Chapter 1292

Shadow Sect’s letter arrives seeking cooperation, since Reverse Flow River has lifted Fang Yuan to the level of the strongest under rank eight, matching Feng Jiu Ge. Chu Du writes very politely, apologizing for expelling him since Chu Sect is now the righteous Chu tribe. The Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics invite him to make Crazed Demon Cave his home. Longevity Heaven instead posts warrants against him for killing Ma Hong Yun. Liu tribe and Ye Lui tribe recall the men hunting him, now afraid he will take revenge. ^{ch. 1292}

Shadow Sect’s rank eight, Purple Mountain True Monarch, carries the major weakness of turning insane at times, which Fang Yuan learned fighting him at Reverse Flow River. Without refining Perseverance Gu and creating Reverse Flow Protection Seal, Fang Yuan judges he would likely have lost that battle and fallen into Ying Wu Xie’s trap. He reasons that any second attempt at Sovereign Immortal Fetus Gu would spend him the way Old Ancestor Xue Hu spent Ma Hong Yun on Fortune Rivalling Heaven. Capture would be worse than death. ^{ch. 1292}

Sixth Hair speaks the truth and gives legitimate reasons. Cooperation could settle the soul path trap in his immortal zombie body and the secret of his sovereign immortal body, but he will not trust them. Spectral Soul is a great grandmaster in every path, and Zombie Alliance and Defy in Central Continent have both used very powerful information path methods. He neither accepts nor rejects, instead writing back to demand Attitude Gu as a test of their sincerity. ^{ch. 1292}

Attitude Gu is not his, borrowed from Hei Lou Lan under a return deadline now close, after which her will bars his use of it. Its help has been huge, and without it Familiar Face becomes unusable. Redesigning the move without Attitude Gu’s rank eight core would weaken it severely, and his chance of exposure as Wu Yi Hai would be huge. He strengthens Dark Limit’s effect and sets off toward the southwest. ^{ch. 1292}

In Central Continent, Fairy Zi Wei burns seven killer moves without locating their Gu Immortals. The first batch that attacked Northern Plains has gone missing in black heaven, leaving the reinforcements Central Continent wants to send nowhere to go. Duke Long, still very weak, asks about Liu Guan Yi. She answers that he seems to have defensive methods against wisdom path deduction, though not strong ones, and that they know too little to expose him. Duke Long orders her to keep deducing both and asks to be sent to Hidden Dragon Cave himself. ^{ch. 1292}

In Eastern Sea, protecting his secret forces Fang Yuan to keep grounding his aperture. Liu Guan Yi is famous across all five regions, and Dark Limit’s power drains from his body at a rapid rate. His sovereign immortal body can draw heaven and earth qi from every region, unlike an ordinary Gu Immortal. An ordinary Gu Immortal can absorb only its own region’s qi, and forcing it elsewhere shakes the aperture and destroys many resources. Each draw now stirs a huge commotion, grown heavier still since he took Reverse Flow River. ^{ch. 1292}