Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen, a reincarnated outsider who had lived in the Lin Clan for fifteen years, went with Lin Ke'er to the clan’s major gathering. He recognized that the event marked the beginning of the future Martial Ancestor’s rise, and the pair headed toward Elder Tao’s stand as the assembly began.

• Lin Chen reflected on his origins in another world and resolved to grow stronger to uncover the truth of his arrival.
• Lin Ke'er came to fetch Lin Chen for the Clan Assembly, and he praised her appearance before they set out.
• Lin Chen recalled the Lin Clan’s internal conflicts and Lin Langtian’s rise after obtaining a mysterious expert’s Primordial Spirit.
• Three drumbeats announced that the Clan Assembly had begun, and Lin Ke'er hurried Lin Chen toward Lin Family Arena.
• Lin Ke'er found Elder Tao at Stand No. 62 and led Lin Chen toward the Arena’s central area.

Lin Chen arrived late to the Lin Clan Assembly and took his seat beside Lin Ke'er, while wrestling with whether to intervene in Lin Xiao's fate and go to Qingyang Town. The assembly was already underway, and Lin Chen watched the battles begin from Stand No. 62.

• Lin Ke'er brought Lin Chen to Stand No. 62, where Elder Lin Tao greeted them and told them to take their seats.
• Lin Chen reflected on his mysterious arrival in the Tianxuan Continent and his uncertainty about saving Lin Xiao or going to Qingyang Town.
• Lin Tao joked with Lin Zhentian about Lin Chen arriving late, while Lin Chen recognized Lin Zhentian and noticed the gray-robed child near his family.
• Lin Chen and Lin Ke'er watched the Clan Assembly's tiered battleground as fighters clashed and announcements named the winners.

Lin Xiao entered the Lin Clan Assembly hoping to earn a place among the top ten and help his family return to the Inner Clan, but he faced Lin Langtian in his first match. Lin Langtian defeated and crippled him with a single attack, leaving Lin Zhentian’s hope in jeopardy.

• Lin Tao praised Lin Xiao’s strength and encouraged Lin Zhentian’s hope of returning to the Inner Clan, while Lin Zhentian worried that the competition would be difficult.
• Lin Chen overheard their conversation and anticipated that Lin Langtian would cripple Lin Xiao in their opening match.
• Lin Chen watched the Clan Assembly and took interest in Lin Langtian and the young Lin Dong.
• The referee announced that Lin Xiao would face Lin Langtian, drawing the attention of the spectators and alarming Lin Tao and Lin Zhentian.
• Lin Langtian struck Lin Xiao out of the ring, leaving him badly injured; Lin Xiao collapsed unconscious as the referee declared Lin Langtian the winner.

After Lin Xiao lost to Lin Langtian, Lin Chen explained to Lin Ke'er how the Inner Clan looked down on the Branch Family and why Lin Langtian had crippled Lin Xiao. The Clan Assembly ended with Lin Langtian as champion, and Lin Chen told Lin Ke'er he would soon leave Lin City.

• Lin Zhentian rushed to check on the unconscious Lin Xiao, while Lin Ken and Lin Mang took the family to follow him.
• Lin Chen revealed that Lin Langtian's hidden blow had severely damaged Lin Xiao's meridians and cultivation.
• Lin Chen explained to Lin Ke'er that the Inner Clan favored Lin Langtian and treated the Branch Family as inferior.
• Lin Langtian continued winning matches and was announced as the Clan Assembly champion.
• Lin Chen told Lin Ke'er that the assembly was over and he would soon leave Lin City.

Lin Chen decided to leave the Inner Clan for the Lin Family in Qingyang Town and planned to ask Lin Mu for help saving Lin Xiao. The chapter ended with Lin Zhentian learning that Lin Xiao’s injuries had ruined his cultivation, just as a possibility of a cure was raised.

• Lin Chen comforted Lin Ke'er and told her he was leaving for the Lin Family in Qingyang Town.
• Lin Chen left the Arena to seek out Grand Elder Lin Mu, intending to ask him to save Lin Xiao.
• Lin Zhentian asked Elder Lin Gong to examine Lin Xiao after Lin Tao’s efforts to wake him failed.
• Elder Lin Gong said Lin Xiao’s accumulated injuries had blocked most of his meridians and reduced his cultivation from the Heavenly Origin Realm to the Earthly Origin Realm.
• Lin Zhentian despaired over his son’s ruined talent, but Lin Tao suggested Lin Xiao might not be impossible to cure.

Lin Chen brought Grand Elder Lin Mu to help heal Lin Xiao after Lin Zhentian’s son was gravely injured by Lin Langtian. Lin Mu agreed to save Lin Xiao, and Lin Chen’s bargain with him brought the two closer as grandfather and grandson.

