Inside True Yang Building.
The land spirit was using all of its strength to attack the seal on it.
Bang bang bang!
Three soft explosive sounds could be heard consecutively, as three black chains binding it were broken.
The green paste on it had thoroughly melted from its neck and even to the tips of its two wings, revealing the bright and lively feathers.
"Little sparrow, you dare!" Giant Sun's will was bursting with fury.
"Giant Sun, despite being dead, you actually still imprisoned me for hundreds of thousands of years. Today, I will definitely break out of your damn cage!" Frost Jade Peacock let out a shrill scream, similarly furious.
Trapped for so many years, unable to even budge, the suffocation and indignance from being in captivity turned into the strength needed to break its seal.
Giant Sun's will gave a deep shout, the sun like will suddenly flared up, rushing in all directions like a majestic golden flood.
Ten thousand special will Gu were already surrounding him in layers after layers. They were like a dam blocking the flood, which was Giant Sun's will.
Giant Sun's special will was completely restrained by the special will Gu. The whole dam held tight without any cracks, but the situation only lasted for a few breaths of time; the special will Gu had already been swallowing Giant Sun's special will to the limit and started to burst one by one.
Several breaths later, the 'dam' formed by the special will Gu trembled, broke down and shattered apart!
Giant Sun's special will might have been subdued but the size of it was extremely large, having originated from Giant Sun Immortal Venerable. Even after the wear and tear of over hundreds of thousands of years, this was still not something ten thousand special will Gu could suppress.
Restraint was relative.
Water could extinguish fire, but if the fire was fierce enough, it could directly evaporate the water pouring on it.
Giant Sun's will that was like a sun was extremely grand and large, although there was a lot of consumption when he attacked special will Gu, it was still able to destroy the ten thousand special will Gu in the end.
Without the besiegement of special will Gu, Giant Sun's will was like a tied up prisoner who had broken out of the shackles, and immediately tried to control True Yang Building.
But the next moment, a full fifty thousand special will Gu rushed out and gathered again, forming a new encirclement!
Central continent's Gu Immortals had researched very deeply and would never underestimate Giant Sun's will, thus they had made sufficient preparations. Special will Gu was not an Immortal Gu, its quantity could be piled up.
Giant Sun's will who had just obtained freedom was again sealed off, letting out a furious roar.
He started attacking again, his momentum as vast as a rapidly flowing river, breaking apart the encirclement of special will Gu.
But soon, the third wave of special will Gu surrounded it. The quantity was even more this time, reaching over a hundred thousand!
Central continent's Gu Immortals had spent thousands of years for this; several great super forces had joined hands making large purchases, refining Gu non-stop, and spending an astronomical amount of Gu refinement resources.
They had paid such an astonishing price and now they were all being used by Fang Yuan, displaying extraordinary effects.
Being trapped once again, Giant Sun's will did not shout or roar.
Giant Sun's will was the will of an Immortal Venerable and knew how to think. @@novelbin@@
When he realized he had fallen into a scheme and the enemy side had made sufficient preparations, he became calm again.
He began to think and soon discovered a flaw in the encirclement!
Although Giant Sun's will was surrounded tightly in all directions by special will Gu with no area neglected, this did not signify there was no flaw in this encirclement.
These special will Gu were refined by Gu Immortals and refined Gu worms were unable to directly absorb the primeval essence from their surroundings, and there was no supply of primeval essence for them in here.
Then, where did the primeval essence used to activate these special will Gu come from?
There were so many special will Gu, and there could even be more, their primeval essence requirement would be gigantic. Giant Sun's will slightly thought over it and realized — what these special will Gu absorbed was not primeval essence but immortal essence!
A bead of the lowest grade rank six green grape immortal essence could convert to what was practically an almost unlimited amount of primeval essence!
Immortal essence was the source of fuel for these special will Gu.
And these immortal essence were concealed very well; clearly, there were other supporting Gu worms coordinating with special will Gu to form an enormous and hidden Gu formation.
"So long as I break their connection with the immortal essence, these special will Gu would not be of much threat." Giant Sun's will soon thought of this method.
However, to break the connection between the special will Gu and the immortal essence, he had to fully grasp this Gu formation first.
Just like how central continent Gu Immortals sealed all the yellow apricot immortal essence left behind by Giant Sun Immortal Venerable to suppress Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, Giant Sun's will also had a similar idea.
On the spot, Giant Sun's will thought rapidly and soon found over ten clues.
Following these clues and making deductions, the vague structure of the Gu formation began to gradually become clearer.
The land spirit naturally would not sit and wait for its death.
When it had sensed Giant Sun's will being suppressed, it mustered all its strength to break the seals on it.
Gruel Mud had terrifying effectiveness against these seals; the green paste on its body was full of cracks and the edges were rapidly melting down. The black shackles on its wings once again consecutively collapsed and four broke apart.
The land spirit, Frost Jade Peacock, gave a shrill cry, its whole body shook intensely, shaking away most of the green paste on its two wings, shortly afterwards it impatiently unfolded them.
Cold aura permeated out from all over its spotlessly white body as it raised its head high, appearing noble and beautiful. But it had yet to completely unfold its large wings when they were tightly pulled in by the black chains.
Its movement came to a sudden stop, the intense pain making it even more furious.
Although there were only three chains left, they still tightly shackled its freedom.
"Break them!" Frost Jade Peacock suddenly turned around its elegant neck, its sharp brows flickering with terrifying cold light.
"Damn it!" Giant Sun's will who had been thinking intensely, could not help but stop his thoughts as he sensed this situation.
If the land spirit broke his control, then Eighty-Eight True Yang Building could be thrown out from Imperial Court blessed land at any time.
Without Imperial Court blessed land's protection, countless Gu Immortals would start rushing over to loot True Yang Building.
At that time, it would be the case of an army of ants devouring an elephant; even more yellow apricot immortal essence would not be able to stop the consumption from the dauntless advance of countless Gu Immortals.
But Giant Sun's will was powerless to stop the land spirit at this moment.
He had been making several probing attacks while thinking at the same time, and although there were some results and he was able to recover some methods, they were still very limited and were not enough to suppress the situation.
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At this moment, outside the True Yang Building....
Roar!
Lofty tiger roared and jumped.
The world trembled as the hill sized lofty tiger jumped into the air. Its enormous and malevolent tiger claws slammed towards the insignificant insect-like Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng gave a light shout as he dodged quickly!
The tiger claws could not strike him, but the huge wind force from it was still able to make Tai Bai Yun Sheng feel uncomfortable.
At the same time, the willow winds in the sky fluttered down.
These willow winds were as large as a canoe, and their descent was graceful, resembling falling leaves. But the movement that felt slow was actually fast, and the destructive power contained within them was terrifying.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng was bathed with blood, paying close attention to the movements of the willow winds. Previously, he had carelessly come into contact with three willow winds, but just that had already destroyed all the defensive Gu on him.
Right now, when he saw the willow winds falling down, he quickly evaded them.
From the earth, the malevolent tiger pounced up; while from the sky, the willow winds fluttered down one after another. Tai Bai Yun Sheng was already finding it difficult to continue after a while, he was in a sorry state and was facing the danger of losing his life.
"Sigh, it bodes ill for Tai Bai Yun Sheng!"
"His accumulation is very robust, but he has not made sufficient preparations to advance to Gu Immortal."
"Lord Tai Bai Yun Sheng, you can do it!"
Even Fang Yuan could not help but feel nervous at this scene: "Is Tai Bai Yun Sheng going to fail in advancing to a Gu Immortal in this life?"
He suddenly had a thought and disregarding the backlash, forcibly activated luck inspection Gu. But the luck on Tai Bai Yun Sheng was still burning and raging like boiling water, and was still blooming.
But the next moment, a quarter of this flaming luck had suddenly dissipated!
"What's going on?" It was the first time Fang Yuan was seeing such a change in luck.
And right at this time, a light pillar suddenly erupted from True Yang Building.
The light pillar that was as thick as an ancient tree, charged straight to the sky.
The willow winds were pierced through by this light pillar, immediately crumbling apart and turning back into clear heaven qi, pure and warm.
The light pillar swept through repeatedly, shattering most of the willow winds in the sky, before shooting towards the lofty tiger. The lofty tiger dodged while howling in grief, but the light pillar followed it like a shadow, impossible to avoid!
The earthly calamity lofty tiger continued to decrease in size the more the light pillar touched it, till it vanished into thin air!
"What's going on?" Everyone was shocked.
"Eighty-Eight True Yang Building has made a move! Old ancestor protected lord Tai Bai Yun Sheng!!" Many people cheered.
But there were also some who scoffed: "Nonsense, Tai Bai Yun Sheng does not have Giant Sun's bloodline, why would old ancestor protect him?"
