Heavenly Court.
Another Gu Immortal walked out of the Derivation Grand Formation.
This female immortal wore golden armor, with a cloak behind her that shimmered with golden light as it draped from her shoulders to the ground.
She was tall, with broad shoulders, and her long legs were the most striking feature as she walked, showcasing both her height and her athletic build.
Her nose bridge was high, her lips thin, and her eyes long and narrow. Her presence was extraordinary — she seemed born a noble, destined to tower over the masses. People instinctively lowered their gaze and bowed their heads, not daring to look at her directly, as though their eyes could only fix on the tops of her feet so as not to give offense.
This was none other than Qin Dingling.
After stepping out of the Derivation Grand Formation, Qin Dingling quickly recovered her composure.
She turned to gaze back at the formation, her eyes blazing with an unprecedented light.
She was excited!
This time, her entry into and exit from the formation had yielded enormously bountiful results.
The most crucial reason for her excitement was that she had glimpsed in this Derivation Grand Formation a tremendous hope of Heavenly Court defeating Giant Sun Immortal Venerable, Refining Heaven Demon Venerable, and Spectral Soul Demon Venerable!
Why say this?
Because the Derivation Grand Formation's capacity to advance cultivation paths was simply far too powerful.
Just this once, Qin Dingling's harvest from entering the formation was immense.
This was not merely a tremendous improvement for her personally, but also a powerful catalyst for the entire Fortune Path.
Because from her single entry, the Fortune Path between heaven and earth had leapt forward many steps in a short span, achieving enormous development.
What did this mean?
It meant that the more Fortune Path Gu Immortals like Qin Dingling entered the Derivation Grand Formation, the greater the advancement of the Fortune Path.
Once enough entries accumulated, quantitative change would give rise to a qualitative leap.
And that would kick Giant Sun Immortal Venerable out of the realm of Supreme Grandmaster in the Fortune Path!
The realm of Supreme Grandmaster referred to when a Gu cultivator's understanding of a particular path reached complete parity with heaven and earth.
This time, with Qin Dingling as the core, the formation drew upon Heavenly Court's vast reserves of true inheritances to derive all manner of new achievements related to the Fortune Path.
These new achievements were merely quantitative accumulations — Giant Sun Immortal Venerable needed only a single glance to penetrate all their secrets.
Because these Fortune Path results still belonged to the current paradigm of Fortune, none had transcended the original framework of heaven and earth. They were quantitative changes, not qualitative.
But once sufficient quantity accumulated, a qualitative transformation would inevitably occur.
Once that qualitative change happened, the overall realm of the Fortune Path between heaven and earth would rise by an entire tier, and Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's realm would fall behind.
He would no longer be a Supreme Grandmaster in the Fortune Path!
In that case, Giant Sun Immortal Venerable would no longer be the Dao Lord, unable to refine the natural Fortune Path Dao marks.
For Giant Sun Immortal Venerable, this would be a devastating blow!
"Such a pity that Giant Sun Immortal Venerable has been hoarding the Fortune Path all along, never letting it spread."
"Otherwise, if there were more Fortune Path Gu Immortals like me, and more entries into the Derivation Grand Formation, the possibility of kicking Giant Sun Immortal Venerable out of the Supreme Grandmaster realm would be much greater."
Qin Dingling felt a deep sense of regret.
After entering and exiting the Derivation Grand Formation, she would be unable to re-enter for quite some time. Forcing her way in would yield negligible results and cause irreparable damage to her.
And as for cultivating Fortune Path Gu Immortals starting now — it was already too late.
Only a top-tier Eighth Transformation Fortune Path cultivator like Qin Dingling stood a real chance of pushing the entire Fortune Path forward.
Of course, other Fortune Path Gu Masters and Gu Immortals were not entirely without this possibility.
But they had not yet reached the Peak Stage of the Fortune Path, and their chances of achieving a breakthrough beyond the limits of heaven and earth were exceedingly slim.
For Heavenly Court, attempting this simply lacked motivation — the investment and the return were far too disproportionate.
"Next, it's my turn." Qianhun Fairy smiled and nodded to Qin Dingling as the two passed each other.
Qianhun Fairy stepped into the Derivation Grand Formation, her figure vanishing without a trace.
She was a paramount soul path expert of Heavenly Court from the era of Spectral Soul, spoken of in the same breath as the Thunder Ghost True Lord.
Her entry into this formation was certain to yield tremendous results, advancing the soul path between heaven and earth.
"It's a pity that today's Heavenly Court lacks a supreme expert in the refinement path. The Ten Great Ancient Sects are not short on refinement path Gu Immortals, but Eighth Transformation refinement path cultivators can be counted on one hand, and none of them are true experts — none have reached the Peak Stage in any aspect of the refinement path."
Qin Dingling pondered.
Heavenly Court's Derivation Grand Formation fully demonstrated the terrifying power of Star Constellation Immortal Venerable!
Yet the difficulty of kicking other Venerables out of the Supreme Grandmaster realm remained immense.
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's Fortune Path, Spectral Soul Demon Venerable's Soul Path, Refining Heaven Demon Venerable's Refinement Path — all three required a great many expert cultivators.
Heavenly Court possessed the Derivation Grand Formation, and the Ninth Transformation Derivation Gu had not been refined by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, still remaining in its wild state, absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth.
As such, the formation consumed very little immortal essence.
But Heavenly Court lacked the key figures.
Without enough expert Gu cultivators, the Derivation Grand Formation alone would have great difficulty displacing the Venerables.
"Could it be that Heavenly Court's current full-scale development of the Human Path is also related to this?" Qin Dingling's mind suddenly flashed with insight.
She could only catch glimpses of Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's grand design — the full picture remained hidden from her.
Eastern Sea.
The surface of the sea was calm, without a single wave.
Gu Yue Fangxiang was at the critical juncture of his ascension.
The three energies of heaven, earth, and humanity had already wrapped around him in layered veils.
Gu Yue Fangxiang clenched his teeth, pouring everything he had into coordinating the three energies, slowly compressing them together.