After several months, Fang Yuan finally entered the Fox Immortal Blessed Land once more.
The land spirit Little Fox Fairy was overjoyed. Because the time flow inside the Fox Immortal Blessed Land was five times that of the outside world, the months Fang Yuan had spent in the Northern Plains meant more than a year had passed for her.
Fang Yuan first examined the Star Gate behind him.
This Star Gate was even smaller than the one in the Northern Plains. It was barely one person tall, just enough for Fang Yuan to squeeze through.
The one by Crescent Moon Lake in the Northern Plains, by contrast, was tall and imposing, standing several zhang high and wide.
"The Star Gate Gu doesn't have a parent-child link. It consumes too much True Essence — even a peak Fifth Transformation Gu Master can't sustain it for more than three breaths. Only Immortal Essence can power it for any length of time. Little Fox Fairy activates one end, and the other in my hand activates in sync, so I don't need to spend my own True Essence."
"However, powering the Star Gate Gu requires not only Immortal Essence but also a massive amount of starlight to condense into a gate. The Northern Plains is one of the Five Regions — stars dot the sky everywhere, and starlight is abundant. But here in the Fox Immortal Blessed Land, the starlight is far too weak. The only source is a swarm of Star Firefly Gu."
As Fang Yuan pondered silently, he directed his gaze toward a swarm of Star Firefly Gu dancing through the midair.
Star Firefly Gu were Third Transformation Gu, tiny in size, comparable to ordinary fireflies. But what they radiated was genuine azure starlight.
This swarm of Star Firefly Gu had originally numbered over five hundred. Powering the Star Gate Gu had already killed thirty-two of them. And maintaining the Star Gate Gu cost one death per three breaths on average.
Over five hundred Star Firefly Gu might seem like a lot, but they couldn't keep the Star Gate running for long.
So Fang Yuan immediately ordered Little Fox Fairy to stop activating the Star Gate Gu.
The Star Gate dissipated, reforming into an oval-shaped sapphire. Little Fox Fairy extended her delicate pink hand and beckoned, drawing the precious Star Gate Gu into her palm.
"Master, here you go." Little Fox Fairy held the Star Gate Gu in both hands, looked up at him with her big watery eyes, and offered it to Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan stroked her little fox ears and smiled gently. "Keep it here with you. Take good care of it. Whenever I need it in the future, I'll send you word through the Toast-Passing Gu."
"Alright, Master. I'll definitely take good care of it!" Little Fox Fairy solemnly tucked the Star Gate Gu into a small pocket on her clothing, then patted the pocket with her little hand.
As for the Star Gate Gu back in the Northern Plains, it had fallen onto the grass, tightly guarded by the Ten Thousand Wolf pack.
"Master, there are two more Immortal Yuan Stones here as well. These are what was left over after I followed your orders and used the Gu Immortal secret recipe to buy the Star Firefly Gu." Little Fox Fairy presented her latest finds.
Ordinary Yuan Stones were the size of duck eggs — oval-shaped gray-white stones. Immortal Yuan Stones were also duck-egg sized, but spherical rather than oval. They were crystal-clear throughout, transparent like crystal yet with a jade-like luster.
If Yuan Stones were likened to mortals, then Immortal Yuan Stones were Gu Immortals.
Immortal Yuan Stones were extremely precious, capable of replenishing Immortal Essence. They also served as the valuable currency used in transactions between Gu Immortals. In the vast world of Gu, only the Heavenly Court produced Immortal Yuan Stones.
"Immortal Yuan Stones again," Fang Yuan sighed with a smile.
These two Immortal Yuan Stones were of immense value. Two hundred million Yuan Stones couldn't buy them.
In his previous life five hundred years ago, Fang Yuan had possessed at most just over sixty Immortal Yuan Stones.
Fang Yuan put the Immortal Yuan Stones away. "Good. Let's return to the Soul Tremor Mountain first."
Little Fox Fairy immediately let out a happy hum and grabbed Fang Yuan's hand. In the next instant, they teleported to the Soul Tremor Palace.
"Quickly activate the Heaven-Connecting Gu," Fang Yuan ordered.
The other Star Gate Gu was sitting back in the Northern Plains, and he was not at ease about it.
The longer the night, the more dreams. Fang Yuan needed to seize the time and handle the affairs of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land as quickly as possible.
Little Fox Fairy hurriedly activated the Heaven-Connecting Gu.
The Earth-Connecting Gu linked to a Blessed Land — once planted, it could never be changed. Likewise, the Heaven-Connecting Gu could only connect to a single Heavenly Domain.
Since Fang Yuan's Heaven-Connecting Gu was already linked to Treasure Yellow Heaven, it could never be swapped out in the future.
With Little Fox Fairy expending a sliver of Immortal Essence, the Gu transformed into a boundless circular mirror, embedded in midair.
The mirror displayed the scene within Treasure Yellow Heaven.
This Heavenly Domain was empty and hollow, rippling with a lemon-yellow glow. There were none of the mountains, vegetation, or beast herds found in ordinary Heavenly Domains.
Above the Blessed Land lay the Heavenly Domain.
The most famous Heavenly Domain, as recorded in the Legends of the Human Ancestor, was the renowned Primordial Nine Heavens.
Tai Ri Yang Mang had refined the Fixed Immortal Travel Gu, flown up to the Nine Heavens, and in the Azure Heaven, plucked a stalk of emerald jade bamboo. In the Blue Heaven, he gathered octagonal diamonds from the starlight fragments.
The Primordial Nine Heavens were, respectively: the White Heaven, the Red Heaven, the Orange Heaven, the Yellow Heaven, the Green Heaven, the Azure Heaven, the Blue Heaven, the Purple Heaven, and the Black Heaven.
But later, the Human Ancestor's son had caused havoc across heaven and earth, and the seven heavens of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Azure, Blue, and Purple had fallen one after another. Now only the White Heaven and the Black Heaven remained, rotating in alternation.
The origin of Treasure Yellow Heaven was tied to the Yellow Heaven of the Primordial Nine Heavens.
During the Middle Ancient Period, an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal known as the Treasure-Rich Real Person had accidentally obtained a fragment of the Yellow Heaven. After merging it into his own Heavenly Domain, it became Treasure Yellow Heaven.
Treasure Yellow Heaven was a most unusual Heavenly Domain — completely empty, with no mountains, trees, birds, beasts, insects, or fish. Only treasures resided within.
Treasure Yellow Heaven contained an Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu — the Treasure Light Gu.
Treasure Light Gu from the First to Third Transformation were quite common. Fourth and Fifth Transformation Treasure Light Gu were typically possessed only by major factions. The Treasure Light Gu above Fifth Transformation was, of course, the single unique specimen, and it resided within Treasure Yellow Heaven.