Chapter 1327

Wu An reports rumors that Chi clan Gu Immortal Chi Shang is coming to inspect the super Gu formation, and Fang Yuan reads it as Chi Shang, the chief pursuer of Qiao Si Liu, looking for trouble with him as her other suitor. Fang Yuan decides he can accept a drop in reputation but not exposure of his secrets, since Chi clan’s first supreme elder built the super Gu formation and Chi clan is absolutely the number one Southern Border force in formation path. Chi Shang arrives sooner than everyone expects and a welcome banquet is held, where rumor holds that Wu Yi Hai has grown very close with Qiao Si Liu recently, making Chi Shang’s purpose there self-evident. Fang Yuan skips the banquet to keep exploring the dream realm inside the formation. ^{ch. 1327}

At the banquet, Ba De praises the absent Wu Yi Hai to Chi Shang, who answers that he will meet him later while inspecting the Gu formation, showing more initiative than Fang Yuan is showing by hiding away. Wu An and Wu Liao endure a very uncomfortable evening, cast aside and mocked by the other clans, and report it to Fang Yuan afterward. Fang Yuan orders a return banquet for the next day and invites Chi Shang. Chi Shang refuses the invitation, citing official business, a snub the chapter marks as slightly overboard for insulting Wu clan. Wu An and Wu Liao are angered but Fang Yuan stays calm and tells them to wait. ^{ch. 1327}

Alone afterward, Fang Yuan keeps exploring the dream realm and advances his formation path attainment from master to quasi-grandmaster, though he judges himself still short of truly reaching grandmaster level. He resolves to hold back on the exploration, wary that exposing his ability to explore dream realms would create an extremely huge impact across all five regions. He turns instead to the coiling thread caves meant to expand regretful spider production, the sovereign immortal aperture’s second large scale resource expansion, for which he has already gathered the needed dark soft silk and regret water rock. His new attainment lets him see a way to add perseverance Immortal Gu. This alone could multiply the caves’ output eightfold. Deducing the formation, he hits a part beyond him and concludes only a true grandmaster, meaning Chi Shang, can solve it. ^{ch. 1327}

Chi Shang deliberately delays his formation inspection to make Wu clan lose face, since his hostility is aimed at Wu Yi Hai as a rival for Qiao Si Liu rather than at Wu clan itself. Fang Yuan’s letter of challenge then reaches him. It credits Fairy Si Liu with praising Chi Shang’s formation path genius, has Wu Yi Hai reject that praise, and poses a formation path problem whose result will go back to her. Chi Shang completely loses his composure, reading it as an attempt to use his own specialty against him rather than Wu Yi Hai’s transformation path. He vows he will definitely report Wu Yi Hai’s loss to Fairy Si Liu and prove his own strength. ^{ch. 1327}