"This! Could it be the workings of the rumored divert disaster Gu?" Ye Lui Sang was endlessly shocked.
Hei Lou Lan was even more excited: "The luck path's divert disaster Gu can divert heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities, greatly reducing their might, even directly obliterating them! If I can obtain this Immortal Gu..."
Divert disaster Gu was one of the cornerstones of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building. It was also one of the limited methods Giant Sun's will could mobilize currently.
Giant Sun's will's actions did not stop at this.
He had forcibly extracted a trace of yellow apricot immortal essence by rampaging multiple times. After activating divert disaster Gu, Giant Sun's will mobilized the human qi Immortal Gu in true inheritance secluded domain.
Right under Fang Yuan's sight, Tai Bai Yun Sheng's burning luck aura suddenly decreased by another quarter.
Human qi Immortal Gu was activated which similarly let out a ray of of white light.
This white light, however, directly shone on Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
Human qi Immortal Gu could increase the Gu Master's human qi, raising their future potential after advancing to a Gu Immortal. When Tai Bai Yun Sheng obtained its help, the human qi on him instantly inflated by ten times!
With the increase in human qi, he naturally needed even more heaven qi and earth qi.
However, heaven qi and earth qi were drawn out of Imperial Court blessed land.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng laughed heartily, True Yang Building's help had been out of his expectations, but he still quickly accepted it and absorbed large amounts of heaven qi and earth qi, merging the three elements into one; not only averting danger, his potential had also greatly increased, and his future prospects had turned much better!
The land spirit Frost Jade Peacock gave a shrill, furious cry.
Heaven qi and earth qi were extracted in large amounts, causing an intense feeling of weakness to fill its body.
"Little sparrow, you are still too green." Giant Sun's will snorted, he had used all the immortal essence he was able to extract on the most crucial area, acquiring the greatest results, greatly relieving the dangerous situation.
Giant Sun's will was after all a will that originated from an Immortal Venerable, its wisdom was extremely high.
The situation had turned around quickly now and it was advantageous to Giant Sun's will.
The weakening of the land spirit gave Giant Sun's will plenty of time to grasp the Gu formation of the special will Gu surrounding him. Once Giant Sun's will breaks apart this encirclement, he would regain control of the situation, and it would be extremely easy for him to undo the seal on the immortal essence then.
As long as the seal on the immortal essence was broken, Eighty-Eight True Yang Building would be able to display the supreme might of a rank eight Gu House in all its glory!
"This is bad, I still underestimated an Immortal Venerable's will. I have less than half the expected time left." Fang Yuan was able to understand the situation in True Yang Building through the glass owner token.
His heart sank: "Now, I can only put my hopes in Tai Bai Yun Sheng. Hopefully, he can quickly become a Gu Immortal and refine landscape as before Gu..."
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At the center of the scene, the three qi were fusing.
With the help of Giant Sun's will, the thick qi flows had almost formed a cocoon around Tai Bai Yun Sheng!
All his injuries were long gone without any trace, his body, soul and consciousness were all being refined to a higher level.
He looked back on his life, the scenes of the past quickly flashing through his mind.
The mysteries of the Great Dao circulated in his mind, inspirations came to him without pause, he was obtaining perfect solutions for the difficult problems in cultivation that had restrained him in the past.
At this moment, heaven and earth were like selfless teachers, imparting all their knowledge to Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
However, the mysteries of heaven and earth were too vast and profound, the more Tai Bai Yun Sheng knew, the more he realized his minuteness.
He had no choice but to focus on his time path, refining and developing his knowledge.
His understanding towards time path reached the peak of his lifetime!
Inspiration from nature!
Man is the spirit of all livings beings, Gu is the essence of heaven and earth. Gu Masters used Gu, refined Gu and raised Gu; this was actually an unending process of learning, exploring and studying the world.
In the process of advancing to a Gu Immortal, a Gu Master need not use Gu worms to indirectly understand the world, instead it was a direct interaction with heaven and earth.
This was probably the only chance in one's whole life before becoming a Gu Immortal to have such a precious opportunity.
Rank five peak stage was the finishing line of mortal Gu Masters. But rank six Gu Immortals were beyond mortal, becoming a Gu Immortal was only a new starting point.
At this crucial starting point, every Gu Immortal's future achievements would be different depending on the potential they accumulated.
"Such a beautiful experience, but my human qi is not sufficient..." Tai Bai Yun Sheng wished to continue immersing himself in this feeling but could not do so, a regretful expression appearing on his face.
His human qi was already nearly exhausted, and this was after obtaining the help of human qi Immortal Gu, otherwise the time would have been even shorter.
The qi cocoon dispersed and Tai Bai Yun Sheng's silhouette was revealed again. @@novelbin@@
The three qi had merged and shrunk down to a mass of tri-colored primordial qi, condensed into where Tai Bai Yun Sheng's aperture had originally been.
This step signified the completion of the second step in advancing to a Gu Immortal, receiving qi.
Next was the final step of becoming a Gu Immortal — releasing Gu!
Tai Bai Yun Sheng was being extremely serious, as he took out river as before, mountain as before and man as before Gu.
These three Gu were his core Gu worms and he was exceedingly familiar with them. Moreover, man as before Gu was even his vital Gu.
"Finally, the most crucial moment..." Tai Bai Yun Sheng first sent his vital Gu to the mass of tri-colored primordial qi in his body.
BOOM!
All of a sudden, a mystical sound like that of thunder storm echoed in Tai Bai Yun Sheng's ears, causing his whole body to intensely shake.
The tri-colored mass of qi was originally merged together and constantly flowing in circulation. But after Man As Before intruded in, it was like it had ignited an explosive; the primordial qi mass immediately exploded loudly.
There can be no creation without destruction, in death there is new life!
This moment was when a mortal could ascend to a Gu Immortal!
The explosive sound was truly mystical, exploding out the marvels of life, exploding out a whole new world!
The mortal aperture was broken, an immortal aperture was being formed!
The immortal aperture was like a small world; the sky was azure like crystals and the ground was a desolate wilderness filled with yellow stones.
It was like a newborn baby and intensely demanded nourishment, erupting at the outside world with an extremely strong force of suction and absorption.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh....
Heaven qi and earth qi madly poured into Tai Bai Yun Sheng, flowing non-stop into the immortal aperture.
In the immortal aperture, the ground quickly expanded; two thirds of a thousand square kilometres, four thirds of a thousand, two thousand square kilometres...
And time flow also rose from the one to one ratio to one to ten, one to twenty....
The immortal aperture was gradually starting to become unstable from the mad flow of qi.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng then sent in River As Before and Mountain As Before, stabilizing the situation.
The immortal aperture was expanding continually, and a tributary of the river of time flowed in the darkness, causing the time flow to increase steadily.
Time passed, Tai Bai Yun Sheng kept on placing Gu worms to maintain the stability of the immortal aperture.
Three and one third thousand square kilometres, four thousand, four and two thirds of a thousand!
One to thirty, one to thirty-one, one to thirty-two, one to thirty three!
The immortal aperture had reached its extreme at this point, as if it had drunk and eaten to its fill, abruptly stopping its growth.
But the clear heaven qi was still pouring in from the sky, and golden earth qi was still surging up from the ground.
At this moment, the immortal aperture absorbed heaven qi and earth qi much slower than before. At first, it was drinking in big gulps, while now it was taking slow sips.
Heaven and earth qi converged into the immortal aperture, green and golden mists and clouds filled the whole immortal aperture.
The dense qi flow was brewing beads of immortal essence within.
They were precisely the green grape immortal essence of a rank six Gu Immortal, thirty six of them in total.
The tribulation clouds in the sky and the calamity dust in the ground, began to gradually dissipate.
The mist like heaven qi and earth qi in the immortal aperture, however, had yet to dissipate.
They condensed around Man As Before, River As Before, Mountain As Before and other Gu worms, causing a dense qi cocoon to form over these Gu worms.
The two qi mixed; heaven and earth interacted.
Within the qi cocoons, each Gu worm was beginning to ferment mysterious changes.
"It is time." A Gu recipe flashed in Tai Bai Yun Sheng's mind.
This Gu recipe was only a theoretical Gu recipe of an Immortal Gu, it was from the old beggar's Gu Immortal inheritance.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng could not guarantee whether this theoretical Gu recipe could succeed.
But he no longer had another option.
His lifespan was near its end, about to exhaust completely. After advancing to a Gu Immortal, his senses reached a whole new level, especially the sense regarding time had heightened the most, it was precise to within a single breath.
This novel sensation did not put him in a cheerful mood for long before he fell into silence, feeling oppressed and even afraid.
Because he could sense that the time he had was truly not much, just like a small puddle under strong sunshine, with his lifespan being the thin layer of water left in the puddle.
