Xian Dao kill move, Days Like Years!
Countless Gu Insects swirled and danced in the air. The consumption of Immortal Essence was staggering. A majestic radiance flooded the entire Supreme Immortal Aperture.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Within the Supreme Immortal Aperture, the tributary of the River of Time revealed its form, visible to the naked eye.
Under the power of Days Like Years, this tributary shrank smaller and smaller, its surface growing narrower and narrower.
"Hah!"
Exhaling a turbid breath, Fang Yuan slowly relaxed.
"Success. I have significantly slowed down the time flow within the Immortal Aperture. Each interval between tribulations will be much longer." Confirming the successful activation of the kill move, Fang Yuan withdrew his full mental focus.
Right now, he was situated in Cloud City within the Langya Blessed Land.
After annexing the Han Dong Blessed Land, Fang Yuan had immediately returned.
Tai Qiu was far too dangerous, and the effects of his Dark Crossing technique also had a time limit. The Heavenly Will was constantly trying to murder him.
This time, the time flow within his Immortal Aperture had been slowed many times over, instantly pulling the tribulations far behind him.
Fang Yuan immediately felt a wave of lightness wash over him, the pressure drastically reduced.
He had made this decision after careful consideration. Since he had changed his cultivation method, he no longer needed to face tribulations so frequently. In the end, annexing Blessed Lands and crossing tribulations had no connection whatsoever to the time flow within his own Blessed Land.
The crucial factor now was the Immortal Aperture Blessed Land.
Where could he find an Immortal Aperture Blessed Land?
Fang Yuan first thought of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land and the Starry Celestial Blessed Land in the Central Continent.
But immediately, he discarded this unrealistic idea from his mind.
It was completely impossible!
The Central Continent was a dragon's den and tiger's lair. The Ten Great Sects, and even the Heavenly Court which possessed even deeper foundations than the Eternal Life Heavens, all wished they could hack Fang Yuan into pieces.
Just as Ying Wu Xie and the others had fled the Central Continent, it was a forbidden zone for Fang Yuan as well.
Some time ago, the Starry Celestial Blessed Land had faced its tribulation, and the Land Spirit had sent a letter crying for help. Fang Yuan hadn't bothered with it, merely sending over some mortal Gu and a bit of Immortal Essence. He left it to the Land Spirit to save itself.
If the Starry Celestial Blessed Land was like that, then the exposed Fox Immortal Blessed Land was even more untouchable.
Fang Yuan then thought of the Lost Soul Valley.
To be precise, where the Lost Soul Valley used to be.
A great battle had once occurred at Lost Soul Valley. Gu Immortals from the Central Continent, led by Feng Jiu Ge, had clashed fiercely with the Shadow Sect's Northern Plains forces, led by Qin Bai Sheng. In the end, the Central Continent Gu Immortals had emerged victorious.
In the original spatial location of Lost Soul Valley, the Immortal Aperture Blessed Lands of several fallen Gu Immortals were enshrined.
"These Blessed Lands are in the Northern Plains. Could I go there to scavenge them?"
This rather tempting thought made Fang Yuan hesitate for a moment, but he quickly dismissed this option.
Because this choice also harbored immense danger.
Although this great battle had occurred in the shadows, and the Northern Plains Gu Immortals were largely unaware of it, the Ten Great Sects and Heavenly Court of the Central Continent knew, and the Shadow Sect side knew as well.
When a Gu Immortal perished, they formed an Immortal Aperture Blessed Land or a Cave Heaven.
These Blessed Lands and Cave Heavens contained the accumulated resources of the Gu Immortal's lifetime. Even the most powerful forces would spare no effort to recover them.
"If the Central Continent side could dispatch investigation teams to the Northern Plains to uncover the truth behind the collapse of the Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, then they could certainly dispatch another team to recover the Immortal Aperture Blessed Lands."
"And the Shadow Sect side might also be attempting recovery."
"I didn't go before, and it's even less possible to go now."
Fang Yuan's decision was undoubtedly correct.
Because the one secretly overseeing the recovery of Immortal Aperture Blessed Lands for the Central Continent at this very moment was none other than the Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal, Crown Prince Feng Xian!
If Fang Yuan had been blindly optimistic and run over there himself, Crown Prince Feng Xian encountering such a stroke of luck—actually succeeding in lying in wait and catching a rabbit—would probably laugh himself to sleep in the future.
Fang Yuan finally thought of the Eastern Sea.
In the Eastern Sea's turbulent flow sea area, at its very center, there was a Bubble Island.
Hidden within the island was a Myriad Treasure Heaven, and inside the Myriad Treasure Heaven were stored a great number of Gu Immortal Immortal Aperture Blessed Lands.
These Gu Immortals had all been beaten to death by Fang Yuan, utilizing the properties of the Myriad Treasure Heaven and his Great Force Palm. He had even seized the critical moment after the Blessed Lands fell to explore them, scavenging at least some resources.
What was even more tempting was that among them was the Ding Qi Blessed Land.
Ding Qi was a Seventh Transformation Blood Path Gu Immortal. Upon his death, he had self-detonated, leaving Fang Yuan with no resources, Immortal Gu, or soul remnants, but his Immortal Aperture had been preserved.
Although Fang Yuan could annex his Immortal Aperture, he had not forced the matter at that time.
First, the Land Spirit within the Ding Qi Blessed Land had rather difficult conditions for recognizing a master. It required Fang Yuan to complete a Blood Path Immortal Gu recipe: Blood Vengeance. If Fang Yuan had possessed the Wisdom Gu's halo, he could have accomplished this quickly. But at that time, the Wisdom Gu could not be used, and the Blood Vengeance Immortal Gu recipe was less than ten percent complete. For Fang Yuan to refine this recipe, even as a Blood Path Grandmaster, would require expending vast amounts of energy and time—far too inefficient.
Second, Fang Yuan's cultivation method at the time had focused on future potential, crossing tribulations step-by-step according to plan. Annexing the Ding Qi Blessed Land would have violated his existing plan.
But now things were different.
First, Fang Yuan had failed to achieve the predetermined goal of his Eastern Sea trip. Although he had weakened Ying Wu Xie and the others, he hadn't managed to kill them, leaving endless trouble behind. Fang Yuan had a deep understanding of Ying Wu Xie and believed their rate of development would surpass his own. The next time they met, the roles of attacker and defender would likely be reversed.
However, the Alien Tribe Grand Alliance had experienced the Black Fan Cave Heaven conflict, then joined the Chu Sect, and would soon undergo the Madness Demon Pact. His identity was becoming ever more complex. Fang Yuan felt as though he were trapped in one whirlpool after another. Often, it wasn't a matter of what he wanted to do, but what he could do. The alliance agreements constrained him, leaving him unable to act freely.