Vol. 1The Immortal’s Return

Gao Yunyi used his powers to defeat bandits and rebels, protect people, and gather rare materials while the Liang court and the Immortal-Worshipping Sect pursued their own aims. He ended the stretch by taking the Moonlit Silver Crystal from Xiao Zhaohuang’s sword and leaving her stunned.

  • Gao Yunyi destroyed Crouching Ox Mountain’s bandits, returned to Heyang County, and left in search of a white crane spirit pet.
  • The Prefect of Dingzhou sent Vice Prefect Xiao to investigate the rumored immortal as Gao Yunyi reached Yangcheng Dian and set out to tame a fierce crane.
  • Gao Yunyi avenged Xiao Ya’s family by destroying the Canglang Gang, then left Dingzhou on the Crane King.
  • Gao Yunyi killed the soldiers threatening East Creek Village and began fighting the remaining troops after accepting a quest to save the village head.
  • Gao Yunyi helped Fu Yihang win Master Gao’s approval, completed his wedding quest, and transformed Xiaobai into a spirit beast.
  • Gao Yunyi returned to find Heyang County fallen and Zhang Huaimin dead, then fought Prince Ning’s soldiers.
  • Gao Yunyi defeated Prince Ning’s forces, gathered ingredients for a Foundation Establishment Pill, and fought the Divine Temple in Kunlun.
  • Xiao Zhaohuang investigated Li Wanhua’s sect while Gao Yunyi took the Moonlit Silver Crystal from her sword.
Chapters 1–100 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Immortal of Heyang

Gao Yunyi used his game powers to destroy Crouching Ox Mountain’s bandits, then left Heyang County in search of a white crane spirit pet. The Prefect of Dingzhou began investigating the rumored immortal, while Gao Yunyi reached Yangcheng Dian and set out to tame the fierce crane.

  • Gao Yunyi awoke in Heyang County as an apparent immortal and discovered that his game interface and character had come with him into the Great Liang Dynasty.
  • After learning that bandits plagued Crouching Ox Mountain, Gao Yunyi accepted a quest and went there with Magistrate Zhang’s men, then destroyed the stronghold and killed the bandit leader.
  • Gao Yunyi killed a hostage-taking woman who threatened the constables, and Constable Chen concealed her identity and made her death appear to be the bandits’ doing.
  • Gao Yunyi completed the quest, leveled up, crafted a Dao Robe, and returned to a public welcome in Heyang County, while Zhang Huaimin and Constable Chen supported a false report that credited the magistrate with the victory.
  • The Prefect of Dingzhou learned that his relatives had been killed and his niece Ya’er taken, then sent Vice Prefect Xiao to investigate Heyang County and the rumored immortal.
  • Gao Yunyi refined Spirit-Gathering Pills, left one behind when he departed Heyang County, and traveled toward Yangcheng Dian seeking a white crane spirit pet.
  • At Yangcheng Dian, Gao Yunyi hired Xiaoya’s father to take him to the cranes and learned of a huge, fierce crane that had injured people who tried to catch it.
  • Gao Yunyi climbed onto a rock overlooking the mudflat as Xiaoya and her father departed, and Xiaoya noticed a light near him.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Crane and the Immortal

Gao Yunyi avenged Xiao Ya’s family by destroying the Canglang Gang, then left Dingzhou and arrived in East Creek Village. When armed soldiers threatened the village and its people, Gao Yunyi accepted a quest to save the village head and began fighting them.

  • Xiao Associate Magistrate arrived in Heyang County, learned the immortal had left, and persuaded County Magistrate Zhang to offer the Immortal Elixir to the emperor.
  • Lord Gou’s men killed Li Jiu and abducted Xiao Ya, but she escaped and reached Gao Yunyi, who killed her pursuers, subdued the Crane King, and accepted her request for revenge.
  • Gao Yunyi and Xiao Ya attacked the Canglang Gang, with Xiao Ya killing Lord Gou and Gao Yunyi destroying the gang’s branch and headquarters before killing Sha Pingwei.
  • After the Canglang Gang was wiped out, Gao Yunyi gave Xiao Ya the Essence-Restoring Pearl and departed on the Crane King, while Xue Wenqian greeted Xiao Ya as the immortal’s emissary.
  • Gao Yunyi crafted and enhanced the Azure Mystic Sword, then traveled with Xiaobai to East Creek Village and stayed with the village head’s family.
  • Armed riders raided East Creek Village for grain, threatened the villagers, and prepared to kill the village head and silence the witnesses.
  • Gao Yunyi emerged after a soldier entered his room, then accepted the little boy’s quest to save his grandpa and swiftly killed two attacking soldiers.
  • The squad officer recognized Gao Yunyi’s strength but ordered the remaining soldiers to surround him.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Immortal’s Return

