Star Constellation Immortal Venerable was being pushed back.
Fang Yuan was responsible for harassment, while Zombie Emperor Ju Yang primarily swept through the Yuan Realm. Although Star Constellation Immortal Venerable could still manage to seize opportunities, each attempt required several rounds of clashing with Fang Yuan before she could briefly make her move.
This kind of battle situation persisted for a while before Star Constellation Immortal Venerable made a certain decision.
She abruptly activated a killer move—one aimed at the Yuan Realm!
The Yuan Realm collapsed like an avalanche. At first only a small section gave way, but the disintegration quickly escalated.
Zombie Emperor Ju Yang let out a low shout, unleashing golden radiance in an attempt to intercept.
He successfully blocked Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's killer move, but she immediately activated another.
"Fang Yuan!" Zombie Emperor Ju Yang bellowed.
No reminder was needed—Fang Yuan was already attacking with full force, attempting to pin Star Constellation Immortal Venerable down and force her onto the defensive so she would abandon her destruction of the Yuan Realm.
This time, it was Star Constellation Immortal Venerable who consecutively transformed her killer moves.
Since the battle began, this was the first time she had gone on the offensive!
Zombie Emperor Ju Yang couldn't react in time. Many of Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's offensive techniques were being used for the very first time, making it impossible for Zombie Emperor Ju Yang to effectively stop them immediately.
Rumble, rumble, rumble...
After several dozen rounds, the entire Yuan Realm had been destroyed.
The vast majority had been obliterated by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable herself.
"Well done, Star Constellation!" Zombie Emperor Ju Yang praised repeatedly.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable realized that her efficiency in collecting the Yuan Realm was far below what Fang Yuan and Zombie Emperor Ju Yang could achieve working together, so she took the initiative to destroy it instead.
Such decisiveness and rationality—worthy of being an Immortal Venerable in human history, the second Immortal King of Heavenly Court!
"Hm? This is...?" Fang Yuan's expression shifted slightly.
The entire Yuan Realm had been destroyed, yet he hadn't fallen back. Instead, he found himself immersed in a vast void.
The great world of the Crazed Demon Cave's eighth layer had completely vanished.
"This is the ninth layer of the Crazed Demon Cave!" Zombie Emperor Ju Yang spoke.
He drifted over slowly, stopping a hundred paces beside Fang Yuan, the two of them facing Star Constellation Immortal Venerable together.
It turned out that Heavenly Court had previously used the Dao Robber's true inheritance and the captives in the Divine Emperor City to lure Fang Yuan and Zombie Emperor Ju Yang into action, buying themselves time to seize the Yuan Realm.
Both Zombie Emperor Ju Yang and Fang Yuan had reacted with lightning speed, immediately mobilizing all their power and attacking without regard for consequences.
Heavenly Court had already been through the Battle of Destiny and could no longer hold its former grandeur. They were unable to withstand the frenzied combined assault of both sides.
Unable to seize it, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable settled for a secondary objective—she flew directly into the Yuan Realm, elevating her Wisdom Path realm to the level of a Supreme Grandmaster.
However, Fang Yuan, Zombie Emperor Ju Yang, and the other Semi-Immortal Venerables had all entered the Yuan Realm as well.
The battle gradually slipped beyond Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's control, prompting her to ruthlessly destroy the entire Yuan Realm.
The Yuan Realm had not been seized by her—in truth, it still remained within the ninth layer. The moment Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, Fang Yuan, and the others entered the Yuan Realm, they had entered the ninth layer of the Crazed Demon Cave!
"The void of this ninth layer is far smaller than that of the eighth. Are those the Fact Ice Floes described in the Records of the Human Ancestor?"
Fang Yuan stared at Star Constellation Immortal Venerable while also taking in the mysterious ice floes drifting far behind her.
These blue-white ice floes varied in size, and their numbers were vast. They floated silently, not rotating on their own, yet they attracted one another, orbiting in twos and threes. All the orbiting clusters of ice floes in turn revolved slowly around the very center.
From a distance, these Fact Ice Floes drifting and spinning together resembled a loose, colossal sphere!
The trajectories of the orbiting Fact Ice Floes were filled with profound mystery and wonder. Fang Yuan merely glanced at them a few times and already felt dizzy.
He keenly observed that the Fact Ice Floes were continuously growing larger.
"So this grand formation is the cornerstone that Limitless used to shape the entire Crazed Demon Cave. Book Mountain and the Yuan Realm were the cores that Heavenly Court extracted from this formation."
"Wonderful, truly wonderful!"
"This Ninth Transformation grand formation constantly revolves, constantly deducing. These Fact Ice Floes are the fruits of its labor. And all the Gu Immortals who perished in the eighth layer, the vanished Immortal Apertures—all of it served as fuel to drive this formation, as well as source information for its deductions."
"Does that mean the Transformation Gu recorded in the Records of the Human Ancestor—the fruit of immortality that Limitless Demon Venerable wanted to deduce—lies at the very center of this formation?"
Just as Fang Yuan reached this thought, Zombie Emperor Ju Yang suddenly let out a cold shout.
The next instant, a Luck Path killer move was unleashed, striking directly through Star Constellation Immortal Venerable.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable dispersed like a bubble.
And her true body appeared simultaneously—but she was no longer in front of Fang Yuan. She had already entered the Ninth Transformation Grand Formation.
Zombie Emperor Ju Yang's expression darkened. "Star Constellation Immortal Venerable is quite skillful. Although that illusion collapsed at a mere touch, even I couldn't discern real from fake. If not for an unusual fluctuation in my fortune, I wouldn't have noticed the trick. We need to move fast! Limitless Demon Venerable exhausted everything to construct the Crazed Demon Cave and painstakingly deduced for over a million years. This result absolutely cannot fall into Heavenly Court's hands."
Fang Yuan needed no further hesitation. He and Zombie Emperor Ju Yang shot forward like lightning, quickly arriving at the edge of the grand formation.
Both Immortals paused momentarily.
"This formation is truly terrifying. All the Fact Ice Floes are formation eyes—also the safest locations. Everywhere else is extremely dangerous. Remaining in any other spot means being crushed by the formation's grinding force."
Fang Yuan's heart skipped a beat.
The grinding force of such a Ninth Transformation grand formation was born from the sacrifice of countless Gu Immortals and the merging of great worlds. Even he couldn't withstand it—it was utterly terrifying.
On the other side, Zombie Emperor Ju Yang surveyed the area briefly, then leaped forward, landing on a Fact Ice Floe.
Since Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, who had been leading, and now Zombie Emperor Ju Yang had both chosen this approach, Fang Yuan naturally followed suit.
He surveyed the options and stepped onto a Fact Ice Floe the size of an elephant.
The moment his feet touched the surface, an overwhelming wave of guilt surged into his heart like bandits storming a quiet village.
Fang Yuan's expression shifted slightly as he hurriedly resisted the powerful emotion.