Chapter 1152

A duck land spirit, formed after Liu Qing Yu’s death, calls to Fang Yuan inside the blessed land. Its cries reach him as words. Hei Fan’s own heavenly spirit, a brass bell, lost its intelligence when his aperture absorbed a fragment of immemorial azure heaven and heaven’s will entered. He shows it flying sword Immortal Gu, carrying the crucial information path clue, what Liu Qing Yu’s dying obsession sought instead of revenge. Satisfied, the duck grows very fond of him, and Fang Yuan becomes the blessed land’s owner. ^{ch. 1152}

The land proves desolate. Ying Wu Xie had already stripped his cultivation resources after Liu Qing Yu joined Shadow Sect. He left the two Immortal Gu to preserve Liu Qing Yu’s battle strength for slave work, while the stripped resources left him dependent on Shadow Sect. His mortal and immortal Gu worms were already destroyed. ^{ch. 1152}

The duck cannot teleport, so it leads him to Five Light Mountain. It is a rainbow mountain, a light path resource Liu Qing Yu had developed heavily. Ying Wu Xie, having sold his pulling mountain Immortal Gu to Fang Yuan earlier, had no way to move it and left it behind. Fang Yuan uses his own pulling mountain Immortal Gu to move it into Mini Southern Border. It outmatches every mountain from Hei Fan grotto-heaven, becoming the biggest there and pushing Immortal Succession Mountain into second place. ^{ch. 1152}

Without it, his losses here would have been severe. Only the loot after victory holds value to him, so despite winning, Fang Yuan still counts this battle against Liu Qing Yu a net loss. The blessed land is light path and rank seven, and his own attainment, only ordinary, cannot annex it. ^{ch. 1152}

Fang Yuan questions the duck at length. He learns much about Ying Wu Xie’s trap and gains some information on the information path true inheritance. He leaves it mortal Gu and Liu Qing Yu’s remaining rank seven red date immortal essence. He orders it never to open the entrance without his permission, and to signal him through treasure yellow heaven if attacked. He judges the hidden, sealed land should escape notice, though heaven’s will would have many ways to deal with it, and its value is too small to matter either way. ^{ch. 1152}

With no time to raise his light path attainment, Fang Yuan hesitates over pursuing Ying Wu Xie. His cultivation remains far from rank seven. The land spirit’s intel sharpens his picture of the enemy: Shi Nu is a rank seven rockman cultivating earth path, Hei Lou Lan now cultivates strength and fire path, and Tai Bai Yun Sheng, having lost his time path Immortal Gu, now wields cloud path. ^{ch. 1152}

Ying Wu Xie still uses a strength path immortal zombie body and soul path Immortal Gu, the lowest cultivation of the four but likely the highest or second highest battle strength. With the immemorial upper extreme heavenly eagle, he would pursue at once. It is only an egg, so the outcome is hard to predict. ^{ch. 1152}

Their growth truly outpaced expectations, and his own shocked them just the same. Shadow Sect, though in shambles, remains a truly huge threat, since sovereign immortal fetus Gu leaves the two sides an unresolvable conflict. Ying Wu Xie avoids fighting now to save his main body first, a decision Fang Yuan judges wise. He knows that once Ying Wu Xie saves that main body, one of the ten venerables despite dying once, he will no longer be his match. ^{ch. 1152}

One point still holds him back: wisdom Gu, not lost but held in Lang Ya blessed land. He has regained his own strength path immortal zombie body, but fears a trap inside it targeting his soul. Testing it with a borrowed soul would be unreliable and risks revealing secrets to Lang Ya land spirit. This problem of wisdom Gu is the greatest restriction on his development. It is why he planned the Eastern Sea trip: the information path inheritance is only secondary, since Ying Wu Xie is his true goal. If he succeeds he might check with Ying Wu Xie whether that immortal zombie body holds a trap. ^{ch. 1152}