Chapter Summaries

The Five Elements Wanderer’s forces broke through the Crane Immortal Sect’s defenses by destroying one of its thirty-six array nodes, while allied observers concluded they could not intervene in time. The chapter left the Crane Immortal Sect and Lin Xuankong facing likely destruction as the Seventy-Six Immortal Sect Alliance prepared to dominate the Western Region.

• The Five Elements Wanderer’s attacks destroyed nearly half the Crane Immortal Sect disciples’ magical artifacts and battered its protective array.
• The attackers shattered a western array node, killing the several hundred disciples operating it and enraging the Crane Immortal Sect.
• The Five Elements Wanderer urged his forces onward, and the attacking Earth Immortals intensified their assault.
• Wine Immortal Chi Liuxia and the other distant observers discussed their inability to rescue the Crane Immortal Sect, as reinforcements would arrive too late and their forces were outnumbered.
• Chi Liuxia urged the observers to return to their sects and prepare for the Seventy-Six Immortal Sect Alliance’s campaign, while Guo Haishan lamented that the Crane Immortal Sect and its Wood Guest Official seemed doomed.

As the Crane Immortal Sect’s defenses crumbled, Elder Suihe and Sect Master Li urged Lin Xuankong to flee, but he refused and revealed that he had called for help. Jialin Bodhisattva arrived and halted the attack, leaving the besieging Earth Immortals paying her respect.

• Explosions destroyed two more array eyes, killing nearly a thousand Crane Immortal Sect disciples and gravely injuring a First-grade Earth Immortal.
• Elder Suihe and Sect Master Li urged Lin Xuankong to escape with Qu Qiao'er, but Lin refused to abandon the Crane Immortal Sect.
• Lin told Li Xiaolan that he had summoned a helper, while Five Elements Wanderer mocked his claim.
• Jialin Bodhisattva arrived on a cloud and asked Five Elements Wanderer, Duan Qianchou, and the other attackers to stop the slaughter.
• Five Elements Wanderer and the several hundred Earth Immortals ceased their attacks and respectfully saluted Jialin Bodhisattva.

Jialin Bodhisattva arrived at the Crane Immortal Sect and stopped Five Elements Wanderer from attacking, then urged Lin Xuankong to join the Lingtai Buddhist Sect. The gathered cultivators were astonished to learn that Lin Xuankong had repeatedly refused her offer.

• Jialin Bodhisattva asked Five Elements Wanderer to stop attacking the Crane Immortal Sect so the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect and the Demon Race of the Boundless Mountains would not benefit.
• Five Elements Wanderer silently struggled to choose between obeying Jialin Bodhisattva and capturing Mu Shiba before reinforcements arrived.
• Jialin Bodhisattva told Lin Xuankong she had traveled hundreds of thousands of miles at his invitation and asked him to join the Lingtai Buddhist Sect.
• The Crane Immortal Sect disciples and gathered Earth Immortals were astonished that Jialin Bodhisattva had come to rescue Lin Xuankong and wanted him to join her sect.
• Huang Liutao recalled Jialin Bodhisattva's earlier gift to Wood Guest Official and concluded their relationship was unusually close.
• The gathered cultivators envied Lin Xuankong's chance to join the Lingtai Buddhist Sect and wondered why he had refused Jialin Bodhisattva before.

Jialin Bodhisattva stopped the Seventy-Six Immortal Sect Alliance from destroying the Crane Immortal Sect, and Chou Qianren offered an Immortal Artifact to make amends. Lin Xuankong rejected the settlement and rebuked the alliance’s leaders, ending with Chou Qianren furious and ready to confront him.

• Lin Xuankong refused Jialin Bodhisattva’s invitation to join the Lingtai Buddhist Sect, and she promised to invite him again in the future.
• The Five Elements Wanderer ended the assault and ordered the alliance to stop attacking the Crane Immortal Sect after Jialin Bodhisattva’s arrival.
• Chou Qianren apologized for the Xuanqing Immortal Sect’s attack and offered the Purple Sun Sword as compensation, which Sect Master Li accepted.
• Sect Master Li asked Lin Xuankong whether to accept the alliance’s peace offering, but Lin Xuankong ignored the sword and approached the alliance.
• Lin Xuankong told Chou Qianren to stand aside and said he would deal with him later, prompting Chou Qianren to flare up and Lin Xuankong to challenge him.