He had planned to get lifespan Gu but it failed because of Fang Yuan's secret manipulations. The bloody road he had experienced in reaching the great hall even became a knot in his heart.
Now, his only hope was in man as before Gu.
According to what the theoretical Gu recipe showed, when man as before Gu was advanced to rank six, it could be used on oneself.
"Refine!" Tai Bai Yun Sheng gave a soft shout, countless thoughts emerging in his mind.
These thoughts formed the theoretical Gu recipe which directly poured into the immortal aperture and then into the thick cocoon covering the man as before Gu.
These heaven and earth qi were the source of all living beings. As the two interacted, they evolved into all things in heaven and earth.
These two qi were the origin of all living beings and could replace any Gu refinement materials.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng's thoughts were like keys that directed the heaven and earth qi in the proper direction.
The thoughts entered the cocoon and immediately brought upon a violent change.
Although it could not be compared to the explosion of the three qi in the first step of releasing Gu, its effect was not small either.
The qi cocoon erupted with devouring force, swallowing the remaining heaven and earth qi in the immortal aperture without pause.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh....
The qi flow surged non-stop, forming a screaming gale.
Man as before Gu turned into the eye of the storm, large amounts of heaven and earth qi poured into it, turning into Gu refinement resources.
"This it it, this is it...." Tai Bai Yun Sheng mumbled softly in the air, his tone carried gratification and also expectation.
After so much effort and risk, he was now finally seeing the hope of success.
Although the process had been filled with inconceivable events.
If True Yang Building had not made a move, Tai Bai Yun Sheng was sure to fall in the second step.
As he thought of this, he glanced at the True Yang Building.
He was not of Giant Sun's bloodline, but True Yang Building had actually helped him; this was a fact.
"Did Giant Sun's will wake up?" Tai Bai Yun Sheng inwardly guessed. He had a Gu Immortal inheritance, his experience and knowledge were not lacking compared to people like Hei Lou Lan and Ye Lui Sang.
"Giant Sun Immortal Venerable prohibits the entry of Gu Immortals, I have already violated this taboo by advancing into a Gu Immortal here. So, why would Giant Sun's will still help me?" Tai Bai Yun Sheng was puzzled.
Even with his plentiful experience, he could not anticipate the things occurring in the True Yang Building.
Within the True Yang Building, Frost Jade Peacock gave shrill cries, the green paste on its body kept on shaking and bouncing, the iron chains also shook, producing clanking sounds when they collided with each other.
The powers sealing it were melting down from the corrosion of Gruel Mud.
But Frost Jade Peacock showed no signs of joy, instead it was filled with fear and anxiety.
Giant sun's will, however, laughed brightly: "Little sparrow, your struggle is of no use."
Through Tai Bai Yun Sheng, Giant Sun's will was able to exploit some methods to ingeniously strike the Imperial Court land spirit, weakening its strength at its foundation.
Despite the powers binding Frost Jade Peacock weakening constantly, Giant Sun's will had already bought some time.
He had already seen through most of the special will Gu formation that had besieged him.
How could an Immortal Venerable's arrangement be so simple?
As long as Giant Sun's will was completely free, he naturally had large numbers of methods to choose from like metal path, water path, fire path and so on, to seal the land spirit again.
"I have slept for too long, but it doesn't matter. I will first put this disobedient land spirit in its place, then I shall completely eliminate the minute loopholes in True Yang Building; at that time, Eighty-Eight True Yang Building will once again be like an iron bucket, standing tall for hundreds of thousands of years longer!" Giant Sun's will's tone was deep and profound.
"I won't let you have your way even if I die!!!" After hearing 'standing tall for hundreds of thousands of years', all the hairs on Frost Jade Peacock stood on their ends.
A land spirit was formed from an obsession and the matter of recognizing the master was not a flexible one. Frost Jade Peacock was distinct in this even from other land spirits; it was incomparably proud and would not yield even a little.
But Frost Jade Peacock did not struggle anymore, instead it strangely lay down dispiritedly. However, its gaze was still sharp as a knife, filled with hatred completely.
Giant Sun's will was stupefied before suddenly realizing something as he shouted in rage: "Little sparrow, you dare to do this!"
Outside the True Yang Building.
"The tribulation clouds and calamity dust are gradually dispersing, has Lord Tai Bai Yun Sheng succeeded in advancing to a Gu Immortal?" Those who did not know the truth felt excited at this sight.
"I had never expected Tai Bai Yun Sheng to actually reach the third step! Looking at his appearance, the immortal aperture has already formed. I wonder what grade of blessed land he has formed?" Ye Lui Sang mumbled.
In advancing to a Gu Immortal, after passing the second step, the Gu Master could form an immortal aperture.
Immortal apertures of rank six and rank seven Gu Immortals were blessed lands; rank eight and rank nine Gu Immortal apertures were grotto-heavens!
"Blessed lands are divided into three grades, corresponding to large, medium, and small in size; the more heaven, earth and human qi are fused, the higher the grade of the blessed land. Small blessed lands have an area of up to two thousand square kilometres, they can draw in a small tributary of the river of time, and form over ten beads of immortal essence; there are few resources. Medium grade blessed lands can range from two and two thirds to four thousand square kilometres, they can draw in a slightly bigger tributary of the river of time, and form over twenty beads of immortal essence; they have plentiful resources. High grade blessed lands can range from four and two thirds to six thousand square kilometres, and draw in a large tributary of the river of time, the quantity of immortal essence formed surpasses thirty, and there will be plenty of heaven and earth qi remaining which can mutually interact and refine a mortal Gu into an Immortal Gu!"
Hei Lou Lan's gaze was fixed directly ahead, the relevant information flashing in his mind.
His brows slightly furrowed, Tai Bai Yun Sheng was able to pass the second step with True Yang Building's help, reaching the third step. And now, it looked like there was a great chance for him to succeed in becoming a Gu Immortal.
'If Tai Bai Yun Sheng becomes a Gu Immortal, then what stance should I take, how should I treat him?' Hei Lou Lan pondered over this issue.
'If nothing unexpected happens, Tai Bai Yun Sheng will no doubt obtain a high grade blessed land. However, refining an Immortal Gu carries risk, forming calamities and tribulations in the immortal aperture.' Fang Yuan's gaze continuously flickered.
For a mortal to advance to a Gu Immortal, there naturally were special risks.
Gu Masters were like this, it applied to Gu worms too.
Humans took in heaven and earth qi, fusing with human qi, the fusion of the three qi would lead to heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities. Gu worms took in heaven and earth qi, and also would induce calamities and tribulations.
It was hard for outsiders to interfere in the calamities and tribulations within one's own blessed land.
True Yang Building could influence Tai Bai Yun Sheng, but it could not influence the blessed land, the immortal aperture in his body.
In another words, Tai Bai Yun Sheng could only rely on himself.
"Huh?" Fang Yuan suddenly looked at the sky.
Regarding the sky of Imperial Court blessed land, in daytime, golden light glittered, while at night, warm silver radiance shone down.
But right now, pitch-black scars appeared in the golden sky from which specks of starlight shone down.
This was the night sky of the outside world of northern plains.
The whole of Imperial Court blessed land began to tremble.
Everyone started crying out in surprise and shock.
The tribulation clouds and calamity dust which had almost dissipated condensed again. Large amounts of heaven and earth qi poured into Tai Bai Yun Sheng's body non-stop, directly entering his immortal aperture like moths to a fire.
"What's going on?!" Hei Lou Lan was dumbstruck.
"What the hell happened!" Ye Lui Sang held his head, shouting involuntarily.
"Too much heaven and earth qi were absorbed from Imperial Court blessed land, its foundation was injured, thus it is revealing the outside world, in linking up with northern plains!" Fang Yuan's mind shook, his gaze moved from Tai Bai Yun Sheng to Eighty-Eight True Yang Building.
He had guessed the truth.
Frost Jade Peacock was actually so proud, it would rather die than be suppressed by Giant Sun's will any longer.
It lived up to its words!
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When a Gu Master advances to an immortal, their aperture will transform into an immortal aperture.
The immortal aperture is a qualitative evolution of the aperture, it is like the creation of a whole new small world.
Rank six and seven Gu Immortal apertures were known as 'blessed lands'. Rank eight and nine Gu Immortal apertures were called 'grotto-heavens'.
If a Gu Immortal's lingering obsession was left behind when they died, it would combine with the heavenly power inside the immortal aperture and become the land spirit.
Every immortal aperture is unique, it is a part of the Gu Immortal's body. In some ways, even if a Gu Immortal dies, the land spirit and immortal aperture that they leave behind could still be considered a strange form of life extension for them.
Precisely because the land spirit is formed from obsession, it is rigid and not flexible.
