Since Gu Yue Qingzhuo became an Immortal, Clan Leader, Feng Tianyu, Red Snake, and Desolate Dust have also successively become Gu Immortals.
Thanks to that Rank Seven human qi immortal gu, all four of them were situated in high-grade blessed lands, but in the end, only Clan Leader managed to refine a rank six immortal gu—Shift.
Feng Tianyu also had a chance to refine an immortal gu, but unfortunately, the Gu worm he selected had already appeared in the world. Since immortal gu are unique, Feng Tianyu could only fail helplessly.
However, after becoming a Gu Immortal, he broke free from the shackles of the Rank Five slave gu and regained his freedom.
Even so, his loyalty to Fang Yuan remained unwavering—after all, he was a great man who refined an immortal gu with a Mortal body, worthy of eternal pursuit.
After this event, the number of Gu Immortals in the Gu Yue Clan reached twelve: Fang Yuan, Yuan Fang, Fang Zheng, Avatar, Clan Leader, Red Snake, Desolate Dust, Feng Tianyu, Qing Shu, Lin Hong, Xiao Mang, and Great White Cloud Life.
Unfortunately, no one in the clan has yet been able to break through to the Rank Seven Realm.
Even so, the current Gu Yue Clan is already a super force that cannot be underestimated.
At this moment, Yuan Fang, the one with the highest cultivation in the clan, is facing a severe test of an Earth Tribulation.
One must know that a Rank Six Gu Immortal must undergo three Heavenly Tribulations and twenty-seven Earth Tribulations; only by passing three Heavenly Tribulations can one truly step into the Rank Seven Realm.
Yuan Fang did not dare to be negligent and immediately began preparing to deal with the Earth Tribulation before him, while also starting to research a brand new Killer Move.
Meanwhile, in the Western Cloud Continent of Yuan Fang Blessed Land, a bloody massacre was taking place.
Jiang Xiaobai slaughtered three villages and refined over two hundred Rank Three Blade Wing Blood Bats.
This force was equivalent to over two hundred Hundred Beast Kings, or nearly a thousand Rank Two Gu Masters, enough to sweep across a region.
"Jiang Xiaobai! How can you slaughter the innocent like this? They have no grievances with you, how can you bring yourself to do it?" Ancient Moon Deep Love's voice was full of grief, indignation, and confusion.
Jiang Xiaobai didn't care at all, his tone cold:
"My strength has already recovered. Not killing you is the first exception I've made in my life."
After slaughtering the Feathered Men village before him, he ordered the army of Blade Wing Blood Bats to pounce on the blood and flesh covering the ground. The corpses of these hundreds of people were enough for them to feast on for half a month.
This village only had ten Rank Two resident Gu Masters; they were vulnerable before him and were easily slaughtered to the last man.
The government soon noticed Jiang Xiaobai's existence and sent five successive batches of constables to capture him, but they returned in defeat every time.
A few unlucky constables even became souls under Jiang Xiaobai's blade, turning into dinner for the blood bats.
With no other choice, the government had to issue a bounty:
For capturing Jiang Xiaobai alive, a reward of fifty thousand primeval stones; for killing him, a reward of forty thousand primeval stones.
Under the heavy reward, Jiang Xiaobai instantly became a public enemy hunted by both the Righteous Path and the Demonic Path.
However, Jiang Xiaobai's strength was far beyond imagination. While being wanted, he actually broke through to the Rank Four Gu Master Realm in one fell swoop, his cultivation speed being nothing short of miraculous.
Not only that, he also refined the Rank Four blood needle gu, Rank Three blood wing gu, and Rank Three blood qi gu.
Even more shocking was that he seemed naturally proficient in the art of flight; in just a few months, he had reached the level of a flight quasi-Master, truly a heavenly genius.
As a result, neither the Stone Men and Inkmen on the ground nor the Feathered Men in the sky could do anything to him.
Jiang Xiaobai killed with increasing fervor, slaughtering over a thousand people in a short period of time.
This number of over a thousand people might seem small, but in a small and sparsely populated place like Yuan Fang Blessed Land, its destructive power was comparable to ten million people in the outside world.
