Chapter 1416

Lang Ya land spirit still has not decided, and Fang Yuan cannot force it, though he still needs Lang Ya Sect’s help to refine Immortal Gu from Purple Mountain True Monarch’s inheritance. His fallback, if refused, is another Gu Immortal’s immortal aperture turned into a blessed land, where expanding a tributary of the River of Time would make one outside day half a month within, time enough to run self cleansing. The plan is risky: its position is fixed once placed, Feng Jiu Ge may break in, and modifying the tributary cannot be adjusted again for a period, a flaw days pass like years and months pass like years share in Hei Fan’s true inheritance. Using it would also force someone to undergo their aperture’s tribulation under heaven’s will’s full attack, too dangerous while Heavenly Court’s pursuers remain active. This stays Fang Yuan’s last resort. ^{ch. 1416}

Unsure how many Heavenly Court Gu Immortals will arrive when only Feng Jiu Ge came last time, Fang Yuan keeps the group moving so Western Desert’s size and Omni-directional Travel deny them a chance to encircle him. When Bai Ning Bing, Hei Lou Lan and the others fly down, a bored and impatient Bai Ning Bing asks how much longer they must run before the immortal Gu formation is ready. Fang Yuan tells her to wait. When she suggests simply building another such formation to kill the pursuers again, he explains it needs a tributary of the River of Time. The formation that harmed Feng Jiu Ge came from Hei Fan’s true inheritance, made to expel immemorial year beasts by detonating it to destroy the tributary, usable only when no option is left. He says he shares her wish to stop being hunted but would rather store the resentment for a decisive counterattack, and Bai Ning Bing falls silent. ^{ch. 1416}

Fang Yuan calls for the group to move on, but a red cloud descends first: Dancer Hong Yun, asking Concubine Cui in a reprimanding tone who these people are. Concubine Cui is Fairy Cui Bo, whose body Ying Wu Xie possesses; as a split soul of Spectral Soul Demon Venerable with soul foundation many times Fang Yuan’s, he hides the imperfect fit, and Dancer Hong Yun’s investigative methods find nothing amiss. She explains she came because Cui Bo’s life tablet Gu and soul lantern Gu were affected, is relieved to find her unharmed, then turns to the rest of the group and recognizes Fang Yuan with a shock: Liu Guan Yi. Her intelligence, backed by Thousand Transformations Ancestor, covers Liu Guan Yi’s face, the original appearance of Fang Yuan’s sovereign immortal body, known to the world since the battle of Reverse Flow River. Her abrupt arrival leaves him no time to change it. Exposed, he asks coldly how to address her. ^{ch. 1416}

Dancer Hong Yun pulls back, feeling heavy pressure before Liu Guan Yi, a name now as renowned as Feng Jiu Ge’s for fighting rank eight existences, relieved only that her husband’s will and his rank eight Immortal Gu are with her. She then accuses Concubine Cui of mixing with Gu Immortals from other regions without word, a jealous attempt to sow discord between Thousand Transformations Ancestor, who dotes on Fairy Cui Bo, and Fairy Cui Bo herself. Her words target Ying Wu Xie but are meant for Thousand Transformations’ will. Fang Yuan, Bai Ning Bing and Hei Lou Lan grasp that her confidence relies on more than battle strength, but Ying Wu Xie, Fairy Miao Yin and Lady White Rabbit do not. Thousand Transformations’ will emerges from Dancer Hong Yun’s body and curiously asks Concubine Cui to recount her encounter. Ying Wu Xie recognizes the trump card, Fang Yuan watches to see whether he gets through it, and the rest grow slightly worried. Ying Wu Xie has grown quickly, but he is still young and his acting is inferior to Fang Yuan’s, so it would be hard for Thousand Transformations’ will not to sense a flaw. ^{ch. 1416}