Lin Xuankong confronted Chou Qianren outside the Crane Immortal Sect’s protective array while the sect’s Earth Immortals gathered around him. Chou Qianren surrendered without fighting, ordered the Xuanqing Immortal Sect to prepare treasures as compensation, and left the gathered alliance Earth Immortals too intimidated to challenge Lin Xuankong.

• Lin Xuankong left the Crane Immortal Sect’s protective array, and the sect’s Earth Immortals followed to stand beside him as hundreds of alliance Earth Immortals watched.
• Lin Xuankong placed a hand on his Ghost Doll Pouch and prepared to confront Chou Qianren, Duan He, Duan Qianchou, and the other Earth Immortals.
• Chou Qianren shrank to Lin Xuankong’s height, bowed, and promised that he and the Xuanqing Immortal Sect would obey Lin Xuankong’s commands.
• Chou Qianren ordered the Xuanqing Immortal Sect’s Earth Immortals to gather treasures and magical artifacts to seek forgiveness from the Crane Immortal Sect.
• The alliance Earth Immortals lost their greed and kept their distance, while Crane Immortal Sect members cheered for Lin Xuankong.

Lin Xuankong confronted the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect over its attack on the Crane Immortal Sect and exposed its network of spies across the Central Divine Dynasty. With the other sects deterred by the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect’s threats, Lin Xuankong insisted on taking Flame Saber Duan He himself, leaving Sect Master Li doubtful that he could win.

• Lin Xuankong demanded that Flame Saber Duan He either kill himself or face him, while Duan Qianchou argued that the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect had already apologized for the damage it caused.
• Sect Master Li revealed captured Fire Spirit Immortal Sect spies, who confessed to infiltrating the Crane Immortal Sect and other sects and produced tokens and communication jade plaques as evidence.
• Five Elements Wanderer and the other Earth Immortals turned against the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect, but Duan Qianchou threatened retaliation against their sects and the people under their protection, making them hesitate.
• Duan Qianchou argued that Earth Immortals were difficult to kill and that the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect could retaliate if any escaped, while Duan He mocked the other sects for backing down.
• Sect Master Li and the Crane Immortal Sect’s Earth Immortals prepared to fight the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect, but Lin Xuankong claimed Duan He as his opponent and told them to fight the others instead.
• Sect Master Li looked at Lin Xuankong doubtfully, questioning how he could possibly match Flame Saber Duan He.

Lin Xuankong insisted on fighting Flame Saber Duan He alone despite warnings that the Third Grade Earth Immortal vastly outclassed him. With Jialin Bodhisattva permitting the duel but forbidding Duan He from killing him, Lin Xuankong prepared to fight as the gathered immortals watched.

• Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er and the other Earth Immortals doubted that Lin Xuankong could face Flame Saber Duan He, while Duan He mocked his challenge.
• Duan He appealed to Jialin Bodhisattva, who allowed the duel and ordered him not to take Lin Xuankong's life.
• Duan He privately planned to cripple Lin Xuankong's body, meridians, and Spirit Soul, and Duan Qianchou reinforced the warning against killing him.
• Duan He approached Lin Xuankong and taunted him, hoping to keep him from withdrawing from the challenge.
• Lin Xuankong told the Crane Immortal Sect's Earth Immortals to watch from the sidelines and surged with true energy to begin the fight.

Flame Saber Duan He summoned more than a hundred thousand Flame Sparrows and taunted Lin Xuankong, who refused Qu Wan'er’s help and said he needed only one strike to defeat him. Lin Xuankong activated a Buddha Summoning Talisman from Jialin Bodhisattva, and Duan He launched his Flame Sparrows as the talisman’s power emerged.

• Duan He used his Early Stage Immortal Artifact and Fire Spirit Divine Skill to summon a vast flock of Flame Sparrows capable of self-destruction.
• Duan He mocked Lin Xuankong and offered to let him attack first, while Qu Wan'er urged Lin Xuankong to abandon the duel and attack together.
• Lin Xuankong refused Qu Wan'er’s help, took out a talisman, and declared that one strike would be enough to defeat Duan He.
• Five Elements Wanderer recognized that Lin Xuankong’s Demon Hide talisman produced fluctuations stronger than his Shedding Immortal Spirit Talisman.
• Jialin Bodhisattva recognized the talisman as the Buddha Summoning Talisman she had sent Lin Xuankong and anticipated that it would summon a Bodhisattva projection.
• As the talisman’s runes spread across Lin Xuankong and Buddhist light shone from his skin, Duan He sent the Flame Sparrows rushing toward him.

