Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhentian reached Lin City and asked Lin Tao to inform Grand Elder Lin Mu about Lin Chen’s request. Meanwhile, Lin Chen prepared for his coming confrontation with Yue Shan and considered the mysteries surrounding Lin Qingtian, leaving the story as Lin Dong and Qingtan approached his room.

• Lin Zhentian arrived in Lin City after traveling day and night and asked Lin Tao to pass his message to Lin Mu.
• Lin Tao assured Lin Zhentian that the clan elders would arrange for Lin Mu to hear the request because Lin Chen had sent him.
• Lin Chen returned to his room and cultivated his Spiritual Power while preparing to face Yue Shan over the Ice Fire Snake Scale Fruit.
• Lin Dong and Qingtan came to Lin Chen’s room, and Lin Chen invited them inside.
• Lin Chen reflected on Lin Qingtian’s origins and concluded that both Lin Qingtian and he had been influenced by the will of the Great Thousand World.

Lin Chen met with Lin Dong and Lin Qingtan, then reunited with Lin Lie, who had come to Qingyang Town after breaking through to the Lesser Accomplishment of Qi Creation Realm. Lin Lie gave Lin Chen a rare Eighth Grade Spirit Medicine, the Thousand Year Demonic Spirit Ginseng, which could help restore a demonic beast’s power.

• Lin Chen welcomed Lin Dong and Lin Qingtan into his room, offered them furnishings, and told Lin Qingtan to seek his help when the cold energy in her body erupted.
• Lin Chen sensed his spiritual jade slip and hurried to the Lin Family Back Mountain, where he found Lin Lie waiting for him.
• Lin Lie’s powerful Origin Energy frightened Lei Bao and alerted experts from the Xie Family and the Savage Blade Martial Arts School, convincing them that the Lin Family had a formidable backer.
• Lin Chen congratulated Lin Lie on reaching the Lesser Accomplishment of Qi Creation Realm, and Lin Lie scolded him for leaving without saying goodbye to the family.
• Lin Lie gave Lin Chen a Thousand Year Demonic Spirit Ginseng, and Lin Chen accepted it while thinking of using it to awaken Little Marten.

Lin Chen learned that Lin Zhentian had been maimed after delivering his message to the Lin Clan, and resolved to repay those responsible while focusing on restoring his arm. Lin Lie promised to protect the Lin Family Branch Family, and Lin Chen went to the Blood Wolf Gang headquarters to claim the Ice Fire Snake Scale Fruit.

• Lin Lie told Lin Chen that Lin Mu had used Clan contributions to obtain a spiritual medicine for him and explained that Lin Zhentian had lost an arm after being attacked by people he had offended in the Inner Clan.
• Lin Chen said he would give the Lin Family an explanation for Lin Zhentian's injuries and prioritized reaching the Life Profound Realm so he could regrow the arm.
• Lin Lie promised to protect the Lin Family Branch Family and said Lin Mu had asked him to deter troublemakers and keep Lin Chen safe.
• Lin Chen brought Lin Lie to Flame City, left him hidden in the shadows, and went alone to the Blood Wolf Gang headquarters to seek the Ice Fire Snake Scale Fruit.

Lin Chen went to the Blood Wolf Gang headquarters to meet Yue Shan, and attacked its guards and gate after they mocked him. Yue Shan confronted him with two Small Perfection Core Formation Realm experts at his side, while Lin Chen relied on Lin Lie to keep him safe.

• Blood Wolf Gang guards mocked Lin Chen for demanding to see Yue Shan.
• Lin Chen used Spiritual Power to defeat the guards and bring down the Blood Wolf Gang’s gate.
• The attack stirred the Blood Wolf Gang and drew powerful figures from across Flame City.
• Yue Shan came out with two Small Perfection Core Formation Realm experts and challenged Lin Chen’s intrusion.
• Lin Chen recognized Yue Shan’s strength but trusted that Lin Lie would protect him.

Lin Chen confronted Yue Shan of the Blood Wolf Gang, identified himself as a member of the Lin Clan, and offered to trade for the gang leader’s Ice Fire Snake Scale Fruit. Yue Shan rejected the offer unless Lin Chen paid an enormous price, and Lin Chen recognized that force would be needed to settle the matter.

• Lin Chen told Yue Shan that he was from the Lin Clan and explained that the Blood Wolf Gang’s guards had provoked him.
• Yue Shan acknowledged Lin Chen’s strength and identity but demanded an explanation for his actions to protect the gang’s standing in Flame City.
• Lin Chen asked Yue Shan about the Ice Fire Snake Scale Fruit and offered an equal-value trade, along with compensation for entering the gang’s grounds.
• Yue Shan refused to trade the fruit, saying he planned to save it for his son, and demanded one hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills instead.
• Lin Chen mocked Yue Shan’s demand and concluded that he would have to settle the dispute through force.

