Chapter 1427

Feng Jiu Ge has already left the battlefield when yang pass tune reaches its time limit, having been outmatched and forced to retreat by Fang Yuan. He calls Fang Yuan an amazing person, deep in foundation through rebirth, Spring Autumn Cicada, Giant Sun’s true inheritance, and leadership of Shadow Sect with Spectral Soul Demon Venerable’s accumulation. He argues such a man needs to be killed with all their strength, and for the first time doubts Heavenly Court’s plan to use him to obtain Red Lotus’ true inheritance instead. Watching the fight through Feng Jiu Ge, Fairy Zi Wei is equally startled by Fang Yuan’s rise and judges that, left in peace, his strength would grow unimaginably. What scares her is his personality, not fortuitous encounters like Ma Hong Yun’s. A trace of wariness follows, and her killing intent rises sharply toward eliminating him as early as possible. ^{ch. 1427}

Duke Long emerges from seclusion and greets her. He reveals that he has completely suppressed Spectral Soul, though soul searching him will still take time. He tells Zi Wei that Fang Yuan is really nothing next to Red Lotus’ true inheritance. Red Lotus set up seven such inheritances that Heavenly Court could never find, and the one that Spectral Soul took is the clue that lets them find and destroy the rest. Zi Wei counts what Heavenly Court has: a time path rank eight, the rank seven Feng Jiu Ge, and two more rank eights in the River of Time. Duke Long, deferring to her as the arranger, says he will mentor the era’s Great Dream Immortal Venerable and tells her to announce that Spectral Soul has been captured alive. Heavenly Court has stayed silent too long, and the world should know it remains the number one super force. ^{ch. 1427}

In Western Desert, Fang Yuan replenishes his immortal essence through the blood red immortal essence formation. One core is a wisdom path Immortal Gu drawn from Purple Mountain True Monarch’s inheritance, the other a bloodline Immortal Gu from Wu clan. He burns through the immortal essence stones he took from Wu clan, then from Lang Ya Sect. He judges his battle strength now equal to Feng Jiu Ge’s. But myriad self needs advance preparation and would leave him exposed in a surprise fight. Against a rank eight Immortal he would instead need reverse flow protection seal at once, giving up every other killer move for the rest of that battle. ^{ch. 1427}

Once the investigative killer move on him is completely removed, Fang Yuan plans to reach a tributary of the River of Time. There he means to obtain the Red Lotus true inheritance that Spectral Soul Demon Venerable took, which still holds endless Red Lotus true meaning. He hopes this will raise his time path attainment to at least grandmaster. Western Desert holds only one tributary still open to him; he already spent the other setting a trap for Heavenly Court. Central Continent is closed to him, Wu clan and others pursue him in Southern Border, and Longevity Heaven and the Huang Jin tribes would attack him in Northern Plains. He chooses the Western Desert tributary over Eastern Sea, which he could only reach by crossing one of those regions. ^{ch. 1427}