Lin Xuankong used the Buddha Summoning Talisman’s Buddhist light to annihilate Flame Saber Duan He’s summoned Flame Giant Sparrows as they approached. Duan He kept pouring out immortal essence and vowed that the hundred-odd thousand sparrows were only the beginning.

• Flame Saber Duan He attacked Lin Xuankong with thousands of Flame Giant Sparrows, breaking his earlier promise to let Lin attack first.
• Lin Xuankong’s Buddhist light caused the sparrows to shrink and vanish from three thousand zhang away, astonishing Duan He and the Crane Immortal Sect.
• Lin Xuankong examined the talisman and confirmed its Buddhist Light Fleeting Shadow could annihilate summoned objects while it remained active.
• Duan He sent more than a hundred thousand Flame Giant Sparrows toward Lin Xuankong, but they all vanished within the Buddhist light’s range.
• Duan He continued attacking and insisted that his hundred-odd thousand Flame Giant Sparrows were only the beginning.

Lin Xuankong used the Buddha Summoning Talisman to withstand Flame Saber Duan He’s attacks and outlasted him despite Duan He’s attempt to exhaust his strength. Duan He escalated with his strongest weapons, but Lin Xuankong’s Buddhist light stopped them just before they struck, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lin Xuankong’s increased true qi reserves let him destroy nearly three hundred thousand Flame Sparrows while Duan He exhausted his immortal essence.
• Duan He replenished his immortal essence with more than three thousand Profound Truth Jade Stones and summoned a Late Third Grade Flame Spirit Sparrow King.
• Duan He launched the Flame Spirit Sparrow King, his Flame Blade, and his Golden Core at Lin Xuankong, while Sect Master Li and Qu Wan'er tried to intervene.
• Lin Xuankong activated another Buddhist art, and its radiant light blocked the Sparrow King’s fire line and Duan He’s Flame Blade before either could hit him.

Lin Xuankong faced the Flame Spirit Sparrow King’s self-destruction as Duan He tried to kill him. A colossal Buddhist-light palm descended from the heavens, trapped the explosion, and left Lin Xuankong unharmed.

• Duan He recalled his Flame Blade and Golden Core while the Flame Spirit Sparrow King rushed toward Lin Xuankong and began to self-destruct.
• Duan Qianchou welcomed the prospect of Mu Shiba’s death, while the Crane Immortal Sect’s members warned Lin Xuankong and prepared to protect him.
• A ten-thousand-zhang Buddhist-light palm reached down from the sky and seized the Flame Spirit Sparrow King.
• The Flame Spirit Sparrow King self-destructed in the palm, but the hand contained the devastating force without shaking.

Lin Xuankong used Great Accomplishment Yuzhen Bodhisattva’s Seventh Grade projection clone to stop Flame Saber Duan He’s attack and destroy the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect’s forces. The sect’s Grand Elder Duan Qianchou fled as a Golden Core, but the giant palm caught up to seize him.

• Great Accomplishment Yuzhen Bodhisattva’s giant palm sealed the Flame Spirit Sparrow King’s self-destruction and approached Flame Saber Duan He.
• Duan Qianchou urged Duan He to fight, but the giant palm shattered Duan He’s Flame Blade, prompting Duan He to self-destruct; the palm sealed his explosion and killed him.
• The Fire Spirit Immortal Sect sect master ordered the others to flee and escaped into his Heavenly Demon Bone secret realm as the giant palm crushed eighteen Earth Immortals and ten Late Fifth Grade Earth Immortals.
• Duan Qianchou tried to flee, but the giant palm shattered his Immortal Body and left his Fifth Grade Earth Immortal Golden Core racing away.
• The palm crossed several hundred li in less than one-thirtieth of an instant and reached for Duan Qianchou’s Golden Core, while the watching Earth Immortals dared not flee.

Lin Xuankong used Great Accomplishment Yuzhen Bodhisattva's projection clone to destroy the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect and collect its Earth Immortal Golden Cores and Heavenly Demon Bones. The clone dissipated, leaving the Crane Immortal Sect's cultivators wary of Lin Xuankong as he considered searching their Myriad Laws Pavilion for artifact-refining techniques.

