In a corner of the Treasure Yellow Heaven, two wills quietly converged, engaging in a transaction.
The owner of one of these wills was Star Luo Little Immortal. A message arrived from her Star Luo Will within the Treasure Yellow Heaven, announcing that a business Opportunity had come knocking.
This newly ascended Gu Immortal was currently penniless and destitute, unable to produce even half an immortal essence stone.
In such dire straits, a transaction had actually sought her out. This was her first interaction with a Gu Immortal since her ascension—even though the other party was just a Earth Spirit, it was enough to stir Star Luo Little Immortal's emotions.
This Earth Spirit was none other than Little Fox Immortal.
Suppressing the excitement in her heart, Star Luo Little Immortal withdrew her Star Luo Will and personally conducted the transaction with the White Fox Will. Her cheeks flushed crimson, her heart pounded like a drum, her fingertips trembled slightly, and her voice carried a barely perceptible quiver as she spoke:
"Senior White Fox, may I ask what you wish to purchase?"
The White Fox Will's response was calm and casual: "I've accumulated quite a few immortal essence stones lately and wish to find a few novel Killer Moves to play with."
Upon hearing this, Star Luo Little Immortal was momentarily stunned. She had just undergone tribulation and ascended to immortality, not only penniless without half an immortal essence stone, but also severely weakened, her Origin Qi greatly depleted from the Immortal Ascension Tribulation.
Hearing the words "too many immortal essence stones," her eyes immediately revealed a look of envy. After a brief moment of thought, she began to describe a Killer Move in detail to the White Fox Will.
Meanwhile, in the Soul-Shaking Palace of Fox Immortal Blessed Land, Little Fox Immortal suddenly raised her voice in excitement:
"Master, Master! The little fish has taken the bait! It's exactly the Ice Drill Stardust Killer Move you wanted!"
Upon receiving the news, Yuan Fang hurried over, connected to the Treasure Yellow Heaven, replaced the White Fox Will, and directly transmitted his voice to Star Luo Little Immortal: "Junior, the number of Gu worms required for this Killer Move of yours is far too many."
Hearing this, Star Luo Little Immortal's heart instantly sank, and she nearly burst into tears on the spot—she never imagined that her first transaction after ascending would fall through.
But Yuan Fang's next words instantly made her heart bloom with joy.
Yuan Fang's voice came through, sounding nonchalant:
"However, this Daoist Master is in a good mood today, so I'll help out a junior like you who just ascended. How about this: give me another novel Killer Move, and I'll sell you half an immortal essence stone. What do you say?"
Star Luo Little Immortal's heartbeat immediately quickened like a drum, and she secretly rejoiced wildly: "With this half an immortal essence stone, I can buy the Shiver Tree!"
The Shiver Tree was originally a rare Gu material, and the soil and water of her immortal aperture Blessed Land happened to be suitable for planting it. She had already planned it out: she would plant Shiver Trees covering the mountains and plains, then hang them for sale in the Treasure Yellow Heaven;
With the immortal essence stones earned, she would expand the planting and sell again, repeating this cycle endlessly...
Thinking of this "Shiver Tree Fortune Dream," Star Luo Little Immortal seemed to already see her future self getting rich from this, surpassing the Shiver Tree vendors like Zhang San and Li Si, and ultimately reaching the pinnacle as the richest person in the Gu World.
(immortal gu: Six Hundred and Sixty-Six)
(Fang Yuan: Where is my Bubble Fish?)
(Bubble Fish:???)
(Shiver Tree: 6)
In the end, Star Luo Little Immortal successfully exchanged for half an immortal essence stone, feeling overjoyed. But just then, Yuan Fang's will transmitted again, carrying a hint of inquiry:
"Junior, you're a Star Path Gu Immortal, right? I happen to need some stardust grass. Do you have any?"
Star Luo Little Immortal, inexperienced in the ways of the world, couldn't fathom Yuan Fang's intentions at all. She immediately took out a Gu material from her immortal aperture and offered it to his will, her tone tinged with excitement:
"Senior, look, is this stardust grass? I have quite a bit more here! Look at the quality... how many immortal essence stones are you willing to offer?"
Yuan Fang's will remained unperturbed. What Star Luo Little Immortal produced was indeed stardust grass, but this junior was completely unaware of the true value of this grass, her mind and eyes still full of Shiver Trees. Yuan Fang feigned indifference, his tone laced with a touch of disdain:
"The ornamental value of this stardust grass is quite good. How much do you have? I'll offer half an immortal essence stone, just to help out a junior like you who just ascended."
