Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan defeated the Lei Clan guards attacking Ironwood Estate and forced Lei Shan to sever his own leg with the Blazing Fire Seal. After Lin Xiao and Lin Ken arrived, the Lei Clan accused them of provoking a clan war, leaving both sides in a tense confrontation.

• Dai En and Lao Liu attacked Lin Fan, but he defeated them with Through-the-Back Fist and Eight Desolations Palm, prompting the Lei Clan guards to surrender.
• Lei Shan arrived and attacked Lin Fan, but Lin Fan countered with the Blazing Fire Seal, setting Lei Shan’s leg ablaze until he cut it off.
• Lin Xiao arrived, heard Qin Ying’s account, and condemned the Lei Clan for destroying the ironwood and its land.
• Lei Ying and another Lei Clan leader arrived with reinforcements, and Lei Ying argued with Lin Xiao over the estate.
• Lin Ken arrived with Lin Clan fighters, and Lei Shan begged the Lei Clan leaders for revenge before fainting.
• Lei Ying accused Lin Xiao of being too ruthless and asked whether he intended to provoke a war between the Lin Clan and the Lei Clan.

Lin Fan and Qing Tan discovered signs of a Yang Yuan Stone Mine beneath Ironwood Estate and led the Lin Clan to investigate. Lin Dong used the Stone Talisman to locate the likely vein, and his shovel struck something underground.

• Lin Xiao forced Lei Ying and the Lei Clan to abandon Ironwood Estate, and Lin Zhentian arrived to find the forest badly damaged.
• Lin Fan and Qing Tan explored deeper into Ironwood Estate, where Qing Tan sensed rising heat near a valley containing two Black Iron Demonic Leopards.
• Lin Fan recognized signs of a possible Yang Yuan Stone Mine and brought Qing Tan back to tell Lin Zhentian and the others.
• Lin Zhentian led Lin Ken, Lin Xiao, Lin Dong, and the others to the valley, where Lin Ken and Lin Xiao began digging.
• Lin Fan urged Lin Dong to use the Stone Talisman, and Lin Dong dug where it responded until his shovel struck something with a crisp sound.

Lin Dong discovered a Yang Yuan Stone Mine at Ironwood Estate, and the Lin Clan moved to secure it and kill the Black Iron Demonic Leopards guarding the valley. Lin Fan helped defeat one leopard, but its roar summoned savage beasts as the battle continued.

• Lin Dong uncovered the Yang Yuan Stone Mine, and Lin Zhentian praised Lin Dong, Lin Fan, and Qingtan for their contributions.
• Lin Fan urged Lin Zhentian to keep the mine secret and deal with the two Black Iron Demonic Leopards before mining began.
• Lin Zhentian reinforced Ironwood Estate and brought Lin Ken, Lin Xiao, and Lin Fan to fight the leopards, while Lin Dong and Qingtan watched from the valley entrance.
• Lin Fan struck one Black Iron Demonic Leopard with the Blazing Fire Seal, allowing Lin Zhentian to kill it with the Pure Yuan Finger.
• The surviving Black Iron Demonic Leopard roared and drew savage beasts from the surrounding forest, prompting Lin Zhentian to order the others to finish the fight quickly.

Lin Fan gave Qing Tan a White Tiger Pill for Huo'er, which strengthened the beast and awakened its intelligence, while the Lin family continued growing stronger at Ironwood Estate. After two months of cultivation, Lin Fan, Lin Dong, Qing Tan, and Lin Xiao all advanced, and the family prepared to travel to Yancheng to trade Yang Yuan Stones.

• Lin Zhentian assigned Lin Xiao to guard Ironwood Estate and arranged for Lin Mang to find buyers for its Yang Yuan Stones.
• Lin Fan gave Lin Dong a Heavenly Yuan Fruit pill and gave Qing Tan a White Tiger Pill for Huo'er.
• Huo'er endured the pill's effects, grew larger and stronger, and became intelligent enough to respond to Qing Tan.
• Over the next two months, Lin Fan reached the mid Heavenly Yuan Realm, Lin Dong reached the late Earthly Yuan Realm, Qing Tan entered the Earthly Yuan Realm, and Lin Xiao reached the Lesser Yuan Dan Realm.
• Lin Xiao told Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan that the family would take Yang Yuan Stones to Yancheng, and all three agreed to go with Lin Zhentian and Lin Ken.

Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan explored Yancheng and visited the Rare Item Pavilion, where Lin Dong revealed unusual mental talent after receiving a Cosmos Sack. A Gray-Clothed Old Man recognized his aptitude and asked whether he wanted to become a Symbol Master.

• Lin Zhentian led the Lin Clan convoy to Yancheng to sell Yang Yuan Stones while Lin Mang took the ironwood to market.
• Lin Fan agreed to explore Yancheng with Lin Dong and Qing Tan, and the three visited the Rare Item Pavilion.
• Lin Fan traded fourteen Yang Yuan Pills for three low-grade Cosmos Sacks and gave one each to Lin Dong and Qing Tan.
• Lin Dong stared at a Cosmos Sack's rune, and his Mental Power began tracing a similar rune.
• The Gray-Clothed Old Man noticed Lin Dong's mental talent, stopped the group, and asked if Lin Dong wanted to become a Symbol Master.

Lin Dong politely refused Master Yan’s offer to become his disciple, but accepted a Talisman Token and the God Movement Chapter. After Lin Fan learned the manual and gained max-level Mental Power talent, he began cultivating and sensed an invisible fluctuation.

• Lin Dong declined Master Yan’s offer, then accepted a Talisman Token and a booklet to consider the Talisman Master path.
• Lin Fan explained that Master Yan was Yancheng’s Four Seal Talisman Master, and he and Lin Dong returned to the inn with Qing Tan.
• Lin Zhentian reported that the Lin Clan exchanged three hundred Yang Yuan Stones for thirty-two Yang Yuan Pills, while Lin Mang reported that the Lei Clan had forced down the ironwood price.
• At Ironwood Estate, Lin Dong showed Lin Fan and Qing Tan the God Movement Chapter, and Lin Fan memorized its first three layers of Mental Power cultivation formulas.
• Lin Fan gained max-level Mental Power talent by touching Lin Dong, then cultivated and sensed an invisible fluctuation after his Mental Power spread across Ironwood Estate.

Lin Fan told Lin Zhentian that he and Lin Dong had begun cultivating Mental Power, then spent the following months training as the Lin Clan strengthened Ironwood Estate and mined Yang Yuan Stones. When Lin Zhentian led a convoy to Yancheng, Lin Fan and Lin Dong stayed behind, where a large group of riders suddenly approached Ironwood Estate.

• Lin Fan explained that he and Lin Dong had caused the Mental Power fluctuations, and told Lin Zhentian how Master Yan had noticed Lin Dong at the Rare Item Pavilion.
• Lin Zhentian accepted that Lin Fan and Lin Dong should follow their own paths and said they should not pressure themselves over returning to the Main Clan.
• Over the next three months, Lin Fan and Lin Dong focused on cultivation while Qing Tan played with Huo'er, and the Lin Clan tightened Ironwood Estate's defenses as it mined Yang Yuan Stones.
• Lin Zhentian suspected the Lei Clan had urged Black Dragon Stronghold to target the Yang Yuan Stone convoy, so he took Lin Ken and Lin Mang to Yancheng and left Lin Xiao in charge of Ironwood Estate.
• After Lin Fan reassured Lin Xia that the convoy had the stronger fighters, horse hooves thundered outside Ironwood Estate, and Lin Fan hurried to the courtyard wall as the others followed.

Black Dragon Stronghold attacked Ironwood Estate, seeking its rumored treasure, but Lin Xiao overwhelmed their chief leader, Yan Kuo. As Lin Fan and Lin Dong joined the fight, Yan Kuo and Wu Sha moved to capture them and use them against the Lin Clan.

• Lin Fan and Lin Dong reassured the Lin Clan defenders, and Lin Xiao ordered them to guard the estate while he faced Black Dragon Stronghold's leaders.
• Yan Kuo demanded half of Ironwood Estate's rumored treasure, then attacked Lin Xiao when Lin Xiao refused.
• Lin Xiao struck Yan Kuo down in one blow, but Yan Kuo and Wu Sha urged their bandits to surround him and keep fighting.
• Lin Fan and Lin Dong charged into the bandits, while Little Flame frightened and scattered their horses.
• Yan Kuo rushed to capture Lin Dong, and Wu Sha attacked Lin Fan, hoping to use them as leverage against Lin Xiao.

