Chapter Summaries

Lin Lin continued his intense cultivation as his reputation grew, then reached a major milestone by discovering how to cultivate every acupoint in his body. He pressed on in the Cold Iron Mine, opening his 850th acupoint just as an icy blue light emerged from a Cold Iron Ore wall.

• Zhao ChuXue and the other three watched Lin Lin's demanding routine and, humbled by his dedication, devoted more effort to cultivation.
• Hundred Flowers Valley's middle and upper ranks discussed Lin Lin's promise, while his reputation spread beyond the Valley.
• Ten months after taking Cui Ximing as his master, Lin Lin had opened 706 acupoints and discovered a cultivation method for his final Hidden Acupoint.
• Lin Lin resolved to cultivate every Hidden Acupoint, learn its characteristics, and develop the strongest circulation route for a Mythic-Grade Inner Force Skill.
• Lin Lin continued training for several months and opened his 850th acupoint, but his Sword Qi could not cut through the Cold Iron Ore wall, which began glowing icy blue.

Lin Lin uncovered an unknown Heavenly Material or Earthly Treasure beneath the Cold Iron Mine and used his Attribute Panel to identify its effects. He found a pool of Ice Blue Water and crystals that could greatly strengthen anyone who consumed them.

• Lin Lin retreated from the ice-blue glow and waited to confirm that it posed no danger.
• Lin Lin recovered his strength, then used the Nether Spring Light-Containing Sword to cut open the glowing Cold Iron Mine wall.
• Lin Lin discovered an Ice Blue Spring Eye filled with Ice Blue Water, Ice Blue Crystals, and a glowing pearl.
• Lin Lin tested a drop of Ice Blue Water and learned that it restored Qi and blood and Mental Strength, raised attribute limits, and permanently increased Total Meridians Level.
• Lin Lin realized the pool contained enough of the treasure for hundreds of portions and that each portion could help turn an ordinary person into a first-rate expert.

Lin Lin consumed Earth Vein Cold Marrow and discovered its powerful body-tempering effects and enormous value. He then ate the Ice Blue Pearl, learning that it granted regeneration and immunity while producing more Earth Vein Cold Marrow over time.

• Lin Lin named the liquid treasure Earth Vein Cold Marrow and consumed it, strengthening his body, meridians, qi, and blood.
• Lin Lin tested the concentrated solid version and learned it offered the same maximum tempering effects as the liquid, while the pool held roughly eight hundred portions in total.
• Lin Lin reasoned that his years of mining and cultivation had led him to the buried fortune, then turned his attention to the Ice Blue Pearl.
• Lin Lin cut the pearl free from the Advanced Earth Vein Cold Marrow and swallowed it without letting it touch his flesh.
• The Quest Log revealed that the pearl restored qi, blood, and Mental Strength, granted toxin and evil immunity, produced a drop of Earth Vein Cold Marrow every ten years, and enabled the creation of Super Earth Vein Cold Marrow.

Lin Lin named the Ice Blue Pearl Cold Marrow Ice Soul and discovered it could transform Earth Vein Cold Marrow into Super Earth Vein Cold Marrow. He consumed the entire pool, opened all his remaining acupoints, and considered beginning True Qi Condensation.

• Lin Lin named the Ice Blue Pearl Cold Marrow Ice Soul after learning about its restorative and protective abilities and its power to produce Earth Vein Cold Marrow.
• Lin Lin decided to consume the entire pool of Earth Vein Cold Marrow so he could use the pearl to break through his cultivation limits.
• Lin Lin drank the pool’s liquid marrow and ate the solid Advanced Earth Vein Cold Marrow while holding Cold Marrow Ice Soul.
• Cold Marrow Ice Soul transformed the marrow’s power into Super Earth Vein Cold Marrow, strengthening Lin Lin’s body and rapidly opening his remaining acupoints.
• Lin Lin opened every acupoint in his body and wondered whether to begin True Qi Condensation.

