Chapter 1782

Fang Yuan’s wisdom path methods are plentiful, so he practises mature bamboo chest and luck plan strategy only to deepen his understanding of the Genesis Lotus and Giant Sun true inheritances. His main body also researches Thieving Heaven’s inheritance. He has already fully grasped Long Hair Ancestor’s refinement path inheritance. He has created the rank six karma divine tree killer move from Genesis Lotus, but lacking wood path Immortal Gu and attainment, he invests little more. Giant Sun’s self luck inheritance lets him control his own luck, while the core of Thieving Heaven’s is rank eight steal life Immortal Gu and the method to unseal it. Both detail the fundamentals of luck path and theft path, and he benefits greatly from the two venerables’ understanding of the paths they created. ^{ch. 1782}

Giant Sun Immortal Venerable holds that fate is constant while luck is variable, luck having been found as a component of human qi after Red Lotus Demon Venerable damaged fate Gu. Luck is merely a probability, so a person with bad luck but great strength and wisdom can still reach their goals. Giant Sun’s inheritance then describes the sizes, colors and shapes of luck and how to alter one’s own. Normally, higher cultivation and a deeper foundation bring greater luck. ^{ch. 1782}

Giant Sun’s inheritance is very comprehensive, while Thieving Heaven’s is very simple and short. Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable calls theft path the path of greatest efficiency, since stealing Gu worms cuts the costs and risks of refining, trading or looting them. Stealing Gu worms is akin to stealing dao mark fragments, which is why the killer move steal dao was created. Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable names assimilation the most powerful theft path method and the world itself the greatest thief. After reading, Fang Yuan feels his horizons broaden, and his image of theft path has completely changed. ^{ch. 1782}

Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable’s final words concern steal life Immortal Gu, his first Immortal Gu, which he did not refine. Normal use steals others’ lifespan dao marks, and a killer move he created can raise the user’s own, though it is inferior to lifespan Gu. Reverse use gives the user’s lifespan to another target. This looks foolish but is the deepest essence of the true inheritance. An inheritor blessed enough to reach this step can remove his method on the Gu and obtain information of another corresponding true inheritance. ^{ch. 1782}

Fang Yuan is silent for a long time. By his deductions he needs at least quasi-supreme theft path attainment to understand reverse use, and until then it would only cut his own lifespan. He still needs steal life Immortal Gu against Heavenly Court’s Gu Immortals, Duke Long being especially countered by it. Even if he destroys the Gu with his final two opportunities, the inheritance holds the recipe of rank eight steal life Immortal Gu. By his deductions Thieving Heaven’s arrangements on it are very valuable, and grasping the inheritance’s core essence would yield much greater gains. ^{ch. 1782}

After intense negotiation and discussion, the leaders of Southern Border’s righteous path agree to kill Fang Yuan, who is too lawless. Against an outsider they must unite, whatever the contest in the Earth Trenches. Though only rank seven, he is devious and deeply founded, may command all variant human Gu Immortals after annexing Lang Ya, and has taken in Shadow Sect remnants. One rank eight Gu Immortal leading is not enough, so they decide to send two, and all agree. Xia Cha leads on the surface, while the second conceals his identity in the group and strikes at the crucial moment. With Lang Ya blessed land annexed and Heavenly Court defeated, they rate Fang Yuan a greater threat than in the previous life. Fang Yuan has no idea of this. ^{ch. 1782}