Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuankong gave the Kirin Clan eighteen immortal artifacts and set out alone to retrieve the Heavenly Demon Blood Fruit in the Blood-colored Mist forbidden land. The Kirin Clan celebrated his gift and watched him enter the mist again, trusting that he could handle any danger.

• Lin Xuankong gave the Kirin Clan eighteen immortal artifacts and asked only for another serving of its back-mountain spirit fruits in return.
• The Kirin Clan's elders and Demon Kings celebrated the gift and began arguing over who deserved to receive the artifacts.
• Lin Xuankong announced that he would search for the Heavenly Demon Blood Fruit and declined the Kirin Clan's offer to accompany him.
• Lin Xuankong entered the Blood-colored Mist forbidden land alone, confident that his perception and abilities would expose any trap set by the Baxia Tribe.
• The Green-foreheaded Qilin reassured the White-foreheaded Qilin that Lin Xuankong would be safe, and both watched him disappear into the mist.

The Kirin Clan hosted Demon Kings from across the Boundless Mountains after obtaining eighteen immortal artifacts from Mr. Mu. The Black Tortoise and Fire Phoenix Grand Elders arrived and revealed that they had come not only to congratulate the clan, but also to meet Mr. Mu.

• The White-foreheaded Qilin and Green-foreheaded Qilin discussed how news of Mr. Mu’s battle and the Kirin Clan’s eighteen immortal artifacts had spread through the Boundless Mountains.
• Qixin hurried to the mountain gate and told the Kirin Clan’s Grand Elder that the Black Tortoise and Fire Phoenix Grand Elders had arrived with more than a dozen top-tier Demon Kings.
• The Kirin Clan’s Grand Elder left the other visiting Demon Kings in the Third Elder’s care and went to welcome the two visiting Grand Elders.
• Bielin congratulated the Kirin Clan, offered gifts, and asked the Grand Elder to introduce him to Mr. Mu.
• Yanliao said he also wanted to meet Mr. Mu, whose emergence had renewed his hopes for humanity in the coming war against the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect.
• The Demon Kings gathered along the road looked toward the depths of Kirin Spirit Mountain, eager to see Mr. Mu.

The Kirin Clan hosted Demon Kings from the Black Tortoise and Fire Phoenix Clans, who had come to meet Mr. Mu, but learned that Lin Xuankong would not arrive for several days. The Azure Dragon Clan’s Second Elder Pan Zhu then arrived to congratulate the Kirin Clan and said he, too, wanted to meet the Human Earth Immortal who had gifted them eighteen immortal artifacts.

• The Kirin Clan's Grand Elder told Bielin and Yanliao that Lin Xuankong was away and would arrive in a few days, so the visiting Demon Kings agreed to wait.
• Qi Ku reported that the Azure Dragon Clan's Second Elder was approaching Kirin Spirit Mountain with several top Demon Kings, prompting the Kirin Clan's Grand Elder and Bielin to go welcome him.
• Yanliao recalled his old sparring matches with Pan Zhu, who overheard him from afar and arrived with an impressive display of power.
• The Kirin Clan's Old Clan Leader personally welcomed Pan Zhu, who congratulated the clan and expressed interest in meeting Lin Xuankong.

The elders of the four great spirit beast clans debated whether to join the war between the human Immortal Realm and the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect or remain neutral, with Pan Zhu arguing that recent events had changed the situation. He revealed that Mr. Mu had wielded several hundred immortal artifacts against the Baxia Tribe and asked the Kirin Clan's Old Clan Leader to confirm the report.

• The Kirin Clan's Old Clan Leader warned Pan Zhu and the other elders that the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect could threaten the Boundless Mountains if it defeated humanity.
• Pan Zhu revealed that the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect had secretly offered the Azure Dragon Clan a share of the human Immortal Realm's spoils, but the Azure Dragon Clan had rejected the offer and would stand with humanity if necessary.
• The Black Tortoise Clan's Grand Elder argued that the spirit beast clans should stay neutral and let humanity and the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect weaken each other, while Yanliao agreed that their losses could create an opening for the Boundless Mountains.
• Pan Zhu said neutrality had been the best choice more than ten days earlier, then explained that the elders had gathered in part to investigate the human Earth Immortal who gave the Kirin Clan eighteen immortal artifacts.
• Pan Zhu reported that Mr. Mu had used several hundred immortal artifacts against hundreds of Baxia Tribe Demon Kings, astonishing the Black Tortoise and Fire Phoenix elders, and asked the Kirin Clan's Old Clan Leader to verify the news.

