Southern Border.
Fang Yuan had broken through the Cloud Bamboo Mountain Range and was plundering it thoroughly, but he also understood how important these resources were to the Chi Family. As such, he had long since prepared himself to deal with their counterattack.
Immortal Path Killer Move — Great Thief Ghost Hand!
The Great Thief Ghost Hand, hidden in a corner, suddenly shot out and seized the Chi Family's oncoming Immortal Gu House.
The Chi Family Gu Immortals inside the Immortal Gu House were instantly startled.
But in the very next instant, a dazzling golden radiance suddenly surged from the surface of the Immortal Gu House. Ripples spread across its surface, forming a vortex that actually absorbed the Great Thief Ghost Hand.
The next moment, the vortex dissipated and the ripples vanished. Fang Yuan let out a muffled grunt as he instantly lost all connection to the Great Thief Ghost Hand.
A sharp gleam flickered through his eyes: "Truly worthy of being ranked in the top ten — the Immortal Gu House Taiyu Temple!"
The Chi Family possessed two Immortal Gu Houses, both extraordinary, but Taiyu Temple was the stronger of the two — capable of matching an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal!
From the outside, it appeared as if carved from marble — pristine white throughout, with an arched dome trimmed in gold, as if radiating sunlight. It was magnificent and resplendent, giving people a sense of warmth and hope.
Five hundred years ago in his previous life, during the period of chaos when the Five Regions were at war, the great superpowers clashed against one another. The world was in turmoil, fires of war burned everywhere, and Immortal Gu Houses were frequently deployed in battle against each other. This rich record of combat gave the world a fairly clear understanding of the relative strengths between Immortal Gu Houses, and a ranking was established.
And the Chi Family's Taiyu Temple was on that list — ranked ninth. No small feat.
It possessed an extremely famous technique called "Turning the Universe Void," which could trap Eighth Transformation Gu Immortals. When the Heavenly Court had attacked the Southern Border, this house had successively trapped four Seventh Transformation and two Eighth Transformation cultivators — a formidable and exceptional record.
"I'm afraid my Great Thief Ghost Hand has fallen into the Turning the Universe Void, which is why I've lost my connection to it. But activating the Turning the Universe Void comes at a considerable cost and requires time to build up. Why did they react so swiftly? It's as if they were already prepared." Thoughts cascaded through Fang Yuan's mind as he quickly identified the irregularity.
"So there really is such a Thief Path technique!"
"Fang the Demon is getting harder and harder to contain. Fortunately, we prepared well in advance."
"In the end, it all comes down to the Heavenly Court's intelligence. This time it really came through. If Fang Yuan had actually succeeded in stealing an Immortal Gu from inside the house, just imagine what that would mean!"
The Chi Family Gu Immortals felt both lingering fear and relief.
"Charge!"
"Keep the Turning the Universe Void killer move ready at all times to counter Fang the Demon's Thief Path methods."
"But be careful — Fang the Demon has a defensive killer move made from the Reverse Flow River."
Boom!
Under the control of the Chi Family Gu Immortals, the Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu House Taiyu Temple unleashed a fierce assault, quickly pressing Fang Yuan into a disadvantage.
Fang Yuan retreated defensively while simultaneously reaching into his mind and entering the Treasure Yellow Heaven.
The next moment, his heart went still. Just as he had expected, the Heavenly Court's side in the Treasure Yellow Heaven had already posted wave after wave of light projections replaying scenes of Fang Yuan's battles. The key scene of him using the Great Thief Ghost Hand against Feng Jiuge was among them.
Not only that — the Heavenly Court had also made numerous calculated deductions public, without requiring any payment to access.
These calculated revelations were all about Fang Yuan, laying bare his secrets.
The Treasure Yellow Heaven was already in an uproar. The entire Gu Immortal world across all Five Regions had been shaken, and everyone was discussing Fang Yuan's various Gu insects, killer moves, and techniques, their emotions ranging from envy to jealousy to hatred.
This move was truly devastating!
Intelligence about Gu Immortals had always been critically important. Many times, once an Immortal Gu or a killer move was exposed, the Gu Immortal became extremely vulnerable to being countered.
Just like now — the Great Thief Ghost Hand had not only been blocked by the Chi Family Gu Immortals, but had been absorbed into the Turning the Universe Void. In the future, they would certainly study this Great Thief Ghost Hand, using it to reverse-engineer and uncover more of Fang Yuan's weaknesses related to this technique.
If he had been unprepared and Fang Yuan had succeeded, he might have managed to steal an Immortal Gu, which would have been an enormous windfall and put him at a significant advantage.
Fang Yuan had previously used the Treasure Yellow Heaven to widely publicize how he had thrashed Lord Thunder Ghost, greatly undermining the Heavenly Court's authority. Now the Heavenly Court was giving him a taste of his own medicine, using the same method against him.
"I have the Great Thief Ghost Hand — Ziwei Fairy must be extremely worried that I'll use this technique to steal other people's Immortal Gu and rapidly grow stronger!"
"If she has the bandwidth to make such moves, then the battle at the Langya Blessed Land must already be over."
Fang Yuan felt a chill run through him.