Chapter Summaries

Lin Yun spent a month training in the Primeval Forest, strengthening Qing Tan and his pet beasts while preparing for Core Formation. He returned to Ironwood Manor after the Bloodcloth Sect failed to pursue him, where Lin Zhentian revealed his worry and Lin Yun asked whether something had happened.

• Lin Yun arranged for Xiong Wei to watch the Bloodcloth Sect, then took Qing Tan and the four beasts into the Primeval Forest to train.
• Lin Yun taught Qing Tan to cultivate her Innate Yin Sha Qi toward a Yin Core instead of absorbing Yang Gang Qi, while he trained his martial arts and secret techniques.
• Over a month, Bao Zhen and the Three Little Tigers grew stronger, Qing Tan's strength advanced, and Lin Yun discovered five ore veins.
• Lin Yun tamed an Azure Sky Roc and a Purple Sable, named them Little Green and Little Purple, and gave them Blood Marrow Pills; Little Green awakened a mutated bloodline.
• After receiving no warning smoke about the Bloodcloth Sect, Lin Yun returned to Ironwood Manor with Qing Tan, where Lin Zhentian greeted him anxiously.
• Lin Yun asked Lin Zhentian whether something had happened.

Lin Yun returned to the Lin Family after killing Xie Qian and Gu Ying, and reassured Lin Zhentian that he could handle the Bloodcloth Sect’s coming retaliation. In the underground Volcanic Cave, he taught Lin Dong the Ancient Swirl Symbol Seal, helping him become a One Seal Symbol Master while earning a system mission reward.

• Lin Yun confirmed to Lin Zhentian that he had killed Xie Qian and Gu Ying, and learned that the Bloodcloth Sect was investigating Gu Ying’s death and might attack the Lin Family.
• Lin Yun told Lin Zhentian he was confident he could defeat Wei Tong and planned to break through to the Core Formation Realm soon.
• Lin Zhentian revealed that Lin Dong was cultivating in a Volcanic Cave rich in berserk Yang Gang Qi, so Lin Yun went to see him.
• Lin Dong told Lin Yun that he had reached mid Heavenly Yuan Realm and opened his Niwan Palace, and Lin Yun offered to teach him the Seal Formation Method.
• Lin Yun taught Lin Dong the Ancient Swirl Symbol Seal, and Lin Dong successfully formed a seal on his first attempt, becoming a One Seal Symbol Master.
• Lin Yun praised Lin Dong’s talent, encouraging him to pursue Mental Energy and work toward surpassing Lin Yun.

Lin Yun praised Lin Dong’s talent, explained the power of the Ancient Swirl Symbol Seal, and gave him the Transformation God Needle. Lin Dong, moved by Lin Yun’s generosity, revealed the Stone Talisman’s abilities and how it had caused trouble for him in Yancheng.

• Lin Yun told Lin Dong he had killed Gu Ying, a Two-Seal Symbol Master, and explained that the Ancient Swirl Symbol Seal helped him absorb Gu Ying’s Mental Energy and break through.
• Lin Yun described the grades of symbol seals and praised Lin Dong for condensing the rare Ancient Swirl Symbol Seal in one attempt.
• Lin Yun gave Lin Dong the Transformation God Needle and urged him to confide in him as a brother.
• Lin Dong showed Lin Yun the rune fused into his palm and explained that it refined Yang Gang Qi and spirit herbs into pills.
• Lin Dong told Lin Yun that people in Yancheng had targeted him after he used the rune-refined pills in trades.

Lin Yun completed his mission to recruit Lin Dong, claimed rewards that raised his attributes and luck, and returned to find Tiger Heroine offering him a powerful Demon Crystal. He had Chi Ling refine it into one Sixth Grade Pill and three pills close to that grade, intending to help Tiger Heroine advance.

• Lin Dong opened up to Lin Yun, accepted his guidance, and began studying the Transformation God Needle so he could help protect the Lin Family from the Bloodcloth Sect.
• Lin Yun claimed his mission rewards, increasing his Charm, Comprehension, and Luck, and saw that his Luck had reached Purple.
• Tiger Heroine brought Lin Yun a Demon Crystal nearing transformation into a Demon Spirit, which she had found in an underground Rock Cave and saved for him.
• Chi Ling refined the Demon Crystal, Spirit Herbs, and Yang Yuan Stones into one Sixth Grade Pill and three pills close to the sixth grade.
• Lin Yun kept the strongest pill for Tiger Heroine so she could attempt to break through to the Core Formation Realm.

