Supreme Immortal Aperture.
A massive butterfly danced gracefully through the high sky.
Its entire body was white, emanating ethereal clouds of radiance. Its speed fluctuated — at times it was so fast it seemed to teleport, while at other moments it drifted leisurely, like a leaf caught in a gentle breeze.
This was a totem killer move — the Cloud Radiance Butterfly.
A totem killer move that Zhan Budu had excavated from the Myriad Beast Multicolor Heaven, its value was immense.
These totem killer moves were classified by grade into: Basic Totems, Special Totems, and Supreme Totems.
There were thousands of Basic Totems, including the Yudu Force Tiger Totem, the Golden Bell Totem, the Rain Hawk Totem, and many more.
Gu Cultivators in the Myriad Beast Multicolor Heaven would first cultivate a Basic Totem to completion. Advancing further would lead them to a Special Totem tailored specifically to themselves.
These totems varied from Gu Immortal to Gu Immortal.
For example, the Kunpeng Totem that Zhan Budu had created by fusing the Rain Hawk and Thunder Fish totems was his Special Totem — one that others basically could not replicate. This type of totem was closely tied to Zhan Budu's own Dao Mark scale and distribution.
Above Special Totems, there were Supreme Totems.
These totems were extraordinarily rare, nearly the stuff of legends and folktales.
In any case, Zhan Budu had only ever heard of them — never actually seen one.
Many Gu Cultivators in the Myriad Beast Multicolor Heaven were skeptical that such totems truly existed.
But according to Fang Yuan's calculations, they should exist.
"According to rumors, Supreme Totems can exist entirely independent of a Gu Cultivator. They are capable of cultivating on their own and possess full sentience. Isn't that exactly what Qing Chou is?"
Qing Chou was originally a killer move, but through Reverend Yuan Lian's arrangements, it had ultimately transformed into an ancient legendary desolate beast.
The mighty Demon Venerable Spectral Soul himself had fallen to Qing Chou.
The myriad Great Daos all converge to the same destination in the end.
When a totem killer move reaches its ultimate limit, it too must transform — just like Qing Chou — from a lifeless killer move into some form of life.
Looking at it from another angle, the same applies to Gu refinement.
Gu Cultivators take numerous dead, lifeless Gu materials and refine them into a living Gu Insect.
And the essential nature of Gu Insects and killer moves is one and the same.
Life, Gu Insects, killer moves — these are all merely different manifestations of the "Dao."
"Unfortunately, at present, totem killer moves cannot yet be improved into composite killer moves," Fang Yuan thought with some regret.
When a totem killer move was deployed externally against an enemy, it left the Supreme Immortal Body and was no longer protected by the Free Heavenly Dao Marks.
"Perhaps in the future, once my Heavenly Dao realm advances further, I'll be able to use Heavenly Dao Marks to participate in the construction of totem killer moves and form composite totem killer moves."
Fang Yuan had already made some estimates.
His Heavenly Dao realm needed to improve.
In truth, his Heavenly Dao realm had been continuously improving.
He constantly refined Heavenly Dao Marks, converting them into Free Heavenly Dao Marks. His ongoing contact with and utilization of the Heavenly Envy Immortal Gu and similar experiences brought him wave after wave of insight into the Heavenly Dao.
However, his Heavenly Dao realm was still far from the Grandmaster level.
The Grandmaster Heavenly Dao realm marked the first qualitative transformation.
Fang Yuan continuously cultivated totem killer moves.
So far, what he had been doing was stockpiling totem killer moves.
These totems had been carefully selected by Fang Yuan from among the Basic Totems. Once fully refined, each had reached the level of an Eighth Transformation killer move.
A piece of information arrived, interrupting Fang Yuan's current cultivation.
Fang Yuan paused his cultivation to examine the message.
The messages were from Lu Weiyin — replies from the latter.
The letters primarily detailed the method of creating artificial earth veins.
"My idea for transforming the Supreme Immortal Aperture is indeed feasible," Fang Yuan nodded to himself with a faint smile of satisfaction after reviewing them.
During this period, Fang Yuan had opened up the exchange leaderboard and invested heavily in cultivating the Gu Immortals under his command. The strength of his subordinates had grown enormously, and they had become very proactive, actively venturing out on all fronts.
The situation within the Supreme Immortal Aperture had been thoroughly stabilized.
Fang Yuan estimated that he could swallow at least three more blessed lands before once again reaching the critical threshold where the ecosystem would be on the verge of collapse.
But this state of affairs did not satisfy Fang Yuan.
Before the battle at the Crazed Demon Cave, it would be best for him to devour all of the blessed lands and push his strength to its absolute limit.
That way, when he faced a Venerable in the Crazed Demon Cave, he would be better prepared to confront such a powerful enemy.
However, even if Fang Yuan deployed all the Alliance of Non-Human Races Gu Immortals into the Supreme Immortal Aperture, and even stationed the Qi Sea Ancestor there as well, he still could not devour all of the two heaven blessed lands.
Even if he could, Fang Yuan would not handle it that way.
Because doing so would keep the Supreme Immortal Aperture's ecosystem in a perpetual state of chaos. The slightest oversight could push it to the brink of collapse.
Even now, in a time of stability, the situation was already this troublesome. If during a battle against a Venerable, the enemy discovered this weakness, they might well employ special means to exploit it.
In fact, Fang Yuan's Silver Pillar Fortune was already quite loose and scattered — a clear indication that this glaring weakness could very well be seized upon by a Venerable.
Relying on manpower alone was not enough. After much deep deliberation, Fang Yuan finally conceived of another method.
That was building veins!
Heaven has Heavenly Veins, Earth has Earth Veins, and Humanity has Human Veins.
These "veins" are remarkably wondrous and unique — not merely gatherings of Dao Marks, but also possessing a quality of constant flow.
Heavenly Veins are formless, yet they contain rich Heavenly Dao Marks. Moreover, these Heavenly Dao Marks are not static; they continuously circulate and constantly transform.