"Feng Jiuge!" Dragon Lord roared, charging straight at Feng Jiuge to kill him.
Immortal killer move — Dragon Claw Strike.
Immortal killer move — Revolving Dragon Fangs.
Claw marks materialized in the air, stretching nearly ten zhang across, tearing through the atmosphere with unstoppable force. Dragon fangs flew in every direction like blades threading through flowers, spiraling and dancing with chilling killing intent.
Feng Jiuge retreated leisurely while continuing to sing his Song of Destiny.
Several clones emerged around him, all bearing his appearance yet each possessing wondrous abilities.
This was the Immortal killer move — Song of One Melody!
The Jade Songster could petrify all things. The Heaven and Earth Songster possessed suppressing power. The Bowing Songster could enslave living beings. The Parting Songster could dismantle killer moves and counter Gu houses. The Treasure Songster could refine wild Immortal Gu. The Skyward Songster could effortlessly cross two Heavenly Gates. The Immortal Demon Songster could seize the power of various killer moves and Immortal Gu for her own use.
Only the Great Wind Song could not evolve into a Songster.
The Songers fought on Feng Jiuge's behalf, not only blocking the dragon claws and dragon fangs, but also engaging Dragon Lord in fluid, agile combat.
After several exchanges, Dragon Lord finally managed to destroy the Songers in an explosion.
But moments later, brand-new Songers arrived on the battlefield to fight Dragon Lord once more.
Dragon Lord immediately understood that simply eliminating these clones was pointless. The truly wise tactic was to strike at the source — to target Feng Jiuge's main body directly.
Immortal killer move — Dragon Gate.
Dragon Lord suddenly crossed a vast distance, closing in on Feng Jiuge.
Feng Jiuge remained composed and unshaken, activating the killer move Song of Sunny Hills to widen the gap once again.
Unable to fight Feng Jiuge in close quarters, Dragon Lord had no choice but to use Qi Path killer moves for long-range attacks.
Feng Jiuge faced this without fear. His Song of Destiny constantly weakened Dragon Lord while his hands shifted, continuously executing Palm Bell, Fist Drum, and Finger Whistle — combining them into the Three Harmonies.
Feng Jiuge versus Dragon Lord — and they were fighting evenly, neither gaining the upper hand!
The Future Body of the Eighth Transformation had truly brought a qualitative leap to Feng Jiuge's combat power.
The Three Region Gu Immortals were hesitating about whether to step in and help Feng Jiuge when they were surprised to discover: Feng Jiuge didn't need anyone's help at all!
In that moment, the battle power he displayed dazzled everyone.
Dragon Lord couldn't bring Feng Jiuge down and was both shocked and furious. Only now did he realize that Feng Jiuge had been holding back the entire time — fighting and attacking, yes, but never truly going all out.
Now, Dragon Lord wanted to destroy Red Lotus's scheme. But Fang Yuan's side was a tough nut to crack. Dragon Lord knew of Fang Yuan's strength and the Chaos Demon's methods shielding him. That was why he had chosen to target Feng Jiuge first.
This was not because Dragon Lord feared Fang Yuan — it was a calculated decision on how to most quickly dismantle the enemy's plot!
As long as Feng Jiuge was disrupted and the Song of Destiny could not take effect, then Fang Yuan's side would effectively have no Immortal Gu recipe, making any further scheming impossible.
But Feng Jiuge's strength far exceeded Dragon Lord's imagination. Dragon Lord hesitated briefly, then decided to intensify his assault, hoping to finish Feng Jiuge off as quickly as possible.
With Dragon Lord pinned down by Feng Jiuge, Wu Shuai commanded the Dragon Palace to protect Fang Yuan's main body, while the Calamity Altar held off the Demon Execution Board.
Heavenly Court's Gu Immortals launched a tidal wave of attacks, but they were all blocked by the other Three Region Gu Immortals and Di Cangsheng.
The battle was clearly tilting in favor of the Three Region Gu Immortals, but at this moment, a problem arose with Fang Yuan.
Human will was like an ocean — vast and surging.
Using this human will as the primary Gu material to refine the Destiny Gu was sheer madness!
And yet, this method actually worked.
Under the influence of the Song of Destiny, this human will and the flame intertwined, forging a formless, substanceless wondrous Gu material.
But Fang Yuan, presiding over this refinement, had to bear the terrifying impact of all that human will. He had to soothe every last shred of it — like taming a raging flood, directing it to flow through carefully carved channels.
Fang Yuan's expression quickly twisted into a grimace, veins bulging on his forehead, thoughts spawning frantically in his mind yet still unable to keep pace with this horrifying consumption. His reserves of thought were plummeting, threatening to dry up completely!
At the edge of the battlefield, Demon Venerable Spectral Soul and his two subordinates had been watching intently the entire time.
Fairy Ziwei saw Fang Yuan's expression and spoke in a low, serious tone: "This is bad. Fang Yuan's situation doesn't look good. I'm familiar with his Wisdom Path reserves — his strongest Wisdom Path ability is actually defending against others' deductions and concealing his true location. What's being tested now is his mental capacity and thinking ability. This scale of human will is truly terrifying. Even I probably couldn't sustain this for long."
But Demon Venerable Spectral Soul chuckled softly, his demeanor calm: "Don't worry. A certain Venerable already made preparations for this. Fang Yuan should know what he needs to do."
