Inside one of the rooms deep within Dang Hun Mountain, a massive storage chamber had been formed for materials of every kind—blood, bones, herbs, water, even winds, flames, and all varieties of qi, alongside countless strange and bizarre resources.
Beside this storage room was a simple Gu refinement chamber, where Fang Yuan refined mortal Gu as casually as drinking water.
All-Out Effort Gu had been raised to rank five, and he had also refined rank five Group Strength Gu, Effort Gu, and Myriad Self Gu, alongside Bitter Strength Gu, Self Strength Gu, Self-Reliance Gu, Qi Strength Gu, and Six-Armed Heavenly Zombie Gu. In addition, there was Strong Flying Gu, rank five Metal Skin Gu, Dragon Strength Gu, alongside many Gu worms that belonged to the beast strength category.
And countless other strength path Gu worms.
At the same time, he had refined a large number of time path Gu worms as well!
Mountain As Before, River As Before, and Man As Before. The last one was Fang Yuan's modified version of the Gu, removing the flaw of being unable to heal oneself.
Alongside Summer Cicada, Dusk Arrival Gu, Time Rope Gu, and many other Gu worms that could be used in countless aspects.
After thinking it through, Fang Yuan chose to continue cultivating strength path alongside time path!
He now possessed two apertures and could cultivate two paths without any conflict in dao marks or anything of the sort!
Although strength path had declined, it was only because the resources had become ancient and extremely rare, causing many ancient Gu recipes to vanish, which eventually led to the decline of strength path.
But Fang Yuan lacked no Gu recipes, whether mortal or immortal!
Fang Yuan possessed a shocking number of ancient strength path Gu recipes, and with his great grandmaster attainment in strength path and supreme grandmaster attainment in refinement path, replacing extinct materials with currently existing ones was incredibly easy.
Furthermore, he possessed countless true inheritances!
Whether it was Shadow Sect's accumulation, his own accumulation gathered through researching different paths, or even the true inheritances contributed by the super forces of the five regions!
And among those true inheritances were many inheritances belonging to rank eight experts, or even rank nine Venerables!
It could be said that Fang Yuan himself was a walking treasury of inheritances!
Fang Yuan refocused on the main matter and grabbed All-Out Effort Gu before placing it into his second aperture. His second aperture was only at rank one, and Fang Yuan had not begun cultivating it yet, but he was not worried about that.
Fang Yuan took out three Green Copper Relic Gu that he had just refined and used them.
Immediately, his cultivation level rose to rank one peak stage. But Fang Yuan was not done yet. He sent a portion of his rank five peak stage primeval essence and instantly broke through to rank two.
Then he once again picked up Red Steel Relic Gu and raised the cultivation level of his second aperture to the peak stage before breaking through to rank three.
Fang Yuan repeated the process until the cultivation level of both apertures reached rank five peak stage!
Fang Yuan inspected his second aperture while sighing in admiration before sending all his strength path Gu into the second aperture, along with some Gu worms from other paths such as Soul Cleansing Gu, Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus Gu, and Liquid Metal Gu.
Fang Yuan felt extremely powerful now for a mortal Gu Master. Even if he faced a Gu Immortal, he believed he could fight for a long time without losing!
Of course, he would not be able to defeat a Gu Immortal, but he could force the battle into a stalemate.
This was the extent of his terrifying growth after merely one week of cultivation in the outside world!
Which meant that over a month and several days had passed inside Hu Immortal blessed land.
During these past weeks, Fang Yuan had remained in secluded cultivation the entire time, refining Gu and deducing the best way to manage the blessed land and resolve its issues. The last matter occupied only a small amount of his time, while the majority was focused on cultivation and increasing his strength, whether it was creating killer moves for both time path and strength path, dealing with Heaven's Will hidden inside Spring Autumn Cicada, or increasing the strength of his soul.
The Heaven's Will hidden inside Spring Autumn Cicada knew Fang Yuan's general circumstances, but not every detail, giving Fang Yuan a difficult opportunity to mislead it.
However, he was currently undergoing an extremely rapid and abnormal period of growth, and he had to eliminate the Heaven's Will inside Spring Autumn Cicada before the arrival of the sixth earthly calamity.
If the sixth earthly calamity arrived before he dispersed the Heaven's Will inside Spring Autumn Cicada, then he would undoubtedly be exposed.
At that time, the Heaven's Will inside Spring Autumn Cicada would resonate with the Heaven's Will controlling the sixth earthly calamity and connect with the outside world.
Fang Yuan possessed many solutions for this, some extremely ruthless and others difficult to execute.
But he did not wish to deal with any of them yet, as he still had many things to do.
"Land spirit, where are you?"
Fang Yuan spoke in a hoarse voice. Hu Immortal instantly appeared before him the moment he called.
