The eighth layer of the Crazed Demon Cave.
The small and large worlds continued to merge rapidly, with all manner of disasters raging across every corner of existence.
The clashes between Gu Immortals were equally ferocious.
The weak perished innocently in the shockwaves, while even powerful individuals teetered on the brink of survival in the chaos—like small boats tossed on raging seas, a single misstep would send them capsizing, their lives extinguished completely.
"Weak, far too weak."
"Who else can stand in my way?"
"Die!"
"Hahaha!"
Bu Tiankong roared without cease, rampaging across the battlefield with none who could oppose him.
He was already favored by the fortune of the Crazed Demon Cave, and under the influence of his Learning Is Boundless killer move, his realm had skyrocketed. Then, after receiving Immortal Gu and killer moves funded by the Heavenly Court, his strength had surged explosively.
Much the same was true for Nie Kuangfeng and Duan Hu. For a time, the three of them became the most dazzling Gu Immortals on the battlefield.
"Vile beast, cease your display of might!" Four of Fang Yuan's Eighth Transformation subordinates closed in around the Stone Monkey, Bu Tiankong.
Bu Tiankong felt the pressure immediately. He extended his tongue, licked his lips, and a light of excitement and cruelty flared in his eyes: "Good, quite the crowd. Who are you people?"
"Du Lei!" Du Lei Warrior spoke, activating a Transformation Path killer move and transforming into the Du Lei Lion—a lion-headed, human-bodied form.
"Remember my name—Duo Luo!" Duo Luo Warrior likewise activated his lion transformation, becoming a lion-bodied, human-headed form.
"Gang Ben." Gang Ben Warrior transformed into a rhinoceros.
"Shuang Die." Shuang Die Warrior's body shrank violently until he was only the size of an adult's fist—a humanoid figure with butterfly wings, exuding bone-chilling frost.
Battles between Gu Immortals were typically fought one-on-one.
But these four Gu Immortals were both specialists in Transformation Path, meaning their Dao marks did not conflict with one another, and they were already intimately familiar with each other, all having originated from the former Beast Disaster Cave Heaven.
They had originally possessed only Seventh Transformation cultivation, but with Fang Yuan's help, each had advanced to the Eighth Transformation.
Without delay, the four warriors surrounded Bu Tiankong and launched a devastating assault.
They fought until the sky grew dark and the sun and moon lost their light.
Bu Tiankong was trapped in the encirclement, his injuries mounting, yet he fought with ever-increasing ferocity.
Fists, feet, head, torso, elbows, knees—everything became a weapon for Bu Tiankong.
Fist shadows danced wildly, and with every clash of raw force, Bu Tiankong would send one of them flying. But all four Eighth Transformation warriors were Transformation Path specialists, their physical bodies tough and resilient. Though knocked away, they would charge back almost immediately, maintaining the encirclement and exerting tremendous pressure on Bu Tiankong.
The five-person battle raged from the sky down to the ground, then from the ground back up to the sky.
Wherever they passed, all other Gu Immortals scrambled to get out of the way.
"Thrilling! Absolutely thrilling!"
"Come on, come at me again!"
Bu Tiankong fought himself into a frenzy, and with each passing moment his mind grew clearer. Various killer moves flowed through his consciousness, and the realm bottlenecks that had long plagued him began to loosen.
He was one of the three Fortune Children, his talent and Aptitude absolutely extraordinary.
The immense external pressure, rather than breaking him, served as a catalyst—squeezing out deeper reserves of potential from within.
The Stone Monkey fought more savagely with each passing moment. The killer moves he had obtained from the Heavenly Court were ones he had not been proficient with before, but now he wielded them with complete mastery, even beginning to integrate them into his own original fighting style.
"This Stone Monkey is terrifying. The four of us combined and we still can't kill him." Du Lei and the others grew increasingly uneasy.
Though they were still maintaining the encirclement, it felt less like they were suppressing a living being and more like they were trying to contain a volcano.
The volcano was continuously building pressure, brewing and fermenting, converting the external force into internal momentum. Once it reached its limit and erupted, it would shake gods and terrify immortals, unleashing a devastating counterattack.
"We have to kill him now!"
"Use the master's methods—let the disasters wear him down!"
The four immortals communicated rapidly in secret, their coordination growing ever more seamless.
All along, Fang Yuan's Heaven Jealous of Talent killer move had been exerting its effects.
The disasters were being manipulated, directed specifically to strike at Bu Tiankong, Nie Kuangfeng, and the others.
Of course, the majority of the disasters served as a Refinement Path means, continuously refining the Dao marks within the various small worlds and smoothing out the tangled, knotted points within the large worlds as well.
The small worlds were particularly battered by the constant barrage of disasters.
Under the bombardment of countless tribulations, every small world was destroyed, thoroughly merging into the three great worlds.
Naturally, in this process, the Barbarian Great World reaped the greatest benefits.
However, there was one small world that stood apart—refreshingly unique among all the others, unmoved no matter how the disasters raged and bombarded it.
It was the Thieving Heaven True Inheritance space.
Ordinary small worlds appeared as round or oval bubbles of varying sizes, but the Thieving Heaven True Inheritance space, when viewed from outside, was a perfectly square, sharp-edged block.
No matter how the disasters battered it, it maintained its original form.
Within the Fortune-Suppressing Heavenly Palace, Giant Sun Immortal Zombie's gaze had already settled upon this Thieving Heaven True Inheritance space.
"Otherworldly Demon," he snorted softly. The memories that surfaced in his mind caused his expression to darken with displeasure.
In ancient times, after Giant Sun achieved the rank of Venerable and entered the eighth layer of the Crazed Demon Cave, he learned the truth behind the four Venerables' world-mending efforts.
Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable, driven by selfish desires, had disregarded the Gu cultivation world entirely and nearly caused the destruction of the Five Regions.
Though in the final moment, Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable had extracted his own Space Path Dao marks to condense the Thieving Heaven space, plugging the breach—but the hole had already grown too large to fill.
The other three Venerables' wills had exhausted every ounce of their strength, paying an enormous price.
Aside from the Wu Ji will, both the Yuan Lian will and the Kuang Man will had been forced into dormancy afterward.