Chapter 1379

Heaven Overseeing Tower flies through white heaven, repaired after Heavenly Court plundered Southern Border’s super Gu formation in the giant dream realm battle. Only Duke Long and Fairy Zi Wei are at its top, and she worries as he sits cross-legged and ashen, still suppressing a small remnant soul of Spectral Soul that used the Door of Life and Death Duke Long meant for Heavenly Court. Duke Long says he has gained control and can suppress Spectral Soul easily once back at Heavenly Court. As a precaution against Spectral Soul devouring his soul and taking his place, he tells her to have him confined, sealed and thoroughly inspected the moment they return to Heavenly Court. Asked about Fang Yuan, Fairy Zi Wei reports that Yi clan’s Bay Pavilion unexpectedly met his group and failed to stop him, and that he grew suspicious enough to inspect himself, and truly found something suspicious. She stays confident. Her investigative killer move draws on Immortal Gu House Star Constellation Chessboard, the same method Star Constellation Immortal Venerable once used, so discovery alone cannot undo it. ^{ch. 1379}

In Southern Border, the eagle carries Fang Yuan’s group unimpeded toward Plunder Shadow Earth Trench, with no further sign of Bay Pavilion. The trench has served as Shadow Sect’s temporary headquarters since Purple Mountain True Monarch led its remnants there. The giant dream realm battle already exposed Fang Yuan’s Wu Yi Hai identity, and through a chain of coincidences he became Shadow Sect’s new leader, bringing its survivors here to reorganize. The eagle descends into the trench, dwarfed by its scale; the shadow monsters flee from the eagle’s immemorial aura without Fang Yuan needing to drive them off. They reach a cave holding a formation built from its dark path dao marks. Using only mortal Gu, it matches an immortal Gu formation in strength, and its best effect is blocking others’ deductions. With Purple Mountain True Monarch’s inheritance Fang Yuan takes control of it easily, though building such a formation needs great grandmaster attainment and his own formation path grandmaster attainment lets him read it only roughly. ^{ch. 1379}

As Shadow Sect’s new leader, Fang Yuan leaves the investigative killer move for later and summons the other Gu Immortals one by one. Lady White Rabbit is extremely obedient and answers whatever he asks, while Fairy Miao Yin is somewhat bolder, questioning him back with coquettish glances. To Hei Lou Lan, Fang Yuan raises the idea that a huge contribution might make him consider lifting the alliance agreement and giving her freedom back. Her situation is partly his doing, since his rebirth changed history. Before it she had killed Hei Cheng with Blazing Heaven Demoness helping, completed her revenge and sought control of Hei tribe, but after the battle of Yi Tian Mountain she lost her aunts and became his subordinate instead. Both Ying Wu Xie and Fang Yuan consider her a talent. ^{ch. 1379}

Bai Ning Bing confronts him next, saying he has made an enemy of Heavenly Court and that Southern Border’s righteous path will not let him go either. She took part in the giant dream realm battle too and stands in his camp now, so the righteous path will not let her off either. Fang Yuan answers that he will process Shadow Sect’s gains first and plan afterward. Losing the dream realm shortcut with Wu Yi Hai’s exposure, he still judges what he gained as Shadow Sect’s leader much greater than what he lost. ^{ch. 1379}