Chapter 984

Fang Yuan stares at the female immortal, recognizing her: Star Constellation Immortal Venerable. She ranks second among history’s venerables, a disciple of Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable and the second generation Immortal King of Heavenly Court. ^{ch. 984}

Fang Yuan realizes that he wears his own true appearance here. In the dream’s first two layers he had been a child, then a mortal youngster. His killer move familiar face seems to have lost effect. He reasons his soul may have sunk deep into this dream. ^{ch. 984}

Star Constellation Immortal Venerable tells him not to fear and to listen to her song. She plays the zither and sings a cryptic verse that Fang Yuan senses as a prophecy he cannot grasp. Her figure fades as the song ends. He focuses intensely, but the dream realm vanishes. ^{ch. 984}

Fang Yuan leaves stealthily, shocked that not even five hundred years of previous-life experience met such a dream realm. He vaguely feels it holds great meaning and purpose for him. He cannot recall the song’s content, only the zither’s sound remaining in his mind. ^{ch. 984}

In Southern Border, at Shadow Sect’s Life and death blessed land, a dream realm stands before the Door of Life and Death. Old Man Yan Shi, holding nine rank eight Immortal Gu, steps into it. A killing intent greets him, and a black-robed man, Spectral Soul Demon Venerable, attacks, leaving him unable to move. Forced out with a heavily injured soul, Old Man Yan Shi spits blood. ^{ch. 984}

This dream realm proves harder than the one Fang Yuan explored, forcing Old Man Yan Shi to play a character Spectral Soul Demon Venerable had killed, and die. He has left the nine Immortal Gu inside, and now activates a rule path Immortal Gu named Become Real, refined by Yu Mu Chun in Central Continent. Become real Immortal Gu turns to silver light and circles the dream realm. Hundreds of thousands of rank five mortal Gu join it with his nine Immortal Gu as cores, wrapping Spectral Soul Demon Venerable’s dream realm in a silver light cocoon. ^{ch. 984}

A lifetime’s immortal essence and every Gu worm he owns are expended or dead. Extremely tired but joyful, he says it must now ripen. ^{ch. 984}

In Hu Immortal blessed land, after a month Fang Yuan creates an immortal battlefield killer move, star soul battlefield, built on Cleanse Soul, Star Mark, Star Shoot, Starlight, and Star Thought as cores. It carries no burst strength but drains an enemy’s strength endlessly. He credits the light of wisdom, since deducing it alone would have yielded nothing even after three years. ^{ch. 984}

Its coordination is extremely complex. Only six hundred or so Gu including Immortal Gu make up the move. Setup takes at least a few minutes, average among battlefield killer moves, which normally need long preparation like Fairy Li Shan’s orchard garden in mountain. Fang Yuan judges his move inferior to hers at trapping enemies but superior at draining strength, almost without end. ^{ch. 984}

Wanting to test it, Fang Yuan considers the one finger flow shark. Its rank eight battle strength and three time path Immortal Gu cannot be trapped, and dealing with it means fighting Shark Demon and Su Bai Man. He weighs cooperating with Blazing Heaven Demoness, since Fairy Li Shan has reached out to her, but rejects this. ^{ch. 984}

Success would leave him only a small share of the loot. Zombie Alliance’s agreement lets Blazing Heaven Demoness only suppress Shark Demon and Su Bai Man, never take their lives. Fang Yuan reasons he must seek her out, since otherwise Hei Lou Lan and Fairy Li Shan might hide her and use her against him; taking the initiative would deter her. ^{ch. 984}

He returns to Eastern Sea. Shark Demon and Su Bai Man await him, their attack on Yu Lu blessed land greatly advanced by his help yet stalled at unmoving troops. But Fang Yuan ignores Shark Demon completely, preferring to help Blazing Heaven Demoness devour Yu Lu blessed land, since he is closer to her and gains more. ^{ch. 984}