There were several methods to deal with Heaven's Will inside Spring Autumn Cicada, and every one of them possessed an extremely high chance of success.
Whether it was refinement path, heaven path, or wisdom path — each specialized either in handling wills, performing reverse refinement on Gu worms to erase the will within, or directly dealing with Heaven's Will itself.
"Refinement path has the highest probability of success, but reverse refinement requires an enormous amount of immortal materials. Even if I modify the method, the cost remains too high, so I must exclude it from the options. As for heaven path, it is the best at dealing with Heaven's Will alongside wisdom path."
However, despite possessing heaven path attainment and an extremely deep understanding of Heaven's Will, Fang Yuan still could not properly deal with it without heaven path Gu worms. And heaven path Gu worms required heaven path resources — resources that were not merely uncommon during this era, but exceedingly rare.
Thus, wisdom path remained the only viable choice, with refinement path serving as support from the side.
Fang Yuan spent several days preparing for the operation, refining numerous Self Will Gu, Self Cleansing Gu, and Self Love Gu, alongside other wisdom path Gu such as Star Thought Gu, Revealed Mystery Gu, and many refinement path Gu worms.
The preparation process itself was not especially difficult. Fang Yuan's greatest advantage lay in his absurdly terrifying ability to refine Gu worms. As long as the process lacked a chance of failure, it was virtually impossible for him to fail in refining mortal Gu.
After refining those wisdom path Gu worms, his deduction capabilities increased dramatically, allowing him to create formations and killer moves several times faster than before.
Fang Yuan deduced for several hours as thoughts collided endlessly within his mind, generating brilliant results or scattering into fragmented ideas before vanishing. In the end, only a handful of thoughts remained — the final conclusions of his deductions.
Afterward, Fang Yuan rested for several more hours before standing up and constructing a mortal refinement path formation.
"What a pity Hu Immortal Blessed Land possesses no refinement path dao marks. Otherwise, this would have become an immortal formation. At least there are a few wisdom path dao marks available for use."
Hu Immortal Blessed Land had merely passed through five earthly calamities, meaning it only possessed a few hundred enslavement path dao marks. Following those were soul path dao marks, then earth path, water path, light path, and wind path.
Only after those came paths with relatively small numbers of dao marks, such as wisdom path and others alike. As for refinement path dao marks, Hu Immortal Blessed Land possessed none whatsoever. Otherwise, Fang Yuan's task would have been far easier.
Thus, he had no choice but to settle for a complex mortal refinement path formation paired with an immortal wisdom path formation. Vast quantities of Self Will Gu, Self Cleansing Gu, and Self Love Gu were used within the wisdom path formation, and Fang Yuan himself could not activate it due to the massive demand on primeval essence. However, Little Hu Immortal could.
Little Hu Immortal stared at the formation with widened eyes as she praised him.
"Master, you're incredible at creating formations! You can even construct an immortal formation without using a single Immortal Gu, relying only on mortal Gu!"
Fang Yuan smiled gently toward her and replied:
"Of course I can. Once we finish dealing with this problem, we can establish even more formations throughout the blessed land to manage the resource points."
The "problem" he referred to was naturally Heaven's Will.
Hu Immortal nodded vigorously before activating the wisdom path formation. Instantly, thousands of thoughts surged into Fang Yuan's mind. At that moment, Fang Yuan activated a refinement path killer move directed toward his first aperture and summoned forth an Immortal Gu.
The Gu resembled a cicada carved from withered wood. Its wings had already shriveled and become nearly transparent, emanating an aura akin to death itself.
Spring Autumn Cicada had never recovered since Fang Yuan last used it. Although countless immortal killer moves capable of accelerating its recovery existed within his memories, he lacked the required Immortal Gu.
And even if he attempted to convert those immortal killer moves into mortal killer moves, their effects upon Spring Autumn Cicada would be negligible at best. After all, Spring Autumn Cicada was an Immortal Gu — a fragment of the Great Dao itself — not merely a cluster of dao marks like mortal Gu.
Thus, he had no choice but to take an enormous risk: removing Heaven's Will from within the severely damaged Spring Autumn Cicada.
Spring Autumn Cicada floated above the peak of Dang Hun Mountain while Fang Yuan hovered nearby, manipulating Gu worms with flawless precision.
Hu Immortal maintained the activation of the wisdom path formation as vast amounts of Self Will were continuously generated and gathered together. Fang Yuan activated several refinement path killer moves, gradually covering Spring Autumn Cicada with a layer of white amber-like light.
At that moment, Fang Yuan suddenly stopped before activating another killer move instead.
"Killer Move — Human Observes Heaven's Plan!
"Killer Move — Human Executes Heaven's Work!"
A portion of Fang Yuan's will entered Spring Autumn Cicada, merging directly with the Heaven's Will inside. Furious Heaven's Will attempted to stop him from destroying its plans, yet it was immediately suppressed and paralyzed beneath Fang Yuan's control.
Under the effects of the killer move Human Executes Heaven's Work, Fang Yuan gradually gained control over Heaven's Will within Spring Autumn Cicada. Heaven's Will struggled fiercely, attempting to battle Fang Yuan's will directly, but it was overwhelmingly suppressed during the clash of wills.
After all, Fang Yuan was a Great Grandmaster in wisdom path. Handling wills belonged entirely within his domain of expertise.
Heaven's Will inside Spring Autumn Cicada resisted desperately, yet like a ram being led to slaughter, it was steadily expelled from the cicada.
However, Spring Autumn Cicada trembled violently from the conflict raging inside it, and cracks soon began spreading across its surface.
"Excellent tricks, but how could I possibly be unprepared?"
The refinement path formation emitted a snowy white radiance, firmly stabilizing Spring Autumn Cicada in place while completely sealing it.
Roughly one-third of Heaven's Will still remained within Spring Autumn Cicada, but more than two-thirds had already been expelled.
"Land spirit, release the Self Will!"
Fang Yuan ordered in a hoarse, exhausted voice. Little Hu Immortal immediately obeyed, releasing all the accumulated Self Will, which instantly collided against Heaven's Will.
Self Will resembled pale flames shaped in Fang Yuan's image, while Heaven's Will was colorless and formless, nearly impossible to perceive. Only certain specialized methods could reveal it.
The Self Will devoured and battled Heaven's Will while Fang Yuan simultaneously controlled the wisdom path formation. Under his precise manipulation, Heaven's Will was gradually worn away.
After a long period of time, the final traces of Heaven's Will were finally destroyed, leaving behind only Spring Autumn Cicada floating silently in the air.
"About one-third of Heaven's Will still remains within Spring Autumn Cicada. Next time will be harder because Heaven's Will inside will be prepared, but it doesn't matter. I can gradually eliminate it before sealing Spring Autumn Cicada entirely."
Although Fang Yuan was unwilling to abandon Spring Autumn Cicada, there was simply no other choice.