The current Fang Yuan was no longer the Rank Six Gu Immortal of the past, trapped in the body of an Immortal Zombie.
Not only had he completely broken free from the shackles of being an Immortal Zombie, his cultivation progressing rapidly, but he also possessed two of the legendary Ten Extremes Physiques: the Universe Great Evolution Body and the Myriad Gold Wondrous Flower Physique.
His combat power had reached a terrifying extreme; by his strength alone, he could kill an ordinary Rank Seven Gu Immortal in a head-on confrontation.
In the original work, even if Fang Yuan's combat power touched the threshold of Rank Seven, he was still a rank six Immortal Zombie, making it as difficult as reaching the heavens to kill a Rank Seven Gu Immortal.
But things were different now. Forget about ordinary Rank Sevens; even against a renowned Rank Seven powerhouse like Chu Du, Fang Yuan had the confidence to go head-to-head.
Against Rank Seven Gu Immortals of an average level like Pi Shui Han, Fang Yuan had absolute certainty in completely exterminating them.
As for the Great Love Sect that Fang Yuan had built single-handedly, its current lineup of Gu Immortals could also be described as luxurious.
Within the Sect, there were a total of nineteen Gu Immortals, namely:
Fang Yuan, Fang Zheng, Yuan Fang, Qing Shu, Xiao Mang, Chang Fan, Yun Sheng, Avatar, Red Snake, Desolate Dust, Lin Hong, Tianyu, Scarless White, Eastern Orc, Willow Like Smoke, Lou Lan, Clan Leader, Zhou Zhong (a Yu Min Gu Immortal, formerly known as Yu Liu, who now remembers his true name), and Little Person Gu Immortal.
Among the nineteen Gu Immortals, Fang Yuan's combat power was firmly in first place, followed closely by Yuan Fang, with the Rank Seven Little Person Gu Immortal in third.
Interestingly, although Little Person Gu Immortal was the highest-ranking Rank Seven Gu Immortal in the Great Love Sect, his actual combat power was far inferior to the rank six Fang Yuan and Yuan Fang, leaving him to settle for third place.
Besides the powerful lineup of Gu Immortals, the Great Love Sect's hard power was not to be underestimated.
The Sect's guardian treasure was a Rank Seven immortal gu house, the human sovereign banner. In addition, there were over a hundred mortal gu houses, including top-tier ones like the bright moon still water tower and the white bone war chariot, which could briefly contend with Rank Six Gu Immortals.
At the rank six combat power level, the Great Love Sect also had over fifty blood god child Clones, as well as more than ten Desolate Beasts specifically used for warfare.
The reason for emphasizing "specifically for combat" was that the Great Love Sect's Desolate Beasts were of varying quality, with some being practically defenseless.
For example, the Desolate Beast Dragon Fish only had the title of a Desolate Beast but had pitifully weak combat ability. There were also Desolate Beasts like the Star Desolate Dog and Falling Star Hound, which were not meant for fighting at all but were responsible for managing industries and earning resources.
The ones who could truly take to the battlefield were the dozen or so Desolate Beast giant wolves controlled by Lin Hong.
Coordinated with the Mortal Path Killer Move and supported by a Wisdom Path immortal gu, each one could burst forth with upper-tier rank six combat power, possessing immense might in group battles.
At first glance, with its strong forces, numerous Gu Immortals, and impressive combat power, the Great Love Sect looked every bit like a rising super force.
However, compared to the established super forces of Central Continent and Northern Plains that had stood for ten thousand years, the Great Love Sect's foundation was still shallow. If it encountered a catastrophic disaster, it would be difficult to hold out.
For instance, when the Western Desert super force Wan Family fought to the death with the Fang Family, they directly used their ultimate trump card—their Old Ancestor Wan Gu Chou (though resurrected by the Heavenly Court), instantly reversing the tide of battle.
When the Northern Plains Hei Family was on the brink of destruction, the four Grand Elders combined their strength to activate the Killer Move Green City Vertical and Horizontal, which was powerful enough to briefly contend with the Rank Eight Gu Immortal Heavenly Lord Bao Zu.
In contrast, the Great Love Sect's trump cards were nothing more than the human sovereign banner, external aid from the Lang Ya Blessed Land, assistance from Qin Bai Sheng, Fang Yuan's Immortal Path Killer Move Myriad Self, the Fixed Immortal Travel for escaping, dozens of rank six and Seven immortal gu, and Fang Yuan's bottom-of-the-barrel spring autumn cicada.
