Volume Four: Buddha Saves No One, but I, a Demon, Will - Soaring Firmament Pavilion (Part Two)

Luo Qian had won through cunning, defeating Gao He without shedding blood. Much of the credit probably belonged to the threat of his cruise missile. Gao He had no idea Luo Qian had only one left. Earlier, Luo Qian had handed the missiles out as though they cost nothing, so Gao He had assumed they were an Immortal Artifact that could be used again and again.

The Immortal Realm really had never seen a "disposable" Magical Artifact before.

When Luo Qian had entered the Martial Review, he had only one goal: defeat Qian Tianbo. Once he had accomplished that, he had fallen prey to a common human failing: having gained one province, he wanted the next.

Defeating Qian Tianbo had raised Luo Qian's hopes. He had begun dreaming of seizing both titles and making himself a legend. Otherwise, he probably would have told Gao He the truth and withdrawn on the spot.

Yin Quanyin had fought bitterly for three hours before knocking his opponent off the stage. The two friends meeting in the final would make a fine tale in the Immortal Realm. This Martial Review had produced treasure after treasure, with uncertain outcomes and dizzying twists that left the spectators thrilled. Before the final, more than a hundred thousand Immortals had already flocked to Sky-Reaching Peak on Heavenly Cloud Mountain to watch this "battle of the century."

The final was set for three days after the semifinals. Luo Qian had reached it without a scratch, while Yin Quanyin had emerged from his grueling match with Ren Jiye covered in wounds. Thanks to the marvelous effects of Immortal Pills, three days of rest had him bounding onto the stage like a dragon and tiger.

All the other stages had been dismantled, leaving only the one to the east. Its platform