Three days later, inside the Supreme Immortal Aperture.
The Supreme Immortal Aperture was vast beyond measure, divided into a layout of Five Domains and Nine Heavens.
After Fang Yuan had successfully passed his tribulation, he had remained in the First Heaven the entire time, recuperating.
Now, his recovery had reached a critical juncture.
Within a blood lake spanning a hundred li in circumference, Fang Yuan lay immersed at the bottom, dozens of zhang deep.
His injuries were grievous—so terrible they sent chills straight to one's core. His entire lower body had been severed cleanly at the waist, leaving only his upper half floating in the blood lake.
The rich life force within the blood lake continuously poured into his enormous wound.
After three days of nurturing, a faintly visible mass of bloody light had already taken on the shape of hips, legs, and feet.
Suddenly, Fang Yuan opened his eyes.
His eyes were bloodshot, and in the instant they opened, it was as if a bolt of lightning had struck at the dark bottom of the blood lake!
"Blood Path body refinement—restore my immortal form!" Fang Yuan silently roared in his mind, countless thoughts flickering wildly through his consciousness.
The thousands of ordinary Gu activated by his thoughts all blazed with light that could not be ignored.
These ordinary Gu had long been arranged in every corner of the blood lake.
Now connected together, they bathed the entire dark and deep blood lake in a uniform crimson glow.
Gradually, the radiance of these ordinary Gu merged into one.
A Sixth Transformation Immortal Gu rose from Fang Yuan's body, ascending slowly.
This Gu was round as a pearl, the size of a goose egg, with countless shimmering light patterns swirling and shifting across its surface—like ten thousand lotuses blooming in unison, or like flowing clouds rolling and churning.
The Blood Path Immortal Gu—Blood Capital!
This Immortal Gu was not part of Fang Yuan's prior knowledge. It had been independently created by the previous Lang Ya Earth Spirit, combining certain Blood Path Gu recipes from Treasure Yellow Heaven.
The function of the Blood Capital Immortal Gu was to safeguard a portion of immortal materials or Gu insects during the refining process. If the refinement failed, those materials or insects could afterward be recovered through the Blood Capital Gu.
Ever since obtaining this Immortal Gu, the previous Lang Ya Earth Spirit had saved untold amounts of resources. He treasured this Gu dearly—it was worth more than a thousand gold.
But after the Lang Ya Earth Spirit changed his temperament, devoting himself wholeheartedly to reviving the Feathered Man race, he had no interest in Gu refining whatsoever.
When trading with Fang Yuan, the Blood Capital Gu had thus fallen into Fang Yuan's clutches.
Fang Yuan had obtained it, and though his expression remained perfectly composed, inwardly he was overjoyed!
In the hands of an ordinary Gu Immortal, this Gu could only be used for the Refinement Path, fulfilling its original purpose. But in the hands of Fang Yuan, a Blood Path Grandmaster, it could not only be utilized to its fullest—it could far exceed its intended function, with an incredibly wide range of applications.
As was the case right now.
The moment the Blood Capital Gu was unleashed, the entire blood lake began boiling violently, as though it were an erupting volcano scorching and surging from its depths.
*Plop.
Massive quantities of bubbles surfaced across the lake.
Streams of life force, like fledgling swallows returning to their nest, poured collectively into the Blood Capital Gu.
The Blood Capital Gu hovered above Fang Yuan's head, spinning rapidly—like a bottomless black hole, drawing in every last drop of life force from the entire blood lake.
Then, after purification, a stream of life force so concentrated it was visible to the naked eye—like a translucent flow of water—poured into Fang Yuan's body.
Crack, crack, crack.
Fang Yuan's bones emitted crisp, joyful sounds. His withered flesh instantly filled out, as though air were being pumped into a balloon. Every scar on his skin vanished completely. His long hair grew another length, black and lustrous as though coated in oil.
Most crucial of all was the enormous wound on Fang Yuan's body.
What had been merely a translucent bloody shadow of a lower body—under the irrigation of that colossal life force—solidified from within, transitioning from phantom to reality.
In the blink of an eye, Fang Yuan's severe injuries were healed. His flesh had mended perfectly—whole and complete once more!
Bang!
Fang Yuan shot out of the blood lake like a sharp arrow, appearing high in the sky.
He swept his divine sense across his entire body, then nodded in satisfaction: "This physical form transformed from the Supreme Immortal Fetus is truly wondrous. The Dao marks on my body span countless paths, yet they never interfere with one another. It is precisely because of this that any healing method from any path achieves a hundred percent effectiveness. Otherwise, how could I possibly have healed such terrifying injuries in just three days?"
Fang Yuan reached out with a gesture, and the Blood Capital Gu shot from the blood lake like a meteor, arriving in his hand in the blink of an eye.
Holding the Immortal Gu before his eyes, he admired it for a moment, then with deep emotion pressed it against his chest.
The Blood Capital Gu parasitized within Fang Yuan's body, taking root at his chest in the form of a crimson pearl pattern.
This method of parasitic bonding was not entirely safe. If Fang Yuan's body were destroyed, the Blood Capital Gu would perish along with it.
An Immortal Gu was fragile beyond measure—even an infant a few months old could crush a Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu.