Chapter 1406

In Heavenly Court, Fairy Zi Wei watches the eagle’s escape through Star Constellation Chessboard, suspects luck path, and thinks of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, which Fang Yuan destroyed, wondering whether he obtained Giant Sun’s true inheritance. Her investigative killer move can only locate Fang Yuan and the others. It cannot show their current situation, so she checks the River of Time instead. There, Lord Huang Shi has led Feng Jiu Ge to a tributary large enough to leave through and offers to send him out with a killer move. ^{ch. 1406}

Before they act, fog reveals a huge silhouette that Lord Huang Shi excitedly identifies as a stone lotus island, legend holding it as the site of Red Lotus’ true inheritance. Red Lotus Demon Venerable is Heavenly Court’s enemy but also the absolute peak of time path whom nobody can match, and Lord Huang Shi, a time path specialist, feels an unparalleled allure toward the inheritance. He rushes toward the island at once. The fog retreats faster than he can close the distance, and both fog and island vanish, leaving him to return dejected while Fairy Zi Wei watches with disappointment. She wonders whether the island appeared because Fang Yuan destroyed a tributary, and whether entering it requires the key, Spring Autumn Cicada. ^{ch. 1406}

In Southern Border, Wu clan’s Elder Wu Bei, who missed the disastrous dream realm battle after Fang Yuan lured him from the super Gu formation, finishes a new one under Wu Yong’s direction. Wu Yong’s own status has since risen sharply. He secretly bargained with Heavenly Court to free Feng Jiu Ge in exchange for the Immortal Gu it had seized in that battle, then returned every recovered Gu to its Southern Border owner without keeping any himself. That act lifts his reputation to the peak among Southern Border’s righteous path, while the rank eight Immortal Gu House and battle strength he showed against Fang Yuan leave the super forces apprehensive. The clans that seized Wu clan’s resource points withdraw and offer compensation, and Qiao clan’s territory, taken by Ba clan and Xia clan, is returned on Wu clan’s reputation. ^{ch. 1406}

Wu clan still lost multiple Gu Immortals and Fang Yuan swindled it of six Immortal Gu and a hundred thousand immortal essence stones, so Wu Yong keeps pressing the other super clans for compensation. Both sides are still negotiating, and the other super clans stay adamant. The new formation is built on an earth vein using Fang Yuan’s captured life tablet Gu and soul lantern Gu. It is meant to inflict a recurring formless force on him across Southern Border, and unlike a killer move it risks no backlash unless the formation itself is destroyed. Wu Yong orders Wu Bei to activate it at half power, meaning to wear Fang Yuan down before negotiating for Wu clan’s captured Immortal Gu, since his reverse flow protection seal cannot hold forever. As the formation starts, the whole of Wu Yi Mountain shakes, and Wu clan Gu Immortals first guess a tribulation before realizing the earth vein is trembling and implicating all of Southern Border. The formation explodes, and Wu Bei coughs blood, screams, and falls to the ground unconscious. ^{ch. 1406}

In Lang Ya blessed land, Sixth Hair reaches the final step drenched in sweat, his eyes red with blood, and Lang Ya land spirit, bound by his own sect rule, hands him the processed material, keeping his grievance for Fang Yuan alone. The ice fire extinguishes with a crisp sound, leaving only the round profound ice. Sixth Hair calls it out, and the ice cracks open to release rank seven Immortal Gu Self Love, finally refined. ^{ch. 1406}