Pressed by the overwhelming pressure, the venerable immortal Star Constellation Immortal Venerable bit her lips tightly while sweat poured down from the terrifying rate at which her thoughts were being consumed. Even with the support of the Wisdom Path dao marks within Heavenly Court, the expenditure of thoughts and immortal essence remained unimaginably high. She would not be able to endure for much longer.
Fortunately, the will of Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable was controlling Cang Xuan Zi, and with an abundant supply of immortal essence, it managed to reduce some of the pressure on Star Constellation.
But similarly, inside the formation, Fang Yuan was maintaining the activation of a rank nine immortal killer move while simultaneously deducing the profundities of the formation, causing his immortal essence expenditure to rise sharply as well.
Star Constellation did not know that Fang Yuan possessed Imperial Lotus Treasure Essence Gu of rank nine, and thus had an abundant reserve of immortal essence. She merely assumed he had accumulated immortal essence through other means, such as immortal essence stones or killer moves that reduced consumption.
"Fang Yuan is an extremely cunning person. We absolutely cannot give him time to plan and analyze the profundities of this formation. If he escapes from here, then with his overwhelming advantage, killing him in the future will become countless times harder!" Genesis Lotus's will urged.
Star Constellation could only nod heavily and further increase the power of the formation. Inside the formation, Fang Yuan was covered by an intricate net filled with countless empty gaps.
The net was being eroded at an increasing rate by the formation's power, yet his expression did not change in the slightest. His face remained calm until he raised his hands, causing flames to appear on his palms before turning into white ashes that sank into the space of the formation.
The formation trembled briefly, exposing a flaw to Fang Yuan. This time, Fang Yuan did not use his previous killer move. Instead, he used one of Wu Shuai's Enslavement Path methods.
Waves of army ants and corpse ants surged forth, slipping into the formation and beginning the process of dismantling it. At the same time, Fang Yuan used a method he had employed before.
Immortal Killer Move—Heavenly Anger Target!
Tribulation clouds spread throughout the entire formation, and disasters and tribulations quickly appeared, bombarding the formation relentlessly. "The effects will not appear immediately, but over time, these disasters and tribulations will become the key to exposing the flaws within this formation."
Several flaws had already appeared within the formation, and Fang Yuan had understood most of its profundities. However, he did not wish to break it immediately. If he needed some time to do so, then by that point Star Constellation and Genesis Lotus would already be prepared to stop him.
"This formation can be treated as a kind of Refinement Path formation. It uses Heavenly Court as an immortal material of the highest quality and consumes its dao marks. From the perspective of Wood Path, it treats Heavenly Court as nutrients while rooting itself within it, and those nutrients are the dao marks themselves… This formation is truly marvelous. It contains the profundities of Refinement Path, Wood Path, and Formation Path alike."
Even Fang Yuan could not help but praise the formation. If Giant Sun Immortal Venerable had faced this formation without a rank nine immortal Gu, he would likely have already died. But for someone like Fang Yuan, who possessed incomprehensible attainment levels and lacked any obvious weakness in any path, this formation was merely impressive and could still be broken with enough effort.
After a long period of time, the Heavenly Web Protection Veil was on the verge of collapse, but at that moment Fang Yuan suddenly opened his eyes. Inside the sovereign immortal aperture, rank nine Fire Gu flew into the center beside Qi Fire Gu, Heaven's Wrath Gu, Cricket Wind Gu, and more than ten other immortal Gu. Surrounding those immortal Gu were tens of thousands of mortal Gu flying like a black vortex that devoured the colors of the world itself.
An enormous quantity of thoughts was instantly consumed in activating this compound killer move, and beads of sweat appeared across Fang Yuan's forehead. "If this killer move fails, I will suffer an unimaginably severe backlash. At that point, death will be my only outcome!"
Fang Yuan sighed in anticipation while watching the activation of the killer move. One hundred beads of yellow apricot immortal essence had already been consumed, causing Fang Yuan to frown slightly at the expenditure, yet he continued activating the move.
"The aura surrounding him is terrifying!"
Genesis Lotus's will cried out anxiously, and even Star Constellation revealed a tense expression. "He must have deduced this killer move only after obtaining Fire Gu from Spectral Soul. He stopped to analyze the formation, but it seems he chose the simplest solution instead—breaking it through brute force!"
