Chapter 1693

Fang Yuan has reached rank eight with countless Immortal Gu since his rebirth, but he is still not strong enough to contend for Dragon Palace. Duke Long, who has pseudo-Immortal Venerable battle strength, and several Eastern Sea rank eights are fighting for it. Fang Yuan is no match for Duke Long. Protecting Feng Jin Huang, Duke Long is not going all out and, as far as Fang Yuan has seen, has used no qi path methods, yet is the strongest present. Fang Yuan still cannot watch from the sidelines, because Heavenly Court would grow stronger with Dragon Palace, especially its dream path Immortal Gu. That Gu might have been created naturally by the world, as the seed the heavens planted in Eastern Sea to start the era of dream path. ^{ch. 1693}

Fang Yuan notes that stealing adaptation Immortal Gu from Beast Calamity Grotto-heaven would let him unleash myriad beings assimilation transformation, but heaven form is still investigating and there is no time. Drawing Longevity Heaven in would add chaos he could use to take Dragon Palace, hurt Heavenly Court and test Longevity Heaven. A few days later Bing Sai Chuan does not arrive but obtains crucial information that Heavenly Court has found a stone lotus island in the River of Time and fully controls it. He tells Fang Yuan that Spring Autumn Cicada makes Fang Yuan the rightful inheritor of Red Lotus’ true inheritance, which very likely holds the way to destroy fate Gu for good. Bing Sai Chuan does not know Fang Yuan already holds one Red Lotus true inheritance. Fang Yuan must choose between watching Dragon Palace and contesting the island, both dangerous. ^{ch. 1693}

In Southern Border’s Virtue Paradise, Lu Wei Yin, the current Paradise Earth inheritor, climbs a mountain with Fairy Zi Wei, both rank eight with fully concealed auras. Fairy Zi Wei leads Heavenly Court and holds Star Constellation Chessboard. From a cliffside pavilion she sees mushroommen and humans living harmoniously in the villages, with children playing together, couples caring for each other and children filial to parents. She calls it truly a paradise and admires Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable for giving his whole life to the dream. She holds that humanity rules and variant humans cannot be equal. Heavenly Court means to rule variant humans while the venerable wanted all life equal, so he never joined it and built paradises across the five regions. ^{ch. 1693}

Lu Wei Yin says their ideologies differ, but their attitude toward the demonic path that harms the world is the same. Fairy Zi Wei has come to borrow Gu. He would refuse other Gu, but agrees that benevolence Gu can benefit the world. Under the Immortal Venerable’s rules, outsiders must walk to the top of the mountain to earn the qualification, and the climb grows harder with higher cultivation. Fairy Zi Wei understands and continues, saying the climb will benefit her too. ^{ch. 1693}

In the River of Time, Heavenly Court’s four Immortal Gu Houses encircle the stone lotus island, and Feng Jiu Ge prepares to enter it. A loud boom shakes his Immortal Gu House, and the immortals shout that an enemy dares to attack Heavenly Court. It is Fang Yuan, whom someone taunts for daring to return after escaping last time. Fang Yuan chose to come because Dragon Palace is chaotic and uncertain, while Heavenly Court would definitely take the island otherwise and his Spring Autumn Cicada gives him a huge advantage there. Feng Jiu Ge says with deep emotion that they meet again. Fang Yuan expects to fight him once more. ^{ch. 1693}