Langya Blessed Land, Cloud Cover Continent.
Fang Yuan stood alone in the vast expanse of Cloud Earth.
He took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and then began to slowly activate the Immortal killer moves.
"Thought-Burning Flying Stones." Fang Yuan silently invoked the name in his heart.
His eyes immediately began to flicker with a glaze-like purple radiance, and then thoughts surged through his mind one after another as small pebbles surfaced all over his body.
These pebbles looked as though they had been heated red by fire, yet they emanated not the slightest trace of warmth.
"Go." With a flick of his thought, the small stones floating around his body shot outward.
The stones flew through the air, piercing through it without making a single sound.
At the same time, the stones rapidly swelled in size — growing larger and larger. At first they were no bigger than a fingertip, but in the blink of an eye they had become the size of washbasins.
Then they expanded further, reaching the size of carriages.
The small stones had become massive boulders, and their surfaces were now wreathed in blazing crimson flames.
Thousands upon thousands of flame-covered boulders lit up the sky, dyeing half the heavens red.
Then the fiery boulders crashed down onto the Cloud Earth's surface, kicking up towering waves of scarlet flame — yet without a shred of heat, and without even the sound of an explosion.
These were not true fire boulders. That was merely their appearance; in reality, they were manifestations of thought.
This was one of Purple Mountain True Monarch's signature offensive moves — Thought-Burning Flying Stones — capable of incinerating a target's thoughts.
It also had a combo technique called One Thought in Full Bloom.
After the fire boulders had bombarded the area, Fang Yuan extended his right index finger and pointed lightly.
Instantly, the flames died out, and from every crater left by the impacts, a hundred flowers burst into bloom simultaneously. Countless vibrant blossoms climbed upward, vying with each other in beauty.
The splendid flowers transformed the hundred-acre area into a vast, multicolored field in the span of a single moment.
"A pity the target isn't a Gu Immortal but thoughtless Cloud Earth. These flowers are merely decorative — they have no actual utility or power." With a thought, the sea of blossoms that filled his vision vanished in an instant.
Fang Yuan's body swayed gently.
Immortal killer move — One Thought Into Thousands!
Immediately, phantoms multiplied around him.
At first there were only dozens of purple-glowing apparitions, but after just a few breaths, their number had swelled to the terrifying scale of nearly a hundred thousand!
And Fang Yuan's true body was hidden among them. Without a powerful investigative killer move, there was no way to uncover it.
This move was actually quite similar to a tactic Fang Yuan had used before.
Back then, he would first activate Myriad Self, then use Familiar Face to transform into one of the force-path phantom clones, hiding his true body so that enemies couldn't tell which was real.
The advantage of Purple Mountain True Monarch's move was that it was a single technique whose effect equaled Fang Yuan's two combined moves — Myriad Self and Familiar Face. As a result, it consumed less Immortal Essence.
Another advantage was that the speed at which the purple apparitions multiplied far exceeded that of force-path phantom clones.
However, its weakness lay in the fact that these purple apparitions had no offensive power whatsoever — they were purely for disguise and confusion. They were inferior to force-path phantom clones, which could strike out on their own.
Fang Yuan dispelled One Thought Into Thousands, then pushed forward with both palms, unleashing a massive wave of mist.
This was the Immortal killer move Chaotic Disorienting Fog, capable of robbing a Gu Immortal of all sense of direction.
Next, Fang Yuan tried activating Thoughtless Guard and Myriad Thought Dissolution, executing both with proficiency and success.
He saved his focus for the last one.
Immortal killer move — Purple Thought Insight, Radiant Starlight!
This move had the most complex activation sequence, but its effects were wondrous and formidable.
Through each strike, it could collect the mysteries behind an opponent's Immortal killer move, feeding back the fragmented information directly to Fang Yuan's mind.
Once enough intelligence had been gathered, Fang Yuan could employ his Wisdom Path methods to study and deduce a counter to the enemy's move right in the heat of battle.
Then the Immortal killer move Vast Manifestation of Intent could be deployed, breaking the enemy's technique and securing victory.
Fang Yuan attempted to activate it.
Purple Thought Insight, Radiant Starlight truly did have cumbersome steps. Fang Yuan made three consecutive attempts before finally succeeding.
He even sustained a minor injury during the process.
With the When Has the Past Not Been Familiar Gu on hand, he naturally had no fear of such trivial wounds.
"Days of uninterrupted practice have allowed me to master nearly all of Purple Mountain True Monarch's techniques." Fang Yuan assessed inwardly.
By this point, over half a month had passed since Xue'er had come to seek him out.
During these days, Fang Yuan had primarily focused on cultivating his Soul Path, strengthening the foundation of his soul. He now possessed a human soul at the ten-million level.