The Time Path Dream Realm.
Fang Yuan had incarnated as a young Sixth Transformation Gu Immortal. Eyes tightly shut, his entire body was wreathed in flickering points of white light.
As the white light surrounding him grew ever denser, Fang Yuan's aura continued to settle, sinking deeper and deeper.
Suddenly, his body trembled slightly, and his aura instantly destabilized—like a towering building collapsing, or a deep pool draining dry.
Pfft.
Fang Yuan opened his mouth and spat out a small mouthful of fresh blood.
"Failed again." He opened his eyes, a sharp glint flickering within them.
This was already his third failure in practicing the Time Compression killer move—an Immortal Move at the Sixth Transformation level, specifically designed to augment the Flying Blade of Time.
Three consecutive failures. Each time, Fang Yuan was injured and his soul foundation was diminished. He had originally possessed thirty million human souls; now he had twenty-nine million six hundred thousand.
This was not the Thieving Heaven Dream Realm, after all. In the Thieving Heaven Dream Realm, injuries that depleted one's soul foundation were far more terrifying.
Fang Yuan showed not the slightest trace of discouragement. On the contrary, his gaze burned with intensity, and the fighting spirit in his heart grew ever fiercer.
Setting everything else aside, the Time Compression killer move alone was extremely practical. It was not merely useful for augmenting the Flying Blade of Time—it could also assist other Time Path killer moves.
Having failed in his exploration, Fang Yuan's soul withdrew from the dream realm and returned to his supreme body to rest and recuperate.
Boldness Gu.
Fang Yuan took out Boldness Gu one by one and applied them to himself.
Previously, Fang Yuan had been wealthy and lavish, but now he calculated the use of every last one of these Gu with care.
His reserves of Boldness Gu were running low. Fang Yuan planned to use all of them to heal his soul injuries. As for Soul Path cultivation, he would have to put it on hold for the time being.
In fact, not only would Fang Yuan's soul foundation stagnate because of this, but in the near future it would likely drop significantly due to repeated dream realm explorations. This was expected—there was nothing he could do about it.
Soul Path cultivation was no longer the current priority. The priority was reaching the River of Time as quickly as possible and retrieving the Red Lotus True Inheritance within—that was the wisest strategy!
Fang Yuan had to explore as early as possible.
First, the longer he delayed, the more variables could arise. After all, his opponent was Heavenly Court, and Heavenly Court's foundations were far too deep. At any moment, some mighty being might awaken once more. Heavenly Court would certainly have ambushes within the River of Time, and as time passed, these ambushes would only multiply.
Second, Fang Yuan was counting on the Red Lotus True Inheritance to stand against Heavenly Court and prevent them from repairing the Destiny Immortal Gu. This was currently his greatest hope. But if the worst came to pass and the Red Lotus True Inheritance couldn't help him, he would need to make other plans. So obtaining the Red Lotus Inheritance early would give Fang Yuan more time to prepare for the future.
As for the stagnation of his Soul Path cultivation—and even its decline—as well as his insufficient Immortal Essence reserves and other problems, Fang Yuan paid them no mind. Of course, this didn't mean he truly intended to ignore them. Rather, the solution was already in his hands: once Dang Hun Mountain was fully repaired, everything would fall back into rhythm!
Apart from this method, Fang Yuan had no other good solution to resolve these difficulties in the short term.
Currently, Dang Hun Mountain had been repaired by about thirty to forty percent, but the Soul Path Dao Marks had not yet reached a qualitative transformation, so it was still unable to produce any Boldness Gu.
After recuperating his soul, Fang Yuan entered the dream realm once more.
This time, he finally succeeded in fully activating the Time Compression killer move.
The three previous failures had not been in vain. Each failure had pushed Fang Yuan closer to the finish line of success.
Fang Yuan had mastered the Time Path killer move: Time Compression.
Of course, whether the Time Compression learned in the dream realm could be executed in reality remained an open question. After all, the dream realm and reality were different.
What Fang Yuan understood was that the core content of the Time Compression killer move was correct. Even if there were discrepancies, with the assistance of Wisdom Halo and some time spent calculating, he could derive the correct real-world version.
With this step achieved, this layer of the dream realm was declared successfully explored, and the entire cultivation scene gradually dissolved before Fang Yuan's eyes.
His Time Path realm began to rise rapidly at this moment, but soon came to a halt.
"Still at the Master level of the Time Path. However… compared to before, it has jumped a great deal. It doesn't seem far from Grandmaster."
Second act of the dream realm—Fang Yuan began practicing the killer move Flying Blade of Time.