But in terms of true cultivation foundation, the Great Love Sect had actually far surpassed the vast majority of ordinary established forces.
The legendary Rank Nine wisdom gu, the Rank Eight attitude gu, the Secret Realm of Heaven and Earth Soul Searching Mountain recorded in "the legend of human ancestor," Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's All Living Beings Luck and Self Luck True Inheritance, more than half of the Northern Plains Eastern Tribe's resource points, the life and death immortal aperture method, the Rank Seven human qi immortal gu replicated with anti-counterfeit Gu, the legendary self gu, plus Yuan Fang's unique Human Path insights...
In all fairness, these foundations would be considered top-tier in the entire Five Regions. It was only when compared to ceiling-level forces like the Shadow Sect, Lang Ya Blessed Land, Heavenly Court, eternal heaven, the Ten Great Ancient Sects, and the Mushroomman Paradise that they still fell short.
Once faced with a truly top-tier powerful enemy, the Great Love Sect would still appear inadequate.
And shortly after, the Great Love Sect would have to fulfill its alliance treaty and assist the Lang Ya Earth Spirit in a head-on battle against the aggressively approaching immortals of the Shadow Sect.
The greatest contributor to the Great Love Sect being able to gather nineteen Gu Immortals in such a short time was Yuan Fang.
It was precisely the Only I Am Supreme Killer Move he created that allowed him to turn Scarless White, Eastern Orc, and the others into Clones, expanding the Sect's strength.
Looking at the Sect's current state, Fang Yuan's thoughts turned, and he quickly came up with a "bad idea" to rapidly elevate the Great Love Sect's strength.
In Yuan Fang's hands, there was a rank six Transformation Path Gu Immortal Clone named Willow Like Smoke.
This woman was a recognized peerless Fairy in Northern Plains, with an unparalleled appearance and moving grace. Over the years, countless Gu Immortals had fallen for her, making her a prominent figure in Northern Plains.
In addition, Yuan Fang's other Clone, Gu Yue Qingzhuo, mastered a Space Path Immortal Rank Killer Move with a Thievery Path flavor—Flower Exchange, Wood Grafting.
With this Killer Move, Yuan Fang could secretly "exchange" rank six immortal gu from the immortal apertures of other Gu Immortals, making it impossible to guard against.
Combined with Yuan Fang's self-created Only I Am Supreme Killer Move, he could forcibly turn enemies into his own Clones, honoring Yuan Fang as supreme for all eternity and obeying orders absolutely.
With two great Killer Moves plus Willow Like Smoke's peerless beauty, a bold and sinister plan completely took shape in Fang Yuan's heart.
The answer was simple:
Let Willow Like Smoke hold a public Martial Arts Competition for a Marriage Proposal in Northern Plains!
The entire plan was tightly linked, simple yet ruthless:
The first step was for Willow Like Smoke to announce the competition in Treasure Yellow Heaven. With her beauty and fame, she would surely attract Gu Immortals from all over Northern Plains to flock there, with countless onlookers.
The second step was for Fang Yuan to select a location in Northern Plains as the arena, drawing in all the Gu Immortals with ill intentions who hoped to win the beauty's hand.
One must know that Gu Immortals who were obsessed with beauty and pursued a Fairy regardless of everything were mostly of low strength and shallow foundation, exactly like Yao Ge Pi in the original work.
Our fellow immortal Yao Ge Pi was infatuated with Song Yi Shi of the Eastern Sea Song Family; for the sake of the beauty, he dared to find trouble with Star Gazer, only to be casually crushed to death.
Fellow immortal Yao Ge Pi was so poor he didn't even have a single rank six immortal gu, yet he had the delusional wish to obtain an Earth Spirit that required a drop of Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable's essence blood to recognize him as master—a classic case of strength not matching ambition.
And those who rushed to participate in the martial arts marriage competition this time were all such "Yao Ge Pi-style" Gu Immortals.
Once they gathered together, Yuan Fang would immediately activate Flower Exchange, Wood Grafting to steal and replace all the only immortal gu on these people.
Immediately after, Fang Yuan would directly deploy the battlefield Killer Move of the Rank Seven immortal gu house, the human sovereign banner, to trap all the Gu Immortals present.
These weak immortals, who might not even have a single rank six immortal gu, could not possibly break through the blockade of a Rank Seven immortal gu house and could only become lambs to the slaughter.
Finally, Yuan Fang would use the Only I Am Supreme Killer Move to turn all these delusional Gu Immortals, without exception, into his Clones and forcibly incorporate them into the Great Love Sect!
