Blood-colored light shimmered throughout the underground cave.
These faint crimson glows emanated from clusters of blood-zhi fungi growing throughout the cavern. They spread freely and prolifically — all of them transformed from ordinary zhi fungi.
Originally, the zhi fungi were not suited to grow within the Fox Immortal Blessed Land.
However, after the Blood Poison Tang tribulation, Blood Path dao marks had been added to the blessed land. The entire environment had undergone a dramatic transformation, becoming highly conducive to the development of Blood Path lifeforms.
As a result, the once withered and feeble zhi fungi had mutated into blood-zhi fungi, now thriving underground with extraordinary vigor.
Meanwhile, the horseshoe flowers, poisonous blue degree grass, horseshoe grass, six divine grass, seven treasure small flowers, milk tea flowers and other flora that had previously blanketed the mountains and plains of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land — all of them had been completely annihilated.
Comparing the two states of affairs, one could almost sense a profound philosophical truth: heaven and earth are impartial, and the world undergoes vast transformations across the ages.
Fang Yuan sat cross-legged beneath an enormous blood-zhi.
At this moment, he slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbid qi.
During his recent time wandering the outside world, he had been operating under the identity of the Star Constellation Scholar, employing the Meet Like Old Acquaintance killer move to alter and disguise his appearance.
Here in the Fox Immortal Blessed Land — his own base of operations — there was naturally no need to expend immortal essence to painstakingly maintain a Transformation Path killer move. Right now, Fang Yuan appeared in his true form as an immortal zombie.
He had eight arms, a green complexion, scarlet eyes, stood two zhang tall, with protruding fangs that gleamed faintly in the blood-colored light.
But at this moment, his eyes churned with the deep, luminous glow of wisdom.
This radiance was the sediment of ages, the crystallization of time — luminous and captivating. It formed a stark contrast with his ferocious exterior.
Reviewing the meditation he had just completed, Fang Yuan exhaled another breath of turbid qi and murmured with feeling, "The gains this time are simply too great."
He could not help but marvel at this.
Because in this round of dream exploration, Fang Yuan had actually reached the Grandmaster realm in both Star Path and Wisdom Path!
The dream of Immortal Venerable Star Constellation had not only propelled his Wisdom Path realm forward by leaps and bounds, but had simultaneously elevated his Star Path as well.
This fact had shocked even Fang Yuan at the time.
The Grandmaster realm!
What did that represent?
Throughout both his past and present lives — five hundred years of struggling and drifting — Fang Yuan had only achieved Grandmaster realm in two paths: Blood Path and Strength Path.
His Blood Path Grandmaster realm had come from his previous life's primary cultivation, built upon five hundred years of accumulated experience.
His Strength Path Grandmaster realm had been developed as a secondary pursuit in his previous life and became his primary focus in this one. It carried the foundation of his past-life accumulation, and during this life's main cultivation, he had primarily benefited from the opportunity of ascending to immortality and undergoing heavenly tribulation — learning from heaven and earth itself. Beyond that, there had also been Hei Loulan's dream.
Through all of these combined, he had finally accumulated enough.
In both his past and present lives, Fang Yuan had exhausted his heart and energy across more than five hundred years to obtain just two Grandmaster realms.
This time, he had merely explored the dream of Immortal Venerable Star Constellation. In less than half a month's time, he had obtained Grandmaster realm in both Wisdom Path and Star Path!
The Grandmaster realm might appear empty and formless, but Fang Yuan knew full well: the harvest contained within was beyond imagination! One could even say it was far more valuable than the entire Fox Immortal Blessed Land.
"The gains from this time will bring me tremendous advancement over the coming period, and will allow me to break directly through the current stalemate!"
Generally speaking, the pattern of development involved accumulation — slowly building up, steadily storing, gradually improving, and eventually reaching fruition when the time was right.
But extraordinary fortunes and windfall gains brought explosive growth, leaping directly past the immediate deadlock, saving countless time, and forcefully breaking through the situation to achieve the remarkable.
Since his rebirth, Fang Yuan had blazed through thorns and brambles, advancing boldly, making many gains that brought him tremendous help and allowed him to break through stalemates.
The Wine Worm, Spring Autumn Cicada, Blood Skull Gu, Bone and Flesh Reunion, All-Out Effort Gu, the Fox Immortal Blessed Land of the Three Kings Mountain, the Second Empty Orifice Gu, his ascension to become a Strength Path Gu Immortal and communion with nature, the Zhi Hui Gu.
Beyond these, all the miscellaneous improvements and gains — none of them could be considered true breakthroughs.
However, after this trip to the remnant world of the Star Constellation Cave Heaven, Fang Yuan's list of breakthrough gains had gained one more entry: dual Grandmaster realms!
Among these, the Zhi Hui Gu, despite being a Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu, had only reached an agreement with Fang Yuan — it did not belong to him, and the degree to which he could utilize it was limited.
In contrast, one's realm was something that belonged exclusively to the Gu Immortal themselves.
In Fang Yuan's view, the dual Grandmaster realms were even more valuable than the Zhi Hui Gu!
"Looking back on my path since rebirth, this breakthrough is arguably my greatest gain, yet the entire process was remarkably easy — easier than ever before."
This, too, made Fang Yuan marvel at the strange workings of fate.
Of course, he also wondered whether this harvest might have something to do with his linked fortune?
Come to think of it, ever since his fortunes had been linked, Fang Yuan's cultivation had indeed gone much more smoothly.
The feeling of realm advancement — especially the sensation of both realms skyrocketing to Grandmaster level — was simply indescribable, utterly unparalleled!
Before, it had been as if Fang Yuan were looking out a window, seeing only a small ornamental mountain, noting the pits and hollows on its surface, the tiny grass and moss clinging to it.
Now, Fang Yuan had climbed several flights of steps and gazed into the distance from a great height.
From this elevated vantage, he looked down upon the ornamental mountain that had once occupied half his field of view, only to find that it now seemed as small as a pebble beneath his feet!
He could see farther and perceive more deeply.
The word "realm" had always been difficult to describe.
What was realm?