Vol. 17The Immortal Cave Crisis

Luo Bin and his allies uncovered the Heaven-Veiling Objects’ threat at Divine Firmament Mountain, escaped a purge, and entered Immortal Cave Mountain to confront Qin Weizi and the Three Corpse Worms. They returned to prepare against Black City Monastery, but Luo Bin found Bai Xian carrying two skeletal deities and trying to leave because Mr. Xu would die.

  • Luo Bin and his companions exposed the Heaven-Veiling Objects’ infiltration of Divine Firmament Mountain and rescued Bai Xian and Bai Xiaoshan.
  • Bai Xiaoshan killed Chen Hongming and the Rogue Immortals, but another layer emerged beneath the split skin on his forehead.
  • Luo Bin and Luo Xianshen led the White Clan and villagers to Four-Rules Mountain after possessed elders attacked their followers.
  • Female-One Patriarch removed the Blackblood Vine from Luo Bin, and Luo Bin prepared to accompany Luo Xianshen to Immortal Cave Mountain.
  • Luo Bin and his companions entered Immortal Cave Mountain, uncovered the ghosts’ takeover of the Immortal Ascension Taoist Grounds, and resisted Qin Weizi’s Three Corpse Worms.
  • Luo Bin trapped a resentful ghost and three corpse worms in Three Corpses Spring, then emerged among the ruins searching for the missing Yang Spirit Great Core.
  • Luo Bin and his allies stopped Qin Weizi from taking the Yang Spirit Great Core and left Immortal Cave Mountain to prepare against Black City Monastery.
  • Luo Bin and Miao Zi stopped Bai Xian from leaving, and Luo Bin lit the White Flower Lantern as two skeletal deities emerged from her abdomen.
Chapters 1606–1705 Read from ch. 1606

Arc 65The Heaven-Veiling Objects

Luo Bin and his companions exposed the Heaven-Veiling Objects’ infiltration of Divine Firmament Mountain and rescued Bai Xian and Bai Xiaoshan. The mountain’s disciples evacuated, but Bai Xiaoshan remained possessed, and his killing of Chen Hongming did not end the threat within him.

  • Luo Bin and Luo Xianshen defeated Bai Dantai’s forces, then learned that the Heaven-Veiling Objects were spying on Divine Firmament Mountain and had taken Bai Xian and Bai Xiaoshan.
  • Luo Bin’s group fought the faceless beings and reached the tomb caves, where Seven Dust Taoist offered Luo Xianshen leadership of the mountain, but Luo Xianshen refused.
  • Luo Bin, Luo Xianshen, and Si Yan found and freed Bai Xian and Bai Xiaoshan, who revealed that Chen Hongming had imprisoned them and that Xu Lu was near death.
  • Bai Xiaoshan confronted Bai Dantai, whose bell had controlled the elders, until Seven Dust Taoist killed Bai Dantai and declared Divine Firmament Mountain a branch of Four-Rules Mountain.
  • Seven Dust Taoist discovered that the Yin Spirit Patriarchs had vanished and exposed Bai Xiaoshan as a Heaven-Veiling Object that had consumed the Peak Master.
  • Luo Bin used the Three-Altars Great Precepts to keep Bai Xiaoshan alive and resist the rogue immortal, while Seven Dust Taoist evacuated the mountain’s disciples to its protective temple.
  • Luo Bin revealed a scrap of the Jade Clarity Peak Master’s flesh as Chen Hongming arrived and tried to make Bai Xiaoshan destroy the formation nexus.
  • Bai Xiaoshan killed Chen Hongming and slaughtered the Rogue Immortals with Taoist Arts, then split the skin on his forehead and revealed another layer beneath.
Chapters 1606–1630 Summaries Read

Arc 66The White Clan’s Flight

Luo Bin and Luo Xianshen escaped Divine Firmament Mountain after Seven Dust Taoist’s death exposed a purge and a battle against possessed elders. At Four-Rules Mountain, Female-One Patriarch removed the Blackblood Vine from Luo Bin, and the group prepared to investigate Immortal Cave Mountain.