Lin Lin used the immense medicinal power from the Earth Vein Cold Marrow to temper every acupoint in his body to level 10, strengthening his foundation and physique. He decided to master his new power before attempting True Qi Condensation, then pocketed the remaining marrow and left the Cold Iron Mine after nightfall.

• Lin Lin abandoned his plan to break through to True Qi Condensation because he lacked control over his rapidly increased strength and risked losing control of his inner force.
• Lin Lin used the medicinal power to nourish his meridians and acupoints, raising every acupoint from level 1 to level 10.
• Lin Lin sensed that his body had become steel-like and believed he could defeat a First-Rate Expert with a punch.
• Lin Lin resolved to master his power before breaking through and wondered whether his foundation could let him surpass the Martial Arts Legends.
• Lin Lin pocketed the remaining Advanced Earth Vein Cold Marrow and planned to share portions with his parents and four masters.
• Lin Lin left the Cold Iron Mine under the moonlight after realizing that a full day had passed.

After gaining control over his newly strengthened body, Lin Lin began planning and testing routes for his own Mythic-Grade Inner Force Skill. His first experiment failed, and he stopped Azure Jade after spotting two women from rival sects kissing by a river.

• Lin Lin rode Azure Jade home and decided that, with his Hidden Acupoints cultivated, he could begin creating his own Mythical Martial Art.
• Lin Lin calculated over 110 million possible Inner Breath circulation routes and chose to test them systematically.
• Lin Lin built and tested a route based on Hundred Flowers Valley's Peerless Divine Arts, but the Quest Log showed that it was ineffective.
• Lin Lin stopped Azure Jade by a river after seeing a Hundred Flowers Valley True Inheritor Disciple kissing a Wind Riding Pavilion Elite Disciple.

Lin Lin discovered Hua Xi Yue and Zi Xi meeting secretly, while Zhang Lu Yun kept watch, and Hua Xi Yue offered him the three women’s company in exchange for silence. Realizing the offer was suspicious, Lin Lin found Azure Jade immobilized and the women gone from sight.

• Lin Lin arrived at the mountain gate and caught Hua Xi Yue and Zi Xi embracing while Zhang Lu Yun watched from a tree.
• Hua Xi Yue recognized Lin Lin and begged him to keep their meeting secret, offering that she and Zi Xi accompany him.
• Hua Xi Yue proposed that Zhang Lu Yun join them as well, and Zhang Lu Yun appeared to agree despite her anger.
• Lin Lin’s excitement turned to suspicion when he realized Hua Xi Yue would not normally offer herself to him.
• Lin Lin found Azure Jade unable to move and saw that Hua Xi Yue, Zi Xi, and Zhang Lu Yun had vanished, so he pointed his fingers like a sword at the empty air.

Lin Lin survived a coordinated ambush by Hua Xi Yue, Zi Xi, and Zhang Lu Yun, then fought back with overwhelming force. He killed Zhang Lu Yun and Zi Xi and gained the upper hand against Hua Xi Yue.

• Lin Lin detected the women’s Bewitchment Art and realized they had planned to kill him.
• Hua Xi Yue, Zi Xi, and Zhang Lu Yun attacked Lin Lin together, but his strengthened body and Sword Qi let him withstand their blows.
• Lin Lin activated Hundred Flowers Wither and killed Zhang Lu Yun with the Nether Spring Light-Containing Sword.
• Lin Lin battered Zi Xi with a series of palms until she fell dead.
• Hua Xi Yue used Forbidden Martial Arts, but Lin Lin steadily wounded her and forced her into a losing position.

Lin Lin defeated three attackers near Hundred Flowers Valley’s Mountain Gate, prompting Patrolling Disciples to mistake him for a Peerless or Legendary Expert. Wounded and nearly out of strength, he confronted the dying Hua Xi Yue, who questioned how he had become so powerful without reaching the True Qi Condensation Realm.