"Master!..I'm here! I was worried you wouldn't summon me!"
Hu Immortal grabbed his black robe and buried her face within it, causing Fang Yuan to gently pat her head.
Hu Immortal wagged her tail and delivered her report to Fang Yuan.
"Master!..Immortal Crane Sect and many of the ten great ancient sects have sent you messages. Which one interests you the most?!"
"Oh? What did Immortal Crane Sect say?"
Fang Yuan became slightly curious. In his previous life, Immortal Crane Sect had not sent him any message until after he passed the sixth earthly calamity. But now, they had taken the initiative and contacted him.
The ten great ancient sects had done the same, sending congratulatory letters and the like.
"Master, Immortal Crane Sect invites you to hand over Fang Zheng and Lord Sky Crane, who was the nurturing soul inside Fang Zheng's aperture. In exchange, Immortal Crane Sect offers to trade with you using Gu worms such as Relic Gu, Spring Egg Gu, and many primeval stones."
Fang Yuan snorted disdainfully upon hearing the message.
He did not want to hand over Fang Zheng, but as for Lord Sky Crane, he could hand him over. As for trading with them, that was nearly impossible!
Immortal Crane Sect's goal was obvious. What they wanted was Dang Hun Mountain and Guts Gu. They certainly would not be satisfied with things like fox groups and rockmen.
Fang Yuan possessed the recipe for Airsac Gu and could transport Guts Gu outside Dang Hun Mountain, but did he possess enough strength to stop Immortal Crane Sect's greed?
Or did he possess enough strength to protect his life if Immortal Crane Sect came to deal with him?
The answer was no!
Fang Yuan did not care about something like the pride of a former Venerable. He was extremely clear about his current position and knew what he should and should not do.
Thus, taking things one step at a time with them was the best method.
Fang Yuan grabbed the information path Gu sent by Immortal Crane Sect and sent a reply stating that he was willing to hand over Lord Sky Crane, as well as trade with them using rockmen.
As for Fang Zheng, Fang Yuan wanted to spend more time with his younger brother. He had not seen him for many years and still had many things to teach him.
After handling this matter, Fang Yuan and Hu Immortal moved outside Dang Hun Mountain to establish an immortal formation using Dang Hun Mountain as the core of the formation!
Without a doubt, this was a massive project, but Fang Yuan had not spent the past month refining Gu for nothing.
Numerous Gu worms flew around Fang Yuan—Soul Cleansing Gu, White Lotus Silkworm Gu, and many Gu worms from different paths!
An immense mental burden was placed upon Fang Yuan, but he managed to hold on as he arranged the Gu worms into position while carefully manipulating the natural dao marks.
The space path dao marks within the blessed land connected with the soul path dao marks of Dang Hun Mountain through a mysterious connection as the formation gradually took shape.
After some time, sweat poured heavily from Fang Yuan's forehead, but he persevered and finally completed the formation!
Fang Yuan collapsed atop Dang Hun Mountain, and even Hu Immortal hurried over to inspect him anxiously and ask:
"Master, is there anything I can do for you?!"
Tears gradually formed within her large watery eyes, but Fang Yuan smiled and pointed toward the formation.
"Activate the formation gradually, and also remove the suppression on Dang Hun Mountain."
Fang Yuan watched as Hu Immortal flew over and spent four beads of green grape immortal essence to activate the Dang Hun formation.
In the next moment, the central region of the blessed land trembled from the resonance of the souls of all living beings around Dang Hun Mountain.
But Hu Immortal could sense that if she wished, she could focus this power on any location within the blessed land!
"Hu Immortal, try using this formation on the Blue Charm Lightning Shadow in the northern region of the blessed land!"
Fang Yuan stood up and watched Hu Immortal's expression twist as she maintained the activation of the formation and concentrated Dang Hun Mountain's power into one location.
At the same time, images of the northern region appeared, where the Blue Charm Lightning Shadow was moving.
The Blue Charm Lightning Shadow had been calm, but when it sensed the shockwave resonance from Dang Hun Mountain, it immediately began attacking the fox corpses and overflowing waters like a mad beast.
Fang Yuan observed patiently, and when he sensed the overwhelming aura of the attack, he focused all his attention on the Blue Charm Lightning Shadow.
The shockwave shook the lightning shadows forming the Blue Charm Lightning Shadow, and for a moment, the lightning shadow dispersed and turned into mere currents of lightning.
But when it attempted to reform itself while releasing a nearly human scream, Dang Hun Mountain released a melodious ringing sound.
The soul of the Blue Charm Lightning Shadow was instantly destroyed, turning into mere currents of lightning that quickly scattered apart.
"Good formation. With the disappearance of the Blue Charm Lightning Shadow, the hidden threat within the blessed land has been removed, and I can begin developing it now!"
Fang Yuan was extremely satisfied with this formation.