Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuankong discovered that the Lingtai Buddhist Sect’s Glazed Jade Bottle could heal fatal injuries and greatly improve the odds of surviving heavenly tribulation, leaving him eager to borrow it from Jialin Bodhisattva someday. As the little nun’s tribulation continued, five meridians shone and she transformed into a towering fifteen-hundred-zhang form, apparently nearing the formation of an Early Earth Immortal golden core.

• Lin Xuankong used his Eighth Heavenly Eye to inspect the little nun’s Glazed Jade Bottle and learned it could reverse recent injuries, provide defense, and increase an Early Earth Immortal’s tribulation success rate by eighty percent.
• The watching cultivators and distant Earth Immortals marveled at the bottle, though none dared covet it openly because Jialin Bodhisattva was Yuzhen Bodhisattva’s true disciple.
• Li Xiaohu, Han Lu, Yang Er, and Hu Shuo discussed the bottle and the little nun’s chances, while Li Xiaohu urged Lin Xuankong to borrow it for his own tribulation.
• Lin Xuankong noticed all five of the little nun’s extraordinary meridians glowing as her Buddhist chants grew louder and shook the Crane Immortal Sect grounds.
• The little nun and her Buddhist manifestations expanded into a fifteen-hundred-zhang form, radiating brilliant Buddha Light as Lin Xuankong watched with anticipation.

Yikong survived her heavenly tribulation with the Glazed Pure Bottle and became an Early Earth Immortal, drawing admiration from Crane Immortal City’s cultivators. Jialin Bodhisattva then tried to recruit Lin Xuankong into the Lingtai Buddhist Sect, offering him access to its spiritual treasures, and left him tempted by the prospect.

• Yikong used the Glazed Pure Bottle to withstand the divine lightning, absorb immortal yuan and lotuses, and complete her tribulation.
• Jialin Bodhisattva praised Yikong, who returned the Glazed Pure Bottle and thanked her master for her guidance.
• Flame Saber Duan He and Second Prince Chang Li noticed Jialin Bodhisattva speaking with Lin Xuankong and wondered about their relationship.
• Jialin Bodhisattva invited Lin Xuankong to join the Lingtai Buddhist Sect, but he refused to become a monk and asked about being a lay disciple.
• Jialin Bodhisattva offered Lin Xuankong free use of the sect’s spiritual treasures, including its twenty-eight famous treasures and the Glazed Pure Bottle, leaving him tempted.

Lin Xuankong rejected Jialin Bodhisattva's invitation to join the Lingtai Buddhist Sect, despite her offer of unrestricted access to its Spiritual Treasures. Jialin still lent him the Glazed Pure Bottle to help him face Heavenly Tribulation, leaving Yikong, his companions, and the Fire Spirit Sect disciples stunned.

• Jialin Bodhisattva invited Lin Xuankong to join the Lingtai Buddhist Sect and offered him access to its Spiritual Treasures.
• Lin Xuankong refused, saying he could not give up the temptations of the mortal world, while Yikong Minor Bodhisattva and Lin's companions reacted in disbelief.
• Jialin Bodhisattva explained that Buddhist Dharma could preserve memories across reincarnations and invited Lin to reconsider in the future.
• Jialin Bodhisattva lent Lin the Glazed Pure Bottle, saying it could improve his chances of surviving Heavenly Tribulation.
• Yikong Minor Bodhisattva and the kneeling Fire Spirit Sect disciples, including Flame Saber Duan He, were astonished that Lin received the treasure after refusing the invitation.

Lin Xuankong refused Jialin Bodhisattva’s public offer of the Glazed Pure Bottle to avoid drawing envy, and she secretly promised to deliver it to his home later. At the Crane Immortal Sect’s recruitment ceremony, he and his companions received privileged treatment, and Li Xiaohu entered the martial arts field for his first match.

• Jialin Bodhisattva offered Lin Xuankong the Glazed Pure Bottle, but he declined it publicly; she withdrew it and secretly told him she would send it to his home after the crowds dispersed.
• Flame Saber Duan He and Second Prince Chang Li plotted to take revenge on Lin Xuankong in secret, while preparing Chang Li to fight him if they were matched in the competition.
• The Crane Immortal Sect welcomed Lin Xuankong’s group as honored guests and escorted them to the best viewing platform with refreshments and attendants.
• After the martial arts field filled, the Crane Immortal Sect began assigning competition opponents, and Li Xiaohu drew Lin Xi of the Pangdong Dynasty.
• Li Xiaohu descended into the martial arts field as Lin Xi, carrying a long spear, rose to meet him.

