Soon, Yelü Qunxing's soul drifted into range of the pale white halo.
It froze midair, eerily still, as though it had instantly turned witless.
Then, from within his soul, specks of faint green luminescence began to seep out, one by one.
The motes grew more and more numerous, drifting through the air like a fine, unending drizzle.
Fang Yuan directed his will, and the luminescence found its bearings — surging in unison toward the Strength Path immortal zombie body.
Layer upon layer of faint green glow settled over the body, dissolving the Soul Path dao marks one by one.
As time wore on, the Soul Path dao marks on the immortal zombie gradually dwindled, while Yelü Qunxing's soul grew steadily weaker and more depleted.
Fang Yuan kept his mind calm as still water, maintaining the killer move as steady as a mountain — immovable.
This technique had to run for three full days and nights — plus a little more — before the Soul Path trap on the Strength Path immortal zombie body could be thoroughly eliminated.
Over the course of the entire process, more than twelve hundred units of Red Date Immortal Essence were consumed.
That was with the soul of a Seventh Transformation Gu Immortal, a Pure Soul Immortal Gu, and the correct removal method recorded in the Phantom Soul True Inheritance. Had Fang Yuan needed to develop the method from scratch and then attempt it through trial and error, the time, effort, and resources required would have been staggering.
Fang Yuan did not worry about insufficient Immortal Essence reserves. He'd come thoroughly prepared this time.
Time crawled by.
After more than three days and three nights, Fang Yuan gradually brought the killer move to a halt.
He tallied the Red Date Immortal Essence consumed — it exceeded thirteen hundred. That was the result of using certain Immortal Gu as substitutes for the standard options.
The colossal expenditure had pushed his reserves to rock bottom.
But joy welled up in Fang Yuan's heart.
The Dao Ke Dao Immortal Gu!
He activated this unique Information Path Immortal Gu, ran a check, then nodded vigorously with a satisfied smile.
"Finally, it's done! The Soul Path trap on the immortal zombie body — completely dispelled!"
It hadn't been easy.
Truly not easy.
The Soul Path trap had plagued Fang Yuan for so long. Now it had finally been resolved.
For a moment, the thrill of success flooded through his heart.
But...
After calming himself, Fang Yuan did not personally test it right away.
Cautious as ever, he chose to use the souls of other Gu Immortals to probe it first.
After several rounds of testing confirmed that everything was indeed fine, Fang Yuan transferred his soul into the immortal zombie body.
The next instant, the immortal zombie opened its eyes and slowly rose to its feet. He looked at his eight great hands, stretched his limbs and rolled his joints, and felt wonderful.
"Finally, I can use this body of mine again." The feeling was somewhat surreal — like a wanderer returning home, carrying a thousand unspoken sentiments.
Fang Yuan gently ran a hand over his abdomen.
Inside remained a single Fifth Transformation empty orifice. The Strength Path Sixth Transformation dead orifice had already completely collapsed, and all of its dao marks had transferred over to Fang Yuan's body.
By this measure, Fang Yuan's Strength Path immortal zombie body was the genuine article — a bona fide Sixth Transformation Strength Path immortal material!
The Strength Path Sixth Transformation dead orifice had originally been created when Fang Yuan used the Second Empty Orifice Gu to ascend to Immortality.