Chapter 195

First gen Gu Yue turns on Lord Sky Crane in hatred. He says both were orphans raised by one master, who always pampered Lord Sky Crane for his A grade aptitude over his own C grade. Lord Sky Crane then obtained Blood Skull Gu, one of the true inheritances of Blood Sea ancestor, which purifies the blood of killed relatives into the aperture to upgrade it. First gen Gu Yue says only seizing and robbing could change his fate, and that the righteous path only lets a nobody be exploited. Only by becoming a demon, forsaking ethics and comradeship and paying a huge price, could he walk a path of his own, so he schemed against Lord Sky Crane and seized the inheritance. ^{ch. 195}

He resumes killing inside the blood shield. Large numbers of Gu Masters die, their blood absorbed by Blood Skull Gu and poured into his aperture to raise his aptitude, while the primeval stones he chewed lift his essence and fighting strength. Lord Sky Crane, outside, burns with anxiety, but Blood Curtain Skyflower leaves him helpless and he gives up trying to prevent it. Only a few people remain inside. ^{ch. 195}

First gen Gu Yue orders Fang Yuan to hand over the stolen Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus and be spared. Fang Yuan sneers and threatens to destroy the lotus, which he has refined and can self-destruct with a thought. First gen Gu Yue presses on regardless. He calls Fang Yuan his descendant, to be bled to raise his aptitude, and says he had purified his heirs’ blood with a blood type Gu to bring out a descendant with Ancient Moon Desolate Yin physique. Absorbing that blood would have raised his aptitude sharply to 99% A grade. Hating coercion, he says that if the lotus dies it dies, but Fang Yuan will die. ^{ch. 195}

A rank five expert is hard to dodge, and his claws are almost upon Fang Yuan when an ice hand pierces in from the side. The collision shatters it and forces First gen Gu Yue back a step. Bai Ning Bing has come to help. His broken arm re-forms as a fleshless ice hand; he is already reaching the lifespan limit of his ten extreme aptitude. Though only a rank three Gu Master, his fighting strength grows steeply as death closes in, and he offers to protect Fang Yuan on one condition, that Fang Yuan live on and witness the myriad wonders of the world. Fang Yuan, seeing his own younger self in him, is moved, and Bai Ning Bing entrusts his regrets to him. ^{ch. 195}

First gen Gu Yue recognizes the Northern Dark Ice Soul physique and scoffs at the plan to block him with it. In the first exchange Bai Ning Bing’s skull and most of his body are blown away, yet ice regrows them and he is resurrected. First gen Gu Yue, shocked, has never faced a ten extreme aptitude before. Bai Ning Bing is pressed down and the situation looks very bad, but his body is close to undying and no wound kills him. Growing furious and fearful, First gen Gu Yue attacks ever more crazily, and Bai Ning Bing turns into a moving iceman. ^{ch. 195}

Death arrives, and Bai Ning Bing recites a poem with a faint smile before his face freezes. A glacier rises from under his feet and crushes toward First gen Gu Yue, who sends large numbers of blood guillotine and bladewing blood bat Gu against it but is suppressed, confined and engulfed. The enormous glacier fills the whole blood shield, yet leaves Fang Yuan untouched in a small space Bai Ning Bing left intentionally. Blood Curtain Skyflower bursts, and Lord Sky Crane takes to the air as the glacier spreads over the whole Qing Mao mountain, turning it into a land of ice and snow. Bai Ning Bing’s consciousness is fading and the glacier slips from his control. The space under Fang Yuan shrinks, so he must leave soon. ^{ch. 195}