Chapter 564

The aurora of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building’s second floor visibly fades, and the whole sacred palace falls into shock and fear. Hei Lou Lan seizes elder Hei Pei by the collar and orders an investigation. Hei Pei, only a mortal, sobs that he does not know and that historical records show no such case. Hei Lou Lan holds one of the ten extreme physiques and can escape death only by becoming immortal, which needs a relevant Immortal Gu, so he has placed his hopes on a strength path Immortal Gu from the building. ^{ch. 564}

From far away, Fang Yuan watches with a cold smile. He had estimated that at most ten percent of the heavenly power would be absorbed, but when he activated the mechanism the backflow surpassed his estimate. He can tell the mysterious Gu Immortal behind this understood the building absolutely no worse than he does. Below, Di Qiu cave is filled to the brim with light that a layer of black light at the entrance restrains. ^{ch. 564}

Cracks appear on the building’s first floor, and many Gu Masters on the lower floors kneel and beg the old ancestor for mercy. Hei Lou Lan screams inwardly that he has yet to avenge his mother. Then the first floor, completely condensed, collapses completely into free aurora light that gushes out and enshrouds the whole sacred palace. He spurts blood and orders the light to form back. It gathers briefly, but it does not condense into the floor again and keeps reducing, and his spark of hope is completely gone. ^{ch. 564}

First elder Hei Pei clutches his hair and asks whether the heavens want Hei tribe dead. A problem in the building in Hei tribe’s hands means Hei tribe is completely finished, since other super forces and Huang Jin tribes will not let them go. Near Ye Lui Sang’s heart, the fire path Immortal Gu lent by Supreme Elder Ye Lui Lai trembles non-stop. In Fang Yuan’s aperture, Spring Autumn Cicada reveals its true body and trembles. He knows this is the resonance of the Great Dao, set off when an Immortal Gu is born, and judges from its extent that the Gu about to be born is not of the time path. Where a mortal Gu holds only a fragment of heaven and earth’s law, an Immortal Gu holds a corner of the Great Dao, so only one of each kind can exist. ^{ch. 564}

Inside the cave, the aurora is absorbed as it nurtures the intense light, and the black membrane shows signs of failing to restrain it. Fang Yuan judges that if he waits, the membrane will burst and expose him, and the building’s hibernating will could turn him to ashes. He throws in Gu worms of rank one to five from all paths with the sprinkler technique. The aurora turns blue and becomes still. In the palace the clamor decreases, the aurora having reduced by around half, and no one watches the cave. ^{ch. 564}

Extremely cautious, Fang Yuan knows the final step is where a problem is most likely to appear. He flicks his wrist, and a smelly fart Gu flies into the cave. A peculiar fragrance spreads out. ^{ch. 564}

In the palace the Gu Masters become wild with joy that the aurora has stopped. A Hei tribe elder shouts that it is slowly increasing again, and Hei Lou Lan kicks him to the ground, unable to conceal his joy. Yet his heart is extremely nervous. Such a reduction and collapse never happened before. He does not know why, and as the building is the work of an Immortal Venerable, he probably could not solve it even if he did. Had he known Fang Yuan caused it single-handedly, he would probably risk his life and tear off the seal that Immortal Gu Dark Limit placed on him, to pit his life against Fang Yuan. ^{ch. 564}