Chapter 926

In Hu Immortal blessed land, Fang Yuan sits inside a wisdom light halo, testing a Gu formation of his own design that speeds up how fast his thoughts collide. The formation still carries flaws. It leaves him with a nosebleed, and an earlier version once exploded inside him. He needed it because Wisdom Gu is rank nine while he is only a rank six immortal zombie. Before grandmaster attainment he could only use the light of wisdom directly, and the formation still cannot sharpen his deductions, only save him time. He judges that the harder problem now is the star thought Immortal Gu recipe itself. ^{ch. 926}

Blazing Heaven Demoness had recruited Fang Yuan and agreed to fund his attempt at star thought Immortal Gu, sending Bo Dan with the needed materials. He could not have gathered them so quickly himself. Every set she funds becomes his debt to her, gathering interest until repaid. If he succeeds but has not repaid within a hundred years, she may take an Immortal Gu from him instead. He has already failed three attempts. He rules out faking failures to draw more funding from her, since she is not easy to fool. ^{ch. 926}

Without a success dao mark from the Refinement Path Convention, he must rely on skill and luck alone. One step illustrates the difficulty: fusing fire path pale flame white bones with water path green beetle water lotus, whose dao marks must nearly match, or the liquid turns extremely murky and unusable. Reaching wisdom and star path grandmaster attainment let him modify the recipe himself. He has already replaced eleven such unstable fusion steps with steps of higher success rate. He judges that Blazing Heaven Demoness gains regardless of outcome. Failure leaves him owing her a huge debt, and his displayed wisdom path attainment would then let her force him to work for her as a rare and extremely useful subordinate. Success lets her move against Yu Lu blessed land. ^{ch. 926}

Refinement path attainment varies widely among Gu Immortals. Many go bankrupt trying to refine an Immortal Gu at all, since even careful work can still fail on any single attempt. Immortal Gu boost a Gu Immortal in every aspect, and heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities sharpen that desire further, yet many rank six Gu Immortals still hold none and would rather hunt a wild Immortal Gu than risk refining one. Even Giant Sun and Thieving Heaven, both venerables, once needed Long Hair Ancestor’s help to refine Immortal Gu and Immortal Gu Houses. ^{ch. 926}

With only seven total attempts possible and three already spent, Fang Yuan resolves to lean on luck for the four attempts left. His Connect Luck can link him to another’s fortune. Without Break Luck, though, he cannot sever that link if the person turns unlucky. So he needs someone whose strong luck will not fade. He rules out his earlier candidates: the rest are unborn, and Song Yi Shi has already killed Li Xiao Yao’s ancestor on the nameless island, so Li Xiao Yao cannot be born now. ^{ch. 926}

That leaves Fairy Black Moon. In his previous life she was Spirit Affinity House’s current-generation fairy, a status rivaling or exceeding Mo Yao’s. This was during a great era of turmoil, when the five regions fell into unprecedented chaos and dream path emerged, hinting at a coming Great Dream Immortal Venerable. Her talent was incredible, surely first-rate among the five regions. She led Central Continent’s Gu Immortals against Imperial Court blessed land. Her luck had grown very strong with each battle she survived, making her his ideal target for Connect Luck. ^{ch. 926}