Chapter 879

Four rank eight Gu Immortals keep watch inside Heaven Overseeing Tower: Heaven Overseeing Tower Lord, Bai Cang Shui, Lian Jiu Sheng and Bi Chen Tian. A huge refinement path Gu formation fills the sky. Heavenly Court is recovering fate Gu. Bai Cang Shui senses it could become an Immortal Gu House, but Lian Jiu Sheng says that is impossible: they lack the one crucial core Immortal Gu. ^{ch. 879}

This Gu formation only mimics Long Hair Ancestor’s Refinement Cauldron. The real one still sits inside Lang Ya blessed land. Redesigning around a different core would be very difficult, Lian Jiu Sheng says. Long Hair Ancestor, though only rank eight, was a refinement path supreme grandmaster with a wisdom path great grandmaster friend, Immortal Yi Yan. ^{ch. 879}

Bai Cang Shui asks why Heavenly Court never recruited Long Hair Ancestor. Heaven Overseeing Tower Lord answers arrogantly: Long Hair Ancestor was not human but a hairy man, barred from Heavenly Court, the sanctuary of humans alone. The other three have never heard this secret. ^{ch. 879}

At Lang Ya blessed land, three of five cloud buildings are already destroyed. Xue Song Zi died on Qin Bai Sheng’s side, and an inkman Gu Immortal on the land spirit’s side. Qin Bai Sheng charges straight at the cloud building sheltering Fang Yuan, Mo Tan Sang and the land spirit. ^{ch. 879}

The land spirit paces, his muttering turning to nonsense: they cannot hold on, and letting his other self out would only lock him in instead. He worries that maniac would raise this blessed land into a grotto-heaven, and says his ambition will definitely destroy it. The grumbling only unnerves Fang Yuan and Mo Tan Sang. ^{ch. 879}

Fang Yuan, with Fixed Immortal Travel, stays relatively calm. Mo Tan Sang is uneasy: his own death here would leave Inkman City undefended. He urges the land spirit to stay calm. The land spirit pleads not to be pushed, so Mo Tan Sang shakes his arm to make him focus. ^{ch. 879}

The land spirit screams, and a huge force bursts from his body. Mo Tan Sang, caught off guard, is thrown against the wall like a tattered doll. He stares in disbelief, asking whether this is even Lang Ya land spirit. ^{ch. 879}

The land spirit, once a white-haired old man, is now muscular and hairy, roughly Fang Yuan’s own zombie-body height. Fang Yuan, startled, retreats a few steps and watches him warily. ^{ch. 879}

The land spirit sighs that he is still Lang Ya land spirit, weakened years ago, letting a weaker fellow take control. He is finally back. His main body was a hairy man, and after it died, two equally strong obsessions combined into one land spirit. The one they have known is only the obsession over space escape Immortal Gu. ^{ch. 879}

Mo Tan Sang’s expression freezes at the idea of two obsessions. Fang Yuan reacts faster, asking what condition this land spirit sets for a new master. The land spirit tells him bluntly he is not qualified, and Fang Yuan asks why. ^{ch. 879}

His ambition, the land spirit declares, is to make every hairy man a ruler and force every other variant human, humans included, into slavery. Whichever hairy man achieves this becomes his new master. Mo Tan Sang is stunned, and Fang Yuan realizes at once why he is not qualified: he is not a hairy man. ^{ch. 879}

Fang Yuan sees that the hairy man identity explains the name long hair and the land spirit’s old refusal to sell Fang Yuan hairy man slaves. He confirms this with dozens of investigative killer moves. ^{ch. 879}

The land spirit’s two obsessions are a refinement path obsession tied to space escape Immortal Gu, and a species obsession from being a hairy man suppressed by humans. Fang Yuan’s expression turns grave. The land spirit’s personality has changed as completely as his appearance, leaving Fang Yuan to wonder what attitude he will now hold toward a human like him. ^{ch. 879}