Chapter 1835

In the dream realm, the dragonman clone regains clarity, telling himself he is not the real Wu Shuai, and finds warm coral-like dragon horns on his forehead. A dragonman Gu Immortal informant asks what to do, and Fang Yuan sees that he is Huang Wei. Huang Wei had competed with Wu Shuai for Green Ant Ascetic’s discipleship and failed, but Wu Shuai befriended him, saved his life by coincidence, and became his sworn brother. A few scenes pass quickly and Fang Yuan is already a Gu Immortal. Fang Yuan snorts that a little impatience will spoil great plans and says they will keep pretending not to know. ^{ch. 1835}

Shu Jiu Ling, abandoned while pregnant with Fan Ji’s child, had held a contest for a husband, and Wu Shuai obeyed his father and married her to build ties with Calligraphy Pavilion Lady. Calligraphy Pavilion Lady’s resources played a significant role in his ascension. After bearing her son, Shu Jiu Ling still cannot stop thinking of Fan Ji, who approaches her again, and they meet countless times until it is almost an open secret. Wu Shuai, already the laughingstock of Central Continent’s Gu Immortal world, now fares worse, and unlike weak-natured Gu Immortals, a heroic genius like him cannot easily endure it. ^{ch. 1835}

The clone realizes that the dream realm is the true test of Dragon Palace and does not only test an inheritor’s personality but also creates one. Whoever passes after such long brainwashing emerges hating Heavenly Court and loving dragonmen, and four Eastern Sea rank eights may have tried, failed and been warped into dragon generals. Failure would make him a dragon general, and success the Dragon Palace Lord who betrays the main body. Leaving is impossible, and no information can pass out of the dream realm. Recalling the previous life, he concludes that Duke Long, who took Dragon Palace without passing the test, never truly obtained it and only suppressed it by force. He cannot settle how Bai Ning Bing later became its owner, and decides to stall until the main body, which knows nothing and is fighting Duke Long intensely, notices. ^{ch. 1835}

A shockwave in the qi path battlefield makes Pine Crane Pavilion sway like a paper boat, with Fang Zheng dizzy and pale inside. Duke Long angrily says attacking the weak does not suit a great expert, and Fang Yuan laughs that it is a righteous path tactic and asks who is in the house. Neither Fang Yuan nor his brother Fang Zheng knows who the other is, but Fang Yuan senses that the person inside is harmful to him and attacks many times with the house in range. Fog from his domain hides Fang Yuan, and Duke Long mostly defends. ^{ch. 1835}

Dragon roars sound, and clouds gather into giant dragon qi currents that split the battlefield, devour the fog and expose Fang Yuan’s true body. Fang Yuan recognizes a split move, one of four main killer move manipulation techniques, and sees that moves he took for minor ones were parts of one qi path killer move. Duke Long laughs, his anger an act to stall for time, and says the move is called reverse worm dragon. He adds that any qi path method used on the currents will grow them from worm to dragon, their power rising a hundred times. He explains to dampen Fang Yuan’s attacks while preparing a powerful killer move. Fang Yuan never saw this move in the previous life, when Duke Long also never deceived with words or expressions, so he realizes Duke Long now treats Qi Sea Ancestor as a powerful enemy. He judges that reverse worm dragon seems made to counter battlefield killer moves. ^{ch. 1835}

He attacks anyway with blade qi, and Duke Long stops activating his killer move and takes Pine Crane Pavilion along to dodge. The currents absorb much of the blade qi, and more than ten fuse into one divine dragon filling the qi path battlefield. Fang Yuan says turning worm into dragon is powerful but not enough, and activates Yin-yang Great Killer Hands. Two huge hands, one black and one white, grab the dragon’s neck and tail, and he pulls from afar and snaps it in two. Fang Zheng cannot close his mouth. Fang Yuan says he is done warming up, and Duke Long, serious, says he is truly a worthy opponent. ^{ch. 1835}