Chapter 1243

Inside Luck Suppression Heavenly Palace, Giant Sun Immortal Venerable appears before Yao Huang, who kneels in tears while South Desolation Immortal pays his own respects. Giant Sun tells him to stand. His main body already died, he says; only a corpse holding his remnant will sits before them now. Yao Huang raises his head and inspects the seated ancestor, and only then sees that Giant Sun is not alive but an immortal zombie. Since Red Lotus Demon Venerable damaged fate Gu, Gu Immortals short on lifespan increasingly become immortal zombies. Yao Huang remains excited, urging Giant Sun to reveal himself and reunite the Huang Jin tribes. Giant Sun refuses, saying he never surpassed rank nine, would only be a laughingstock, and that his body holds only one attack left, which will fizzle if he moves even slightly. ^{ch. 1243}

Yao Huang answers that even one attack from him would shake heaven and earth. Giant Sun laughs, then reveals he set Luck Suppression Heavenly Palace here to defend Northern Plains, but stayed as a corpse to return a favor he never names. He tells them Central Continent has invaded and he cannot fight, so it depends on the two of them. Yao Huang vows to defend at all costs, even at the price of his life. Giant Sun looks at him, shuts his eyes, and returns to an inactive, statue-like state. ^{ch. 1243}

South Desolation Immortal leads Yao Huang back to a further hall and explains that Giant Sun created this rank eight Immortal Gu House with the heaven and earth luck true inheritance, and that it has suppressed the area for three hundred thousand years. Every life form has its own luck, South Desolation Immortal says, and so do rocks and rivers, while heaven and earth themselves hold heaven luck and earth luck, which that inheritance deciphers, uses, and changes. Even double the three rank eight Gu Immortals and their three Immortal Gu Houses would be goners once they came here, he says. He did not call Yao Huang here to risk his life. Yao Huang alone holds rank eight among the Huang Jin outside Longevity Heaven. South Desolation Immortal has little lifespan left, lifespan Gu no longer works on him, and he wants Yao Huang to watch him wield the palace against the Central Continent Gu Immortals; after he dies, Yao Huang inherits his position as South Desolation. ^{ch. 1243}

At Wind Sweeping Building’s top floor, Shi Zheng Yi weeps over his father, the rank seven expert Shi Ge, permanently blinded when black lanterns struck while he watched the wolf group through an investigative killer move. Shi Ge stays calm, saying he has many other methods left and can still fight blind, and tells his son not to cry. Shi Zheng Yi nods, saying he understands. Zhao Lian Yun, shaken, vows to rescue Ma Hong Yun regardless of the danger, then checks on Yu Yi Ye Zi, who has sat with his eyes shut since seeing the black lanterns, running an immortal killer move to heal himself. A solemn silence settles over the Houses as soul howls sound outside; Bu Zhen Zi says a soul beast army has them encircled, and Zhao Lian Yun looks out to see countless nether ant Gu surrounding them like waves of black river currents. ^{ch. 1243}