Chapter Summaries

Lin Yun helped Qing Tan suppress her Innate Yin Sha Qi and form a Yuan Core, then cultivated with her until he reached the Peak of Shapeshifting Realm. Afterward, he reviewed the many rewards and items he had gained during the trip to the Tomb Mansion.

• Lin Yun shared the Fiend Energy erupting from Qing Tan and guided her to condense it into a black Yuan Core.
• Qing Tan broke through from the Earthly Yuan Realm Late Stage to the Core Formation Realm, then took the lead in refining the remaining energy with Lin Yun.
• A day and a night later, Lin Yun completed his mission and reached the Peak of Shapeshifting Realm with Qing Tan's help.
• Lin Yun claimed his accumulated system rewards and examined his greatly improved attributes, techniques, treasures, and pills.
• Lin Yun noted that he had not yet completed the mission to capture Ling Qingzhu's heart, though he believed he would succeed eventually.

After plundering the Four Great Sects’ fighters, Lin Yun taught Qing Tan the Fiend Profound Art and trained with his companions in the mountain range. Ten days later, Lin Dong, Qing Tan, and Tiger Heroine’s Six Beasts had all broken through to the Shapeshifting Realm, and Lin Yun prepared to return home.

• Lin Yun counted the spoils from Wang Yan, Qin Shi, and the Wang Clan Elder, finding over seventy thousand Pure Origin Pills, four Low-Grade Spiritual Treasures, and two powerful martial arts manuals.
• Lin Yun collected the pills Chi Ling had refined and, after Qing Tan awoke, taught her the Fiend Profound Art over the next two days and gave her Yin Yuan Pills.
• Lin Yun returned from the tomb, gathered the Demon Beast corpses Lin Dong and the others had hunted, and gave them pills to help their cultivation.
• Lin Yun cultivated the Five Elements Spear Technique and Dragon Riding Halberd Technique while ten days passed.
• Lin Dong, Qing Tan, and Tiger Heroine’s Six Beasts all broke through to the Shapeshifting Realm, and Lin Yun led everyone home.

Lin Yun returned to Yancheng as Wang and Qin Clan elders confronted the Lin Family over his actions at the Ancient Tomb Mansion. After Wang Yue injured City Lord Shi and threatened the Lin clansmen, Lin Yun arrived and faced the elders.

• Zi Yue asked City Lord Shi whether the Wang and Qin families planned to target Lin Yun, and he told her the Wang Clan had gone to the Lin Family.
• The Wang and Qin Clan elders arrived at the Lin Family to demand Lin Yun and reclaim their clans’ treasures.
• Wang Yue pressured Lin Zhentian and the Lin clansmen, then sent City Lord Shi flying when he tried to intervene.
• Lin Xun shielded the Lin clansmen as Wang Yue and Qin Jiang threatened consequences if Lin Yun did not appear.
• Lin Yun returned riding Tiger Heroine, saw the elders’ actions with his Mental Energy, and confronted them.

Lin Yun lured Wang Yue and Qin Jiang outside Yancheng and fought them both after they reneged on their agreement with the Lin Clan. He wounded Wang Yue and provoked Qin Jiang, leaving the two elders facing him in the sky.

• Wang Yue and Qin Jiang demanded Lin Yun's arms and Tiger Heroine as compensation, despite the Lin Clan's promised payment.
• Lin Yun took the Great Luo Golden Spear and Tiger Heroine outside the city, where Wang Yue and Qin Jiang followed him.
• Lin Yun shattered Wang Yue's attacks with his spear techniques and surprised Lin Xun and Qin Jiang with his strength.
• Lin Yun used the Vermilion Bird Fire Shadow Spear to send Wang Yue flying and make him spit blood.
• Lin Yun insulted Qin Jiang and challenged him to attack, and Qin Jiang angrily prepared to fight.

Lin Yun fought Wang Yue and Qin Jiang in Yancheng, countering their martial arts and enduring their combined assault with the help of his techniques and rapid energy recovery. As the two Creation Realm experts tried to wear him down, Lin Yun remained confident that he could outlast them.