• Patrolling Disciples rushed toward the Mountain Gate after hearing a battle and concluded that one fighter had killed three Super First-Rate Experts in moments.
• The first Patrolling Disciples reached the battlefield and found Lin Lin standing over three fallen opponents.
• Lin Lin recalled that he had used the Forbidden Martial Arts Hundred Flowers Wither and felt pain from the damage to his vitality.
• Lin Lin identified Hua Xi Yue as a traitor who had attacked him near the Mountain Gate, while remaining on guard as his vitality and Inner Force ran low.
• Hua Xi Yue admitted she had underestimated Lin Lin and questioned how he had become so strong without breaking through to the True Qi Condensation Realm.

Lin Lin survived Hua Xi Yue and two other Super First-Rate Experts, and Hua Xi Yue died after confessing that she had attacked him to conceal her attraction to women. Yan Wenfang treated Lin Lin, while the witnesses began to recognize his extraordinary strength and his reputation rose.

• Hua Xi Yue confessed that she had attacked Lin Lin to kill him and hide her secret, but refused to reveal where the group planned to go or who supported them.
• Hua Xi Yue died, and Lin Lin dismissed her final burst of vitality as she succumbed to her injuries.
• Yan Wenfang arrived and treated Lin Lin, who concealed that he had opened all the acupoints in his body.
• Lin Lin explained the battle to Yan Wenfang, who confirmed that he had defeated all three Super First-Rate Experts.
• The Patrolling Disciples reconsidered Lin Lin’s abilities and began to see him as a near-Peerless Expert with the potential to become a Heaven and Human Level Expert.

After killing three Super First-Rate Experts, Lin Lin returned to Hundred Flowers Valley, where the elders confirmed he was safe and left him to recover. Though his injuries healed quickly, he could not sleep and called Ru Yu into his room; he emerged refreshed the next morning.

• Lin Lin thanked Yan Wenfang and the other disciples, then rode Azure Jade home while healing his injuries.
• Cui Ximing, Ji Yun, and Mo Long visited Lin Lin, confirmed he was unharmed, and left him medicines.
• Lin Lin ate a meal prepared by his parents, meditated, and reviewed how he had used too much Inner Breath and stamina in the battle.
• Lin Lin found himself unable to sleep after recalling Hua Xi Yue and Zi Xi, and Ru Yu entered his room to ask if he was hungry.
• Ru Shuang went to check on Ru Yu after her sister stayed in Lin Lin's room, and Lin Lin emerged refreshed the next morning.

Lin Lin gave Earth Vein Cold Marrow to his parents and the elders of Hundred Flowers Valley to strengthen their martial arts. The elders accepted his gift and offered valuable treasures in return.

• Lin Lin gave Lin Yue and Zhang Fei a portion of Earth Vein Cold Marrow, and they consumed it before meditating.
• Yan Wenfang explained that Hua Xi Yue, Zhang Lu Yun, and Li Yuehua had sold sect intelligence to Wind Riding Pavilion, and reassured Lin Lin that Li Yuehua had been executed.
• Lin Lin offered four bottles of Earth Vein Cold Marrow to the elders, saying he wanted to strengthen Hundred Flowers Valley.
• Cui Ximing and Ji Yun praised Lin Lin for his fortuitous encounter, and Ji Yun offered him a Ten Thousand Year Blood Fat Fruit.
• Mo Long promised Lin Lin a Cinnabar Fruit when it ripened, while Yan Wenfang said the elders would not let him suffer a loss.

Lin Lin received several Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from the elders after offering them Earth Vein Cold Marrow, and he planned to consume the new resources after they matured and his strength settled. He returned to the Cold Iron Mine to cultivate and continued designing a Mythic-Grade Inner Force Skill.

