Central Continent, Heavenly Court.
A silver-white firmament, ten thousand buildings and towers.
A flash of azure light — Feng Jiuge appeared in the Ziwei Palace.
"Greetings, Fairy Zi Wei." Feng Jiuge immediately composed himself and cupped his fists.
In the vast palace, Fairy Zi Wei sat cross-legged upon a cloud bed. Seeing Feng Jiuge's return, she leisurely opened her eyes.
In an instant, boundless starlight burst forth from her pupils — dazzling and brilliant, illuminating the entire hall.
Feng Jiuge said nothing. He directly flew out a communication Gu insect. Fairy Zi Wei took it, swept her mind across it, and understood the full sequence of events.
"Feng Jiuge, you truly live up to being the Guardian of the current Grand Dream Immortal Venerable. You did very well this time." Fairy Zi Wei did not hold back her praise.
Feng Jiuge smiled faintly: "This is Gu Yue Fang Zheng."
As he spoke, he opened the door of his immortal orifice and retrieved his captive.
Gu Yue Fang Zheng had both eyes closed, having fallen victim to Feng Jiuge's technique and sunk into deep slumber. As for Fang Yuan's will within him, that too had been firmly suppressed by Feng Jiuge.
Feng Jiuge set Gu Yue Fang Zheng directly on the ground and sighed: "I have already searched this person's soul. That Fang Yuan truly is a demon — cold and ruthless beyond measure. He actually wanted to refine his own younger brother into a Blood God Child. But there is one thing I don't understand: this person is merely a mortal. Although closely connected to Fang Yuan, why would he value him so highly?"
Fairy Zi Wei's tone was unhurried: "The Heavenly Dao maintains balance; yin and yang interconvert. Near the den of a poisonous creature, antidote herbs often grow. This Gu Yue Fang Zheng was born alongside Fang Yuan — he is an obstacle the Heavenly Dao specifically placed against him. If cultivated properly, he will be of great use against Fang Yuan in the future."
"So that's how it is." Feng Jiuge nodded.
"Unfortunately." As she spoke, Fairy Zi Wei too searched Fang Zheng's soul. She sighed and continued: "Fang Yuan has actually not refined a Blood God Child to continue his past life's cultivation of the Blood Path. Otherwise, our side would have already used the Demon Slaying Register to lock onto Fang Yuan's position. From what I can see, Fang Yuan has not yet realized that his past life's cultivation of the Blood Path was also deliberately arranged by Heavenly Will. In this life, not cultivating the Blood Path must be due to Fortune shielding him."
"The Destiny Gu has not yet been repaired, so the power and wondrous effects of Fortune are greatly amplified — often very visibly so. That you succeeded this time and returned smoothly is itself because, as a Guardian, your fortune is robust and not suppressed by Fang Yuan's side."
Feng Jiuge nodded: "How should we handle Danghun Mountain? And what about the Zhi Hui Gu in that Langya Blessed Land?"
"Just take it out." Fairy Zi Wei smiled.
Feng Jiuge paused briefly, then retrieved Danghun Mountain from his immortal orifice.
This mountain, forged of pink crystal, had originally been enormous. But upon landing in the Ziwei Palace, it was suppressed, shrinking to the size of a palm — delicate and translucent.
The Phantom Soul Demon Venerable had once rampaged across the world, slaughtering the masses, and founded the Soul Path. Heavenly Court was the leader of the Righteous Path. Even before Phantom Soul became a Venerable, they had sensed his threat and had been fighting him ever since — truly knowing both themselves and their enemy.
After Phantom Soul's death, the Soul Path continued to develop. Although it suffered suppression from the Leisure Earth Immortal Venerable, Heavenly Court's mastery of Soul Path methods had reached an extraordinarily profound level. In fact, quite a few Immortal Gu Masters within Heavenly Court cultivated the Soul Path themselves.
Danghun Mountain contained an enormous accumulation of Soul Path Dao Marks — it was a natural secret realm of the Soul Path. Since Fairy Zi Wei had been able to grant Feng Jiuge the means to collect this mountain, she naturally possessed even more profound techniques of her own to compress the entire Danghun Mountain into a miniature model.
Fairy Zi Wei beckoned with one hand, and Danghun Mountain floated weightlessly into her palm.
"Wonderful, truly wonderful." Fairy Zi Wei admired it for a moment and nodded with satisfaction. "With this mountain, the Courage Gu will be produced in endless supply. Jinhuang will be able to benefit from it, and her dream exploration will be like a tiger given wings."
Feng Jiuge smiled faintly. Being able to help his own daughter, as a father, he was naturally pleased.
"As for the Zhi Hui Gu..." Fairy Zi Wei pondered for a moment. "This Gu I must obtain. Jiuge, go rest and recover. This matter requires careful planning."
If they were to attack Langya Blessed Land a second time, the other side would be extremely vigilant and thoroughly prepared. In particular, should Fang Yuan return, that would require all the more meticulous planning from Fairy Zi Wei.
"Understood." Feng Jiuge immediately took his leave, exited the Ziwei Palace, descended from Heavenly Court, and headed back to Lingyuan Zhai.
Fairy Zi Wei too departed the Ziwei Palace, gently cradling Danghun Mountain with one hand as she walked at an unhurried pace. After a short while, she arrived before a pitch-black great hall.
On the plaque of this great hall, three large characters were written — Zhenhun Hall.
It was in fact an Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu House — the place where the Phantom Soul Demon Venerable was suppressed and imprisoned.
Fairy Zi Wei bore a smile on her face as she brought Danghun Mountain before the Phantom Soul Demon Venerable.
"Demon Venerable, tell me — do you see what this is?" Fairy Zi Wei lightly smiled as she spoke.
The Phantom Soul Demon Venerable was silent as iron.