Chapter 885

A hairy man Gu Immortal shouts at Twelfth Hair and Thirteenth Hair, calling their betrayal unforgivable. Others insist it must be an illusion, but the blow shatters morale, and the hairy man Gu Immortals can no longer manage the formation cleanly. Hei Cheng catches a breath while the traitors help gather Gu worms. Furious, the land spirit orders them killed, insisting Refinement Cauldron still carries his will, and the hairy men, however naive, harden their resolve. ^{ch. 885}

The formation has another drawback. Full power takes practice these Gu Immortals have never had together. Only Fang Yuan, Mo Tan Sang and the land spirit attack, the unskilled hairy men holding them back, leaving the giant clumsy. But the fight itself teaches them coordination, and the giant soon sends Dark Prison flying twice, forcing Hei Cheng to retreat. ^{ch. 885}

The giant drives Qin Bai Sheng into flight. He spits blood and flees, but Dark Prison intercepts its charges. Hui Feng Zi and He Lang Zi reinforce Qin Bai Sheng, until four Gu Immortals and Dark Prison oppose the formation. As the land spirit’s side grows coordinated, the giant’s strength rises until no attack can halt it, forcing Qin Bai Sheng to break off collecting three times to dodge it. ^{ch. 885}

Fang Yuan plays his trump card, the immortal killer move Myriad Self Giant Hand. Four of the giant’s arms slam down for a hundred beads of immortal essence, the formation amplifying the blow to an unprecedented level. Hui Feng Zi flees at once with wind escape. He Lang Zi, in wolf form, is only grazed, the graze shattering bone and turning flesh to paste. Two of the giant’s hands clap shut on Dark Prison itself. An Immortal Gu House does not collapse from that, but the impact leaves it cracked and smoking. Hui Feng Zi recognizes the attacker as the rank seven Gu Immortal who killed Xue Song Zi. ^{ch. 885}

The hairy men cheer. But the land spirit’s joy curdles into suspicion at Fang Yuan, pale and shaking from a fierce backlash, and the sight stills his doubt. Qin Bai Sheng, seeming injured past his domineering air, announces he will stop for today, then flies off. The land spirit gives chase but cannot leave the blessed land, only watching as Qin Bai Sheng’s group tears through space with half of Refinement Cauldron. ^{ch. 885}

Fairy Jiang Yu asks why they retreat without the rest. Qin Bai Sheng explains that Luo Po Valley is under attack, and the Immortal Gu nurtured there, close to complete, cannot be risked. The two hairy man traitors advise leaving Lang Ya blessed land alone for its value, their mole network thin: three placed, two now exposed, needing centuries to rebuild. ^{ch. 885}

Qin Bai Sheng decides to leave the last mole and prioritize Luo Po Valley. Dark Prison can make up the missing half, he adds, and Shadow Sect’s people, agreeing to strike again at a good chance, trade a wordless glance over Hei Cheng. ^{ch. 885}

The land spirit decides to relocate the blessed land, ownerless after Long Hair Ancestor’s death and by convention immovable. He tells Fang Yuan he has his own ways, though the process leaves heaven and earth qi unstable at huge cost. Fang Yuan sighs inwardly. He senses anew how deep Long Hair Ancestor’s foundation was. ^{ch. 885}

The land spirit praises both his and Mo Tan Sang’s effort, Fang Yuan’s especially. Mo Tan Sang, staring in shock, only now recognizes the Fang Yuan before him. Fang Yuan, unbothered at being found out, only smiles. Musing on how hard it will be for hairy men to rise, the land spirit promises a generous reward if Fang Yuan follows him, then blurts that even a dog needs a bone to be enthusiastic, catching himself speaking his own thoughts aloud. ^{ch. 885}