Chapter 1502

In Tang clan’s immortal formation in Western Desert, Fang Yuan inspects his soul. Its foundation has fallen from the ten million man soul level to a little over a million, whereas the first stage left him over nine million. The second stage of Thieving Heaven’s dream realm corroded far more severely than the first. An ordinary Gu Immortal with even a little less soul foundation could not even pass half a stage. He concludes the dream realm is too difficult, which explains why Tang clan’s many years of effort achieved so little. ^{ch. 1502}

Fang Yuan recalls that in his first life Tang Fang Ming created the dream path immortal killer move steal dream. He had credited Shadow Sect with helping, but having explored two stages he now judges Tang Fang Ming more likely made it alone. The first stage raised his theft path to grandmaster and the second to quasi-great grandmaster. He stands one step from genuine great grandmaster. He is sure that passing one more stage will bring it, and even his extraordinary calmness cannot hold back traces of fiery anticipation. ^{ch. 1502}

There is a huge difference between grandmaster and great grandmaster. A great grandmaster understands a path very close to completely, while a supreme grandmaster obtains mysteries that do not exist in the world. Supreme grandmasters are extremely rare, and the ten venerables all are. Dream realms are legacies of predecessors, so Fang Yuan realizes they can give great grandmaster attainment but never supreme grandmaster. Once his theft path reaches great grandmaster, further stages cannot raise it. That is the foundation of his collaboration with Tang clan, because the realm is too large for him alone and a large portion remains for them. ^{ch. 1502}

Fang Yuan prepares for a third exploration, mainly cultivating his soul, and teaches only superficial dream path knowledge to Tang Fang Ming, who still benefits a lot. This also lays groundwork for the future, since he is copying Spectral Soul’s way of raising forces in four regions to encircle Central Continent and oppose Heavenly Court. After over twenty days his soul foundation is again at ten million man soul. The third stage will be harder, so he decides to reach hundred million man soul first. A soul corroded completely in the dream realm would be akin to death. He rejects deducing a dream path killer move against the corrosion, since his dream path attainment is ordinary, not even quasi-master. ^{ch. 1502}

His plan meets an obstacle: he needs a huge amount of guts Gu. Dang Hun Mountain sits in Lang Ya blessed land, where Lang Ya land spirit produces guts Gu from souls, but the land spirit has too few. Shadow Sect members once killed desolate beasts in Tai Qiu for souls, but now they are with Fang Yuan, and the souls stored in Lang Ya Sect have been completely used up. Fang Yuan prefers materials from nearby, and Western Desert has a special place that suits him. With You Chan dead, his dragonfish business dominates the whole market of treasure yellow heaven, and he will spend its profits on his aperture, not on buying souls. He briefly informs Tang Fang Ming, then leaves the formation with the Shadow Sect members for that special place. ^{ch. 1502}