Arc 55The Immortal Hall and Buddhism

Ye Lin found the Immortal-Treading Grass inside the Immortal Hall, then persuaded Buddhism to join the fight against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. After obtaining the Immortal-Loosening Powder in the Western Continent, he set out to connect the remaining continents.

  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar taught Ye Lin the Delusion-Breaking Void Eye and warned him that the Devourer could awaken soon.
  • Ye Lin entered the Immortal Hall, defeated the old man who trapped the dead, and found the Immortal-Treading Grass hidden in a patterned stone.
  • Ye Lin killed the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons inside the collapsing secret realm and escaped before it fell apart.
  • Ye Lin traveled to the Western Continent and confronted the old monk, telling him that the Ascension Gate offered no hope of reaching the Immortal World.
  • Ye Lin promised to teach the old monk how to become immortal if Buddhism gathered its strength against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, and the five elders agreed to join the fight.
  • Ye Lin found the Immortal-Loosening Powder in Shattered Star Valley while Qin Feng recovered from being overwhelmed by three Half-Immortal women.
  • Ye Lin checked his Fate Rank and headed across the Endless Sea toward the Southern Continent, planning to use his clones to open spatial passages.
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Ch. 1351Better Left Unsaid

Ye Lin struggled to locate Immortal-Treading Grass until the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar offered to teach him a technique for seeing the fortune of nonliving things. The jar began passing on the technique, while Ye Lin tried to persuade it to reveal more of its secrets.

  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin that Immortal-Treading Grass might not be grass and that he might not have searched the true heart of the Central Continent.
  • The jar offered Ye Lin a technique that let him see the fortune of anything except living beings.
  • The jar explained that its memories were returning as it recovered from severe damage, though it sounded as if it was making an excuse.
  • Ye Lin claimed the jar should treat him as its new master and promised it great fortune if he surpassed its former master.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin to sit cross-legged so it could pass on the technique.

Ch. 1352The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar's Surprise

Ye Lin learned the Delusion-Breaking Void Eye, a powerful spell that revealed fortune but consumed Immortal Qi and could not safely be used on living beings. He set out with Hong Batian and Old Garden to search for the Immortal-Collapsing Grass.

  • Ye Lin absorbed and comprehended the Delusion-Breaking Void Eye from the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that the spell revealed fortune on objects, but observing living beings could attract a great terror from the void.
  • Ye Lin tested the spell and discovered that using it for a few seconds consumed one percent of his Immortal Qi.
  • Ye Lin sent golden light into Hong Batian and Old Garden, asking them to help him search for the Immortal-Collapsing Grass.

Ch. 1353Entanglement

Ye Lin learned from the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar that the Devourer would soon threaten the Xuanhuang Great World, while powerful beings from the Heavenly Demon Great World could arrive in three years. He struggled to find the Immortal-Treading Grass and faced the pressure of protecting the people close to him before the crisis struck.

  • Old Garden and Hong Batian finished comprehending and agreed to proceed with Ye Lin’s plans.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar warned Ye Lin that the awakened Devourer could threaten the world within a hundred years, perhaps fewer than ten.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar said the Xuanhuang Great World would enter its golden age in three years, when Heavenly Demon Great World powerhouses could arrive.
  • Ye Lin worried that he could not find the Immortal-Treading Grass in time, but resolved to help those close to him enter the Immortal Realm even if he abandoned his mission.
  • A clear bird cry echoed across heaven and earth as Ye Lin searched the surroundings.

Ch. 1354Crane

Ye Lin and the gathered experts watched three powerful immortal cranes as a white tower descended from a rift in the sky. The tower left Ye Lin wary, and its origin remained unknown.

  • Ye Lin and the other powerful figures approached the white light, where three mountain-sized immortal cranes cried out.
  • The gathered humans and Outer Realm Heavenly Demons waited, each wary of making the first move.
  • A tremendous boom split the firmament, revealing a rift filled with an ancient, desolate aura.
  • A magnificent white tower emerged from the rift and descended, making the immortal cranes cry louder.
  • Ye Lin regarded the tower warily and wondered what it was.

