Chapter Summaries

Liu Yuan discovered that his All-Map Strongest System could make him surpass the strongest people in each map, and it immediately raised him to the Lesser Yuan Dan Realm in Qing Yang Town. He heard Lin Qingtan calling for help in the back mountain and rushed to save her.

• Liu Yuan recalled how Lin Dong's family had taken him in after he arrived in their world with amnesia.
• After Liu Yuan wished for a system, the All-Map Strongest System activated and explained how it enhanced him on maps Lin Dong had reached.
• The system identified Lin Zhentian and Lei Bao as Qing Yang Town's strongest cultivators and raised Liu Yuan to the Lesser Yuan Dan Realm (Nine-Star Origin Core), granting him martial arts, a cultivation technique, and a beginner's gift pack.
• Liu Yuan heard Lin Qingtan crying for help after apparently encountering a Monster Beast while gathering herbs.
• Liu Yuan abandoned his plan to test his new power and hurried to rescue Lin Qingtan.

Liu Yuan rescued Qing Tan from a Black Scale Wolf in the Lin Family's back mountain, killing it with two punches and carrying her home. They arrived to find Lin Xiao at the courtyard gate, where he noticed Qing Tan's injury and reacted with alarm.

• Qing Tan fell and injured her calf while fleeing from a Black Scale Wolf, which caught up and prepared to attack her.
• Liu Yuan appeared and sent the wolf flying with a punch, then killed it with a second punch when it tried to escape.
• Liu Yuan noticed Qing Tan's bleeding leg, offered to carry her, and brought her home while carrying the wolf's corpse.
• Lin Xiao saw Liu Yuan carrying Qing Tan into the courtyard and cried out in alarm when he spotted her injury.

Liu Yuan killed a Black Scale Wolf to save Qing Tan, leaving Lin Xiao shocked by his strength and curious about his origins. After realizing he needed combat skills and experience, Liu Yuan decided to invest in Lin Dong so they could both grow stronger.

• Qing Tan told Lin Xiao that Liu Yuan had killed a Black Scale Wolf with two punches while saving her in the Back Mountain.
• Lin Xiao thanked Liu Yuan, and Lin Dong returned from training and learned what had happened.
• Liu Yan dressed Qing Tan’s wound, then took the Black Scale Wolf away to be prepared as food for the family.
• After eating the wolf meat, Lin Dong went to the Back Mountain to train while Liu Yuan returned to his room to consider his shortcomings.
• Liu Yuan decided to help Lin Dong grow stronger, reasoning that raising the map’s power ceiling would also increase his own strength.

Liu Yuan practiced martial arts while gathering ingredients for pills that could help Lin Dong and Lin Xiao. After mastering Stone Splitting Palm, he learned Thunderclap Force and left the story having reached minor accomplishment.

• Liu Yuan found the Body Tempering Pill and Great Returning Pill recipes and memorized their ingredients and refining methods.
• Liu Yuan gathered some pill ingredients and practiced the Second-grade martial art Stone Splitting Palm in the Lin Family's Back Mountain.
• After seven days, Liu Yuan perfected Stone Splitting Palm by shattering a boulder from the inside out.
• Liu Yuan began learning the Fifth-grade martial art Thunderclap Force and endured repeated failures as he mastered its difficult Origin Power circulation.
• After another half month of training, Liu Yuan used Thunderclap Force to charge dozens of meters and destroy a massive boulder, reaching minor accomplishment.

After Lin Dong was badly beaten by Lin Shan and struggled with guilt over using his father’s medicine, Liu Yuan found him training through the night. Liu Yuan offered to teach him a Second-grade Martial Art, leaving Lin Dong eager to hear more.

• Liu Yuan returned home and learned from Qing Tan that Lin Dong had been beaten unconscious after fighting clan members at the Back Mountain.
• Lin Xiao told Liu Yan to brew the Crimson Ginseng for Lin Dong, who protested that it was meant to treat his father’s injuries.
• Lin Dong ate in silence, then ran outside, while Liu Yuan followed to check on him.
• Liu Yuan found Lin Dong repeatedly slamming himself into a wooden post and waited until he was exhausted before approaching.
• Liu Yuan offered to teach Lin Dong a Second-grade Martial Art.

Liu Yuan taught Lin Dong the Second-grade Martial Art Stone Splitting Palm and guided him through repeated practice in the Back Mountain. As Lin Dong continued training into the night, Lin Xiao and Qing Tan found them and secretly watched, with Lin Xiao curious about both the martial art and Liu Yuan's abilities.