• Lin Lin learned that the elders had reserved the Ten Thousand Year Blood Fat Fruit and Cinnabar Fruits for him, then Cui Ximing and Yan Wenfang offered him Snow Lotus Seeds and Secluded Spring Mysterious Water.
• Lin Lin gave his remaining Earth Vein Cold Marrow to Cui Ximing and Yan Wenfang, who accepted it and consumed it with the other elders.
• Lin Lin decided to wait until the Snow Lotus Seeds matured in eight months before consuming all four treasures, allowing him time to master the power he had already gained.
• Lin Lin rode Azure Jade to the Cold Iron Mine, reminded the caretakers to change the horse’s medicine, and began his daily cultivation.
• Lin Lin used Dual-Mindedness to construct his envisioned Mythic-Grade Inner Force Skill, drawing on Hundred Flowers Valley’s martial arts manuals to narrow down possible circulation routes.

Lin Lin continued cultivating and constructing his Mythic-Grade Inner Force Skill while Hundred Flowers Valley’s elders grew stronger with the Earth Vein Cold Marrow. After the Annals of the Divine Continent ranked him first on the Constellation Rankings at age sixteen, his fame spread throughout the martial world.

• Lin Lin maintained a steady routine of cultivation, study, and training as he learned to control his growing power and develop his Mythic-Grade Inner Force Skill.
• The elders of Hundred Flowers Valley used Lin Lin’s Hidden Acupoint cultivation methods and the Earth Vein Cold Marrow to advance, and Valley Master Cui Ximing gained the possibility of entering the Heaven and Human Realm.
• Red Dust Heaven’s updated Annals of the Divine Continent placed Lin Lin first on the Constellation Rankings at age sixteen, breaking Zhang Hai’s longstanding record.
• Martial-world figures accepted Lin Lin’s ranking after learning that he had killed Hua Xi Yue, Zhang Lu Yun, and Zi Xi within five breaths.
• People investigated Lin Lin’s past and discovered that three years earlier he had been an undisciplined boy who was punished to face the wall, before becoming a leading young martial expert.

Lin Lin’s rise to the top of the Constellation Rankings drew hopeful recruits and persistent admirers to Hundred Flowers Valley, but he turned away the advances and focused on cultivation. As he left the Cold Iron Mine, Su Minghua mocked him, and Lin Lin asked whether she had a crush on him.

• Lin Lin’s fame prompted young martial artists and their parents to seek training at Hundred Flowers Valley, strengthening the quality of its new disciples.
• Lin Lin accepted the support of fellow disciples but kept his distance from them and declined the many gifts and romantic advances from junior and senior sisters.
• After the admirers gave up, Lin Lin’s cultivation progressed more smoothly, and his Mental Strength increased through his strengthened self-control.
• Su Minghua, Yan Wenfang’s granddaughter and one of the experts assigned to protect Lin Lin, mocked him as he left the Cold Iron Mine.
• Lin Lin asked Su Minghua whether she had a crush on him.

Su Minghua confessed her love to Lin Lin and asked him to dismiss his concubines, but he rejected her and explained that he did not want the demands of romance interfering with his cultivation. Su Minghua left the guard team, and several months later the Snow Lotus Seed ripened.

• Su Minghua admitted she loved Lin Lin and asked him to marry her as his principal wife after dismissing his concubines.
• Lin Lin rejected Su Minghua, saying that Ru Yu and Ru Shuang suited his busy life better, then left without comforting her.
• Ren Yan urged Lin Lin to comfort Su Minghua, but Lin Lin said she should leave if she could not change her attitude and maintain harmony in the team.
• Su Minghua failed to report for duty the next day, and the Law Enforcement Elder's side sent another expert to replace her as Lin Lin's guard.
• Several months passed peacefully, and the Snow Lotus Seed ripened.

Lin Lin consumed four kinds of rare treasures, raising his foundation until every acupoint reached Level 11. He told Cui Ximing he would spend about ten days refining a Mythic-Grade Inner Force Skill before attempting True Qi Condensation, and the elders began preparing for his breakthrough.

