Retreat
Fang Yuan launches myriad dragon, and the dragons besiege Jing Lan in the crater. She kills them easily and shouts for him to come and fight. He sneers, keeping his true body deeply concealed in a corner. Disregarding the immortal essence it costs, he repeats the move in a frenzy. ch. 1558
Myriad dragon is a peak rank seven killer move, but Jing Lan, with abundant immortal essence, finds it not much. Every killer move she uses brings backlash from the regional wall. With her injuries, any backlash could be fatal. Failing to lure him out, she chooses to break through, and even heavily injured she cannot be stopped by the dragons. ch. 1558
Fang Yuan knows he is stronger in defense, but his battle strength has only barely reached rank eight, which cannot take the life of an expert like her. Nor can she kill him, since she cannot stop him entering the regional wall. Still, he hunts her to weaken her battle strength. ch. 1558
He casts directional confusion fog. After the battle in green ghost desert he modified it with theft path mortal Gu and a great thief Immortal Gu at its core to steal the enemy’s perception, so it affects rank eight Gu Immortals again. Fog spreads around Jing Lan, confusing her sense of direction. Lacking many of her Immortal Gu, she tries many methods but only thins it by a small degree. Surprised that a rank seven move traps her, Fang Yuan keeps casting it, and sword dragons pierce in from all directions. ch. 1558
Jing Lan truly feels the aura of death approaching. She resolves to hold on and bring Fang Yuan down with her, and her exposed, extremely unusual heart lets out threads of purple lightning with each beat, her final trump card. Seeing her persevere despite the wisdom path methods he used in secret, Fang Yuan gives up. Time is extremely important, since he must deduce and modify ghost official garment and Heavenly Court reinforcements may arrive. He leaves after adding many more uses of myriad dragon and directional confusion fog. ch. 1558
Deep in the regional wall, Fang Yuan finds that ghost official garment can never rise above rank seven however he modifies it. He decides to deepen its link with ghostly concealment, a rank nine killer move. After several days and nights he finishes and activates the new yama. It begins to merge the two killer moves, and the rejection between them is completely gone. Yama shields him from Heavenly Court’s deductions once more, but canceling it would expose him again. ch. 1558
He hurries toward Northern Plains. Maintaining the new yama takes much immortal essence, and his reserves are almost empty after enormous spending in the fight and the deduction. The battle cost him huge losses, but preserving his life is the greatest gain, followed by the new yama and three rib bones of Thunder Ghost True Monarch. Each bone is a rare immortal material, but because they come from her he does not dare use them. He decides to put them in treasure yellow heaven. ch. 1558