Lin Fan and Lin Xiao defeated the Black Dragon Stronghold chiefs, and the Lin Clan wiped out the bandits. As they prepared to clear the battlefield, another group of horsemen approached.

• Lin Fan pierced Wu Sha's palm with Pure Yuan Finger, then burned him alive with the Blazing Fire Seal.
• Lin Xiao took over Lin Dong's fight with Yan Kuo, while Lin Dong and Lin Fan attacked the other bandits.
• Yan Kuo fled, but Lin Xiao caught him and killed him with the Blazing Fire Seal and a blade.
• Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Little Flame killed the remaining Black Dragon Stronghold bandits, completing their annihilation.
• As Lin Xiao prepared to organize the cleanup, thunderous horse hooves sounded in the distance.

After Lin Fan helped defend Ironwood Estate from Black Dragon Stronghold, Lin Zhentian led the Lin Clan to destroy the stronghold and claim its treasure. Lin Fan and Lin Dong took Shattered Yuan Profound Steel and planned to forge it into needles they could control with Mental Power.

• Luo Cheng arrived with Mad Blade Martial Hall to support Ironwood Estate and learned that Lin Fan had killed Wu Sha, a Heavenly Yuan Realm expert.
• Lin Zhentian returned from transporting Yang Yuan Stones, heard about the attack, and announced that he would lead an assault on Black Dragon Stronghold the next morning.
• Lin Zhentian led the Lin Clan to bloodbath Black Dragon Stronghold and bring back its accumulated treasures.
• Lin Zhentian gave Lin Fan and Lin Dong a piece of Shattered Yuan Profound Steel, which Lin Fan accepted and promised to share after it was forged.
• Lin Fan told Lin Dong he planned to forge the metal into hundreds of needles for them to control with Mental Power.

Lin Fan consumed a Benefit Spirit Pill, greatly advanced his Mental Power, and accidentally demolished his house while cultivating. After the Lin Clan enjoyed a period of growth, Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan were ambushed on their way back from the Trading Fair, leaving two smiling men to reveal themselves.

• Lin Fan refined the Benefit Spirit Pill, cultivated the third layer of the God Movement Chapter, and opened his Niwan Palace, unleashing a wave of Mental Power that collapsed his house.
• Lin Zhentian and the others arrived, and Lin Fan spent the night in Lin Dong's room, where he guided Lin Dong in cultivating the God Movement Chapter.
• Over the following days, Lin Dong and Little Flame found an opportunity in the mine, and Lin Dong purified its Pure Yang Energy for Lin Zhentian.
• Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan bought an Azure Wood Spirit Stem and rune-bearing Ancient Wood at the Underground Exchange.
• Archers attacked the trio on their way back, but Lin Fan shielded Qing Tan and struck the attackers with Shattered Yuan Needles while Lin Dong dodged the arrows.
• Two middle-aged men appeared at the street corner and applauded.

Lin Fan fought off an ambush by Lei Pi and Lei Xing, killing Lei Xing and driving Lei Pi to flee. Lei Pi escaped after threatening that the Lei Clan would not let Lin Fan go.

• Lin Fan recognized Lei Pi and Lei Xing as the two Lei Clan experts who had come to kill him, and told Lin Dong to protect Qingtan.
• Lin Fan struck Lei Pi with the Eight Desolations Palm and Pure Yuan Finger, badly injuring him.
• Lei Pi and Lei Xing attacked together, but Lin Fan forced them back and used Mental Power to briefly stun Lei Pi.
• Lin Fan struck Lei Xing with a Fire Red Handprint, then killed him with a Shattered Yuan Needle as flames consumed his body.
• Lei Pi threatened Lin Fan and leaped onto a nearby house to escape.

Lin Fan and Lin Dong killed Lei Pi and Lei Xing’s ambush, then persuaded Lin Zhentian to launch an attack on the Lei Clan. As the Lin Clan prepared for battle, Lin Fan and Lin Dong began studying the Ancient Wood.

