Chapter 1481

The clone that survives tribulation is now a rank six time path Gu Immortal. Fang Yuan’s main body stays rank seven, cultivating every path through the sovereign immortal body. Because clone and original share one will, Fang Yuan can hand it tasks like managing his aperture without conflict. Making the clone cost him greatly: his soul foundation fell from ten million man soul to nine million through the split soul, though his two soul path sacred lands let him rebuild it. ^{ch. 1481}

The clone is half otherworldly demon and still bound by fate. Fang Yuan can hardly give it its own sovereign immortal fetus Gu, a project that cost Shadow Sect a hundred thousand years. He has the clone purge its lingering strength path dao marks in the self cleansing formation and sets it to cultivate time path, cancelling the plan to refine a second aperture Gu for it. His own sovereign immortal aperture, still only four percent developed, now holds all his effort. He judges he has no current need for a second vital Gu, since a vital Gu survives a failed refinement unless its owner dies during it. Spring Autumn Cicada already fills that role, and beyond mundane tasks the clone can keep it from destruction in a future refinement. ^{ch. 1481}

Sixth Hair wakes and asks whether the refinement succeeded. Fang Yuan confirms it, and Sixth Hair calls their second round of Gu refinement complete, the round covering Spring Autumn Cicada and Heavenly Secret. That refinement cost him a huge amount as well. He calls his luck very good, since some Gu Immortals fail after a hundred tries, and credits his luck path true inheritance and Immortal Gu along with Lang Ya Sect’s help through its land spirit and Sixth Hair. ^{ch. 1481}

Fang Yuan confronts Sixth Hair about the red snake tattoos, having already inspected them while Sixth Hair was unconscious. The killer move, he says, appears to trade lifespan for refinement power. He adds that unless he is wrong, Sixth Hair dies when the red snake tattoos reach his head. Sixth Hair admits it, saying his life matters less than Fang Yuan’s future attack on Heavenly Court to save his main body. Sixth Hair adds that Red Lotus Demon Venerable’s true inheritance likely holds a way to defeat Heavenly Court, now within reach since Fang Yuan again holds Spring Autumn Cicada. Fang Yuan agrees it is his next goal but will not rush, certain Heavenly Court has an ambush waiting for him inside the River of Time, and wanting more battle strength first. He tells Sixth Hair to lay out the killer move so he can deduce it and resolve its backlash, and warns him not to sacrifice himself needlessly, because Fang Yuan will need his help to control Lang Ya Sect. ^{ch. 1481}

Back at Lang Ya blessed land, Fang Yuan brings his clone to wisdom Gu, which does not respond to it at first. Only once the clone becomes an immortal zombie again through Strength Reversing Life and Death does wisdom Gu circle it, hesitating. The clone reminds it of their agreement, and after assessing him wisdom Gu goes back to the tree leaf and emits the light of wisdom. Fang Yuan puts the hesitation down to his change to time path, his removed strength path dao marks and the split soul. He resolves to keep the light of wisdom even if his clone’s cultivation stagnates. Fang Yuan wonders whether the wisdom Gu that outwitted Ren Zu in The Legends of Ren Zu is clever only there, or whether another reason explains this one. ^{ch. 1481}