• Lin Chen entered Lin Zhentian’s room and challenged Lin Gong’s conclusion that Lin Xiao’s injuries could not be cured.
• Lin Chen called for Lin Mu, who arrived and was recognized by Lin Tao and Lin Gong as the Lin Clan’s Grand Elder.
• Lin Mu reminded Lin Zhentian why he had once been expelled from the clan, then promised to save Lin Xiao.
• Lin Zhentian knelt in gratitude, and Lin Mu lifted him up and credited Lin Chen with arranging the rescue.
• Lin Chen reflected that he had agreed to call Lin Mu grandfather in exchange for his help, despite his painful memories of the family he had lost.

Lin Chen accepted Lin Mu’s gifts and affection, recognizing how much his grandfather had sacrificed for him. At Lin Zhentian’s home, Lin Mu began healing Lin Xiao with a Nirvana Pill, saying he would be fully recovered within an hour.

• Lin Chen accepted Lin Mu as family and reflected on the precious cultivation resources Lin Mu had given him.
• Lin Zhentian thanked Lin Chen for arranging help for Lin Xiao, and Lin Chen said he had a favor to ask but that Lin Xiao’s injuries came first.
• Lin Mu examined Lin Xiao, cleared his blocked meridians, and brought out a Nirvana Pill.
• Lin Gong and Lin Tao recognized the pill, while Lin Zhentian realized it could heal Lin Xiao completely.
• Lin Mu said refining the pill and treating Lin Xiao would take time, then asked everyone to wait outside for an hour.

Lin Mu healed Lin Xiao, restoring his strength and raising him to the peak of the Heavenly Origin Realm. Lin Chen prepared to leave the Lin Clan with Lin Zhentian’s family for Qingyang Town, while Lin Mu slipped away unnoticed.

• Lin Mu used a Nirvana Pill to heal Lin Xiao, whose strength recovered and advanced to the peak of the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Lin Xiao thanked Lin Mu and emerged to reunite with Lin Zhentian, lamenting his failure at the Clan Assembly.
• Lin Zhentian introduced Lin Chen to Lin Xiao and explained that Lin Chen had arranged for Lin Mu to save him.
• Lin Chen told Lin Zhentian he would travel to Qingyang Town with them and might stay with their family for years.
• Lin Chen revealed that Lin Mu had left secretly, then urged the family to depart before the day ended.

Lin Chen arrived in Qingyang Town and chose to stay in the Lin Family’s secluded back mountain while pursuing the Ancestral Stone. He asked Lin Zhentian to have Lin Xiao’s family live there with him, easing the elder’s concerns as preparations began.

• After a month of travel, Lin Chen arrived in Qingyang Town with Lin Zhentian and the others.
• Lin Chen entered the Lin Family Manor and reflected on how strength and status shaped people’s behavior in the world.
• Lin Chen declined Lin Zhentian’s offer of lodging and chose the Lin Family’s back mountain for its quiet and privacy.
• Lin Zhentian agreed to have Lin Ken and Lin Mang arrange repairs to the back mountain houses.
• Lin Chen asked Lin Zhentian to have Lin Xiao’s family accompany him, and Lin Zhentian appeared relieved by the request.

Lin Chen agreed to the Lin Family’s arrangements and focused on using Lin Qingtan’s high-grade Yin Sha Energy to improve his Core. After recognizing her unusual constitution and learning how it had hurt Lin Xiao, he left Lin Zhentian hopeful that he could help her.

• Lin Xiao persuaded Lin Zhentian to accept Lin Chen’s request to use the quiet back mountain, and Lin Zhentian promised the Lin Family would assist him in the future.
• Lin Chen considered how Qingtan’s Yin Sha Energy and Yang Gang Energy from a Yang Yuan Stone Vein could help him form a Nine-Star Core.
• Lin Chen recalled how he began cultivating Origin Energy at thirteen, advanced rapidly, and sought to avoid forming a low-grade Core by building a stronger foundation.
• Lin Chen identified Qingtan as Lin Dong’s younger sister and sensed the icy energy within her body.
• Lin Xiao confirmed that Qingtan’s constitution caused painful episodes and that his attempt to expel the icy energy had left him bedridden.
• Lin Zhentian asked Lin Chen whether he could save Qingtan from her suffering.

Lin Chen discovered a Yang Yuan Stone Vein beneath the Lei Family’s Ironwood Manor and asked Lin Zhentian to help acquire and mine it in exchange for half the profits. Lin Zhentian warned that the hostile Lei Family would likely demand an exorbitant price and retaliate with the Xie Family if the vein was mined.

