"Dormant Lightning Python!" the Lang Ya Earth Spirit roared.
In the next instant, lightning flashed and intertwined like water, swiftly coalescing into an enormous python-shaped serpent of lightning.
Lightning was yang, the serpent was yin. The great serpent formed of lightning contained both yin and yang, tempering the lightning's violence and presenting a gentle appearance.
Therefore, the lightning serpent did not look fearsome—instead, it radiated elegance and charm.
It slithered gracefully, coiling around a stone mountain shaped like an elephant. The serpent's body continuously rubbed against the stone, grinding it into the finest powder.
In the Path of Refinement, there were four universally recognized immortal moves most capable of processing immortal materials. The Dormant Lightning Python was one of them.
The Lang Ya Earth Spirit originated from the Ancestor with Long Hair—naturally, she had mastered it to perfection.
The level of this killing move, by virtue of utilizing an Eighth Transformation Refinement Path Immortal Gu, reached as high as the Eighth Transformation.
Without an Eighth Transformation Dormant Lightning Python, it would be impossible to process this Eighth Transformation immortal material—the Elephant Armor Mountain.
This was a primordial immortal material of the Path of Information.
The Lang Ya Earth Spirit had been processing immortal materials for several hours. Before the Elephant Armor Mountain, more than a dozen Eighth Transformation immortal materials had already been processed one after another. These materials came in all shapes and sizes, sorted by category, and were all of the Path of Information.
The Dormant Lightning Python gradually dissipated, and the Elephant Armor Mountain had been completely ground to powder. These powders merged with the other immortal materials into a single mass. Under the Lang Ya Earth Spirit's methods, they actually formed a constantly swirling seven-colored vortex.
"That should do it. Dismiss the immortal formation," the Lang Ya Earth Spirit exhaled a turbid breath, her voice weary with exhaustion.
Immediately, a Hairy Man Gu Immortal serving as an assistant moved to dissolve the Refinement Path immortal formation.
Once the formation was removed, the aura of the seven-colored vortex instantly spread outward. In the distance, the Zhi Hui Gu sensed it like a cat catching a whiff of fish, immediately flying over before plunging headfirst into the seven-colored vortex, sinking deep into its depths.
"So the Zhi Hui Gu has this kind of trait," Fang Yuan remarked with emotion upon seeing this.
"It is said that the recipe for refining the Zhi Hui Gu contains large quantities of Path of Information immortal materials. In nature, wild Zhi Hui Gu can only undergo self-evolution in places saturated with Path of Information Dao marks," the Lang Ya Earth Spirit explained.
At these words, Fang Yuan immediately understood.
As for the recipe for the Zhi Hui Gu, neither the Spectral Soul True Inheritance nor the Lang Ya True Inheritance contained it. Only the Heavenly Court possessed a copy.
Fang Yuan could not control a wild Zhi Hui Gu, but he could remotely guide the relocation of this seven-colored vortex.
As for the four-thousand-year Life Gu, it had already arrived long after the Refinement Path True Meaning had been dealt with.
"This time I've troubled the Grand Elder to act personally. I will repay the debt in installments," Fang Yuan said to the Lang Ya Earth Spirit with sincerity.
Although the method of relocating the Zhi Hui Gu was simple, its cost was exorbitant.
Piles of Eighth Transformation immortal materials had to be thrown in just to produce this temporary seven-colored vortex. Before long, the vortex would gradually dissipate. Beyond luring the Zhi Hui Gu into relocating, it yielded no other benefit.
This portion of the cost was, of course, borne by Fang Yuan.
After detailed discussion with the Lang Ya Earth Spirit, both parties reached an agreement: Fang Yuan would be allowed to owe the debt for the time being, with no rush to pay it off immediately. After all, Fang Yuan had just emerged from a great battle, his Immortal Essence nearly depleted, and he urgently needed to replenish his reserves.
This, too, was a result of Fang Yuan's recently elevated standing. In the past, such generous terms would never have been offered.
But now, after having thrashed the Thunder Ghost True Lord, he held the dominant position in negotiations with the Lang Ya Earth Spirit.
"The situation is pressing. I need to enter seclusion immediately and devote all my effort to deductions, finding a way out of our current predicament as quickly as possible," Fang Yuan said.
"Good, good. Then I won't disturb you any further." A flash of delight crossed the Lang Ya Earth Spirit's face, and even the look of exhaustion on her features eased noticeably.
Fang Yuan returned to his own Cloud City.
Speaking of which, when Feng Jiuge and the others had invaded the Lang Ya Blessed Land, they had seized several Cloud Cities. Fang Yuan's Cloud City had been fortunate enough to escape that fate and remained intact.
Of course, perhaps this also had something to do with Fang Yuan's own formidable Luck Path.
Fang Yuan entered seclusion within his Cloud City. The other Variant Human Gu Immortals all wished to build connections with him, but Fang Yuan refused to see anyone—the Snow Clan was no exception.
Within the Supreme Immortal Aperture.
Immortal Move—Force-Driven Cycle of Life and Death!
"This move is a Path of Strength killing move, not particularly suited to a Time Path clone. In the future, it could be modified into a Time Path technique."