The Kirin Clan’s Old Clan Leader confirmed that Mr. Mu had wielded nearly four hundred immortal artifacts and defeated the Baxia Tribe, prompting the great spirit beast clans to reconsider their stance in the war between the human Immortal Realm and the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect. The clans agreed to secretly aid the humans, and the chapter ended as someone approached Kirin Spirit Mountain.

• The Old Clan Leader of the Kirin Clan confirmed to Pan Zhu, Yanliao, and the Black Tortoise Clan’s Grand Elder that Mr. Mu had used hundreds of immortal artifacts and arrays against the Baxia Tribe.
• Yanliao revealed that he had hoped to meet Mr. Mu and trade for some of his immortal artifacts.
• Pan Zhu argued that Mr. Mu’s artifacts and abilities could help the human race withstand or defeat the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect, so the Boundless Mountains’ clans should reconsider their neutrality.
• The Old Clan Leader of the Kirin Clan and Pan Zhu warned that the demon clans should aid the humans before victory was assured, rather than seek their favor afterward.
• The elders agreed to report their decision to their clan chiefs and secretly assist the human race, while the Kirin Clan joined their plan.
• The Old Clan Leader of the Kirin Clan sensed a streak of light approaching the mountain gate of Kirin Spirit Mountain.

Lin Xuankong arrived at Kirin Spirit Mountain and was welcomed by the Kirin Clan’s Old Clan Leader and senior elders from the Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise, and Fire Phoenix Clans. At a lavish feast attended by Demon Kings from across the Boundless Mountains, Lin Xuankong was honored as the guest of highest status, while the Kirin juniors marveled at the scale of his reception.

• Qixin told the Kirin Clan’s Old Clan Leader that Lin Xuankong had arrived, prompting the Old Clan Leader and the visiting elders to fly out to greet him.
• Lin Xuankong asked Qi Ku why so many Demon Kings had gathered, and Qi Ku explained that they had come because of Lin Xuankong’s gift of eighteen immortal artifacts to the Kirin Clan.
• Pan Zhu used the Azure Dragon Aura-Viewing Art to estimate that Lin Xuankong was under a thousand years old, astonishing the Black Tortoise and Fire Phoenix Great Elders.
• The Kirin Clan’s Old Clan Leader brought Lin Xuankong and the visiting elders to a feast prepared for more than ten thousand Demon Kings, where Lin Xuankong was seated at the foremost table.
• The Green-foreheaded Qilin and White-foreheaded Qilin compared Lin Xuankong’s reception with the feast once held for their master, the Luoshui Immortal Lord, and noted that few humans had received such honors from the Boundless Mountains clans.

After a three-day Kirin Clan banquet, Lin Xuankong thanked the demon clans of Boundless Mountains for their hospitality and promised to report their offer of aid to Luoshui Immortal Lord. He gave four clans twenty-four immortal artifacts and departed with the Green-foreheaded Qilin and White-foreheaded Qilin, leaving the human race with powerful allies for the coming war.

• Qi Ku praised the treatment Lin Xuankong received and hinted that he hoped to become Lin Xuankong’s guardian spirit beast, but the Green-foreheaded Qilin saw through his plan and teased him.
• The Kirin Clan banquet lasted three days as demon kings from across Boundless Mountains toasted Lin Xuankong, who endured the wine with his Blood Food Art.
• At the mountain gate, Lin Xuankong thanked the gathered clans and said he would report their promised support to Luoshui Immortal Lord.
• Lin Xuankong gave six immortal artifacts each to the Kirin, Azure Dragon, Fire Phoenix, and Black Tortoise Clans in gratitude for their hospitality, aid, and rare ingredients.
• The Azure Dragon, Fire Phoenix, and Black Tortoise elders pledged to support the human race in the coming war against the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect, and Lin Xuankong departed with the two Qilins.

