Chapter 1234

At Spirit Affinity House in Central Continent, Zhao Lian Yun uses the immortal killer move meteor rain inside a training Gu formation, battering a desolate beast tortoise until a voice calls her proficient and sets her defensive drill. The tortoise then breaks apart into tens of thousands of attacking crows. A thin layer of silver light from her defensive Immortal Gu holds them off, but her immortal essence drains fast, so she activates the defensive immortal killer move Life Locking Silver Chain on her first try. Six silver chains fly from that shield, kill every crow within ten li, and close into a cylinder that keeps her safe, attacking and defending at once. The Gu Immortal running the formation judges her battle talent strong after so little practice, recalling that relic Gu had raised her to rank five peak stage before Heavenly Court gave her a phantom aperture, Immortal Gu and immortal essence. Her moves were chosen for being powerful, easy to control, using few Gu worms and simple to activate. She is told the formation runs a day outside to a year within, and asks for real combat training, anxious about how little time she has before Northern Plains needs her. ^{ch. 1234}

In Heavenly Court, Fairy Zi Wei tells Duke Long that such rushed training cannot ready Zhao Lian Yun for real battle. Duke Long, still old and weak after half a kilogram of true dragon heavenly water barely saved his life, answers that he is not counting on her but on love Gu. Love Gu is unique even among rank nine Immortal Gu, since it carries many effects instead of one and can resist fate and luck. He reveals that Red Lotus Demon Venerable was never truly an otherworldly demon and could only damage fate Immortal Gu because love Gu had accepted him. He adds that the Yi Tian Mountain battle destroyed Zombie Alliance entirely, left Shadow Sect with only a handful of members, and trapped Spectral Soul inside the giant dream realm. So many fate escapees are destroyed that repairing fate Gu has grown far easier. Since Duke Long woke he has already given Fairy Zi Wei the legendary Star Constellation Chessboard, the number one wisdom path Immortal Gu House, built by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, lifting her deduction ability to a terrifying level. ^{ch. 1234}

Duke Long explains that even a fully repaired fate Immortal Gu cannot restore Heavenly Court’s old glory alone, since luck path has existed ever since Giant Sun Immortal Venerable. Fate is certain and luck is not, so ruling completely also requires controlling luck. This is why he ordered elite Gu Immortals from all ten great ancient sects to Northern Plains, to seize the rank eight Fortune Rivalling Heaven Immortal Gu, apex of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable’s living beings’ luck stage. It continuously draws the luck of everyone nearby onto Ma Hong Yun, explaining why Xue Hu and Lady Wan Shou keep failing to refine a rank eight Gu near him. Given enough time it could gather supreme luck to rival heaven and earth, quasi rank nine power despite its rank eight standing. ^{ch. 1234}

Obtaining it now would grant Heavenly Court accumulation equal to half of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable’s life of cultivation. Duke Long says controlling every luck path Immortal Gu alongside a repaired fate Gu could let Heavenly Court refine the legendary rank ten Immortal Gu, Destiny, and rule the universe as heaven itself. His voice stays soft, but his eyes shine with fervor by the end. Fairy Zi Wei is stunned, asking whether a rank ten realm truly exists above rank nine. ^{ch. 1234}