This upheaval had occurred far too quickly.
Even the Three Venerables had been unable to act in time.
The Three Venerables' original plan had been to wait for Ghostly Concealment Demon Venerable and the Sun to fight each other, both sides suffering heavy losses. Even though Ghostly Concealment Demon Venerable acted on pure instinct, he still had the instinct for self-preservation. Once seriously wounded, he would retreat.
At that point, the Three Venerables would strike while Ghostly Concealment Demon Venerable was weakened from the battle.
With the Three Venerables at a standoff, Ghostly Concealment Demon Venerable still represented a massive variable. They couldn't completely rule out the possibility that he would regain his sanity, so the Three Venerables shared an unspoken agreement—eliminate this variable first.
Just as Giant Sun Immortal Venerable and Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had sought to eliminate all Semi-Immortal Venerables during the struggle for the Demonic Hole.
What had taken the Three Venerables by surprise was that the Sun had collapsed first.
Contrary to what everyone had always believed, the truth was that the Sun had contained two Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu and a mysterious Ancient Legendary Desolate Beast.
The Sun's hidden reserves had far exceeded all estimates.
Given these reserves, Ghostly Concealment Demon Venerable, without his sanity, should have found it even harder to cope and would surely have been the first to fall.
Yet that Ancient Legendary Desolate Beast hiding within the Sun had actually been frightened away.
It being scared off wouldn't have mattered much, but the key issue was that it had taken a Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu with it.
The moment that Immortal Gu left, the Sun had lost its core, its previously stable state vanishing in an instant, and it immediately collapsed.
"Even the most powerful and sturdy Gu House can be easily destroyed from within." Star Constellation Immortal Venerable sighed, a saying from the world of Gu cultivators floating through her mind.
This upheaval had shattered her plans.
Among the Three Venerables, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable was the one who most wanted to eliminate Ghostly Concealment Demon Venerable.
Because she understood better than anyone the threat that Ghostly Concealment Demon Venerable posed to Heavenly Court!
She had originally planned to make some sacrifices and compromises to lure the other two Venerables into joining forces against Ghostly Concealment Demon Venerable, doing everything possible to eliminate him. But she hadn't expected this upheaval to occur.
The Fire Gu was a legendary Immortal Gu recorded in the Legends of the Human Ancestor, reaching the Ninth Transformation, yet it had been swallowed by Ghostly Concealment Demon Venerable.
This could be put aside for the moment, but that mysterious Ancient Legendary Desolate Beast had also taken a Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu.
This had to be pursued.
It concerned a Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu, and dealing with an Ancient Legendary creature was no trouble for a Venerable.
Precisely because it would be so easy to obtain, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had to seize every second.
There were three Venerables in the world, and she didn't want this Immortal Gu to fall into the hands of the other Venerables.
"Be careful—flames are raining down like a storm!" Fairy Bai Qing was the first to raise the alarm.
"Oh heavens, what are we going to do?" Imperial Concubine Cai Die looked up at the sky and saw tens of thousands of fireballs tumbling down, instantly feeling lost and helpless.
These flames were far too high-level.
Luminous Halo Fire made up the vast majority—this was one of the world's Three Great Heavenly Fires, a Ninth Transformation Flame Path Immortal Material!
Only a powerful Eighth Transformation Flame Path Gu Immortal could handle it.
And right above Central Continent, an enormous Immortal Formation had been deployed.
If the Central Continent Gu Immortals wanted to protect this massive formation, they had to deal with these flames.
"Immortal Venerable Star Constellation, please give us your orders!" Shi Lei called out loudly.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable sighed inwardly, leaving behind a strand of will along with a batch of Ninth Transformation Immortal Essence to control the Embroidered Tower and manage the situation here.
Meanwhile, her true body decisively abandoned this place and shot straight for the Two Heavens.
Eastern Sea.
Fang Yuan was activating his scouting methods, observing the entire Five Regions.
"The Sun has disintegrated, scattering into countless immortal materials in all directions. The majority of the Light Path resources are still floating within the Two Heavens, but most of the Flame Path resources have fallen into the Five Regions."
"The rain of flames has fallen most heavily on the Western Desert and least on the Eastern Sea."
The reason was simple.
Dao Marks repelled each other.
Among the Five Regions, the Eastern Sea had relatively more Water Path Dao Marks, while the Western Desert had more Flame Path Dao Marks. So the rain of flames had favored the Western Desert.
"These flames are all high-grade resources. Gather them up, accumulate enough, and you can establish Flame Path resource points."
"Especially the Luminous Halo Fire—this kind of Ninth Transformation immortal material is something you can't even hope to find under normal circumstances, extremely rare. This time its quantity has suddenly surged. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that must be seized."
Fang Yuan immediately issued orders, dispatching Gu Immortals to various locations to collect these Flame Path resources as much as possible.
Regrettably, most of his subordinates were Water Path Gu Immortals, with relatively few Flame Path Gu Immortals, and even fewer at the Eighth Transformation level.
In response, Fang Yuan used the will within Treasure Yellow Heaven to release an announcement: "Good news, good news! The Alliance of Great Love is hosting a brand-new event!"
"Anyone who collects Flame Path immortal materials and brings them here to trade will receive a certain amount of Alliance contribution points."
"Once Alliance contribution points accumulate to a certain level, you can officially join the Alliance of Great Love—not just establish a resource point!"
"And after joining, the contribution points earned from previous material trades will still be retained."
Fang Yuan's will immediately produced a detailed list outlining the specifics of each exchange. Luminous Halo Fire topped the list, offering the most contribution points.
Gu Immortals throughout the world, upon hearing this news, immediately began to stir with excitement.
Joining the Alliance of Great Love had previously required resource points, but now they could accumulate contribution by simply gathering these Flame Path immortal materials.
For the vast majority of Gu Immortals, the difficulty of joining had plummeted once again.