"I also have good news for everyone. An Immortal Gu House belonging to our Wu Clan secretly set out some time ago, and its purpose is to retrieve me and return to Wuyi Mountain. It isn't far from here now — the closest reinforcements we could ask for."
"As long as we all cooperate fully and work together in earnest, we will certainly escape safely. We may even earn merit, making an outstanding contribution to the Righteous Path and to all living beings of the Southern Border."
Fang Yuan spoke one sentence after another without pause.
Ba De's expression turned extremely ugly.
Qiao Siliu's eyes, however, lit up. She gazed at Fang Yuan, her eyes shimmering as her thoughts raced, her admiration reaching its peak.
Chi Gui had once given Fang Yuan a Path Information Gu, which laid out everything about the Super Gu Formation. When Fang Yuan discovered from it that only he could control this Gu Formation, he had immediately decided to take in every last Righteous Path Gu Immortal.
The two Gu Immortals from the Xia Family were the unlucky ones he made an example of.
Then, with his follow-up words and the tremendous news of an Immortal Gu House, he drove the point home.
With a stick in one hand and a carrot in the other, he swiftly gathered the Righteous Path Gu Immortals around him, forging them into a force he could command and direct.
Among the Righteous Path Gu Immortals, there was no shortage of capable individuals. But Fang Yuan held an overwhelming advantage, and given the circumstances, they had no choice but to accept their fate.
Fang Yuan could shift clouds with one flip of his hand and summon rain with another — and this time, even Ba De had no choice but to obey him.
Having successfully subdued the Righteous Path Gu Immortals, Fang Yuan turned his main attention to the outside.
Many light cocoons had already taken shape, floating silently in midair.
And the cost of condensing these light cocoons was the dream realm.
Great swaths of the dream realm had completely dissipated, causing the originally smooth and complete Super Dream Realm to become pitted and uneven — as though swarms of rats had gnawed through it from every direction, inside and out.
Over twenty light cocoons had already formed, and more were still condensing one after another.
Seeing this scene, Fang Yuan couldn't help but marvel: the Shadow Sect's methods truly were inexhaustible. Truly worthy of being a superpower founded by a Demonic Venerable, with over a hundred thousand years of heritage.
*Crack crack crack*
At that moment, a series of crisp cracking sounds emanated from the very first light cocoon.
Then, more and more cracks appeared across the cocoon's surface.
*Bang.*
The light cocoon shattered, and a completely naked figure tumbled out.
But before the body could hit the ground, Purple Mountain True Monarch — who had been waiting for this moment — struck without delay.
A torrent of Gu Insects flew forth, materializing beside the Pure Dream Truth-Seeking Body, then quickly burrowing into the figure's Immortal Orifice.
Soon, the person opened their eyes. A layer of armor enveloped their entire body, and without a moment's hesitation, they flew toward the edge of the dream realm.
"This..."
The other Righteous Path Gu Immortals were still bewildered, but Fang Yuan had already widened his eyes to their fullest.
"A Pure Dream Truth-Seeking Body!" Fang Yuan had encountered one before, but seeing one again now still sent tremors through his heart.
Ying Wuxie had been a Pure Dream Truth-Seeking Body in the past.
This immortal body was an artificially created Ten-Extreme Body — the result of painstaking research by the Shadow Sect's Inkstone Elder. But why was Purple Mountain True Monarch able to master such a method?
Don't forget — Ying Wuxie was still alive. And before all this, Purple Mountain True Monarch had not hesitated to take enormous risks, diving deep into the River of Time to engage in profound exchange with the Spectral Soul will contained within the Red Lotus True Inheritance.
Purple Mountain True Monarch had once wanted to cooperate with Fang Yuan, but Fang Yuan's Path of Information was far too shallow at the time, and he dared not ally with the Shadow Sect.
Because of that, even though Purple Mountain True Monarch knew Fang Yuan had a means of dealing with the dream realm, he could not obtain it.
To save the Demonic Venerable Spectral Soul's true body, he needed to overcome both the Super Gu Formation and the enormous barrier of the Super Dream Realm.
With Fang Yuan out of the question, Purple Mountain True Monarch decided to deploy his method of creating Pure Dream Truth-Seeking Bodies right here.
This way, even if vast amounts of the dream realm vanished, it would still open a path to the dream realm's center — and the Demonic Venerable Spectral Soul could be rescued.
"So this is how Pure Dream Truth-Seeking Bodies are created?"
"The Shadow Sect's methods are truly terrifying."
Although Fang Yuan had crossed swords with Ying Wuxie before, he had never personally witnessed the birth of one of these bodies.
Now, having finally seen it with his own eyes, Fang Yuan immediately barked out orders to the Righteous Path Gu Immortals: "Quick — destroy all of these light cocoons! Kill that person who just flew out!"
"What's going on?"
"Wu Yihai, you clearly know something — tell us right now!"
The Righteous Path Gu Immortals peppered him with questions.
But in the very next instant, Fang Yuan swept them all out and expelled them from the Super Gu Formation without a word of explanation.
"Son of a—"
"He didn't even give us a heads-up! What does he take us for?"
"Wu Yihai, you're using my clan's Immortal Gu! Don't push it too far!"