The more Fang Yuan thought about it, the more he felt this plan was brilliant, and he immediately sent a transmission to Yuan Fang, who was in seclusion.
Yuan Fang, who had already gained much from his many days of seclusion, had his eyes light up after hearing Fang Yuan's plan. He immediately determined that this method was feasible and broke out of seclusion without hesitation.
The two discussed the details in a secret room. Yuan Fang went straight to work, immediately communicating with Treasure Yellow Heaven to release the news of Willow Like Smoke's martial arts marriage competition to all the immortals of Northern Plains.
As soon as the news came out, it instantly ignited the scene!
"What? Fairy Ru Yan is holding a martial arts competition for a marriage proposal?!"
"The heavens have eyes, it's finally my turn to shine!"
"Hmph, look at your own state, are you even worthy of touching Fairy Ru Yan?"
"If you're not convinced, come up and fight. I'll beat you until you're looking for your teeth on the ground!"
For a time, the entire Northern Plains Gu Immortal circle was boiling. Countless covetous Gu Immortals were rubbing their hands, wishing they could rush onto the arena immediately.
Yuan Fang watched all this coldly, his heart filled with icy silence.
In his eyes, once the skin was removed, there were only two hundred and six dry bones. So-called feminine beauty was nothing more than flesh and blood filth, a pink skull; the so-called weight of a beauty's favor was ultimately a hollow illusion.
Once the number of onlookers and registered Gu Immortals reached expectations, Yuan Fang finally slowly announced the specific location of the competition.
A Gu Immortal who happened to live nearby laughed with wild joy on the spot: "Great! Fairy Ru Yan is actually holding the competition near my territory!"
As the news settled, a large number of Gu Immortals swarmed toward the agreed location like locusts.
Fang Yuan had already brought several Great Love Sect Gu Immortals, arriving ahead of time using Fixed Immortal Travel to set up a dozen or so mortal gu houses to hold the scene.
Then the whole team hid their auras, leaving only Willow Like Smoke and her former pursuer, Scarless White, who was now Yuan Fang's Clone, to appear on the stage.
In just a few days, all of Willow Like Smoke's pursuers had arrived, a total of twenty-six people!
These Northern Plains Gu Immortals were mostly Loose Cultivators with no one to rely on; only a few were Gu Immortals from Righteous Path families, and their strength was generally weak.
Fang Yuan recognized very few of them. Among the slightly famous ones were only Hundred-Legged Ge Pi of the Bao Zu Family and the Loose Cultivator Fei Yang Yang.
Hundred-Legged Ge Pi hid in a mortal gu house called the Returning Spring Pavilion, staring intently at Willow Like Smoke and Scarless White chatting and laughing on the Love Lute Tower. Jealousy burned in his heart, almost ready to erupt:
"Damn that Scarless White! How dare he flirt with my goddess! This enmity is irreconcilable; one day, I will definitely tear you into ten thousand pieces!"
Fei Yang Yang on the side was even more direct, gritting his teeth and cursing angrily at his companions, discussing how to harshly deal with that "toad wanting to eat swan meat," Scarless White.
Just as the scene was chaotic and public indignation was high, a large pack of Desolate Beast wolves unexpectedly broke into the site, fiercely lunging toward Willow Like Smoke and Scarless White on the Love Lute Tower!
Seeing this, Fei Yang Yang, anxious to save his "wife," stepped forward without a thought, wanting to show off his skills in front of the beauty:
"Immortal Path Killer Move—Picking Nose Booger!"
This was the Dark Path Killer Move he relied on for his fame. The boogers he picked out contained extremely strong corrosive power and were one of his few trump cards.
Fei Yang Yang extended his right pinky finger, thrusting it hard into his right nostril. With a pick, a dig, and a pull, a large, pitch-black, foul-smelling booger was forcibly extracted.
With a flick of his wrist, the black booger shot like an arrow toward the charging Desolate Beast wolves. He then looked triumphantly at Willow Like Smoke and gave a provocative glance at Scarless White, waiting for the credit to come his way.
But in the next second, an accident suddenly occurred!
The immortal gu inside Fei Yang Yang's body vanished into thin air, the Killer Move instantly collapsed, and he sprayed out a large mouthful of fresh blood!
At the same time, all the other Gu Immortals on the field who possessed immortal gu also spat blood together, their faces turning as pale as paper.