In history, there were many such cases. For example, if a Gu Immortal forcefully takes down a blessed land, but did not meet the requirements to become the owner, the land spirit would reject them, in the end, the land spirit may directly self-detonate, causing the Gu Immortal's efforts to be for nothing.
Giant Sun's will forcefully sealed Imperial Court blessed land's Frost Jade Peacock, this had accumulated hundreds of thousands of years of anger in the latter. Now that he wanted to continue sealing it, Frost Jade Peacock's resolute heart was finally ignited.
"What is going on?"
"Lord Tai Bai Yun Sheng's immortal ascension caused a loophole to form in the blessed land?"
"Imperial Court blessed land is currently being exposed to the outside world, this is unbelievable, this has never happened in the past!!"
"This is bad, I have a very bad feeling. Do you think the blessed land is going to be destroyed?"
In the blessed land, everyone was shouting in fear, they were panicking and their doubts were spreading.
In the sky, countless cracks were formed. The sky of the blessed land, which was silver and gold, had lots of cracks now, from these cracks, one could see the starry sky of northern plains.
Fang Yuan's gaze was still calm as ever.
"Imperial Court blessed land would not self-destruct so easily." He muttered in his heart, regarding this he was extremely confident.
In history, there were many cases of the land spirit suiciding, destroying the blessed land along with them, but that was not going to happen here.
This was Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's arrangement, how could it be broken so easily? This was the hard work of a rank nine Gu Immortal, this set-up covered the entire region of northern plains!
Eighty-Eight True Yang Building was the biggest obstacle.
"If this was in the past, how could the land spirit cause such trouble? Except that now, Giant Sun's will had just awakened, he was caught off guard and had to waste time to resolve this mess. Meanwhile, the seal that imprisoned the land spirit had weakened drastically because of my gruel mud Immortal Gu, this allowed the land spirit to struggle so violently."
In his analysis, Fang Yuan could not help but internally praise Giant Sun's resolution and methods.
He had used the chess piece Tai Bai Yun Sheng, and with his limited methods, he managed to fight for precious time and allow the scales of victory to tilt towards himself.
"However, even though the land spirit cannot self-destruct, it could still do the most basic thing like absorbing its own heaven and earth qi."
Thinking of this, Fang Yuan directed his gaze towards Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
Above Tai Bai Yun Sheng's head, the scattered tribulation cloud formed once again, and the calamity dust on the ground also started spreading.
Large amounts of heaven qi and earth qi gushed out, they were about to form a new heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity!
"This, what is going on? Why are there still heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities?! Wasn't it over already?" Seeing this, Ye Lui Sang's eyes were wide open in shock.
"This is different from what is in the records. There is something strange going on with Tai Bai Yun Sheng, why are there two heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities in a row?" Hei Lou Lan was very confused as well.
Even they had no idea, not to mention the others.
Looking at the imposing heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity forming once again, many people were lost for words as they felt very worried regarding Tai Bai Yun Sheng's situation.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng's expression was ashen.
"Why is there still a heavenly tribulation forming?! My inheritance did not state that this would happen!" He was shocked and furious.
Because not just on the outside, at the same time, the immortal aperture inside his body was also forming another heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity!
When a mortal Gu becomes an Immortal Gu, it is like a Gu Master becoming an immortal, it is a dangerous process to make a qualitative change that defied heaven. When Gu worms were refined into Immortal Gu, they would need to involve heaven and earth qi, this way, the corresponding heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities would form.
Being faced with trouble both internally and externally, Tai Bai Yun Sheng could neither advance nor retreat, he could not attend to one problem while neglecting the other, his situation was very worrying!
Fang Yuan used the gruel mud Immortal Gu to awaken the land spirit.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng's immortal ascension became a crucial chess piece in the fight between the land spirit and Giant Sun's will.
This immortal ascension had already gone out of his control.
Other than Fang Yuan, everyone else was kept in the dark, they were unaware of the truth.
Only Fang Yuan knew the land spirit's intention!
In a race against time, the land spirit could not compete with Giant Sun's will, thus it placed its attention on Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
The heaven qi and earth qi were extracted by sacrificing the land spirit's own foundation. Its intention was to form the heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity that would destroy Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
What benefits would the land spirit gain from killing him?
This would involve the devouring of the immortal aperture.
Mortal apertures were not easy to devour and combine, but after ascending to immortal, the immortal aperture was a small world. Between worlds, they could be devoured and assimilated, there were great benefits to Gu Immortals.
On Tian Ti mountain back then, Fang Yuan discarded a portion of Hu Immortal blessed land's territory, which were quickly taken by the other Gu Immortals. Swallowing other immortal apertures and strengthening one's own immortal aperture, there was much to gain from this.
If the land spirit destroyed Tai Bai Yun Sheng, after he dies, his immortal aperture would remain. It would then be absorbed and assimilated by Imperial Court blessed land.
After devouring the aperture, the blessed land's foundation would rise, and the land spirit would become much stronger. This would be a great help for it to break through Giant Sun's seal.
In the sky, dark clouds were rumbling as lightning and thunder resounded.
Countless purple lightning bolts formed into balls of lightning.
On the ground, the calamity dust settled down, exposing the bare earth.
A crack formed on the ground, it was hundreds of meters wide, exposing red hot flames from within, it resembled a desolate beast opening its bloodthirsty mouth.
The flames rose up, forming many traces of restraining smoke as they gushed up.
"Chaotic lightning balls, restraining smoke!" Fang Yuan frowned slightly.
The chaotic lightning balls not only had great power, they could even ruin the Gu Master's mind and will, inducing a chaotic effect. Restraining smoke could seal away the environment, as long as the Gu Master was trapped within, they would lose their five senses, like falling into a maze or an abyss, they would not be able to get free.
Chaotic lightning balls were not fast, but together with the suppression from restraining smoke, they were perfect partners and could unleash the greatest effect! @@novelbin@@
Fang Yuan could not help but feel some worry.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng's failure was not what Fang Yuan wanted to see.
Holding the glass owner token in his hand, Fang Yuan tightened his grasp as his gaze turned dark: "Still too weak, too weak! With my current strength, I am very heavily affected by circumstances..."
Howl, howl, howl!
The chaotic lightning balls flew through the air, emitting a strange and shrill noise. They sounded like a woman screaming and crying at the same time, it was very painful to the ears.
At the same time, the restraining smoke was rumbling, surging towards Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng's expression turned pale.
The chaotic lightning balls changed their directions randomly, sometimes they traveled right, sometimes left, it was hard to dodge them. Furthermore, there were traces of restraining smoke around him, like he was in the middle of an ancient forest.
"If I come into contact with the restraining smoke, I'll be finished! Oh no, the heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity in my immortal aperture is also forming, moreover I have already lost my defensive Gu!" Tai Bai Yun Sheng gritted his teeth, his gaze was shining with resolution.
Risk it!
His body gave off a shining light, using several movement Gu, his body flew into the air.
The intense wind blew this old man's hair towards the back, showing an unrestrained demeanour.
Shocked screams could be heard coming from the crowd.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng charged towards the tribulation cloud, above him, there were countless chaotic lightning balls, looking from afar, he was like a moth flying towards a fire.
"Is Tai Bai Yun Sheng seeking death?" Ye Lui Sang frowned deeply.
"Good!" Hei Lou Lan, however, gave high praise.
Fang Yuan's eyes also shone.
Restraining smoke might seem harmless without any attack power and could only trap enemies, but it held much greater threat than the chaotic lightning balls.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng understood the situation and made the best decision.
Only to see that after he charged into the thunder cloud, countless lightning balls shot down like fish swimming in water.
Bam bam bam...
The lightning balls continued to explode, but it did not affect Tai Bai Yun Sheng at all.
He flew left and right, trying to find a survival chance in the barrage of attacks, his movement speed was fast at times and slow at others, he had great control over the situation!
"Amazing! What level of flying attainment is this!"
"To think that Lord Tai Bai Yun Sheng is actually a flying master!!"
"He hid himself too deeply, I only found out now..."
Everyone was overjoyed to find out that Tai Bai Yun Sheng was a flying master!
"To think that Tai Bai Yun Sheng was skilled at using cloud path Gu worms." Ye Lui Sang praised, he was not very surprised at the display of flying.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng was a healing Gu Master, these years when he roamed northern plains, he had encountered many dangers. He had to have a secret ability in order to survive till now.
In truth, most healing Gu Masters were either skilled in defense or movement.
When these Gu Masters were nurtured, they were specially trained in this manner.
That was because in the battlefield, healing Gu Masters were usually the first to be targeted, many times they could not receive protection from their teammates. Thus, healing Gu Masters needed to have certain ways to protect themselves.
"As the number one healing Gu Master in northern plains, Tai Bai Yun Sheng is not skilled in defense, with his age, it is no wonder he has such flying attainment." Hei Lou Lan thought about this and turned his head, looking at the sky far away.
