Chapter 1815

Entering Five Xiangs grotto-heaven, Bai Ning Bing suddenly understands its arrangement. It is a public grotto-heaven, formed when the Heaven Surveying Five Xiangs each donated a portion of their own, in five unconnected segments that share only the central mountain range. The treasure of the bet lies at the center for any Gu Immortal the gatehouse acknowledges, and resources along the way may be taken, though taking everything is discouraged. Fang Yuan already has the information and tells her not to repeat it. In the previous life his disguise failed at the gatehouse and he got no information inside, but his modified killer move now works on others too, and the information comes at once. ^{ch. 1815}

Having kicked his competitors out in advance, Fang Yuan treats the whole grotto-heaven as his, and they head for the central peak. Along the way the many small and mid sized resource points, closely packed and each holding a huge amount since the place opens only once a hundred years, make her envious. The central Immortal Gu House, which holds heaven form, controls the grotto-heaven and will help him move these resources later. They reach the central mountain range safely, unhindered by the Qi clan Gu Immortals who raised a beast tide there in the previous life and are now captives in Myriad Year Flying Warship. His subordinates, who entered earlier, wait before the plain palace. ^{ch. 1815}

Heaven form at the center of the hall is a one-legged white crane with a rank nine aura, and Fang Yuan and the Gu Immortals sit around it and instill their wills. The Five Xiangs left the heaven form killer move untouched, so anyone can instill a will. They receive the information left by Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable, who captured a natural heavenly spirit in immemorial white heaven but could not refine it immediately, and so designed heaven form as half an inheritance. The Five Xiangs found this inheritance and did not back off, so the ancient bet was created. Fang Yuan reasons that every Immortal and Demon Venerable has killer moves that last indefinitely, so this is a matter of attainment level and not of path or person. Every venerable is publicly known to have supreme grandmaster attainment. He guesses that supreme grandmaster attainment lets killer moves last indefinitely and operate on their own, and feels this is likely true. ^{ch. 1815}

Hours later Fang Yuan takes down the last heaven’s will inside heaven form, exterminating the stubborn will that deceived the Qi clan Gu Immortals in the previous life. His variant human Gu Immortals are very loyal, and Shadow Sect’s immortals dare not defy him. He also exterminates the many sturdy wills of Five Xiangs descendants inside the move, using several modified killer moves, chiefly one with wisdom sword Immortal Gu as the core. He stores heaven form away but leaves the Immortal Gu House to his Gu Immortals, who use it to relocate all the grotto-heaven’s resources. He cannot annex this grotto-heaven for now. It devoured a nine heavens fragment and no longer faces calamities. ^{ch. 1815}

Fang Yuan leads the remaining immortals to Qi Sea grotto-heaven, where a rank six Qi clan Gu Immortal, stunned that three supreme elders surrendered, lets him in. Qi Sea grotto-heaven’s heavenly spirit is still sleeping. Since the second battle in the River of Time he has repaired the warship, captured his required immemorial year beasts, and explored dream realms aboard while subordinates handled matters outside. His qi path attainment has risen to great grandmaster, enough to annex Qi Sea grotto-heaven. ^{ch. 1815}

The heavenly spirit is rudely awakened during the annexation, but Fang Yuan quickly suppresses it. It scolds the Qi clan descendants as unfilial, and they watch in despair as their homeland is devoured and fused into the sovereign immortal aperture. He gains a vast amount of qi path resources, and his greatest gain is unlimited qi sea, the trump card that let the grotto-heaven defend against tribulations. The move uses rank eight Big Qi, rank seven Big Family Qi and others, with countless qi path immortal materials such as metal, water, fire, luck and divine qi. He dismantled it in the previous life, but now decides not to destroy it. Qi Sea grotto-heaven also gives him a million qi path dao marks. His qi path foundation grows immensely. ^{ch. 1815}