Gao Yunyi helped Fu Yihang win Master Gao’s approval, then left after their wedding and transformed Xiaobai into a spirit beast. He returned to find Heyang County overrun by Prince Ning’s forces and fought through the soldiers after discovering Zhang Huaimin’s death.

  • Gao Yunyi killed the soldiers who had attacked the villagers and flew away on the Crane King, while the village head resolved to keep his grandson from learning martial arts.
  • Prince Ning’s heir arrived in Heyang County seeking the immortal, learned that the Immortal Elixir was headed to the Liang Emperor, and abducted Scholar Liu’s daughter before Zhang Huaimin forced him to release her.
  • Gao Yunyi helped Fu Yihang pass Master Gao’s trials, but Miss Gao became captivated by Gao Yunyi and declared she wanted to marry him.
  • A lightning strike frightened Miss Gao into agreeing to marry Fu Yihang, and their wedding completed Gao Yunyi’s quest, revealing him as an immortal before he vanished.
  • Gao Yunyi gave Xiaobai a Spirit-Raising Pill, and the Crane King endured a painful transformation into the human world’s first spirit beast.
  • Prince Ning’s heir launched an assault on Heyang County, where Zhang Huaimin and the defenders fought until residents returned to help, but the county fell and the heir ordered it looted.
  • Gao Yunyi returned to Heyang County, found Zhang Huaimin dead, and killed the soldiers who had attacked the County Yamen.
  • Gao Yunyi rejected the system’s recruitment quest and fought wave after wave of Prince Ning’s soldiers, while Prince Ning’s heir ordered the cavalry to bring him in.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4The Immortal’s Return

Gao Yunyi quelled Prince Ning’s forces, gathered the ingredients for a Foundation Establishment Pill, and encountered the Divine Temple’s cruelty in Kunlun. Meanwhile, the Liang Emperor survived through the Immortal Elixir, Xiao Zhaohuang investigated the Immortal-Worshipping Sect, and Gao Yunyi took her sword for its Moonlit Silver Crystal.

  • Gao Yunyi and Xiaobai slaughtered Prince Ning’s fleeing troops in Heyang County, and Gao Yunyi killed Prince Ning’s Heir before General Chen arrived to find the city devastated.
  • As the Liang Emperor lay dying, Xiao Wenhan presented the Immortal Elixir, which restored the emperor and saved Xiao Zhaohuang’s position, and the emperor rewarded Xiao Wenhan and Zhang Huaimin and ordered Xiao Wenhan to find the Immortal.
  • Gao Yunyi completed his Sha Qi recovery, improved his equipment, collected the Purple-Accumulating Dragon Ginseng, evolved the white python into Bai Suzhen, and renamed the Crane King Maybach Crane.
  • The Liang Emperor learned of the rebellion and ordered Xiao Zhaohuang to capture Prince Ning alive, while Gao Yunyi traveled to Kunlun in search of the Marrow-Washing Jade Lotus.
  • Gao Yunyi killed the Divine Temple’s Holy Son, Armor Slave, and Grand Elder, took the lotus, and obtained the Myriad Flame Crystal Core from the little princess of Tubo before leaving her determined to reject her arranged marriage.
  • Xiao Zhaohuang investigated Li Wanhua’s Immortal-Worshipping Sect and watched Li Wanhua heal refugees with the Precious Pearl, then saw the destruction at Zhang Huaimin’s shrine and lost a sparring match against Li Wanhua.
  • Li Wanhua ordered her followers to aid refugees, find the Immortal, and infiltrate Prince Ning’s Residence, while Xiao Zhaohuang secretly ordered her own men to watch Li Wanhua.
  • Gao Yunyi arrived above Xiao Zhaohuang’s army on Maybach Crane, took the Moonlit Silver Crystal by making her Nation-Guarding Divine Sword vanish into his hand, and left Xiao Zhaohuang stunned.
Chapters 76–10025 summaries Read
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