There, Fang Yuan seated on the azure wolf king's back, observing Tai Bai Yun Sheng closely.
Compared to Tai Bai Yun Sheng, Chang Shan Yin who was also a flying master was much younger.
"Little sparrow, you are really enjoying yourself." In True Yang Building, Giant Sun's will laughed instead of raging.
Eighty-Eight True Yang Building was shaking intensely, the aurora was wavering in the sky as a huge pillar of light shot out.
Immortal Gu — Divert Disaster!
The light of Divert Disaster shone around Tai Bai Yun Sheng, piercing through the lightning balls and restraining smoke.
"Old ancestor is really blessing Tai Bai Yun Sheng, he struck once again!" Amidst the shocked screams, there were jealous and envious people too.
"This is too weird, Tai Bai Yun Sheng is not part of Giant Sun's bloodline, to think he could receive such blessings as well!" Someone was suspicious.
"As expected, he struck." Fang Yuan sighed internally, Tai Bai Yun Sheng had already become a crucial factor in the contest between the land spirit and Giant Sun's will, the land spirit wanted to harm him, while Giant Sun's will wanted to protect him!
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"Luck inspection Gu!"
Fang Yuan's heart moved, quickly sending his primeval essence into the Gu.
The next moment, his vision changed.
Luck inspection Gu, a rank five luck path investigative Gu, it could allow him to see luck despite its formlessness.
Looking at Tai Bai Yun Sheng's luck now, his previous fiery red luck that was originally burning with a glowing red glow had shrunken by a bit.
"Earlier, Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's will was helping him, thus his luck was being expended. Now that he helped once more, Tai Bai Yun Sheng has only a third of his initial luck left." Fang Yuan evaluated.
Looking at his own luck, it was still the black coffin luck, as rich and dense as ink, and even larger than before.
Fang Yuan's heart jumped, but quickly snickered to himself, looking at the people in the blessed land.
The people who were watching Tai Bai Yun Sheng ascend to immortal realm had changes to their luck as well.
The overwhelming majority of the Gu Masters had unwittingly developed a small layer of black coffin luck. @@novelbin@@
Except for Hei Lou Lan, he still had his unchanged profuse azure luck.
Looking around, Fang Yuan felt his eyes hurting, he quickly stopped using the luck inspection Gu.
When a Gu Master ascends, there would be endless heaven and earth qi, using Gu worms in such an environment would cause a backlash.
If he forcefully continued to use them, both he and his Gu worms would suffer injuries, or even face death.
As his vision returned to normal, Fang Yuan looked at Tai Bai Yun Sheng again.
He was swimming in the thunderstorm, flying through the crevices of the clouds, showing off his master level flying attainment.
His body had no more defensive Gu, he was relying on his movement to evade the chaotic lightning balls, it was like walking on a tightrope, he was in great danger.
In order to avoid the earthly calamity of restraining smoke, he charged into the thunder clouds, this was a wise decision when weighing the two difficulties, but it was also a helpless choice.
"If not for the fact that I have green grape immortal essence, and can dilute it to form endless primeval essence, such an insane flying speed would have drained my aperture dry long ago." Tai Bai Yun Sheng was breathing roughly, his hair was in a mess and his body was feeling weak, the situation was getting more dangerous.
Swoosh!
Suddenly, a chaotic lightning ball changed directions and charged towards him.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng wanted to evade it, but it was too late, he could only stare indignantly with a furious gaze.
In the moment of crisis, a white light pillar shot over, directly hitting this chaotic lightning ball.
The lightning ball quickly melted from the ray of light, turning into pure heaven qi.
Divert disaster Gu!
Eighty-Eight True Yang Building's help came once again, saving Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
"So close, even though I became a Gu Immortal, I do not have any defenses on me, if I was hit by the chaotic lightning ball, I'd be heavily injured, the consequences are unthinkable!"
Tai Bai Yun Sheng swallowed his saliva, feeling some lingering fear.
After becoming a Gu Immortal, the foundation of his life had been elevated. If he was still a mortal, a chaotic lightning ball could easily kill him. Gu Immortals however, were tougher, even without any defensive Gu, they could endure over a dozen lightning balls without any problems.
But the thing was, these lightning balls had special effects.
After being hit, they would cause Tai Bai Yun Sheng's thoughts to be chaotic, once his mind is in chaos he would not be able to think properly.
At this crucial moment, as long as Tai Bai Yun Sheng stops in the air for a moment, he would be attacked by countless lightning balls at once.
If he was hit by these lightning balls consecutively, Tai Bai Yun Sheng would have no chance to gather his thoughts, he would just be drowned under the endless lightning balls.
"Quickly look, Eighty-Eight True Yang Building saved Tai Bai Yun Sheng once again."
"That's right, this has already happened at least ten times."
"With True Yang Building's help, it seems Tai Bai Yun Sheng's tribulation will succeed without fail!"
Outside, everyone saw this with amazed and envious expressions.
"Such intensive assistance, will it really work?" Hei Lou Lan's eyes were shining brilliantly, he saw the situation with a different perspective.
In such an environment, when heaven and earth qi were rampaging, usage of any Gu worm would create a huge backlash.
Divert disaster Gu was no exception.
In the history of Gu Masters, there were many instances of Gu Immortals helping out during the tribulation, and eventually the backlash destroying their Immortal Gu.
Except that most people were ignorant and did not know such secrets.
"Divert disaster Gu is one of the foundational pieces of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, it is used for Imperial Court blessed land to divert away disasters. Without it, Imperial Court blessed land would face terrifying earthly calamities and heavenly tributations. Giant Sun's will would not sacrifice such a precious Gu for Tai Bai Yun Sheng, that means the reinforcement of Giant Sun's will is limited... What happens now is most crucial, it will depend on Tai Bai Yun Sheng, whether he can quickly survive the calamity and tribulation in the immortal aperture." Fang Yuan was expressionless as he sat on the azure wolf king's back, watching with growing tension.
After all, landscape as before Gu was one of his main goals in coming to northern plains.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng's speed started to slow down.
He was facing troubles both in his aperture and outside of it, the land spirit was causing him harm, while the calamity and tribulation was forming in his own immortal aperture due to his mortal Gu's ascension.
This internal threat especially, it was taking away much of his attention, thus his reactions toward the outside world were getting slower.
Suddenly, his body shook, completely stopping his movements.
Immediately after, countless chaotic lightning balls flew towards him.
Divert disaster light pillar was shining brilliantly, it burst out and surrounded Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
"Now is the most crucial time!" Fang Yuan, Hei Lou Lan, Ye Lui Sang and others could see clearly that this was it, their eyes were shining.
At this moment, in Tai Bai Yun Sheng's immortal aperture, bright light exploded, engulfing the entire small world.
The aura of the Immortal Gu was spewing out like a fountain.
In that bright light, an Immortal Gu was rising up slowly.
It looked like a ladybug, it was fist sized and had a jade body. On its round back, there were natural markings, half was of rivers and seas, while the other half was of valleys and mountains.
"So this Immortal Gu was created by combining River as Before and Mountain as Before. It seems the effect is also the product of River as Before and Mountain as Before, but elevated." Tai Bai Yun Sheng analyzed.
This was refined during the resonance of heaven and earth, it was not refined by him personally, thus, he was still unclear towards the effect of Landscape as Before.
After looking at it for a few breaths' time, Tai Bai Yun Sheng placed his attention on the most central area of the blessed land.
Immortal Gu Landscape as Before, it was not part of his goal, only an additional surprise.
Now at the center of the blessed land, man as before Gu had turned into a huge cocoon, but cracks were starting to develop on it. Dazzling rainbow light was leaking from the cracks.
Breaking the cocoon and becoming a butterfly!
As the thick cocoon vanished, a colorful butterfly fluttered into the sky. Wherever it went, rainbow light rained down, trailing behind the butterfly's path as a curvy rainbow was formed behind it.
"Success, Immortal Gu Man as Before! Ahahaha..." Seeing this, Tai Bai Yun Sheng was extremely happy, he laughed maniacally.
So many years of accumulation, so many years of anticipation and worry, so many times he had fallen into grave danger, but at this moment, he obtained a perfect result!
But his internal threat still remained.
In the immortal aperture, the azure tribulation cloud was rumbling, forming a huge green scaled snake, the snake had a silver horn on its head, and its body was hundreds of metres long, the snake tail had turned into qi, fusing with the tribulation cloud.
As for the ground, it started shaking, making loud sounds that resembled thunder, causing pain to the eardrums.
The newly formed earth burst out with cracks, as lava spewed out of it, the smoke was thick as trees as the surroundings withered.
"Heavenly tribulation — silver horn green scale python, earthly calamity — molten earth!" Tai Bai Yun Sheng's heart shook, facing both the heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity alone at the same time, he felt an immense pressure.