Lin Chen defeated Yue Shan with the Divine Blazing Palm after refusing his demand for Pure Yuan Pills. He called on Lin Lie to finish the battle while he recovered, leaving the Blood Wolf Gang’s fate to its enemies.

• Yue Shan demanded ten thousand Pure Yuan Pills from Lin Chen and threatened to keep him from leaving Flame City.
• Lin Chen attacked with the Divine Blazing Palm, and Yue Shan countered with the Mountain Yue Fist.
• Lin Chen’s palm shattered Yue Shan’s fist, leaving Yue Shan badly injured and falling from the sky.
• Lin Chen called on Lin Lie, whose Origin Energy taking form revealed him to be a Three Creation Realms expert.
• Lin Chen sat down to recover his Spiritual Power as Lin Lie took over the fight.

Lin Chen used the Thousand Year Demonic Spirit Ginseng to awaken Little Marten inside the Stone Talisman and sought to recruit him as an ally. Little Marten appeared and demanded to know how Lin Chen knew he existed, while Lin Chen proposed cooperation.

• Lin Chen returned to Qingyang Town and resolved to take responsibility for Lin Zhentian's injury while awaiting Lin Tao's return.
• Lin Chen decided to awaken Little Marten with the Thousand Year Demonic Spirit Ginseng and considered how knowledge of the Heavenly Demonic Sable Clan could persuade him to cooperate.
• Lin Chen placed the ginseng against the Stone Talisman, which absorbed it and transformed it into a crimson liquid that disappeared in a white glow.
• Lin Chen searched the Stone Talisman space with his Spiritual Power until he sensed Little Marten hiding in the darkness.
• Lin Chen threatened to summon the Heavenly Demonic Sable, prompting Little Marten to reveal himself as a small black rat and ask how Lin Chen knew he existed.
• Lin Chen assured Little Marten that he meant no harm and said he wanted to discuss cooperation.

Lin Chen persuaded Little Marten to cooperate by promising to help him find spirit medicines, locate a Life-Death Reincarnation Pill, and return to his clan. Little Marten agreed to help Lin Chen use the Stone Talisman, and they reached the Spirit Grinding Mill, where Lin Chen learned of its brutal method of cultivating Spiritual Power.

• Lin Chen told Little Marten he knew how to help him restore his strength, find his father, and return to the Heavenly Demonic Sable Clan.
• Little Marten questioned Lin Chen about his knowledge and his father, then reluctantly agreed to cooperate and help him use the Stone Talisman.
• Lin Chen asked Little Marten to take him to the Spirit Grinding Mill inside the Stone Talisman, and Little Marten led him there.
• Little Marten explained that the Spirit Grinding Mill could cultivate Spiritual Power by repeatedly grinding and restoring Lin Chen's spirit, but warned that failure could cause lasting harm.

Lin Chen cultivated his Spiritual Power beneath the Spirit Grinding Mill, enduring repeated destruction and restoration as his strength grew. After a month, he stopped when Lin Dong arrived, and Lin Chen realized that the cold energy inside Qingtan had erupted again.

• Lin Chen dismissed Little Marten’s worries and entered the Spirit Grinding Mill to temper his Spiritual Power.
• The mill crushed Lin Chen’s spiritual body, but its white radiance restored him and forced him to endure the pain again.
• Little Marten watched in shock as Lin Chen endured twenty crushing cycles while his Spiritual Power strengthened.
• Lin Chen continued cultivating beneath the mill for a month, resting only occasionally and rapidly improving his Spiritual Power.
• Lin Dong arrived, prompting Lin Chen to leave his prolonged cultivation after sensing that Qingtan’s cold energy had erupted again.

Lin Chen used the Stone Talisman to draw out Qingtan’s Yin Sha Energy, easing her pain and collecting Yin Beads for his cultivation. After reassuring Lin Xiao and Liu Yan, he learned that the Qingyang Town Lin Family wanted to seek its own revenge and asked him to protect them from pressure within the clan.

• Lin Chen told Lin Dong that Qingtan’s painful cold constitution could become the foundation of her future cultivation.
• Lin Chen took Qingtan’s hand, endured the freezing energy, and used the Stone Talisman to draw it out and ease her pain.
• Lin Chen collected several Yin Beads from the Stone Talisman, while Qingtan’s face grew rosier and the cold energy was kept from erupting for a long time.
• Lin Chen reassured Lin Xiao and Liu Yan that Qingtan was resting safely, and Liu Yan hurried into her room.
• Lin Xiao explained that Lin Zhentian felt ashamed over failing Lin Chen’s task and asked Lin Chen not to interfere in the family’s revenge, but to protect the Qingyang Town Lin Family from pressure within the clan.
• Lin Chen agreed to let the Lin Family handle its own revenge and said Lin Dong and Qingtan might help it return to the Inner Clan.