• Lin Dong helped Lin Fan stop Lei Pi from escaping, and Lin Fan killed him with Shattered Yuan Needles.
• Lin Xiao arrived with Lin Clan guards, learned the Lei Clan had ambushed Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan, and took the corpses back to Ironwood Estate.
• Lin Fan urged Lin Zhentian to wipe out the Lei Clan, and Lin Dong supported him; Lin Zhentian ordered the Lin Clan to move out at the third watch.
• Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan examined the Ancient Wood, and Lin Fan used Mental Power to try to break through its barrier.

Lin Fan obtained the Ancient Vortex Talisman Imprint’s Imprint Condensation Method and taught it to Lin Dong; both became One-Imprint Talisman Masters. That night, Lin Zhentian led the Lin Clan’s attack on the Lei Family, and the chapter ended as they charged into Lei Family Manor.

• Lin Fan destroyed the Ancient Wood and received the Ancient Vortex Talisman Imprint’s Imprint Condensation Method.
• Lin Fan recited the method to Lin Dong, and they both condensed their Lifebound Talisman Imprints.
• Lin Zhentian assigned Lin Ken and Lin Mang to guard Ironwood Estate and led Lin Xiao, Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and the guards toward the Lei Family.
• Lin Zhentian smashed through Lei Family Manor’s main gate, and the Lin Clan charged inside.

Lin Zhentian and Lin Xiao led the Lin Clan in a night assault on the Lei Family, where Lin Xiao revealed his Yuan Dan Realm strength and Lin Fan overwhelmed Lei Ying. The Lei Family’s defeat was underway as Lin Fan attacked Lei Ying again.

• Lei Bao sent Lei Nuo and Lei Ying to investigate Lei Pi and Lei Xing’s disappearance, but the Lin Clan’s attack interrupted them.
• Lin Xiao struck Lei Bao with Pure Yuan Qi, badly injuring him and shocking both clans.
• Lin Fan urged Lin Zhentian and Lin Xiao to end the fight quickly before the Xie Family learned of the attack, and they charged their opponents.
• Lin Dong attacked the Lei Family guards with his fists and Shattered Yuan Needles while Lin Fan confronted Lei Ying.
• Lin Fan’s Blazing Fire Seal broke Lei Ying’s arm and set it ablaze, forcing Lei Ying to cut it off; Lin Fan then struck again with another Blazing Fire Seal.

The Lin Clan wiped out the Lei Family after killing its five Heavenly Yuan Realm experts, then faced the arriving Xie Family. An attempted arrow attack on Lin Fan sparked a battle between the clans, which was underway as the chapter ended.

• Lin Zhentian killed Lei Nuo while Lei Ying died by his own hand, and Lin Xiao killed Lei Bao, leaving all five Lei Family Heavenly Yuan Realm experts dead.
• The Lin Clan killed the Lei Family members and servants connected to it, then Lin Zhentian ordered the clan to secure the storehouse and clean up the manor.
• Xie Qian arrived with nearly a hundred Xie Family guards and claimed he had come to mediate, while Lin Zhentian explained the Lei Family had tried to kill Lin Fan.
• An arrow flew from the Xie Family's ranks toward Lin Fan, and Lin Zhentian blocked it with a Lei Family corpse.
• Lin Fan charged the Xie Family with Lin Xiao and Lin Dong following, and Lin Zhentian led the rest of the Lin Clan into battle.
• Lin Fan attacked with the Shattered Yuan Needle as Xie Qian ordered his guards to fight, and the battle between the Lin and Xie Families erupted.

Lin Xiao, Lin Zhentian, and Lin Fan wiped out the Xie Family forces supporting the Lei Family, and the Lin Clan finished conquering Lei Family Manor. Lin Xiao eliminated the Xie Family’s last threat, and the Lin Clan returned to Ironwood Estate with the Lei Family’s collections.

