Chapter 1880

In Heavenly Court’s discussion hall, more than ten Gu Immortals meet, with Duke Long at the highest seat. Yuan Qiong Du reports that, with Fairy Zi Wei’s help, he can now refine rank one to five second aperture Gu. Heavenly Court holds nearly the entire inheritances of two of history’s three refinement path supreme grandmasters. The immortals rejoice at the huge boost in battle strength a second aperture gives Gu Masters. Fairy Zi Wei points out that Fang Yuan expected the Gu to be deduced, and that a second aperture doubles the time, effort and resources of cultivation. The immortals grasp that he means to extort Southern Border’s righteous path and stir resource conflict in the five regions chaotic war. They call him truly vicious and devious, yet they must take his bait. ^{ch. 1880}

Duke Long asks about the second aperture Immortal Gu recipe. Yuan Qiong Du says it is still some distance away and his energy and time are limited. His recent refining, including Qin Ding Ling’s luck path recipes, has gravely injured him. Fairy Zi Wei declares that he must now prepare to restore fate, and the recipe must wait until fate Gu is fully repaired. Qin Ding Ling sighs that without the recipe, Southern Border’s righteous path cannot escape Fang Yuan’s extortion. ^{ch. 1880}

An immortal reports that Ba clan and Xia clan, controlled by Fang Yuan, desire the Immortal Gu, while Wu clan, Chai clan and others resist him and seek Heavenly Court’s cooperation. Heavenly Court has begun to suppress Fang Yuan’s businesses in treasure yellow heaven. Southern Border’s righteous path is also building Beacon Towers, an Immortal Gu House worth guarding against. Another warns of Virtue Paradise, the true inheritance of Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable, whose strongest Gu Immortal is Lu Wei Yin. Fairy Zi Wei will later go there herself to borrow an Immortal Gu, as a test. If Lu Wei Yin is friendly, Heavenly Court will try to rope Virtue Paradise in as an ally. ^{ch. 1880}

As for Western Desert, the immortals name Fang Di Chang, second supreme elder of Fang clan, as the crucial person behind its rise after it gained Divine Bean Palace. Only the discord Heavenly Court sowed among his righteous path allies kept that rise from being unstoppable, an immortal says. With Chen Yi dead, they have no proper Genesis Lotus inheritor to retrieve the palace, and they deem the crafty, vigilant Fang Di Chang too hard to assassinate. Fang Gong is close to him, so they can do nothing for now. They decide to reinforce Western Desert, where Heavenly Court lost Wei Feng but kept its main forces. At the crucial moment they will send Gu Immortals and Immortal Gu Houses through the River of Time’s tributary. Their main target is now Fang clan rather than Thousand Transformations Ancestor, since Fang clan and Heavenly Court cannot make peace. ^{ch. 1880}

In Eastern Sea, Qi Sea Ancestor, now holding a banquet, recently came to an agreement with Duke Long and stopped helping Fang Yuan. He seems neutral, but Heavenly Court has infiltrated the banquet. Duke Long judges Qi Sea Ancestor’s strength not beneath his own and proposes to entice him to their side before fate Gu is repaired. In Northern Plains, Heavenly Court’s cooperation with Old Ancestor Xue Hu has been a huge success, and he is the biggest obstacle to Longevity Heaven uniting the region’s Gu Immortals. ^{ch. 1880}

Heavenly Court has five time path Immortal Gu Houses and the river suppression lotus sealing formation, its greatest achievement, yet has found no Red Lotus stone island. Qin Ding Ling says Dao Guardian Feng Jiu Ge is already on guard, and if even his powerful luck fails, nothing can be done. Duke Long is silent and a little disappointed. Then news comes that a Red Lotus stone island has appeared in the River of Time. Gu Liu Ru has confirmed it is real, and obtaining this one Red Lotus true inheritance would lead Heavenly Court to the rest. Duke Long says they must try to get it as soon as possible and beware of Fang Yuan. The immortals expect Fang Yuan to show up, and one calls for the river suppression lotus sealing formation and more reinforcements to take his life if he comes. ^{ch. 1880}