Ch. 1355Immortal Hall

The Immortal Hall appeared as a silver gate, drawing Human Race cultivators and Outer Realm Heavenly Demons inside. Ye Lin entered and found a living world whose origin was nearly dead and on the verge of collapse.

  • The descending building transformed into a silver gate bearing the words Immortal Hall.
  • The cultivators speculated that the Immortal Hall might hold the secret to becoming an immortal, and one cultivator entered first.
  • The Human Race cultivators and Outer Realm Heavenly Demons followed through the gate.
  • Ye Lin entered, confident he could use his full power against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons inside the secret realm.
  • Ye Lin found a world filled with living creatures and a human dynasty, despite its origin being close to collapse.

Ch. 1356Immortal Palace Secret Realm

Ye Lin discovered a strange secret behind the mystic realm’s declining origin and entered Wang Du to confront the figure hidden in its imperial palace. He found a cracked old man and questioned why he had harmed innocent people.

  • Ye Lin sensed something unusual about the mystic realm and vanished as the Human Race's experts fought the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.
  • Ye Lin went to Wang Du of the Liyang Dynasty and used the power of rules to make the guards and other living beings disappear.
  • Ye Lin entered the imperial palace after calling for its hidden occupant, and the people he had killed reappeared once he was inside.
  • A cracked old man welcomed Ye Lin and offered him a meditation cushion.
  • Ye Lin asked the old man why he had harmed innocent people.

Ch. 1357The Strange Old Man

Ye Lin learned that the old man had trapped the dead in endless cycles as servants of Immortal Hall and rejected his offer of immortality. Ye Lin left, believing the old man and the secret realm would soon disappear together.

  • Ye Lin realized the old man controlled the dead, erasing their memories and forcing them to remain as Immortal Hall servants.
  • The old man claimed the trapped beings were happy and said he would eventually grant them true immortality.
  • The old man offered to let Ye Lin follow him, but Ye Lin rejected his version of immortality as torment.
  • Ye Lin stood to leave, expecting the old man to dissipate when the secret realm collapsed.
  • The old man asked if Ye Lin was truly unwilling to follow him, and Ye Lin said he had more than a hundred million years to live.

Ch. 1358Eternal Life and Immortality?

Ye Lin confronted the old man, who tried to keep him at the imperial palace and claimed he would grant him immortality. Ye Lin knocked the old man into a crater and prepared to finish him.

  • Ye Lin dismissed the old man's warnings about lifespan and pushed open the imperial palace gates, where a hostile crowd awaited him.
  • The old man said he would use force to keep Ye Lin there so they could share eternal life, then lunged at him.
  • Ye Lin retreated and struck the old man with a palm, deepening the cracks across his body.
  • The old man charged again, but Ye Lin slapped him into the ground and sent him crashing into a large pit.
  • Ye Lin summoned a golden palm and said the unsettling old man had to die.

Ch. 1359Oops, He's Dead

Ye Lin killed the old man and freed the obsessions he had controlled. He captured a mysterious stone that the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar identified as the Immortal-Treading Grass, an object bearing the fortune of the Central Continent.

  • The old man survived Ye Lin’s repeated palm strikes and charged at him again, but Ye Lin finally shattered his body with another blow.
  • The freed obsessions smiled gratefully at Ye Lin before dispersing.
  • A streak of light fled from the old man’s fragments, but Ye Lin caught it with golden chains and pulled a patterned stone before him.
  • Ye Lin used the Delusion-Breaking Void Eye and saw the stone radiate golden light around towering figures roaring at the heavens.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar identified the stone as the Immortal-Treading Grass and said it bore the fortune of the Central Continent.

