After the Battle of Yitian Mountain, Fang Yuan had already tested the limits of this body while on the road.
He ran on foot, agile as a bird in flight, fast as a galloping horse.
A single light leap carried him three zhang.
Jumping down from a height of fifty-eight zhang, landing headfirst, he felt only a mild scalp tingle and a slight dizziness. After two or three breaths, these symptoms faded away.
His strength was also immense. His stamina was extraordinary — after running continuously for a quarter of an hour, he felt not the slightest fatigue.
His five senses were powerful, his dynamic vision absolutely exceptional! His field of view was extremely wide. He could survey everything within ten thousand paces, down to the finest detail.
After intense exercise, his heartbeat quickly returned to normal. Each beat was deep, slow, and powerful in the extreme.
His speed of thought far surpassed that of ordinary mortals. Even under the Radiance of Wisdom, he could hold out on his own for a long time. Even Gu Immortals rarely achieved this level with their physical bodies alone.
Never mind a single iron tree — if an entire iron mountain crashed into him, Fang Yuan would still come out bouncing and lively.
This was the innate quality of the Supreme Immortal Body itself, having nothing to do with Gu Insects and everything to do with the Dao Marks on his body.
"In this Reverse Flow River, I cannot use Gu Insects. Neither can anyone else!"
"But my Supreme Immortal Body is more than powerful enough. And my body's Dao Marks are anything but ordinary."
Fang Yuan delved deeper in his thoughts, and his mood grew gradually more excited.
"Ying Wuxie!"
He swung his limbs like a marlin cutting through the water, swimming forward.
The entire Reverse Flow River was extremely turbulent, but the overall current was being pulled by the subsidiary formations, surging toward the positions of Profound Extreme Zi and Grand Extreme Zi.
Roar!
A large, brightly striped tiger was clinging to a piece of floating driftwood with its front paws.
Fang Yuan swam up to the tiger. The tiger had been indifferent at first, but when Fang Yuan, panting heavily, also clambered onto the driftwood to rest, the situation changed.
The driftwood could not possibly bear the weight of both a man and a tiger. It immediately began to sink.
The tiger panicked and opened its bloody maw to bite Fang Yuan. Fang Yuan snorted coldly. He extended both arms — one hand pressed down on the tiger's head, while the other formed a fist. Two heavy blows, and the great tiger was dead on the spot.
"Good thing there are no desolate beasts here, only ordinary wild animals."
If he were facing a desolate beast, the Supreme Immortal Body would be utterly insufficient.
The Great Snow Mountain Blessed Land naturally did not lack desolate beasts. But in order to refine the Fortune Equal to Heaven Immortal Gu, activate the grand formations, and defend against enemies, the Blessed Land had long since been reorganized. Gu Immortals who possessed desolate beasts had all收 them into their Immortal Apertures — otherwise, simply letting enemies slaughter them for free would have been an incredibly foolish move.
Fang Yuan drifted through the Reverse Flow River, single-mindedly trying to find Ying Wuxie.
With the collapse of the Great Snow Mountain Blessed Land and the violent eruption of the Reverse Flow River, Fang Yuan did not know that Purple Mountain True Monarch had already awakened.
In his mind, his imagined enemy was still Old Ancestor Snow Beard. He made a rough estimate and believed that Ying Wuxie had some connection to the Great Snow Mountain side, but that the relationship was not close. Otherwise, why hadn't Old Ancestor Snow Beard lifted a finger to help during the Battle of Yitian Mountain?
Fang Yuan's analysis and reasoning were naturally not without flaw.
But his information-gathering methods were lacking, and he had too little intelligence.
"In a situation like this, even if I ran into Old Ancestor Snow Beard, I'd have the power to protect myself. Because in the Reverse Flow River, no one can use Gu Insects — the environment is special!"
"Since Ying Wuxie is connected to Old Ancestor Snow Beard, if I miss this chance, they'll likely grow ever stronger under his protection."
"If I let this opportunity slip, I may never have another chance to hunt down and eliminate Ying Wuxie and his group!"
With this thought in mind, Fang Yuan rested briefly before setting off once more.
Then he saw Bi Chentian.
An Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal from the Central Continent!
Fang Yuan was genuinely startled.
"What's going on?"
"An Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal — and not Old Ancestor Snow Beard, but a Central Continent Gu Immortal at that?!"
Bi Chentian was in a sorry state. He was sprawled across the shell of a giant turtle, his entire body covered in wounds.
These wounds were not from colliding with things in the Reverse Flow River — they were injuries sustained during the earlier battle. As an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal, Dao Marks repelled each other; once wounded, recovery was exceptionally troublesome.
Unfortunately, he had been on the losing side during the battle and had no time to treat himself.
So after the mother formation collapsed and the Reverse Flow River swept him away, unable to use any Gu Insects, his injuries had simply dragged on.
Fortunately, while being carried along by the violent current, he had encountered a wild turtle floating on the surface. Using the turtle for support, Bi Chentian finally had a chance to catch his breath.
Fang Yuan spotted Bi Chentian, and Bi Chentian quickly spotted Fang Yuan in turn.
But Bi Chentian did not recognize Fang Yuan.