Chapter 1384

Duke Long, who led the Central Continent immortals and came out of the dream realm battle its biggest winner, returns to Central Continent aboard the extremely fast Heaven Overseeing Tower, crossing two regions in white heaven. The ten great ancient sects’ immortals leave on their own. Duke Long and Fairy Zi Wei return to Heavenly Court, where she had already used a Gu formation, on his order, to screen him from possession by Spectral Soul. The screening appears to have held, but Duke Long walks out ashen faced, his brows deeply knotted, his soul trembling with every step. He says Spectral Soul Demon Venerable’s soul path attainment remains unrivaled even in death, and that Heavenly Court’s immortal graveyard will thoroughly suppress him. He tells Fairy Zi Wei to keep leading Heavenly Court and to do her utmost to completely eliminate Fang Yuan and the rest. ^{ch. 1384}

Fairy Zi Wei reports she has already had Wu Yong use Southern Border’s Gu Immortals to separate Shadow Sect’s members and has sent him their location, expecting success within days. Fang Yuan’s defenses had been too good and left her short of crucial clues, but her position is different now. Duke Long orders Fang Yuan killed as a complete otherworldly demon and the only natural enemy of fate Gu, who already holds Giant Sun’s true inheritance and will also gain Red Lotus’. The great era is coming, so Heavenly Court must clear away Fang Yuan, Giant Sun and Red Lotus to receive its fourth Immortal Venerable, Great Dream Immortal Venerable, and Fairy Zi Wei confirms that the person he arranged is now in Southern Border. Duke Long then leaves without elaborating. Fairy Zi Wei watches him go, vowing Heavenly Court will be strongest for eternity. ^{ch. 1384}

Elsewhere in Southern Border, Chi Qu You’s Gu formation scatters the Omni-directional Travel group, and Chai clan’s rank seven expert Chai Po Jun intercepts Bai Ning Bing on her way to Fang Yuan’s gathering point, sparking an intense battle in a valley. They fight for dozens of rounds across hundreds of li without a victor. Chai Po Jun inwardly calls her worthy of the Northern Dark Ice Soul Physique, a rank six with rank seven battle strength. Bai Ning Bing reads Neutralize Wood Body on Chai Po Jun’s skin as his own creation, a body that sharply cuts an immortal killer move of insufficient power down to mortal killer move level. It directly destroys and disregards Bai Ning Bing’s cold eyes, the move that once struck Fang Yuan, though Bai Xiang’s true inheritance holds more than that one move, so Chai Po Jun still takes quite a few injuries. ^{ch. 1384}

Chai Po Jun says he has long been famous in Southern Border as a rank seven fire path expert. Even so, he admits he is struggling against a rank six opponent. He says her Northern Dark Ice Soul Physique and Bai Xiang’s true inheritance really make people envious, and that the righteous path would have had a place for her, but her fall to the demonic path can only end in death. A second rank seven expert descends on lightning, one of those Wu Yong dispatched against the scattered Shadow Sect members, and tells him that holding her a while longer will bring an expert in battlefield killer moves. Chai Po Jun has drawn the exchange out on purpose, having realized he cannot beat her, let alone kill her, and needing the reinforcement. When Bai Ning Bing answers by gathering a killer move whose aura alone shakes both rank seven experts, Chai Po Jun realizes he has been baited into waiting as much as she has. ^{ch. 1384}

Meanwhile, Hei Lou Lan follows Fang Yuan’s instructions to take refuge about a hundred li ahead, and luck puts the eerie fire tunnel near her, a concealment formation the late Purple Mountain True Monarch built to block wisdom path deduction. Within five li of it, she suddenly stops: a Gu formation has already sprung around her, and her vision changes to a barren desert where nothing grows. Trapped in an immortal formation is worse than facing an enemy she could flee. Hei Lou Lan suspects Fang Yuan sacrificed her, luring the enemy to her position so he could gain time to escape. ^{ch. 1384}