• Lin Yun used the Black Tortoise Water Form Spear to turn Qin Jiang’s Surging Wave Force against him, shatter his fan, and wound him.
• Wang Yue unleashed the Wang Family’s Great Gale Severing Sword Art, but Lin Yun answered with the Five Elements Mixed Yuan Spear, broke Wang Yue’s sword, and left him badly injured.
• Wang Yue armed himself with a black obsidian spear, and he and Qin Jiang attacked Lin Yun together; Lin Yun swallowed Pills and fought them with the Five Elements Spear Technique and Five Elements Destruction Symbol Array.
• Yancheng’s onlookers and Lin Yun’s companions watched in shock as he contended with the two Creation Realm experts, while Lin Dong resolved to improve his own strength.
• Wang Yue and Qin Jiang began maneuvering to exhaust Lin Yun, but he relied on his stock of restorative Pills and the devouring effect of his Life Talisman Seal to keep replenishing his energy.

Lin Yun defeated Wang Yue and Qin Jiang, took their Cosmos Sacks, and spared their lives while pretending to be injured. He refused Lin Xun’s offer to return to the Lin Clan and stayed in Yancheng to cultivate, leaving the Wang and Qin families’ next move uncertain.

• Lin Yun overwhelmed Wang Yue and Qin Jiang with his arrays and flying swords, forcing them to surrender their Cosmos Sacks.
• Lin Yun severed Wang Yue’s arms, warned both men and their clans, then let them leave Yancheng alive.
• Lin Yun returned to the Lin Family courtyard, recovered with Pills, and claimed two bottles of Ninth Grade Creation Pills and the Creation Martial Art Mountain Sea Seal.
• Lin Xun urged Lin Yun to return to the clan for protection, but Lin Yun reasoned that the families were unlikely to send Nirvana Realm experts while their people remained alive.
• Lin Yun asked the Lin Clan for high-grade Spirit Treasures and Spirit Herbs, and requested that it monitor the Wang and Qin families’ Nirvana Realm experts.
• After Lin Xun left to report to the clan leader, Lin Yun remained in Yancheng and resumed cultivating his martial arts.

After defeating the Wang and Qin clans’ experts, Lin Yun spent more than ten days cultivating and upgraded his five Heavenly Swirl Symbol Seals into Devouring Talisman Seals. He broke through to Low-Level Spiritual Symbol Master inside the Symbol Master Tower, then discovered how its formations replenished its Mental Energy.

• Lin Yun counted the spoils he had taken from Wang Yue and the other elders, including Pure Origin Pills, Spiritual Treasures, Spirit Fruits, and the Great Gale Severing Sword Art.
• Lin Yun and his companions trained intensively, while Lin Dong pushed himself in the Stone Talisman Space and Lin Yun cultivated with Qing Tan.
• Lin Yun spent a month advancing his Life Talisman Seal until all five Heavenly Swirl Symbol Seals became Devouring Talisman Seals.
• Yan Xuan approved Lin Yun’s request to use the Symbol Master Tower, and Lin Yun cultivated on its Eighth Floor for three days.
• Lin Yun formed Spiritual Fire and broke through to Low-Level Spiritual Symbol Master, then used Insight Eye to discover the tower’s formations absorbed Yuan Power and converted it into Mental Energy.

Lin Yun strengthened the Symbol Master Tower, returned to the Lin Family, and studied talisman puppetry before visiting Xuan Su to seek materials and buy the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild for her. After the two became intimate, Lin Yun completed a dual cultivation task and received Advanced Sword Technique Talent.

• Lin Yun upgraded the Symbol Master Tower's formation, increasing its absorption efficiency nearly tenfold, and reassured Yan Xuan and the other Symbol Masters that it would recover quickly.
• Lin Yun returned to the Lin Family, resumed his cultivation tasks, and repaired a talisman puppet after studying its formation and receiving the Talisman Puppet Compendium.
• Lin Yun went to the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild and told Xuan Su he wanted to buy it for her and enlist its help gathering talisman puppet materials.
• Lin Yun confessed his feelings to Xuan Su, and the two became intimate in her room.
• Lin Yun completed the dual cultivation task with Xuan Su and received Advanced Sword Technique Talent.

