Chapter 397

Fang Yuan sighs that the world truly holds uncountable geniuses and admits that Bai Ning Bing’s flawless plan beat him. He was careless and overconfident, thinking only of the Immortal Gu. Bai Ning Bing answers that perfect time, place and opportunity made it possible, and urges him to stop a pointless struggle. Fang Yuan sneers that he lives only because they want the Immortal Gu’s effects and the recipe in his head. ^{ch. 397}

The land spirit is dead, the blessed land teeters on destruction, and no heavenly power restrains Gu Masters’ Gu. Fang Yuan need only think and all his Gu will self-detonate, and neither Bai Ning Bing nor Tie Ruo Nan can stop him. He tells Tie Ruo Nan that she must take the Immortal Gu back to redeem herself for Tie Mu Bai’s death, or lose her young master position. She agrees, calling an Immortal Gu extremely important and its return an unprecedented merit. With the recipe known only to him, she could also become young clan leader. As clan leader she means to uphold justice like Tie Mu Bai, which takes great strength. She will not kill him, and offers Tie clan’s Demon Suppression Tower for his reform, after which he would work for Tie clan. ^{ch. 397}

Fang Yuan answers that he will make a transaction, arguing details while watching the movements outside the hall to stall for time. His mind is tired, his primeval essence is nearly spent, and his rank four all-out effort Gu is unrefined. He holds back Spring Autumn Cicada for now. It is his best chance but carries an enormous risk of death. His true opportunity is the experts outside, who he hopes will fight their way in and completely overturn the situation. ^{ch. 397}

Outside, Gu Masters rage at Tie clan as the mastermind and claim the immortal treasure for everyone. A purple light barrier covers the bronze hall, guarded by the four old-timers. Tie Bai Qi, a rank five enslavement path Gu Master and once Tie Mu Bai’s capable general, stands at the door commanding the dog group. The dog group fights with several times its former strength, and he does not mind the losses. Dog emperor Ying Ming blocks Xiao Mang, who fears that Tie clan will take the treasure. ^{ch. 397}

Xiao Mang flies out through a huge hole in the sky and gathers sunlight into a ball with rank four gather light Gu. Rank five extreme light Gu fills the ball with the glory of the immemorial era, and rank five river under the sun Gu turns it into an overwhelming river of light. This killer move, Torrential Light Stream, blinds the battlefield. Tie Bai Qi can reduce its impact only a little. The stream shatters the purple barrier, gravely injuring the four old-timers who sustained it, and the weakened river breaks into the hall. ^{ch. 397}

Bai Ning Bing and Tie Ruo Nan dodge, while Fang Yuan activates the rank five Warp Gu he got by killing Chou Jiu, the killer ghost doctor, and vanishes. Tie Ruo Nan judges that the Gu came from the killer ghost doctor. Fixed star Gu lets the four old-timers arrest him even at the end of the world, she says, so they can let him roam and spend his primeval essence first. ^{ch. 397}

Fang Yuan vomits blood from the Warp Gu’s backlash, which with constant use turns a Gu Master hideous, though he no longer cares. Still near the hall, he is attacked by dogs and retreats. The second aperture Gu is in Tie Ruo Nan’s hands, but he refined it and can still make it self-detonate, which he will do only if left no choice. He vows that the battle has only begun. He cannot keep that Gu in his aperture, which another Immortal Gu would burst under Spring Autumn Cicada’s pressure. Carrying it outside would leak its aura and make him the target of two rank five, over ten rank four, and countless lower Gu Masters. Reckoning that Tie Ruo Nan, as holder, will definitely be everyone’s target, he resolves to recover and strike later. ^{ch. 397}

Heaven is not on his side. Many Gu Masters notice him coming from the bronze hall and shout that he must have a share of the treasure. Heavy tai dogs attack first, and Tie Bai Qi gives him special attention besides the righteous and demonic Gu Masters who obstruct him. ^{ch. 397}