Chapter 1439

Fang Yuan returns to Lang Ya Sect, where Lang Ya land spirit greets him warmly, since Fang Yuan’s own rank eight battle strength and his escape from Heavenly Court’s pursuit have raised his standing. Fang Yuan tells him he means to rest and reorganize, having inherited Spectral Soul’s true inheritance and become Shadow Sect’s new leader, and that Heavenly Court can no longer investigate him, then thanks him for full support the land spirit never actually gave. The land spirit is glad to see Fang Yuan’s hatred of Heavenly Court deepen, since he wants hairy men to rule the world, but he had first confirmed Fang Yuan left Heavenly Court no trail before welcoming him. Walking through the sect, they pass hairy man Gu Masters bowing to them. Under the land spirit’s hairy man war of the three continents, outstanding hairy man Gu Masters have risen and been brought to Cloud Cover Continent to cultivate further. Murals of Lang Ya Sect’s supreme elders hang in every cloud city of Cloud Cover Continent, and Fang Yuan’s own city stands taller, marked with a giant statue of him. The two part after setting many agreements, the land spirit wanting Spectral Soul’s inheritance and Fang Yuan wanting Lang Ya Sect’s help in refinement. ^{ch. 1439}

At the Gu refinement hall, Fang Yuan meets Sixth Hair, worn and haggard, who pays respect to him as Shadow Sect’s leader by voice transmission, since Lang Ya land spirit watches everything in the blessed land. Fang Yuan promises that he will one day invade Heavenly Court and use all his strength to rescue Spectral Soul’s main body. Sixth Hair, who once wished for Fang Yuan’s death, acknowledges him for protecting Ying Wu Xie’s life and for his enmity with Heavenly Court. He knows the promise carries no assurance, but a person needs hope. ^{ch. 1439}

Without Fang Yuan, remaining Shadow Sect forces would be no match for Heavenly Court and would soon be wiped out. Fang Yuan might even strike the remnants first for gain. This is why Purple Mountain True Monarch had already handed the whole of Shadow Sect to Fang Yuan to preserve it, an arrangement Fang Yuan accepted gladly. Sixth Hair then reports that cleanse soul Immortal Gu’s refinement has reached its crucial stage after his own repeated failures, and judges his luck inferior to Fang Yuan’s and asks him to complete the final few steps. He explains the refinement steps and his own insights in detail, and Fang Yuan, who needs this Gu as the crucial key to his next cultivation plan, listens without missing a word. ^{ch. 1439}

Meanwhile, at Central Continent’s Spirit Affinity House, Zhao Lian Yun, a peak rank five Gu Master, undergoes her immortal ascension under the watch of wisdom path Gu Immortal Xu Hao and his wife Li Jun Ying. Xu Hao and Li Jun Ying belong to the Anti-Feng faction opposed to Feng Jiu Ge’s, and Zhao Lian Yun is that faction’s most crucial figure. Her ascension is unprecedented, since divine concealment puts her beyond deduction, calamity and tribulation, and even Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable created only the first version of divine concealment after becoming a Gu Immortal. Heaven qi and earth qi build around her, her aperture wall then fragments completely, and dense human qi flows out to join them in a sphere. The three qi condense to their limit, and Zhao Lian Yun forces her vital Gu into their center, producing a huge sound. She emerges with a rank six immortal aperture. Zhao Lian Yun weeps from extreme joy, declaring that she has succeeded. ^{ch. 1439}