Chapter 1839

The two Eastern Sea immortals stare, and Duke Long grits his teeth and asks which venerable true inheritance. Fang Yuan, posing as Qi Sea Ancestor, names Spectral Soul’s and offers to show a portion. Duke Long says he believes him. Duke Long thinks Fang Yuan truly crafty, since Heavenly Court has captured Spectral Soul and will obtain that inheritance anyway. He reckons it worth very little to Fang Yuan now, hence the trade with Qi Sea Ancestor. Fang Yuan then asks whether Duke Long will offer a venerable true inheritance too, and Duke Long agrees. ^{ch. 1839}

Fang Yuan says Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable is the person he admires most. Duke Long’s lips twitch, since a man who truly admired Primordial Origin would not have used steal life to kill him. Still, a qi path cultivator wanting Primordial Origin’s true inheritance is logical, and it gives Duke Long a bargaining chip. Duke Long deliberately says that the bulk of it lies in creating Heavenly Court grotto-heaven and the rest is little and unusable after the changing eras. Fang Yuan asks whether Star Constellation’s or Genesis Lotus’ true inheritance could be offered, either useful to him. Duke Long replies ambiguously that they can discuss this. ^{ch. 1839}

The two Eastern Sea immortals are troubled, since neither Shen clan nor Song clan could make such an offer. Fang Yuan enters a deep discussion with Duke Long to stall for the dragonman clone. He keeps talking to the two immortals to keep their hopes up, and Duke Long sees him using them to vie for more benefits. Duke Long does not mind, since negotiating is a good sign. He thinks he must take back Gu Yue Fang Zheng, who is in Shen Cong Sheng’s hands. ^{ch. 1839}

Fang Yuan privately finds it very interesting that Heavenly Court saved his brother Gu Yue Fang Zheng and nurtured him into a Gu Immortal. Because Heavenly Court values Fang Zheng, he means to take him away later and kill him. Long ago he wanted to refine Fang Zheng into Blood Deity, but Heavenly Court’s pressure delayed it until Feng Jiu Ge saved Fang Zheng. His interest in blood path is now very low, since the Demon Judgment Board would tell Heavenly Court where he is, and he suspects heaven’s will drove him to it in the previous life. Duke Long judges Qi Sea Ancestor sincere and will investigate his background. ^{ch. 1839}

In the Dragon Palace dream realm, Fang Yuan’s clone, acting as Wu Shuai, asks his father whether Censure Peak must really go to Fan Ji. The dragonman Gu Immortal says Black Heaven Temple refuses to give in, and Calligraphy Pavilion Lady and Green Ant Ascetic will not help. Wu Shuai argues that the dragonmen, with no rank eight besides Duke Long, need an Immortal Gu House as a substitute. His father refuses, fearing the cost and human suspicion; when Wu Shuai insists on a rank eight house, his father is pleased by the drive but tells him to forget Censure Peak. Wu Shuai nods that they have no choice. ^{ch. 1839}

The clone stalls so the main body can save him, while the main body stalls so the clone can obtain Dragon Palace. Helpless, the clone sinks into Dragon Palace as into quicksand, living each scene as if he were Wu Shuai. Wu Shuai realizes after the Censure Peak matter that his master Green Ant Ascetic, his mother-in-law Calligraphy Pavilion Lady and his father are all unreliable. He relies on himself and strives for strength. A portion of the dragonmen grow stronger with him into their race’s most prominent branch. On the day he reaches rank seven, he becomes the youngest supreme elder of the dragonmen with real authority. ^{ch. 1839}