The blessed land shattered.
It began with a distant rumble—low and deep, like the growl of a beast beneath the earth's skin. San Cha Mountain trembled. Cracks webbed across its slopes. The sky above darkened, as if heaven itself mourned what had occurred.
The winds of assimilation blew through the battlefield like judgment.
"He vanished!"
"Where did he go?!"
"That light—he really used the Fixed Immortal Travel Gu!"
The crowd broke into chaos. Shouts turned to screams as the blessed land ruptured. Walls of collapsing space caved in from all sides. Heaven and earth twisted like melting wax.
"Run! The entire land is falling!"
"Get to the outer passage!"
"Wind of assimilation! It's tearing apart the realm!"
Dozens of Gu Masters scattered. The righteous, the demonic, the neutral—all fled. Pride, morality, loyalty—they meant nothing in the face of absolute destruction. Even the famed experts panicked, their composure shredded.
Meanwhile, in a different region of the Central Continent...
A flash of jade light tore across the sky like a bolt of fate.
Far above Hu Immortal Blessed Land, the light shimmered and twisted into a human shape—then exploded outward in a ring of spatial ripples.
A naked man emerged mid-air.
Muscles like coiled steel. Scars like ancient ink. Every inch of his body radiated experience—wars fought, lives taken, betrayals endured.
Fang Yuan.
His feet landed atop Dang Hun Mountain with a whisper of wind, yet the pressure in the air changed entirely. Time itself seemed to pause.
Below him, a tense competition was in full climax.
Fang Zheng gasped, blood on his lips. His body trembled as he clung to a cliff's edge, moments from victory. Yet all the fight had drained from his limbs.
And above him, hands pressed firmly on the ledge, was—
Feng Jin Huang.
Her golden robes clung to her soaked figure. Her expression was twisted in determination. Her body, already burning from within due to Dream Wings Gu, trembled with every breath.
"I am… the great Feng Jin Huang…" she muttered through gritted teeth. "I've never lost. I won't start now."
She pushed upward—one last effort.
But her strength was failing.
Dream Wings Immortal Gu shimmered behind her back, feathers of pure dream essence flickering with every pulse. She had already paid the price—sacrificing her soul's stability to use an Immortal Gu as a mortal.
At that precise moment, the flash of jade light arrived.
All eyes turned upward.
A naked man stood at the peak.
"B-Brother…?" Fang Zheng gasped in disbelief, his grip slipping.
Feng Jin Huang's eyes widened.
Her entire body froze.
Fang Yuan looked down at her. His gaze was clinical. Curious. Distant.
"So I really arrived here. Hmph. Seems Fixed Immortal Travel Gu can't bring clothes."
The Gu Immortals floating in the distance stared in shock.
"Who… Who is that?!"
"That man... the aura just vanished—there's no trace!"
"He's completely mortal in aura, yet… why does my soul tremble just looking at him?"
Fang Yuan didn't even bother to explain. He looked at Feng Jin Huang with slight amusement and thought 'So you're the one. Future Great Dream Immortal Venerable.'
Her pupils dilated. "You—!"
"Pity," Fang Yuan said calmly, "I can't kill you yet."
And then—he raised one foot.
Feng Jin Huang didn't react in time.
He stomped on her head, forcing her over the cliff's edge.
She tumbled down, falling past Fang Zheng's frozen expression. Her Dream Wings flickered once, briefly trying to stabilize her.
But her soul was already unstable.
She vanished from sight below the cliff.
Gasps echoed.
Even the Gu Immortals watching from above couldn't comprehend what had just happened.
"Did… did that mortal just stomp Feng Jin Huang?!"
"She's the strongest genius in the Five Regions!"
"Just who in the world is he?!"
Fang Yuan turned to the edge of the peak and gazed outward.
He saw the familiar features of Hu Immortal Blessed Land. The air was tinged with dream essence. Dang Hun Mountain loomed behind him, its aura twisted and strange.
He turned his head slightly.
"Little Hu Immortal. Aren't you calling me your master?"
A soft voice squeaked.
"M-Master…!" The land spirit appeared. She was a small girl, dressed in silken robes, eyes wide and glimmering like crystal marbles. Her cheeks turned crimson the moment she saw his bare body.
"At least wear something! You're too old to be like this!"
Fang Yuan smirked. "I'll take care of that soon. But first—evacuate everyone. Close the land. And bring me the Gut Gu."
The land spirit nodded frantically. "Yes, Master!"
A moment later, the platform emptied.
The other participants vanished—teleported outside the blessed land with stunned expressions. The doors sealed behind them, locking the entire region in isolation.
"Here, Master." Little Hu Immortal pointed to a rough stone-shaped Gu nestled in a jade pedestal. "This is the Gut Gu. You just need to crush it."
Fang Yuan crushed one. A pulse of soul force entered his core.
He crushed another. Then another. He continued until fifty had been consumed.
His soul quivered—dense and unshakable.
Even with Ra now residing inside him, Fang Yuan took no risks. Strengthening the soul was not an option—it was a necessity.
After that, he handed the fluttering green-winged Gu to the land spirit.
"Store this," he ordered.
She gasped in awe. "Isn't this… Fixed Immortal Travel Gu?! So beautiful… Master, you really are rich!"
"Keep it safe."
She nodded and teleported the Gu to a secure vault.
Then Fang Yuan looked at her. "Bring me to the refinement area."
She teleported him to the Refinement Area
Then she asked, "What will you be refining, Master?"
Fang Yuan retrieved four gourds from his storage aperture.
He uncorked one. Inside was burning starlight liquefied into celestial essence—Top-Tier Immortal Wine, harvested over a dozen lifetimes.
He drank it in a single breath.
His skin shimmered. Dao marks humming across his skin in resonant reply
The Divine Travel Gu flickered—then pulsed with stability..
Seeing the refinement, she quickly exclaimed, " Oh master, He..He is refining an immortal Gu. None other than Divine travel GU"
Although she is a land spirit, she clearly knows about "Legend of Renzu," seeing a legendary refinement, she was also on edge
The Divine Travel Gu trembled. Its Möbius-shaped form pulsed like a breathing thing.
Again. And again.
Each wine added more clarity. More resonance.
At the final drink, the Gu transformed fully.
It floated upward, surrounded by a halo of silver and blue spatial lines. Dreamlike. Divine.
Refinement complete.
Fang Yuan extended his hand. The Divine Travel Immortal Gu floated down, responding to his will.
He nodded.
"Four wines. Four steps. One path across ten thousand li."
Then exhaustion hit him.
He stumbled slightly. The strain from the last hour—refining two Immortal Gu, escaping a collapsing realm, fighting heavenly tribulations—finally caught up.
"Little Hu, send me to rest."
The land spirit guided him away to the Dang Hun Palace's main bedchamber.
Curtains of pink silk swayed in the gentle wind. The air was filled with fragrant incense. The walls glittered with golden bricks. Beds of cloud-fabric and spirit jade lined the chamber.
Fang Yuan sank into the round bed, designed to accommodate dozens.
His limbs were numb. His vision blurred.
But his mind—
His mind burned like a wildfire.
There was no stopping now.
Even if he slept, he dreamed of the path ahead.
Immortality.
Domination.
A legacy that would eclipse even Ren Zu's.
He closed his eyes.
And the continent, unknowingly, entered a new era.