Central Continent, the Stellar Blessed Land.
Fang Yuan's mind was focused, meticulous, as he refined the All-Out Effort Gu.
A massive quantity of immortal materials had already melted into a single mass of slurry.
The yellowish-brown liquid hovered in midair.
With a thought, Fang Yuan cast out his second Life Gu — the Fifth Transformation All-Out Effort Gu — and shot it into the slurry.
"Rise."
He gave a low command, extending his palm with five fingers spread wide, making a grasping motion toward the bare ground below.
Crack-rumble.
A great clamor erupted as the earth and stones on the surface flew up, wrapping entirely around the slurry and forming an earth ball.
This was a Refinement Path killer move, belonging to the Earth Path. Not long ago, Fang Yuan had obtained it from the Lang Ya Earth Spirit.
It could be counted as a small perk from joining the Lang Ya faction.
Of course, it wasn't free.
In return, Fang Yuan had also deciphered an Immortal Gu recipe for the Lang Ya Earth Spirit, completing it to roughly thirty percent.
Although this Refinement Path killer move wasn't on the level of an Immortal Gu Master's techniques, it was extremely useful. When working with his improved All-Out Effort Immortal Gu recipe, Fang Yuan had made extensive use of this killer move throughout the refining process.
Blood Refinement Killer Move — Blood Training Snake!
Fang Yuan's body shuddered, and blood flowed from all seven orifices — eyes, nose, ears, and the rest.
The blood poured ceaselessly, transforming into seven long snakes that slithered and writhed, their forked tongues flickering, emitting eerie hissing sounds.
The seven blood snakes climbed onto the earth ball.
The earth ball was coiled over until it resembled a snake ball.
Fang Yuan continuously threw mortal Gu into the air, and the blood snakes reared up, opened their mouths, and swallowed them whole. With each Gu devoured, a snake's body sank one fraction deeper into the earth ball.
After more than two hours, the blood snakes had completely merged into the earth ball.
The surface of the ball was now covered in dense, crimson snake scales.
The entire earth ball seemed to have come alive — the crimson scales continuously flickered with faint light, pulsing between bright and dark, as if something inside the ball were breathing.
Fang Yuan then subjected it to fire.
Three different colors of flame took turns searing the snake-scale earth ball.
Under the blue fire, the intervals between the faint flickering on the ball's surface lengthened, and a layer of white frost condensed on the crimson scales.
Next, Fang Yuan used the green flame.
After roasting, the faint light on the earth ball grew noticeably more lively, and a thin layer of moss sprouted over the frost.
Finally, Fang Yuan employed a certain yellow flame.
Under this flame, the moss on the ball's surface hardened, transforming into a brown blood cocoon. The cocoon was dotted with specks of golden light, as though fine gold dust had been mixed in.
The yellow flame roasted the earth ball for the longest stretch.
A full day and night of searing passed before the entire brown earth ball finally turned a pure golden color.
Only after reaching this step did the process come to a temporary halt.
Fang Yuan let out a sigh of relief, seizing the precious chance to catch his breath. He then rested for two full days and nights.
Once his condition was fully restored, he brought out the golden earth ball once more.
Originally the brown ball had been the size of a washbasin, but after being roasted to a golden sheen, it was now only slightly larger than an infant's head.
Next came the critical step.
Fang Yuan took a deep breath, activated a specific Gu, and struck the golden ball.
With a boom, the golden earth ball exploded. Countless golden particles instantly spread outward, filling a radius of three li.
"Failed." Fang Yuan's face darkened. The hopeful light in his eyes abruptly dimmed.
The sky was full of golden dust, but nothing else. Had it succeeded, it would have produced a half-finished Immortal Gu!
But unfortunately, this time it had not.
The immortal materials, immortal essence stones, and countless mortal Gu he had invested were all wasted. The only gain was a bit more Gu refining experience — perhaps next time he would be slightly more proficient.
With a sigh, Fang Yuan quickly returned to a calm and composed state of mind.
Refining an Immortal Gu was not easy. The success rate was far too low.
Such a failure was entirely normal. He would simply continue gathering immortal materials and try again.
Having refined the Spring Autumn Cicada in his previous life, and experienced the Star Contemplation Immortal Gu in this one, Fang Yuan's psychological resilience in this regard had soared to new heights.
After fully recovering, he used Fixed Immortal Travel to leave the blessed land and arrive in the Southern Border.
Night was deep.
Fang Yuan flew straight up, ascending to the clouds above.
Above the floating clouds, the stars shone all the more clear and brilliant.
Star Eye!
This Immortal Gu, Fang Yuan had only recently come into possession of.
It was his harvest from the Jade Dew Blessed Land.
Fang Yuan activated this Immortal Gu, and instantly the pupils of both his eyes transformed into whirling vortexes of water, spinning ceaselessly.