The conversation with the Flower Butterfly Female Immortal was merely a small interlude.
Fang Yuan officially charged into the Chaos Current Sea.
In the seawater, countless turbulent currents twisted together like braided ropes, or tangled threads in the utmost disarray, filling Fang Yuan's entire field of vision.
Force Great Hand Seal!
Seeing no one around, Fang Yuan unleashed this Immortal-level killing move.
The great palm shattered more than a dozen currents, throwing the seawater into even greater chaos.
Fang Yuan charged headlong in a particular direction.
This was only the outer perimeter of the Chaos Current Sea, so brute force could get him through.
But moments later, a massive pale-yellow current blocked Fang Yuan's path.
"This is Yellow Spring Water."
Fang Yuan halted. This current was enormous — even the Force Great Hand Seal couldn't shatter it. If anything, attempting to do so might backfire and harm him.
Yellow Spring Water originated from the Yellow Spring Sea.
That was the territory of the Zombie Alliance headquarters.
Considered the foremost corpse-farming ground among the Five Regions, the Yellow Spring Sea was filled with zombie remains drifting with the waves. Deep on the ocean floor lay countless rotting coral reefs, between which grew dense clusters of bandage seaweed.
Yellow Spring Water itself contained Dao Marks and served as excellent Gu refinement material.
Fang Yuan activated his protective measures and plunged directly in.
This Yellow Spring Current had its own flow direction, but it didn't align with Fang Yuan's intended course. He had to traverse the current laterally, driving his Immortal Gu to propel himself, consuming a not insignificant amount of Immortal Essence.
After roughly a quarter of an hour, he finally crossed through the Yellow Spring Current and entered another chaotic stream.
This current was pallid white. As Fang Yuan entered it, it felt like drifting through a sea of clouds.
Scene after scene of illusions appeared before his eyes.
Thousand Illusion Water, sourced from the Thousand Illusion Sea of the Eastern Sea.
Fang Yuan employed Wisdom Path methods to easily resist the hallucinatory interference. After expending considerable effort, he entered the third current.
The Magma Current.
This current didn't originate from the Eastern Sea but from the Yanhuang Heaven Pit — the largest such pit in the Western Desert.
The heaven pit was bottomless, reaching to extreme depths underground. Every hundred years, a tsunami of magma would surge forth from the earth's veins. The scorching magma would not only fill the entire pit but overflow as well, devastating an area of over a hundred thousand li and reshaping the terrain.
The Magma Current originated from deep within that magma, and its temperature was extreme.
Fang Yuan had to activate Immortal-level killing moves to protect himself upon entering. Ordinary Sixth Transformation Gu Immortals, lacking Immortal-grade defensive measures, could only avoid this current.
His Immortal Essence consumption rate was several times faster than in the previous two currents!
Fortunately, the Magma Current wasn't vast. After several dozen breaths, Fang Yuan passed through.
This time, he didn't encounter another current. Instead, he entered an utterly empty space.
Aside from Fang Yuan, nothing else existed there.
Looking back, behind him, the Magma Current still rumbled and flowed.
To the front-left was another current — pitch black as demonic ink, waves crashing within as though countless vengeful spirits wailed. This was Black Soul Water, from the Black Soul Sea, containing Soul Path Dao Marks and Dark Path Dao Marks.
And to the front-right was a third current. It gleamed with golden radiance, as if countless shards of gold had been mixed together, advancing slowly. Blindingly brilliant.
Fang Yuan looked at this with some surprise. "If I'm not mistaken, that's the Shattered Gold Current. Legend holds that many metallic celestial rivers once flowed through the Ancient Yellow Heaven. When the Ancient Yellow Heaven shattered, the vast majority of those rivers perished along with it. This Shattered Gold River must have come from some fragment of the Ancient Yellow Heaven. Thanks to the unique properties of the Chaos Current Sea, rivers from all over the world converge here — which is how I can witness this with my own eyes."
The Magma Current, the Black Soul Current, and the Shattered Gold Current.
These three currents entwined with one another, neither gaining the upper hand. Between the three, their forces achieved a certain mysterious equilibrium, creating an empty space.
This was where Fang Yuan stood — like the eye of a hurricane. It couldn't last, but it provided Gu Immortals with a precious opportunity to rest.
Fang Yuan didn't rest. His strength had greatly increased and his Immortal Essence reserves were plentiful. He was far from reaching his limit.
After determining his direction, his figure flashed like lightning as he plunged into the Shattered Gold Current.
The resistance was formidable — over a dozen times greater than in the Magma Current. But his Immortal Essence consumption was significantly reduced.
After all, the Magma Current had been far too scorching.
Fang Yuan traversed the entire Shattered Gold Current.
In the process, he casually collected over a thousand jin of shattered gold.
On Earth, this would have been an enormous fortune. But in this world, it was merely so — shattered gold was only a relatively common Gu refinement material.
Besides the shattered gold, the current also contained large quantities of Gu worms.
Almost all of them were Metal Path.
There were Gold Dragon Gu, shaped like earthworms but, upon closer inspection, possessing claws and heads — resembling miniature dragons.
There was also Gold Mist Gu — a movement-type Gu worm that allowed Gu Masters to fly.
And there was a rare mortal Gu that drove mortal Gu Masters into a frenzy: the Whole Gold Gu. This Gu was a single-use consumable, but it could enhance a Gu Master's Aptitude!
For Fang Yuan in his current state, the Whole Gold Gu naturally held little value.
He casually collected a few, doing so almost offhandedly.
Having successfully crossed through the Shattered Gold Current, a small river of shattered gold now appeared within Fang Yuan's Supreme Immortal Aperture.
Fang Yuan deposited this small river into his Small Yellow Heaven — it could only serve as a bit of added scenery. A river this tiny of shattered gold wouldn't yield anything of real value.
Ordinary Gu Masters might treasure it, but for a Gu Immortal of Fang Yuan's caliber, it was entirely beneath notice.
Fang Yuan passed through one current after another, gradually moving from the outer perimeter of the Chaos Current Sea toward its center.