Lu Weiyin immediately sent a secret transmission, explaining in detail: "Lord Fang Yuan, you may not be aware — your combat strength is too great. If you act rashly, it may trigger Limitless Demon Venerable's countermeasure. Your descent here, alongside mine, is so conspicuous. Why has Heavenly Court increased their troops and taken the initiative to provoke us? They want to test our true strength. If they can lure you into acting personally, that would be ideal."
"What else is there to this?" Fang Yuan asked.
Lu Weiyin smiled bitterly: "I don't know the specifics either. I only know that back then, Limitless Demon Venerable exhausted all his efforts to set up the Frenzy Demon Den, all to deduce the Heavenly Dao and find the true path to eternal life. Now, at last, the results of this arrangement are finally about to manifest."
"Right now, within the Eighth Layer, the void is continuously shrinking. All worlds are being drawn toward the very center, merging and consuming one another. In the end, only a single great world will remain."
"And this great world may well be the fruit of Limitless Demon Venerable's calculations — containing the answer to eternal life."
"If we act rashly, the resulting battle would have far too great a scope, interfering with the Frenzy Demon Den's final deduction. Limitless Demon Venerable's measures would immediately activate to punish us."
"That would be a complete net loss."
"Heavenly Court and Longevity Heaven would both be delighted to see this happen. If we and Limitless Demon Venerable's methods clash to mutual destruction, the threat we pose would be greatly reduced — and Limitless Demon Venerable's trump cards would be exposed, allowing them to decipher even more."
Fang Yuan pondered: "So what you're saying is, we can only make our move after the final great world takes shape? But why did Heavenly Court and Longevity Heaven arrive early, each presiding over a great world?"
Lu Weiyin patiently explained: "To be precise, it is only combat strength of your caliber, Lord, that must refrain for now. I can still act."
"If our side can preside over the Yellow Earth World and emerge victorious, we will gain the upper hand in the final confrontation. Once the final great world is formed, the degree of control we hold over it will determine our gains. Therefore, we must swallow as many worlds as possible and expand our territory."
After this exchange of secret transmissions, Fang Yuan understood the situation.
Currently, he still could not act personally.
If he went all out, the commotion would be too great — it would interfere with the Frenzy Demon Den's final deduction and trigger Limitless Demon Venerable's countermeasures.
Of course, Fang Yuan could suppress his strength and act at a reduced level.
But there was no need.
With his strength suppressed, Fang Yuan would be roughly on par with other Gu Immortals — perhaps slightly stronger, but incapable of making an immediate impact on the overall situation. On the contrary, by acting frequently at reduced power, his true depths would be exposed to Heavenly Court and Longevity Heaven, and his fortune would be depleted prematurely.
Lu Weiyin had invited Fang Yuan to come provide support primarily to handle the final decisive battle.
Once the final great world was completed, Fang Yuan, Star Constellation, and potentially comparable forces from Longevity Heaven would clash in a massive battle over the ultimate prize of the Frenzy Demon Den.
That was when they would truly need to strike.
Before then, Lu Weiyin could act — after all, he possessed quasi-Supreme combat strength in defensive capabilities alone — striving to make the Yellow Earth World the ultimate victor.
This would also have a significant impact on the final battle.
If Lu Weiyin could accomplish this, it would give Fang Yuan the initiative.
"Even if the Yellow Earth World ultimately cannot win, we must not allow the other two great worlds to gain too great an advantage. As long as we hold the Sacred Tomb, Lord Paradise Earth will be able to successfully be reborn when the final battle comes. At that time, our supreme combat strength will surely surpass the other two sides." Lu Weiyin laid out his carefully planned strategy to Fang Yuan.
In summary: defend first, counterattack later.
In the early and mid-stages, hold the homeland firmly while secretly sowing discord between the Wilderness World and the Green Lotus World, hoping they would entangle and wear each other down, keeping the gap between the three factions small.
Then, in the late stage, after Paradise Earth was resurrected and with Fang Yuan's support, they would leverage their advantage in top-tier combat strength to turn the tide.
This strategy was highly rational, and perfectly aligned with Lu Weiyin's patient and enduring temperament.
However...
This was not Fang Yuan's style.
Fang Yuan glanced over the Yellow Earth Gu Immortals kneeling on the ground, then looked at Lu Weiyin and smiled faintly: "Sitting passively and taking hits isn't my way. Since our combat strength cannot act freely, then Heavenly Court's reinforcement of troops is clearly just bullying my subordinates for being few and weak."
"Very well." Fang Yuan smiled faintly, gazing toward the direction of the Green Lotus Dao Field. "Then come on out."
As he spoke, he opened his Immortal Aperture gateway.
Whoosh!
A massive swarm of Gu Immortals poured out.
"Greetings, Master!" Dozens of Gu Immortals bowed in unison.
Their voices shook like thunder, and every Gu Immortal's face bore unmistakable excitement.
"The mission board has already laid everything out. Go." Fang Yuan waved his hand casually.
Whoosh!
The group immediately split into two forces, racing toward the two main battlefields.
The Yellow Earth Gu Immortals kneeling below stared dumbfounded.
"How did so many Gu Immortals appear all at once?!"
"And they all call that handsome Saint 'Master'!"
"We're saved! The Yellow Earth World is saved!"
After recovering from their shock, the Yellow Earth Gu Immortals relaxed one after another, some even weeping with joy.
Setting them aside, even Lu Weiyin had been startled.
He had previously seen the foreign race Gu Immortals that Fang Yuan dispatched throughout the Southern Border to recruit mountains, and he knew Fang Yuan commanded the Foreign Race Grand Alliance — a considerable force.
But seeing the main lineup with his own eyes this time, Lu Weiyin was filled with shock.
"So many Gu Immortals — more than fifty in number!"
"Moreover, judging from their auras, eighteen are Eighth Transformation Gu Immortals, and the rest are all Seventh Transformation."
"How can there be so many Eighth Transformation Gu Immortals?"
"The Seventh Transformation ones seem to have surging auras as well — they're right at the threshold of the Eighth Transformation."
"No — it's impossible for Fang Yuan to have no Sixth Transformation subordinates. In that case, these aren't all of his forces?"
"Right — at the very least, Fang Yuan's clone Wu Shuai hasn't appeared yet."
By the time Lu Weiyin had analyzed this far, the sense of disbelief in his heart only grew stronger.
And there was also a thread of worry.
"Could Fang Yuan really have cultivated all of his subordinates in such a short time? Given his nature, he shouldn't be this foolish..."