Fang Yuan traveled day and night without rest.
Whenever he spotted thick cloud cover, he would use Blood Drift. Most of the time, though, he relied on the Sword Escape Immortal Gu.
Along the way, he passed through several dangerous zones — areas where rogue Gu Immortals roamed, or territories belonging to superpowers. In those places, Fang Yuan didn't dare openly deploy Immortal Gu. Instead, he resorted to mortal path killing moves.
His strategy was quite sound. After the incidents with the Single-Horned Six-Winged Heavenly Horse and the wild Dragon Centipede, no further mishaps occurred.
Heaven's Will needed time to set up its arrangements.
On the other hand, Heaven's Will's influence over other living beings also had its limits.
Just as it had influenced the Single-Horned Six-Winged Heavenly Horse and the wild Dragon Centipede before, Heaven's Will couldn't directly order the Dragon Centipede or the Heavenly Horse to attack Fang Yuan.
Its influence was mainly about guiding situations to its advantage.
Fang Yuan's speed was extremely fast, constantly keeping ahead so that Heaven's Will never had time to lay its traps.
But Heaven's Will could still think. It could still scheme.
This was largely thanks to Star Constellation Immortal Venerable.
According to intelligence provided by the Shadow Sect, Heaven's Will had been much easier to deal with before Star Constellation Immortal Venerable. But after her, it had become quite "cunning."
So Fang Yuan's flight path wasn't a straight line either.
Instead, it wound and twisted, progressing in a circuitous manner.
A straight line would have made his route easy to predict, allowing Heaven's Will to set up ambushes along the way, waiting for him to fly right in.
Worse still, Heaven's Will might calculate Fang Yuan's true destination — Taiqiu — and lay heavy traps there.
That would be far too dangerous!
Not only would he fail to complete his sect mission, but his very life would be in jeopardy.
However, with Fang Yuan traveling in this manner, Heaven's Will never managed to intercept him in time.
Of course, Fang Yuan would never deliberately double back. If Heaven's Will had set up its formations behind him, and he'd already flown past, deliberately turning around to crash into them would be the height of stupidity!
As a result, what was already a long journey became several times longer in total distance.
Still, overall, Fang Yuan's speed remained extremely fast.
So three more days after the encounter with the wild Dragon Centipede Immortal Gu, Taiqiu slowly emerged on the horizon.
Taiqiu was in sight!
Vast stretches of ordinary wild grass formed an enormous yellow plain.
The appearance of Taiqiu was like a dense green forest — towering jade pagoda clusters rising above this yellow plain, strikingly conspicuous.
As Fang Yuan drew closer, the lush green of Taiqiu kept spreading along the horizon, expanding within his field of vision. Like a pool of dark ink rapidly bleeding across rice paper.
In the end, Taiqiu stretched across the entire horizon, filling Fang Yuan's complete line of sight.
An immense quantity of Giant Grass blanketed this fierce land, and within it, shadows of beasts moved in clusters. Tiger roars and wolf howls shook the sky, erupting at intervals.
Vast and imposing — a scene of raw, untamed wilderness!
At this point, concealing himself from Heaven's Will no longer served any purpose.
He slowed his speed, deactivated the Immortal Gu, and entered Taiqiu directly.
Compared to the Giant Grass, he was short and small. Compared to all of Taiqiu, he was like a single mosquito flying into a palace.
The dense Giant Grass blotted out the sky and sun.
Within all of Taiqiu, who knew how many fierce beasts and exotic plants lay hidden.
Ahead came a faint commotion, as if a terrifying beast tide was about to brew.
Fang Yuan scoffed coldly and activated the Dark Crossing Immortal Gu.
Dark Crossing Immortal Gu!
It could conceal one's aura, make people overlook and ignore you, guard against divination, and to a certain extent shield against Heaven's Will.
Transformation Immortal Gu!
Fang Yuan transformed into a Panshan Goat and melted into Taiqiu.
The commotion ahead grew chaotic for a moment, then gradually subsided.
"If Heaven's Will had emotions, it would surely be in shock and fury right now," Fang Yuan chuckled, then shook his head and sighed. "But alas, Heaven's Will has no heart…"
The Dark Crossing Immortal Gu had been a tremendous help to Fang Yuan.
Back when Hei Loulan was still a mortal Gu Master, she had relied on this very Immortal Gu to conceal the aura of her Great Strength True Martial Body and survive.
Why were the calamities of the Ten Extremity Physiques far beyond the ordinary?
Because Heaven's Will diminished the surplus to compensate the deficient — it didn't want beings like the Ten Extremity Physiques to upset the world's balance.
Fang Yuan's Supreme Immortal Orifice far surpassed even the Ten Extremity Physiques. The calamities he faced were many times greater. Even the Dark Crossing Immortal Gu had limited effectiveness against them.
Fang Yuan suddenly thought: "Fairy Jiang Yu is a member of the Shadow Sect. The Shadow Sect fights against Heaven's Will — they must have no shortage of tools like the Dark Crossing Immortal Gu. If Ying Wuxie truly manages to escape this dire situation and draws upon the Shadow Sect's remaining forces, things might take a turn for the better, opening up vast new possibilities."
He had now transformed into a Panshan Goat, a wild beast common to Taiqiu. Although it was all show on the inside, the blend was seamless.
Unlike his Gu Immortal body before, which had been jarringly out of place in Taiqiu.
Before long, he encountered a wild beast.
A Golden Sand Black Steed.
It was a large horse.
Its frame was even more massive than the Panshan Goat Fang Yuan had transformed into. Its entire body was taut with bulging muscle, its bones robust, its coat and mane like they had been cast in dark gold. Six hooves, their color a deep, profound black.
The Golden Sand Black Steed was grazing.
Sensing the Panshan Goat Fang Yuan had become, it raised its head curiously and looked the "uninvited guest" up and down.
Wild beasts each had their own territory, and the Panshan Goat Fang Yuan had become had wandered straight into the Golden Sand Black Steed's domain.