Lin Xuankong returned from the Boundless Mountains with Heavenly Demon Blood Fruits and alliances with the four great spirit beast clans, then discovered his new Supreme Spirit Soul greatly accelerated his formation studies. After seven years in the Immortal Chariot Grotto-Heaven, he had made progress toward the Nine-layered Thousand Crane Array while the Immortal-Demon War turned disastrous for the human race in the Eastern Region.

• Lin Xuankong explained that he had given immortal artifacts to the spirit beast clans to secure their aid in the coming Immortal-Demon War.
• Lin Xuankong returned with thirty-three Heavenly Demon Blood Fruits and gave one each to the Green-foreheaded Qilin and White-foreheaded Qilin, then planned to share the rest with his family.
• After returning to the Immortal Chariot Grotto-Heaven, Lin Xuankong gave two Heavenly Demon Blood Fruits each to Li Xiaolan and Zhao Yufei before resuming his formation studies.
• Lin Xuankong found that attaining the Supreme Spirit Soul had made his formation comprehension four or five times faster, raising his hopes of mastering the Nine-layered Thousand Crane Array before the invasion reached the Western Region.
• During seven years inside the grotto-heaven, the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect’s war in the Eastern Region killed many human Earth Immortals and seized nearly half the region.

As the Immortal-Demon War worsened, Lin Xuankong emerged from seven years of cultivation as Luoshui Immortal Lord Yan Mingyu’s sole true disciple, having advanced his array mastery to the ninth layer. Little Qing and Little Bai summoned him to Yan Mingyu’s bamboo tower, where an urgent development related to the approaching war was being discussed.

• The human alliance suffered setbacks against the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect, while fleeing Immortal Sects and falling morale weakened the Western Region.
• Lin Xuankong became Yan Mingyu’s sole true disciple after she learned of his feats in the Boundless Mountains, the Blood-colored Mist forbidden land, and Kirin Spirit Mountain.
• After seven years of instruction and study, Lin Xuankong advanced his array mastery from the eighth layer to the ninth.
• Little Qing and Little Bai urged Lin Xuankong to address them as friends rather than Immortals, and he agreed to call them Little Bai and Little Qing.
• Little Qing told Lin Xuankong that Yan Mingyu and two Supreme Immortal Lords from the Guangqing Immortal Sect were discussing an urgent matter concerning the approaching war, and asked him to come to the bamboo tower.

Lin Xuankong met the Guangqing Immortal Sect’s Daoist Qianyuan and Daoist Kunyuan, whose aura-reading art and disciple Guang Yu’er provoked tension with his master, Luoshui Immortal Lord Yan Mingyu. Yan Mingyu defended Lin Xuankong by revealing his exploits, leaving the two supreme Immortal Lords astonished.

• Lin Xuankong entered Yan Mingyu’s bamboo tower and met Daoist Qianyuan and Daoist Kunyuan, who examined him with their aura-reading art.
• Yan Mingyu objected to the scrutiny, and Qianyuan explained that the art showed Lin Xuankong would neither become demonized nor reach a high-grade Earth Immortal realm during the coming war.
• Guang Yu’er criticized Lin Xuankong for appearing displeased, and Yan Mingyu challenged her while Qianyuan defended his disciple.
• Kunyuan introduced Guang Yu’er as the Feather Spirit Immortal and praised her for fighting three Ninth Grade Demon Artifact Grade Demon Generals alone.
• Yan Mingyu countered that Lin Xuankong had slain a Ninth Grade Demon Artifact Grade Demon General and defeated the Baxia Tribe, prompting Qianyuan and Kunyuan to stare at him in astonishment.

Luoshui Immortal Lord Yan Mingyu learned that Ganggu had fused with the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect’s Heavenly Demon Power, while Lin Xuankong recognized Ganggu as the Baxia Tribe Demon King who had repeatedly crossed paths with him. After the sect announced a three-day deadline demanding the Western Region’s surrender, Daoist Qianyuan received alarming new information.

