Hearing the Burning Heaven Demoness so forcibly and domineeringly conscript him, Fang Yuan felt not the slightest anger.
On the contrary, he was even somewhat pleased.
The Shark Demon and Su Baiman, husband and wife, had worked painstakingly to conquer the Jade Dew Blessed Land. Just when they were on the verge of reaping the rewards, the Burning Heaven Demoness forcibly seized it from them — truly pitiful.
This time around, the Shark Demon and Su Baiman had invested so much, staking nearly all of their fortune.
Having the Burning Heaven Demoness swoop in and snatch the prize was devastating — a total loss, every last resource gone.
In his previous life, five hundred years ago, the Shark Demon and Su Baiman perished, and the Shark Sea was seized by others — perhaps this was connected?
But Fang Yuan felt no aversion toward the Burning Heaven Demoness's actions, nor did he feel the slightest sympathy for the Shark Demon and Su Baiman's plight.
Had he possessed the Burning Heaven Demoness's cultivation, and were it up to him, Fang Yuan might have been even more ruthless.
Big fish eating small fish — this was the natural order of the cultivation world: naked, bloody, and coldly cruel.
In truth, anyone with enough age and experience would understand — this norm extended to every corner of the natural world.
Even in human society on Earth, before Fang Yuan had transmigrated, it was the same.
When interests were at stake, brothers turned on each other, allies became enemies — such cases were too numerous to count.
They merely wore an additional layer of skin, making it all seem dignified and proper. In truth, those who appeared righteous on the surface but wallowed in filth behind the scenes were everywhere.
But this was no fault.
Survival and reproduction were the innate nature of all life.
However, the Burning Heaven Demoness's interference added a massive variable to Fang Yuan's original plan.
"The Burning Heaven Demoness has deep cultivation and is shrewd and calculating — a hundred times harder to deal with than the Shark Demon and Su Baiman. But her enterprise is vast; perhaps she could fund me to refine the Star Thought Immortal Gu? There's also another benefit: getting close to her might give me a better chance of rejoining the Northern Plains Zombie Alliance, venturing deep into the Ground Trench, and obtaining that treasure."
In the span of a single breath, Fang Yuan had already considered everything clearly.
The moment the Burning Heaven Demoness finished speaking, Fang Yuan immediately clasped his hands and said with a bitter smile, "The Burning Heaven Demoness's command is not one I dare disobey. However, I have my difficulties. As I just mentioned to Lord Shark Demon, to break through the final layer of the battlefield killer move, I must refine a Sixth Transformation Wisdom Path Immortal Gu."
The Shark Demon let out a cold snort.
Fang Yuan had switched sides a bit too quickly.
Su Baiman seethed with silent fury: Look at this Star Thought Master — usually so refined and dignified, so righteous and upstanding — yet he turned out to be a spineless coward, bowing and scraping, every shred of dignity gone, not a single morsel of integrity left!
Fang Yuan couldn't care less about what the two of them thought. They were already out of the game. Meanwhile, he — the one who had joined midway — was the one who stayed.
Seeing Fang Yuan's gaze fixed upon her, the Burning Heaven Demoness rubbed her chin and revealed a meaningful smile. "Want to refine an Immortal Gu? Hehehe, that's easy enough. I'll fund you!"
Northern Plains, Luopo Valley.
Another earth-shaking battle was slowly drawing to a close.
Luopo Valley, serving as the battlefield, was a complete mess — rubble strewn everywhere, as if struck by an earthquake and then ravaged by a hurricane.
The group of Gu Immortals from Central Continent, each bearing varying degrees of injuries, now all fixed their gazes on the figure ahead — Feng Jiuge.
Admiration, wariness, astonishment, depth, solemnity — a complex tapestry of emotions, each one different.
"Feng Jiuge has won again!"
"His opponent Qin Baisheng, no matter how formidable, could not withstand Feng Jiuge's piercing attacks."
"This marks his seventh consecutive victory. Qin Baisheng has been thoroughly pushed onto the back foot."
"The Hundred-Day Battle — a full hundred days. We're finally seeing the end."
"To tell the truth, Qin Baisheng was incredibly powerful. It's just a pity he ran into Feng Jiuge, who was even more formidable!"
Calculating the time — from when the Central Continent group arrived at Luopo Valley and launched their assault, only to be met with fierce resistance from Qin Baisheng and the Shadow Sect — more than three months had already passed.
The Hundred-Day Battle!
This was a genuine, full-blown hundred-day battle.
Under normal circumstances, Gu Immortal battles rarely lasted this long.
In terms of scale, it involved over a dozen Gu Immortals from Central Continent and the Northern Plains, all elite experts. One could say that in the entire Five Regions, no such fierce battle had occurred in over a thousand years.
If word got out, it would surely cause a sensation across the world, stirring up storms and attracting countless eyes.
But unfortunately, neither the secretly investigating Central Continent Gu Immortals nor the Shadow Sect, who could not operate in the light, were willing to publicize it.
And so this battle, which should have shaken the Five Regions, carried on silently from beginning to end.
On this point, both sides shared a tacit understanding.
Throughout the Hundred-Day Battle, the key figures had been Feng Jiuge and Qin Baisheng from start to finish.
At first, the two fought to a stalemate. Qin Baisheng, who held the terrain advantage and had deployed the battlefield killer move "One Hundred Million Killing Field," even held a slight edge.
But later, Feng Jiuge grew stronger with each battle, displaying astonishing talent and ability.
The two gradually reached equilibrium, and then Feng Jiuge expanded her advantage little by little.
Finally, in just the last few days, after prolonged fierce combat, Feng Jiuge's fighting ability rose to yet another level, and she finally defeated Qin Baisheng.
Defeating someone once or twice was nothing. But seven consecutive victories was proof enough that Feng Jiuge had firmly seized the upper hand.