Chapter 1473

The banquet is extremely lively, and Fang Yuan’s engagement carries extremely heavy political weight for the variant human alliance and for him alike. Fang Yuan accepts every toast and greatly improves his standing with the variant human Gu Immortals, easing his old status as a lone Lang Ya Sect outsider. He credits the shift to his rank eight battle strength rather than the engagement. He wonders whether You Chan would back off from the dragonfish business if she knew his battle strength, but judges she would not. She is already one of the beneficiaries, and in treasure yellow heaven even rank six Gu Immortals contest rank eight ones openly. ^{ch. 1473}

From Shadow Sect’s inheritance, Fang Yuan knows You Chan’s greatest secret. She holds the Myriad Gold Wondrous Essence Physique, one of ten extreme physiques. Shadow Sect found this while gathering all ten physiques to refine sovereign immortal fetus Gu, but already held a Myriad Gold Wondrous Essence Physique of its own and so left her alone. She cultivates water path instead: she took a water path inheritance early as a lone cultivator, and later judged changing paths too risky. Fang Yuan, holding ghost official garment, Purple Mountain True Monarch’s killer moves, and methods from Shadow Sect and Lang Ya Sect, has enough information on You Chan to tell that she is trying to deduce him. ^{ch. 1473}

The Myriad Gold Wondrous Essence Physique is written of in The Legends of Ren Zu, chapter four, section twenty-seven. Grieving that he cannot save his children, Ren Zu borrows perseverance Gu from the miniman, but Cognition Gu tells him another’s perseverance cannot be used. Cognition Gu instead tells him to make a Gu that will lure the feathermen into helping him, and Ren Zu settles on something everyone in the world wants. Ren Zu travels to the blue sea that formed Life Gu. Thirsty, he drinks a few mouthfuls, grows thirstier as he drinks, and carries away a great deal of the water, wanting whoever later gains his Gu to never feel satisfied. From the exposed beach he gathers difficulty Gu, and inside the Door of Life and Death, walking one round of the road of life, he gathers worry Gu so the finished Gu will make its holder fear losing it. Leaving, he meets and gathers sadness Gu as well, wanting loss of the Gu itself to bring grief. ^{ch. 1473}

During the refinement, stupidity Gu enters the flame out of curiosity and never comes out, while wisdom Gu flies only into the black smoke, works out what is being refined, and leaves. Ren Zu counts that a pity and says his Gu will enslave stupid people and blind wise ones for a time. After days without success, Cognition Gu tells Ren Zu this final step is the most crucial one, and Ren Zu answers that the Gu needs human hands. Ren Zu chops off both of his own hands and throws them into the fire. The flame explodes, and a girl appears before him, naming herself Myriad Gold Wondrous Essence and calling herself his daughter. She presents the finished Gu to Ren Zu and names it Wealth. ^{ch. 1473}