Chapter 983

Fang Yuan appears in a nameless Central Continent valley. A fallen fragment of Starry Sky grotto-heaven is stable for now, guarded by the ten great ancient sects. Only his rank six bottom tier cultivation qualifies him to enter, and Immortal Crane Sect exploits the contest’s rules to send him in. ^{ch. 983}

Fairy Bai Qing asks Fang Yuan to look after her daughter Feng Jin Huang. He privately weighs killing her, then abandons the idea; Spirit Affinity House has concealed Feng Jiu Ge’s death, so Fang Yuan’s information holds only that Feng Jiu Ge went missing. The hundred days battle is unresolved, and killing her for her dream wings Immortal Gu would definitely bring attacks from Spirit Affinity House and other forces while Feng Jiu Ge still holds power. Feng Jin Huang can destroy dream wings Immortal Gu with a thought, and Fang Yuan has no method to steal it. ^{ch. 983}

He Feng Yang tells him heavily to enter last, since his cultivation ranks highest. The fragment world appears as a lake, and Fang Yuan steps straight in. ^{ch. 983}

Fang Yuan recalls a desolate beast dragonfish, driven berserk by an Immortal Gu, harder to capture without his lost self strength Immortal Gu. Heaven’s Envy Manor’s elite Gu Masters are trapped again on the small island at the lake’s center. Fang Yuan descends and captures it. ^{ch. 983}

Fang Yuan flies to the dream realm, where Feng Jin Huang greets him. He agrees to ease her way for a price, then preempts any offer of an immortal zombie revival method, having already found one that is not the ten extreme physique ascension method. Fang Yuan instead asks for a dream path mortal Gu recipe, since Spirit Affinity House’s dream research leads the other nine sects. ^{ch. 983}

Feng Jin Huang holds this place only by beating any challenger twice of three, but as a mortal cannot beat him. She refuses his request. She knows no dream path mortal Gu recipe, and offers a strength path recipe instead. Dream path remains immature, since Dream Wings and Dream Travel alone do not make a path and only super forces research it, so such recipes carry immense value. ^{ch. 983}

Fang Yuan does not press her, knowing she would never hand one over anyway. He names his true motive: information on Sword Immortal Bo Qing, a Spirit Affinity House figure, and warns her against market-known details. Feng Jin Huang reasons that Bo Qing is already dead, so agreeing costs little, and that her mother can obtain it easily. She agrees. ^{ch. 983}

Fang Yuan sets terms: two hours of Central Continent time for a first batch, her total time set by its value. She knows she cannot fool him, since her mother can track her status. Both sides agree. Fang Yuan leaves to capture the hidden essence turtle and nether grass, and sends out rockmen to search for materials and Gu worms. ^{ch. 983}

Two hours pass in Central Continent time, several days inside the fragment world. Feng Jin Huang hands over the first batch of information, which Fang Yuan judges in-depth Spirit Affinity House material. He also thinks his saved effort may let him explore Falling Heavenly River this life. By their agreement he grants her three days of the fragment world’s own time. ^{ch. 983}

Feng Jin Huang had underestimated the dream realm’s difficulty and has still not passed even its first layer. Three days will not even heal her injuries. Fang Yuan, knowing her true state but pretending otherwise, leaves. ^{ch. 983}

He doubles back to the dream realm’s far side and enters it stealthily. With his previous life’s proficiency, he uses the killer move unravel dream far more freely. He unravels the first layer’s beastmen wind knot grass dream realm, then the second layer’s mountain peak astrolabe chessboard dream realm. ^{ch. 983}

He reaches the third layer, never touched in his previous life. At the pavilion a female immortal plays the zither and tells him he has finally arrived. Fang Yuan’s body shudders: Star Constellation Immortal Venerable. ^{ch. 983}