Chapter 1604

Jun Shen Guang, a rank eight light path Gu Immortal, appears on a Southern Border battlefield with his eyes closed yet seems to see the outside world clearly. He is a supreme elder of an ancient sect, one of Central Continent’s ten great ones, recently recruited into Heavenly Court by Fairy Zi Wei. Liu Hao, a Heavenly Court spy placed in Southern Border’s forces with Wu clan’s help, vanished here, and he held fixed space Immortal Gu aimed at Fang Yuan’s Fixed Immortal Travel. Jun Shen Guang finds many traces of battle and judges that a fierce fight definitely took place there. Liu Hao sent no request for reinforcements. Jun Shen Guang is Fairy Zi Wei’s backup, a tracker meant to assassinate Fang Yuan if Southern Border wounds him and he flees. ^{ch. 1604}

Most of the pursuit team are rank seven experts from their clans. Tie Qu Zhong, known as Great Sir Tie, captured and killed over ten demonic path Gu Immortals when he made his debut. Shang Hu Zhang is a peak rank seven expert who cultivates transformation path and wood path without conflict between them. Yang Ku is a peak soul path expert who once destroyed an ancient desolate beast nest alone. The team also holds the rank eight Lu Wei Yin and Xia Cha, so Jun Shen Guang had trailed far behind at ease, wary that they would discover him and misunderstand. Jun Shen Guang judges that the team suffered a complete defeat, and the only small dream realm left makes him more certain that Fang Yuan used dream realms. ^{ch. 1604}

Sensing an extremely fast Immortal Gu House rushing from the south, he knows its riders are Southern Border natives and leaves to avoid a misunderstanding. The house is the rank eight Clear Jade Dripping Wind Tiny Bamboo Building, which Wu Yong once used to firmly secure Wu clan’s place as the top force. Wu Yong, Wu clan’s current first supreme elder, and Chi Qu You, Chi clan’s first supreme elder, both rank eight, lead several anxious rank seven immortals out. Xia clan’s immortals are extremely anxious, for they cannot reach their first supreme elder. The group searches the place completely with investigative killer moves dozens of times. ^{ch. 1604}

They find signs of a tributary of the River of Time, a time path immortal level formation and a very fierce battle. Besides the small dream realm, Fang Yuan removed every trace of value. That dream realm, the only clue, is shrinking fast. Wild information path mortal Gu fall out of it, carrying a message that Fang Yuan holds their clansmen and will send word on redeeming them. The message changes the immortals’ expressions in extreme shock, one calls it a huge fraud, and another says none of them can contact those clansmen. Silence falls, for the team sent to kill Fang Yuan has been taken captive by him. ^{ch. 1604}

Wu Yong notes that only a few hours have passed since contact with Xia Cha was lost and asks Chi Qu You whether a time path formation is behind it. Chi Qu You, a formation path great grandmaster, reads the remaining time path dao marks and is certain of a shockingly complex rank eight time path formation. Wu Yong agrees that two rank eights are not easy to restrain without a rank nine immortal battlefield or a rank eight formation. He adds that a long time may have passed inside it. A Shang clan immortal recalls that Heavenly Court exposed a formation of Fang Yuan’s in treasure yellow heaven, set up in a tributary of the River of Time, that lures a huge number of year beasts to fight. Many immortals’ expressions turn dark. ^{ch. 1604}