Lin Yun helped the Four Tigers strengthen their bloodlines, and Tiger Heroine broke through to the Core Formation Realm. He then gave Bao Qiang, Bao Zhen, and Little Purple Mutated Blood Pills, and all three gained mutated bloodlines before Qing Tan visited him.

• The Three Little Tigers reached the late Heavenly Yuan Realm, and Tiger Heroine broke through to the Core Formation Realm after taking pills from Lin Yun.
• Lin Yun brought the Four Tigers to the Beast Pens, scolded Bao Qiang, Bao Zhen, and Little Purple about their cultivation, and gave them Mutated Blood Pills.
• Chi Ling confirmed that Bao Qiang, Bao Zhen, and Little Purple had all obtained mutated bloodlines.
• Lin Yun sent the seven beasts into the forest to train and deal with nearby Demon Beasts, while Tiger Heroine remained at Ironwood Manor.
• Qing Tan visited Lin Yun and said he seemed different and looked more handsome, while Lin Yun teased her about her feelings.

Lin Yun led the Lin Family in a prepared ambush against the Bloodcloth Sect, killed its Sect Master Wei Tong, and claimed the mission reward. The battle continued inside Ironwood Manor as the Lin Family fought the remaining Bloodcloth Sect forces.

• Lin Yun perfected the Mystic Gate Seal, received Shattering Yuan Needles forged from Shattering Yuan Mystic Steel, and learned that the Bloodcloth Sect was approaching.
• Lin Yun and Lin Zhentian prepared the Lin Family for battle, and Lin Yun promised to face Wei Tong while Tiger Heroine handled the sect's Lesser Yuan Dan Realm elder.
• Wei Tong led more than five hundred Bloodcloth Sect members to Ironwood Manor, where Lin Yun admitted that he had killed Gu Ying and ordered the Lin Family to fire arrows.
• The Lin Family drew the Bloodcloth Sect into an ironwood enclosure, and Lin Yun and his beasts engaged Wei Tong, the elder, and the sect's fighters.
• Lin Yun used the Transformation God Needle to pierce Wei Tong's Pure Origin Qi, evaded his attacks from the air, and killed him with a needle through the throat.

Lin Yun helped the Lin Family defeat the Bloodcloth Sect, claimed his rewards, and began cultivating toward the Lesser Yuan Dan Realm. Meanwhile, Lin Dong discovered a rat-like creature in the Stone Talisman and was startled when it spoke.

• Lin Yun killed Wei Tong while Lin Dong and Tiger Heroine fought the Bloodcloth Sect Elder, whom Lin Yun finished off with a needle attack.
• Lin Yun ordered Lin Dong and Tiger Heroine to help defeat the remaining Bloodcloth Sect members, and the Lin Family overcame the invasion with few losses.
• Lin Yun claimed a Blood Soul Spear, Pure Origin Pills, and Sixth Grade Origin Power Pills, then began fusing his Yin Yang Qi to break through.
• Lin Dong searched the Stone Talisman space and found a tiny black rat-like creature, which snapped that Lin Dong and his family were the rats.

Lin Yun broke through to the Core Formation Realm with a mysterious Golden Core, while Lin Dong introduced him to Little Marten and revealed the Stone Talisman's danger. After strengthening the Lin Family, Lin Yun prepared to travel to Yancheng to pursue greater opportunities.

• Lin Yun absorbed a vortex of Yuan Power, formed a starless Golden Core, and claimed rewards that raised his Constitution, Root Bone, and Charm.
• Little Marten warned Lin Dong that exposing the Stone Talisman could bring ruin upon his clan and the Great Yan Dynasty, but Lin Dong insisted on telling Lin Yun.
• Lin Dong summoned Little Marten before Lin Yun, who agreed to consider letting him train his Demon Beasts in exchange for help restoring Little Marten's physical body.
• Lin Yun warned Little Marten not to pursue his female Purple Sable, prompting Little Marten to protest the insult.
• Lin Yun helped the Lin Family expand its forces and secure three Yang Yuan Stone Mines, then prepared to travel to Yancheng.

