Beneath the main hall, beside the deep, quiet underground origin spring, mist swirled.
Cui Zi Wai froze in place, unable to move. His dazzling golden hair fell smoothly, perfectly covering the undisguised shock and astonishment on his face.
Although he was an otherworldly demon and not a native Gu Master, he had carefully studied the legend of human ancestor, which was widely circulated in the Gu World, during his life.
He was already familiar with the legendary figures recorded in the book, and naturally knew the weight that the four words 'Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower' carried.
Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower was the sixth daughter of Ren Zu.
Ren Zu's ten sons and ten daughters were famous throughout history, and those still known today include:
First son Great Sun Yang Mang, second daughter Gu Yue Yin Huang, third son Beiming Ice Soul, fourth daughter Forest Sea Reincarnation, fifth son Yanhuang Leize, sixth daughter Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower, seventh son Great Strength True Martial, eighth daughter Xiaoyao Zhixin, ninth son Houtu Yuanyang, and tenth daughter Universe Great Evolution.
And in every word of the legend of human ancestor, Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower was clearly recorded as the most beautiful of Ren Zu's ten children.
She possessed peerless beauty that made heaven and earth lose their luster and was breathtaking, recognized as the 'Incarnation of Beauty' in the entire Gu World.
Legend has it that she was innocent and pure-hearted, with a childlike curiosity for everything in the world.
Her birth was inherently linked to the Wealth Gu in Ren Zu's hand, naturally having an indissoluble bond with the gold dao.
In ancient stories, young Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower once looked up with her tender face, innocently asking the Supreme Fate Gu:
"You are only the size of my palm, why are those Feathered Men so afraid of you?"
Fate Gu slowly smiled: "Because they all yearn for freedom, and I, Fate, am born to bind them and restrict them."
Later, she and the fifth son, Yanhuang Leize, were ruthlessly thrown into the Primordial Azure Heaven by Fate Gu.
In that treacherous world, Yanhuang Leize, in a powerful alliance with Lightning Gu and Hatred Gu, forcibly broke through the Primordial Azure Heaven, but he himself ended up severely wounded and exhausted.
To protect herself, he used his last bit of strength to violently push Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower out of the Primordial White Heaven, leaving her alone to fall into the boundless, dark, and silent Primordial Black Heaven.
In that silent world where even light did not exist, Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower struggled alone, stumbling and surviving in the endless darkness.
She resisted tenaciously, engaging in a tragic battle with the ancient year snake groups entrenched there.
But ultimately, she was outnumbered and collapsed from exhaustion, eventually being swallowed whole by a ferocious ancient year snake.
A generation of brilliance thus perished, leaving behind only a lamentable legend.
And the Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower Physique that Cui Zi Wai currently possessed was an extremely rare top-tier Physique.
Ordinary Gu Masters, throughout their lives, even with A-grade aptitude, could at most condense 99% of their primeval essence, while Ten Extremes Physique was born with 100% Perfection.
Whether it was primeval essence recovery speed, cultivation speed, injury recovery ability, or combat strength within the same Realm, it could completely overpower Gu Masters of other Aptitudes, truly peerless among those of the same rank.
Of course, these Heaven-Defying benefits were not that important to Fang Yuan.
What he truly valued was the Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower Physique itself.
Fang Yuan held the life and death immortal aperture, a Heaven-Defying method.
He could completely make a move first, use Relic Gu to push Cui Zi Wai's cultivation all the way to Rank Five Peak, and then exhaust his own foundation and resources to fully help him Undergo Tribulation for Immortal Ascension.
As long as no accidents occurred, after Undergoing Tribulation for Immortal Ascension, Cui Zi Wai would naturally and logically become a genuine rank six Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower Gu Immortal.
Once Cui Zi Wai successfully achieved Immortal Ascension, Fang Yuan would immediately act to refine him into a Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower Immortal Zombie.
In this way, his long-desired Ten Extremes Physique life and death immortal aperture would be firmly in his grasp.
Fang Yuan already possessed two dead immortal apertures. With Cui Zi Wai's Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower Physique, and his adopted son Gu Yue Lin Xiang who had already achieved Immortal Ascension, he would then gather a dual Ten Extremes Physique life and death immortal aperture.
Gu Yue Lin Xiang possessed the Universe Great Evolution Body, naturally suited for Rule Path; Cui Zi Wai possessed the Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower Physique, most suitable for cultivating the gold dao.
The only pity was that Fang Yuan had yet to find a Great Strength True Martial Body. He himself was a Strength Path Gu Immortal and did not directly align with Rule Path and gold dao.
But if he could truly control both the Universe Great Evolution Body and the Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower Physique, Fang Yuan did not lack the thought of switching to other factions and forging a new path.
However, to truly make the dual Ten Extremes Physique life and death immortal aperture his own, the most difficult hurdle, although hope had been seen, the prerequisite step had not yet been crossed.
