Chapter 1910

Fang Yuan’s words silence Shen Cong Sheng, and Fang Yuan stops attacking with his daybreak swords to let him ponder. The five regions chaotic war is already foreseen by all the major forces, and a great era with a venerable would overturn almost all the existing order, certainly including super forces. Shen clan needs external allies like Fang Yuan, though he would certainly be unreliable if the clan ever faced extermination. His help would matter against an equivalent super force such as Xie clan, Cai clan, Hua clan, Tang clan or even Song clan, and Shen clan, near the middle of Eastern Sea, is ringed by many super forces. Fang Yuan has a rank eight Immortal Gu House and multiple venerable inheritances, and to move against Heavenly Court while it must repair fate Gu, he needs many low ranked immortal materials. Working with such a demon is very risky, but profit matters more. Shen Cong Sheng values most that Fang Yuan shared the Merit Obelisk mission with Miao Ming Shen and even with him, which shows Fang Yuan can reason and act like the righteous path. ^{ch. 1910}

Shen Cong Sheng decides to gamble, promises to try to persuade Shen Shang to stop attacking Fang Yuan if he regains his senses, and hands over all the low ranked immortal materials he has. Fang Yuan stores them and goes down to retrieve the underwater formation, which has only forty percent left and would probably collapse before Shen Shang died if the fight went on. Its collapse would very likely implicate the Immortal Gu inside, and losing regret Gu would severely thwart Fang Yuan’s plans, one reason he joined forces with Shen Cong Sheng. Once it is taken away, the white-gold pillar dissipates and Shen Shang is free. Shen Cong Sheng declines Fang Yuan’s offer of help and chooses to wait until his ancestor awakens on his own. ^{ch. 1910}

Shen Shang, still shrieking in insanity, suddenly flies away like an arrow, and Shen Cong Sheng and Fang Yuan give chase. Shen Shang is extremely fast, the warship only a little faster, and Fang Yuan does not dare to stop him directly, so Shen Shang flies out of regret crying sea. An invisible barrier, Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable’s limit on where foreign Gu Immortals may go, stops Fang Yuan and Shen Cong Sheng but not Shen Shang. Shen Shang shrinks into a small black dot in the sky. Fang Yuan consoles Shen Cong Sheng that Shen Shang cannot leave Dragon Whale Paradise and will definitely try to contact his descendant once sane. If Shen Shang stays insane, the Merit Obelisk will surely issue more missions to kill him. ^{ch. 1910}

Under the Merit Obelisk, Miao Ming Shen’s group and the Shen clan Gu Immortals with Ren Xiu Ping and Tong Hua wait in two separate groups, afraid that teleporting back would catch them in the battle’s aftermath. Fang Yuan and Shen Cong Sheng appear together. Shen Shang is not with them. Shen Cong Sheng says that Fang Yuan’s information saves him much time and effort, and when Fang Yuan calls it his sincerity, the immortals are shocked to find the two on good terms. Shen Cong Sheng announces an agreement to cooperate with Fang Yuan for now and orders the Shen clan Gu Immortals to hand over all their rank six and seven immortal materials. After dawdling in disbelief, they obey, and Fang Yuan knows they will not give everything but has already mostly obtained what his refinement needs. ^{ch. 1910}

Shen Cong Sheng then looks at Ren Xiu Ping and Tong Hua, and when a livid Ren Xiu Ping asks whether they too must give, Shen Cong Sheng coldly nods and says Shen clan will reward them. Ren Xiu Ping almost curses, resenting that he came to join the force and was treated like this. Shen Cong Sheng smiles slightly and asks whether he doubts Shen clan’s credibility. Ren Xiu Ping laughs, says he believes him, and hands most of his immortal materials to Fang Yuan despite the pain. Tong Hua, with an extremely ugly expression, has no choice but to follow suit. ^{ch. 1910}