Deep in Northern Plains, within Lang Ya Blessed Land, amidst the cloud-shrouded Cloud Pavilion, the aroma of tea wafted.
Fang Yuan arrived alone, his gaze calmly fixed on Lang Ya Earth Spirit, who was seated in the Cloud Pavilion. He spoke directly:
"Earth Spirit, I want the complete immortal Gu recipe for Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu."
Lang Ya Earth Spirit, who had been stroking his beard and sipping tea, immediately became interested. His lively eyes darted around as he scrutinized the eight-armed, fierce, and rugged-bodied Immortal Zombie before him, a playful smile curling at the corner of his lips:
"Fang Yuan, you want the complete Gu recipe for Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu? Don't tell me you want to use this Gu to change yourself back from this muscular, ugly Immortal Zombie into a normal human body?"
As the Earth Spirit of Lang Ya Blessed Land, having lived for three hundred thousand years, he knew the effects and flaws of Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu like the back of his hand.
This immortal gu was a Caravan healing immortal gu of the Transformation Path. Its effect was Heaven-Defying, almost capable of bringing the dead back to life, allowing an Immortal Zombie to return to a vibrant Gu Immortal body.
However, its only drawback was that after use, the Physical Body's gender would be completely reversed.
The thought of this notorious eight-armed Immortal Zombie transforming into a delicate and charming woman one day made Lang Ya Earth Spirit unable to suppress his laughter, his smile becoming even more pronounced.
Fang Yuan's expression was calm, his heart undisturbed. In his opinion, the flaws of Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu were not worth mentioning at all.
It merely added two useless lumps of flesh to his chest, but in exchange, he would gain a vibrant and complete Gu Immortal Physical Body, regaining the possibility of normal cultivation. This deal couldn't be more cost-effective.
He was a person who sought survival against Heaven, so how could a mere gender change hinder his steps?
But Lang Ya Earth Spirit did not immediately agree to the transaction. He slowly took a sip of clear tea, stroked his chin beard, and said with a smile:
"My Lang Ya Blessed Land indeed possesses the complete Gu recipe for Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu, but to get your hands on it, you must agree to one condition."
Fang Yuan's eyebrows slightly raised as he waited for him to continue.
"Recently, I've noticed that a force secretly calculating my Lang Ya Blessed Land is plotting a conspiracy, which might be detrimental to my Blessed Land."
Lang Ya Earth Spirit's expression became slightly serious: "When the moment of crisis arrives, your Gu Yue Clan must exert all its strength to help me resist the powerful enemy."
Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, then spoke directly:
"What you're referring to should be Shadow Sect. This sect's power is formidable, with countless Rank Seven Gu Immortals under its command. For my Gu Yue Clan to fight the strong with the weak would be extremely risky."
Lang Ya Earth Spirit scratched his head, thought for a moment, and replied:
"You don't need to worry about that. As long as the Gu Yue Clan is willing to contribute, my Lang Ya Blessed Land will certainly give you generous compensation after the battle, and will never let you take risks for nothing."
Fang Yuan already had a plan in mind and slowly said:
"Shadow Sect has many Rank Seven combatants. I can send Gu Immortal clansmen from my Gu Yue Clan to support Lang Ya Blessed Land, but Yuan Fang and I will never personally appear. We will only direct from behind the scenes."
As soon as he said this, Lang Ya Earth Spirit became displeased.
He knew clearly that the true pillars of the Gu Yue Clan were Fang Yuan and Yuan Fang, two rank six experts with Rank Seven combat strength. The other clansmen were merely rank six cultivation and rank six combat strength, which would be like a drop in the bucket against Shadow Sect's Gu Immortals.
What he wanted was the help of these two Rank Seven combatants. Fang Yuan's words undoubtedly dashed his plans.
"Fang Yuan, that's not right of you," Lang Ya Earth Spirit pouted:
"My Lang Ya Blessed Land has countless rank six combatants, but what it lacks most is Rank Seven combatants to hold the fort."
"If you only send some rank six clansmen, then I can only give you fifty percent of the incomplete Gu recipe for Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu. Don't even think about the complete Gu recipe."
"Fine, fifty percent of the incomplete recipe it is." Fang Yuan agreed without hesitation, his tone calm and unperturbed:
"No matter what, I will not personally appear to participate in the battle."
Others might not know, but Fang Yuan himself was aware that he wasn't afraid of the Shadow Sect immortals, but rather that there was an Information Path alliance agreement binding him and the Shadow Sect immortals.
If either side personally made a move, it would trigger the backlash of the alliance agreement, making it not worth the gain.
Furthermore, he was a Wisdom Path quasi-Great Grandmaster, and he even possessed the Rank Nine legendary immortal gu, wisdom gu. Deducing a mere fifty percent of an incomplete immortal gu recipe was a trivial matter for him, and he didn't need the complete recipe at all.
