Chapter 1467

Fang Yuan defeats the myriad head coiling dragon, and the two hairy man Gu Immortals he saved cheer at their survival. The Shadow Sect immortals stay silent. Bai Ning Bing snorts, Ying Wu Xie recalls the sacrificed Purple Mountain True Monarch, Hei Lou Lan watches her chance of escape shrink as Fang Yuan grows stronger, and Xue Er sees why her tribe wants to marry him. Immemorial desolate beasts carry rank eight battle strength but fall into different tiers, and the myriad head coiling dragon is one of the weaker ones. Without its immemorial dragon head this one stands only at ancient desolate level now, though its foundation holds and a new head will reach immemorial level in time. It has just woken from sleep and is already worn down, and ignited thought flying rock handles it easily where charging in might have cost more effort. ^{ch. 1467}

Digging the dragon free of the earth vein would ordinarily kill it, but Fang Yuan knows Shadow Sect and Lang Ya Sect methods that could move it into his own immortal aperture. Those methods need Immortal Gu he does not own, and even the light of wisdom would cost more than the beast is worth. Killing the dragon for parts would waste a beast worth more alive than dead. He instead offers the living dragon to Lang Ya Sect, already in contact through Lang Ya land spirit, who is delighted since its natural formation gives the sect a second base for exploring Tai Qiu. Fang Yuan accepts a sect contribution point payment he judges satisfactory, meant to fund a Gu refinement mission centered on heavenly secret Immortal Gu. ^{ch. 1467}

Fang Yuan leads the immortals home victorious, and among the injured Shadow Sect immortals Hei Lou Lan is hurt worst, since fire path methods do not suit her Great Strength True Martial Physique. Modifying her fire and strength path killer moves would cost him little time or effort, though he must satisfy his own needs before passing surplus Gu worms to the Shadow Sect immortals. He keeps secret from her that he still holds her father and enemy Hei Cheng as leverage over her loyalty. He gives her star eyes Immortal Gu to refine a chosen star, promising her the modified killer moves only once she succeeds. He had run an organization in a past life. He gives no reward without a proper reason, and where none exists he makes one. ^{ch. 1467}

Back at his cloud city, Fang Yuan uses eat strength on a rank six strength path immortal material and gains only a small rise in strength path dao marks. He expects this. Tribulations and annexing apertures drive his dao marks, while eat strength accumulates only slowly. He sets aside refining snack Immortal Gu into the rank seven Big Snack, which would let him modify eat strength until the strength path gain becomes evident and turns qualitative. Refining heavenly secret Immortal Gu and feeding his Immortal Gu take priority and are draining his immortal essence stones. ^{ch. 1467}

He completes more than half his basic development and reaches ten million man soul. He plans to modify Bo Qing’s sword path killer moves next, after finishing Purple Mountain True Monarch’s wisdom path moves. Soul path sits lowest, since he lacks attainment there and holds only Change Soul at rank seven and Cleanse Soul at rank six. Slightly worried that completing his basic development will leave his finances at a dangerous level, he receives the snowman tribe’s third and most valuable set of gifts three days later, which covers the shortfall for the time being. ^{ch. 1467}