Lin Yun acquired the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild from Xia Wanjin and planned to expand it with pills and talisman puppets. After claiming his reward, he went to recruit Zi Yue to help develop mass-produced talisman puppets.

• Lin Yun completed his task after spending the night with Xuan Su, gained Advanced Sword Technique Talent, and news of their affair upset Zi Yue.
• Lin Yun offered Xia Wanjin one hundred thousand Pure Origin Pills and a Superior Martial Arts manual for control of the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild.
• Lin Yun persuaded Xia Wanjin to remain president for ten percent of the profits and promised to expand the guild with pills and talisman puppets.
• Xia Wanjin agreed to expand the guild, and sent people to establish a foothold in Heavenly Capital City.
• Lin Yun claimed his reward of one million Pure Origin Pills and went to the City Lord's Mansion to recruit Zi Yue as a symbol master.

Lin Yun reconciled with Zi Yue, explained his plans to build a business and family empire, and prepared to leave Yancheng for Heavenly Capital City. Before moving on, he repaid City Lord Shi by teaching him a sword art and received a reward that could help him reach the Qi Creation Realm.

• City Lord Shi confronted Lin Yun about his relationship with Xuan Su and his promise to marry Zi Yue, and Lin Yun said he would marry Zi Yue while also keeping Xuan Su as his woman.
• Lin Yun told City Lord Shi that he had bought the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild, planned to take Xuan Su and Zi Yue to Heavenly Capital City, and intended to build a commercial empire and powerful family.
• Lin Yun visited Zi Yue and persuaded her to accept his ambitions and help him; she agreed, and they spent the night together.
• Lin Yun created a task to teach City Lord Shi the Great Gale Severing Sword Art and completed the lesson after seven days.
• Lin Yun received a bottle of eighth-grade Creation Qi Pills and gained a task to break through to the Qi Creation Realm.

Lin Yun broke through to the Qi Creation Realm, then traveled with the Lin Family and Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild to Heavenly Capital City while cultivating a Thunder Talisman Seal. After enduring repeated strikes from heavenly thunder, he condensed a sixth Life Talisman Seal.

• Lin Yun broke through to the Qi Creation Realm and taught Bao Qiang and Bao Zhen a modified Yin Yang Harmonious Union Secret Technique.
• Lin Yun and Xuan Su prepared to move the clan and commerce guild to Heavenly Capital City, while Lin Dong set out through the forest with the Three Little Tigers to temper himself on the way toward Great Wilderness County.
• Lin Yun traveled to Heavenly Capital City with the Lin Family and Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild, cultivating the Thunder Talisman Seal along the way.
• Lin Yun arrived at Wanlin Mountain Villa and spent three more days studying the Thunder Talisman Seal.
• Lin Yun drew heavenly thunder to temper his Mental Energy, repeatedly reforming the seal until he condensed his sixth Life Talisman Seal.

After advancing to Intermediate Spiritual Symbol Master, Lin Yun lured a Wang Family Elder away from Heavenly Capital City and killed him with the Five Elements Destruction Symbol Array and Thunder Fire. He claimed a mission reward for the kill.

• Lin Yun split his Thunder Talisman Seal until he had ten Life Talisman Seals and advanced to Intermediate Spiritual Symbol Master.
• A black-robed Wang Family Elder arrived at Wanlin Mountain Villa intending to kill Lin Yun.
• Lin Yun flew outside Heavenly Capital City to keep their battle from damaging the villa.
• The Wang Family Elder attacked Lin Yun with a palm strike and the Dragon Grasping Hand, but Lin Yun's Five Elements Destruction Symbol Array swallowed the elder's attack.
• Lin Yun enveloped the Wang Family Elder in Thunder Fire and killed him, leaving only a Cosmos Sack.

