Chapter 1240

Reflecting on how easily he elevated qi luck sensation, Fang Yuan realizes what attainment level is worth: once it is sufficient, deducing a killer move stops being deduction and becomes instinct, extremely easy. Ordinary Gu Immortals struggle without it. Vicious Lightning Fiend, who came from Myriad Dragon Dock, spent years and its resources deducing lightning deity from a Blood Deity remnant recipe, his blood path attainment being only ordinary. Even Hei Fan, a time path great expert, left many killer moves unfinished at death. Fang Yuan concludes that attainment level is one’s understanding of the Great Dao: his master level luck attainment made choosing the move’s Gu need no testing, and his grandmaster level wisdom attainment let him fuse unravel mystery Immortal Gu into it perfectly. He wonders whether raising every attainment to grandmaster would let him build a killer move spanning all paths, and whether Spectral Soul reached that level to create sovereign immortal fetus Gu. ^{ch. 1240}

Fang Yuan looks toward where qi luck sensation had just placed Ying Wu Xie’s group in Southern Border. Despite deep killing intent, he decides to prepare before striking. His hatched upper extreme heavenly eagle carries only rank six battle strength, though Ying Wu Xie’s group wrongly believes he holds rank eight. Unsure whether Shadow Sect’s resources have since strengthened them, he prepares thoroughly, fusing myriad self and sword dragon transformation with dragon strength Immortal Gu and dragon scales Immortal Gu borrowed from Wu clan’s treasury. Pleased with Fang Yuan’s recent work under the Wu Yi Hai identity, Wu Yong lends the Gu at a lowered cost, and Fang Yuan pays heavily in Eastern Sea resources. ^{ch. 1240}

At Bai Xiang grotto-heaven, Hei Lou Lan, Shi Nu, Tai Bai Yun Sheng, and Ying Wu Xie hold four positions against Bai Ning Bing inside the super Gu formation. Ying Wu Xie leads the other three, and they hold under the strain. A half formed image of Bai Ning Bing charges Tai Bai Yun Sheng as the weakest of the four, and he retreats, having nearly died to her attacks already. Ying Wu Xie orders Shi Nu to trade places with Tai Bai Yun Sheng, and Shi Nu takes her attack while Tai Bai Yun Sheng heals him with cloud path Immortal Gu. Ying Wu Xie warns that Bai Ning Bing keeps growing stronger as she masters more of Bai Xiang’s ice and snow path Immortal Gu, cursing that the heavenly spirit had the humans alike dragons method despite Duke Long supposedly eliminating it. Ying Wu Xie adds that he sensed his own luck stir earlier, proof Fang Yuan’s detection now reaches even inside an immortal aperture. ^{ch. 1240}

Ying Wu Xie is under huge pressure, trapped with no way out: on his information Fang Yuan could appear any moment and Bai Xiang grotto-heaven could not stop the upper extreme heavenly eagle. He calls on Bai Ning Bing to stop, warning that fighting only harms them both. He offers that as a dragonman she now qualifies to inherit the Immortal Gu House Dragon Palace, built by the extremely powerful ancient dragonmen and hidden in Eastern Sea since their extinction. Only someone who became a dragonman through the humans alike dragons method can inherit it, and Shadow Sect roughly knows its location, so he promises the palace to her for working with them. Bai Ning Bing gives no answer, and the formation keeps attacking. ^{ch. 1240}

Ying Wu Xie warns a great enemy is coming, having already used luck path methods to find their location. Bai Ning Bing sneers that she would welcome him, meaning to cooperate with him even at the cost of this grotto-heaven. Pressed on why, she snaps that it is her own business and that the four of them should simply die here. Ying Wu Xie then guesses she wants the rotation Gu in Fang Yuan’s hands, needed to solve the root of her change, and claims he holds the Gu worm she needs. Bai Ning Bing is startled. For the first time, the formation’s attack shows signs of slowing. ^{ch. 1240}