Chapter 1053

Fang Yuan descends onto the northern icy plain, sighing at his return. Harsh wind and blizzard badly hinder his vision. The cold forces him to burn through many Gu worms just to stay warm. This is the northernmost end of Northern Plains, once grassland before a devastating battle between experts destroyed it. Its victor, Reckless Savage Demon Venerable, then took the form of an immemorial desolate beast ice phoenix and breathed absolute profound ice over the waste, freezing it whole again. ^{ch. 1053}

The icy plain carries Reckless Savage’s true meaning in strength path and transformation path. A Gu Master of those paths who destroys the earthly calamity of an ascension here receives that true meaning as an infusion, equal to Reckless Savage’s own guidance. Hei Lou Lan chose this place for that reason during her own ascension. Memories of it flash through Fang Yuan’s mind. Matters have changed since: Fairy Li Shan, once the strongest among them, is dead, and Hei Lou Lan and Tai Bai Yun Sheng have likely been forced to betray him. ^{ch. 1053}

Ordinarily, a strength or transformation path Gu Master can receive Reckless Savage’s infusion only once, at ascension. Fang Yuan hopes his killer move, immortal tribulation tempering aperture, can draw the infusion again. He has never tried this before. He is not certain, though talking with Lang Ya land spirit showed him the chance of success is high. Even Hei Lou Lan, with her Great Strength True Martial Physique, faced huge danger here and barely passed at the cost of her Immortal Gu. Fang Yuan expects his own calamity to be far worse, and feels immense pressure. ^{ch. 1053}

Gu Immortals can delay a calamity by slowing their aperture’s own time, though this sharply reduces the resources it produces. Fang Yuan’s own tributary is oversized, forcing tribulation every two months outside. He resolves to find time path methods once this calamity is past and modify his own tributary. ^{ch. 1053}

Fang Yuan lets his immortal aperture fall around him, drawing his own body inside it, free to move but unable to leave. The aperture connects outward to draw in heaven and earth qi. His body vanishes from where he stood. Opening the aperture’s entrance changes everything: the surroundings rumble as endless qi rushes in, converting the blizzard itself into pure qi. Its River of Time tributary fuses with the one outside, and its internal time slows greatly. ^{ch. 1053}

A sensation tells Fang Yuan the calamity is coming. He stays calm, sending many Gu worms out through the entrance to set up arrangements outside. Once they finish, he injects his immortal essence and activates them, their lights weaving into a huge blue image that engulfs the aperture and spreads across the icy plain: immortal killer move, Immortal Tribulation Tempering Aperture. It consumes over ten thousand units of immortal essence and, after fifteen minutes, sixty percent of his total supply, far more than Lang Ya land spirit’s own estimate. ^{ch. 1053}

Before the tribulation even begins, Fang Yuan has already spent more than half his immortal essence on the killer move. He has obtained a large stock of immortal essence stones from Lang Ya land spirit and even borrowed Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus. More can be called for at short notice, and in this tribulation the blessed land is his greatest backer. But borrowing now would raise suspicion. He has enough moving perspective cup Gu prepared to move things in and out during the tribulation. An hour later the calamity descends, the aperture’s qi clashing into a blizzard that turns the whole space into an icy world, and snow monsters form inside it one after another. ^{ch. 1053}

Fang Yuan strikes one with flying sword Immortal Gu, piercing its head, but the wound heals on its own and the monster keeps charging. Snow monsters are hard to kill unless their core is destroyed. Fang Yuan instead casts a new sword path killer move, Sword Marks Targeting Death. The snow monster runs a few more steps before its core is destroyed, its body collapsing into a pile of snow. ^{ch. 1053}