On the journey, Lin Chang’sheng finally noticed that his status panel had popped up a notification.
He guessed he must’ve missed it during the fight with Corpse Evil Daoist.
"Fuse!"
Lin Chang’sheng decisively chose to fuse.
The array owned by Corpse Evil Daoist was no ordinary spell. If he fused it with the Soul-Devouring Immortal-locking Divine Array, the strength would definitely double.
[Corpse Evil World-Ending Celestial Array (Perfection), Soul-Devouring Immortal-locking Divine Array (Perfection) fusion initiated... Fusing... Fusion complete, new array Corpse Soul Extinguishing Immortal God Array acquired!]
"Corpse Soul Extinguishing Immortal God Array?"
Lin Chang’sheng mused to himself.
Just hearing the name, he could tell that its destructive force all relied on Corpse Puppets and spirits.
Fortunately, Corpse Puppets and souls were exactly what Lin Chang’sheng had in abundance.
Even his weakest were Integration Stage bodies, and his strongest reached the late stage of Tribulation Crossing.
[Corpse Soul Extinguishing Immortal God Array detected. Consume 14,000 Immortal Crystals to simplify?]
The next moment, the status panel popped up another prompt.
"Yes!"
Lin Chang’sheng once again selected yes.
[Great Dao is Simple: Corpse Soul Extinguishing Immortal God Array simplification initiated... Simplifying... Simplification complete, Corpse Soul Extinguishing Immortal God Array == Command Corpse Puppets and souls!]
"Command Corpse Puppets and souls?"
That wasn’t difficult. Lin Chang’sheng had already been refining Corpse Puppets, and as for the souls sealed inside the Holy Soul Banner, who dared defy Lin Chang’sheng’s orders?
Whoosh—
Lin Chang’sheng waved a hand and summoned Bai Baihe again.
He made her spin in place.
"Think carefully—did you forget to confess anything?"
Lin Chang’sheng, making up an excuse, began commanding Bai Baihe to spin.
Bai Baihe was first stunned, then startled after hearing this.
"Could it be Lin Chang’sheng knows I haven’t confessed everything? No way!"
Bai Baihe spun on the spot, half-convinced, half in doubt.
Like Lin Chang’sheng could guess what she was thinking?
He just wanted to grind up proficiency and take Corpse Soul Extinguishing Immortal God Array to Perfection.
Ordering Bai Baihe to spin in place, Lin Chang’sheng summoned his Corpse Puppets to spin with her.
Corpse Soul Extinguishing Immortal God Array Experience Points +1!
Corpse Soul Extinguishing Immortal God Array Experience Points +1!
...
As the Corpse Puppets and Bai Baihe’s soul spun round and round, the array’s experience points just kept rising.
"You’re not even happy to see me back!"
Guo Yunchu watched Lin Chang’sheng play around with his Corpse Puppets, not giving her any attention; she couldn’t help but feel annoyed.
"Happy, of course I’m happy! At least I don’t have to worry about your dad sending goons to kill me anymore!"
Lin Chang’sheng answered with a smile.
With Guo Yunchu as his chess piece, Guo Tiangang definitely wouldn’t dare to act recklessly.
"Wouldn’t it be better if you just joined our Immortal Martial Hall? Instead, you insist on opposing us—you killed several of our hall’s elders. My father will never let you off easy!"
Guo Yunchu sighed.
This made Lin Chang’sheng speechless. If they hadn’t hunted him first, would he ever have killed them?
"You think I wanted to be your enemy? If you hadn’t tried to snatch my treasure and murder me, none of you would’ve lost your lives!"
Lin Chang’sheng retorted.
"Forget it, what’s done is done, talking about it now won’t help. That Soul Banner you’ve got—is it really enough to kill Corpse Evil Daoist?"
Guo Yunchu asked curiously.
That Holy Soul Banner looked damn mysterious; who knew where Lin Chang’sheng got it?
"If not certain death, there’s at least a ninety-percent chance! "
Lin Chang’sheng was plenty confident in his array.
Even for Corpse Evil Daoist—a formation expert—it’d be hellishly difficult to escape alive.
"Such a mighty array. Where’d you learn it?"
Guo Yunchu pressed on.
Everyone knows that Immortal Techniques, arrays, elixirs—these things are taboo. Most won’t dare to ask.
But Guo Yunchu had zero qualms asking at all.
Of course, Lin Chang’sheng wasn’t about to spill the real beans.
"Back in the day, I ran into some top senior who left me a book. This array was one of the spells in it."
Lin Chang’sheng bullshitted smoothly.
