Chapter 1617

Soul cores rain down on Dang Hun Mountain. After a round of discussion, Fang clan agreed to the request Fang Yuan made under his own name, abandoning Suan Bu Jin’s, and secretly sent him soul cores. They are almost all rank six, with few at rank seven and none at rank eight. Fang Yuan keeps his two rank eight soul cores in storage, because feeding them to the mountain would be somewhat of a waste. The cores scatter into powder, and guts Gu condense at rapid speed. ^{ch. 1617}

Soul path foundation is extremely important to Fang Yuan. Enslaving immemorial year beasts, emperor yama and burning soul bursting luck all draw on it. Lead soul into dream, which he has studied completely, can still fail, but a soul foundation higher than the target’s raises its success rate much higher. ^{ch. 1617}

Western Desert is somewhat special. Fang Yuan roamed it in his first life and knows that its Gu Immortals are a little quicker to compromise than those of the other four regions. Boundless deserts and oases bind its Gu Masters into caravans and collaboration. Captured Western Desert Gu Immortals would have made their righteous path compromise quicker than Southern Border, but Northern Plains captives would be a headache. ^{ch. 1617}

Fang Yuan resumes soul path cultivation, keeps extorting Southern Border’s righteous path forces and soul searches captives, with Xia Cha his target. His immortal aperture’s time is very fast, so despite the difficulty he soon plunders her immortal killer moves. Xia Cha, Xia clan’s first supreme elder, built two sets of four moves around Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, four Immortal Gu. The battle set is spring scissors, summer fan, autumn perception and winter coat. Spring scissors and summer fan are extremely ferocious, fully displaying rank eight might. Autumn perception greatly makes up for his shortcoming in investigation, and winter coat defends with extraordinary effect. The second set manages the immortal aperture. ^{ch. 1617}

Xia Cha’s Immortal Gu and moves greatly supplement his time path strength, huge progress like the eruption of a volcano. Spring and Summer need rank eight immortal essence, so as a rank seven Gu Immortal he must advance before he can use them. His deduction shows rank seven needs three increasingly powerful grand tribulations, and he is very close to the third and final one. The tribulation is no great threat, since his exposing heavenly secret killer move already gives him firm initiative. He worries about a human calamity, because the tribulation exposes his location to heaven’s will and makes deductions against him harder to defend. Heavenly Court absolutely would not let go of this opportunity. If he undergoes the tribulation in Southern Border, the region’s Gu Immortals would rush to kill him even with the captives beside him. ^{ch. 1617}

Heavenly Court obstructs his dragonfish business and his income falls massively, showing that Spectral Soul is giving way to its soul search. Heavenly Court is his main enemy, and if it completely restores fate Gu he will have no more chance at victory. He has deduced it is very likely that Red Lotus’ true inheritance holds the method to destroy fate Gu. To inherit it he must fight in the River of Time, and whether he breaks Heavenly Court’s defense line depends on the third grand tribulation. Passing makes him rank eight, able to use Spring, Summer and wisdom sword Immortal Gu. Failing means death. Even surviving by chance loses the opportunity, and he falls continuously behind unless Heavenly Court seriously slips up. ^{ch. 1617}

In the following days he cultivates his soul, soul searches Xia Cha, manages his immortal aperture and explores dream realms. He practises Xia Cha’s moves. Autumn Gu and winter Gu are only rank seven, so he can practise their moves. He also modifies his old moves, above all the soul path ones that need great improvement, lest Heavenly Court’s Gu Immortals counter them and leave him extremely passive. The sovereign immortal body and Man as Before make the risk of injury in practice easy to overcome, and his businesses supply the capital. ^{ch. 1617}