He placed his hopes on the Immortal Gu Landscape as Before.
"Come." He willed, as a bead of green grape immortal essence flew out, fusing into the landscape as before Gu.
The ladybug-like landscape as before Gu immediately flapped its wings, flying away like a flash of lightning.
Everywhere it went, in the surroundings, the land returned to spring as the landscape was restored to normal, back to the moment before the earthly calamity struck.
"Good Gu, good Gu!" Tai Bai Yun Sheng's heart settled, with landscape as before Immortal Gu, he had no fear towards the earthly calamity.
Hisss—!
The silver horn green scale python opened its mouth, making a shrill sound.
It shot out abruptly, its huge body bringing along a draft of wind, as it pounced on the landscape as before Immortal Gu.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng was nervous, although Immortal Gu had huge capabilities, those which were not defensive Gu were usually fragile. Landscape as before Gu was the same, if it was destroyed by the silver horn green scale python, Tai Bai Yun Sheng's situation would turn bad.
Thankfully, landscape as before Gu was born from his aperture during the resonance of heaven and earth, he could control it like moving his limbs.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng had deep foundations accumulated in his life, he quickly mobilized landscape as before Immortal Gu and escaped. The silver horn green scale python behind him had attacked dozens of times, it destroyed mountains and rivers, the earth was pierced and rocks were sent flying, as savage winds ravaged the land.
"Oh no! At this rate..." Tai Bai Yun Sheng was concentrating intensely, after a few breaths' time, sweat started forming on his forehead.
His eyes were shut tight, his body was still floating in the air, as the chaotic lightning balls crashed towards him.
But thankfully, due to the divert disaster Immortal Gu's light pillar, his body was protected.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng was unable to care about the outside world since long ago, but he had not forgotten his external threat.
This terrible situation forced him to cut his losses decisively.
"Eighty-Eight True Yang Building's reinforcement is limited, it might stop anytime. I can only do this... With man as before Immortal Gu in my possession, as long as I have time, there is hope! Cut, cut it off!"
Tai Bai Yun Sheng shouted in his heart.
Abandoning the territories to protect his headquarters, he gave up a portion of his immortal aperture, the sky began to cut apart.
The blessed land was the foundation and base of a Gu Immortal, cutting off the blessed land was like self-mutilation, it reduced their own strength and potential.
But Tai Bai Yun Sheng had no other choice.
Just like how Fang Yuan survived the earthly calamity back in Hu Immortal blessed land, in order to get rid of the blue charm lightning shadow, he discarded a portion of the blessed land, Tai Bai Yun Sheng also had to make such a sacrifice!
The blessed land's sky was shaved off layer by layer.
Along with the thick tribulation clouds, they were all sent out of his body.
Outside his body, it was Imperial Court blessed land, Frost Jade Peacock joyfully chirped as it devoured these blessed land fragments, to increase its own strength.
Giant Sun's will shouted in anger.
He was trying to protect Tai Bai Yun Sheng's life, but the latter was now fueling his enemy's strength!
Giant Sun's will had to protect him, because if Tai Bai Yun Sheng died, his entire immortal aperture would be devoured by Imperial Court blessed land.
Most importantly, divert disaster Immortal Gu was already full of cracks, if he reinforced Tai Bai Yun Sheng any more, the Gu might get destroyed from the backlash.
Divert disaster Immortal Gu was one of the foundation pieces of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, it could not be lost!
But if Tai Bai Yun Sheng died, it was similarly disadvantageous for Giant Sun's will.
At once, Giant Sun's will fell into a difficult predicament.
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The sky in the immortal aperture started to peel off layer by layer, the dense tribulation clouds thinned out along with it. The devastating silver horn green scale python's body decreased to one-tenth of its original size, its might extremely weakened.
The situation was taking a turn for the better for Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
"Success is at hand." Tai Bai Yun Sheng's eyes were filled with tears when he opened them. The situation in the immortal aperture was already stabilizing, and he had the room to pay some attention to the external crisis.
The light of Divert Disaster was covering him, preventing the calamity and tribulation from touching him; Tai Bai Yun Sheng felt gratitude from the depths of his heart: "This is all thanks to Eighty-Eight True Yang Building helping me, otherwise I would find it difficult to even have a hope of succeeding... Eh!"
The light of divert disaster suddenly dissipated!
Tai Bai Yun Sheng was caught off-guard and was bombarded by the chaotic lightning balls, his mind immediately turning chaotic. He flew around in disorder, knocking into large numbers of chaotic lightning balls as he was unable to act for himself with not even a trace of reason left.
Everyone was shocked but before they could express it, Eighty-Eight True Yang Building burst out with an absolutely powerful absorption force again, directly capturing the hysterical Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
Giant Sun's will could not sacrifice divert disaster Gu and also could not let Tai Bai Yun Sheng die.
The best method was, of course, to throw Tai Bai Yun Sheng out of the blessed land. Unfortunately, only Frost Jade Peacock could do that in this situation.
Helplessly, Giant Sun's will could only use this inferior method.
This was indeed an inferior solution.
Under everyone's shocked gazes, the tribulation clouds and calamity dust surged explosively, shrouding Eighty-Eight True Yang Building! Countless chaotic lightning balls crashed down like a violent storm; while restraining smoke coiled around the tower like an immemorial giant python, continually seeping inside.
Eighty-Eight True Yang Building had brought in Tai Bai Yun Sheng, thus becoming the target for the heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity.
To protect Tai Bai Yun Sheng's life, Giant Sun's will chose to forcefully resist the heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity!
"How could this happen!"
"Lord Tai Bai Yun Sheng was brought into Eighty-Eight True Yang Building!!"
"How on earth does he deserve such assistance from old ancestor? This is a heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity we are talking about, they are extremely dangerous to True Yang Building!"
Everyone looked on with stupefied and shocked gazes.
Under the presence of the heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity, using Gu worms was asking to suffer backlash.
Eighty-Eight True Yang Building was a rank eight Immortal Gu house; in its essence, it was an integrated body of many Immortal Gu and countless mortal Gu. And now, it was forcefully resisting the heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity, the pressure on it was already enormous. And because of the force of the backlash, the coordination between the Gu worms had been affected!
It was clear, this was by no means a wise course of action.
However, Tai Bai Yun Sheng had become a crucial key in the fight between Giant Sun's will and Frost Jade Peacock; Giant Sun's will, forced by the situation, could only settle for such a method.
Inside Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, Frost Jade Peacock rapidly moved its wings, continuously dodging in between the gigantic trees.
Five Immortal Gu, with all kinds of flaming tails trailing after them, were pursuing and obstructing it.
Frost Jade Peacock was not willing to be sealed again and used all its strength to run away, gradually it lost its head and was unable to take the exact path, crashing into countless giant trees on the way.
Under Giant Sun's will's control, True Yang Building was a natural cage that could utilize the strength of any round, while Frost Jade Peacock was the bird in the cage. The giant trees turned into treemen, opening their arms to block it.
Caaaw—!
Frost Jade Peacock screamed shrilly as it suffered damage.
It tore apart the defense line of three old treemen, but its speed lowered greatly by this, and was caught up by a metal path Immortal Gu from behind.
A golden stream of light rapidly flowed on its body. The golden light condensed into a thick golden shell wherever it touched, firmly covering Frost Jade Peacock.
Frost Jade Peacock sensed it could not budge in any areas covered by the golden light; it was instantly startled and furious.
It hurriedly flapped its wings to increase its speed again. But the next moment, it was attacked by the second Immortal Gu.
An intense sleepiness invaded its mind, causing its eyes to turn hazy as it felt an intense urge to sleep.
Boom.
It crashed down head-first onto the ground, unable to fly any longer.
It had a premonition that its fate was to be sealed again; two rows of tears filled with grief and indignance involuntarily fell down from its eyes.
"Don't... even... think..." Frost Jade Peacock mumbled to itself, trying to use all its remaining strength to resist.
Although there was still the remaining power of Immortal Gu Gruel Mud on its body, the two Immortal Gu sealing it again were not restrained by Gruel Mud.
"Even if I die, I won't let you prevail!" Frost Jade Peacock gave off an intense suicidal will, and disregarding everything, it drew out the foundation of Imperial Court blessed land — heaven and earth qi, to intensify the heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity.
And it was rapidly weakening.
Imperial Court blessed land was born from a space path Gu Immortal, thus the blessed land's territory was vast, far surpassing any at an equivalent level.
Later, it was developed by Giant Sun Immortal Venerable, becoming a top-notch blessed land and also obtaining the ability to transit between day and night; it could be said to be at the doorstep of transforming into a grotto-heaven.