Lin Yun returned to Heavenly Capital City after killing a Wang Clan Creation Realm expert and used his strength to support the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild. At the guild’s first auction, he publicly challenged the Wang Family and warned the gathered forces not to provoke them.

• Lin Yun took the dead expert’s Cosmos Sack and told Xia Wanjin that he believed himself invincible in the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Xia Wanjin asked Lin Yun to appear at the guild’s first auction, and Lin Yun agreed to provide Pills, a Spiritual Treasure, and a Talisman Puppet.
• Lin Yun examined the Cosmos Sack and found over a million Pure Origin Pills, Spiritual Treasures, martial arts manuals, and a dozen or so Nirvana Pills.
• Three days later, the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild held its first auction, drawing many forces after Lin Yun’s connection to the guild became known.
• Lin Yun announced that the slain expert had been a Wang Clan elder, warned the audience against testing the guild, and opened the auction.

Lin Yun used his alchemy skills to gather Heavenly Capital City's resources, build the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild, and refine talisman puppets. After a month, he left puppets to guard the guild and prepared to travel to Great Yang Prefecture.

• Lin Yun's auction and reputation as an alchemist drew Heavenly Capital City's factions to trade Spirit Herbs and request Pills, while the City Lord's Mansion offered its support.
• Lin Yun and Chi Ling refined Pills that helped several cultivators break through to the Shapeshifting Realm, and the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild amassed enormous profits and resources.
• Lin Yun collected Demon Spirits and Talisman Puppet materials, then refined many puppets while Zi Yue studied Talisman Puppetry and improved her Mental Energy through dual cultivation with him.
• After a month in Heavenly Capital City, Lin Yun reached Minor Achievement of Qi Creation Realm and made three mid-grade and twenty-seven low-grade talisman puppets.
• Lin Yun left half the puppets to guard the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild and set out for Great Yang Prefecture.

Lin Yun learned that Lin Langtian’s faction had obstructed the Lin Clan’s efforts to protect him and had left him exposed to Wang Luan. After rejecting the clan’s help in seeking justice, Lin Yun asked Elder Lin Mu to protect his family while he built his branch into a clan powerful enough to replace the Lin Clan.

• Lin Xun and Elder Lin Mu arrived at Wanlin Mountain Villa, where Lin Yun revealed that he had killed Wang Luan a month earlier.
• Lin Xun explained that Lin Langtian’s faction had blocked news, delayed resources, and sabotaged the clan’s plans to protect Lin Yun.
• Lin Mu offered to report Lin Langtian and Lin Zhi to the clan chief, but Lin Yun said he would take justice into his own hands.
• Lin Mu supported Lin Yun in eliminating Lin Langtian’s faction, arguing that one side had to fall to stop the clan from tearing itself apart.
• Lin Yun asked Lin Mu to guard his family while he cultivated, and declared that he intended to build his branch into a clan that could replace the Lin Clan.

Lin Yun convinced Lin Mu and Lin Xun to help establish a new Lin Clan after defeating Lin Mu and demonstrating his destructive power and Talisman Puppets. He left the group bound for Great Yang Prefecture to check on Lin Dong in the Thunder Source Mountain Range, worried that the Thunder Source Crystal Beast might endanger him.

• Lin Yun sparred with Lin Mu, defeated him in fewer than twenty exchanges, and showed Lin Mu and Lin Xun his Five Elements Annihilation Rune Formation.
• Lin Yun demonstrated a Talisman Puppet and explained that he could make more, including ones comparable to Creation Realm experts, convincing Lin Mu and Lin Xun to help build a new Lin Clan.
• Lin Mu agreed to accompany Lin Yun and develop the family branch, while Lin Xun returned to the main clan to gather information and seek resources.
• Lin Yun worried that Lin Dong might encounter the Thunder Source Crystal Beast before it was injured by tribulation lightning, leaving him vulnerable to the Di and Liu families.
• Lin Yun sent the others toward Great Yang City and flew into the Thunder Source Mountain Range on the Azure Sky Roc to check on Lin Dong.