Lin Chen replenished the Stone Talisman's energy with his Origin Energy and entered the Stone Talisman Space to cultivate his Spiritual Power. After four months of grinding cultivation, he condensed a tangible crimson Spirit Fire, showing that he had advanced toward becoming a Spirit Talisman Master.

• Lin Chen asked Little Marten whether feeding Origin Energy into the Stone Talisman could harm his cultivation, and Little Marten assured him it would not damage his foundation.
• Lin Chen poured his stored Origin Energy into the Stone Talisman, leaving himself weak, then began recovering while cultivating his Spiritual Power.
• Lin Chen entered the Spirit Grinding Mills, seeking to advance beyond the Four Symbol Master rank and become a Spirit Talisman Master.
• Four months later, Lin Chen condensed a tangible crimson flame from his Spiritual Power inside the Stone Talisman Space.

After four months of secluded cultivation, Lin Chen became a Low-level Spirit Talisman Master but decided to delay pursuing a Natal Spirit Talisman or Ancestral Talisman until he was stronger. He returned to Ironwood Manor to check on the Yang Yuan Stone Vein, where an anomaly finally appeared, signaling the discovery he had awaited.

• Lin Chen reflected that his ordinary Spirit Fire offered only limited power and chose not to risk pursuing an Ancestral Talisman yet.
• After resting from his cultivation, Lin Chen visited Lin Xiao's family and explained his absence, and Qingtan held no resentment.
• Lin Chen arrived at Ironwood Manor and asked Lin Ken and Lin Mang whether the Yang Yuan Stone Vein had shown any anomalies.
• Lin Ken reported that the workers had found nothing unusual, so Lin Chen decided to wait for the excavation to progress.
• A Lin Family worker reported an anomaly in the Yang Yuan Stone Vein, and Lin Chen anticipated finding the Nine-Star Core.

Lin Chen investigated a newly opened fissure beneath the Lin Family’s Yang Yuan Stone mine and discovered a Broken Rock Zone filled with High-grade Yang Gang Energy. He let Little Marten claim a Blood Ancestor Demonic Flower and a giant demonic beast’s remains while he prepared to cultivate in the zone.

• Lin Chen followed a mine worker into the tunnels, warning the Lin Family’s guards that the scorching gas ahead could burn or kill them.
• Lin Chen entered the fissure alone and found that the Broken Rock Zone’s gas was High-grade Yang Gang Energy he could absorb with the Stone Talisman’s purifying power.
• Lin Chen estimated that cultivating there while absorbing Yin Sha Energy from the Yin Bead could let him reach the Lesser Core Formation Realm within a month.
• Lin Chen spotted a giant demonic beast skeleton and a Blood Ancestor Demonic Flower in the center of the zone.
• Lin Chen agreed to let Little Marten refine the flower and beast remains, then began preparing to cultivate his Origin Energy.

After advancing to the peak of the Heavenly Origin Realm, Lin Chen delayed forming his Core Formation and traveled to the Pill Immortal Pool to seek purer energy and a higher-quality breakthrough. At the pool’s bottom, he obtained its guardian’s demonic spirit for Little Marten and prepared to cultivate with three Yin Yang Pearls.

• Little Marten finished absorbing energy from the Blood Ancestor Demonic Flower and beast skeleton while Lin Chen reached the peak of the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Lin Chen told Little Marten he would not form his Core Formation in the Broken Rock Zone because he wanted to avoid flaws and improve its quality at the Pill Immortal Pool.
• Lin Chen left a message for the Lin Family and traveled to the Pill Immortal Pool east of Flame City with Little Marten.
• Lin Chen and Little Marten dove to the pool’s bottom, where Little Marten dealt with the Azure Water Demonic Python’s demonic spirit.
• Lin Chen found three Yin Yang Pearls and sat down at the pool’s bottom to cultivate and condense his Core Formation.

After condensing a Nine-Star Core, Lin Chen spent two years cultivating in the Lin Family Back Mountain, reaching major completion of the Form Creation Realm and nearing the Heavenly Symbol Master level. He set out with Little Marten for the Great Qing Dynasty, hoping to find a route to the Immortal Dynasty and learn how to join a super sect.

• Lin Chen swallowed a Yin Yang Pearl and fused its energy to condense an Origin Core, entering the Lesser Core Formation Realm.
• Lin Chen returned secretly to Qingyang Town and told Little Marten he would stay to cultivate rather than risk traveling while his strength was still limited.
• Lin Chen trained for two years, advancing his Origin Energy cultivation to major completion of the Form Creation Realm and his Spiritual Power to just short of the Heavenly Symbol Master level.
• Lin Chen told Little Marten they should leave for the Great Qing Dynasty instead of visiting Great Desolation Commandery first.
• Lin Chen explained that he hoped to find a route through the Great Qing Dynasty to the Immortal Dynasty, where he could seek a chance to join a super sect.