Relying on the evil cultivation characteristics of the Blood Path, although Jiang Xiaobai was only at Rank Four initial stage, he could kill Rank Four high stage Gu Masters across levels, and even calmly escape the pursuit of Rank Five Gu Masters.
Facing this murderous demon, the three major forces of the Western Cloud Continent—Cloud Palace, Wulei Sect, and the Underground Royal Court—had to unite, gathering heroes from all directions to jointly crusade against Jiang Xiaobai.
At this time, another Rank Five Gu Master was added to the Western Cloud Continent—the King of the Stone Man Royal Court, Rock Desolation.
Combined with the Rank Five middle stage Feathered Men Saint King, Yu An, Jiang Xiaobai, a mere Rank Four Gu Master, actually had to face two Rank Five powerhouses at once. It could be said he was reaping what he sowed, his doom inevitable.
Although Jiang Xiaobai was a Blood Path Gu Master, his cultivation was after all only at Rank Four initial stage. In an encirclement battle, he was quickly defeated and trapped on Demon Slaying Heaven Mountain.
"Devil Head! To raise Gu, you brutally murdered over a thousand innocent lives! Today, I will surely trample your demon cave!"
"Devil Head! He who commits many injustices will surely bring about his own destruction! Today you have no escape! If you lay down your blade, I may still deal with you leniently!"
"Jiang Xiaobai! You damned executioner! Three months ago, you exterminated my entire clan! Today, I want you to pay back your blood debt!"
Amidst the indignant curses of the crowd, Jiang Xiaobai stood with his black robes stained with blood, leaning against the mountain wall.
Ancient Moon Deep Love snuggled closely beside him; he held a blood-colored long saber, and facing thousands of troops, the two of them did not change expression, their countenances indifferent.
"Green mountains and setting sun, autumn moon and spring breeze; truly, hair like silk in the morning turns to snow by evening, and success or failure vanishes in the blink of an eye." Jiang Xiaobai suddenly spoke, his voice calm and without ripples:
"Ancient Moon Deep Love, the situation is set, today is certain death. Can you tell me, what exactly is your purpose?"
Ancient Moon Deep Love was a head shorter than Jiang Xiaobai; she held Jiang Xiaobai's left arm with both hands, her plain clothes also stained with blood.
The cold wind brushed her soft hair as she raised her beautiful eyes to gaze at Jiang Xiaobai:
"Jiang Xiaobai, is this really your name?"
Jiang Xiaobai smiled slightly, not surprised at all:
"My real name is Li Seek Defeat. Let's get reacquainted; you are the only person for whom I cannot feel the intent to kill."
Starlight flickered in Ancient Moon Deep Love's beautiful eyes as she looked up into Li Seek Defeat's blood-red, bloodthirsty eyes and whispered:
"Li Seek Defeat, there is a Gu inside your body. A rank six immortal gu, and I came specifically for it."
Li Seek Defeat looked down at the beauty in his arms, a hint of playfulness flashing in his eyes:
"How did you find out? And how do you plan to get it? You look unpleasant yet very pleasant to the eye; whatever you want to do, I will help you this once."
Ancient Moon Deep Love did not answer, but simply took out a dozen or so green grape immortal essence from her bosom.
That immortal essence was as crystal clear as jade, emitting a warm luster. Although Li Seek Defeat did not recognize this item, he had heard a little about it.
"This is green grape immortal essence, I will use it to refine the immortal gu on your body." Ancient Moon Deep Love's voice was soft, yet carried an unquestionable determination.
Li Seek Defeat's heart tightened; although he didn't know the specific appearance of green grape immortal essence, he understood the preciousness of this item.
He didn't know where Ancient Moon Deep Love's immortal essence came from, but he knew that he was likely doomed today.
Oh well, to be able to see this immortal gu that has accompanied him for many years with his own eyes before death could be considered a life not lived in vain.
Over these years, he had already vaguely felt the existence of the immortal gu—otherwise, how could he have refined Mortal Gu in an instant?
Meanwhile, in the Heavenly Palace, Yuan Fang was leisurely sipping fragrant tea. A stunningly beautiful youth dressed in bright clothes walked quickly to him; it was Ma Hong Yun.