Upon hearing this, Star Luo Little Immortal was so excited she nearly disrupted the frequency of her will, thinking she could gather enough money today to buy the Shiver Tree Gu material.
She immediately agreed without hesitation, selling all her stardust grass. She had no idea that this stardust grass was actually worth two immortal essence stones, and she had been thoroughly swindled.
With the transaction settled, Yuan Fang collected the stardust grass and began deducing the Killer Move within Fox Immortal Blessed Land. After a month, he finally succeeded in completely deducing that Mortal Path Killer Move—Ice Drill Stardust.
And that stardust grass was naturally used by him for the star gate gu.
As for Star Luo Little Immortal, after obtaining half an immortal essence stone, she was overjoyed and immediately sought out the Shiver Tree vendor Li Si. To her surprise, Li Si informed her that the price of Shiver Tree Gu material had increased by half an immortal essence stone.
In the end, Star Luo Little Immortal still couldn't buy the Shiver Tree, her joy turning to naught.
Meanwhile, after deducing the Ice Drill Stardust Killer Move, Yuan Fang contacted Myriad Appearances Star Monarch in the Treasure Yellow Heaven and purchased over a thousand Star Glow Gu.
Subsequently, he spent five immortal essence stones to ask Lang Ya Earth Spirit to help him deduce the recipe for the Star Glow Gu.
Lang Ya Earth Spirit was originally the obsession left behind after the passing of Long Mao Ancestor, possessing Refinement Path attainments that were difficult for others to match.
Lang Ya Earth Spirit deduced the Gu recipe extremely quickly. In just a few days, the complete Star Glow Gu recipe was delivered into Yuan Fang's hands.
With this Gu recipe, Yuan Fang could now refine Star Glow Gu.
Through his connection with Lang Ya Earth Spirit, Yuan Fang also got in touch with Inkman King Mo Tan Sang. The two parties formed an Information Path alliance, initiating long-term trade of ancient glory light.
Yuan Fang also learned from Mo Tan Sang that Inkman City was preparing to add a new Gu Immortal. This Gu Immortal cultivated the Light Path and was currently troubled by the lack of sufficient ancient glory light.
Yuan Fang happened to take advantage of his dealings with Mo Tan Sang to purchase several Qi Path Killer Moves, preparing them for use when undergoing the Immortal Ascension Tribulation.
Speaking of which, the original work said the Strength Path was declining and the Qi Path was backward, but these two Paths might not truly be weak.
Take the Qi Path, for example. How Heaven-Defying was it during the Fate War? Whether in the hands of Dragon Duke or Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable, it could unleash earth-shattering power.
If you say Qi Path Killer Moves are weak, go tell that to 'Three Qi Returns.'
On his end, Yuan Fang did not stop. He also went on a large-scale buying spree in the Treasure Yellow Heaven, acquiring Transformation Path Killer Moves, Gu worms, Gu materials, and even related Legacies.
After a thorough search, he obtained a Transformation Path Killer Move called "Four-Winged Heavenly Horse Transformation," which could transform a person into a Four-Winged Heavenly Horse, drastically increasing both speed and combat power.
Yuan Fang handed all these Transformation Path gains to Fang Zheng, even perfecting the complete Gu recipe for the transformation gu for him.
Once all these arrangements were in place, Yuan Fang took all the high-level combatants of the Gu Yue Clan and headed to the Northern Ice Plain—this place was precisely the location chosen for Fang Zheng to undergo his Immortal Ascension Tribulation.
Following Yuan Fang's guidance, Fang Zheng activated his Purple Gold True Essence and fiercely assaulted his own aperture. With a dull thud, the True Essence violently breached the aperture's barrier, successfully shattering the aperture.
This was the first threshold of Immortal Ascension, immediately followed by absorbing the Heaven and earth qi to forge the immortal aperture.
In an instant, the Heaven and earth qi from the surroundings surged like a torrent, madly drilling into Fang Zheng's shattered aperture.
However, the earth qi of the Northern Ice Plain was originally thin. Under such absorption, the Heaven and earth qi within Fang Zheng's immortal aperture became imbalanced, with Heaven Qi flourishing and earth qi waning.
Seeing this situation, Yuan Fang acted without hesitation. He activated the stingy gu to absorb the surrounding Heaven Qi, then took out earth qi gu, releasing dense earth qi.
Through this absorption and release, he forcibly restored the balance between the Heaven and earth qi.
As the Heaven and earth qi gradually balanced, Fang Zheng's immortal aperture Blessed Land began to take shape at the site of his original aperture. Yuan Fang's earth qi gu were all exhausted, but fortunately, the stingy gu still contained a considerable amount of earth qi, just enough for Fang Zheng's subsequent use.