• Lin Chen left to investigate Ironwood Manor, while Lin Dong reassured Lin Qingtian that Lin Chen had saved their father as their family moved to the back mountain.
• Lin Chen reached Ironwood Manor and identified its hidden Yang Yuan Stone Vein as a source of high-grade Yang Gang Energy.
• Lin Chen surveyed Ironwood Manor and decided to seek the Lin Family’s help instead of seizing the Lei property by force.
• After Lin Xiao’s family and Lin Chen settled into their back-mountain residences, Lin Chen offered Lin Zhentian half the future mining profits in return for arranging the purchase, labor, and sales.
• Lin Zhentian warned that the Lei Family would likely demand an exorbitant price and join with the Xie Family against the Lin Family if they mined the vein.

Lin Chen urged Lin Zhentian to pursue the Ironwood Manor deal with the Lei Family, assuring him he could handle any conflict. Lin Zhentian feared the Lei and Xie Families would overwhelm the Lin Family, but Lin Chen revealed his formidable Spiritual Power and won his respect.

• Lin Chen said he would use force if the Lei Family rejected a peaceful offer, while Lin Zhentian hesitated over risking the Lin Family's safety.
• Lin Zhentian explained that the Lei Family had more Heavenly and Earthly Origin Realm fighters, and that the allied Xie Family might join a conflict.
• Lin Zhentian suggested waiting until Lin Xiao reached the Core Formation Realm before dealing with the Lei Family.
• Lin Chen said Lin Xiao would need months to stabilize his new realm and assured Lin Zhentian that his worries about a conflict were unnecessary.
• Lin Chen released his powerful Spiritual Power, startling Lin Zhentian and the others.
• Lin Zhentian recognized Lin Chen's strength as a Symbol Master and apologized for doubting him.

Lin Chen gave Lin Zhentian one hundred thousand Yang Yuan Pills to negotiate with the Lei Family over Ironwood Manor, then secretly searched the Lin Family Back Mountain for the Stone Talisman and found its cave. Lin Zhentian and his sons wondered why Lin Chen wanted the manor so badly, while Lin Xiao saw him as a possible path for their branch family to return to the Inner Clan.

• Lin Chen handed Lin Zhentian a Cosmic Bag containing one hundred thousand Yang Yuan Pills and instructed him to negotiate with Lei Bao for Ironwood Manor.
• Lin Chen told Lin Zhentian to come to him before the meeting and said he would follow in secret if the Lei Family refused the deal.
• Lin Chen spent the night using his Spiritual Power to search the Lin Family Back Mountain and located the cave containing the Stone Talisman.
• Lin Xiao and Lin Ken wondered why Lin Chen wanted the Yang Yuan Stone Vein despite his wealth, and Lin Zhentian suspected there might be another secret beneath Ironwood Manor.
• Lin Xiao urged Lin Zhentian to build a good relationship with Lin Chen, believing he might help their family return to the Inner Clan.

Lin Chen secretly followed Lin Zhentian and his sons to the Lei Mansion, where Lin Zhentian confronted Lei Pi while waiting for Lei Bao. The exchange grew hostile, and Lei Pi warned the Lin family against making trouble on Lei territory.

• Lin Chen told Lin Zhentian and his sons to set off, then followed them to the Lei Mansion in secret.
• Lin Chen used his Spiritual Power to observe the Lei Family Hall without being detected.
• Lei Pi told Lin Zhentian to wait because Lei Bao was cultivating, prompting Lin Zhentian to mock Lei Bao and the Lei family’s manners.
• Lin Xiao angrily rebuked Lei Pi, who sneered that the Lin family should be careful if they acted against the Lei family on its own territory.

Lin Zhentian negotiated with Lei Bao to transfer Ironwood Manor to the Lin Family in exchange for one hundred thousand Yang Yuan Pills. Lei Bao accepted the deal, and Lin Chen watched from the shadows, hoping the Lei Family would keep its greed in check.

• Lin Zhentian told Lin Xiao to wait for Lei Bao, then Lei Bao entered the hall with members of the Lei Family.
• Lin Zhentian explained that the Lin Family had come on behalf of the Lin Clan Inner Family to claim Ironwood Manor and its Yang Yuan Stone Vein.
• Lin Zhentian gave Lei Bao a Cosmic Bag containing one hundred thousand Yang Yuan Pills as compensation for surrendering the manor.
• Lei Bao verified the pills and, fearing the power behind Lin Zhentian, agreed to withdraw the Lei Family from Ironwood Manor and keep the matter secret.
• Lin Zhentian left to arrange for the Lin Family to take over Ironwood Manor, while Lin Chen observed and reflected on the dangers of greed.