Ch. 1360Immortal-Treading Grass

Ye Lin suppressed the Immortal-Treading Grass and learned from the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar that he needed to leave the world before the Devourer awakened. He then unleashed his power across the secret realm, killing the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons while leaving the Human Race experts unharmed.

  • Ye Lin recognized and suppressed the Immortal-Treading Grass, which had controlled the secret realm.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar warned Ye Lin to leave the world before the Devourer awakened, and Ye Lin agreed to move on from the Central Continent.
  • Ye Lin sensed that the secret realm's strange phenomena had vanished, though the Human Race and Outer Realm Heavenly Demons continued fighting.
  • Ye Lin spread his divine sense across the secret realm, terrifying everyone present.
  • Ye Lin summoned golden chains that pierced and drained the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, while the Human Race experts remained unharmed.

Ch. 1361In a Single Thought, All Turns to Nothingness

Ye Lin slaughtered the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons inside the collapsing secret realm, then escaped before it fell apart. The Human Race experts emerged and speculated that the Immortal Hall’s spirit had destroyed the demons, but they could not remove the structure.

  • The golden chains vanished after killing the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, and Ye Lin refined their vital essence without advancing his cultivation.
  • Ye Lin concluded that he would need to devour Immortal Dao experts to grow stronger.
  • The secret realm began collapsing, and Ye Lin escaped first as the Human Race experts rushed for the exit.
  • After the last expert emerged, the secret realm collapsed and cracks spread across the Immortal Hall structure.
  • The Human Race experts guessed that the Immortal Hall’s spirit had killed the demons, then failed to move the structure and left it in place.

Ch. 1362Western Continent

Ye Lin left the Central Continent for the Western Continent after arranging for Hong Batian and Old Garden to search other continents. When he arrived, a Buddha ordered Golden Cicada to welcome him.

  • Ye Lin sent Hong Batian to the Southern Continent and assigned Old Garden to the Eastern Continent, then escorted Old Garden partway with Hong Batian.
  • Ye Lin shattered the weakened golden barrier at the edge of the Central Continent and set out across the Endless Sea.
  • Ye Lin reached the Western Continent, where Buddhist cultivators were widespread and no golden barrier blocked his way.
  • A golden Buddha noticed Ye Lin's arrival and ordered the drowsy young monk Golden Cicada to welcome him.

Ch. 1363Golden Cicada

Ye Lin explored the Buddhist-dominated Western Continent and was invited by Golden Cicada to a banquet hosted by his master, the Spirit Mountain Buddha Ancestor. Ye Lin accepted and followed Golden Cicada across the continent, arriving at an enormous golden mountain.

  • After Golden Cicada left the great hall, the Buddha remarked that their new guest did not seem simple.
  • Ye Lin marveled at Buddhism’s influence and the converted people and Demon Beasts throughout the Western Continent.
  • Golden Cicada emerged from a shattered void and invited Ye Lin to a banquet hosted by the Spirit Mountain Buddha Ancestor.
  • Ye Lin accepted the invitation, and Golden Cicada suspected that he had absolute confidence in his own strength.
  • Ye Lin followed Golden Cicada across the Western Continent for two hours and reached an enormous golden mountain.

Ch. 13641364. Secretly Cross the Chencang Pass

Ye Lin accompanied Golden Cicada to Spirit Mountain, where the Buddhist hall’s powerful formation suppressed his strength. He resisted the hall’s attempt to control him and sat down before the immense golden Buddha.

  • Ye Lin marveled at Mount Golden and sensed a formation beneath it powerful enough to threaten him.
  • Golden Cicada led Ye Lin to the summit and invited him into the great hall.
  • The hall’s formation suppressed ten percent of Ye Lin’s strength as a majestic voice welcomed him.
  • Ye Lin mocked the Buddhists’ forceful greeting, shattered the golden barrier blocking a chair, and sat before the giant Buddha.

