Outside Imperial Court blessed land, Gu Immortals from both the righteous path and demonic path were fighting like madmen.
Immortal Gu worms flew out from Eighty-Eight True Yang Building in quantities no one had ever seen before. This caused these Gu Immortals to lose every shred of self-restraint as they plunged into life-and-death battles.
"Murong Shi Du, you bastard! I saw that Immortal Gu first!"
A demonic path Gu Immortal cursed and immediately engaged Murong Shi Du in a deadly battle. His eyes were bloodshot as he instantly unleashed his trump cards.
Murong Shi Du sneered.
"A mere demonic path scum dares to fight me, Murong Shi Du?!"
Suddenly, the chaotic battlefield fell silent as an aura as deep as the ocean and as vast as the sea appeared.
The Gu Immortals trembled when they recognized the owner of this aura and could not help but curse.
"Old Ancestor Xue Hu! He is a rank eight demonic path Gu Immortal!"
"Those demonic path bastards have Old Ancestor Xue Hu, while not a single rank eight expert from our righteous path has appeared yet!"
The hearts of the Huang Jin tribes' Gu Immortals sank when Old Ancestor Xue Hu appeared. They could only curse inwardly before scattering to pursue the Immortal Gu.
"Hahaha… this ancestor did not expect anything interesting to happen in the coming years, but who would have thought Heaven had such twisted plans!… Attack them!"
Old Ancestor Xue Hu waved his hand, and more than ten demonic path Gu Immortals appeared, charging into the battlefield with overwhelming momentum.
Inside Imperial Court blessed land, a curtain of assimilation wind had formed, and the area in which Fang Yuan and the others could move began to shrink.
As a result, the space Fang Yuan could maneuver in became increasingly limited. However, Giant Sun's battle strength was falling to rock bottom the longer the battle dragged on.
Fang Yuan cursed loudly.
"Giant Sun, you are truly disappointing… completely unworthy of the title Immortal Venerable. Are these really all the arrangements your main body left behind?"
Fang Yuan waved his hand, causing the air around him to explode as qi fists struck Giant Sun's will.
The size of Giant Sun's will shrank even further. His expression turned cold as he looked toward Hei Lou Lan.
Hei Lou Lan was attacking from the side while keeping her eyes on Tai Bai Yun Sheng, who had been sealed by the two of them.
Giant Sun shouted coldly:
"Hei Lou Lan, what are you waiting for?! Why are you still hiding your strength?!"
Hei Lou Lan said in shock:
"Ancestor, what do you mean?!…"
Her expression turned cold when she looked toward Fang Yuan, who spat at her.
Fang Yuan's spit transformed into venom dragons that viciously charged toward Hei Lou Lan.
Sweating, Hei Lou Lan hurriedly dodged and hid behind Giant Sun's will.
Fang Yuan sneered inwardly and attacked once again.
Giant Sun's will looked extremely ugly.
His immortal essence had been stolen by Fang Yuan, and he possessed no Gu worms whatsoever—not even a mortal Gu.
His will continued shrinking, and as it did, he gradually became unable to keep up with Fang Yuan.
He shouted once more:
"Hei Lou Lan, self-detonate! I swear upon my name as your ancestor that I will save you!"
Hei Lou Lan's expression turned cold. She punched the air several times, creating strength path phantoms that surrounded Fang Yuan before exploding seconds later.
Hei Lou Lan coughed up blood from the backlash, but she still charged toward Fang Yuan.
However, at the critical moment, Hei Lou Lan abruptly turned around and split Giant Sun's will into two halves with a devastating strike!
Fang Yuan laughed heartily.
"Hei Lou Lan, you truly are intelligent!"
Giant Sun's will roared in boundless fury.
"What are you doing?!"
After seeing the hopeless situation, Giant Sun's will attempted to self-detonate.
However, Fang Yuan grabbed Giant Sun's will and stored it inside his immortal aperture, completely suppressing it.
Then he looked toward Hei Lou Lan.
The two remained silent for a short while as the curtain of assimilation wind drew closer.
"Let's have a proper discussion… perhaps we have a basis for cooperation."
Hei Lou Lan took the initiative to speak while cautiously holding the unconscious Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
Fang Yuan nodded coldly.
"Indeed… but now that Giant Sun's will has been destroyed and suppressed, what if I decide to break my word?"
Fang Yuan smiled toward Hei Lou Lan, causing her eyes to narrow slightly.
From the very beginning of the battle, Fang Yuan had used information path methods to secretly send messages to Hei Lou Lan without Giant Sun's will noticing.
At first, Hei Lou Lan had no intention of cooperating despite the tempting conditions.
After all, she held no leverage over Fang Yuan. Wasn't cooperating with him equivalent to delivering herself into his hands without possessing a bargaining chip?
Fang Yuan understood Hei Lou Lan very well—perhaps even better than she understood herself.
Thus, he willingly abandoned Tai Bai Yun Sheng and risked his death in exchange for Hei Lou Lan capturing him.
