Fang Yuan explained a great deal to Tai Bai Yun Sheng about "their master," the True Purple Mountain Monarch. Respect, admiration, and excitement appeared on Tai Bai Yun Sheng's face.
And when Fang Yuan told him that he was dissatisfied with being merely his senior brother just because he had become a Gu Immortal first, Tai Bai Yun Sheng's heart warmed. The last trace of doubt in his heart vanished.
Fang Yuan took out a large number of mortal Gu and handed them to Tai Bai Yun Sheng, saying, "Take these Gu worms, old man, and don't die too early." Fang Yuan's expression was arrogant, causing Tai Bai Yun Sheng to laugh happily.
"Little junior brother, thank you for your gift. Now, what should I do to make up for what I have done?" Tai Bai Yun Sheng stored the Gu worms after inspecting them and asked guiltily.
Fang Yuan snorted angrily and said, "Old man, you are truly shameless. If you want to make up for your mistake, then you must cooperate with me to finish what you started!"
Tai Bai Yun Sheng was stunned and could not help but shout, "You want to destroy Eighty-Eight True Yang Building and Imperial Court blessed land?!… But Giant Sun's will—"
Fang Yuan interrupted him. "Things have already reached this point because of you. We cannot retreat or leave Imperial Court blessed land, and once Giant Sun's will finishes dealing with the earthly calamity and heavenly tribulation, we will be meat on the chopping block!"
Tai Bai Yun Sheng understood their situation from Fang Yuan's words.
"Brother, I understand our predicament, but how do you intend to destroy Eighty-Eight True Yang Building when you are still a mortal Gu Master, and I am merely a newly advanced Gu Immortal without suitable methods?… Wait, did Master give you a way?!"
Tai Bai Yun Sheng had immense confidence in the True Purple Mountain Monarch. Without question, their master would not send his disciple without a contingency plan.
Fang Yuan smiled.
"Master already anticipated this, but he did not expect the cause to be you—he expected it to be the land spirit. But do not worry, this situation can be resolved by borrowing the power of the earthly calamity and heavenly tribulation."
"But the earthly calamity and heavenly tribulation are about to end!" Tai Bai Yun Sheng shouted as though he wanted to slap Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan laughed heartily and struck his chest several times with an arrogant manner.
"Old man, you are truly short-sighted!… What if there are not enough earthly calamities and heavenly tribulations?… All I have to do is create more!"
Tai Bai Yun Sheng was shocked for a while before regaining the ability to speak. In a tense voice, he said, "Little brother, this is an enormous risk. Advancing to Gu Immortal in this situation is courting death itself!"
Fang Yuan snorted disdainfully.
"Old man, I am not useless like you. I can become a Gu Immortal even while sleeping!… It is not as though my accumulation is weak or that I lack experience. I have been preparing for this moment for a very long time, and immortal ascension in such a desperate situation sounds like a wonderful experience!"
Fang Yuan displayed an arrogant attitude that seemed unconcerned with danger, but in reality, he had long planned for his immortal ascension and had thoroughly prepared for it. This carefree attitude was merely a mask for his true personality.
Outside Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, Giant Sun's will was confronting the earthly calamity and heavenly tribulation head-on.
Dozens of lightning balls flew toward Eighty-Eight True Yang Building and crashed into it, blasting apart countless Gu worm corpses.
Giant Sun's will roared in anger.
The lightning balls on the outskirts were swept away. His arm transformed into a golden hammer, and with a single swing, the gray smoke surrounding Eighty-Eight True Yang Building was dispersed.
However, the earthly calamity and heavenly tribulation had not ended.
"That bastard has already subdued the land spirit and established a formation to draw heaven and earth qi from the outside world!… With this endless amount of heaven and earth qi, the earthly calamity and heavenly tribulation will not end anytime soon!"
Giant Sun's will was extremely anxious.
"Ancestor, save me!"
A Gu Master from Giant Sun's bloodline screamed when one of the lightning balls was about to hit him.
Giant Sun saw this, but before he could take action, his descendant's body exploded.
"This will not do. I must move them inside!"
With a thought, Giant Sun's will transferred all the Gu Masters of his bloodline away. But when he attempted to enter Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, he was rejected!
"You are truly audacious and deserve death!"
Fang Yuan's image appeared in Giant Sun's will's mind, and he could not help but roar. If he had possessed a real body, he would have coughed blood from rage.
The chaotic lightning balls struck Giant Sun's will and exploded, destroying portions of the giant will and causing its body to slowly shrink.
The gray smoke also transformed into something resembling a serpent and coiled around Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, destroying countless mortal Gu worms and even injuring some Immortal Gu.
Seeing this, Giant Sun's will could not help but curse inwardly while destroying more lightning balls.
Giant Sun's will possessed no Immortal Gu to use. Fang Yuan had plundered every Immortal Gu within the isolated inheritance domain, making Giant Sun's will far weaker than it had been in Fang Yuan's previous life.
Furthermore, the land spirit was free and had taken control of an Immortal Gu formation, maintaining an endless flow of heaven and earth qi within Imperial Court blessed land, making Giant Sun's will's situation exceedingly difficult.
And on top of all this, Fang Yuan had been scheming relentlessly ever since entering Imperial Court blessed land, making things anything but easy for him.
Inside Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, Hei Lou Lan stumbled because of an obstacle in her path and fell.
She was stunned for a moment and could not help but look at what had caused her fall, only to discover that it was a rank three Gu Master. This Gu Master was a young man with thick hair and a simple, foolish-looking face.
The Gu Master immediately got up and asked Hei Lou Lan,
"Who are you? Where is Lady Zhao?!"
"No, it doesn't matter what your name is. I need to find Lady Zhao!"
Ma Hong Yun hurried away, leaving behind a dumbfounded Hei Lou Lan, who could not believe this person's stupidity.
Then anger flared within her, and she wanted to seize Ma Hong Yun and tear him apart.
However, the moment she moved, Eighty-Eight True Yang Building shook violently!
Through the owner token, Hei Lou Lan saw the cause and could not help but cry out in shock.
Within one of the rounds inside Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, Fang Yuan had shattered his first aperture and begun the first step of immortal ascension!
But he was not satisfied with just that.
He shattered his second aperture as well!