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After Six Months - Hu Blessed Land
"Finally. I can feel it."
"A.I. Chip, display my attainments," Fang Yuan said with an excited smile.
[... Beep!]
[Host's attainments below Quasi-Master will not be displayed:- ]
→Grandmaster: Blood Path
→Quasi-Grandmaster: Refinement Path — Formation Path
→Master: Enslavement Path — Earth Path
→Quasi-Master: Strength Path
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For six months, Fang Yuan had been pushing himself to improve his Formation Path attainment.
It was the path he had chosen for his immortal ascension, and the one he had gotten the Gu recipes for from Lang Ya.
"Good. I finally achieved Quasi-Grandmaster in Formation Path. Not only that, but my Refinement Path has also reached that level after all the Gu refinement I've done."
During these six months, he had been entirely focused on either refining Gu or deepening his understanding of formations. Luckily, the A.I. Chip had been extremely useful in both areas.
These months, he had refined an absurd number of Gu worms, spanning different paths. After all, his Formation Path would require them all.
Thanks to this constant refining, his Refinement Path attainment had skyrocketed.
But his real focus was still Formation Path itself. And with the A.I. Chip, his progress had been insane.
The chip not only generated countless formation ideas, but it could also calculate their success rates, analyze weaknesses, and suggest ways to strengthen and perfect them.
In a way, the A.I. Chip was like the ultimate Formation Path teacher—one that shouldn't even exist in this world. It gave Fang Yuan pure knowledge, cutting away all the useless trial and error.
And so, in just six months, he had reached a level that few would ever achieve.
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"Now... it's time to become immortal already. This is required for my next plans." His gaze sharpened.
"And It won't be long before I return to Southern Border again."
"I'll bring Shang Xin Ci to my side." A rare flicker of softness crossed his face.
"Sigh... I hope she's doing alright. I sent Feng Tian Yu to her, even gave him the resources to reach Rank 5 Gu Master. She should know by now that I care for her."
"Just wait, Xin Ci... I'm coming for you soon."
His thoughts lingered on her for a moment, but he quickly snapped back to reality.
"No. I need to focus on what comes next. Time for my Immortal Ascension!"
With that, Fang Yuan gave some orders to Little Hu before using his killer move, Dark Travel—likely for the last time—then vanished from the blessed land.
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Fang Yuan was on his way to becoming an Immortal Gu Master, but to successfully ascend, he had to complete three critical steps in order.
First was Crushing his Aperture—
Fang Yuan had to completely shatter his mortal aperture, breaking past his limits and allowing the vast heaven and earth qi to flood into him.
The more qi he absorbed, the higher his chances of success. However, this wasn't as simple as just taking in as much as possible—the key was balance.
If the heaven and earth qi weren't perfectly aligned, the entire ascension could fail, and the consequences would be fatal.
Second was Generating Human Qi—
This was where Fang Yuan's foundation came into play. He had to generate his ownhuman qi, which directly reflected his battle strength, physical toughness, soul depth, understanding of Gu worms, and his path attainment.
The stronger his human qi, the more stable his ascension would be.
A weak human qi meant he would struggle to maintain his new immortal body, making him vulnerable even if he succeeded.
The final step was Balancing the three Qi—
This was the most delicate step—matching his human qi with the heaven and earth qi.
This was where most failed. If one side overpowered the other, the whole process could collapse, leading to either a botched ascension or, worse—death.
Each step was a life-or-death struggle, but Fang Yuan had prepared for this moment. He wasn't going to fail.
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"Hmm... a good place for my current situation!"
Fang Yuan appeared at the location he had meticulously selected beforehand.
It wasn't a famous or well-known place—just a remote area where he was absolutely certain no one was nearby.
"Time to begin."
Instead of shattering his second aperture immediately, Fang Yuan first laid down a massive formation around himself.
The formation was complex and mysterious, refined to perfection with the help of the A.I. Chip.
In reality, it wasn't just one formation—but a network of interconnected formations, each supporting and enhancing the others.
"I'll call this formation... Successful Ascension Formation." He gave himself a nod, proud of his genius naming skills.
"Now, time to shatter my second aperture."
The next moment, he shattered it and a massive surge of heaven and earth qi erupted.
The energy thickened by the second as Fang Yuan floated, absorbing it and merging it with his own human qi.
As the three types of qi—heaven, earth, and human—fused, they poured into the empty space where his aperture once was, triggering a mysterious transformation.
His body and soul were being tempered, elevating his very existence to a higher level.
When Fang Yuan was generating human qi, he activated the formation, triggering a wave of Human Qi Increase Gu that were embedded in a killer move, significantly amplifying his Human Qi.
As his human qi increased, the influx of heaven and earth qi surged as well—along with the calamities that inevitably accompanied ascension.
"Hmm... the Earth Calamity has begun." Fang Yuan's eyes sharpened, preparing for the worst.
Suddenly, the clouds darkened, twisting and churning ominously.
Then, a humanoid figure made purely of blue lightning emerged from the storm.
Yep. It was the Earth Calamity—Blue Charm Lightning Shadow.
"Tsk! You again..." Fang Yuan clicked his tongue in annoyance.
"Luckily, I came prepared."
He activated the formation again, triggering a metal-earth combined killer move.
The formations Fang Yuan had set up weren't just defensive—they each contained different types of killer moves, all intricately linked together.
"Let's see how you handle my Electric Earthing Killer Move!" He laughed.
"Guess my hard study as an electric engineer finally paid off!"
Fang Yuan smirked as multiple metallic rods shot out, piercing into the Blue Charm Lightning Shadow.
The rods latched onto its body, immobilizing it and rapidly draining its electrical energy.
It wasn't just about the strength of the rods—it was the sheer number of them. Even when one was destroyed, another immediately took its place, ensuring the effect remained constant.
With the Earth Calamity restrained, Fang Yuan refocused on increasing his Human Qi through the formation.
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Not long after, the Heavenly Tribulation arrived. This time, it was the Inferno Cloud Tribulation.
The moment he saw it, Fang Yuan acted swiftly. He activated the formation again, releasing some Small Family Qi Gu—a well-prepared method to reduce the tribulation's destructive power.
With a few additional killer moves, he successfully defended against both the Earth Calamity and the Heavenly Tribulation.
As time passed, the tribulation and the calamity faded.
But Fang Yuan couldn't move just yet.
He was now fully immersed in the fusion of the three-colored qi, balancing them perfectly.
"A.I. Chip, start analyzing that," he commanded, eyes closed in deep concentration.
[Beep... Analysis in progress...]
Time seemed to stretch endlessly.
Then, suddenly—A brilliant light erupted.
It signified the creation of his immortal aperture.
A blinding glow engulfed the entire small world. And from the very center of the aperture—
An Immortal Gu slowly rose.
Fang Yuan gazed at it calmly, as if this outcome was only natural for him.
But then—his expression suddenly shifted.
"...So weird! Why is the A.I. Chip also absorbing the three-qi with me?!"
It almost felt like it was undergoing some kind of half-immortal ascension itself...
"That's... weird. But I guess it's just the A.I. Chip's way of getting stronger or something."
Fang Yuan shook his head, pushing the thought aside.
At that very moment—
Fang Yuan had officially become a Gu Immortal.
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(A/N: So, which of the Five Regions do you think he ascended in?)
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