Chapter 1167

Outside Become Dragon Mound, a Chu Sect Gu Immortal warns Fang Yuan that little is known of the Bai Zu Gu Immortal holding it, since Bai Zu tribe’s immortals rarely leave Heavenly Lord Bai Zu’s grotto-heaven. Fang Yuan flies out before he finishes. He ignores the Chu Sect Gu Immortal’s frantic recall and his warning that the mound’s defenses could hold until Bai Zu reinforcements arrive. Calling out that Chu Sect is taking over Become Dragon Mound, he draws out a young Bai Zu Gu Immortal who appears in fury, denying he has ever heard of Chu Sect. Fang Yuan attacks before the Chu Sect Gu Immortal can even appear, a giant hand crushing the air with an incredible aura the Bai Zu Gu Immortal recognizes as rank seven battle strength. That immortal, only rank six himself, activates the mound’s defensive formation, but Fang Yuan’s hand crushes it in under five breaths and the Bai Zu Gu Immortal flees without engaging. Holding landscape as before Immortal Gu but unable to use it in front of others, Fang Yuan uses pulling mountain instead, pulling up the ruined mound and stuffing it whole into his immortal aperture. ^{ch. 1167}

The Chu Sect Gu Immortal, left incoherent, realizes Fang Yuan’s earlier boast was true and pays respect nervously, still suspecting his rank six aura hides a deliberately weakened senior. Fang Yuan judges retreat now is safest. Killing Bai Zu tribe’s few remaining Gu Immortals would truly enrage Heavenly Lord Bai Zu. Word of the raid reaches Heavenly Lord Bai Zu, who admits he underestimated Chu Du’s force of eight strength path Gu Immortals but refuses to retreat from Hei Fan grotto-heaven. Bai Zu tribe suffers a huge loss across its resource points, Become Dragon Mound worst of all, turned into a giant pit, while Chu Sect’s Gu Immortals struck fast and lost no members. ^{ch. 1167}

Reviewing the reports later, Fang Yuan judges the commotion exceeded the damage done, so Heavenly Lord Bai Zu can keep pressing the siege while Chu Du defends passively and Chu Sect holds the initiative attacking Bai Zu’s territories instead. He concludes Chu Du’s side is overall weaker, and Bai Zu tribe, newly formed but swollen with Hei tribe’s members, now exceeds Chu Sect in combined strength. Days later, worried for Chu Du, Chu Sect wants to attack again. Fang Yuan, invited along, refuses and tells them not to act rashly, and when Chu Sect ignores him Chu Du himself sends a letter restraining them, preserving Chu Sect’s foundation. ^{ch. 1167}

Become Dragon Mound’s deep foundations make it the second most valuable mountain in Mini Southern Border, overtaking Immortal Succession Mountain and standing behind only Five Light Mountain. In Mini Western Desert, self will Gu cleanses a swamp of lingering heaven’s will. In Mini Eastern Sea, a new blood lake holds the blood of desolate beasts and Gu Immortals, where blood asset Immortal Gu recovers from being overused in an earlier calamity. It heals only slowly, though blood path Immortal Gu recover more easily than others, which need riskier parallel refinement. Fang Yuan reflects that blood path suits him best, yet he holds only blood asset, and his long-held plan to refine Blood Deity remains what he truly needs. ^{ch. 1167}

Inside Lang Ya blessed land, White Hair, Yellow Hair and Black Hair Continent have warred for years. The shrinking black-haired army is pushed back despite fighting bravely. A toad’s croak booms out, and a huge tide sweeps the battlefield, inflicting huge losses on the allied white and yellow haired troops. The allied side falls into chaos, recognizing the attacker as the black hair rank five Gu Master, toad Gu Master Fang Zheng, while the black-haired Gu Masters feel saved. Fang Zheng, in a blue robe, rides the River Swallowing Toad’s tide into the battlefield and launches an extremely strong assault that scatters the allied army. ^{ch. 1167}