Demon Venerable Spectral Soul couldn't help but recall his past life.
Back then, his main body still lived, and he had entered the Eighty-Eight True Yang Building to explore.
There, he had discovered the Zhi Hui Gu, and had also encountered the Sun Blessing left behind by Giant Sun Immortal Venerable.
He had immediately wanted to act, to take the Zhi Hui Gu for himself.
"Immortal Friend Spectral Soul, please do not take the Zhi Hui Gu away," the Giant Sun Blessing had been forced to appear and stop him.
Demon Venerable Spectral Soul smiled coldly: "You can't stop me."
The Giant Sun Blessing nodded: "Of course — you are the current Demon Venerable, unmatched under heaven. I certainly cannot stop you. However, you've also struck a deal with Red Lotus Demon Venerable, haven't you?"
Demon Venerable Spectral Soul's expression shifted slightly. Before this, he had indeed inherited a Red Lotus True Inheritance and reached some sort of agreement with Red Lotus Demon Venerable.
"What do you mean?" Demon Venerable Spectral Soul said, his expression hesitant.
"That's right. This Zhi Hui Gu has already been tampered with by my main body. When the key figure appears, he will destroy the Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, and the Zhi Hui Gu will follow that person of its own accord," the Giant Sun Blessing confessed frankly.
"So that's how it is." Demon Venerable Spectral Soul cast a deep look at the Zhi Hui Gu, but ultimately did not make his move.
Now.
"Pushing myself to the limit… it seems I'll have to call upon the Zhi Hui Gu after all." Fang Yuan sighed.
At this stage, he had long since deduced many of the Venerables' machinations.
The Zhi Hui Gu was Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's handiwork — though unlike the methods of Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable and Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable, it had already been activated long ago. Fang Yuan simply hadn't noticed at the time.
The moment Fang Yuan opened even a sliver of the gateway to his Supreme Immortal Aperture, the Zhi Hui Gu flew out of its own accord, hovering above his head and radiating a golden divine glow.
Fang Yuan was instantly overwhelmed with relief, his composure restored, feeling light and at ease.
"So that's it." As he carefully absorbed the sensation, he made another discovery. "The Zhi Hui Gu is also one of the Gu materials — no wonder its effect is so immediate. But with the Zhi Hui Gu added, my thought consumption has dropped dramatically while my immortal essence consumption has skyrocketed. This scale of consumption is far beyond what I can bear."
Although the time flow within the Supreme Immortal Aperture was extraordinarily fast and immortal essence accumulated at a tremendous rate, Fang Yuan had been through prolonged battle and consumed a great deal.
If he couldn't keep up now, the refinement would grind to a halt, and Fang Yuan would suffer catastrophic backlash!
But Fang Yuan remained calm in the face of crisis, composed as ever.
Because he understood — now that things had reached this point, the Venerables naturally would not sit by and do nothing.
As long as he still held even a shred of irreplaceable value, the Venerables would never allow him to be lost at this juncture.
"Next, it should be your turn to act, Giant Sun…" Fang Yuan murmured silently.
In a distant corner of the Dark Sky, a dark-gold palace hovered silently in the void.
Within the palace, Giant Sun Immortal Zombie slowly opened his eyes.
He gazed southward, and in his eyes was reflected the unfolding battle within Heavenly Court.
"At last, the moment has come." Giant Sun Immortal Zombie smiled, then let out a soft sigh. "Red Lotus… in the end, your plans were more thorough, your grand design broader — and so you bested me."
A scene from his past life surfaced before his eyes.
On Stone Lotus Island, Gu Immortal Giant Sun — not yet a Venerable — had received Red Lotus's gift.
And at the same time, had struck a deal with Red Lotus.
"So this is the incomplete Destiny Gu recipe?" Giant Sun accepted the fragment and was instantly captivated. He had founded Fortune Path and found success everywhere he went, yet from this fragment he glimpsed an entirely new world!
"Red Lotus — it was you who destroyed Fate Gu, which gave me the space to create Fortune Path. Now you gift me this Destiny Gu fragment. I owe you an enormous debt!" Gu Immortal Giant Sun declared.
"I will honor our agreement and lay out the scenario. I will leave behind the Zhi Hui Gu, and I will also create an Outcome Gu to aid that prodigy of heaven who will create the Song of Destiny. Furthermore, I will leave behind one final strike — if the situation reaches that point, I will absolutely act to bring your million-year grand design to its conclusion!"
Red Lotus's will smiled: "Then I thank you. But if my scheme fails, please honor our agreement and act on your own to refine the Destiny Gu."
"Of course!" Gu Immortal Giant Sun said with unwavering resolve.
…
Inside the Cloud-Quelling Heavenly Palace, Giant Sun Immortal Zombie slowly raised his right hand.
BOOM—!
A colossal pillar of light split the heavens, hurtling toward Heavenly Court at tremendous speed.
The pillar was so massive it resembled a titanic river, dominating the sky and earth. Wherever it passed, it displaced all the air before it, producing a thunderous roar that deafened all who heard it.
Such a vast and overwhelming killer move left everyone momentarily stunned.
Even Dragon Lord, Feng Jiuge, and Fang Yuan — formidable as they were — felt their own insignificance before this strike.
The pillar of light was unstoppable, invincible in its path. Originating from the Dark Sky above the Northern Plains, it surged forth, pierced through the boundary wall, and crashed directly into Heavenly Court.