Li Xiaohu defeated Lin Xi in the first round of the Crane Immortal Sect's competition using twelve Ninth Tier Magic Tool swords, and Lin Xuankong's companions all won their matches. The next match announced paired Mu Shiba of the Great Xia Dynasty against Second Prince Chang Li of the Xianluo Dynasty.

• Lin Xi pressured Li Xiaohu with a powerful spear technique, driving him to the edge of the arena.
• Li Xiaohu revealed twelve Ninth Tier Magic Tool swords and used Yin Talisman Lightning to pierce Lin Xi's phantom and win.
• Hu Shuo, Li Er, and the other members of the Lin Family Seven Tigers won their first-round matches, as did Lin Xuankong.
• Li Xiaohu bragged about the magic tools Lin Xuankong had given them, and Xiao Ying'er joined Lin Xuankong and the others.
• A Crane Immortal Sect disciple announced that Mu Shiba would face Second Prince Chang Li in Arena No. 128, drawing the crowd's attention.

Lin Xuankong faced Second Prince Chang Li in the Crane Immortal Sect’s second-round tournament match after Chang Li and Flame Saber Duan He plotted to kill him. The chapter ended as Chang Li unleashed six Ninth-Rank Fire Spirit Cauldrons and summoned more than a thousand Flame Giant Sparrows, while the crowd watched and Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er prepared to intervene if Lin Xuankong was endangered.

• Flame Saber Duan He urged Chang Li to kill Mu Shiba in the arena, and Chang Li agreed, eager to take revenge on Lin Xuankong.
• Chang Li descended into Arena No. 128 as spectators praised his strength, Immortal Artifact, and Demon King level Earthwalker Dragon.
• Lin Xuankong’s companions and Third Princess Xiao Ying'er worried about Chang Li’s strength, but Lin Xuankong told them he would teach Chang Li a lesson and entered the arena.
• Sect Master Li learned that Jialin Bodhisattva had valued Lin Xuankong and instructed Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er to save him if Chang Li put him in danger.
• Chang Li taunted Lin Xuankong by invoking Xiao Ying'er, and Lin Xuankong declared that they would settle both victory and defeat, life and death.
• When the match began, Chang Li activated six Ninth-Rank Fire Spirit Cauldrons and summoned more than a thousand Flame Giant Sparrows above the arena.

Chang Li summoned a thousand Flame Giant Sparrows with six ninth-rank Fire Spirit Cauldrons and threatened Mu Shiba, but Lin Xuankong transformed into a gigantic golden Buddhist figure with the power of an Early Earth Immortal. As the Flame Giant Sparrows rushed in to explode, Lin Xuankong raised his Immortal Sword to meet them.

• Chang Li used six ninth-rank Fire Spirit Cauldrons to summon a thousand Flame Giant Sparrows, making the arena formation tremble and shocking the spectators.
• Chang Li demanded that Lin Xuankong kneel, admit defeat, and leave the arena or be burned by the Flame Giant Sparrows.
• Lin Xuankong activated his enhancement techniques, swallowed a Law Grade Golden Body Treasure Pill, and used the Heavenly Demon Bone technique to grow into a fifteen-hundred-zhang golden Buddhist giant with Early Earth Immortal power.
• Chang Li was stunned by Lin Xuankong’s transformation and hurriedly sent the Flame Giant Sparrows to attack.
• The Flame Giant Sparrows rushed toward Lin Xuankong, preparing to explode, as he raised his Early Stage Immortal Sword against them.

Lin Xuankong destroyed Chang Li’s thousand Flame Giant Sparrows with a single lightning strike, but Chang Li revealed that he controlled four Early-stage Demon King level Earthwalker Dragons and prepared to continue the fight. The chapter ended with Qu Qiao'er and the other Earth Immortals bracing to rescue Lin Xuankong if he was overwhelmed.

