Langya Blessed Land, the secret chamber in Cloud City.
Fang Yuan projected his soul out of his body.
His soul was nothing like what it had been before — its foundation had reached seventy million human souls. Fang Yuan had sacrificed the profits from his Audacity Gu, squeezed Ying Wuxie and the others dry, and with the support of two of the world's finest earthly secret realms for Soul Path cultivation, his progress along the Soul Path had been rocketing upward, advancing at a speed that defied belief.
"Just thirty million more human souls, and I'll reach the hundred-million level!"
Fang Yuan examined his soul.
The soul looked lifelike — fine-featured, of normal proportions. From its depths emanated a soft halo that enveloped the entire soul, giving it an air of solidity and refinement.
The Ninth Transformation killer move Ghost Unaware clung to the soul's surface like silk undergarments. Layered atop it was a Ghost Official's Robe.
The modified Immortal killer move Ghost Official's Robe — centered on a Seventh Transformation Soul-Exchange Immortal Gu and a Sixth Transformation Soul-Purifying Immortal Gu — had previously been nothing more than a loose, oversized garment: long sleeves, hem dragging to the ankles, fabric paper-thin. But as Fang Yuan's soul foundation soared ever higher, the Ghost Official's Robe had grown increasingly substantial.
Now, looking at it again, the Ghost Official's Robe had transformed completely. No longer a trailing robe, it had become an armored combat suit, overlaid with a layer of battle armor that radiated imposing might.
This was the true appearance of the Ghost Official's Robe at the Seventh Transformation level — the Ghost General's Armor!
Previously, separated by the layer of Ghost Unaware, the connection between the Ghost Official's Robe and the soul had been weakened, reducing it to the Sixth Transformation Ghost Messenger's Garment.
Now, with his soul foundation having exploded to immense heights, it was gradually recovering the power of its true Seventh Transformation.
"Though there's still some gap before the Ghost General's Armor reaches its truly complete form." Fang Yuan glanced at his own back.
The complete Ghost General's Armor did not merely consist of the armored combat suit — it also included three war banners on the back. Those banners were still nowhere to be seen.
Naturally, the focus of this session was not simply to review his Soul Path cultivation results.
Though his soul had left his body, Fang Yuan had planted residual will within his physical mind. Now he began slowly activating an Immortal-level killer move —
Soul Splitting!
This technique originated from the Specter Soul True Inheritance. After Fang Yuan's modifications, it too could be employed.
A wave of intense agony quickly washed over Fang Yuan's soul.
His soul suffered a devastating blow!
Fang Yuan gritted his teeth and hurriedly retracted his soul back into his body.
This was his first attempt at activating the Soul Splitting killer move.
Soul Splitting was a unique technique — it required a Gu Immortal to project their soul out of the body, relying solely on residual thoughts, willpower, and even emotions to operate various Gu. Its difficulty far exceeded that of ordinary Immortal killer moves.
The attempt had failed. Fang Yuan sat in silence, then began consuming Audacity Gu to heal his injuries.
If Soul Splitting succeeded, the soul would split without any pain — as effortless as drinking water. But if it failed, the consequences were dire: the soul would often collapse outright. For this reason, Gu Immortals with insufficient soul foundations must never attempt this technique rashly, or they would be courting their own destruction.
It was only because Fang Yuan's soul foundation had reached the level of tens of millions of human souls that he had dared to begin practicing.
Now that his Sword Path killer moves had been fully modified and drilled to proficiency, Fang Yuan had turned his attention to modifying and practicing Soul Path techniques.
Beyond Soul Splitting, there were also Soul Pressure, Soul Howl, Soul Detonation, Soul Devouring, Soul Penetration, Soul Beast Summoning, and more.
Fang Yuan did not possess many Soul Path Immortal Gu, so he could only attempt to replicate these techniques — their power and versatility would inevitably be greatly diminished.
What truly determined Fang Yuan's combat ceiling remained the Reverse Flow Protective Seal. Whether Soul Path, Sword Path, or Wisdom Path methods, they merely enriched his arsenal.
Modifying and practicing Soul Path killer moves consumed enormous amounts of Fang Yuan's time and energy.
As for the management of his immortal aperture, Fang Yuan had already decided on his next priority.
After deliberating at length, he chose dragon fish.
First, the dragon fish business had always maintained a solid foundation, and after this period of time, the dragon fish in his immortal aperture had accumulated to substantial numbers, giving him ample supply.
Second, Fang Yuan had done dragon fish business before and had the experience — unlike the Year Gu business, which was entirely new territory.
Third, dragon fish bore the Dao marks of Transformation Path, Food Path, and others. As rumor had it, dragon fish were a completely new life form created by a Food Path Gu Immortal, and they offered certain supplementary benefits for feeding Immortal Gu.
Fang Yuan currently possessed the most orthodox Food Path inheritance, which contained the methods and recipes for raising dragon fish on a massive scale.
Dragon Scale Sea.
Fang Yuan first expanded this sea area once more while simultaneously renovating the Immortal-level Gu formations within it.
The new Immortal-level Gu formation centered around the Sixth Transformation Morsel Immortal Gu, Seventh Transformation Dragon Scale Gu, Seventh Transformation Dragon Breath Gu, and Sixth Transformation Dragon Force Gu, with approximately one hundred and thirty thousand mortal Gu providing supplementary support.