Chapter 734

The letter jolts Fang Yuan: dream realms had surfaced more than four hundred years before his previous life ended, earlier than he knew. He loses interest in testing killer moves. ^{ch. 734}

In his previous life, Central Continent alone triggered war against the other four regions, and after early gains the four regions banded together and fought Central Continent to a stalemate. Before that alliance could strike back, dream realms surfaced in all five regions at once, grown by generations of human dreaming since Ren Zu’s first humans. The realms are dangerous and strange, but they let people seize ancient foundations. The attainment they gave broke the old clan and sect order. Small forces and lone cultivators rose everywhere, and the planned war against Central Continent was dropped for a scramble over the surfaced realms. That scramble became the five regions’ chaotic war, and the rush to explore quickly formed dream path as its own field. ^{ch. 734}

Immortal Yi Yan, a legendary rank eight wisdom path Gu Immortal, had prophesied the coming of three venerables. By then two of the three, Spectral Soul Demon Venerable and Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable, had appeared, leaving Great Dream Immortal Venerable, expected to solve the space escape Gu problem, still to come. A common theory holds that whoever controls the dream realm can use past accumulations to become that very Great Dream Immortal Venerable. In his previous life, Fang Yuan rose to rule a region partly through blood path luck, and partly because the chaotic war left great powers too distracted to notice him. With only mortal dream path Gu, he never gained real footing in the dream realms, chased off by larger forces. That gap was why he once turned to Song Zhong and other demonic path Gu Immortals, striking Hu Immortal blessed land together to kill Feng Jin Huang and reach for her dream wings Immortal Gu. The attack killed her, but he never got the Gu. ^{ch. 734}

Fang Yuan reflects that foreknowledge sometimes misled him. His information no longer matched the changed reality. In his previous life he believed Star Constellation immortal zombie, actually Seven Star Child, had merely been lucky within Starry Sky grotto-heaven’s fragment worlds. In fact Seven Star Child owned the grotto-heaven outright, and most likely took the Star Constellation name because Star Constellation Immortal Venerable’s dream realm had surfaced inside it, handing him some of that venerable’s accumulation. ^{ch. 734}

Dream Travel belongs to Lady Poison Scorpion, a rank seven Northern Plains Gu Immortal who lies dormant in Zi Du blessed land. She is the first to explore the realms with it, and later becomes the third overlord of dream realms as a lone cultivator, with battle strength above Hei Cheng and a blessed land defended like a fortress. Nobody dares target the mortal Feng Jin Huang for dream wings Immortal Gu while Fairy Bai Qing and Feng Jiu Ge stand behind her. Other dream path Immortal Gu are either uncreated or undiscovered, their origins unknown. ^{ch. 734}

Fang Yuan wonders whether taking Hu Immortal blessed land from Feng Jin Huang in this life pushed her to learn dream wings Immortal Gu’s true use earlier than before. If so, Spirit Affinity House will take notice, and word will carry to the other nine great ancient sects and on through Central Continent. He agrees to compete against her in refinement path at the convention. His refinement path attainment has since risen to quasi-grandmaster, partly from deducing Lang Ya land spirit’s Immortal Gu recipes, so he is not worried by her Immortal Gu advantage. ^{ch. 734}

Two great events are now approaching one after another. The Refinement Path Convention ties to the Infallible inheritance, and Qin Bai Sheng and Fairy Li Shan’s auction follows close behind. A strong convention showing will need at least five hundred immortal essence stones of materials, so Fang Yuan starts gathering them. The auction will include a rare segment for exchanging Immortal Gu, since Immortal Gu cannot simply be bought. His own worldly wave trace Immortal Gu is a water path Gu that serves him poorly as a strength path cultivator. That auction in Northern Plains may be his only large scale chance for the next two hundred years, and he is also drawn to the luck path inheritance. With only two hundred immortal essence stones, barely enough for either event, he is left counting on Lang Ya land spirit’s plan to sell the captured blessed lands. ^{ch. 734}