Practice Gu

Secret Schemer says the three must keep practice Gu activated at all times, with someone carving the truthful floating ice continuously, and that they are only in charge of activating practice Gu, not controlling the wider formation. ^{ch. 2190}

When Star Constellation Immortal Venerable reaches the formation core, Pang Shan and Secret Schemer threaten to activate practice Gu and destroy the truthful floating ice, then offer to hand practice Gu over. She says controlling practice Gu was beyond her expectations after she had sealed Limitless’ will. ^{ch. 2195}

With only the last truthful floating ice left, the three eccentrics activate practice Gu together as if carving the final part. Secret Schemer tells the venerables the eternal life research results lack only half a step, and that activating practice Gu a little longer would finish the carve. ^{ch. 2206}

When the two venerables’ killer moves collide, their leftover power hits the truthful floating ice and cracks spread over it. The three eccentrics who activate practice Gu are heavily injured, and Pang Shan dies at once. Not Immortal scolds the two venerables, saying the ice holds the eternal life research results and that all that is needed is a person to continue activating practice Gu. The truthful floating ice then breaks down completely, and the human shaped ice left at its middle turns into Limitless Demon Venerable. ^{ch. 2207}

Limitless Demon Venerable takes out practice Gu and says this Immortal Gu was prepared for Demon Immortal Qi Jue from the start, waiting over a million years, then tosses it to him. Limitless names Qi Jue as his Dao Guardian and says only with the Dao Guardian’s help can a venerable go one step further, break past the venerable realm, and attain eternal life. Qi Jue activates practice Gu; its light envelops Limitless’ body while Qi Jue weakens until he must stop. ^{ch. 2208}

When Limitless says he failed, Qi Jue activates practice Gu again with all his strength, sending profound light that extinguishes black fire on Limitless’ body. Limitless tells him to stop; Qi Jue vanishes as chaos sweeps him away because of their close connection. ^{ch. 2209}

In the passage of The Legends of Ren Zu that Wang Xiao Er reads, Ren Zu and two companions find that the center of the truthful floating ice holds no self Gu, but three other Gu: rules Gu, regulation Gu, and practice Gu. Rules Gu and regulation Gu came there to create truthful floating ice together with practice Gu. The three Gu kept creating truthful floating ice, and afterwards, under the effect of time Gu, that ice flowed away and sank. Rules Gu and regulation Gu tell Ren Zu that practice Gu can help him find self Gu, and practice Gu works with Great Strength True Martial to grow a ball of floating ice until Ren Zu and his companions find self Gu. ^{ch. 2294}