If it could swallow the time path Gu Immortal Tai Bai Yun Sheng's immortal aperture, space and time could converge which was the greatest supplement to Imperial Court blessed land. It was extremely likely for there to be a qualitative change which could allow Imperial Court blessed land to advance to a grotto-heaven!
If that happened, Frost Jade Peacock could break apart most of the arrangements of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable. Although it could not suppress Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, it would have the power to expel it out of the blessed land.
However, Giant Sun's will was truly too resolute and would rather suffer the damage from the heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity to protect Tai Bai Yun Sheng's life.
Frost Jade Peacock was only an obsession left behind after a Gu Immortal's death, how could it scheme against Giant Sun's will?
But it was also because of its obsession, it was brave and unyielding!
On the verge of being sealed again, it would rather be exterminated, and disregarding the consequences, it drew out large amounts of heaven and earth qi from Imperial Court blessed land.
These heaven and earth qi were like adding fuel to the fire; as they assimilated into the heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity, the sky rumbled with lightning, the chaotic lightning balls immediately expanded tenfold in quantity, and the restraining smoke had even more changes, its body inflated and its dark color turned even deeper.
Crack crack crack!
Lightning balls rained down like a storm, fiercely striking Eighty-Eight True Yang Building.
Bursts of explosions sounded out; Eighty-Eight True Yang Building became filled with scars, the eaves of the tower collapsed piece by piece, and a crack even appeared on the outer wall.
Restraining smoke turned into an even bigger problem, becoming a deadly smoke calamity; it was much more powerful and seeped everywhere on Eighty-Eight True Yang Building's surface, gradually dying it black.
The pitch-black walls of the building seemed to have eroded for a thousand years, as they started to peel off.
"The heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity have become stronger!"
"This is too terrifying, retreat, retreat!"
"What is happening? Even the wind and snow from the outside world are pouring in!!"
Everyone started shouting in shock.
Frost Jade Peacock extracted large amounts of heaven and earth qi, injuring Imperial Court blessed land's foundation. If Imperial Court blessed land was originally a strong house, now the tiles and bricks were taken out, only leaving behind the framework of the house.
This caused countless holes to appear in it, connecting to the outside world.
And the outside world of northern plains was currently experiencing the blizzard of every ten years.
Divert disaster Gu was dormant, causing Imperial Court blessed land to suffer the invasion of the blizzard calamity as well.
Imperial Court blessed land was no longer a refuge; large amounts of wind and snow poured in, the temperature quickly dropped as the heavy snowfall flew inside. Although it had not reached the level of forming snow monsters, it was not too far away.
"Little sparrow, look at what a big mess you have caused." Giant Sun's will shouted in annoyance. @@novelbin@@
Blessed lands and grotto-heavens would attract all sizes of calamities and tribulations in every set interval of time. The larger their fortune, the stronger the calamities and tribulations.
The great snow disaster that wreaked havoc over the whole of northern plains every ten years was actually the calamity and tribulation of Imperial Court blessed land.
Imperial Court blessed land had Eighty-Eight True Yang Building and was also a peak level blessed land with territory that was at the size of a small world; the fortune it contained was gigantic, thus the calamities and tribulations it attracted were extremely terrifying.
Right now, divert disaster Gu was hibernating, while Imperial Court blessed land had connected outside to northern plains, causing the once in ten years blizzard to return into it.
Eighty-Eight True Yang Building could forcibly resist the frenzied attacks of lightning balls, the invasion of the black smoke, but it was unable to contend against the blizzard that could wreak havoc over the whole of northern plains.
If this situation continued, Imperial Court blessed land would erode and crumble apart due to the snow disaster.
Frost Jade Peacock did not need Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, but Eighty-Eight True Yang Building needed Imperial Court blessed land.
There was one way to salvage this situation.
That was to use divert disaster Gu to eliminate heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities and turn them into heaven qi and earth qi. Making Imperial Court blessed land take in these heaven and earth qi to stabilize its foundation, and close the connection with the outside world of northern plains.
Giant Sun's will could take the risk in forcibly activating divert disaster Gu. But to make Imperial Court blessed land take in heaven and earth qi required Frost Jade Peacock's cooperation.
"Asking this little sparrow to cooperate is simply an impossible dream!" Even if it was Giant Sun's will, this was a difficult problem.
He helplessly thought of the only way —"Unless Frost Jade Peacock acknowledges a pair of new owners..."
Giant Sun's will did not know that Tai Bai Yun Sheng's immortal aperture contained landscape as before Immortal Gu which could conveniently deal with this trouble.
He thought of another Immortal Gu he had — false emotion fake will Gu!
The condition for Frost Jade Peacock to acknowledge its owner was a couple who had true love for each other.
However, nothing was absolute, even the land spirit could be hoodwinked.
Giant Sun's will knew as long as he found two candidates to use false emotion fake will Gu on, he could hoodwink the land spirit and make Frost Jade Peacock recognize new owners.
Once Frost Jade Peacock was controlled, each problem could be easily resolved.
Moreover, this method was very favorable to Giant Sun's will.
If a couple who had true love for each other became the owners of Imperial Court blessed land, what would Giant Sun's will do if this couple did not obey his commands?
Instead of that, he would hold onto the initiative if he found two unconnected people to use false emotion fake will Gu on and satisfy the requirement to become the owners.
Because false emotion fake will Gu contained Giant Sun's will!
False emotion fake will Gu was subjected to Giant Sun's will's control. Even if the two unconnected people were disloyal in the future, as long as Giant Sun's will still held false emotion fake will Gu, at worst, he could once again select two new candidates.
'Little sparrow, you are a long way from being able to fight with me.' Giant Sun's will was shrewd and wise, inheriting some of the main body's intelligence; the seemingly desperate situation could not hold him back. With just some thinking, he thought of a way to resolve it.
He immediately mobilized Eighty-Eight True Yang Building's strength to inspect the candidates.
Right now in Imperial Court blessed land, everyone was running away from danger here and there, with many casualties appearing.
The situation was quickly worsening, it was so cold that one's spit could instantly freeze into a piece of ice. The majestic blizzard was pouring in without any pause, tall and formidable snow monsters started standing up from the depths of the snow, selecting targets to devour.
But this did not pose any difficulty for Giant Sun's will.
Eighty-Eight True Yang Building could plunder resources from the whole of northern plains, let alone two people that were right in front of it.
These two people would naturally be those with Giant Sun's bloodline, Giant Sun's will soon selected two candidates who satisfied it.
"Eh?" Hei Lou Lan's vision rapidly changed, he was at rank five peak stage, but he did not even have the strength to resist as he was absorbed into True Yang Building.
"Ahhhhh, save me!" Not far away, Ma Hong Yun was still running frantically and did not realize the changes in his surroundings.
Thud.
He bumped head first into a giant tree in front.
"Don't tell me this kid was running with his eyes closed..." Hei Lou Lan was speechless.
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"Painful, painful!" Ma Hong Yun rubbed his forehead that had turned red, pouting as he got up from the floor.
"Eh! What is this place?" He discovered that the blizzard had vanished without a trace, he was surrounded by a spring-like warmth; it was not a world of ice and snow, instead it was a vast ancient forest.
Around him were gigantic ancient trees, hundreds of metres tall, so thick that even a dozen adults joining hands could not surround it.
The ancient trees were very tall, and their lush leaves covered the sky; rays of sunlight penetrated through the small gaps, forming a tranquil scene under the shade.
Compared to the outside world, this was practically a paradise.
"You are in the center of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building." A voice suddenly echoed within Ma Hong Yun and Hei Lou Lan's ears.
"Who is this?" Hei Lou Lan's pupils contracted.
Ma Hong Yun cried out in fear: "Ghost!"
He panicked and subconsciously ran to the side of Hei Lou Lan.
"Ghost? I am no ghost, if I could become a ghost, my affairs would be much easier to settle. Unfortunately I am merely a remnant will, inferior to even a ghost."
Giant Sun's will gave a sigh, and suddenly in mid-air, golden speckles of light appeared.
These speckles of light rotated slowly and suddenly condensed, transforming into an imposing body of light and shadow, similar in appearance to Giant Sun. @@novelbin@@
"Ah, you are!?" Ma Hong Yun stammered, his finger pointing towards the will of Giant Sun in endless shock.
Hei Lou Lan's pupils contracted, as the head of Hei tribe, he knew a lot. His complexion turned solemn and respectful; placing his hands on his chest, he spoke dutifully: "Descendant pays respect to Ancestor Giant Sun!"
Giant Sun sighed once again, and said: "I know the two of you are feeling confusion within your hearts. To make a long story short, this man broke into True Yang Building, undid the seal on the Frost Jade Peacock land spirit, and thus put Imperial Court blessed land on the brink of crisis."
As he said that, the golden speckles condensed into the image of Chang Shan Yin.