Lin Yun found Lin Dong at Thunder Source Mountain, where he was tempering his body with lightning, and learned about a rare Thunder Source Crystal Beast nearing a tribulation. Intrigued by the beast’s potential, Lin Yun set out to subdue it and waited nearby for the right moment.

• Lin Yun searched the forest from the Azure Sky Roc and found Lin Dong enduring lightning strikes to cultivate the Great Sun Thunder Body.
• Lin Yun punched Lin Dong to test his Bronze Thunder Body, injuring him, while Little Marten explained that Lin Dong had not yet mastered the technique.
• Lin Yun told Lin Dong and Little Marten that he had recently killed a Creation Realm Peak expert.
• Little Marten described the Thunder Source Crystal Beast’s power, rare bloodline, and valuable thunder source, and warned Lin Yun that it would never submit to a human.
• Lin Yun created a mission to subdue the beast and moved with Lin Dong and Little Marten into hiding near Thunder Source Mountain, waiting for its tribulation.

Lin Yun watched the Thunder Source Crystal Beast survive its tribulation, then intervened when the Di and Liu Families attacked it to seize its thunder source. He returned the thunder source to the wounded beast and faced down the two families, declaring that he was protecting it.

• Lin Yun used his Thunder Talisman Seal to observe the Thunder Source Crystal Beast withstand its tribulation and begin growing brighter crystal armor.
• After the beast weakened, Di Teng led the Di Family in binding it, and Liu Kui brought the Liu Family to join the assault.
• The injured Thunder Source Crystal Beast released its thunder source in a desperate attack, knocking Di Teng and Liu Kui back before they resumed their assault.
• Lin Yun appeared and destroyed the Origin Power Palm Prints aimed at the beast.
• Lin Yun returned the thunder source to the Thunder Source Crystal Beast and told the Di and Liu Families to leave.

Lin Yun drove Di Teng and Liu Kui away, then used a Mutated Blood Pill and a huge supply of Pure Origin Pills to heal and strengthen the Thunder Source Crystal Beast. The beast gained a mutated bloodline, reached Creation Realm Minor Completion, and accepted Lin Yun’s comfort while remaining angry at Little Marten for slapping it.

• Lin Yun subdued Di Teng, Liu Kui, and their companions with his Origin Power Pressure and let them leave Thunder Source Mountain.
• Lin Yun stopped Little Flame and the other tigers from approaching the wounded Thunder Source Crystal Beast.
• When the Thunder Source Crystal Beast refused a Mutated Blood Pill, Lin Yun arranged for Little Marten to slap it into submission, then comforted the beast.
• The Thunder Source Crystal Beast absorbed the pill, gained a mutated bloodline, and rapidly healed its wounds as new crystal armor formed.
• Lin Yun poured more than five hundred thousand Pure Origin Pills into the beast, restoring its strength and raising it to Creation Realm Minor Completion.

Lin Yun subdued the Thunder Source Crystal Beast and used it to summon heavenly thunder, greatly strengthening his Devouring Yuan Thunder Body. The beast accepted Lin Yun as its master, while Lin Dong had retreated from the powerful lightning.

• The Thunder Source Crystal Beast attacked Little Marten, whose strikes could not pierce its new crystal armor, and Lin Yun rescued him from the beast's thunder.
• Lin Yun asked the Thunder Source Crystal Beast to summon heavenly thunder so he could temper his body, and Lin Dong initially volunteered to cultivate with him.
• When the beast gathered enormous bolts of lightning, Lin Dong backed away, and Lin Yun endured the thunder while absorbing its power.
• Lin Yun's Thunder Marks increased to 109, giving his physical body the power to fight someone at Creation Realm Peak.
• Impressed by Lin Yun's ability to withstand and absorb thunder, the Thunder Source Crystal Beast submitted to him.