Ultimately, the two hit it off, and the transaction was successfully concluded. Fang Yuan obtained fifty percent of the incomplete recipe for Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu, then turned and returned to Fox Immortal Blessed Land, beginning to deduce the complete recipe.
Fang Yuan's Wisdom Path attainment was already at its peak, and with the Heaven-Defying boost of wisdom gu, deducing an incomplete recipe was originally easy. But the only obstacle was the flaw of thoughts in an Immortal Zombie body.
In the Gu World, Gu Immortals think and deduce entirely through the collision and Fusion of thoughts in their minds, and thoughts are not infinite; they need to slowly grow.
In a living human body, thoughts naturally grow with time, but an Immortal Zombie body is full of Death Qi, and the speed of thought generation is extremely slow.
However, Gu Immortals can rely on Wisdom Path Gu worms to replenish thoughts, but the rank six Star Thought Immortal Gu in Fang Yuan's Possession was currently with Eternal Ordinary, and the other malice immortal gu was with Yuan Fang.
And Yuan Fang was in secluded cultivation, studying Human Path Profound Truth and Human Path Immortal Rank Killer Moves, with no time to spare.
Fang Yuan did not hesitate and immediately retrieved Star Thought Immortal Gu into his hands, consuming a massive amount of green grape immortal essence to activate the power of Star Thought Immortal Gu.
Countless dazzling Star Thoughts surged into his mind like a galaxy. His mind, which had become sluggish and dull due to the Immortal Zombie body, was instantly filled with endless Star Thoughts.
One moment he was a dull and sluggish idiot Immortal Zombie, the next he transformed into a mighty expert with unparalleled wisdom, capable of calculating everything under Heaven.
Such abundant Star Thoughts were enough to support him in enduring the terrifying consumption of the wisdom halo emitted by wisdom gu.
Under the full deduction of the wisdom halo, in just half a day, the fifty percent incomplete recipe of Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu was completed, and the perfect, complete immortal gu recipe clearly appeared in Fang Yuan's mind.
With the complete Gu recipe in hand, the next step was to collect the Gu Materials for refining the immortal gu.
Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu was a Transformation Path immortal gu, and the required Gu Materials were all extremely rare Transformation Path immortal materials.
And Fang Yuan's Great Love Sect happened to possess two Transformation Path Blessed Lands, Fang Zheng Blessed Land and Great Love Blessed Land, which were excellent places for producing Transformation Path immortal materials.
Fang Yuan first carefully cultivated and harvested a batch of required immortal materials in the two Blessed Lands, then went to Lang Ya Blessed Land and secretly acquired them from Shadow Sect.
To even make up for scarce Materials, he did not hesitate to resume his old profession, killing and plundering outside. After many days of travel, he finally gathered all the Materials for refining Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu.
These Transformation Path immortal materials were all rare in the world, and even with the foundations of Lang Ya Blessed Land and Shadow Sect, some of them were in very small reserves.
This meant that Fang Yuan only had one chance to refine it. If he failed, he wouldn't know when he could gather the Materials again.
However, Fang Yuan was full of confidence. He was now a Refinement Path Grandmaster, and after the Gu Refining Convention, he had even acquired success dao marks, which could greatly increase the success rate of Gu Refining.
Coupled with his precise deduction, he concluded that no one could refine Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu before him in a short time—after all, immortal gu are unique.
Not long ago, a certain Immortal Zombie in Southern Border's Zombie Alliance had just refined a rank six Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu. The rank six Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu was a one-time consumable, and through this Gu, that Immortal Zombie returned to a normal Gu Immortal.
Fang Yuan believed that within these few dozen days, it would be absolutely impossible for anyone to refine Yin Yang Reincarnation Immortal Gu again.
With everything ready, Fang Yuan joined forces with Feng Tianyu, and the two together activated the Refinement Path Killer Move they had prepared beforehand. This Refinement Path Killer Move was called "Fate Accomplished," and it increased the success rate of Gu Refining by consuming success dao marks.
Inside the refining furnace, immortal light circulated, Yin and Yang merged, and two streams of immortal light, one black and one white, rose and took shape.
Looking at the two immortal gu, one Yin and one Yang, intertwined in black and white, hovering before him, Fang Yuan's heart finally stirred with a ripple of emotion.
From the King Court Blessed Land, where he became an Immortal Zombie, enduring hardships and hiding until now, he finally had the opportunity to shed his Immortal Zombie body and return to the ranks of normal Gu Immortals.
Without the slightest hesitation, Fang Yuan raised his hand and activated the Black Armor Yin Gu among them.
In an instant, a dense black light erupted, enveloping his entire being. The black light was dazzling and brilliant, filled with the profound power of Yin and Yang reversal.
