Chapter 1904

Miao Ming Shen and three others sit in supplementary formations whose power seeps into the underwater formation, while Fang Yuan builds an immortal formation at rank seven aura. Mortal Gu swarm into the shape of a supplementary formation, and he fills it with immortal materials through his killer moves. Ren Xiu Ping and the other newcomers watch in silence and recognize a formation path grandmaster, very rare for a transformation path cultivator. Where ordinary formation path Gu Immortals rely on Immortal Gu to build immortal formations, a grandmaster needs only immortal materials. Envy and jealousy rise, especially towards Miao Ming Shen’s group. ^{ch. 1904}

Ren Xiu Ping considers defecting from Shen clan to Fang Yuan after this mission. For now Fang Yuan has completely ignored their enmity, but Miao Ming Shen’s group, Tu Tou Tuo and Zeng Luo Zi are all closer to him than Ren Xiu Ping is. Ren Xiu Ping decides to give up some personal benefits and offer immortal materials, since lacking them is a formation path grandmaster’s greatest limitation. Fang Yuan asks him to defend a finished formation, and he enters without checking it closely, trusting that Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable’s restriction on fighting protects him. Fang Yuan spends domination copper, earthly limit astral qi, green jade wind, dark inkstone and heaven flying jade without hesitation, and the wealth silences them all. ^{ch. 1904}

These materials are merely a tiny portion of his treasury. From above, the finished formations resemble a peacock tail around the underwater formation, each modified for its user. Miao Ming Shen’s holds space path immortal materials, Ren Xiu Ping’s has spaces for desolate beasts, weaker Hua Die and Feng Jiang stand at the periphery, and the strongest, Shen Cong Sheng, is closest. Fang Yuan’s own is a refinement path Gu formation that only amplifies his refinement path killer moves. ^{ch. 1904}

Inside it he activates the killer move Refinement Formation Rain, and drops enter the underwater formation, refining its Gu worms one by one. Within a short time he has refined the outer layer. The Gu Immortals credit the supplementary formation, since such refinement path attainment would make him a triple cultivator. Shen Cong Sheng understands his ambition: the supplementary formations are crowbars prying at a sealed box, and Fang Yuan’s core formation will flow in through the cracks to take the whole. He engraves the name Chu Ying into his heart. ^{ch. 1904}

The move uses rank eight Water Refinement Immortal Gu as its core, and many Gu worms suppress the aura so that it passes as rank seven. Shen Cong Sheng cannot tell that it is truly rank eight. Fang Yuan created it after annexing Lang Ya Sect, and in Southern Border he refined Chi Qu You’s formation with it and captured many Gu Immortals inside. After thirty percent of the underwater formation is refined, the effect falls drastically and progress slows. The actual effect depends on his understanding of the formation. Fang Yuan expected this and settles in patiently to win regret Gu and the other Immortal Gu inside. He no longer fears that others will surpass his contribution ranking, now that Shen Cong Sheng has been invited. ^{ch. 1904}

Eventually he hits a brick, an earth path rank seven Immortal Gu with a flat yellowish brown disk body and four hooked tentacles. He recognizes territory Gu, which lets a Gu Immortal who plants it in soil control everything within a thousand li. Territory Gu is very commonly seen, especially in Southern Border. Villages seek rank three or four ones, but it is very expensive and often used by forces. Territory Immortal Gu is kept within Dragon Whale Paradise and would help him manage his immortal aperture. Even if it were not useful, he must refine this earth path Immortal Gu, the key obstacle that stops his progress. ^{ch. 1904}