Central Continent, the Ditch.
Roar...
A Desolate Beast giant monkey let out its final roar. It still wanted to stand, but facing the diminutive human Gu Immortal before it, it felt a bone-chilling cold spreading through its entire body.
This cold pierced through to its heart, freezing even its boiling blood.
Immortal killer move — Blood Growing Cold!
The one who struck was none other than Fang Yuan's younger brother, Gu Yue Fang Zheng.
"Congratulations, Fellow Immortal Zheng. After these days of battle, your Blood Growing Cold killer move has become as natural as moving your own arm." Zhao Lianyun flew closer at a leisurely pace, a smile on her face.
Gu Yue Fang Zheng gazed at the freezing corpse of the giant monkey, the crimson glow in his eyes slowly fading. His expression remained calm and composed. He glanced at Zhao Lianyun without arrogance or impatience, a hint of gratitude in his eyes as he said, "You flatter me. These past days, I owe it all to your protection by my side, Fairy Lianyun. Without that, how could I have had so many fine opportunities to practice my killer move?"
The earth's ley lines throughout the Central Continent were fluctuating constantly, and unexpected incidents erupted one after another. Every super force found itself drowning in a shortage of manpower. To suppress its own turmoil, the Immortal Crane Sect had no choice but to dispatch Fang Zheng.
Of course, Fang Zheng's movements were under constant surveillance by Heavenly Court. As long as nothing went wrong, they were happy to see his strength continue to grow.
After being rescued by Feng Jiuge, Fang Zheng returned to the Central Continent and received Heavenly Court's support. He not only obtained the Blood Revenge Immortal Gu but had also acquired the Blood Chill Immortal Gu during his ascension.
Fairy Ziwei had long since made all the arrangements, placing the Blood Growing Cold and other immortal killer moves into Fang Zheng's hands. Now, he had fully mastered the Blood Growing Cold killer move and could deploy it skillfully in combat, his progress advancing by leaps and bounds.
Eastern Sea, somewhere on the seabed.
Dragon Lord and Feng Jinhuang had been refining dreams for several days now.
The dreams surrounding the Dragon Palace were far more numerous than they had imagined. Over these past days, Dragon Lord had been manipulating the Pure Dream Reality Seeking Transform killer move, converting dozens of Pure Dream Reality Seeking Bodies one after another. Yet new dreams continued to spread outward from within the Dragon Palace, replenishing the losses outside.
Measured against each other, the Pure Dream Reality Seeking Transform was merely a Sixth Transformation killer move with limited power — its core Immortal Gu, the Dream Wing, was also only at the Sixth Transformation.
In truth, after condensing the first Pure Dream Reality Seeking Body, Dragon Lord could have used this peculiar physical form to freely traverse the dreams and venture deep into the Dragon Palace.
But the entire purpose of this expedition was to claim the Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu House. Without clearing away these dreams, he could not safely take it for his own.
While Dragon Lord was condensing Pure Dream Reality Seeking Bodies, Feng Jinhuang had been cultivating diligently.
She focused primarily on researching the Pure Dream Reality Seeking Body. Sometimes she would project her soul into the physical form of a Pure Dream Reality Seeking Body; other times she would return her soul to her true body and study the Pure Dream Reality Seeking Body from that vantage point.
"The Pure Dream Reality Seeking Body that Shadow Sect developed couldn't endure long, precisely because they pursued stability too much."
"Dreams are ever-changing — transformation is their very nature. So I took the path of Shattered Dreams instead, making it even more unstable. The result, under Lady Ziwei's calculations, was that two negatives made a positive, and I obtained a perfect Pure Dream Reality Seeking Body."
Every time Feng Jinhuang reflected on this, she felt it had been a miraculous stroke of luck.
"Could this be the hand of fate at work? Was it meant to use me as its instrument to bring a complete Pure Dream Reality Seeking Body into the world?"
Feng Jinhuang immediately shook her head, sweeping the thought from her mind.
She then recalled the words her master Dragon Lord had once spoken to her —
"Huang'er, though you've developed a perfect Pure Dream Reality Seeking Body, that alone is not enough. You must thoroughly master this creation before it can serve your cultivation. When you find a way to naturally elevate your own body's aptitude into that of a Pure Dream Reality Seeking Body — that will be the day you face the tribulation and ascend to immortality."
Gu Immortal!
Feng Jinhuang's accumulation of power had long since been sufficient for ascension, but Dragon Lord had been suppressing her all along.
Now that he had finally given his consent, Feng Jinhuang was both excited and troubled — how was she supposed to truly master the Pure Dream Reality Seeking Body?
This was a question Feng Jinhuang was pondering, and one Dragon Lord was silently awaiting the answer to.