• Liu Yuan taught Lin Dong the formula and techniques for Stone Splitting Palm, then demonstrated its power by shattering a boulder from within.
• Lin Dong asked whether Liu Yuan had reached the Heavenly Origin Realm, but Liu Yuan rebuked him and returned his attention to cultivation.
• Lin Dong repeatedly practiced Stone Splitting Palm against a tree while Liu Yuan corrected his technique.
• Qing Tan worried about Lin Dong and Liu Yuan's late return, so she left to search for them and met Lin Xiao in the courtyard.
• Lin Xiao and Qing Tan found Lin Dong practicing in the Back Mountain, and Lin Xiao recognized Stone Splitting Palm as a Second-grade Martial Art.
• Lin Xiao extinguished their lantern and hid with Qing Tan behind a tree to observe Lin Dong and Liu Yuan.

Lin Dong made rapid progress in the Stone Splitting Palm under Liu Yuan’s instruction, astonishing Qing Tan and Lin Xiao with his power. Lin Xiao wondered whether Liu Yuan surpassed him at his peak, and the chapter ended with Lin Xiao awkwardly explaining why he and Qing Tan had come to the Back Mountain.

• Lin Dong used a palm strike to split a thick tree, impressing Qing Tan and revealing his martial talent to Lin Xiao.
• Lin Dong asked Liu Yuan for help with his technique, and Liu Yuan explained how to make his Inner Energy erupt outward.
• Liu Yuan shattered a five- or six-meter-tall bluestone from within, helping Lin Dong understand the subtle method of exerting force on contact.
• Lin Xiao wondered whether Liu Yuan was stronger than he had been at his Heavenly Origin Realm peak, while Qing Tan admired Liu Yuan.
• Liu Yuan ended the training session and discovered Lin Xiao and Qing Tan hiding behind a tree.
• Lin Xiao claimed he had accompanied Qing Tan because she was worried about Lin Dong and the Back Mountain was dangerous at night.

Liu Yuan cultivated the [Thunder Spirit Art], opening his seventh Meridian and forming his first Thunder Spirit Orb. The chapter ended with Qing Tan bursting into his room and finding him shirtless.

• Lin Xiao thanked Liu Yuan for teaching Lin Dong Martial Arts and helping him regain his confidence.
• Lin Dong trained diligently while Liu Yuan focused on cultivating the [Thunder Spirit Art].
• Lin Dong told Liu Yuan that he had beaten Lin Shan using the [Stone Splitting Palm] and had reached the fourth level of the Body Tempering Realm.
• Liu Yuan opened his seventh Meridian and condensed his first Thunder Spirit Orb.
• Qing Tan rushed into Liu Yuan's room to report that she had found the medicinal herbs and blushed when she saw him without his upper garment.

Qing Tan brought Liu Yuan the Crimson Flame Grass he needed to refine a Great Returning Pill for Lin Xiao’s internal injuries. Overjoyed by the prospect of her father’s recovery, she promised to repay Liu Yuan handsomely if he could cure him.

• Qing Tan rushed into Liu Yuan’s room and embarrassedly turned away while he dressed.
• Qing Tan gave Liu Yuan the Crimson Flame Grass she had searched for, and he praised her for finding it.
• Liu Yuan told Qing Tan he planned to refine a Great Returning Pill to treat Lin Xiao’s long-standing internal injuries.
• Qing Tan recalled her father’s decline after Lin Lang Tian crippled him and seized Liu Yuan’s arm, promising him a handsome reward if he could cure him.

Liu Yuan refined a Great Returning Pill to treat Lin Xiao’s internal injury, with Qing Tan watching and helping gather the ingredients. After Lin Xiao returned home, Liu Yuan offered him the pill and asked him to try it.

• Liu Yuan began refining the Great Returning Pill while Qing Tan guarded the door and secretly watched through a crack.
• Liu Yuan successfully refined a dark red pill with two Pill Marks, and Qing Tan rejoiced that her father might be saved.
• Lin Xiao returned to the courtyard with Lin Dong after their cultivation and drank a bowl of water.
• Liu Yuan told Lin Xiao that the Great Returning Pill could heal damaged meridians and dantian congestion, then offered it to him to try.

Liu Yuan gave Lin Xiao a Great Returning Pill, and Lin Xiao took it in hopes of curing his long-standing internal injuries. After coughing up toxic blood, Lin Xiao announced that his injuries had healed, leaving his family overjoyed and grateful to Liu Yuan.

