Chapter 1228

Bai Ning Bing knows a land or heavenly spirit forms from a Gu Immortal’s own obsession fused with an immortal aperture’s heavenly power. That obsession leaves it requiring ownership acknowledgement and unable to lie, though it can still be wrong if it believes false information true. Bai Xiang heavenly spirit’s claim strikes him as unbelievable all the same. Every Gu Immortal across the eras ranks Bo Qing second only to the rank nine Gu Venerables. Bai Ning Bing reasons that if Duke Long stood at Bo Qing’s level, the records could not simply have left him out, and he remains full of doubt. ^{ch. 1228}

Bai Xiang heavenly spirit does not answer, and repeats that only the humans alike dragons method, using the Gu Immortal himself as material, can save him, though its chance of success runs low since such material varies by person. His chance would be greater with the Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance Physique. But he carries the opposite, the Northern Dark Ice Soul Physique. The chance of surviving is extremely minute, and every dao mark in his body would be affected, so his ice and snow path dao marks might vanish completely. ^{ch. 1228}

Bai Ning Bing’s eyes shine at that, since losing those dao marks would also strip away the transformation path dao marks he took at Southern Border’s Qing Mao Mountain, along with Shadow Sect’s information path alliance agreement, his greatest restraint. He has never been one to submit to others, only one who lacked a way to break free. Without hesitating, he decides to use the method. ^{ch. 1228}

In Central Continent’s Heavenly Court, Fairy Zi Wei, who now temporarily leads Heavenly Court in place of Heaven Overseeing Tower Lord, learns that love Gu has acknowledged Zhao Lian Yun. She is not surprised, since love Gu once acknowledged the inkman Mo Yao and has never been reliable. Spirit Affinity House’s supreme elders cannot decide whether to name Zhao Lian Yun their fairy, so they pass the decision to her. The sect has struggled under immense pressure since Bo Qing, once its own member turned immortal zombie, rampaged with his sword lights across Central Continent during the battle of Yi Tian Mountain. Many Heavenly Court Gu Immortals do not forget the sects they came from, so descendants entering from those sects become their natural political allies. Fairy Zi Wei, once of Spirit Affinity House herself, feels no anger, and her bloodline ties her to Fairy Bai Qing, mother of Feng Jin Huang, Zhao Lian Yun’s rival for the position. To her it is a small matter. ^{ch. 1228}

While she considers her reply, tremors shake Heavenly Court, and a dragon shaped pillar of light soars from deep within the immortal graveyard. Granny Sha and Wei Ling Yang join her. Granny Sha, who had also woken from hibernation, recalls Heavenly Court peaceful and quiet at her own waking, in clear contrast to this. Wei Ling Yang calls the immortal graveyard unfathomable and says whoever caused such huge tremors must be very extraordinary. The three fly in and find a huge pit holding a withered, dying old man who asks weakly for water. Ordinary healing fails, and the three waters, rank nine materials Heavenly Court keeps in stock alongside the three fires, do nothing. Wei Ling Yang, whose own methods also fail, calls the senior’s body strange and warns his life force is dwindling so fast he will die in less than a few minutes. ^{ch. 1228}

The old man can barely breathe. Fairy Zi Wei points out two rock like protrusions on his forehead, and Granny Sha pours true dragon heavenly water, a rank eight material, into his mouth until his life force surges and he drinks on his own. After five hundred grams, past which the water no longer helps him, he pushes Granny Sha’s hands away and stands, no longer withered or skeletal. He says this is the last time he can awaken, and that he had no choice once he sensed the humans alike dragons method and smelled traces of fate. Fairy Zi Wei asks whether he is Duke Long, and he confirms that he is. ^{ch. 1228}