"Black Family is in such a situation, should I really get involved?" Fang Yuan carefully considered the feasibility.
Although the Black Family was a supreme force and a golden family, among the supreme forces of the Northern Plains, they were still considered relatively weak. Moreover, they were now surrounded on all sides, facing practically the entire Northern Plains Gu Immortal world!
Their outcome was self-evident: certain destruction of the family and death.
Even if the Black Family was unwilling, how could a single family resist the entire Gu Immortal world?
Unless they had an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal to protect them, but the Black Family lacked such an existence.
The Black Family's four Grand Elders, who formed the ancient battle formation "Blue City Crisscross," could rival an Eighth Transformation combat strength to a certain extent. But this was also the only trump card the Black Family could muster.
The more Fang Yuan thought, the more tempted he became. For him, the current situation was chaotic; everyone wanted to tear a bloody chunk from the Black Family. Such a situation inevitably meant opportunities.
Don't forget, Fang Yuan held an enormous advantage in his hands—he still had the Gu Immortal captive, Hei Cheng!
Hei Cheng the Gu Immortal was different from an ordinary Black Family Gu Immortal. He held authority and was deeply trusted by the four Grand Elders.
The Black Family's four Grand Elders, due to flaws in practicing the ancient battle formation "Blue City Crisscross," could not disperse, so they had to delegate power. Hei Cheng was their satisfactory proxy, managing the Black Family's daily affairs and being thoroughly familiar with everything inside and out.
Now that Hei Cheng had fallen into Fang Yuan's hands, soul-searching and mind-searching techniques were naturally used. Fang Yuan was a Grandmaster of the Wisdom Path; Hei Cheng could not resist.
Now, Fang Yuan could be said to know the Black Family in great detail, perhaps even more comprehensively, more thoroughly, and more specifically than those golden families dealing with the Black Family.
With so much intelligence support, Fang Yuan himself held an enormous advantage.
Within the Black Family, there was another, even more crucial point that most attracted Fang Yuan.
That was—Hei Fan's True Inheritance!
Hei Fan was also a Black Family Gu Immortal, a renowned historical figure who had long since passed away.
But in the past, Hei Fan practiced the Time Dao, reaching the Eighth Transformation level. He controlled the Black Family, making the dominant Black Family a superpower, number one or two among the supreme forces, exceptionally strong and incredibly glorious.
However, life is finite. After Hei Fan's death, the Black Family gradually declined. Some other supreme forces rose in prominence.
On his deathbed, Hei Fan left behind his Time Dao True Inheritance, but none of the Black Family's descendants could inherit it.
An Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal's True Inheritance, if successfully inherited, could potentially cultivate an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal.
If the Black Family truly had an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal, then the current situation would certainly not exist.
In the world of Gu Immortons, Sixth Transformation Gu Immortals are the bottom layer, Seventh Transformation are mid-tier, and only Eighth Transformation are the high echelon.
If the Black Family had an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal, even if Hei Loulan was the main culprit who destroyed the Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, the Black Family could still bear the consequences! With or without an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal, the external deterrent power of a supreme force is at completely different levels!
Even if this Black Family's Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal were besieged and jointly pressured by other Eighth Transformation Gu Immortals, at most they would only suffer a heavy loss, paying resources and compensation, but could at least preserve the family.
Unlike now, despite the Black Family having quite a few Gu Immortals, they couldn't protect their clan.
"Hei Fan's True Inheritance..." Fang Yuan murmured in his heart, a sharp gleam flashing in the depths of his eyes.
"My current situation, the greatest obstacle is Heavenly Will. And Heavenly Will's most formidable method is none other than tribulations."
"Every tribulation is a pass through the gates of hell. I am too targeted by Heavenly Will; it's excessively dangerous. Moreover, the interval between each tribulation is only two months in external time. This time is truly too short!"
If the time were longer, Fang Yuan could naturally face the tests of tribulation more calmly.
But Fang Yuan's aptitude was such—who asked for this Supreme Immortal Physique to be so monstrous? It was a heaven-defying creation, unacceptable to heaven and earth.
However, humans are the spirits of all things, and Gu Immortals possess outstanding wisdom. Regarding the length of the tribulation interval, ancient sages had long conceived countless methods.
The most mainstream one was the Time Dao delay method.
Langya Blessed Land was like this. The Old Ancestor once invited a Time Dao powerhouse, causing the time flow within Langya's Immortal Aperture to slow down significantly. This, in turn, made the intervals between tribulations longer.
After Old Ancestor's death, this blessing was passed down. This gave the Langya Earth Spirit ample reaction and preparation time to calmly face every tribulation.
"I don't know any Time Dao Gu Immortal. Even the former Tai Bai Yun Sheng couldn't delay Immortal Aperture time."
Fang Yuan knew about the Tai Bai inheritance because he had previously soul-searched Tai Bai Yun Sheng while in the Royal Court Blessed Land. But in reality, not all Time Dao Gu Immortals possessed the means to delay Immortal Aperture time. Tai Bai Yun Sheng was a clear example.
"Even if I knew some Time Dao Gu Immortal, or actively sought out Time Dao powerhouses now, my Supreme Immortal Aperture is too secret and of paramount importance. How could I let these Time Dao Gu Immortals know? They are difficult to trust."
"It's better to rely on oneself than to beg others! If I could obtain Hei Fan's True Inheritance and delay the time flow within my own Immortal Aperture, that would be perfect."
An ordinary Time Dao True Inheritance might not possess the means to delay Immortal Aperture time.
But Hei Fan's True Inheritance was extraordinary, left by the Eighth Transformation Hei Fan!
The Black Family's history clearly recorded that during his lifetime, Hei Fan frequently helped many Black Family Gu Immortals by delaying the time within their Immortal Apertures. This allowed the Black Family Gu Immortals to face tribulations more calmly, greatly increasing their success rate. Over time, the number of Black Family Gu Immortals surpassed other supreme forces.
With the Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal Hei Fan deterring the Northern Plains above, and a large number of Black Family Sixth and Seventh Transformation Gu Immortals below, numerous and powerful, this formed the historical hegemony of the Black Family!
Through the captive Hei Cheng, Fang Yuan knew the history of the Black Family in full detail.
Regarding this point, the Scorching Sun Devil Woman also knew. She carried a Time Dao injury, causing her time flow to be extremely fast, forcing her to transform into a Zombie.