• Daoist Kunyuan told Yan Mingyu that Ganggu, a Demon King from the Boundless Mountains, was the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect’s chosen Demonic Seed and was close to completing his fusion with Heavenly Demon Power.
• Lin Xuankong realized Ganggu was the Baxia Tribe Demon King he had encountered in the Blood-colored Mist forbidden land and whose attacks had led him to obtain Heavenly Demon Blood Fruits.
• Sect Master Li, the Five Elements Immortal Sect’s Grand Elder, and Chi Liuxia reported that the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect had issued a Heavenly Demon Pacification Order across the Western Region, demanding surrender and worship within three days.
• Yan Mingyu and Daoist Kunyuan condemned the order, while Chi Liuxia warned that many cultivators were preparing to flee rather than face the coming war.
• Daoist Qianyuan read a message on his communication jade, and his expression changed as he absorbed its alarming contents.

Daoist Qianyuan revealed that the Heavenly Demon Pacification Order had spread across the entire Immortal Realm, while newly emerged Demon Generals devastated the Eastern Region. As the human forces faced the possible loss of an entire region, Daoist Kunyuan wondered whether the Demon Generals were connected to Ganggu and his Heavenly Demon Power.

• Luoshui Immortal Lord Yan Mingyu reassured the gathered sect leaders that the three Supreme Immortal Lords would prepare countermeasures, and sent the leaders away.
• Daoist Qianyuan told Daoist Kunyuan and Yan Mingyu that the Heavenly Demon Pacification Order had reached every region, the Lingtai Buddhist Sect, and the Boundless Mountains.
• Lin Xuankong recognized Ganggu as the Baxia Tribe genius he had fought before and resolved to oppose the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect.
• Daoist Qianyuan revealed that forty-nine unfamiliar Ninth Grade Demon Generals had appeared in the Eastern Region and inflicted enormous casualties.
• Daoist Qianyuan reported that Supreme Immortal Lord Ling Wuji had been severely wounded and the Eastern Region was close to falling to the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect.
• Daoist Kunyuan questioned whether the Demon Generals' unusual strength came from Ganggu's Heavenly Demon Power.

After learning that new Demon Generals had helped bring the Eastern Region to the brink of collapse, Lin Xuankong agreed to compete with Guang Yu'er and Guang Ling'er in the coming war. He demanded equal terms and hoped to win instruction in a Guangqing Immortal Sect art, while Yan Mingyu added three Heavenly Demon Blood Fruits to the prize.

• Daoist Qianyuan and Yan Mingyu discussed the threat posed by the new Demon Generals and urged everyone to prepare for war in the Western Region.
• Guang Yu'er challenged Lin Xuankong to compete against her in killing Demonic Beings and Demon Generals, and Guang Ling'er joined the challenge.
• Yan Mingyu explained that the Guangqing Immortal Sect possessed powerful arts, including the Guangqing Illusory Arts, which made Lin Xuankong interested in the contest.
• Lin Xuankong agreed to compete at a one-to-one ratio and asked Qianyuan and Kunyuan to teach him a complete immortal art if he won.
• Kunyuan promised Lin Xuankong his choice of one of the Guangqing Immortal Sect's nine great immortal arts if he defeated both women.
• Yan Mingyu backed Lin Xuankong and offered three Heavenly Demon Blood Fruits as an additional prize for the winner.

Luoshui Immortal Lord Yan Mingyu offered three Heavenly Demon Blood Fruits as the prize in a contest between Lin Xuankong and Guang Yu'er and Guang Ling'er during the coming Immortal-Demon War. She meant to humble the two prodigies and prove Lin Xuankong’s strength, while worrying that the war would begin before he had time to grow; she vowed to protect him and unleash the Luoshui Great Array.

• Daoist Kunyuan and Daoist Qianyuan were astonished to learn Yan Mingyu had three Heavenly Demon Blood Fruits, but she refused to reveal how she obtained them.
• Guang Yu'er and Guang Ling'er eagerly accepted Yan Mingyu’s challenge: they would win the fruits by slaying more Xuan Yin Demonic Sect Demon Generals than Lin Xuankong.
• After Daoist Qianyuan and Daoist Kunyuan left, Lin Xuankong asked Yan Mingyu why she had used the fruits he gave her as a prize, and she explained she wanted to temper the two arrogant prodigies and show them his ability.
• Yan Mingyu said Lin Xuankong was strong enough to contend with some Immortal Lords, but lamented that he had too little time to grow before the Immortal-Demon War.
• Yan Mingyu vowed that while she lived she would protect Lin Xuankong and make the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect witness the might of the Luoshui Great Array.