• Lin Xiao learned that Qing Tan had searched for medicinal ingredients and wounded her hands while trying to help him.
• Liu Yan and Lin Dong urged Lin Xiao to trust Liu Yuan and take the Great Returning Pill.
• Lin Xiao swallowed the pill and circulated his Yuan Power while his family waited anxiously.
• After half an hour, Lin Xiao coughed up black, foul-smelling blood and regained a healthy complexion.
• Lin Xiao said the blood stasis had cleared and his internal injuries seemed healed, and his family turned excitedly toward Liu Yuan.

After Liu Yuan healed Lin Xiao, the Lin Family celebrated with a feast, and Qing Tan confessed her feelings with a kiss. Their tender moment ended abruptly when Qing Tan was struck by a sudden, agonizing cold that covered her face in frost.

• Lin Dong knelt before Liu Yuan and swore lasting loyalty for saving Lin Xiao, while Lin Xiao solemnly thanked him.
• Liu Yan prepared a celebratory feast, where the family shared food and wine until Lin Xiao and Lin Dong passed out drunk.
• After helping Liu Yan clean up, Qing Tan joined Liu Yuan outside and thanked him for making her father happy.
• Qing Tan kissed Liu Yuan and confessed that she liked him, and he accepted her as his girlfriend.
• As Liu Yuan embraced Qing Tan, an intense chill erupted from her body, frost spread across her face, and she began trembling in pain.

Liu Yuan used his lightning-imbued Yuan Power to suppress Qing Tan’s dangerous cold qi through the night, leaving her safe but exhausted. The next morning, Qing Tan kissed his cheek and emerged from his room, prompting Lin Xiao to mistake their closeness for intimacy and embarrass her with teasing advice.

• Qing Tan explained that her recurring cold qi came from her unusual constitution, and Liu Yuan remembered that she possessed a Demonic Body.
• Qing Tan warned Liu Yuan that her cold qi had harmed her father before, but Liu Yuan insisted on helping her.
• Liu Yuan used the Thunder Spirit Art to guide his Yuan Power through Qing Tan’s meridians and suppress the cold qi until dawn.
• Qing Tan woke feeling well, realized Liu Yuan had stayed up helping her, kissed his cheek, and quietly left his room.
• Lin Xiao, Liu Yan, and Lin Dong saw Qing Tan leave Liu Yuan’s room, and Lin Xiao teased her about safety and restraint.
• Qing Tan blushed and protested that Lin Xiao had misunderstood what happened.

Qing Tan explained that Liu Yuan had spent the night suppressing her cold energy, and her family openly encouraged their relationship. At the Lin Family tournament, Lin Xiao revealed that Liu Yuan had cured his injuries and trained Lin Dong, prompting Lin Zhentian to demand that Liu Yuan be brought to him.

• Qing Tan told Lin Xiao and Lin Dong that Liu Yuan had used his Origin Power to suppress her cold energy through the night, and Lin Xiao praised Liu Yuan's strength.
• Liu Yan and Lin Xiao urged Qing Tan to pursue Liu Yuan, and Qing Tan later embraced him and said her parents approved of them.
• Liu Yuan and Qing Tan grew closer over the following days before attending the Lin Family's annual clan tournament together.
• Lin Dong won the tournament, but Lin Mang attacked him before the results were announced, and Lin Xiao intervened and defeated Lin Mang with his restored Heavenly Origin Realm strength.
• Lin Xiao told Lin Zhentian that Liu Yuan had cured his injuries and guided Lin Dong, so Lin Zhentian ordered that Liu Yuan be brought to him.

Liu Yuan accepted Lin Zhentian’s gifts, moved into a new residence, and began living there with Qing Tan while advancing his Thunder Spirit Art. After opening his fifteenth meridian and forming a second cluster of Thunder Spirit Energy, he received a system reward: the Phantom Spirit Cat.

• Lin Zhentian thanked Liu Yuan for helping the Lin Family, gave him Yang Yuan Stones and a deed to an inner-courtyard residence, and welcomed him as one of the family.
• Liu Yuan persuaded Qing Tan to move into his new home, and the two began living together.
• Liu Yuan cultivated the Thunder Spirit Art for several months while Qing Tan went to the triennial hunting event to cheer for Lin Dong.
• Liu Yuan opened his fifteenth meridian and formed a second cluster of Thunder Spirit Energy, perfecting the Thunder Spirit Art.
• The system announced that Lin Dong had obtained a Fire Python Tiger Cub and rewarded Liu Yuan with the Phantom Spirit Cat.

Liu Yuan received a Phantom Spirit Cat whose adult strength could rival a Form Creation Realm cultivator, and he considered how Lin Dong’s gains would lead to Flame City. He planned to reach the city to find a rare Yin Attribute herb for Qing Tan, while the kitten’s enormous appetite gave him an immediate new task.

