Lin Seventy-Seven, the seventy-seventh great-grandson of the Lin Family's founding ancestor.
More precisely, the founding ancestor's ninth son had borne him his twenty-eighth grandson, and that twenty-eighth grandson had then given the founding ancestor Lin Seventy-Seven—a prodigiously gifted clansman whose talent had once shaken all twelve Ancient Clans. Lin Seventy-Seven was also the first user of the Phoenix Tree, and the first lucky member of the Lin Hu Clan to use it to rise directly from the peak of Saint Master to the lower rank, lower stage of the divine realm.
It was worth mentioning that Lin Seventy-Seven had begun cultivating at the age of three, and it had taken him only thirty-two years to reach the peak of Saint Master! Even among the twelve Ancient Clans, where geniuses emerged in endless streams, such talent stood at the very pinnacle. In terms of true aptitude, he was at least ten times—perhaps a hundred times—more gifted than Lin Qi, Blackbeard, or anyone by Lin Qi's side.
According to the founding ancestor of the Cloud Dragon Clan—that old fellow whose battle-qi cultivation reigned supreme among the twelve Ancient Clans—every inch of Lin Seventy-Seven's muscle and every bone in his body had been born for cultivating the Lin Hu Clan's techniques. He had been born with limitless strength; his meridians were naturally broad and tough; his qi apertures were naturally open and powerful; even the vitality of his internal organs was a hundred times stronger than that of ordinary people.
When he was only two years old, Lin Seventy-Seven could yank back a galloping wild horse with one hand and kick a crazed bull to death with a single foot. His wet nurses had even had their bones crushed several times when he accidentally squeezed them! It was clear from this that he