• Lin Lin swallowed the Ten Thousand Year Blood Fat Fruits, Cinnabar Fruits, Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus Seeds, and Secluded Spring Mysterious Water under the elders’ protection.
• The treasures enhanced Lin Lin’s Qi and blood, mental strength, Inner Force, physique, and endurance as their effects were absorbed into his foundation.
• Lin Lin finished tempering every acupoint in his body to Level 11 and told Cui Ximing he could break through to True Qi Condensation at any time.
• Lin Lin decided to stay and cultivate for about ten days while he verified the remaining circulation routes for his Mythic-Grade Inner Force Skill.
• Cui Ximing agreed to clear the area around Hundred Flowers Valley and prepare fifty times the normal amount of resources for Lin Lin’s breakthrough.

Lin Lin completed his tests of countless circulation routes and named his strongest Mythic-Grade Inner Force Skill the Martial Codex. After using it to temper his foundation to its peak, he began his True Qi Condensation breakthrough as Hundred Flowers Valley prepared to protect him and supply the resources he needed.

• Hundred Flowers Valley mobilized its experts and nearby forces to fortify the region while gathering resources for Lin Lin's breakthrough.
• Lin Lin finished testing circulation routes and selected skill number 8768, whose cultivation effect far exceeded other methods.
• Lin Lin named the Mythic-Grade Inner Force Skill the Martial Codex and began cultivating it through forty-one simultaneous streams of Inner Breath.
• The Martial Codex raised Lin Lin's Essence, Qi Blood, Mental Strength, and Inner Breath until he reached his peak and started his breakthrough in a medicinal hot spring bath.
• Lin Lin compressed and sublimated his Inner Breath into a milky-white mist, drawing Heaven and Earth Essence Qi into his body.

Lin Lin broke through to True Qi Condensation as Heaven and Earth Essence Qi gathered around him and his body underwent an extraordinary transformation. After consuming resources worth 138 times those needed by an ordinary Foundation of Heaven and Man, he fell asleep inside a Blood Cocoon, with nearly 23 days of transformation still remaining.

• Lin Lin's Inner Breath transformed into milky-white true qi as his Invincible Mythical Foundation prolonged and intensified his physical transformation.
• Heaven and Earth Essence Qi converged on Hundred Flowers Hall, stirring the air and weather as Lin Lin's blood, organs, bones, and muscles grew stronger.
• Lin Lin consumed medicinal resources supplied by Hundred Flowers Valley's high-level members, ultimately using resources worth 138 times the normal amount.
• Lin Lin shed his skin as his bones and organs transformed, while his Attribute Panel confirmed that his attributes continued to rise.
• Lin Lin's transformation entered a period of dormancy, and he fell asleep inside a Blood Cocoon as Heaven and Earth Essence Qi continued pouring into it.
• Cui Ximing and the other Hundred Flowers Valley high-level members kept watch and eagerly anticipated Lin Lin's eventual strength.

Major martial-world powers gathered to plan against Lin Lin after discovering that he had created powerful new Hidden Acupoints methods. They learned he was undergoing a breakthrough at Hundred Flowers Valley and feared he would soon become unstoppable, leaving them to act before his transformation was complete.

• Representatives of the major powers met in Tianhu Province without Hundred Flowers Valley to discuss Lin Lin and the threat he posed to their ambitions.
• The gathered powers concluded that Lin Lin had created new Hidden Acupoints cultivation methods after seeing Hundred Flowers Valley's high-ranking members grow stronger.
• The powers decided Lin Lin had to die and planned to ambush him at the Cold Iron Mine to kill him and seize his methods.
• Lin Lin stopped visiting the mine, and heightened security around Hundred Flowers Valley prevented the planned ambush.
• An insider reported abnormal Heaven and Earth Essence Qi gathering near Hundred Flowers Hall, and the powers learned Lin Lin was preparing to break through to the True Qi Condensation Realm.
• The powers convened to decide how to eliminate Lin Lin before he completed his transformation.