With twenty Gu Immortals now living within Flame Sovereign Blessed Land, Lin Yan needed to adjust its time flow. The rapid passage of time had aided his cultivation, but maintaining that speed would quickly consume his new subordinates' lifespans.
There was no need to slow it to the same rate as the outside world. A ratio of around three to one would be suitable. Otherwise, the Huang Family Gu Immortals might exhaust their lifespans in only a few years.
Fortunately, Lin Yan had already prepared for this. After raising Scorching Heat Immortal Gu to Rank Seven, he could maintain Autumn Before Winter for extended periods, slowing the passage of time within his immortal aperture.
This also suited his own cultivation plans. He intended to spend some time strengthening his foundation before facing several Rank Seven calamities and tribulations in succession, rather than allowing them to arrive so quickly.
Having reached Rank Seven, Lin Yan would face more powerful calamities and tribulations. His Ten Extreme Physique would make them even more dangerous, and the major tribulations ahead were especially worthy of caution.
If he further strengthened such a tribulation with Body Forged in Flame, its might could approach that of a Myriad Tribulation. Before taking such a risk, he needed to increase his strength enough to withstand it.
For now, Lin Yan assigned the Gu Immortals their first mission: relocating the seven remaining Immortal Dao resource points from Yellow Earth Blessed Land. Among them were True Dragon Earth, Phoenix Earth, and Self-Generating Soil.
The creatures inhabiting those resource points also had to be brought over, including Mud Crabs, Profound Yellow Earth Dragons, and Nine-Colored Yellow Cranes. Each needed a suitable place within Flame Sovereign Blessed Land where it could settle and thrive.
Among the nearly twenty thousand dao marks Lin Yan had recently gained by assisting with the Immortal Ascensions, Flame Path, Earth Path, and Thunder Path still accounted for the largest portions. Transplanting these Earth Path resource points into Flame Sovereign Blessed Land would make better use of the newly acquired Earth Path dao marks while further enriching its environment.
After making these arrangements, Lin Yan sensed something unusual. His Heaven Path quasi-Master attainment stirred, giving him a faint intuition that something was taking place within the surrounding Turbulent Sea Area.
Following this faint sensation, his perception swept through the turbulent currents, and he discovered that several Lifespan Gu were slowly taking form.
"Oh? Did the repeated Heavenly Tribulations and Earth Calamities gather so much Heaven's Will that Lifespan Gu began forming again?"
Lin Yan stroked his chin thoughtfully. To some extent, both he and many of the people under him had already deviated greatly from their original destinies, yet Lifespan Gu were still being produced around them.
"Come to think of it, even mediocre Gu Immortals usually live much longer than mortals. Perhaps as a person's strength grows and their influence upon the world increases, their ability to resist the original course of fate also becomes greater, forcing even Heaven's Will to make adjustments?"
Lin Yan continued pondering while moving through the Turbulent Sea Area and attempting to capture the newly formed Lifespan Gu. Unfortunately, catching Gu within the turbulent currents was extremely troublesome. The slightest disturbance could sweep them hundreds of kilometres away, forcing him to constantly change direction as he followed their traces.
Just then, he raised his head. Two thick streaks of blood-red light raced toward him from the distant horizon, each carrying a Blood Path Gu Immortal. The two flew side by side through the turbulent air.
Their appearances were nearly identical. Both were fierce-looking middle-aged men with sharp eyes and defiant expressions.
They were none other than Ding Qi and Ding Yan.
The brothers had noticed the repeated disturbances of heaven and earth qi within the Turbulent Sea Area, where they had remained for many years, and hurried back to investigate. Instead, they arrived just in time to see Lin Yan collecting Lifespan Gu.
The sight of several Lifespan Gu immediately stirred their greed.
"Gu Immortal ahead, scram!"
Before their voices had even finished spreading across the sea, two blood-red streaks carrying a thick bloody aura tore through the sky and shot directly toward Lin Yan.
Lin Yan's gaze sharpened as the attacks approached. He had originally intended to find these two brothers sooner or later because of their connection to the Information Path true inheritance. He had not expected them to deliver themselves directly to him.
Lin Yan immediately activated Nine Dragons Lightning Flame Immortal Gu and FireCalamity Immortal Gu, using them as the cores of the Rank Seven defensive killer move Nine Dragons Lightning Gang Body-Protecting Tribulation Fire. Nine lifelike thunder-fire dragons coiled around his body, forming a majestic suit of purplish-red armor, its surface covered in overlapping dragon scales and claws.
The two blood-red streaks struck the Tribulation Fire and exploded violently, but they failed to even touch Lin Yan. Without giving Ding Qi and Ding Yan any time to react, Lin Yan immediately counterattacked. Startling Divinity Immortal Gu activated as he unleashed the killer move Heaven Startling Cry.
Invisible fluctuations swept through the surroundings and struck the brothers directly. Their minds suffered a heavy blow, their thoughts instantly fell into chaos, and they lost control of their bodies before dropping powerlessly toward the sea.
Lin Yan immediately deployed the Soul Devouring Demon Subduing Formation. The bronze Formation Flag fluttered as green light swept across the sky, dragging Ding Qi and Ding Yan into the abdomen of the Green Claw Ghost Winged Lion and suppressing their souls. Dream Imprisonment followed immediately, causing both brothers to fall into a deep, infant-like sleep.
With only a short combination of killer moves, the two Blood Path Gu Immortals were completely suppressed before they could even mount a proper resistance.