He unfurled the scroll in his hand and said respectfully:
"Master, the Bubble Fish have laid eggs, currently totaling over two hundred thousand. Also, Little Ink just saw in Treasure Yellow Heaven that Zhao Liu's Hairy People have dropped in price; a hundred old Hairy People only cost two immortal essence stones."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Fang immediately beamed with joy:
"Two hundred thousand Bubble Fish eggs! Haha, I can earn quite a few immortal essence stones now! Old Hairy People have actually dropped in price too! The heavens have eyes! Hong Yun, quick! Quick... cough cough... cough cough... go buy the old Hairy People! Buy as many as there are! My immortal essence stones are finally going to be put to use!"
He was so excited that he couldn't stop coughing, and just as he finished speaking, news arrived:
Little Ink had already snatched up one thousand two hundred old Hairy People, every single one of them a Refinement Path Great Master.
Yuan Fang smiled like a frog in heat and was just about to reward himself when he suddenly received an emergency transmission:
"Your malice immortal gu is being refined, refinement progress seventy-three percent."
"Holy shit! What's going on?!" Yuan Fang's face changed drastically, his previous wild joy instantly vanishing, leaving only endless shock and fury.
He immediately activated the Roaming the World immortal gu, his figure turning into a wave of water as he sped towards the direction of Demon Slaying Heaven Mountain, moving without a trace, racing against time.
In the next moment, on the slopes of Demon Slaying Heaven Mountain, Yuan Fang's aura suddenly released, his pressure instantly enveloping the entire field!
Yu An murmured in a daze: "This... could this be... a legendary Immortal?"
Rock Desolation stood even more frozen in place, his whole body trembling with excitement. Everyone looked at Yuan Fang, their eyes revealing complex expressions of longing, worship, doubt, surprise, and awe.
Yuan Fang didn't care about these gazes at all; with a casual grab, he lifted Li Seek Defeat and Ancient Moon Deep Love into the air.
However, when he clearly saw the auras of the two, he couldn't help but be stunned:
"These two... shouldn't they be from the Central Continent? How could they appear here?"
He felt carefully for a moment and then understood in his heart. It turned out that this Li Seek Defeat was actually the Immortal material he had refined back then to build the human sovereign banner.
And the malice immortal gu on Li Seek Defeat's body was precisely what he had personally planted.
Speaking of which, if one were to really talk about origins, this Li Seek Defeat could be considered his'son', just without a mother.
Yuan Fang never expected that in such a short time, Li Seek Defeat could actually grow to such an extent, even becoming a public enemy of the Western Cloud Continent!
Yuan Fang's heart stirred, and he instantly understood Li Seek Defeat's role—the key step for the human sovereign banner was precisely needing a 'True Demon Soul'.
What kind of person could be considered a true demon? People like Wang Da and Wei Yang were simply not worthy of being called Devil Heads. A true Devil Head should be like Fang Yuan or Bai Ning Bing.
It seemed that Li Seek Defeat's demonic nature was sufficient.
He just wondered if he would still be so black-bellied without the malice immortal gu. However, for now, the malice immortal gu must not be lost.
Yuan Fang knew that now was not the time to harvest; Li Seek Defeat could not die.
He raised a finger, and a Legacy of the Blood Path Mortal-level Killer Move, 'Blood Light Flight', was directly poured into Li Seek Defeat's mind.
After imparting the Killer Move, Yuan Fang unceremoniously took back his malice immortal gu.
He cast a deep look at Ancient Moon Deep Love and thought to himself:
"This little girl was probably sent by her father, Gu Yue Fuqi. As a Rank Five Gu Master, it's not surprising that Gu Yue Fuqi could discover the existence of an immortal gu."
"As for the origin of that green grape immortal essence, perhaps someone refined a heaven connecting gu and communicated with Treasure Yellow Heaven."
As for why Ancient Moon Deep Love chose to refine the immortal gu at this specific time, perhaps the timing wasn't right, or perhaps she didn't have full confidence.
But all of this was no longer important.
Carrying the malice immortal gu, Yuan Fang turned and left directly, leaving behind the shocked crowd and the pensive Li Seek Defeat and Ancient Moon Deep Love, who was holding his arm.