Lin Yun and Lin Dong returned to Yancheng and visited their master, Yan Xuan, where they met his first disciple, Zi Yue. After Lin Yun revealed that he had become a Two-Seal Symbol Master in only two months, Zi Yue was stunned, then welcomed her remarkable junior brothers into the courtyard while Yan Xuan remained away.

• Lin Yun and Lin Dong arrived in Yancheng with Yang Yuan Pills they had refined themselves and planned to buy a residence and pursue alchemy supplies.
• At the Curiosity Shop, Lin Yun showed Manager Liu Master Yan's token, and an attendant escorted the two disciples to Yan Xuan's residence.
• Zi Yue tried to turn Lin Yun and Lin Dong away, but Lin Yun challenged her Mental Energy barrier and revealed himself as a Two-Seal Symbol Master.
• Lin Yun and Lin Dong introduced themselves, and Zi Yue learned that Lin Yun had reached Two-Seal Symbol Master in two months while Lin Dong was a One Seal Symbol Master.
• Zi Yue introduced herself as their senior sister, invited them inside while Yan Xuan was at the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild, and asked how they had advanced so quickly.
• Lin Yun claimed their rapid progress came from excellent talent, comprehension, and luck.

Lin Yun and Lin Dong visited the Symbol Master Association, where Lin Yun reunited with Lin Xia and astonished Zi Yue and Yan Xuan with his abilities. After sparring with Yan Xuan, Lin Yun received a mission to teach him the Ancient Swirl Symbol Seal Formation Method in exchange for the Heavenly Swirl Symbol Seal Formation Method.

• Zi Yue explained the Symbol Master Association and led Lin Yun and Lin Dong to its tower and cultivation grounds.
• Lin Yun found Lin Xia and told her about the Lin Family's recent victories and his own achievements, surprising her and Zi Yue.
• Yan Xuan returned, sparred with Lin Yun, and was impressed by his Mental Energy techniques and Natal Spiritual Symbol.
• Yan Xuan asked Lin Yun to teach him the Natal Spiritual Symbol method, and Lin Yun received a mission to teach him the Ancient Swirl Symbol Seal Formation Method for the Heavenly Swirl Symbol Seal Formation Method.

Lin Yun taught Yan Xuan the Ancient Swirl Symbol Seal and gained the Heavenly Swirl Symbol Seal, then asked Yan Xuan for alchemy manuals. Yan Xuan worried Lin Yun would waste his talent on a side pursuit, but Lin Yun insisted he could learn alchemy in a day or two.

• Lin Yun realized teaching Yan Xuan the Ancient Swirl Symbol Seal would reward him with an Innate Heavenly Talisman, and he demonstrated the seal formation method until Yan Xuan learned it.
• Lin Yun claimed the Heavenly Swirl Symbol Seal, which could accelerate the absorption and refinement of energy and devour others' Mental Energy.
• Lin Yun created new tasks to teach Lin Dong and Yan Xuan the Heavenly Swirl Symbol Seal, then urged Yan Xuan to convert his Life Talisman Seal into the Ancient Swirl Symbol Seal.
• Yan Xuan was astonished that Lin Yun possessed an even stronger seal and offered to help him with anything he needed.
• Lin Yun asked Yan Xuan for alchemy manuals so he could learn to make pills, and Yan Xuan cautioned him against wasting time on a side path.
• Lin Yun said he would stop if he could not learn alchemy within a day or two, leaving Yan Xuan stunned by his confidence.

Lin Yun agreed to teach Zi Yue the Seal Formation Method for the Ancient Swirl Symbol Seal and received her payment. He then accompanied Yan Xuan and Lin Dong to meet the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild president about the Blood Wolf Gang, and they arrived at Xia Wanjin’s residence.