Yuan Fang, hiding in the shadows, almost laughed like a pig—
In that instant, relying on Flower Exchange, Wood Grafting, he had stolen five precious rank six immortal gu in one go:
Dark Path immortal gu Nose Booger, Servitude Path immortal gu Flying Ant, Metal Path immortal gu Golden Body, Food Path immortal gu Wolfing Down, and strength path immortal gu Star Demon Bat Strength.
"Cough, cough, cough! What on earth happened!"
Fei Yang Yang's face was covered in blood, and he wiped his face in a panic, utterly bewildered.
"Where is my Wolfing Down immortal gu! That was my only immortal gu!" The Poison Path Gu Immortal Ten Thousand Poisons was distraught, wailing to the heavens.
"Ten Thousand Poisons, you're a Poison Path Gu Immortal; holding a Food Path immortal gu was useless anyway. I'm the miserable one! I'm an Enslavement Path Gu Immortal, and my vital Flying Ant immortal gu is gone. How am I supposed to fight!" Hundred-Legged Ge Pi's face was ashen, sighing in despair.
As the immortals were in chaos, the world suddenly darkened!
Yuan Fang did not hesitate to activate the Rank Seven immortal gu house human sovereign banner, deploying the battlefield Killer Move Becoming Brothers Inside the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
Banner shadows so purple they appeared black blotted out the sun, completely trapping the twenty-six Gu Immortals within the battlefield!
"Immortal Path Killer Move—Only I Am Supreme!"
With a light shout, a pitch-black iron nail phantom shot out from the darkness, accurately striking Hundred-Legged Ge Pi's forehead.
Hundred-Legged Ge Pi clutched his head and rolled on the ground in pain. Under the terrified gazes of the Gu Immortals, he struggled for a moment before slowly standing up—
His gaze had turned completely calm and indifferent; he had already become Yuan Fang's Clone.
"Fellow Daoist Ge Pi, are you alright?" Willow Like Smoke asked with feigned concern.
Hundred-Legged Ge Pi nodded slightly, his expression normal.
No one knew that the two most "hostile" people on the field at this moment were already both Yuan Fang's Clones.
Seeing that Hundred-Legged Ge Pi seemed unharmed, the immortals' tense nerves relaxed slightly.
But at that very instant, Yuan Fang struck again, five iron nail phantoms shooting out simultaneously, hitting five Gu Immortals on the spot!
The five struggled for a moment before being completely assimilated, becoming Clones of Only I Am Supreme.
"Which cowardly bastard is hiding! If you want to kill or skin us, just do it. What kind of hero hides in the dark!" Fei Yang Yang roared irritably, exasperated.
"Drawing the carved bow like a full moon, looking northwest, to shoot the Heavenly Wolf."
Yuan Fang thought of this poem in his heart as a pitch-black iron nail phantom accurately struck Fei Yang Yang's forehead.
His whole body trembled, and after a moment, his gaze became exactly the same as Hundred-Legged Ge Pi's—he too had become Yuan Fang's Clone.
Despair shrouded the field; the process was so fast it was suffocating.
In just a short moment, without any effort, Yuan Fang had turned all twenty-six Gu Immortals who came for the martial arts marriage competition into his own Clones!
To make them easier to distinguish, although these Clones had original names like Hundred-Legged Ge Pi, Fei Yang Yang, and Ten Thousand Poisons...
But to make it easier for the author to write the novel, they were numbered sequentially as Number One, Number Two, Number Three, and so on.
Among these Clones, most were Loose Cultivators with no ties, but a few came from established families; for example, Hundred-Legged Ge Pi was a member of the Northern Plains Bao Zu Family.
And the Bao Zu Family was guarded by the Rank Eight Gu Immortal Heavenly Lord Bao Zu, whom Yuan Fang could not afford to provoke for the time being.
Thus, Yuan Fang ordered all Clones from major families to return to their Family lives as usual, acting as hidden spies planted by the Great Love Sect in other forces.
The remaining twenty Loose Cultivator Clones were all incorporated into the Great Love Sect, becoming the Sect's overt combat power.
Overnight, the Great Love Sect gained twenty-six Gu Immortals out of nowhere, its strength skyrocketing several times over. In terms of overt combat power alone, it had already steadily surpassed many established super forces in Northern Plains!
Yuan Fang was overjoyed, and just then, the Rank Five Mobile Phone Gu on his person suddenly rang urgently.
Yuan Fang connected immediately. On the other end of the line, the voice of the Lang Ya Earth Spirit carried deep anxiety and sorrow:
"Yuan Fang, this is bad! The Shadow Sect immortals are already attacking. Bring all the Great Love Sect Gu Immortals over to support us quickly!"