Supreme Immortal Aperture.
The blue-white fact ice floes were shrinking inch by inch.
From the battle at the Frenzy Cave, Fang Yuan had obtained several fact ice floes, one of which was remarkably large.
Yellow Apricot Immortal Essence was being consumed rapidly, one bead at a time.
At the same time, Heavenly Dao marks were increasing at a furious pace!
Fang Yuan's Heavenly Dao marks had originally exceeded 240,000. After dissolving the fact ice floes for three double-hours, they had grown by 60,000. An average increase of 20,000 per double-hour—this rate of growth was already quite impressive.
But this was not the only gain.
Fang Yuan's Rule Dao, Wisdom Dao, Transformation Dao, Strength Dao, Earth Dao, Wood Dao, and other path attainments were all slowly climbing.
"These paths corresponded to Limitless Demon Venerable, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, Frenzied Barbarian Demon Venerable, Blissful Land Immortal Venerable, Immortal Venerable Yuan Lian… These Venerables had all visited the eighth layer of the Frenzy Cave, and all had left something behind."
"No, it was even more than that." After dissolving fact ice floes for a full eight double-hours, Fang Yuan discovered that in truth, the attainments in all of his other paths had risen as well.
Only the degree of improvement in the other paths was quite minor, nearly imperceptible. It would only become somewhat noticeable after considerable time had passed and sufficient accumulation had built up.
And among all his path attainments, the most significant improvement was still—his Heavenly Dao attainment!
Fang Yuan's foundation in the Heavenly Dao was actually very thin.
His exposure to it had been brief, and his cultivation time was not long either. Any achievements he had were built entirely on the foundation of predecessors. For instance, the Heavenly Work Human Substitution killer move created by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, or the Freedom of Heavenly Marks killer move created by Limitless Demon Venerable.
But after spending several days in the Supreme Immortal Aperture, his Heavenly Dao marks had grown to over 1.2 million. His Heavenly Dao attainment had surged all the way from the ordinary level, breaking through to the Grandmaster level!
Fang Yuan temporarily stopped.
He had consumed over a hundred beads of Yellow Apricot Immortal Essence.
If the Emperor Lotus hadn't bloomed once more during this time, Fang Yuan would never have been able to sustain it.
He still needed to preserve some Immortal Essence reserves, in case a battle between Venerables broke out.
Fang Yuan carefully contemplated.
The Heavenly Dao Grandmaster level brought an all-encompassing improvement!
His understanding of Heavenly Dao Gu recipes, killer moves, and his comprehension of the Heavenly Dao had all undergone a complete renewal, gaining far deeper insight.
The most crucial aspect was Dao mark mutual exclusivity!
His earlier intuition had been correct—once he became a Heavenly Dao Grandmaster, he would be able to develop Dao mark repulsion methods, completely solving the Supreme Immortal Aperture's predicament.
The root cause of the frequent anomalous events in the Supreme Immortal Aperture was that the Dao marks of the Supreme Immortal Body were not mutually exclusive, allowing them to merge far too easily.
Once mutual exclusivity was established, the Supreme Immortal Aperture would enjoy peace and prosperity.
Fang Yuan immediately mobilized his Wisdom Dao methods, devoting all his effort to calculating the relevant killer move.
Several more days passed like this.
Fang Yuan dismantled the battlefield killer move and swiftly withdrew from the Primordial Two Heavens.
Phantom Soul Demon Venerable had stood guard at the location for a long time before finally giving up. Now, he was rampaging through the Primordial Two Heavens, sometimes devouring armies of soul beasts, sometimes clashing with the sun.
Without the Heavenly Phase killer move, and with Phantom Soul Demon Venerable far away on the horizon, he naturally could not sense anything.
Fang Yuan successfully returned to the Eastern Sea.
Descending into the heart of the Eastern Sea, he immediately set about refining the natural Refinement Dao marks in the surroundings.
In an instant, mystic light surged forth, and the aura of the Ninth Transformation swept through the surroundings like a hurricane, sending all living creatures fleeing in terror.
The Song Family Gu Masters were the first to be alarmed. Seeing this scene, they immediately understood—this was the Great Love Immortal Venerable refining natural Refinement Dao.
The Song Family's Grand Elder hastily gathered the Gu Masters for discussion, wanting to pay respects to Fang Yuan and present generous gifts.
After all, the place where Fang Yuan currently was fell within the Song Family's territory.
But shortly after, they received a message from Wu Shuai: members of the Heaven and Earth United Great Love Alliance were strictly forbidden from disturbing the Great Love Immortal Venerable.
The entire Song Family breathed a sigh of relief, yet at the same time felt a twinge of disappointment.
Fang Yuan refined the natural Dao marks while simultaneously continuing to work on the Heavenly Dao killer move.
Before long, he achieved results.
Yet Fang Yuan was not very satisfied.
The Heavenly Dao killer move he had calculated was actually quite similar to the Heavenly Principles and Earthly Constants killer move that Blissful Land Immortal Venerable possessed.
The Heavenly Principles and Earthly Constants killer move could arrange Heavenly Dao marks, restoring the target to a normal state—making it the nemesis of battlefield killer moves and similar techniques.
Fang Yuan's calculation was essentially a further advancement of the Heavenly Principles and Earthly Constants.
When activated within the Supreme Immortal Aperture, it could push the internal environment toward the state of the Five Regions and Two Heavens.
The natural Dao marks within the Five Regions and Two Heavens were, of course, mutually exclusive. So after the transformation, the various Dao marks in Fang Yuan's Supreme Immortal Aperture would also become mutually exclusive.
"If I keep activating this killer move hundreds or thousands of times, my Supreme Immortal Aperture will become just like the Five Regions and Two Heavens, and no more anomalous events will occur."
"But if I did that, I would completely lose the advantage of non-exclusive Dao marks. The loss would be even greater, and I would no longer be able to cultivate all paths simultaneously."
This was something Fang Yuan certainly could not accept.
When comparing the Supreme Immortal Aperture's advantages against its anomalous events, the former was naturally far more important.
Could he not make the alien Dao marks repel each other at will, according to his wishes? Or perform localized Dao mark exclusivity, like the Time Dao partitioning method?
Fang Yuan sighed inwardly.
He had absolutely no leads on this front.