And next came the critical moment for Fang Zheng to "Learn from Nature."
This was a unique Opportunity during the Immortal Ascension process. The Gu Immortal could ask the heavens and earth any difficult questions, and the heavens and earth would provide answers in the most fundamental way. All accumulated perplexities would be resolved in an instant.
Simply put, it directly provided the answers.
Fang Zheng seized this once-in-a-millennium Opportunity and began refining an immortal gu.
At that very moment, the sky over the Northern Ice Plain suddenly darkened. calamity clouds churned and gathered like ink.
A Desolate Beast Flying Bear tore through the clouds, charging forth with ferocious aura, its bear paw aimed directly at Fang Zheng's head.
Yuan Fang, quick-eyed and swift-handed, instantly threw himself in front of Fang Zheng, taking the blow head-on.
In the next instant, Yuan Fang's Eight-Armed Flying Zombie body had four of its arms snapped off. Green corpse blood splattered from the broken stumps, a terrifying sight. Seeing this, Fang Zheng's heart felt as if gripped tight, and he cried out involuntarily:
"Brother!"
Yuan Fang grunted without a word, enduring the intense pain. His four remaining monstrously large arms desperately shielded Fang Zheng as he turned and fled. Fang Zheng's nose stung, his eyes grew hot, and he pretended the cold wind had gotten in his eyes, discreetly wiping away the moisture at the corners.
The Desolate Beast Flying Bear would not let them go so easily. It opened its mouth and spat. In an instant, the starry river seemed to reverse its flow. Billions of strands of Star Power condensed into a pillar of light that smashed viciously onto the back of Yuan Fang's zombie body.
Yuan Fang staggered, violently coughing up several mouthfuls of green corpse blood, his aura instantly wilting. Seeing this, Fang Zheng immediately activated all his defense Gu, madly pouring True Essence into them, hoping only to block the Flying Bear's next attack for Yuan Fang.
The Flying Bear slowly raised its left paw, tilting its head back and letting out an ear-splitting roar. Sensing the aura emanating from its paw, Yuan Fang's pupils constricted sharply, and a storm of shock surged in his heart:
"This is... the aura of an immortal gu! How is that possible?!"
But he had no choice but to believe it. The Flying Bear suddenly swung its paw down. The palm wind carried a world-destroying, earth-shattering force, as if intending to grind the entire Northern Ice Plain into dust, possessing a terrifying destructive power reminiscent of "Mars colliding with Earth."
Just as Yuan Fang's zombie body was about to be crushed into dust by the Flying Bear's palm, a white blur suddenly shot forth from the edge of the ice plain.
AI Model: gemini-3.0-flash
It was a white bone war chariot, crashing into the Flying Bear with the force of breaking wind, then suddenly turning around, its tail whipping against the Flying Bear's chest like a steel lash, forcefully interrupting that earth-shattering fatal blow!
"Clan Leader! Grab my hand!"
The chariot window opened, and Feng Tianyu leaned out, reaching toward Yuan Fang. Yuan Fang immediately grabbed his wrist and, using the other's strength, pulled Fang Zheng into the chariot along with him while shielding him.
Previously, Feng Tianyu had specifically used Strength Path Gu worms to nurture his strength to enhance his combat power. If not for this, even ten of him wouldn't have been able to move Yuan Fang's Eight-Armed Flying Zombie body and the newly ascended Fang Zheng by half a step.
Seeing both had boarded, Qiu Jiu slapped the steering wheel and roared, "Sit tight, everyone! I'm going to speed!"
Before his voice faded, Qiu Jiu slammed the accelerator and spun the steering wheel in a wide circle. The white bone war chariot made another sharp turn, and a "Divine Dragon Tail Sweep" crashed into the Flying Bear's side again, sending the Desolate Beast stumbling back.
As the tail kicked up a cloud of ice dust, the chariot had already shot a hundred meters away using the recoil.
How could the Desolate Beast Flying Bear let them go? With a roar, it activated dozens of movement path Gu worms.
In an instant, its mountain-like body soared into the air like a phantom, its speed exploding to the extreme. In the blink of an eye, it flew a thousand meters, blocking the path of the white bone war chariot.
Boom—!
With a deafening roar, the white bone war chariot crashed violently into the Flying Bear. Hundreds of mortal Gu on the chariot shattered on the spot, dissipating into specks of light.
Qiu Jiu was anxious, hurriedly shifting gears to reverse while activating a Killer Move within the car to blast the Flying Bear. However, those Mortal Path Killer Moves hitting the Flying Bear were like scratching an itch, completely useless.