Daoist Qianyuan and Daoist Kunyuan prepared Guang Yu'er and Guang Ling'er for the coming war and their contest against Lin Xuankong, while the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect’s threat drove mass flight and defections across the Immortal Realm. The sect’s army reached the Western Region, and Lin Xuankong set out to join Luoshui Immortal Lord and the Guangqing Immortal Sect’s forces.

• Daoist Qianyuan warned Guang Yu'er and Guang Ling'er not to underestimate the dangerous war or Lin Xuankong, while Daoist Kunyuan insisted the two disciples would defeat him.
• Guang Yu'er vowed to defeat Lin Xuankong and prove the Guangqing Immortal Sect’s inheritance superior to the Luoshui Immortal Sect’s.
• Cultivators fled the Immortal Realm and the Boundless Mountains, while Earth Immortals and Demon Kings discovered sects and clans secretly erecting Heavenly Demon statues.
• The Green-foreheaded Qilin told Lin Xuankong that the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect’s army had arrived twelve hundred thousand li from the Wine Immortal Sect.
• Lin Xuankong learned that Luoshui Immortal Lord had joined Daoist Qianyuan and Daoist Kunyuan, and he decided to go to their mountain with the Green-foreheaded Qilin.

Lin Xuankong learned that the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect army had reached the Western Region early, while fleeing sects and low morale weakened the region’s defenses. As Luoshui Immortal Lord Yan Mingyu and the Guangqing Immortal Sect’s supreme Immortal Lords set out to aid the Wine Immortal Sect, three veteran Devil Masters approached, leaving Lin Xuankong to defend Crane Immortal City.

• The Green-foreheaded Qilin told Lin Xuankong that the Wine Immortal Sect’s scouts had vanished and the sect had retreated behind Luoshui Immortal Lord Yan Mingyu’s nine-layer grand formation.
• Sect Master Li told Lin Xuankong that the Five Elements Immortal Sect’s Grand Elder and most of its Earth Immortals had fled the Western Region, and the Green-foreheaded Qilin reported that other sects had fled as well.
• Luoshui Immortal Lord Yan Mingyu ordered Lin Xuankong to defend Crane Immortal City with Guang Yu'er and Guang Ling'er while she and Daoist Qianyuan and Daoist Kunyuan went to aid the Wine Immortal Sect.
• Daoist Qianyuan sensed three approaching Devil Masters—Heavenly Banner Demon Lord, Earth Fiend Demon Lord, and Feng Huolin Demon Lord—and warned her companions to protect their hearts and souls from spiritual attacks.
• Lin Xuankong used his Double Pupils and supreme Spirit Soul to glimpse the distant devilish qi, then wondered whether he could learn the Guangqing Immortal Sect’s illusion arts.

Lin Xuankong remained at the Crane Immortal Sect to guard it while Luoshui Immortal Lord Yan Mingyu and two Guangqing Immortal Lords hurried to aid the Wine Immortal Sect. Tensions rose between the Guangqing Immortal Sect’s True Disciples and the Green-foreheaded Qilin, leaving the Western Region’s defenders on the brink of an internal clash.

• Luoshui Immortal Lord Yan Mingyu left Lin Xuankong, the qilins, and the gathered Earth Immortals to defend the Crane Immortal Sect, then sent Lin a message urging him to put his safety first and explaining how to use the Demon Suppressing Immortal Chariot.
• The Earth Immortals discussed the threat posed by three Devil Master-level experts and agreed to rely on Lin Xuankong, Guang Yu'er, and Guang Ling'er to protect the Crane Immortal Sect.
• Guang Yu'er challenged whether Lin Xuankong could outperform her and Guang Ling'er, and the Green-foreheaded Qilin defended its young master by boasting of his strength.
• Guang Ling'er insulted the Green-foreheaded Qilin’s low status and limited strength, prompting it to activate its immortal essence and bloodline and challenge her.
• The White-foreheaded Qilin tried to stop the Green-foreheaded Qilin from fighting, but Guang Ling'er and Guang Yu'er continued to taunt it and disparage the Kirin Clan.