• Lin Xiao killed Xie Qian, while Lin Zhentian and Lin Fan killed the other two Heavenly Yuan Realm experts; Lin Fan and Lin Dong then slew the fleeing Xie Family guards with Shattered Yuan Needles.
• Luo Cheng arrived with Mad Blade Martial Hall to support the Lin Clan, learned that the Lei and Xie forces had been defeated, and congratulated Lin Xiao on reaching the Lesser Yuan Dan Realm.
• Lin Fan urged Lin Zhentian to attack the Xie Family, but Lin Zhentian refused to destroy it and instead sent Lin Xiao to eliminate its remaining Heavenly Yuan Realm expert.
• Luo Cheng and Mad Blade Martial Hall left, and the Lin Clan cleaned up Lei Family Manor through the night.
• Lin Xiao returned and confirmed the Xie Family could no longer threaten the Lin Clan; Lin Zhentian then led his family back to Ironwood Estate with the Lei Family’s collections.
• Lin Dong asked Lin Fan whether he had used Mental Power to control the arrow fired at him, and Lin Fan evaded the question before riding ahead.

After the Lin Clan became Qingyang Town’s dominant power, Lin Dong told Lin Fan that someone was watching him inside the Stone Talisman. Lin Fan helped him uncover Xiao Diao, a weakened Demon Spirit, and Lin Dong gained cultivation methods before passing one on to Lin Fan.

• News spread that the Xie Family’s upper ranks had been wiped out and the Lei Clan destroyed, making Lin Fan famous and the Lin Clan Qingyang Town’s undisputed overlord.
• Lin Zhentian continued his seclusion while Lin Fan and Lin Dong focused on cultivation, and Lin Dong periodically helped Lin Zhentian refine Pure Yang Energy.
• Lin Dong told Lin Fan that a presence seemed to be spying on him inside the Stone Talisman, and Lin Fan advised him to search for it with his Mental Power.
• Lin Dong found Xiao Diao, who revealed that he was a Demon Spirit of the Heavenly Demon Sable Clan and the Stone Talisman’s previous master.
• Xiao Diao gave Lin Dong the Great Sun Thunder Body and Qi Transformation Essence Spiral methods and showed him the Mental Grinding Disc; Lin Dong then taught the Qi Transformation Essence Spiral to Lin Fan.
• As Lin Fan memorized the Mental Secret Skill, his familiar system voice sounded in his mind.

Lin Fan condensed the Qi Transformation Essence Spiral, refined two Benefit Spirit Pills, and broke through to Two-Seal Symbol Master while cultivating. Lin Zhentian also reached the Lesser Yuan Dan Realm, and Lin Fan offered to accompany Lin Dong to Yancheng, shocking the Lin Clan by revealing his new rank.

• Lin Fan learned the Qi Transformation Essence Spiral from Lin Dong and used it to accelerate his absorption of Yin and Yang energies.
• After refining two Benefit Spirit Pills and cultivating diligently, Lin Fan broke through to Two-Seal Symbol Master.
• Lin Zhentian broke through to the Lesser Yuan Dan Realm with a Four Star Yuan Dan, and credited Lin Dong's Pure Yang Energy for helping him.
• Lin Dong asked Lin Zhentian for permission to travel to Yancheng to find better Spiritual Medicine.
• Lin Fan offered to accompany Lin Dong and revealed that he had become a Two-Seal Symbol Master, shocking Lin Zhentian, Lin Xiao, and the others.

Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Qingtan traveled to Yancheng with a caravan of Yang Yuan Stones, which Lin Dong refined into pills. After visiting Ten Thousand Gold Commerce, Lin Fan sent the escort back and prepared to stay in Yancheng with Lin Dong and Qingtan.

• Lin Fan revealed that he had become a Two-Seal Symbol Master, and Lin Zhentian agreed to let him and Lin Dong travel to Yancheng.
• Lin Fan obtained the Seven Stars Sword by touching Qingtan, then agreed to bring her along to Yancheng.
• Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Qingtan set out with Qin Ying and fifty guards, escorting six hundred Yang Yuan Stones to Yancheng.
• At an inn, Lin Dong used the Stone Talisman to refine the Yang Yuan Stones into two hundred Yang Yuan Pills, while Lin Fan acknowledged ownership of the Seven Stars Sword.
• The three visited Ten Thousand Gold Commerce, then Lin Fan sent Qin Ying and two guards back with the boxes and told Lin Dong he wanted to borrow something.