After capturing Tai Bai Yun Sheng, Hei Lou Lan believed she possessed a bargaining chip and could negotiate with Fang Yuan on equal footing.
This feeling also gave rise to a trace of greed toward the strength path Immortal Gu Fang Yuan had taken right before her eyes.
However, the greatest motivation was still the method of escaping the curtain of assimilation wind.
Hei Lou Lan's appearance changed dramatically.
From the ugly and obese man she had appeared as before, she transformed into a slender woman with long dark-black hair, sword-like brows, and flawless white skin.
Layers of golden armor covered her disguise, giving her the appearance of a legendary warrior. Combined with her stunning beauty, she appeared extraordinarily heroic.
Crossing her arms, Hei Lou Lan sneered.
"You didn't do all of this just to kill me, did you?… Don't forget that your senior brother is in my hands. I can certainly kill him before you kill me—or even self-detonate."
Fang Yuan laughed.
"Hmph!… You are indeed bold, I will admit that. But cooperation requires me to give up quite a lot. What will you offer in return?… Don't think I will hand over a strength path Immortal Gu and the method of escaping this place for free."
Hei Lou Lan's lips twitched in anger.
"Are you going back on your word?!… I delivered the final blow to Giant Sun's will and upheld my end of the agreement!"
Yet inwardly, Hei Lou Lan sighed at Fang Yuan's cunning.
She had realized that she had been manipulated by him the entire time.
What she could not understand was how he had been so confident that she would neither kill Tai Bai Yun Sheng nor reject the agreement.
"Hei Lou Lan, I can give you the method to leave the curtain of assimilation wind… and I can also hand over the strength path Immortal Gu. However, you will owe me a debt… We can sign an alliance agreement if you are not satisfied."
"An alliance agreement?…"
Hei Lou Lan asked suspiciously.
She knew what alliance agreements were, but she would never blindly trust something prepared by Fang Yuan.
However, Fang Yuan sneered upon seeing her expression and handed her a Gu worm.
"This is Eastern Window Gu. The details of the agreement are recorded inside… You will owe me a service equal in value to the strength path Immortal Gu. In exchange, I will assist your immortal ascension and even provide the strength path Immortal Gu."
Hei Lou Lan read the agreement several times.
By now, the curtain of assimilation wind was extremely close, with less than one hundred meters remaining.
Only then did she raise her head and nod in agreement.
"Very well, but you must abide by the agreement!"
Fang Yuan nodded and activated an immortal killer move of time path.
Immortal Killer Move — Successive Years Covenant!
Time path dao marks were engraved onto both parties.
Hei Lou Lan could not help narrowing her eyes in shock.
She immediately realized that this was an immortal killer move of time path, revealing either an extremely profound attainment level or an inheritance with an astonishing background on Fang Yuan's part.
"This strength path Immortal Gu is Horned Goat Strength Gu. Also, this is Fixed Immortal Travel. I assume you can activate it?"
Fang Yuan interrupted Hei Lou Lan's thoughts as he explained the Immortal Gu.
Hei Lou Lan's eyes widened at Fang Yuan's final sentence, and she could not help but feel a chill.
However, she revealed no obvious expression as she accepted the Immortal Gu.
"I can use them, but after Imperial Court blessed land is destroyed, we will undoubtedly be hunted down and deduced by wisdom path Gu Immortals… I would like to tell you about an Immortal Gu capable of preventing deductions."
Fang Yuan waved his hand dismissively.
"No need to worry about me. You should worry about yourself—your situation is worse than mine… now hand over my senior brother."
Hei Lou Lan shrugged and tossed Tai Bai Yun Sheng over.
Fang Yuan caught Tai Bai Yun Sheng before separating a portion of his will and sending it to Hei Lou Lan.
"This is my will. Once you finish dealing with your affairs, simply use Fixed Immortal Travel, and my will shall guide you."
Hei Lou Lan cautiously accepted Fang Yuan's will and stored it within her body, far away from her mind.
Then she activated Fixed Immortal Travel.
Jade-green light flashed everywhere, and Hei Lou Lan instantly disappeared, leaving Fang Yuan alone.
Fang Yuan laughed inwardly and took out the rank seven Immortal Gu, Imitation Gu.
It possessed the appearance of Fixed Immortal Travel.
Although a rank seven Immortal Gu was not suitable for Fang Yuan to use, he did not mind.
He stored Tai Bai Yun Sheng inside his immortal aperture before activating the fake Fixed Immortal Travel.
Jade-green light flashed once more, and Fang Yuan teleported beyond the curtain of assimilation wind.
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Hello its been a great run writing a thing I was thinking about all the time.in this fanfic I did my best to copy Gu zhen ren style but because the script is translated from my original language there might be different.
But all good it came out great I have to thank chatgpt for translating:).
I want to say thank you all for the support that has been shown and I promise i will continue the fanfic.but after uploading 3-4 chapters daily it became hard to me to keep up with uploading.
So I want to take really long break for month or month and half. I have prepare my self to submit for college and my final exams so see you whenever I'm done❤️.