Lin Chen helped the Lin Family take over Ironwood Manor and located the best place to mine its Yang Yuan Stone Vein. With his preparations in Qingyang Town complete, he stood close to advancing to the Lesser Core Formation Realm and becoming a Spirit Talisman Master.

• Lei Bao handed Ironwood Manor over to the Lin Family after receiving One Hundred Thousand Yang Yuan Pills.
• Lin Chen searched underground with his Spiritual Power and explained to Lin Zhentian that the payment had also deterred Lei Bao from resisting.
• Lin Chen reassured Lin Zhentian that Lei Bao would not threaten the family and that Lin Xiao was close to reaching the Lesser Core Formation Realm.
• Lin Chen led Lin Zhentian and his sons to a sunken valley, dealt with two Heavenly Origin Realm Black Iron Demonic Leopards, and left them to handle the mine.
• Lin Chen returned to the Lin Family, noting that his preparations in Qingyang Town were complete and his next breakthroughs were within reach.

Lin Chen found and took the damaged Stone Talisman from a hidden cave, then traveled to Flame City to seek spiritual herbs that could awaken Little Marten. He entered the Wan Jin Auction House with plans to pursue cultivation resources and advance his long-term path toward joining an Eastern Profound Region super sect.

• Lin Chen followed a hidden path down a cliff and discovered the cave where the Stone Talisman was concealed.
• Lin Chen removed the damaged Stone Talisman from the cave ceiling and resolved to awaken Little Marten first.
• Lin Chen rode to Flame City and entered the Wan Jin Auction House to seek high-grade spiritual herbs.
• Lin Chen considered finding the Pill Immortal Pool before the Wan Jin Merchant Guild and Blood Wolf Gang discovered it.
• Lin Chen reflected on his unusual cultivation affinity and planned to seek resources beyond the Great Yan Dynasty.

Lin Chen paid for a VIP room at the Wan Jin Merchant Guild auction and asked the guild to help him acquire high-grade spirit herbs. As he waited in VIP Room Number Nine, a young woman entered without warning, and Lin Chen demanded to know whether she was a guild manager.

• Lin Chen paid two thousand Yang Yuan Pills to obtain access to VIP Room Number Nine.
• Lin Chen told the reception woman that he urgently needed to purchase items through the Wan Jin Merchant Guild, especially high-grade spirit herbs.
• Lin Chen considered the risks of using the Stone Talisman and the difficulty of locating the Fire Ancestor Demonic Flower beneath the ironwood.
• A young woman in a red dress entered VIP Room Number Nine, and Lin Chen told her to leave unless she was a guild manager.

Lin Chen visited the Wan Jin Merchant Guild seeking rare spiritual medicine for demonic beasts and learned that the Blood Wolf Gang possessed a seventh-grade Ice Fire Snake Scale Fruit. He suspected the fruit’s location was connected to the Pill Immortal Pool, but decided not to confront Yue Shan until he had a safer plan.

• Xuan Su greeted Lin Chen and asked what he wanted to buy from the Wan Jin Merchant Guild.
• Lin Chen asked for sixth-grade or higher spiritual medicine that benefited demonic beasts, and Xuan Su said the guild had none.
• Xuan Su told Lin Chen that the Blood Wolf Gang had obtained a seventh-grade Ice Fire Snake Scale Fruit in the eastern mountains near Flame City.
• Xuan Su explained the fruit’s properties and said it could help powerful demonic beasts break through and help a Late Heaven Origin Stage cultivator advance to the Lesser Core Formation Realm.
• Lin Chen connected the fruit’s location to the Pill Immortal Pool and considered how to obtain it from Yue Shan.
• Lin Chen decided to wait or enlist someone else rather than expose his wealth while he lacked the strength to defeat Yue Shan safely.

Lin Chen left Flame City after learning that the Wan Jin Merchant Guild lacked the spiritual medicines he needed, telling Xuan Su he would rely on the guild again in the future. Back at Ironwood Manor, he learned the Yang Yuan Stone Vein would take too long to reach the Fire Ancestor Demonic Flower, so he decided to ask Lin Mu for help.

• Lin Chen declined to discuss compensation with Xuan Su and prepared to leave Flame City.
• Xuan Su admitted she wanted to learn Lin Chen's identity and befriend him, and Lin Chen said she would learn the answer in time.
• Lin Chen returned to Qingyang Town and asked Lin Zhentian about mining the Yang Yuan Stone Vein.
• Lin Zhentian reported that the vein had yielded many Yang Yuan Stones but the miners had not found the Fire Ancestor Demonic Flower's location.
• Lin Chen decided to ask Lin Mu for help and asked Lin Zhentian to carry a message to him.