Chapter 847

Turning Fang Zheng into a blood deity would erase every method used on him before. A blood deity is a new life form. Once the transformation succeeds, his own original thoughts and intentions influence it. ^{ch. 847}

A blood deity’s strength can be foreseen. Three lightning deities alone let Vicious Lightning Fiend, only rank six, defeat rank seven Gu Immortals. A blood deity fights at a Gu Immortal’s level, so each one added shifts the odds toward Fang Yuan. Numbers only make up temporarily for cultivation frozen by his immortal zombie state. As a blood path grandmaster, he could fall back on that specialty if ever hunted down. ^{ch. 847}

For now, converting Fang Zheng must go slowly. Fang Yuan trusts effort will get him there despite Immortal Crane Sect’s hold. His guts Gu and regretful spider trades are already established. He waits only on a transaction token to open Western Desert’s dragonfish and eerie fire dragon python trade through the Xiao clan for large daily wealth. ^{ch. 847}

His main priority remains refining change form Immortal Gu. With most tough opponents in the Refinement Path Convention eliminated, his top six placement is basically secured. Feng Jin Huang is the only remaining variable. After her defeat to Fang Yuan, she learned dream wings Immortal Gu’s true use early. Aided by her mother Fairy Bai Qing, she explored dream realms and reached quasi-grandmaster refinement path attainment, catching up to a level Fang Yuan needed five hundred years to reach in a fraction of the time. ^{ch. 847}

Fang Yuan has been gathering intelligence on Feng Jin Huang. She grew from a clumsy opponent into a strong one. But her duel is an unknown variable his rebirth memory cannot help with, unlike the Convention’s own tests. ^{ch. 847}

He must handle her carefully or risk the Infallible inheritance’s reward. A top six finish earns a success dao mark for refining change form Immortal Gu. But infallible does not mean certain success. A success dao mark only removes Gu refinement’s natural failure probability. It cannot save a refinement from a major technique mistake. Nor can it save one from an Immortal Gu that already exists elsewhere, since every Immortal Gu’s law fragment is unique. ^{ch. 847}

A success dao mark can offset only one rank six Immortal Gu’s failure probability. Rank seven and eight need more than one. ^{ch. 847}

Fang Yuan has never heard of anyone possessing change form Immortal Gu. From his previous life’s knowledge and his own deductions, he judges the odds it already exists as very low. If it does exist and costs him the refinement, he accepts that as ordinary bad luck. This is Gu refinement’s harshness and its beauty at once. ^{ch. 847}

In True Yang mountain range, Vicious Lightning Fiend faces Dan Qiao. Dan Qiao is a rank seven demonic path Gu Immortal known as Blazing Demonic Immortal. He refuses to fight without a worthy wager. Vicious Lightning Fiend offers one thousand five hundred kilograms of hibiscus branches, which Dan Qiao urgently needs for Gu refinement. Dan Qiao agrees, staking six hundred strands of two-nine thunder heavenly qi if he loses. ^{ch. 847}

They clash at once, World Decimating Fire Crows against Lightning Dragon Purgatory. Both had already gathered intelligence, so they trade only prepared, powerful skills. Dan Qiao lands three immortal killer moves in a row and gains ground. Since leaving seclusion, Vicious Lightning Fiend has met no stronger opponent, one surpassing him in cultivation, immortal essence and dao marks. But Vicious Lightning Fiend does not panic, since losing to a higher rank is nothing new. ^{ch. 847}

Vicious Lightning Fiend then sends out three lightning deities, each carrying the battle strength of a Gu Immortal. He turns the fight around; the battle rages an hour as heavy immortal essence consumption costs both. Dan Qiao lands a huge, unavoidable explosion that sends Vicious Lightning Fiend flying. He then transforms into a giant blazing demon and closes at extreme speed to demand surrender. In the crisis, Vicious Lightning Fiend self-detonates a lightning deity. The explosion shakes mountains and leaves both fighters heavily injured, exhausted, their battle strength greatly reduced. ^{ch. 847}

A blood-colored light then forms a battlefield killer move that traps them both, demanding their lives. Dan Qiao, recognizing it, shouts in fear: Song Zi Xing. ^{ch. 847}