Star Constellation's expression gradually turned anxious as Fang Yuan's aura continued to rise. At first, his aura resembled a calm lake beneath a moonlit night, but gradually that lake transformed into an endless tide, with waves towering ten thousand feet high!
"As if I would allow you to activate this killer move however you please!" Genesis Lotus's will laughed sinisterly as he activated a Painting Path method.
A painting appeared before Genesis Lotus, and within it were images of Fang Yuan heavily wounded while Star Constellation suppressed him with overwhelming force!
Immortal Killer Move—Painting Into Reality!
In the next moment, Star Constellation suddenly appeared within the formation itself, merely a thousand steps away from Fang Yuan! She lightly waved her hand, and star clouds appeared before attacking Fang Yuan with unimaginable force.
His silky black hair fluttered wildly in the violent winds produced by the overwhelming assault, yet at that moment a smile appeared upon his face.
Compound Killer Move—Heavenly Qi Fire!
Blue, yellow, and crimson flames appeared. At first they spread slowly, but everywhere they reached, space itself melted and shattered, while even the formation began to tremble violently.
Star Constellation shut her eyes, her eyelashes turning to ashes, while even her skin began to peel from the terrifying heat!
Immortal Killer Move—Painting Into Reality!
But before the flames could reach her, Genesis Lotus's will transferred her outside the formation.
"What!?" Star Constellation could only widen her eyes in shock as she watched the formation collapse and melt away while flames spread across every corner of Heavenly Court!
Cang Xuan Zi instantly shattered from the terrifying backlash, and Genesis Lotus's will was destroyed before Star Constellation could even save it!
Winds of assimilation swept forth and extinguished a small portion of the flames before they themselves were burned away. Amidst all this chaos, Star Constellation retreated toward the edge of Heavenly Court while attacking the flames desperately.
"Fang Yuan! Fang Yuan!" Star Constellation repeated the name with boundless hatred as she resolved to sacrifice everything she had against him!
Even the wisest of men could be blinded by hatred!
Star Constellation opened her immortal aperture and took out Star Constellation Chessboard, tossing out a chess piece from it. The piece transformed into a primordial star beast that swallowed the flames as though they were nothing.
But after devouring more flames, it was burned from the inside and transformed into a starry nebula the size of mountains. Yet Star Constellation released even more star beasts before using a killer move to amplify their strength.
The beasts devoured the flames and extinguished a vast portion of the inferno, yet there still remained ten times that amount! Worse still, those beasts died after a short while and could not be replenished.
Star Constellation could only leap directly into the sea of fire in search of Fang Yuan. "I, Star Constellation, am the greatest sinner in Heavenly Court's history!… But with your death, my mistake will be redeemed when I face Master!"
Fang Yuan sighed tiredly and stopped activating his killer move after sensing Star Constellation drawing near.
There was no point in continuing the battle!
Fang Yuan had originally come only to thwart the revival plan of Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable. After destroying that plan, he had intended to leave immediately. But who could have expected Star Constellation to sacrifice a venerable-level pawn merely to lure Fang Yuan and Spectral Soul Demon Venerable into such a terrifying formation?
Fang Yuan had been forced to expend enormous amounts of immortal essence while revealing many of his trump cards, including the secret that he possessed rank nine immortal Gu.
Now he wished to leave. After all, he was the greatest victor in this confrontation between venerables!
Fang Yuan laughed happily and said, "Venerable immortal Star Constellation truly lives up to being Heavenly Court's immortal venerable. Spectral Soul truly died because of your scheme… But now I should take my leave. We shall meet again!"
Fang Yuan dodged toward one of the cracks within Heavenly Court, intending to leave. Star Constellation chased after him like a purple comet, and her speed was even greater than his, yet Fang Yuan was already escaping and she could no longer stop him.
Immortal Killer Move—Primordial Seal!
At that moment, an old man dressed in white robes waved toward Fang Yuan with a righteous and majestic aura.
Streams of qi surged from every direction and sealed every crack and entrance within Heavenly Court beneath thick white walls of qi.
Star Constellation halted behind the old man and, with exhausted eyes, said, "Master! Master!… You're alive!"
Even Fang Yuan could not help but frown as he felt a deep headache arising within him. "Primordial Origin!… Who would have thought you were alive? What a pleasant surprise indeed, but move aside or die!"
In the next moment, heaven and earth shook violently as endless qi surged through the world while starlight exploded in every direction.