• Great Accomplishment Yuzhen Bodhisattva's projection clone seized Duan Qianchou's Golden Core and annihilated his Spirit Soul with Buddhist light.
• Lin Xuankong followed the clone into the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect Master's secret realm, where the Great Collapse Technique destroyed the realm and killed the Sect Master.
• Lin Xuankong's attack wiped out the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect's more than twenty Earth Immortals, leaving twenty-eight Golden Cores and twenty-eight Heavenly Demon Bones.
• The projection clone reached its limit and dissipated, while the Crane Immortal Sect's Earth Immortals regarded Lin Xuankong warily.
• Lin Xuankong gathered the spoils and considered searching the Crane Immortal Sect's Myriad Laws Pavilion for artifact-refining techniques.

After Lin Xuankong claimed his talisman could summon a powerful high-grade Earth Immortal, hundreds of Earth Immortals feared him and sought to surrender. He considered whether to accept the Five Elements Immortal Sect as his servants and learned their immortal-path oaths were binding, while the other Earth Immortals waited anxiously for his decision.

• Sect Master Li asked whether the high-grade Earth Immortal had killed Fire Spirit Immortal Sect Master Duan inside the Heavenly Demon Bone secret realm, and Lin Xuankong confirmed it while concealing what he knew about the attack.
• Lin Xuankong claimed his spirit talisman could communicate with the high-grade Earth Immortal, prompting the hundreds of Earth Immortals to approach him and offer their treasures.
• Five Elements Wanderer and the forty-six Earth Immortals of the Five Elements Immortal Sect offered their artifacts and swore to become Lin Xuankong's immortal servants.
• Lin Xuankong hesitated to accept them, then asked Sect Master Li how binding oaths sworn upon one's immortal path were.
• Sect Master Li explained that breaking such an oath would turn a future heavenly tribulation into a fatal heart tribulation, and Five Elements Wanderer promised the Five Elements Immortal Sect would obey Lin Xuankong.

Lin Xuankong spared the Five Elements Immortal Sect’s Earth Immortals after they swore to serve him, then imposed reforms and a heavy supply of artifact materials. The other sects of the Seventy-Six Immortal Sect Alliance also pledged service and left to gather materials, and Sect Master Li revealed their total would reach sixty thousand sets.

• Lin Xuankong ordered the Five Elements Immortal Sect to reform its conduct and threatened to destroy the sect if it produced another scoundrel like Flame Saber Duan He.
• Lin Xuankong demanded five thousand sets of Early Stage Immortal Artifact materials within thirty days, followed by five hundred sets each month, and Five Elements Wanderer agreed.
• Five Elements Wanderer led the sect’s Earth Immortals away to gather the required materials, while more than three hundred and forty Earth Immortals from the other allied sects swore service to Lin Xuankong and received assignments.
• Sect Master Li told Lin Xuankong that the seventy-five surviving sects would prepare a total of sixty thousand sets of Early Stage Immortal Artifact materials within a month.

After the Seventy-Six Immortal Sect Alliance was subdued, Lin Xuankong promised to help the Crane Immortal Sect become the Western Region’s strongest sect and accepted Jialin Bodhisattva’s offer to keep the Buddha Summoning Talisman on loan. Once the Bodhisattvas departed, Lin Xuankong used his Eighth Heavenly Eye to watch the alliance’s Earth Immortals from afar.

• Sect Master Li ordered the Crane Immortal Sect to reserve First Spirit Peak for Lin Xuankong and obey his commands.
• Lin Xuankong promised the Crane Immortal Sect that its immortal artifacts and strength would grow, and Medicine Immortal Qu Wan'er returned his borrowed immortal sword while reaffirming her promise to refine Ascension Treasure Pills.
• Lin Xuankong declined Jialin Bodhisattva and Yikong Minor Bodhisattva’s invitation to join the Lingtai Buddhist Sect, explaining that his worldly ties remained unresolved.
• Jialin Bodhisattva allowed Lin Xuankong to keep the Buddha Summoning Talisman on loan until he could face a Sixth Grade Earth Immortal without it.
• After Jialin Bodhisattva and Yikong Minor Bodhisattva left, Lin Xuankong used his Eighth Heavenly Eye to observe the more than three hundred and forty Earth Immortals of the Seventy-Six Immortal Sect Alliance.

Lin Xuankong used the Eight Gates Heavenly Eyes to monitor the Earth Immortals of the Seventy-Six Immortal Sect Alliance as they gathered materials for him. He discovered that Jiang Huanglong of the Lingding Immortal Sect had secretly contacted the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect, revealing a plot against the Central Divine Dynasty.

