Langya Blessed Land, Cloud Cover Continent.
Langya's Earth Spirit drew a deep breath and murmured lowly, "Activate the grand formation!"
Like ten thousand bees dancing frantically, amid a cacophony of buzzing, the grand Refinement Dao super formation slowly stirred to life. Soon, a vast expanse of white-platinum radiance spread outward, filling the entire space.
"Enter the formation!" Langya's Earth Spirit issued another command, and at the same time, his figure was the first to step into the immortal formation.
Afterwards, Mao Liu, Mao San, Mao Si, Mao Qi, and many other Mao tribe Gu Immortals entered the formation in succession.
Fang Yuan stood at the edge of the immortal formation, an observer.
This time, the refinement was not being personally conducted by him. Instead, it had been entrusted to Langya's sect Earth Spirit and the Mao tribe Gu Immortals.
Although Fang Yuan possessed a quasi-supreme attainment level in the Dao of Refinement, his foundational skills and actual operational caliber could not compare with those of the Langya sect's Gu Immortals.
"Under normal circumstances, perhaps I could still participate in the refinement. But this time, the Langya Earth Spirit has not hesitated to deploy the Refinement Dao Immortal Formation personally arranged by Ancestor Long Mao himself back in the day. This immortal formation is inaccessible to anyone other than Mao tribe Gu Immortals. A single human Gu Immortal who enters it will be refined and shredded by the formation."
The Langya Blessed Land's reserves were extraordinarily deep, and this time, the Long Mao Refinement Grand Formation had emerged once more.
Of course, given Fang Yuan's capabilities, he could certainly utilize his attainment in the Transformation Dao to transform himself into a Mao tribe Gu Immortal. But the Langya sect likely still wished to guard this secret and was unwilling to share it openly with Fang Yuan.
"I previously traded the You Hun True Inheritance with the Langya Earth Spirit in exchange for the Langya True Inheritance. But clearly, this Long Mao Refinement Grand Formation is the trump card hidden at the very bottom of the Langya True Inheritance — something they would never put up for exchange. Just like I kept the Soul-Luring Dream technique and other killer moves from the You Hun True Inheritance to myself."
Fang Yuan stood to the side observing, a sharp gleam flickering in his eyes.
Even though the Langya sect had excluded him from the process, inwardly Fang Yuan was actually quite satisfied.
Under the immense pressure of Heavenly Court, the entire Langya sect had grown anxious, and they were sparing no effort to activate the Long Mao Refinement Grand Formation to refine the Ten Thousand Self Immortal Gu for Fang Yuan as quickly as possible. Having joined the Langya sect, Fang Yuan counted as one of their own, and increasing his combat power would greatly benefit their plan to relocate the Langya Blessed Land!
The Long Mao Refinement Grand Formation operated slowly, its radiance shifting continuously — first white-platinum, then transforming to orange-gold, and then further into ink-gold.
Within the ink-gold radiance, flecks of starlight began to twinkle, dazzling and brilliant.
The humming of the immortal formation gradually grew quieter, and after several breaths, it became utterly silent, without a single sound.
The several Mao tribe Gu Immortals who had entered the formation, along with Langya's Earth Spirit, each took their positions, forming a wide circle.
Langya's Earth Spirit acted first, activating the formation and opening the storage gate to release a mass of immortal materials that had long been prepared.
The immortal material resembled a sunflower that had been frostbitten and wilted. The moment it appeared in the center of the formation, it dissolved into wisps of smoke and merged into the ink-gold radiance.
Fang Yuan watched with a solemn gaze. This was the first critical step — the smoke needed to converge and fuse perfectly into the ink-gold radiance before proceeding to the next stage.
Fang Yuan felt no significant psychological pressure.
If this step failed, his losses would be minimal, and he could simply start over.
However, after half a shichen, the immortal materials had completely transformed into smoke and fused with the ink-gold radiance with remarkable smoothness and perfection.
Within the formation, the ink-gold radiance continuously condensed and concentrated, shrinking from its previous scale of illuminating half the sky down to the size of a house, constrained at the center of the Long Mao Refinement Grand Formation.
Once the flecks of starlight within the ink-gold radiance had fully transformed into ice stars, the Langya Earth Spirit shifted his technique and began the second step.
Time flowed on steadily. One batch of immortal materials after another was fed into the center of the formation by the Mao tribe Gu Immortals of the Langya sect, methodically refining them into a unified whole.
After three days and three nights, Mao San extended his palm and began to feed Gu Insects into the center of the formation.
The first ones he cast in were Self-Reliance Gu.
This particular Gu Insect was only of the Third Transformation stage. Shaped like a cockroach, it had a flattened body that was dark brown throughout, with long thread-like antennae and both forewings and hindwings.
Self-Reliance Gu was a force-type Gu Insect with healing properties. The stronger the Gu Master's physical power, the more effective the healing.
It was a rare Gu Insect — mortal Gu Masters often struggled without end to find even a single one — but now Mao San was tossing in hundreds.
The quantity of Self-Reliance Gu naturally followed strict specifications.
This was because it related to the exact count of Dao Marks. When refining an Immortal Gu, one had to be precise down to the smallest fraction!
Once all the Self-Reliance Gu had been fed in, the Langya Earth Spirit let out a mighty shout and drove the Long Mao Refinement Grand Formation with furious intensity.
In an instant, pillars of fire surged upward within the grand formation — hundreds upon hundreds of them, soaring several zhang high, blazing brilliantly amid the ink-gold radiance.
Mighty shockwaves continuously radiated outward, but every last one was perfectly intercepted by the Refinement Dao Grand Formation. The Mao tribe Gu Immortals standing along the formation's perimeter didn't feel the slightest rise in temperature.
The Long Mao Refinement Immortal Formation was truly exceptional!
The tangerine-red fire pillars burned for a full twenty-four shichen before gradually subsiding. The ink-golid radiance had been utterly scorched away, and together with all the Self-Reliance Gu, had transformed into a peculiar stone roughly the size of a carriage.
After waiting a while longer and seeing the stone fully solidify, Fang Yuan let out a breath of relief. The second critical step of refining the Ten Thousand Self Immortal Gu had also been successfully completed.