A towering crystal mountain stood in the small Southern Border.
It was entirely pink, radiating a dreamlike glow — none other than one of the legendary secret realms of heaven and earth recorded in the Records of the Human Ancestor: Dang Hun Mountain.
At this moment, Dang Hun Mountain had already been nearly restored to its former glory.
Not completely, of course.
The reason was the same as in his previous life — Fang Yuan still had to remain wary of Heavenly Court, fearing that they might possess methods similar to the Fixed Immortal Travel killer move.
That said, the restoration was already incredibly close to completion. The drop in Courage Gu production was negligible, something Fang Yuan could easily accept.
Stone Person Sixth Transformation Gu Immortal Shi Shicheng arrived before the mountain.
Although he already knew that Fang Yuan controlled a supply of Courage Gu, the sight of this legendary mountain still left him trembling with excitement, his eyes blazing with incomparable passion!
"Dang Hun Mountain… Courage Gu…" he murmured.
Courage Gu held extraordinary significance for the Stone People as a race.
The Stone People were all male, with towering and resilient bodies that placed enormous strain on their souls. Whenever a Stone Person exerted themselves too heavily, it damaged their soul. Because of this, Stone People spent eighty percent of their lives sleeping, using the time to recuperate their souls.
When an old Stone Person died, the dispersed soul fragments would merge with stone to form new Stone People, inheriting portions of the old one's memories and important experiences. Alternatively, if an old Stone Person slept long enough for their soul essence to accumulate to a certain threshold, they could voluntarily sever part of it to form a young Stone Person.
This unique method of reproduction made soul strength the critical factor for the Stone People.
The stronger a Stone Person's soul, the more offspring they could produce.
However, the Stone People were a variant race who naturally possessed Earth Path Dao Marks, which were inherently repulsive to Soul Path. Very few Soul Path methods that could enhance soul strength were usable by them.
Courage Gu was different. Born from a secret realm of heaven and earth, it enhanced soul strength, and though merely a mortal Gu, it was immensely useful even to Gu Immortals. For the Stone People, its effects were extraordinary. Back when Fang Yuan had first taken control of the Fox Immortal's blessed land, he had vigorously cultivated Stone People.
When Shi Shicheng gazed upon Dang Hun Mountain, he saw the entire Stone People race's path to rise and flourish stretching before him like a highway to the heavens. How could he not be excited?
His heart surged with emotion, and he felt ever more certain that following Fang Yuan was the right choice — for himself and for the Stone People alike.
Every bit of Shi Shicheng's reaction was visible in Fang Yuan's eyes.
Fang Yuan was quietly satisfied.
For this harvest of Courage Gu, he had deliberately sent Shi Shicheng here as a lure — to let him feel that the future was blindingly bright, that as long as he stayed close to Fang Yuan, the benefits would never end.
Shi Shicheng's emotions gradually settled, and he began to operate the grand formation.
Fang Yuan possessed considerable attainment in both Formation Path and Soul Path, and he had no shortage of Immortal Gu. Moreover, his current Soul Path cultivation was of paramount importance. So he had simply set up an Immortal-level grand formation in a ring around Dang Hun Mountain.
After earning Fang Yuan's approval, Shi Shicheng was given control of the formation.
The formation rumbled to life, releasing waves of grey-blue light that spread like mist and smoke, quickly engulfing Dang Hun Mountain.
Dang Hun Mountain trembled gently, its pink crystal slopes emitting a hazy glow that rapidly dyed the grey-blue light mist pink.
The pink color raced along the mist and soon saturated the entire formation.
Locked within the formation were vast quantities of soul beasts, along with a stockpile of soul cores.
Under the pink light mist, the soul beasts and soul cores dissolved rapidly and silently.
After the formation operated for a brief moment, Courage Gu began to condense one after another, quickly climbing from single digits to the thousands.
Shi Shicheng's face was filled with shock.
"What kind of efficiency is this!"
"And the number of Courage Gu is still growing — so fast, it's about to break ten thousand!"
This Soul Path grand formation had been derived by Fang Yuan from the contents of Spectral Soul's true inheritance, combined and refined with the various Immortal Gu in his possession. He had named it the Soul-Dispelling Myriad Courage Grand Formation.
A single production run yielded at least ten thousand Courage Gu!
This was vastly more efficient than simply relying on Dang Hun Mountain alone.
Of course, the prerequisite for producing over ten thousand Courage Gu in one batch was an ample supply of soul beasts and soul cores.
On this front, Fang Yuan had long since made his preparations.
It came from his earlier strategic positioning — he had already partnered with the Fang clan to jointly develop the Green Ghost Desert in the Western Desert.
This channel for acquiring soul beasts was not only massive in volume but also stable.
Even with Fang Yuan's terrifying demand for soul beasts and soul cores, the Green Ghost Desert pipeline could still satisfy him with room to spare.
The desert was far too vast, home to countless soul beasts — a super resource node for Soul Path!
Unfortunately, the ones who relied on this desert were the Fang clan, who specialized in Formation Path.
And hidden within the Green Ghost Desert was Green Chou, a tremendous hidden threat. As long as it existed, the desert harbored a deadly danger — not a safe place at all.
Fang Yuan hadn't even considered purchasing soul cores through Treasure Yellow Heaven, or extorting the Yang clan in Southern Border. If he did so, he would be revealing important intelligence.
In his previous life, Fang Yuan hadn't repaired Dang Hun Mountain until much later. And even after it was restored, he had insufficient Immortal Essence, with soul beasts and soul cores in severe shortage — slowing his progress considerably.
In this life, Fang Yuan had not only repaired Dang Hun Mountain ahead of schedule, but the supply of soul beasts and soul cores had perfectly kept pace. With both elements working in tandem, the explosive growth of his Soul Path foundation was a certainty.
Fang Yuan channeled his soul directly into the formation.
The formation operated, helping him absorb the Courage Gu. In what felt like an instant, Fang Yuan had consumed over ten thousand Courage Gu simultaneously.
The effects of the Courage Gu were as potent as ever — Fang Yuan's soul swelled outward like a balloon being inflated. In just a few breaths, it had grown to the size of a small giant.
Fang Yuan's soul then flew out of the formation and toward Lost Soul Valley, not far away.
The Bewildering Soul Fog enveloped his soul, causing it to loosen and scatter.