That was — Fang Yuan, to this day, still did not have a stable and reliable method to transform himself from an Immortal Zombie back into a normal Gu Immortal.
In the original trajectory, Fang Yuan gained inspiration from Hei Lou Lan's aunt, Blazing Heaven Demoness, to find a suitable method for his recovery.
He originally planned to restore his vibrant Physical Body using that method after gathering two Ten Extremes Gu Immortals.
But unpredictable events occurred, and he later obtained the better Supreme Immortal Fetus Gu, rendering that method unnecessary.
But in this life, everything had changed.
Fang Yuan had never had any interaction with Blazing Heaven Demoness from beginning to end. Because of this, he still hadn't found a reliable way to return to being a normal Gu Immortal.
However, isn't it said that Heaven never seals off all exits? As long as I want to walk, the path is right beneath my feet.
When Fang Yuan previously soul-searched the Bai Clan Leader, he unexpectedly obtained a rare Transformation Path Immortal Path Killer Move from the depths of her soul memories.
This Killer Move was called — Life and Death Yin Yang Rebirth, Life Unending.
With the rank six Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu as its core, its power was Heaven-Defying, possessing the effect of bringing the dead back to life.
Even the Killer Move backlash left by powerful Killer Moves like Six-Armed Heavenly Corpse King could be forcibly healed and revived by it.
With this Killer Move, Fang Yuan had hope of transforming from an Immortal Zombie state back into a normal Gu Immortal.
The dead immortal aperture filled with Death Qi in his body could also regain vitality, transforming into a vibrant, normal immortal aperture.
Everyone knew that ordinary Yin Yang Rebirth Mortal Gu could not dispel the corpse transformation state of the Mortal Path Killer Move Six-Armed Heavenly Corpse King, let alone turn an Immortal Zombie back into a human.
But once an immortal gu was used as the core to form a complete Immortal Path Killer Move, everything would be completely different; healing corpse transformation and reversing life and death was not an illusion.
As for that crucial Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu, Fang Yuan naturally did not possess it at the moment.
But the good news was that Lang Ya Earth Spirit happened to have the complete immortal gu recipe for this immortal gu. As long as the resources were sufficient, there was a possibility of successful Gu Refining.
However, this 'Life and Death Yin Yang Rebirth, Life Unending' also had a side effect, not big but crucial —
Once this move was cast, Fang Yuan's muscular, well-defined, and unrestrained male Physical Body would completely transform into a delicate, charming, and moving female body.
Coupled with the world-renowned beauty talent of the Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower Physique, his appearance and Physique would undergo earth-shattering changes.
If male, he would become handsome and dashing, like jade;
If female, she would be like a lotus emerging from water, with a beautiful face, skin like ice and bones like jade, exquisitely charming, graceful and captivating, beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal, eclipsing the moon and shaming flowers...
(Yuan Fang secretly laughed: From now on, I'm afraid I'll have to change my name to 'Fang Yuan' [female name].)
Of course, before all these grand plans could be realized, Fang Yuan still had two major tasks to complete:
First, refine the rank six Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu, and second, first help Cui Zi Wai steadily achieve Rank Six Gu Immortal status.
Comparatively, the simplest and easiest for Fang Yuan to achieve right now was to help Cui Zi Wai achieve Immortal Ascension.
As for the Immortal Ascension Tribulation of the Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower Physique, which seemed terrifying to others, in front of Fang Yuan, a rank six cultivator with Rank Seven combat strength, it was merely a trivial matter, easily handled.
Cui Zi Wai truly took a single step to ascend to Heaven this time, directly leaping over the Dragon Gate like a carp.
Fang Yuan was not stingy; he directly took out the pre-prepared Relic Gu and forcibly infused it, causing Cui Zi Wai's cultivation to surge from the lowest Rank One Initial Stage all the way to Rank Five Peak, without any Bottleneck or obstruction.
Cui Zi Wai was moved beyond words, almost to tears.
He asked himself, how many lifetimes of blessings and good fortune had he accumulated to meet such a peerless Master who cared only for his disciples and thought wholeheartedly for his students?
Let alone respectfully calling him Master, he would even willingly call him 'Master' from the bottom of his heart.
(The word 'Master' has many meanings, it can be a Great Master, an expert, and it also conveys the meaning of 'owner' that is intended here. Students in junior high should be familiar with this meaning; if not, they really need to catch up on their studies.)
(Of course, one could also 'apply to join the Boxer Rebellion'.)
Regarding Cui Zi Wai's future vital Gu, Fang Yuan had already carefully considered and made comprehensive arrangements.
During his stay in Lang Ya Blessed Land these past few days, Lang Ya Earth Spirit had coincidentally suffered the loss of a Rank Seven gold dao immortal gu.