As the black light slowly dissipated, the two-zhang-tall, eight-armed, fierce, ugly, and rugged eight-armed Immortal Zombie that was originally there had vanished, replaced by a graceful black-haired woman.
She wore a loose black robe, her wide sleeves fluttering in the wind. Her dark hair cascaded like a waterfall, her sword-like eyebrows were handsome, her skin was as white as snow, and a faint, elegant fragrance lingered around her. Her pair of pitch-black eyes were as deep as an ancient well or a cold pond, possessing both the clear beauty of a woman and the coldness and composure of one who had experienced much vicissitude.
(Fairy Fang Yuan—)
Fang Yuan, no, now Fang Yuan, looked down at her physically complete body, an uncontrollable surge of ecstasy welling up in her heart.
She eagerly looked within herself, examining her revitalized immortal aperture.
The first thing that caught her eye was the first Strength Path immortal aperture, followed by the second Strength Path immortal aperture.
Both immortal apertures had escaped the shackles of the Immortal Zombie's dead aperture and had regained their vitality.
An Immortal Zombie's dead aperture is filled with Death Qi, unable to naturally generate immortal essence, and free from calamities and tribulations. It seems stable, but it completely cuts off the possibility of cultivation progress;
Whereas a normal Gu Immortal's immortal aperture is full of blessings. Although it attracts calamities, these calamities are the main way for Gu Immortals to improve their cultivation, gain dao marks, and acquire resources.
This was also the core reason why Fang Yuan's cultivation had stagnated after he became an Immortal Zombie.
Now, having broken through the cage and returned to the world, it was truly a case of "the vast ocean allows fish to leap, the high sky allows birds to fly." A major fatal obstacle in his cultivation path had finally been completely removed!
Having resolved her own Dilemma, Fang Yuan immediately set about handling the Ten Extremes Physique Immortal Ascension event. Cui Zi Wai and Gu Yue Lin Xiang's fates were already within her calculations.
On the day of the action, Cui Zi Wai still looked innocent and naive, following closely behind Fang Yuan, asking sincerely:
"Master, where are you taking me?"
Fang Yuan's face was pale, her voice weak, appearing as if her life force was almost exhausted: "Zi Wai, ah, Master is severely injured, Lifespan is nearing its end, and the great limit is approaching. The Great Love Sect in the future will have to rely on Disciples like you to uphold it... Today, I called you here to entrust my life's Legacy to you."
Upon hearing this, Cui Zi Wai's eyes instantly turned red, tears welling up in his eyes, and he choked out:
"Master! There must still be a way to save you. Nothing is impossible in this world for those who set their minds to it. We will definitely find a way!"
Fang Yuan sighed deeply, her tone filled with endless helplessness and sorrow:
"Master indeed has a way to save herself, but this method requires borrowing your body for a while."
"Ah?" Cui Zi Wai was startled and quickly asked: "Master, how do I lend it? This Disciple will not hesitate to die!"
"It's very simple," Fang Yuan slowly said, "You first transform into an Immortal Zombie, then close your eyes and do not resist. If I share a body with you, it will save my life."
Cui Zi Wai's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously asked: "Master... this isn't Possession, is it?"
"Alas, don't worry," Fang Yuan's tone was gentle, yet concealed an icy coldness: "Master will absolutely not Possess your Physical Body. It's just that this method has a flaw: you and I will temporarily share a body, and during this period, you will be unable to control the Physical Body."
(Fang Yuan sneered inwardly: Not only will you be unable to control it, but your consciousness will also completely dissipate, never to awaken.)
The naive Cui Zi Wai thought for a moment, feeling that even transforming into an Immortal Zombie wasn't true death. As long as he could save his beloved Master, everything was worth it.
He immediately nodded heavily, readily agreeing.
According to the Killer Move Fang Yuan had prepared beforehand, Cui Zi Wai, completely unprepared, transformed into an Immortal Zombie, then obediently closed his eyes and gave up all resistance.
The next moment, Fang Yuan activated the means she had long prepared, devouring and fusing with everything of Cui Zi Wai. From then on, the Dual Ten Extremes Physique was completely formed!
The first immortal aperture, Universe Great Expansion Immortal Aperture; the second immortal aperture, Ten Thousand Gold Wonderful Flower Immortal Aperture.
The two supreme Ten Extremes immortal apertures operated simultaneously within her body, their dao marks merging, and her power surged.
Fang Yuan's combat strength instantly skyrocketed, from being on par with Yuan Fang to directly surpassing him at this moment, becoming the undisputed and unrivaled strongest expert of the Great Love Sect.
This was the terrifying, crushing power brought by the Dual Ten Extremes Physique! And the Heaven-Defying cultivation path belonging to "Fang Yuan" had just begun.