Chapter 1730

Wu Yong, Yao Huang and the rest are a little lost, for Star Constellation Immortal Venerable made the nine-nine consecutive unceasing formation against Limitless Demon Venerable, who by legend had to break a hundred formations to escape. A completely recovered fate Gu would leave no chance of victory. Chi Qu You, very troubled, leans toward backing down. Wu Yong laughs. ^{ch. 1730}

Wu Yong has no method, but says the difficulty is overrated. He argues that the formation was broken once and that few Heavenly Court members may be defending it. He places Li Huang and Qing Ye at Emperor City, and Duke Long, Fairy Zi Wei, Yuan Qiong Du, Che Wei and Cong Yan in Heavenly Court, with Central Continent facing all four regions. Chen Yi was nearly beaten to death when he and Bai Cang Shui came to fight them, and Wu Yong reasons that the two were stalling for more formations. Everyone agrees, and Wu Yong’s words lift their morale and strengthen their attacks. ^{ch. 1730}

Wu Yong knows retreat is hard in Central Continent, where they lack Fixed Immortal Travel and Heavenly Court has counters. He guesses that Eastern Sea’s and Western Desert’s Gu Immortals are already retreating, so success depends on Southern Border and Northern Plains breaking the formation rapidly and intercepting the final batch of success dao marks. He wonders who inside stopped Fang Yuan. ^{ch. 1730}

Inside the formation, Feng Jin Huang’s father Feng Jiu Ge smiles: she stopped Fang Yuan. She credits the formation, which let her use the Immortal Gu and an immortal killer move. Bai Cang Shui praises the feat. Chen Yi, grateful to her father for saving his life, says she truly takes after him. ^{ch. 1730}

Duke Long’s attacks in Heavenly Court leave the Seven Extreme Desolation injured but standing. Old wounds from the Eastern Sea Gu Immortals, taken when he snatched Dragon Palace, restrain him. His offenses weaken, and Bing Sai Chuan and the rest find some relief. More and more Heavenly Court members learn that this is the final battle of his life. ^{ch. 1730}

Duke Long asks Fairy Zi Wei for the situation. She reports that Emperor City is destroyed with countless mortals dead, Li Huang and Qing Ye are racing to Infallible blessed land, and the Eastern Sea rank eights fight intensely at Hidden Dragon Cave. He says a natural disaster, not she, destroyed Emperor City. She thanks him for obtaining Dragon Palace, which holds Dream Token, a rank eight dream path Immortal Gu able to enslave rank eight Gu Immortals. With Zhang Yin and the rest, Heavenly Court’s weakness in manpower is gone. Duke Long took huge injuries to hide the identities of Zhang Yin, Granny Rong and the rest, which let the Eastern Sea plan succeed. ^{ch. 1730}

Duke Long, surprised by Dream Token too, recalls that Zhang Yin and the rest, lone immortals and demonic cultivators, appeared together in Eastern Sea and trusted each other deeply. After he defeated the four, Dragon Palace flew away, yet they kept attacking him instead of chasing it. He concluded they were tied to Dragon Palace, and refining it confirmed this. Prepared, he did not let them be exposed. ^{ch. 1730}

Duke Long tells Fairy Zi Wei to watch Hidden Dragon Cave, since the five regional walls are vanishing and Di Zang Sheng will then rival him in strength. Infallible blessed land, Heavenly Court and Hidden Dragon Cave are all in Heavenly Court’s hands, and Li Huang, Qing Ye and the Immortal Gu Houses are about to reach the blessed land. Hidden Dragon Cave alone is a possible problem. Duke Long set Dragon Palace there as a trap that only dragonmen can control, so a change of owner does not worry him. He fears that Dragon Palace will destabilize and release Di Zang Sheng, who hates Heavenly Court and Duke Long immensely and would surely take revenge once stronger. Duke Long will soon die while Di Zang Sheng is virtually undying, and Fang Yuan’s side using that strength would cause huge problems. ^{ch. 1730}