Grey skies and foul winds, waves surging violently.
This was the Sea of Remorse and Crying, and Fang Yuan, Miao Mingshen, and the others had ventured deep into its interior long ago.
"I regret it! I shouldn't have killed so many people!"
"How I rue it! I shouldn't have left home to chase after power — if only I had stayed by my parents' side and fulfilled my filial duties!"
"I repent! I deceived everyone, hid Immortal Gu, and made my most trusted friend take the blame while I reaped the benefits!"
Sob after sob drilled into the immortals' ears like Gu moves of the Immortal path, disrupting their emotions and moods.
They had already reached the very heart of the Sea of Remorse and Crying.
Miao Mingshen and the others hovered high in the sky, watching the contemplative Fang Yuan, patiently waiting.
Even without much foundation in Formation path, they could now perceive the colossal formation beneath the seabed.
This was clearly the work of the Giant Sun Immortal Venerable — just looking at it made Miao Mingshen and the others feel utterly insignificant.
In his previous life, Fang Yuan had been the same. He had once remarked that this formation was as vast as the starry sky, and that he would need several decades to grasp all of its mysteries.
But now, that time had been drastically reduced.
"Roughly eight years of intensive study should give me a thorough understanding of this grand formation," Fang Yuan thought.
The improvement was due to nothing other than his Earth path attainment.
In his previous life, Fang Yuan's Earth path realm had not reached the Grandmaster level, and this grand formation was primarily an Earth path Super Gu Formation.
"The Regret Gu shows no signs of activity." Fang Yuan fixed his gaze on a particular spot on the central seabed.
The situation was not ideal, but Fang Yuan was not surprised.
In order to remain in the Dragon Whale Bliss Land, he had destroyed the Stone Lotus Island ahead of time. Without Stone Lotus Island, the Venerable's methods on the Regret Gu had no target — how could they be activated?
According to the historical memories Fang Yuan had obtained on Stone Lotus Island, the Bliss Land Immortal Venerable had once entered Stone Lotus Island and borrowed the Regret Gu.
Though Stone Lotus Island had the Red Lotus will and Red Lotus's methods, how could they compare to a living Venerable?
The Red Lotus will had yielded, and the Bliss Land Immortal Venerable successfully borrowed the Regret Gu, even attempting to wrest the successor from the Red Lotus Demon Venerable.
And that successor was Fang Yuan.
In his previous life, Fang Yuan had chosen Stone Lotus Island, but in this life he had taken everything from the island ahead of time and rushed to the Dragon Whale Bliss Land, intending to inherit the Bliss Land's true legacy.
"In my previous life, the Regret Gu underwent a strange transformation and flew out to carry me away. This time it shows no signs of activity — it seems I'll have to act personally," Fang Yuan gained a moment of clarity.
A Venerable's methods were extraordinarily profound. In his previous life, Fang Yuan had been carried to Stone Lotus Island by the Regret Gu with absolutely no power to resist.
The Regret Gu not activating was actually a situation Fang Yuan was glad to see.
After studying intently for several hours, Fang Yuan gathered his scattered focus.
He pondered a while longer, then spoke to Miao Mingshen and the others: "To eliminate the demonic immortal here, we must make use of the grand formation. However, the grand formation laid down by the Bliss Land Immortal Venerable, though immensely powerful, serves only to suppress and seal — it has no offensive capability. My idea is to set up auxiliary formations outside, then activate them to infiltrate the grand formation's interior and seize the demonic immortal for execution."
At this proposal, Miao Mingshen and the others nodded repeatedly, expressing strong agreement.
Breaking the grand formation to release the demonic immortal would undoubtedly be extremely dangerous.
One need only think about it — this mysterious demonic immortal was a contemporary of the Bliss Land Immortal Venerable. The Bliss Land Immortal Venerable had perished at the end of his lifespan, yet this demonic immortal still lived.
In terms of longevity, it had already exceeded one hundred thousand years.
Who could live for a hundred thousand years?
Even the longest-lived, the Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable, had only reached twenty-five thousand years of age.
Living longer than a Venerable — on that point alone, this demonic immortal was already fearsome beyond compare.
"There's no need to overestimate the demonic immortal within the formation," Fang Yuan smiled. "The grand formation itself, beyond its sealing function, also contains methods of life extension, keeping this demonic immortal in slumber and greatly extending its lifespan. That is how it has survived for so many ages."
The expressions of Miao Mingshen and the others relaxed somewhat.
"The Bliss Land Immortal Venerable truly was compassionate — not only did he not kill this person, but after suppressing the demonic immortal, he even extended its lifespan specifically!"
"Could it be that the Bliss Land Immortal Venerable had also mastered the Heavenly Court's life-extension methods? According to Heavenly Court's slumber-based life-extension technique, a hundred thousand years would be easy, let alone a million."
"Alas, how could we fathom a Venerable's methods?"
Fang Yuan turned his gaze to Miao Mingshen and continued in a heavy tone: "However, to set up the auxiliary formations, I will need one Gu Immortal to hold down each formation eye. When the auxiliary formations are activated, the more Gu Immortals and the more formation eyes there are, the greater the auxiliary formation's power. In my plan, I need at least eight Gu Immortals to hold the formation eyes."
The exclamations of Miao Mingshen and the others softened slightly.