  • Luo Bin and Luo Xianshen led Divine Firmament Mountain’s followers away, but Bai Feng and Bai Jinlou ambushed them and demanded their sacred artifacts.
  • Luo Bin, Luo Xianshen, and Si Yan fought Bai Feng’s group as false Yin Spirits possessed elders and Bai Jinlou and another elder became Yang Spirit Patriarchs.
  • Bai Zi possessed Luo Xianshen and defeated the possessed disciples, while Luo Bin discovered that Miao Zi had survived the heavenly thunder.
  • Si Yan let the disciples choose whether to leave, and she and Luo Bin helped evacuate the White Clan and villagers to Four-Rules Mountain.
  • A Dao Corpse and possessed Taoists attacked Luo Bin at Four-Rules Mountain, and Qin Tianqing revealed himself as Female-One Patriarch while destroying the Black Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal’s Soul Fragment and the Blackblood Vine.
  • Female-One Patriarch saved Luo Bin’s true self, and Luo Bin used his Golden Silkworm Gu to kill the remaining six-thread Golden Silkworm Gu.
  • Luo Bin waited for Female-One Patriarch to grant him Heart Inquiry, while Four-Rules Mountain assembled an alliance against Black City Monastery.
  • Luo Xianshen learned that people entering Immortal Cave Mountain could not leave, and Luo Bin offered to accompany him after hearing that Tiangong Spring could remove Three Corpse Worms and Body Worms.
Chapters 1631–1655 Summaries Read

Arc 67The Immortal Cave Mountain Crisis

Luo Bin and his companions entered Immortal Cave Mountain to reach the Immortal Ascension Taoist Grounds, where ghosts and Taoist factions had seized control. As Three Corpse Worms spread through the mountain, Luo Bin resisted Lord Tian's Spring, trapped the worms, and emerged among the ruins searching for the missing Yang Spirit Great Core.

  • The Real Persons and the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds set out for Immortal Ascension Taoist Abbey, while Qin Tianqing's death hexagram warned of danger and Luo Bin encountered a glowing Taoist on the way to Immortal Cave Mountain.
  • A Plague Ghost split the group and dragged Old Gong into the mountain, while Luo Bin, Qin Tianqing, and Xiang Ke struggled through the darkness and encountered He Lin'an and Hua Qi.
  • Luo Bin exposed the ghost possessing He Lin'an, learned that invaders had seized the Immortal Ascension Taoist Grounds, and helped infiltrate the grounds to capture Wu Jinluan and free his soul.
  • Luo Bin and his companions defeated Jingshan Yue and the invading practitioners, but Qin Weizi's Three Corpse Worms spread through the Taoist Grounds and clouded the minds of those on the mountain.
  • Miao Zi's attack on Lü Kan provoked Qin Weizi, who transformed into corpse worms and unleashed mist that distorted the minds of Luo Bin, Luo Xianshen, and their companions.
  • Luo Bin used Qin Tianqing's Heavenly Mechanism Jade Slip to resist the mist, then found Lord Tian's Spring inside the Thunder-Peace Patriarch statue and discovered it was actually the deadly Three Corpses Spring.
  • Wei Youming's confrontation with Elder Gong ended with the second Plague Ghost exploding and releasing earth energy, while Luo Bin avoided drinking from the spring and explored the mountain's sealed chambers.
  • Luo Bin discovered Heavenly Longevity Abbey Masters' coffins and the desecrated Thunder-Peace Patriarch, trapped a resentful ghost and three corpse worms in the spring, then emerged in the ruins and found three similar portraits in a side hall.
Chapters 1656–1680 Summaries Read

Arc 68Qin Weizi’s Last Design

Luo Bin and his allies stopped Qin Weizi’s attempt to seize the Yang Spirit Great Core, while Immortal Cave Mountain’s crisis spread into a confrontation over Black City Monastery. The group prepared to move against Kong An, but Luo Bin discovered that Bai Xian carried two skeletal deities and was trying to leave because Mr. Xu would die.

  • Luo Bin summoned Qin Weizi’s soul, but Qin Weizi attacked him and tried to take the Yang Spirit Great Core before Golden Wheel forced his soul from the corpse.
  • Qin Weizi revealed that he had tried to make Luo Xianshen a living Yang Spirit, then dispersed into Luo Bin as the Heavenly Longevity Taoists attacked.
  • Miao Zi reached the abbey and devoured the Corpse Liberation Taoists, while Luo Bin and his allies regrouped and left Immortal Cave Mountain.
  • Luo Bin and Wu Jinluan learned that Golden Wheel had succeeded, and Luo Xianshen agreed to help address the threats from Black City Monastery and Luo Muye.
  • Kong An resisted Zhan Si’s attempt to install Miler as Chief Seat Black Rakshasa, while Luo Muye sent Basang and eight Cham Black Rakshasas to retrieve Dibe Yum and the dead Rakshasas.
  • At Four-Rules Mountain, Qin Tianqing persuaded the assembled Real Persons to prepare an operation against Kong An, and Zhang Poxuan agreed to report Cloud Brocade Mountain’s failures.
  • Luo Bin investigated the Divine Yang Spirit and considered how to strengthen himself, then questioned a Spirit Medium and decided to find Bai Xian.
  • Luo Bin and Miao Zi stopped Bai Xian from leaving, and Luo Bin lit the White Flower Lantern as two skeletal deities emerged from her abdomen.
Chapters 1681–1705 Summaries Read
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