• After Lin Dong obtained a Fire Python Tiger, the system awarded Liu Yuan a Phantom Spirit Cat and revealed its speed, hunting skills, and Form Creation Realm potential.
• Liu Yuan welcomed the kitten, fed it meat, and built it a soft bed in his training room.
• Liu Yuan recalled that Lin Dong would win Ironwood Manor from the Lei Family and that the Lin Family would find a Yang Rock Stone Vein there, prompting their move to Flame City.
• Liu Yuan planned to follow Lin Dong to Flame City, where he hoped to find a Yin Attribute Medicinal Herb that could resolve Qing Tan’s constitution problem.
• The kitten quickly grew hungry again, so Liu Yuan decided it needed Monster Beast meat containing Yuan Power.

Liu Yuan spent a peaceful month and a half with Qing Tan while the Phantom Spirit Cat grew strong enough to hunt a Black Soul Leopard. When Lin Dong arrived at Liu Yuan's residence with his Fire Python Tiger, the cat unleashed a terrifying aura that shocked him.

• Liu Yuan took the Phantom Spirit Cat into the mountains and brought back an Ironback Bear for her to eat.
• Liu Yuan cherished his time with Qing Tan, and over the next month and a half the Phantom Spirit Cat grew powerful enough to defeat late-stage Earth Origin Realm Monster Beasts.
• The Phantom Spirit Cat returned with a Black Soul Leopard, and Liu Yuan praised her before sending her to eat it outside the courtyard.
• Lin Dong approached Liu Yuan's residence with his Fire Python Tiger, Little Yan, which sensed danger and tugged at his trouser leg.
• The Phantom Spirit Cat released a powerful aura at Lin Dong and Little Yan, leaving Lin Dong shocked that such a Monster Beast was at Liu Yuan's door.

Lin Dong visited Liu Yuan and discovered that his small pet, Xiao Huan, had the power of a Heavenly Origin Realm monster. After hearing about the Lin Family’s plan to claim Ironwood Manor from the Lei Family, Liu Yuan offered to send Xiao Huan along with Lin Dong’s party that afternoon.

• Xiao Huan threatened Lin Dong and Little Yan until Liu Yuan called it back into the courtyard.
• Liu Yuan introduced Xiao Huan as his monster pet, and Lin Dong was astonished by its strength.
• Lin Dong explained that the Lei Family had delayed handing over Ironwood Manor and that the Lin Family planned to seize it by force.
• Liu Yuan asked Lin Dong to take Xiao Huan with him to Ironwood Manor, assuring him it would help against the Lei Family.

Lin Dong joined the Lin Family’s expedition to claim Ironwood Manor, bringing Liu Yuan’s Phantom Spirit Cat with him. After the cat led him into the estate, Lin Dong discovered Lei Family fighters poisoning the ironwood grove and prepared to attack them alongside Little Yan.

• Liu Yuan sent the Phantom Spirit Cat with Lin Dong to help the Lin Family take over Ironwood Manor.
• Lin Xiao and Lin Ken led the Lin Family forces to Ironwood Manor, where Lei Nuo stalled them at the gates with excuses about unfinished inventories.
• The Phantom Spirit Cat detected something and led Lin Dong and Little Yan through a hidden breach into the manor.
• Lin Dong found Lei Family fighters pouring Black Corpse Water onto the ironwood trees to destroy them before handing over the estate.
• The Phantom Spirit Cat killed two Lei Family fighters, and Lin Dong called on Little Yan to join the attack on the rest.

Lin Dong and Little Yan attacked the Lei Family forces at Ironwood Manor, where Lin Dong defeated Qin Ying and Dai En before Lei Ying overwhelmed him. As Lei Ying moved to kill Lin Dong, a sudden white blur severed his arm, leaving the attacker unidentified.

• Lin Dong and Little Yan stormed the Lei Family group destroying barrels of Black Corpse Water, killing and scattering the martial artists.
• Dai En fired an emergency signal, and Lin Dong defeated Qin Ying and Dai En with his Stone Splitting Palm and Mysterious Gate Seal.
• Lei Nuo and Lei Ying arrived, and Lei Ying struck Lin Dong with Heavenly Origin Realm power, leaving him gravely injured.
• Lei Ying charged at Lin Dong with a dagger while Lei Nuo blasted Little Yan away and the arriving Lin Family members cried out.
• A streak of white light severed Lei Ying's dagger-wielding arm just before he could stab Lin Dong.