• Yan Xuan gave Lin Yun alchemy manuals and notes, urged him to keep cultivating, and offered the Curiosity Shop’s resources.
• Yan Xuan said the Blood Wolf Gang might retaliate for the Bloodcloth Sect’s destruction and planned to ask the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild to restrain them.
• Zi Yue asked Lin Yun to teach her the method for his Natal Spiritual Symbol, and he agreed in exchange for ten thousand Yang Yuan Pills.
• Lin Yun spent the night teaching Zi Yue the Seal Formation Method for the Ancient Swirl Symbol Seal and collected his payment.
• Yan Xuan took Lin Yun and Lin Dong to the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild, where Steward Su led them to Xia Wanjin’s residence.

Yan Xuan asked Xia Wanjin to help protect the Lin Family from the Blood Wolf Gang after Lin Yun killed Wei Tong and destroyed the Bloodcloth Sect. Xia Wanjin agreed to restrain Yue Shan, and the group began considering Lin Dong for the upcoming Danxian Pool Contest.

• Yan Xuan told Xia Wanjin that the Lin Family had destroyed the Bloodcloth Sect and asked the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild to keep the Blood Wolf Gang from retaliating.
• Lin Yun revealed that he had killed Wei Tong and Gu Ying, and Yan Xuan described Lin Yun's and Lin Dong's cultivation and Symbol Master levels.
• Xia Wanjin agreed to watch Yue Shan and prevent him from attacking the Lin Family.
• Yan Xuan suggested Lin Dong as a candidate for the Danxian Pool Contest, and Xuan Su explained the contest and the pool's benefits.
• Xia Wanjin proposed that Lin Dong spar with Xia Zhilan to assess his combat ability.

Lin Dong defeated Xia Zhilan in a spar and agreed to help her prepare for the Danxian Pool Contest in exchange for the chance to enter Danxian Pool. Lin Yun moved the Lin Family’s core members to Yancheng and arrived with Yan Xuan at the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild auction.

• Lin Dong overwhelmed Xia Zhilan in a spar, and Xia Wanjin agreed to let him enter Danxian Pool if the guild won the contest.
• Lin Yun asked Lin Dong to spar with Xia Zhilan before the contest, and Lin Dong reluctantly agreed to stay with the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild.
• Xuan Su invited Lin Yun to the guild’s auction, and Lin Yun asked Manager Liu to buy a large residence in Yancheng for the Lin Family.
• Lin Yun returned to Qingyang Town and moved the Lin Family’s core members to Yancheng over the next two days.
• Lin Yun and Yan Xuan entered Xuan Su’s private room at the Ten Thousand Gold Auction House and waited for the auction to begin.

Lin Yun offered three Pills for auction, and Yan Xuan appraised them as unusually potent fourth- and fifth-grade Pills, with the third nearing sixth-grade. Xuan Su was stunned by their quality as the auction continued.

• Xuan Su welcomed Lin Yun into her private room and gave him the auction list, while Yan Xuan told him to bid freely.
• Lin Yun reviewed the auction items as Yan Xuan's Autumn Scale Sword sold for eight hundred and fifty Yang Yuan Stones.
• Lin Yun asked Xuan Su to list Pills he had refined, and she explained that auctioned Pills had to be at least fourth-grade.
• Lin Yun showed three bottles of Pills, and Yan Xuan appraised them as a high-quality fourth-grade Pill, a fifth-grade Pill, and one close to sixth-grade.
• Xuan Su was shocked by Yan Xuan's appraisal and the rarity of Pills of such quality in Yancheng.

Lin Yun sold his pills through the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild, earning a fortune and arranging a supply of spiritual medicines and Yang Yuan Stones for his alchemy. He returned to the Lin Family and filled Chi Ling’s furnace with the stones, leaving her thrilled to begin refining them.

• Xuan Su arranged for some of Lin Yun’s pills to enter the auction and bought the rest at the auction’s average prices.
• Lin Yun asked Xuan Su to buy all the spiritual medicines at the auction and acquired an Elite-grade Mental Secret Technique.
• Lin Yun’s pills sparked fierce bidding, earning him more than twenty thousand Yang Yuan Stones at auction and about seventy thousand in total after the Guild bought the remainder.
• Lin Yun arranged with Xuan Su to obtain Yang Yuan Stones and Grade Four or higher Spirit Herbs, offering to refine the Guild’s stones into Yang Yuan Pills.
• Lin Yun returned to the Lin Family, poured more than seventy thousand Yang Yuan Stones into the Divine Grade Automatic Alchemy Furnace, and excited Chi Ling.