This immortal gu was called Vajra Immortal Gu. Once activated, it could grant the Gu Immortal unparalleled strength like a vajra, indestructible defense, and lightning-fast movement speed, comprehensively enhancing combat strength.
This immortal gu was practically tailor-made for Fang Yuan.
Not only was it a gold dao immortal gu, but it also subtly contained a hint of Strength Path and Transformation Path charm, making it perfectly suited to complement the many Killer Moves in Fang Yuan's possession.
At the same time, Fang Yuan used the wisdom halo to carefully deduce and predict that the gold dao Immortal Rank Killer Move he would cultivate in the future might even perfectly cooperate with his strongest trump card Killer Move — Myriad Self Giant Hand, raising its power to another level.
Thus, Fang Yuan exchanged the complete immortal gu recipe for Vajra Immortal Gu from Lang Ya Earth Spirit.
To refine this Vajra Immortal Gu, a huge amount of valuable immortal materials were needed, which ordinary forces simply could not afford.
However, all of this was not a major problem for the Great Love Sect behind Fang Yuan.
The Great Love Sect controlled a large number of resource points, had a deep foundation, and the total number of immortal essence stones stockpiled in its hands was at least in the five digits.
What's more, within Great Love Blessed Land, the inventory of immortal materials was diverse and countless, among which there happened to be many gold dao immortal materials, precisely the necessary Materials for refining Vajra Immortal Gu.
Of course, Fang Yuan had not gathered all the Materials; a few crucial gold dao immortal materials were still missing.
He acquired some of the scarce immortal materials through Lang Ya Earth Spirit, while also using Shadow Sect's Qin Bai Sheng's channels to complete the remaining few immortal materials.
By this point, Fang Yuan had gathered a complete set of Gu Materials for refining Vajra Immortal Gu, ready for Gu Refining at any time.
As for the specific method of refining, Fang Yuan already had a plan.
He intended to have Cui Zi Wai refine the Vajra Immortal Gu directly while Undergoing Tribulation for Immortal Ascension.
One must know that the moment a Gu Master undergoes tribulation to achieve Immortal Ascension, Heaven and Earth are extremely close to the Gu Immortal, directly learning from nature, making it the highest success rate for Gu Refining in one's life.
As long as the immortal gu recipe itself is correct, the Materials are complete, and it hasn't been refined by others, it can almost achieve 100% success.
To ensure foolproof safety, Cui Zi Wai's Immortal Ascension Tribulation location was still chosen in Northern Plains, where the situation was relatively controllable and familiar.
Fang Yuan personally presided, bringing along five Gu Immortals: Fang Zheng, Clan Leader, Great White Cloud Life, Red Snake, and Desolate Dust.
At the same time, he ordered Gu Yue Qing Shu and others in Fox Immortal Blessed Land to be on standby at all times, and to immediately activate Fixed Immortal Travel to rush to support if anything changed.
After a series of events, including the previous faceless hand raid and the Bai Clan Leader almost getting her revenge, Fang Yuan acted with more caution and vigilance than ever before, to an extreme degree that even onlookers couldn't help but feel pity.
These were lessons learned from repeated bloody experiences; in the past, due to insufficient preparation and carelessness, he had lost several precious immortal gu in vain.
He did not want to experience that pain a second time.
Perhaps Heaven's will had already understood that ordinary Immortal Ascension Tribulations posed little threat to a monster like Fang Yuan.
This time, the Ten Extremes Immortal Ascension Tribulation of the Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower Physique did not involve rampant devils and gods or overwhelming phenomena like when Gu Yue Lin Xiang underwent tribulation; its might was clearly much more restrained.
In such a situation, if Fang Yuan were to still encounter an accident and suffer a defeat, it would truly be inexcusable.
Under his full protection, Cui Zi Wai smoothly and safely passed the great Immortal Ascension Tribulation, successfully condensed an immortal aperture, and became a genuine rank six Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower Physique Gu Immortal.
And Cui Zi Wai's vital Gu was precisely that newly refined, immensely powerful rank six Vajra Immortal Gu.
As of now, Fang Yuan had already mastered two of the world's rare Ten Extremes Physiques: Universe Great Evolution and Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower.
As long as he successfully refines the Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu, he will be able to gather both Ten Extremes Physiques within himself, achieving an unprecedented feat.
At that time, he would be able to steadily climb, challenging Rank Seven Gu Immortal, Rank Eight Gu Immortal, until he reached the legendary, Supreme Rank Nine Venerable position!
The future him would be the unique dual Ten Extremes Physique Venerable,'suppressing' all Venerables throughout history, becoming the true'Strongest Venerable' in the Gu World!
Harboring such a grand, magnificent, seemingly distant yet step-by-step achievable great dream.
Fang Yuan took a deep breath, his gaze firm, and began preparations to refine that crucial rank six Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu.
As for his legendary path to becoming a dual Ten Extremes Physique Venerable, it had just unveiled an even more thrilling new chapter.