Immortal Lord Wuliang had forcibly "borrowed" the Purple Flame Thunder Pool and the Cloud Firmament Treasure Palace, overwhelming the Creation Immortal Sect, yet the one whose reputation rose the most was Li Xian.
Because...
The reason Immortal Lord Wuliang had chosen to run off with the assets was that he had lost to Li Xian. Moreover, after losing the Nine-Realm Treasure Tree, he could no longer see any hope of defeating him.
Even Immortal Lord Wuliang, powerful enough to overpower the Creation Immortal Sect, had proven so helpless before Li Xian, let alone the other factions.
Saint Lord Fuyao, Holy Lord Huang Quan, and the others were no fools. Naturally, they understood this.
They understood that the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect, the Divine Firmament Sect, and the Golden Que Heavenly Palace were stirring restlessly and would likely pay lip service to the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground's orders while defying them in secret. Thus, they approached the Demon Race and the Nirvana Ancient Temple.
The Nirvana Ancient Temple's Other Shore Ark was both its headquarters and a supreme warship that could be considered Celestial Immortal-grade.
However, this warship specialized in karma and reincarnation, making it more of a mothership than a warship, so it did not count as a true Celestial Immortal-grade warship. They only needed to persuade the Nirvana Ancient Temple to deploy this supreme treasure from its reserves, then stuff the people of the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect, the Divine Firmament Sect, and the Golden Que Heavenly Palace aboard. After that, all those people needed to do was supply Pure Yang Immortal Power to the warship. What they thought did not matter at all.
As for the Nirvana Ancient Temple...
For hundreds of thousands of years, the Nirvana Ancient Temple had sought to establish itself as master of the