"There are experts like that? Why haven’t I ever met one?"
Guo Yunchu bought it, hook line and sinker.
Gu Shan, listening nearby, just rolled his eyes at the horizon. Honestly—one dares to fabricate, one dares to believe.
No wonder people in love lose IQ points.
...
In the blink of an eye, a whole day had passed.
[Corpse Soul Extinguishing Immortal God Array Perfection!]
At last, after constant grinding, Lin Chang’sheng had brought his array to the Perfection Realm.
"Elder Lin, I’ll tell you everything you want—can you please let me stop spinning?"
Bai Baihe felt like she was about to lose it—she’d been spinning for a solid day.
It wasn’t exactly torture, but who could keep spinning indefinitely?
"That’s up to you—are you sure you haven’t left out anything?"
Lin Chang’sheng replied.
"Wait—I just remembered there’s actually something I forgot to tell you! In my Storage Bag, there’s a Heaven-Reaching Divine Tree seed. Once it touches water, it’ll grow like crazy! They say, with enough Spiritual Energy, it’ll sprout straight into the Celestial Realm!"
Bai Baihe revealed her one and only secret to Lin Chang’sheng.
On hearing this, Lin Chang’sheng was genuinely surprised—he hadn’t expected such a lucky windfall.
Then Lin Chang’sheng started rummaging through Bai Baihe’s Storage Bag.
Sure enough, he found a palm-sized pouch after a short search.
Inside, there lay a green seed, about the size of a human eyeball.
"A seed this small could reach the Celestial Realm?"
Lin Chang’sheng found it unbelievable.
The Celestial Realm, ranked even above the Immortal Realm.
Rumor had it only those with Immortal Cultivation and beyond lived up there.
Whether that was true or not, who could say.
"This is the seed?"
Lin Chang’sheng showed it to Bai Baihe, half convinced he was being scammed.
"That’s the one!"
Bai Baihe nodded solemnly, "Don’t let it touch water, or it’ll start to grow. It might be the last Heaven-Reaching Divine Tree seed in the Immortal Realm!"
Now that he got what he wanted, Lin Chang’sheng waved his hand and stowed Bai Baihe away.
"Do you know anything about the Celestial Realm?"
Lin Chang’sheng asked Gu Shan.
Gu Shan shook his head, "No idea. But I did hear, the Celestial Realm Gate opens once every thirty thousand years. Not sure if that’s truth or rumor."
"Thirty thousand years?"
Lin Chang’sheng muttered to himself—now that was a hell of a wait.
Without Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivation, nobody could last that long.
Still, Lin Chang’sheng didn’t have the luxury to dwell on it—his power simply wasn’t enough yet.
If he wanted to reach the Celestial Realm, he’d need to be an Immortal Realm powerhouse at the very least.
He wasn’t even at the Tribulation Crossing Stage yet—still had a long way to go.
Not wanting to waste time on it, Lin Chang’sheng hurried onward toward the Ice and Snow Province.
...
Three days after Lin Chang’sheng had left Spirit Heaven City—
A group of three, dressed in gray robes and wearing bamboo hats, appeared above the city.
Each of them was brimming with intense Primordial Power.
"What thick Evil Qi. Looks like there was a vicious fight here recently! Every living being in this city’s been wiped out!"
The man on the left spoke, his voice raspy.
"Folks from the Demon Sea?"
The one on the far right asked.
"Seems likely! Who else in the Immortal Realm could produce such monstrous Evil Qi? Pity, though—looks like Lin Chang’sheng didn’t die."
The left-side man replied.
"With Qingyou around, like Lin Chang’sheng could be killed so easily!"
The man in the center—clearly their leader—spoke up.
After all, at his peak, Qingyou possessed Immortal Realm cultivation.
Even now, injured and unrecovered, his strength was nothing to scoff at.
The center man lifted his bamboo hat, revealing a bizarre face.
His features only vaguely resembled human; tufts of hair grew on his face, mouth protruding, and when he spoke, sharp fangs flashed.
These three were the Wolf Race assassins sent by Empress Qingyou to hunt down Xiaobai.
The Wolf Race leader produced a jade stone that glimmered with red dots—clearly guiding their direction.
"They fled that way. Keep chasing!"
The Wolf Race leader barked, donned his hat, and continued the pursuit after Lin Chang’sheng and Xiaobai.
The other two instantly followed, not daring to fall behind.
Among the three, the leader was a Loose Immortal, and the other two were Late Stage Tribulation Crossing experts.
If this trio caught up with Lin Chang’sheng, war was inevitable.