After reaching Qingyan City in the Great Qing Dynasty, Lin Chen rested and learned that the border city offered little useful information. He planned to travel to Great Qing City, befriend the future Hundred Dynasties War participants Su Kui and Su Rou, and continue toward the Immortal Dynasty while cultivating.

• Lin Chen reached Qingyan City after flying for ten days from the Lin Family and paid for a superior room at an inn.
• Lin Chen slept to recover from his exhausting journey while Little Marten stood guard.
• Lin Chen and Little Marten discussed how little useful information was available in Qingyan City and decided that Great Qing City was their next destination.
• Lin Chen told Little Marten that he wanted to befriend the siblings Su Kui and Su Rou, whom he knew would participate in the Hundred Dynasties War.
• Lin Chen urged the innkeeper to bring a map so they could leave promptly, reminding Little Marten that they had limited time to reach the Immortal Dynasty and that nearly half of his five-year deadline had passed.

Lin Chen visited a Greenwood Sect branch to arrange passage on a Six-winged Green Eagle to Great Qing City, where he hoped to investigate Su Kui and his sister. He secured a place on the next morning’s trip and asked to exchange Yang Yuan Pills for Pure Yuan Pills.

• Lin Chen went to the Greenwood Sect branch after learning it could provide transport to Great Qing City on Six-winged Green Eagles.
• Steward Yuan Lin welcomed Lin Chen and learned that he wanted to ride to the Imperial City.
• Yuan Lin offered Lin Chen passage on a trip departing the next morning for two thousand Pure Yuan Pills.
• Lin Chen paid for the ride and asked the Greenwood Sect to exchange four million Yang Yuan Pills for Pure Yuan Pills.

Lin Chen exchanged four million Yang Yuan Pills for three hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills through Liu Mu of the Greenwood Sect and asked him about the Immortal Dynasty. Liu Mu identified the Great Qing imperial clan and Qing Xuan Sect as the best sources of information, then revealed that he had once belonged to the imperial clan before being cast out.

• Yuan Lin said the Greenwood Sect would need an Elder's approval to exchange four million Yang Yuan Pills for Pure Yuan Pills, so Lin Chen gave him a Cosmic Bag to take inside.
• Liu Mu arrived, agreed to exchange the pills for three hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills, and arranged for the Greenwood Sect to gather them.
• Liu Mu asked about Lin Chen's origins and purpose in Great Qing City, and Lin Chen said he came from the Great Yan Dynasty seeking information about the Immortal Dynasty and several people.
• Liu Mu explained that the Qing Xuan Sect and Great Qing imperial clan were the main sources of information about the Immortal Dynasty and described the balance of power in the Great Qing Dynasty.
• Lin Chen asked whether Liu Mu was related to the Great Qing imperial family, and Liu Mu confirmed he had been cast out after making a grave mistake.

Lin Chen revealed his Lin Clan origins to Liu Mu and asked him about Su Kui and Liu Ya, two renowned geniuses of the Great Qing Dynasty. After Liu Mu offered help and a letter of introduction, Lin Chen left Qingyan City for Great Qing City.

• Lin Chen confirmed to Liu Mu that he belonged to the Lin Clan and asked him to keep his identity secret.
• Lin Chen asked Liu Mu about Su Kui and Liu Ya, and Liu Mu described their talent, status, and fame.
• Lin Chen said he wanted to meet the Great Qing geniuses, and Liu Mu offered to introduce him to someone in the imperial family but could not help him reach Su Kui.
• Liu Mu gave Lin Chen Pure Yuan Pills and a letter of introduction, then hosted him overnight at the Greenwood Sect's branch.
• Lin Chen departed Qingyan City at dawn aboard the Greenwood Sect's Six-winged Green Eagle.

Lin Chen traveled aboard a Six-winged Green Eagle while cultivating his Origin Energy and Spiritual Power. After a month, his Origin Energy neared a breakthrough into the Qi Creation Realm, and his Spiritual Power advanced toward the Heavenly Symbol Master level.

• Lin Chen discussed the Six-winged Green Eagle with Little Marten and listened to Little Marten boast about his past exploits.
• Lin Chen cultivated Origin Energy aboard the eagle, relying on his open meridians instead of a cultivation manual and postponing further martial arts study.
• Lin Chen endured the Spirit Grinding Mill's tempering in the Stone Talisman and remained confident he could become a Heavenly Symbol Master within a year.
• After a month of travel and cultivation, Lin Chen's Spiritual Power moved closer to the Heavenly Symbol Master threshold, while his Origin Energy reached the peak of major accomplishment in the Form Creation Realm.