Supreme of the Origin Realm

Torches crackle in the Lin family training grounds, lighting up the tightly packed crowd around the arena and the clenched fists of the boy at its center. His knuckles have gone white, and rough grains of stone have left red marks in his palm. But compared to the pain in his body, the jeers in his ears feel more like poison-tipped needles, tightening every bone in his body.

“Just look at him! This is Lin Che, the Lin family’s ‘once-in-a-century genius.’ He couldn’t even hold his own against a third-star Qi Origin Realm opponent, and got beaten flat by a collateral branch disciple who just joined!”