"Ah, it's Lord Wolf King!" Ma Hong Yun immediately recognized.
"It was actually him?!" Hei Lou Lan also could not help but cry out.
But Giant Sun's will immediately continued: "What you see is not his genuine appearance."
As he spoke, the image of Chang Shan Yin changed, gradually turning into Fang Yuan's true appearance.
"This is the true face of that person." Giant Sun's will spoke.
Fang Yuan disguised himself as Chang Shan Yin using the human skin Gu. This Gu was a mortal Gu, it was able to deceive people like Hei Lou Lan, but it failed to deceive Giant Sun's will.
Even though when Fang Yuan explored the true inheritance secluded domain in secret, Giant Sun's will was asleep. But within the Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, there were many Gu worms that had recorded his actions.
Seeing the true face of Fang Yuan, Hei Lou Lan and Ma Hong Yun were unable to recognize him.
"So it turn out that this Chang Shan Yin was merely a fake! To actually infiltrate Imperial Court blessed land, he is extremely daring!" Hei Lou Lan let out a cold snort, sensing such a huge conspiracy, he could not help but be both startled and furious at once.
"He not only has guts, but he had also made ample preparations. Looking at the two methods he used to scheme against me, these are not something that one can accomplish on their own, there surely must be a larger force backing him. You two are my descendants; True Yang Building has been infiltrated by outsiders and is in deep trouble, I now need your strength." Giant Sun's will spoke.
Hei Lou Lan and Ma Hong Yun glanced at each other, both expressing their desire to cooperate with Giant Sun's will.
Giant Sun's will spoke concisely, in a short period of time, he was able to give a clear explanation.
"So it was like this." Hei Lou Lan came to a realization, and was now able to understand why True Yang Building helped Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
His heart jumped, Giant Sun's will's idea was for him to become Imperial Court blessed land's owner, that involved tremendous benefits.
"Imperial Court blessed land's ownership condition is special, the blessed land actually requires two owners. No wonder back then, when Giant Sun Immortal Venerable set up the sacred palace, he made it so that his empress could stay in it. He loved his empress very much, now it seems that the empress also had half the ownership of Imperial Court blessed land."
"Using false emotion fake will Gu to deceive the land spirit, this is quite a good idea. But this kid, how could he be selected to become Imperial Court blessed land's owner alongside me?"
Hei Lou Lan's eyes sparkled, shooting a glance toward Ma Hong Yun, concealing his deep disdain.
"Could it be that Ancestor Giant Sun thinks that he is an easier pawn to control?" Hei Lou Lan's gaze trembled, with Giant Sun's will present, he did not dare to do anything reckless.
Differing from Hei Lou Lan, Ma Hong Yun suddenly remembered something and shouted: "Wait a moment! Lady Xiao Yun and my wife Xiao Li are still outside, I do not want to be the owner of the blessed land, quickly let me out, I need to save them!"
Lady Xiao Yun naturally referred to Zhao Lian Yun.
His wife Xiao Li was Chang Li. Originally, Chang Biao, in order to coax Ma Ying Jie, allowed his adopted daughter Chang Li to be married off to Ma Hong Yun, consequently turning her into Ma Hong Yun's wife.
Giant Sun's will seemed to have taken a fancy to Ma Hong Yun, he laughed heartily: "Hahaha, caring for beautiful women, you are truly my descendant. Boy, once you become the owner of this blessed land, this will become your domain. Then, you will be able to have all the women you desire."
Ma Hong Yun stared blankly, before quickly shouting: "No, it's very dangerous outside, I have to go and save them both. No matter what this affair is, we can discuss it later. Release me outside, quickly let me go!"
"Foolish boy, relying on your own strength, you can barely defend yourself, how can you defend other people?" Giant Sun's will laughed. "Be obedient and stay here, cooperate and become the owner of Imperial Court blessed land. I will be the one to save your women."
Giant Sun's will moved rapidly without delay, starting to act the moment he finished speaking.
Great numbers of Gu Masters were in the True Yang Building, and almost all of them were Giant Sun's descendants.
These were his descendants, Eighty-Eight True Yang Building was built for their sake, as an inheritance for his descendants.
Naturally, not all of his descendants had the aptitude to become Gu Masters, Giant Sun's will had not made a move to save those.
Fang Yuan had a panoramic view of this scene.
"Giant Sun's will made a move, this time, many people were taken into the building." Within his mind, Mo Yao's will spoke.
Fang Yuan sat still on the back of an azure wolf king, floating at a high altitude in the sky, gazing at the distant sacred palace.
But it was a huge distance away from his original location.
The power of the calamities and tribulations getting more fearsome, Fang Yuan, in order to avoid the disaster, could only retreat.
In the surroundings of the sacred palace, the heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities continued to increase in power, the area was already extremely dangerous. This Frost Jade Peacock was putting in a last ditch attempt, even the once in ten years blizzard of the northern plains was attracted over.
Now the sacred palace had mostly been destroyed, the broken walls scattered in the wind, its former splendor nowhere to be seen.
Eighty-Eight True Yang Building was in a terrible state, it was wrapped in layers of heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities. Inside it were the chaotic lightning balls and restraining smoke, while outside was the raging blizzard that was getting stronger.
"Giant Sun's will has already awakened, he definitely wants you dead, it's a blessing that he isn't targeting you now; he absolutely won't come and save us. We should retreat and return to Water Pavilion. Within Water Pavilion, there is some immortal essence that I have left behind in the past, you can use them to move the Gu House. You can return to central continent, and when you return Water Pavilion to Spirit Affinity House, you will receive more benefits than you can imagine, there is no need for you to take a risk here." Within his mind, Mo Yao continued to coax him.
Things had already progressed this far, the entire Imperial Court blessed land had been affected, Giant Sun's will had already awakened, Water Pavilion was still hidden; while True Yang Building was suppressed by the heaven tribulations and earthly calamities, it was a great opportunity to retreat.
"Retreat?" Fang Yuan's eyes were cold and detached, his line of sight turning towards the glass owner token in his hands as he sneered softly.
He gripped the glass owner token tightly.
This was a crucial trump card he had not expended yet.
Central continent Gu Immortals left behind three methods to deal with Giant Sun's will.
The first was the Gu formation of special will Gu, effective in dealing with Giant Sun's will. The second method was a sealing Gu formation, which could temporarily seal the yellow apricot immortal essence left behind by Giant Sun Immortal Venerable.
The third method was even more hidden but had greater power, it could temporarily expel Giant Sun's will from the True Yang Building!
The glass owner token was the key to all three of these methods.
Now, both the first and second methods were already used, only the third method was left.
But this third method was much stronger compared with the first two methods, it could be said to be a trump card!
Especially at this moment.
Eighty-Eight True Yang Building was wrapped in heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities, once Giant Sun's will gets temporarily separated from the building, he would definitely suffer the fearsome attack of the heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities!
Mo Yao's plan was indeed mature and stable, but great risks come with great rewards.
Meanwhile, in True Yang Building.
Chang Li and Zhao Lian Yun were brought into the building by Giant Sun's will, appearing in front of Ma Hong Yun.
"Lady Xiao Yun, my wife Xiao Li!" Ma Hong Yun was jubilant, and dashed towards them.
"Husband!" Chang Li was happy to have escaped danger, and threw herself into Ma Hong Yun's arms.
Zhao Lian Yun also moved quickly towards Ma Hong Yun's side, her face also full of joy from having returned from death's door, she lightly kicked Ma Hong Yun's leg: "Foolish kid, unexpectedly, you were useful for once."
"Hahaha, it's only natural." Ma Hong Yun loosened his hug and cordially looked towards Giant Sun's will floating in midair, and expressed his gratitude, "Thank you, old ancestor."
Just as he said that, suddenly, a violent tremor occurred.
For a moment, the entire forest shook.
"What's going on?" Chang Li and Zhao Lian Yun both turned pale.
"Alright, enough nonsense, the heavenly tribulations and earthly calamities are getting more and more severe, eventually, even Eighty-Eight True Yang Building will no longer be able to resist. You must become Imperial Court blessed land's owners as soon as possible." The complexion of Giant Sun's will's changed as he spoke.
Bam bam bam...
A group of large treemen moved slowly, each footstep they took sounding like thunder.
The treemen lowered their waists, opening their branch-like palms, revealing the giant immobilized peacock.
"This is the land spirit of Imperial Court blessed land, Frost Jade Peacock!" Giant Sun's will introduced, while at the same time, false emotion fake will Gu flew towards the Frost Jade Peacock.
Hei Lou Lan and Ma Hong Yun stood before the Frost Jade Peacock, as the false emotion fake will Gu let out a yellow light that resembled a fog, gradually enshrouding Hei Lou Lan, Ma Hong Yun and the Frost Jade Peacock.
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