Truth be told, Hanxing was bluffing. Although with his current lineup, he could still take down a Soaring Crane powered by the Spirit Extinguishing Bead, at the end of the day, the shriveled patriarch was a Spiritual Lord. Once he used the bead to force a flawed breakthrough into Divine Transformation, his battle-prowess would rise exponentially—making him a thorn in the side of the White Immortal sect's elite.
But with no end of loot in sight, our monk couldn't care for these, and left the White Immortal sect leaders to deal with the aftermath of Soaring Crane's outburst. Thousands of Soaring Crane mountain disciples had perished in the White Immortal sect already. But the majority of the Li clan's sons and daughters still lay in their homebase—hoping that their ancestral formations could preserve what remained of their faction. All Qi Refinement disciples—about 6,000 stayed behind as well.