• Lin Xuankong used the Perfected Yin Talisman Lightning Art to destroy Chang Li’s thousand Flame Giant Sparrows and six ninth-tier Fire Spirit Cauldrons, while the blast shattered arrays and swept nearby cultivators away.
• Qu Qiao'er rescued cultivators caught in the explosion, while Chang Li survived beneath his Earthwalker Dragon and emerged badly burned and enraged.
• Chang Li enlarged his Earthwalker Dragon until it covered much of the Martial Arts Field, forcing contestants to flee as the Earth Immortals discussed Lin Xuankong’s strength.
• Chang Li summoned three more Early-stage Demon King level Earthwalker Dragons through a Teleportation Gate and revealed his full force of four dragons alongside an Early Stage Immortal Artifact Fire Spirit Cauldron.
• Sect Master Li warned Qu Qiao'er to rescue Lin Xuankong if he was endangered, and Qu Qiao'er prepared to intervene as the watching cultivators reacted in disbelief.

Chang Li summoned four Early-stage Demon King level Earthwalker Dragons and demanded that Mu Shiba kneel and beg for mercy. As the crowd judged their chances, Third Princess Xiao Ying'er remained confident in Lin Xuankong, while Chang Li reached the second of his three breaths.

• Spectators fled from the arena after Chang Li brought out four Earthwalker Dragons and an Early Stage Immortal Artifact.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he was inferior to Chang Li, while Feng Lingling said she hoped to fight him and promised a fellow disciple a Sixth Heavenly Meridian Spirit Material.
• Li Xiaohu and the Lin Family Seven Tigers feared for Lin Xuankong, but Third Princess Xiao Ying'er said he would likely win if the Second Prince had no further trump cards.
• Chang Li closed the Teleportation Gate, recovered his appearance, and told Mu Shiba to kneel and beg for mercy within three breaths.
• Chang Li counted the first and second breaths while activating the Fire Spirit Cauldron.

Lin Xuankong overwhelmed Second Prince Chang Li and four Earthwalker Dragons with his immortal artifacts, crippling Chang Li before Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er and Flame Saber Duan He intervened. After the crowd celebrated his victory, Duan He threatened to kill Lin Xuankong when he left the Crane Immortal Sect.

• Lin Xuankong unleashed seven Early Stage Immortal Artifacts against Chang Li and the four Earthwalker Dragons, breaking through their defenses and destroying most of Chang Li's body.
• Flame Saber Duan He knocked Lin Xuankong's sword aside while Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er healed Chang Li, explaining that Chang Li's meridians were destroyed and he would have to cultivate again from Mortal Transformation Layer One.
• Lin Xuankong recalled his artifacts, asked the referee to confirm his victory, and drew astonished reactions from the spectators, including Feng Lingling and Xiao Yan.
• Li Xiaohu and the other members of the Lin Family Seven Tigers, along with Third Princess Xiao Ying'er, cheered Lin Xuankong, enraging Chang Li.
• Chang Li urged Duan He to kill Lin Xuankong, and Duan He vowed that Lin Xuankong would die as soon as he left the Crane Immortal Sect.

Flame Saber Duan He threatened to kill Mu Shiba after the competition, prompting the Lin Family Seven Tigers and Third Princess Xiao Ying'er to stand by him. Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er and Sect Master Li defended Mu Shiba, and the chapter ended with Sect Master Li preparing to ask him a question.

• The Lin Family Seven Tigers and Third Princess Xiao Ying'er stood beside Lin Xuankong as Flame Saber Duan He threatened them all.
• Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er challenged Flame Saber Duan He for threatening Mu Shiba during the Crane Immortal Sect's competition.
• Flame Saber Duan He implied he might secretly kill Mu Shiba even if he joined the Crane Immortal Sect.
• Sect Master Li praised Mu Shiba's strength and warned Duan He off by emphasizing his own lofty status.
• Lin Xuankong thanked Sect Master Li and invited him to ask whatever he wished.

After defeating Second Prince Chang Li, Lin Xuankong drew the attention of powerful Earth Immortals, who sought his help finding the master behind his seven Early Stage Immortal Artifacts. He refused to act as their go-between, leaving the more than one hundred thousand cultivators stunned.

• Sect Master Li praised Lin Xuankong’s body-transforming cultivation art and asked him to introduce the expert who forged his Early Stage Immortal Artifacts.
• Yan Shuang, Huang Yi, and Guo Haishan offered treasures and competed with one another to secure Lin Xuankong’s help.
• Feng Lingling suggested kidnapping Lin Xuankong to learn the artifact-forging expert’s whereabouts, but Xiao Yan warned her not to provoke the Earth Immortals.
• Flame Saber Duan He regretted alienating Lin Xuankong, while Second Prince Chang Li despaired over his ruined cultivation and hoped the Earth Immortals would punish Lin Xuankong.
• Lin Xuankong refused Sect Master Li, Fairy Qu, and the other Earth Immortals’ request to act as a go-between, shocking the crowd.

