Chapter 940

Fang Yuan is extremely happy to finally fix his cultivation aptitude, a regret across both his lives. The ten extreme physique version tempts him most, but a Great Strength True Martial immortal zombie is extremely hard to find. Historical records and his memory turn up no clues. Hei Lou Lan is his only realistic target. ^{ch. 940}

Hei Lou Lan is formidable, since she fights all out while scheming deeply. She is backed by the rank seven Fairy Li Shan, too closely bonded to ever betray her, so moving against one means moving against both. Worse, she knows the truth of Imperial Court blessed land, and exposing it would draw every Gu Immortal chasing Giant Sun Immortal Venerable’s inheritance down on him. Fang Yuan judges her a porcupine, worth the risk only for her physique. ^{ch. 940}

He prepares on two fronts: a way to harm Hei Lou Lan, and letters asking Fairy Li Shan how contracts break, under cover of his own Zombie Alliance agreement. Progress on both, and on refining star thought Immortal Gu, stays very slow. Hei Lou Lan, recognizing her own weakness, withdraws into hiding outside Snowy Mountain. Fang Yuan returns to Dark Flow Giant City, re-enters Earth Trench for more star night mucus, and fails again at refining the Gu. Fairy Li Shan cultivated earth path before turning to information path mainly alongside wood path, holds mountain pledge Immortal Gu, and her information path attainment is definitely above his. She once broke an agreement against Dong Fang tribe and survived unscathed, proof she can unmake contracts as well as make them. His backup plan, should Hei Lou Lan stay out of reach, is to break his own Zombie Alliance agreement instead and steal bodies from its graveyard. ^{ch. 940}

His attempts to learn information path from her yield little, since she guards her own threatened standing and refuses even a high price. His own attainment is too low to learn quickly regardless. Still, she gives him a clear picture of the fight between Zombie Alliance and Snowy Mountain. Blazing Heaven Demoness harasses Snowy Mountain’s already unlucky demonic path Gu Immortals steadily, while Old Ancestor Xue Hu, alone against her three rank eight zombies, cannot force a decisive fight, leaving even his incredible battle strength at a lasting disadvantage. ^{ch. 940}

Fang Yuan can only wait. He refines exert strength Gu and disappointment Gu at his stone nests, through his hairy man slaves, though the totals still fall short. He keeps his rank eight materials unsold, while Blazing Heaven Demoness funds his star thought Gu refining, his monthly profits also developing Star Form blessed land. He buys cloud soil and sets Star Form’s land spirit to building a river system for star fragment grass. Moving against Hei Lou Lan still risks exposing his own crimes, since Fairy Li Shan gives her the advantage in breaking their contract. An attack from Central Continent Gu Immortals on the indefensible Hu Immortal blessed land could come any day, leaving Star Form as his only retreat. ^{ch. 940}

One day, moving perspective cup Gu inside his dead aperture activates with a letter, oddly from Fairy Li Shan herself, asking for help. She has found traces of Hei Cheng, Hei Lou Lan’s own father, whom Hei Lou Lan must kill to avenge her mother, and asks Fang Yuan to join the kill. Hei Cheng, a power holder in Hei tribe, vanished during the hundred days battle and returned hunted in secret by his own people, having sacrificed the tribe’s rank six Immortal Gu House Dark Prison to save himself. Its core Immortal Gu belonged to Hei tribe’s four supreme elders, and Central Continent Gu Immortals divided the house among their sects, already forcefully refining one; the elders, learning of his huge mistake, moved to punish him. Bound by an agreement never to reveal Shadow Sect’s secrets, Hei Cheng cannot explain himself and can only flee. His tribe needs the Immortal Gu House back. It hunts him as its only lead, though he narrowly escapes several clashes. ^{ch. 940}

As the commotion grows, Fairy Li Shan and Hei Lou Lan judge this abandonment the best chance yet for revenge. Needing greater numbers to kill a Gu Immortal safely, Fairy Li Shan contacts Fang Yuan before their alliance expires. Her compensation is very profitable. But Fang Yuan has his own motive too, since only a chaotic battle like this one gives him a chance to finally act against the long-hidden Hei Lou Lan. ^{ch. 940}