Chapter 1614

Fang Yuan’s frankness leaves Southern Border’s righteous path furious, but the forces still choose to believe him. The captives are rank seven trump cards of their clans. The forces fear most that Fang Yuan will kill some captives and release others, upsetting a balance already strained by the stirring earth veins. They are afraid of Fang Yuan but even more wary of each other. He sees this tension and extorts them without scruple. ^{ch. 1614}

Northern Plains’ Longevity Heaven has appeared earlier than in Fang Yuan’s previous life and is actively uniting that region’s Gu Immortals. Not long ago, Lang Ya Sect sought refuge there. Longevity Heaven absorbed the whole sect publicly and gave it equal status and safety. The Gu Immortals of five regions were shaken, and recruitment of lone immortals now progresses rapidly. Fang Yuan expects Northern Plains to definitely make even more trouble for Central Continent, while Xiao clan and Chi clan secretly receive his support. ^{ch. 1614}

Fang Yuan keeps raising Heavenly Court’s threat in treasure yellow heaven, including star cast and fate Immortal Gu, with looping videos of the Reverse Flow River, dream realm and Lang Ya Sect battles. The display seems to draw no response, but he believes every super force in the other four regions detests Heavenly Court and is only restraining itself. Central Continent’s sects accept Heavenly Court because they are its sub-sects, and Northern Plains’ righteous path forces accept Longevity Heaven for shared bloodline. The other three regions want no force to boss them around. ^{ch. 1614}

Days later in the sovereign immortal aperture, Fang Yuan activates the immortal killer move Soul Search, built on the rank seven soul search Immortal Gu from Yang Ku and a dozen times as efficient as the Gu alone. It pulls every captive Gu Immortal’s lifestyle, cultivation secrets, factional disputes and secret storages out of their souls, deepening his grasp of Southern Border beyond that of rank eight Gu Immortals like Wu Yong and Chi Qu You. He sees that the Immortal Gu list the clans gave him is correct but conceals some information. The omitted ones are those the clans will not exchange. He is not surprised. ^{ch. 1614}

Fang Yuan wants to exchange Gu too, to build an Immortal Gu House as a base to recuperate in the River of Time, where Shadow Sect’s immortals could then join the battle. He will exchange the Immortal Gu he does not need, because a strengthened righteous path resists Heavenly Court better. Those he has great use for he keeps. ^{ch. 1614}

In Heavenly Court, Fairy Zi Wei holds an iron dragonfish and watches memories surge out of Spectral Soul. She says this part of the food path true inheritance lets Heavenly Court make iron, copper, silver and gold dragonfish too, changing the situation in treasure yellow heaven. She tells Spectral Soul it is done for, since the detonation of Dang Hun Mountain only bought it time. Spectral Soul, condensed into a lump, stays silent. ^{ch. 1614}