Mu Shiba rejected several Third Grade Earth Immortals who wanted him to act as an intermediary to a supposed master artifact refiner. When they challenged his refusal, he revealed that he himself had refined the seven Early Stage Immortal Artifacts, leaving the Martial Arts Field stunned.

• Xiao Yan criticized Mu Shiba for refusing the Earth Immortals, while Feng Lingling praised his boldness and grew more interested in him.
• Guo Haishan confronted Mu Shiba, suggesting he wanted more gifts and warning him against disregarding the immortal sects.
• Mu Shiba calmly repeated that he could not act as an intermediary, ignoring Huang Liutao's attempts to signal him.
• After Guo Haishan threatened him, Mu Shiba revealed that he had personally refined all seven Early Stage Immortal Artifacts.
• Several Earth Immortals questioned whether Mu Shiba could truly refine immortal artifacts, and he confirmed that he could, silencing the Martial Arts Field.

After defeating Chang Li with seven early-stage immortal artifacts, Lin Xuankong was recognized as a likely immortal-artifact refining grandmaster and accepted the Crane Immortal Sect’s offer to become its First Guest Official. The other immortal sects competed to offer him materials, while Chang Li and Duan He watched his sudden rise with despair.

• Sect Master Li and other Earth Immortals questioned Lin Xuankong about his ability to forge early-stage immortal artifacts, then offered hundreds or even a thousand sets of materials for his work.
• Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er announced that Lin Xuankong would skip the remaining competition matches and join the Crane Immortal Sect as its First Guest Official.
• Feng Lingling objected to Lin Xuankong’s advancement, but Xiao Yan persuaded her that befriending an artifact refining grandmaster would benefit the Five Elements Immortal Sect.
• Lin Xuankong accepted the Crane Immortal Sect’s offer, delighting Sect Master Li and prompting the gathered Earth Immortals to reconsider their plans.
• Chang Li brooded over his crippled cultivation as Duan He regretted how his hard-won Flame Blade compared with Lin Xuankong’s seven immortal artifacts.

Lin Xuankong drew competing offers from several powerful immortal sects after revealing his skill at refining Early Stage Immortal Artifacts. He was left weighing the extravagant terms while the Crane Immortal Sect’s leaders recognized they could not match them.

• A Third Grade Earth Immortal from the Northern Desolate Immortal Sect offered Lin Xuankong exceptional treatment and a cave dwelling on a top-grade Immortal Origin Spirit Peak.
• A Third Grade Earth Immortal from the Western Dwelling Immortal Sect promised Lin Xuankong five Early Demon King-grade exotic beasts.
• A Third Grade Earth Immortal from the Western Nether Immortal Sect offered to provide three female immortals above First Grade as Lin Xuankong’s attendants.
• Flame Saber Duan He and Second Prince Chang Li left the Crane Immortal Sect’s Martial Arts Field, unable to bear the offers and attention Lin Xuankong received.
• Sect Master Li and Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er realized the Crane Immortal Sect lacked the advantages of its rivals, while Lin Xuankong considered the offers.

Lin Xuankong rejected three immortal sects’ lavish offers and confirmed he would remain the Crane Immortal Sect’s First Guest Official, chiefly because Li Xiaolan was there. As the sect prepared the next rounds of its recruitment competition, he equipped his companions with Immortal Artifacts and watched the sect’s formations being strengthened.

• Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er reminded Lin Xuankong that Li Xiaolan, his fellow townsman from the Great Xia Dynasty, belonged to the Crane Immortal Sect, prompting him to reaffirm his promise to Sect Master Li.
• Lin Xuankong refused the Northern Desolate Immortal Sect’s cultivation cave, the Western Dwelling Immortal Sect’s demon beasts, and the Western Nether Immortal Sect’s resources and fairies, but offered to refine early-stage Immortal Artifacts for all three sects in the future.
• Lin Xuankong gave early-stage Immortal Artifacts to Third Princess Xiao Ying'er, Li Xiaohu, and the others, then encouraged them to win the remaining competition rounds and join the Crane Immortal Sect.
• Sect Master Li assured Lin Xuankong that his companions would be accepted if they passed the competition, while explaining that they still had to take part in its remaining matches.
• Qu Qiao'er served Lin Xuankong spirit fruits, and Earth Immortals from the other sects poured him wine and sought future artifact-refining services.
• After the Crane Immortal Sect’s formations were upgraded to withstand Early Earth Immortal attacks, Lin Xuankong admired the formation masters’ skill and considered the sect’s strengths in formations and pill refinement.