At this critical moment, a shout suddenly came from afar: "Mortal Path Killer Move—Giant Sword Technique!"
Before the voice faded, dozens of cold, glittering giant swords tore through the air from the edge of the Northern Ice Plain, raining down on the Desolate Beast Flying Bear.
It was the reinforcements from the bright moon still water tower arriving. However, the bright moon still water tower was inherently slow, so it had arrived late.
At the same time, two blood path clones darted out from the ice mist, locking down the Flying Bear's retreat from both sides.
Seeing the situation suddenly reverse, Fang Zheng couldn't help but smile—he had truly achieved Immortal Ascension. He looked at his immortal aperture with anticipation, his state of mind completely transformed.
But he still had important matters to discuss with Yuan Fang and immediately spoke:
"Brother, this Desolate Beast Flying Bear hides a rank six strength path immortal gu called 'flying bear strength gu'. Just now, during the process of learning from nature, I obtained an Immortal Path Killer Move that happens to require this immortal gu!"
Just as Yuan Fang was about to respond, the Desolate Beast Flying Bear launched a desperate final counterattack. Its massive body slammed into the white bone war chariot, causing the entire chariot to shake violently, and the cracks on the walls spread several more inches.
Qiu Jiu was both shocked and anxious, never expecting the Flying Bear to still have such power when it was at its limit. He immediately spun the steering wheel, and the chariot made a sharp turn, racing deep into the ice plains, with the Flying Bear chasing relentlessly behind, its roars echoing through the snowy plains.
Yuan Fang was initially worried—the speed of this Desolate Beast Flying Bear was truly terrifying, and he feared the chariot would eventually be caught. But he soon felt relieved because Qiu Jiu's driving skills were divine:
Several fatal lunges from the Flying Bear were avoided by the skinny, ugly old man with incredibly smooth maneuvers. The white bone war chariot was as agile as a slippery little loach in his hands, darting left and right on the ice plain, making it impossible for the Flying Bear to even touch the side of the car.
Such Heaven-Defying driving skills made even Fang Zheng praise him: "Old man, your driving skills are truly top-notch!"
Qiu Jiu chuckled but didn't answer, his hands never slowing down on the steering wheel.
Meanwhile, Yuan Fang had already completed his self-healing using the Six-Armed Heavenly Corpse King Killer Move. His four severed arms regrew at a visible rate, all wounds on his zombie body healed, and his aura returned to its Peak.
Just then, the sound of breaking air pierced Qiu Jiu's ears—the Desolate Beast Flying Bear had finally lost its patience and unleashed a long-charged palm strike!
With an earth-shaking roar, the bear's palm slammed squarely onto the white bone war chariot, causing it to cave in on the spot, nearly flattening it!
"Not good! The Clan Leader is in danger!" Qing Shu cried out in alarm, his heart in his throat.
"Master!" Little Fox Immortal's eyes widened, her whole body trembling, wishing she could rush out and fight the Flying Bear to the death.
But Yuan Fang did not die; even Qiu Jiu, Feng Tianyu, Fang Zheng, and the Clan Leader were unharmed. Yuan Fang suddenly activated a Strength Path Killer Move, merging over a hundred phantoms into himself, swinging his eight arms to forcefully block that heaven-shattering palm!
"Mortal Path Killer Move—Fist Wind Sword Qi!"
Yuan Fang gave a low shout, and surging Sword Qi erupted from his eight arms. That Sword Qi was like a comet striking the moon, a white rainbow piercing the sun, or a goshawk pouncing on a palace—sharp and peerless.
It instantly pierced through the Desolate Beast Flying Bear's massive palm, splattering blood all over the chariot.
This Fist Wind Sword Qi was a Qi Path Killer Move created by Yuan Fang, merging Strength Path and Sword Path. It possessed the fierce dominance of Strength Path and the sharp cunning of Sword Path.
The Sword Qi was clean and decisive, while the fist wind was strong and overbearing, only then possessing such world-shaking power.
Seeing the Desolate Beast Flying Bear injured, the Clan Leader's heart relaxed slightly, but he still dared not be careless. He immediately activated a Space Path Killer Move centered on the shape shifting gu:
"Mortal Path Killer Move—Ten Thousand Mile Rampage!"
The figures of Yuan Fang, Fang Zheng, and the other three suddenly vanished, swapping positions with a small pebble thousands of meters away.
When the five reappeared, they were standing firmly within the main tower of the bright moon still water tower.
