the Alchemy Furnace to warm her and relieve the pain, while keeping the divine artifact secret from her.

• Lin Yun taught Qing Tan the essence of Falling Rock Fist, helping her improve her technique.
• Qing Tan's cold qi flared up early, leaving her in pain as frost spread around her and Lin Yun's Yuan Power failed to help.
• Chi Ling told Lin Yun to bring Qing Tan into the Alchemy Furnace so its controlled warmth could dissolve the cold qi.
• Lin Yun covered Qing Tan's eyes, carried her into the Furnace Space, and activated a task to help ease her cold qi pain.
• Chi Ling warmed Qing Tan with Pill Fire until her pain subsided, and Lin Yun assured her that his treasure could keep helping her.
• Qing Tan asked to see the treasure, but Lin Yun refused, saying it was not time yet.

Lin Yun helped Qing Tan suppress her cold qi and kept the secret of Chi Ling, while Chi Ling refined the expelled energy into pills. Lin Dong learned that Qing Tan no longer needed his help and realized Lin Yun had solved her problem, leaving him feeling displaced in his sister’s life.

• Lin Yun refused to reveal Chi Ling to Qing Tan but agreed she could use the treasure again when her cold qi threatened to flare up, as long as they were alone.
• Lin Yun claimed mission rewards that increased his constitution, comprehension, charm, and luck, while Chi Ling revealed four pills refined from Qing Tan’s expelled cold energy.
• Lin Dong grew puzzled when Qing Tan’s cold qi did not flare up and asked her about her condition.
• Qing Tan told Lin Dong that her cold-qi problem had been resolved and that Lin Yun had helped her, but she refused to explain the process.
• Lin Dong accepted that Lin Yun had secrets of his own and sighed that Qing Tan’s closeness to him had diminished.

Lin Yun continued training with Lin Dong and Lin Xia, then helped them hunt a Red-Eyed Tiger and discovered a Fourth-Grade Wood Spirit Mushroom with Chi Ling’s guidance. After sharing the meal made from their spoils, Lin Dong and Lin Xia both broke through to the Body Tempering Eighth Layer.

• Lin Yun broke through to the Body Tempering Eighth Layer, claimed his mission reward, and continued improving his fist techniques.
• Lin Yun, Lin Dong, Lin Xia, and Qing Tan went into the forest to train for the Qingyang Hunt and confronted an adult Red-Eyed Tiger.
• Lin Dong and Lin Xia fought the Red-Eyed Tiger while Lin Yun supported them, then struck it down when it attacked him.
• Chi Ling sensed Fourth-Grade Spiritual Medicine near the tiger’s lair, and Lin Yun found a Wood Spirit Mushroom there.
• Lin Yun and the others shared the tiger meat and Wood Spirit Mushroom, and Lin Dong and Lin Xia both broke through to the Body Tempering Eighth Layer.

After months of training and hunting, Lin Yun reached Intermediate Fist Technique Talent and joined Lin Dong, Lin Xia, and Qing Tan on a trip to Qingyang Town’s Trading Square. He secretly traded pills for rare spiritual herbs and left the market with Lin Dong, each aware that the other was keeping secrets.

• Lin Yun completed missions to master the Tongbei Fist and Falling Rock Fist, gaining Intermediate Fist Technique Talent and nearing the Body Tempering Ninth Layer.
• Lin Yun proposed that the group shift their training toward hunting, and he secretly searched the back mountain for spirit herbs while helping Qing Tan suppress her cold energy.
• Qing Tan suggested visiting Qingyang Town’s Trading Square, and Lin Yun, Lin Dong, and Lin Xia agreed to go with her.
• At the fair, Lin Yun disguised himself and traded first-grade pills for fifteen Third-Grade Spiritual Medicine plants, then traded second-grade pills for two Fourth-Grade plants.
• Lin Yun encountered Lin Dong after both had completed secret trades, and they returned to Lin Xia and Qing Tan without revealing their secrets.