Ch. 1365The Smiling Buddha

Ye Lin urged the golden Buddha to join the five continents in resisting the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, but the Buddha refused to risk his Buddhist brethren. The chapter ended with Ye Lin accusing the Buddhists of planning to ascend and abandon the Profound Yellow World.

  • The golden Buddha asked where Ye Lin came from and offered to have a disciple show him around Western Continent.
  • Ye Lin said he had come to learn Western Continent's stance on uniting against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.
  • The golden Buddha said his master had died fighting the demons and that he would not send his Buddhist brethren to their deaths.
  • Ye Lin accused the Buddhists of waiting for the Ascension Gate so they could ascend and leave the world's people to their fate.

Ch. 1366Almost Died

Ye Lin hinted that the golden Buddha’s hopes of becoming immortal were misplaced, then confirmed the truth after the Buddha consulted others. The old monk’s final hope collapsed, and black aura began to coil around him.

  • Ye Lin told the golden Buddha to ask his Central Continent connections about the truth and showed that he had the strength to speak as an equal.
  • The golden Buddha covered the hall in golden light and invoked a powerful Buddhist force, while Ye Lin’s barrier shielded him from the shockwave.
  • The golden Buddha vanished, revealing an old monk who tapped a wooden fish and asked Ye Lin whether his claim was true.
  • Ye Lin confirmed the claim, extinguishing the old monk’s last hope of ascending and becoming immortal.
  • Black aura began to wind around the old monk as his state of mind collapsed.

Ch. 1367Heart Demon Devours Body

The old monk’s shattered hope of reaching the Immortal World caused a heart demon to consume him, but Ye Lin intervened and helped suppress it. The old monk then questioned how anyone could keep pursuing the Dao when the path ahead had been severed.

  • The old monk’s realization that the Ascension Gate and Immortal World offered no hope turned his obsession into a heart demon.
  • Ye Lin feared the old monk’s death would make the Western Continent his enemy and moved to save him.
  • Ye Lin poured Immortal Qi into the old monk and ordered him to circulate his cultivation.
  • The old monk and Ye Lin suppressed the heart demon, and the old monk explained that his pursuit had lost meaning because the road to transcendence was cut off.

Ch. 1368One Wrong Step, Every Step is Wrong

Ye Lin revived the old monk’s hope of becoming immortal by revealing that he could preserve Immortal Qi in his body and claimed to be a true immortal. He offered to teach the method of immortality if the monk gathered the Western Continent’s strength and followed his orders to enter the Central Continent and fight the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.

  • Ye Lin recognized that the old monk’s doubts about his Buddhist path could lead him to pass away in meditation.
  • Ye Lin told the old monk to sense the Immortal Qi he had placed in his body.
  • The old monk recognized the Immortal Qi and asked Ye Lin to teach him how to become immortal.
  • Ye Lin claimed that true immortals still existed and that he knew the method of becoming immortal.
  • Ye Lin demanded that the old monk gather the Western Continent’s strength and lead it against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons in exchange for the method.

Ch. 1369I Don't Believe It

Ye Lin persuaded the old monk to consider his offer of a method to become immortal after the monk doubted his motives. The old monk chose to believe him for now and invited him to a meeting with the others.

  • The old monk told Ye Lin that his words did not inspire trust and suspected he wanted to use him.
  • Ye Lin threatened to leave the old monk to wait for death, then turned toward the hall doors.
  • The old monk called Ye Lin back and asked whether his offer was true.
  • Ye Lin pointed out that the old monk's choice mattered more than whether the offer was true or false.
  • The old monk agreed to believe Ye Lin and said they needed to discuss the matter with the others, inviting Ye Lin to attend.

Ch. 1370Grand Assembly

The old monk brought Ye Lin before Buddhism’s four other pillars to share the major matter Ye Lin had brought. Ye Lin sent a sphere of light containing the information into the air, leaving the five elders to see what it held.