Lin Xuankong assessed the Crane Immortal Sect’s powerful arrays and resolved to stay cautious while strengthening himself. As the recruitment competition resumed, his companions advanced through increasingly difficult rounds, and their early stage immortal artifacts convinced the watching Earth Immortals of his refining skill.

• Lin Xuankong watched the Crane Immortal Sect disciples complete their arrays and concluded that the sect’s defenses and foundations were beyond what he could challenge safely.
• The recruitment competition resumed, and Xiao Ying'er and the Lin Family Seven Tigers won the second round using Ninth Tier Magic Tools without relying on immortal artifacts.
• Xiao Ying'er, the Lin Family Seven Tigers, and the Li Family Brothers advanced through the third round, with Li Ruoqing suffering only a minor injury.
• In the fourth round, Xiao Ying'er and the Lin Family Seven Tigers used their Heavenly Demon Arts and early stage immortal artifacts to defeat their opponents after fierce battles.
• The watching Third Grade Earth Immortals became convinced of Lin Xuankong’s ability to refine early stage immortal artifacts, and Qu Qiao'er treated him with increased attentiveness.

Lin Xuankong secured his position as the Crane Immortal Sect’s First Offering while the competition ended with his companions among the victors. In the Martial Arts Hall, Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er revealed the twenty-one Sixth Heavenly Meridian spirit materials to be distributed among them.

• Sect Master Li welcomed Lin Xuankong and his companions to the Crane Immortal Sect, while other Earth Immortals teased him and tried to win his favor.
• The Lin Family Seven Tigers and Third Princess Xiao Ying'er advanced through the later competition rounds using Early Stage Immortal Artifacts, and Xiao Yan and Feng Lingling won with the Great Five Elements Technique.
• Lin Xuankong and twenty other contestants finished as victors, and the gathered cultivators departed while discussing the famed Mu Shiba.
• Sect Master Li seated Lin Xuankong ahead of the Earth Immortals in the Martial Arts Hall, then Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er produced twenty-one Sixth Heavenly Meridian spirit materials.

At the Crane Immortal Sect’s competition, Guo Yu received a rare Sixth Heavenly Meridian Spirit Material after winning through many rounds of battle. He swallowed it in hopes of forming a Sixth Heavenly Meridian, though the odds were only one or two percent.

• Sect Master Li explained that Sixth Heavenly Meridian Spirit Materials were rare and praised the young cultivators who had won them.
• Guo Haishan urged his disciple Guo Yu to remember Sect Master Li’s generosity and repay the Crane Immortal Sect if it ever needed help.
• Qu Qiao'er sent one of the spirit materials to Guo Yu, who thanked Sect Master Li and accepted the treasure.
• Guo Haishan advised Guo Yu to consume the spirit material and not lose heart if it failed to form a Sixth Heavenly Meridian.
• Guo Yu swallowed the spirit material, anticipating that it might improve his chances of surviving future heavenly tribulations.

After most victors failed to form Sixth Heavenly Meridians, Lin Xuankong consumed a Sixth Heavenly Meridian Spirit Material while holding nine of them. He expertly guided its energy into his dantian, and a brilliant haze gathered around him as the chapter ended before the result was clear.

• Guo Yu failed to form a Sixth Heavenly Meridian, and Guo Haishan comforted him and urged him to absorb the remaining aura.
• Zhang Daoquan and the next eight cultivators, including Xiao Yan, also failed to form Sixth Heavenly Meridians despite consuming their materials.
• The Lin Family Seven Tigers gave their materials to Lin Xuankong, leaving him with nine, while Sect Master Li regarded him with new wariness.
• Feng Lingling doubted that Lin Xuankong could succeed, but Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er explained Feng Lingling's distinguished background.
• Lin Xuankong consumed one material and used his strong Mind Strength to guide its many streams of energy toward his dantian, producing a greater spiritual radiance than the others had.