Immortal Path Killer Move — Landscape Remains As Before!
Fang Yuan activated the killer move.
The Landscape Remains As Before Immortal Gu had once been merely at the Sixth Transformation. But two months ago, Fang Yuan had successfully refined it up to the Eighth Transformation.
The Eighth Transformation was the limit of the Landscape Remains As Before Immortal Gu.
The vast majority of Immortal Gu had the Eighth Transformation as their limit. Once they ascended to the Eighth Transformation, they had reached the end — no further increase in transformation level was possible.
Gu were the true essence of heaven and earth, fragments of the Great Dao. Each fragment had its own degree of limitation. Some, being larger, could slowly accumulate to reach the Ninth Transformation, while others, being smaller, could only be confined to as low as the Sixth Transformation.
Immortal Gu were plentiful. Although each Immortal Gu was unique — only one of its kind existed — in terms of categories, there was every variety imaginable. For instance, when Fang Yuan had previously activated the Legacy Poison Ant Calamity killer move, he had refined two Immortal Gu — the Crimson Copper Immortal Ant Gu and the White Face Immortal Ant Gu. With minor modifications, they could become an entirely different type of Immortal Gu — such as the Black Gold Immortal Ant and the Black Face Immortal Ant, and so on.
Of all the Immortal Gu, only a relatively small fraction could truly ascend to the Ninth Transformation.
The Eighth Transformation Landscape Remains As Before Immortal Gu was still a Time Path Immortal Gu. But the killer move Fang Yuan was currently activating was a thorough compound killer move.
It encompassed not only Time Path, but also contained the profound mysteries of Earth Path, Water Path, Rule Path, Soul Path, and various other paths.
Under the influence of this compound killer move, the Reverse Flow River emitted a gentle rushing sound, expanding and growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Through Fang Yuan's cultivation over this period, dozens of applications of the compound killer move had produced immediate and striking results. The Reverse Flow River, which had once been reduced to a mere sliver, had now become a narrow but long river!
Fang Yuan had been attempting to restore the Reverse Flow River for a long time, and now at last, there were gratifying results.
He had originally wanted to use the Orderly killer move.
This killer move reached as high as the Ninth Transformation and originated from the Shadow Sect's true inheritance. Centered around the Market blessed land, it could modify blessed lands so that their Dao marks would no longer repel each other, facilitating repair.
Swinging Soul Mountain, Falling Spirit Valley, and Square Inch Mountain had all benefited from this move.
But this killer move — Fang Yuan had never been able to master it.
Because he lacked the crucial core Immortal Gu. Since each Immortal Gu was unique, the key core Immortal Gu already existed in someone else's possession. Fang Yuan had also considered modifying this killer move, but it was extremely forced and difficult.
This was a Ninth Transformation level killer move belonging to the Rule Path, having already reached an apex where no further modification was possible, without the slightest room for improvement.
At least, Fang Yuan could not see any.
His Rule Path realm was that of a Grand Master, not a Quasi-Supreme. There was still a gap between him and a Ninth Transformation level killer move like this.
"At present, the Reverse Flow River's restoration speed is fast, but as it recovers into its later stages, the effect of the Landscape Remains As Before compound killer move will continuously decrease until it becomes negligible."
The Landscape Remains As Before compound killer move was ultimately only at the Eighth Transformation level, whereas the complete Reverse Flow River was a blessed land — entirely at the Ninth Transformation level. Because it contained so many Dao marks, it could sometimes even be used as a quasi-Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu.
Of course, this also depended on the individual Gu Immortal's ability.
Conceiving the relevant killer moves was merely the foundation. The key lay in how excellent the killer moves developed with the blessed land at the core turned out to be, and whether they could fully utilize the blessed land.
For example, Fang Yuan's Reverse Flow Body Protection Seal only utilized the Reverse Flow River to a medium degree.
His Falling Spirit Seal's utilization was merely at a low level.
The Orderly killer move was different — it utilized the Market to the greatest possible extent, reaching a high level.
There was no killer move that could completely utilize a blessed land.
After all, blessed lands were not Immortal Gu.
Immortal Gu were living things — as long as Immortal Essence was channeled into them, they could display their full power. But blessed lands were dead, not living things. How much could truly be utilized —
Immortal Gu were fragments of Dao marks, transparent and unified as one. Blessed lands, on the other hand, were massive aggregations of Dao marks. These Dao marks were piled and stacked together — vertical, horizontal, curved, hooked, strand by strand, thread by thread. In some places they were clearly distinct from one another, while in others they were tangled and interwoven. It was impossible to utilize all of them.
Even a Venerable was no different.
This could be clearly seen from the Orderly killer move.
"I already have quite a few blessed lands in my possession. Swinging Soul Mountain, Falling Spirit Valley, Reverse Flow River, the Market, Hudi, the Sea Refining prototype, the Human Sea prototype, and the Heaven and Earth Crystal Wall prototype."
Swinging Soul Mountain was the earliest blessed land Fang Yuan had obtained. For its sake, he had even been forced to enter the Northern Plains to seek a cure.
The Falling Spirit Seal, centered around the Falling Spirit Valley, had also once helped Fang Yuan slay powerful Gu Immortals.
The Reverse Flow River went without saying. During the battle where Ancestor Snow Hu refined the Fortune Equaling Heaven Gu, when besieged on all sides by Eternal Life and Heavenly Court, it was the Reverse Flow Body Protection Seal that Fang Yuan relied upon to astound the world.
The Market had been obtained from the Turbulent Flow Sea Region. Fang Yuan had used it as a trap, luring and killing numerous Eastern Sea Gu Immortals.
Hudi had been the easiest to obtain — forcibly purchased from Wu Yong. Of course, achieving this was entirely thanks to Fang Yuan's formidable strength and reputation. And these assets were things he had accumulated and built up ever since his rebirth, walking the line between life and death, enduring countless great battles.
The Sea Refining prototype had come from the Lang Ya Blessed Land, showcasing Ancestor Long Hair's former ambitions. Unfortunately, although Fang Yuan had obtained it, he had never had sufficient energy, time, or resources to perfect it. Now the Sea Refining prototype was even being heavily consumed within the Four Element Square Regret Blood Refining Pool.
The Human Sea prototype had come from the Xia Clan of the Eastern Sea. Wu Shuai had led the great alliance of foreign races in a brazen invasion of the Xia Clan's territory, slaughtering and expelling the Xia Clan. Following his past life's memories, he had seized this Human Sea prototype.
Finally, there was the Heaven and Earth Crystal Wall prototype. Simply put, it was the grey-white stone slab.
On the surface of the grey-white stone slab, inky black lines were drawn — some straight, some curved, some thick, some thin. The lines were entangled together; some resembled characters, while others resembled the scenery of a landscape painting.