• Lin Xuankong watched the Five Elements Immortal Sect Earth Immortals order their disciples to gather materials for refining immortal artifacts.
• He saw Earth Immortals from the Xuanqing Immortal Sect, Guangqing Immortal Sect, and other sects issue similar orders, and judged that most of the alliance was obedient.
• Lin Xuankong focused on Jiang Huanglong and the other Lingding Immortal Sect Earth Immortals as they contacted the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect.
• Jiang Huanglong reported that the plan to work with the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect against the Crane Immortal Sect had failed and that the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect’s Earth Immortals had been wiped out.
• Jiang Huanglong asked Fenglinhuo Holy Lord how he could help the Profound Yin Sacred Sect destroy the Central Divine Dynasty’s four outer regions.

Lin Xuankong learned that Lingding Immortal Sect had allied with Xuan Yin Demonic Sect, whose leaders planned to invade the Western Region with the backing of a Demon God, and Jialin Bodhisattva warned him to flee to Lingtai Buddhist Sect. He chose to consider her advice while renewing his resolve to grow stronger, then inspected the first batch of materials Crane Immortal Sect had gathered for him.

• Lin Xuankong witnessed Jiang Huanglong contact Feng Huolin and learned that Feng Huolin and the Eight Great Demon Generals planned to attack Crane Immortal Sect and conquer the Western Region.
• Jiang Huanglong told Lingding Immortal Sect’s Earth Immortals that Xuan Yin Sacred Sect’s coming war had the backing of a Demon God and promised them rewards for aiding the sect.
• Lin Xuankong informed Jialin Bodhisattva of the threat, and she warned that the invasion might arrive sooner than expected and urged him to seek refuge at Lingtai Buddhist Sect.
• Lin Xuankong said he would consider Jialin Bodhisattva’s advice, then resolved to keep pursuing strength despite the danger.
• Li Xiaolan told Lin Xuankong that Crane Immortal Sect had gathered more than three hundred sets of Immortal Artifact materials, and Lin Xuankong inspected the overflowing hall with her and Xiao Ying'er.

Xiao Xiuyi revealed that she had begun exploring how to refine Immortal Artifacts above the Third Grade and believed she could eventually succeed through extensive experimentation. Lin Xuankong hoped her progress would help him face the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect and the powerful demons expected to arrive in three years.

• Li Xiaolan teased Lin Xuankong for summoning Xiao Xiuyi to refine Immortal Artifact materials, while Xiao Xiuyi saw through Li Xiaolan’s concern and affection for her husband.
• Xiao Xiuyi explained that she had insights into refining mid- and high-grade Immortal Artifacts, though she expected many failures before succeeding.
• Li Xiaolan described how high-grade Immortal Artifacts had vanished from the Immortal Realm over two hundred thousand years earlier, and Xiao Ying’er praised Xiao Xiuyi’s talent.
• Xiao Xiuyi estimated that she would need no more than three thousand sets of materials to produce her first Fourth-Grade Immortal Artifact.
• Lin Xuankong considered how Xiao Xiuyi’s success could strengthen him against the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect, Feng Huolin Demon Lord, and the Eight Great Demon Generals.

Lin Xuankong learned that Xiao Xiuyi expected to need about three years to refine mid- to high-grade immortal artifacts, and he spent the next two years preparing for the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect’s invasion while his allies advanced their skills. He discovered the upper-realm demon god’s projected power had not yet awakened, leaving him a chance to grow stronger, and the chapter ended as he emerged from the Myriad Laws Pavilion.

• Lin Xuankong promised Xiao Xiuyi as many immortal artifact refining materials as she needed, and she estimated she could refine mid- to high-grade artifacts within about three years.
• Xiao Xiuyi began refining artifacts, while Li Xiaolan studied alchemy, Xiao Ying'er cultivated the Thousand Crane Technique, and Zhao Yufei managed the expanding ninth-grade Heavenly Demon Bone secret realm.
• For two years, the seventy-five surviving allied immortal sects delivered refining materials to Lin Xuankong, while the Lingtai Buddhist Sect secretly sent Bodhisattvas to the Western Region and urged him to seek refuge.
• Lin Xuankong learned that the upper-realm demon god’s projected power remained suppressed and required unknown conditions to awaken, giving him a final opportunity to grow stronger before the catastrophe.
• Lin Xuankong stepped out of the Myriad Laws Pavilion in the Crane Immortal Sect’s Steward Hall, where disciples and Earth Immortals saluted him.