The modified Immortal Path killer move Ghost Official Robe used the Seventh Transformation Soul-Switching Immortal Gu and the Sixth Transformation Soul-Cleansing Immortal Gu as its core. After several failures, Fang Yuan successfully activated it.
His soul slipped directly out of the Supreme Immortal Body.
His soul hovered in the air — not very solid at all.
The soul's foundation had been depleted multiple times by Soul Burning Fortune Exploding, and was now at the hundred-person soul level at most.
The difference was that on the surface of his soul, a layer of wide, loose robes now covered it. Long sleeves hung from the arms, and the hem dragged down to his heels.
This was the effect produced by the Ghost Official Robe killer move.
Generally, it was called the Ghost Official Robe, but to get specific: the sixth-transformation version was the Ghost Messenger Robe, the seventh the Ghost General Robe, the eighth the Ghost King Robe, and the ninth the Ghost Venerable Robe.
At the ninth-transformation level, it could defend against the deductions of a Ninth Transformation Gu Venerable. Of course, this was only theoretical — even Ghostly Soul Demon Venerable had never pushed this killer move to the ninth-transformation level during his lifetime.
Because he didn't need to.
He had been a magnificent Demon Venerable in life, slaughtering the world. There was no need to guard against deductions.
So, his highest-level Ghost Official Robe was only eighth-transformation.
Fang Yuan's soul examined itself, puzzled. "Huh? Why is it only the sixth-transformation Ghost Messenger Robe?"
After his modifications, the core of the killer move consisted of the Seventh Transformation Soul-Switching Gu and the Sixth Transformation Soul-Cleansing Gu — in other words, it should have been a seventh-transformation killer move. So why was the result the Ghost Messenger Robe instead of the higher Ghost General Robe?
"Could it be because of my modifications?" This guess had barely formed in Fang Yuan's mind before he dismissed it.
The modifications had been calculated using the Wisdom Halo. How could they be wrong?
"I understand." Fang Yuan's thoughts shifted again, and understanding came.
The answer was on his own body.
Beneath the Ghost Official Robe, there was still another layer of clothing.
If the Ghost Messenger Robe looked rough, as if woven from coarse hemp, then this inner layer was like fine silk — extremely tight, giving a delicate and smooth impression.
This was the Dao Mark Silk Robe, formed by the Ninth Transformation Immortal Path killer move Ghost Unaware. In terms of pure level, the Ghost Messenger Robe couldn't even come close.
"The original Ghost Official Robe adhered directly to my soul. But now there's a layer in between, causing the effective level to drop from seventh to sixth?"
This drawback was something Fang Yuan hadn't anticipated.
All this time, he had enjoyed the advantage of non-repelling Dao marks on the Supreme Immortal Body. He never expected to stumble over something so minor.
"The Dao marks on my Supreme Immortal Body don't repel each other."
"But killer moves from entirely different Paths still repel one another."
"Ghost Unaware carries the word 'ghost' in its name, but it's actually a Theft Path killer move, while Ghost Official Robe is a Soul Path killer move. The two are fundamentally repulsive. The most fundamental solution would be to merge these two moves into one."
At this thought, Fang Yuan smiled bitterly.
The difficulty was simply too great.
He had no real understanding of the Ghost Unaware killer move. Moreover, his comprehension of the Theft Path and the Soul Path was severely lacking. Even with the Wisdom Halo to aid calculations, progress would be extraordinarily slow. Based on current conditions, even centuries or millennia of sleepless effort might not produce a final result.
After all, this was a Ninth Transformation killer move, and the Ninth Transformation was still far beyond Fang Yuan's reach. Though he could currently fight Eighth Transformation Gu Immortals, he wasn't even an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal himself.
"Then let it be."
Fang Yuan infused his soul back into his body.
He had no intention of changing his approach.
He had inherited the Shadow Sect's complete legacy, and not long ago, had exchanged for nearly all of the Lang Ya Sect's legacy as well.
Well — "nearly." Neither side had exchanged their most critical secrets. The Lang Ya Sect hadn't, and neither had Fang Yuan.
Even so, the Lang Ya Sect's near-complete legacy was still a massive collection, only slightly smaller than the Shadow Sect's reserves.
After all, Old Ancestor Long Hair had lived during the Middle Ancient Era, some three hundred thousand years ago. And the Lang Ya Blessed Land had existed for over three hundred thousand years as well.
In terms of sheer time, the Lang Ya Sect's history far surpassed the Shadow Sect's.
However, the legacies the Lang Ya Sect had absorbed were almost entirely related to the Refinement Path. Even non-Refinement Path materials mostly touched on it only tangentially. And the Lang Ya Sect's collection capabilities naturally couldn't compare to those of Ghostly Soul Demon Venerable and the Shadow Sect.
Having claimed both for his own, Fang Yuan had already pulled far ahead of any single one of the ten great ancient sects of the Central Continent when it came to legacies. It would take two or three of those ancient sects combined just to match him in this regard.