Lin Yun fed his pet beasts thousands of Yang Yuan Pills, disciplined the Three Little Tigers, and studied the Sharp Spiral Wave secret technique. Three days later, he prepared to take the beasts into the mountains and watch the Danxian Pool Contest between the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild and the Blood Wolf Gang.

• Lin Yun had Chi Ling reforge the Yang Yuan Pills and planned to gather more Yang Yuan Stones for it to refine.
• Qing Tan brought the pet beasts to Lin Yun, who fed them Yang Yuan Pills while the Purple Sable ate delicately from Qing Tan’s hand.
• Lin Yun punished the Three Little Tigers for trying to sneak out and told them they could come with him if they behaved.
• Lin Yun began studying the Sharp Spiral Wave secret technique, reaching beginner mastery after one day and minor mastery after two.
• On the third day, Lin Yun prepared to take the pet beasts into the mountains to watch the Danxian Pool Contest.

Lin Yun followed Lin Dong and the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild to Danxian Pool, where the guild and the Blood Wolf Gang held a contest. Lin Dong defeated Jiang Li after he used a secret technique to reach the Core Formation Realm, while Lin Yun watched in secret.

• Lin Yun accompanied the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild toward Danxian Pool and secretly followed Lin Dong's group into the mountains.
• Xia Wanjin and Yue Shan met at Danxian Pool, where each side selected three late-stage Heavenly Yuan Realm cultivators for a contest.
• Xia Zhilan defeated Yue Ling with an aggressive sword style she had developed while sparring with Lin Dong, and Lin Yun noticed their growing closeness.
• Yue Feng won the second match for the Blood Wolf Gang, leaving the third match to decide the contest.
• Jiang Li used the Blood Transformation Return Origin Skill to raise his strength to the Core Formation Realm, but Lin Dong defeated him with the Fourth Layer of the Mystic Gate Seal.

Lin Dong entered the Danxian Pool after the Blood Wolf Gang withdrew, while Lin Yun took his beasts into the forest to hunt and train. After defeating a Blood Nether Wolf pack, Lin Yun advanced to Three Seal Symbol Master, and all eight beasts broke through to the Core Formation Realm.

• Yue Shan left with the Blood Wolf Gang after Xia Wanjin intervened, and Xia Wanjin sent Lin Dong, Xia Zhilan, and another participant into the Danxian Pool.
• Lin Yun decided to hunt Origin Core Realm Demon Beasts with his beasts and found a valley inhabited by a Blood Nether Wolf pack.
• Tiger Heroine and the other beasts fought the wolves while Lin Yun supported them with his Shattering Yuan Mystic Needles, and they defeated the pack after a fierce battle.
• Lin Yun claimed the mission reward, used the Alchemy Furnace to make sixth-grade Blood Pills from the wolf corpses, and fed them to his beasts.
• Lin Yun condensed a third Heavenly Swirl Symbol Seal and became a Three Seal Symbol Master, while all eight beasts broke through to the Core Formation Realm.
• Lin Yun led his recovered beasts deeper into the forest to hunt stronger Demon Beasts.

After ten days of hunting and cultivation, Lin Yun broke through to Core Formation Realm Minor Perfection and returned to Yancheng, where Qing Tan welcomed him with their first kiss. He later revealed his rapid progress and his pet beasts’ breakthroughs to Lin Dong and Little Marten, leaving them stunned.

• Lin Yun killed numerous Core Formation Realm Demon Beasts, used over a hundred Pure Origin Pills, and broke through to Core Formation Realm Minor Perfection while completing the Seventh Floor of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art.
• Lin Yun returned to Yancheng with his pet beasts, and Qing Tan rushed to embrace him, relieved that he had come back.
• Qing Tan asked Lin Yun not to leave her for so long again, then kissed him for the first time before running to the rear courtyard in embarrassment.
• Lin Dong visited Lin Yun to announce his own breakthrough, but Lin Yun told him that his pet beasts had reached Core Formation Realm and that he had become a Three Seal Symbol Master.
• Lin Dong and Little Marten were astonished by Lin Yun’s cultivation progress and stable foundation.