Lin Xuankong stopped the Green-foreheaded Qilin from attacking Guang Ling'er and challenged Guang Ling'er and Guang Yu'er to a contest against Little Qing during the coming battle with the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect. He wagered the Third-Grade Immortal Artifact Qing Ming Immortal Sword against their combined kill count, and Guang Yu'er asked whether he truly meant it.

• The Green-foreheaded Qilin charged at Guang Ling'er, but Lin Xuankong's Qing Ming Immortal Sword intervened and he ordered Little Qing to stand down.
• Guang Yu'er recognized the sword as a Third-Grade Immortal Artifact and, with Guang Ling'er, mocked the idea that Little Qing could compete with them.
• Lin Xuankong proposed that Little Qing compete with the two Guangqing Immortal Sect disciples by slaying Demonic Beings of the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect rather than fighting among themselves.
• Guang Ling'er and Guang Yu'er ridiculed Lin Xuankong and Little Qing, claiming they would easily win the contest.
• Lin Xuankong wagered Qing Ming Immortal Sword if Guang Ling'er and Guang Yu'er surpassed Little Qing's kill count, and demanded they apologize if they lost.
• Guang Yu'er stopped laughing and asked Lin Xuankong to confirm that he truly intended to wager the sword.

Lin Xuankong and Guang Yu'er set the Qing Ming Immortal Sword and the Guangqing Illusory Arts as stakes in a contest between the Green-foreheaded Qilin and the two Guangqing True Disciples. While Yan Mingyu and the Guangqing Immortal Lords battled three Devil Masters far away, Lin Xuankong guarded Crane Immortal City and promised to help Little Qing win; then he sensed something approaching from the west.

• Lin Xuankong placed the Qing Ming Immortal Sword atop a pagoda in Crane Immortal City and agreed to stake it against the Guangqing Illusory Arts in a contest against Little Qing.
• Guang Yu'er accepted the terms, sent the jade slip containing the Guangqing Illusory Arts to the pagoda, and declared that the Guangqing True Disciples would win.
• Three days later, the Green-foreheaded Qilin received word that Yan Mingyu and the Guangqing Immortal Lords were fighting the Devil Masters Heavenly Banner, Earthly Fiend, and Feng Huolin, leaving Crane Immortal City under Lin Xuankong's guard.
• The Green-foreheaded Qilin admitted she doubted she could defeat the two ninth-grade True Disciples, and Lin Xuankong teased her about risking his sword before promising to help her distinguish herself.
• Lin Xuankong suddenly sensed something to the west and turned to look, while the two Qilins could not see what he had detected.

Sect Master Li and the Western Region immortals asked Lin Xuankong to arrange help against the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect’s simultaneous attacks, while Guang Yu'er and Guang Ling'er offered to aid them. Lin Xuankong warned that an overwhelming force was approaching Crane Immortal City, leaving the assembled immortals facing an imminent attack by eighty-one Demon Generals and more than twenty thousand Demonic Beings and Demonic Soldiers.

• Sect Master Li, Chi Liuxia, and other immortal sect elders told Lin Xuankong that the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect was attacking their sects and threatening the surrounding populations.
• The elders asked Lin Xuankong to persuade Guang Yu'er and Guang Ling'er to help defend the Western Region while he protected Crane Immortal City.
• Guang Yu'er and Guang Ling'er arrived and said they would help, while Guang Ling'er challenged the elders over their apparent doubts about Lin Xuankong.
• Lin Xuankong told the two True Disciples they could not leave Crane Immortal City for now and urged the other immortals to prepare their defenses.
• Lin Xuankong announced that eighty-one Demon Generals and more than twenty thousand Demonic Beings and Demonic Soldiers were approaching Crane Immortal City, terrifying the gathered immortals.