Seeing Yuan Fang safe, joy immediately flooded Little Fox Immortal's face. She raised her voice and commanded, no longer holding back:
"Mortal Path Killer Move—Giant Sword Technique!"
In the next moment, the bright moon still water tower unleashed its full power. The Gu Masters inside did not hesitate to consume countless mortal Gu to unleash over a thousand giant swords that could cut through iron like butter, raining down upon the Desolate Beast Flying Bear.
The Gu Masters in the tower also used their respective abilities, with Killer Moves erupting one after another:
"Mortal Path Killer Move—Moonlight Treasure Blade!"
"Mortal Path Killer Move—white bone war chariot!"
"Mortal Path Killer Move—Ice Drill Stardust!"
"Mortal Path Killer Move—Five-Colored Flying Sword!"
One Killer Move after another wove into a net, and the Desolate Beast Flying Bear was instantly heavily wounded. The Gu Yue Clan's Rank Five Killer Moves were already numerous and powerful.
Combined with top-tier Killer Moves like "Giant Sword Technique," "Ice Drill Stardust," and "white bone war chariot," even a Desolate Beast Flying Bear with rank six combat power could not withstand such a dense offensive.
Within moments, the Flying Bear was covered in wounds, blood flowing down its fur and forming puddles on the ice plain.
Seeing the time was ripe, Yuan Fang gave a loud shout and held up the Rank Three Command Flag Gu. As the flag unfurled, the three armies swarmed out, and the two rank six combatants, 001 and 002, shot out like arrows from a bow, pouncing straight at the Desolate Beast Flying Bear.
After a brutal beating, the Desolate Beast Flying Bear completely lost its ability to resist and was captured alive by 001 and 002.
Yuan Fang then refined the Flying Bear into his third blood path clone, designated as 003.
The rank six strength path immortal gu "flying bear strength gu" within the Flying Bear's body also successfully fell into Fang Zheng's hands. Using the residual earth qi within the stingy gu, he finally refined his vital immortal gu—transformation gu.
This flying bear strength gu was originally Hei Lou Lan's Opportunity in the eighty-eight true yang building, but unexpectedly, before it could be captured by the True Yang Building, Fang Zheng took it first, becoming his second great gift after Immortal Ascension.
With flying bear strength gu and transformation gu as the Foundation, Fang Zheng paired them with over a hundred mortal Gu and spent several months of deduction to finally create a Transformation Path Immortal Rank Killer Move—"Desolate Beast Flying Bear Transformation".
Once this move was used, he could transform into the shape of a Desolate Beast Flying Bear, with his strength and defense soaring several times over, becoming a mid-level combatant among Rank Six Gu Immortals.
After this, Fang Zheng did not stop his deductions, creating the Immortal Path Killer Moves "Flying Bear Fist" and "Chaotic Bear Palm" in succession, and deriving Mortal Path Killer Moves like "Bear Palm Strike," "Bear Fur Armor," and "Bear Collision."
These five bear-related Killer Moves were all expanded from the Foundation of "Desolate Beast Flying Bear Transformation," complementing each other to form his unique combat system of Strength Path and Transformation Path.
Fang Zheng's immortal aperture blessed land also completely stabilized at this time, reaching the level of a high-grade blessed land—the time flow within the blessed land was five times faster than the outside world.
Inside this blessed land, as far as the eye could see, there were bare stone mountains, their walls cut smooth as if carved by a sharp blade.
The mountains hid a vast amount of Ore. Besides common minerals like copper and iron, they also contained many rare mortal materials.
In the caves between the rocks, many creatures of the darkness were born, such as Jade Eye Stone Monkeys; at the same time, mortal Gu like Serrated Gold Centipedes and Thousand-Mile Earth Wolf Spiders were nurtured.
Perhaps because Fang Zheng had once specialized in Moon Path, some Moon Path mortal materials naturally condensed in the sky of the blessed land.
This was Ancient Moon Fangzheng's immortal aperture blessed land—his own world, a self-contained heaven and earth within the immortal aperture.
The area of the blessed land was over eight million mu, even more vast than the Fox Immortal Blessed Land, showing the depth of his Foundation and his immense potential.
With two immortal gu and three Immortal Path Killer Moves to his name, Fang Zheng already had decent combat power.
Due to the infusion of Kuang Mans True Intent, Yuan Fang also became a flight Quasi-Grandmaster, Strength Path Quasi-Grandmaster, and Transformation Path Great Master. At the same time, he found the Rank Eight attitude gu in the Northern Ice Plain.
The next chapter will be written next weekend; I expect the next chapter will be the Horde Contest.