  • The old monk led Ye Lin out into the sunlight and across a sea of clouds to a mountain peak.
  • The four elders complained that the old monk had disturbed their lifespan-preserving seclusion.
  • The old monk told the elders that Ye Lin had brought an important matter.
  • Ye Lin flicked a sphere of light into the air so the elders could view the information inside.

Ch. 1371From Today Onwards, Buddhism Enters the World

Ye Lin persuaded Buddhism’s five elders to accept his plan and join the fight against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. Buddhism formally entered the world, and Ye Lin said he would contact them after connecting the four other continents to the Central Continent.

  • One of the five elders judged Ye Lin’s proposal fifty percent credible, and the elders lamented the fate facing Buddhism.
  • An elder argued that Buddhism had no other path and agreed to risk everything for the Xuanhuang Great World.
  • The other four elders accepted the decision, and Buddhism formally entered the world.
  • The central elder promised that Buddhism would gather the Western Continent’s strength against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.
  • Ye Lin told the elders to wait for news of his plan to connect the continents to the Central Continent.

Ch. 1372Great Freedom

Ye Lin refused to explain his motives to the Buddhist elders and continued searching the Western Continent for one of five items needed for his mission. He planned to raise Xuanhuang Great World's experts to the Immortal Realm to help destroy the Heavenly Demon Great World, but worried they might abandon him afterward; then he spotted something interesting and headed toward it.

  • A bald elder asked Ye Lin why he was helping the world, and Ye Lin told the Buddhist elders to handle their duties without asking about matters they did not need to know.
  • After Ye Lin left, the five bald elders failed to work out what he stood to gain.
  • Ye Lin searched the Western Continent for one of the five items required to destroy the Heavenly Demon Great World.
  • Ye Lin reasoned that he needed Xuanhuang Great World's experts to reach the Immortal Realm, but worried they might refuse to follow him once they did.
  • Ye Lin spotted something interesting and headed toward it.

Ch. 1373Qin Feng

Ye Lin read Qin Feng’s fate panel and learned that Qin Feng would find a mysterious jade bottle in Shattered Star Valley. After watching three Half-Immortal women overpower Qin Feng, Ye Lin headed to the valley to seek the treasure himself.

  • Ye Lin examined Qin Feng’s panel and saw his romantic Fate Traits and predicted future.
  • Three beautiful women surrounded Qin Feng, explaining that his looks and temperament had attracted them.
  • The women revealed their Half-Immortal cultivation and overwhelmed Qin Feng despite his resistance.
  • Ye Lin left the scene and set out for Shattered Star Valley to find the jade bottle.

Ch. 1374Immortal-Loosening Powder, Acquired

Ye Lin traveled to Shattered Star Valley in search of a treasure and captured the jade bottle containing the Immortal-Loosening Powder. Elsewhere, Qin Feng recovered from a humiliating encounter and left in secret.

  • Ye Lin arrived in Shattered Star Valley after secretly acquiring memories from people along the way.
  • Ye Lin spotted a blazing golden light in the valley and used his divine sense to locate a jade bottle.
  • The emerald jade bottle tried to flee, but Ye Lin bound it with golden chains and placed it in his Spatial Ring, identifying it as the Immortal-Loosening Powder.
  • Qin Feng recovered, cursed the person who had humiliated him, retrieved the Void Mirror, and left after checking that nobody had seen him.

Ch. 1375Fate Rank Ascends

After checking his status, Ye Lin saw that his Fate Rank had risen and decided to travel from the Western Continent to the Southern and Eastern Continents to finish his mission. He looked forward to leaving this world and challenging the starry sky’s prodigies.

  • Ye Lin inspected his status panel and saw his Red (Incomplete) Fate Rank, increased luck, and fate ending at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
  • Ye Lin attributed his recent success to his increased Fate Rank and expected the remaining continents to go smoothly.
  • Ye Lin left Shattered Star Valley and headed across the Endless Sea toward the Southern Continent, planning to visit the Eastern Continent last.
  • Ye Lin decided to use his clones to open the spatial passages to the continents.
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