Chapter 1833

In the dream realm, Fang Yuan praises Tai Qin’s dinner and teases her about making a good wife. A dragonman Gu Immortal, whom Fang Yuan calls father, appears and gives Tai Qin a small gift. The lesson ends, and Tai Qin leaves. The dragonman Gu Immortal wants Fang Yuan to join the contest that Shu Jiu Ling, now sixteen, is holding to find a husband. ^{ch. 1833}

Shu Jiu Ling had loved Gu Immortal Fan Ji and was pregnant with his child, but he refused to marry her. She understood his true nature and locked herself away, extremely hurt. Her mother, Calligraphy Pavilion Lady, a rank eight leader of Central Continent’s lone cultivators who owns Calligraphy Pavilion, became furious. She could not act rashly against Fan Ji, the beloved youngest disciple of Kong Yi Hen, Black Heaven Temple’s first supreme elder. Kong Yi Hen brought him to negotiate at Calligraphy Pavilion, but the two rank eights fought a few rounds instead of agreeing. Fan Ji and Shu Jiu Ling became complete enemies as she threatened him in a rage, and she fainted from anger after he coldly challenged anyone to want her with a child in her womb. She then wanted an open contest for a husband, and her mother, unable to dissuade her, hoped someone might give her happiness, or the contest ease her thoughts of suicide. ^{ch. 1833}

Fang Yuan reasons that becoming Calligraphy Pavilion Lady’s son-in-law would bring her, a lone immortal going against Black Heaven Temple, over to the dragonman race. Then he feels guilt toward Tai Qin and jolts, remembering that this is a dream realm and he is Fang Yuan, not Wu Shuai. The dream realm has subtly affected his emotions. Since the clone entered with both body and soul, this is a forewarning of danger. The dragonman Gu Immortal, satisfied that his son is truly unaffected by the restraints of love and affection, goes to get Green Ant Ascetic’s approval for a leave of absence. Fang Yuan agrees to his father’s arrangements. ^{ch. 1833}

Five Immortal Gu Houses chase Myriad Year Flying Warship in the River of Time. Bai Ning Bing and the rest note that Heavenly Court has rebuilt Present and Past Pavilion and Eternal Yacht and also holds Three Autumn Yellow Crane Platform, Shark Flow Lever and a mysterious house. They do not recognize Moment Stage, a rank eight time path house that Fairy Zi Wei built from the core Immortal Gu of Million Heavenly King Gallery, with rank eight Gu Immortal Gu Liu Ru inside. The other four houses are rank seven, and Bai Ning Bing’s side can only fight while moving away. ^{ch. 1833}

A few days later, Duke Long leaves Heavenly Court, seen off by Fairy Zi Wei and a pale Qin Ding Ling, who must recuperate after changing his luck. Fairy Zi Wei stays to guard against a sneak attack from Longevity Heaven. Feng Jiu Ge’s Dao Guardian luck covers Heavenly Court’s weakness in luck, giving it the upper hand in the house battle. Fairy Zi Wei says Fang Zheng is ready, inside Immortal Crane Sect’s Pine Crane Pavilion and already on Duke Long’s route. Duke Long vanishes as purple dragon-shaped qi. ^{ch. 1833}

Fang Yuan inspects his clone’s luck: the purple dragon is several times larger again, half the black cloud is azure-purple, and his chance of becoming Dragon Palace Lord is much higher. But a huge blood light luck, its phoenix phantom gone and only a huge purple dragon left, presses very close above it, and he realizes only his main body can stop this variable. He sees Pine Crane Pavilion fly closer in immemorial white heaven and activates the qi path battlefield he had prepared. Fang Zheng is trapped instantly as boundless qi currents gather, and he judges his rank six house unable to block a rank eight killer move. Duke Long appears, having secretly followed Fang Zheng after sending him toward Eastern Sea, on Qin Ding Ling’s suggestion that his freedom would disturb Fang Yuan. He breaks the qi currents and calls the attacker out. Fang Yuan, in a different appearance, reveals himself as Qi Sea Ancestor. ^{ch. 1833}