Ling Chen was the once-in-a-century good-for-nothing of the Lingxiao Immortal Sect. His cousin stole his spiritual root, and he was stuck at the first level of Qi Refining for three years. The sect demoted him to the servants’ quarters, his family cut off his supply of spiritual rice, and the stewards and fellow disciples bullied him at will. When the Third Elder tossed him onto a mass grave to feed the wolves, the dying Ling Chen rescued a young Ancient Heaven-Devouring Beast from a pile of rotten bones. A talisman-covered copper shard had lodged in its mouth, and it had mistakenly eaten a “spiritual herb.” The cub was named Xiao Tan’er.
A drop of blood activated a fragment of the sect’s secret treasure that Ling Chen had kept hidden for three years. The fragment fused with the rusty copper shard to form a copper Heaven-Devouring Token, clearing the blockages in his meridians. From then on, Xiao Tan’er accompanied him on his rise to power, thanks to its heaven-defying sense of smell, absurd combat prowess, and overbearing protectiveness. Together, they safeguarded the cultivation resources of the cultivation world and founded a sect. The good-for-nothing of the past became the ruler of the realm, revered by the entire cultivation world.
When it came time for revenge, Xiao Tan’er and Ling Chen roared at the sky: “All you scumbags who owe Lord Tan a debt, line up! Lord Tan is here to settle accounts today! No one gets to pay late! Lord Tan is going to unite the entire cultivation world!”
