Fang Yuan appeared inside Dang Hun Palace immediately, and with it, he felt a trace of relief now that he was no longer under Heaven's Will's surveillance.
Little Hu Immortal had just arrived when she said:
"Master, you are here!"
Fang Yuan looked at Little Hu Immortal with her large watery eyes, fox ears, and tail wagging excitedly.
He nodded.
"Yes. I do not have much time. Have you finished what I ordered you to do?"
"Yes, Master, everything is prepared!"
Little Hu Immortal nodded repeatedly before she and Fang Yuan moved toward one of the prisons deep within Dang Hun Mountain Palace.
Fang Zheng raised his head. His skin had turned deathly pale, while his eyes nearly bulged from their sockets as he suffered from severe blood loss. When he saw Fang Yuan appear before him, he wanted to scream in rage, but only hoarse sounds escaped his mouth.
"Fang… Fang Yuan, you monster—no, you demon! How can you do this?! Why are you doing this to me?!"
All Fang Zheng could do was cry. During all this time, he had suffered endless physical and psychological torture. More importantly, the land spirit continuously used some formation to extract his blood, and the sensation was countless times worse than ordinary physical torture!
Every single time, he hovered on the edge of death. At first, he screamed, cried, and begged, but as time passed, he became too weak to even do that. Yet when Fang Yuan appeared, he somehow managed to squeeze all his remaining strength into those words.
Fang Yuan replied calmly:
"Little brother, do not worry. All of this will end soon. You will not need to feel this pain anymore afterward."
"Liar!… You always say that! You should release me, otherwise Immortal Crane Sect will come kill you and save me!"
Fang Zheng could only cling desperately to this tiny shred of hope, even though deep inside he knew the possibility of Immortal Crane Sect saving him was nearly nonexistent.
Fang Yuan shook his head.
"Little brother, you must understand that Immortal Crane Sect only nurtured you in order to deal with me. Now that I stand directly before them, you no longer possess any value in their eyes. Your worth has become zero… you must understand this."
Fang Zheng tried to scream, but a sudden pain struck him as even more blood was extracted from his body. Unable to endure it, Fang Zheng fainted on the spot.
Outside the prison, Fang Yuan cast several blood path Gu worms to replenish Fang Zheng's blood while looking at the Blood Skull Gu in his hand.
"Rank five Blood Skull Gu truly is something extraordinary. Giant Sun pushed this Blood Skull Gu beyond the limits of this world and removed the cruel restriction of killing one's relatives and extracting their blood… now, instead, I merely need to extract a certain amount of blood periodically in order to push my aptitude toward its limits!"
Although his aptitude was already grade A, and both of his apertures possessed ninety percent aptitude, increasing his aptitude meant a better future and a deeper foundation. Upon immortal ascension, his potential would become even greater!
Throughout the entire time Fang Yuan remained in Northern Plains, Little Hu Immortal had been using a blood path immortal formation to continuously extract Fang Zheng's blood and preserve it within the formation.
Now, Fang Yuan intended to consume all this blood through Blood Skull Gu and raise his aptitude. He had even prepared a killer move to enhance the effects.
Several Gu worms gathered around the rank five Blood Skull Gu inside his second aperture, resonating mysteriously together. A bloody light erupted across Fang Yuan's body and connected itself to the massive floating mass of blood within the formation.
Killer Move — Blood Relative Aptitude Extraction!
A blood-colored skull appeared above Fang Yuan's head, sucking in all the blood within the formation before pouring it down onto Fang Yuan's body.
Little Hu Immortal stared blankly at this scene. Her master was bathing in blood, and he even seemed to enjoy it!
Fang Yuan laughed loudly, savoring the ecstasy of increasing aptitude. With every drop of blood that entered the blood skull above him, the effects became increasingly astonishing!
Inside his first aperture, the crystal purple primeval sea slowly rose from ninety percent to ninety-three percent, then ninety-six percent, until it finally reached the absolute limit of ninety-nine percent!
Likewise, the aptitude of his second aperture also rose to ninety-nine percent!
"This is truly ascending to the heavens in a single leap!"
Fang Yuan looked at his crystal purple primeval sea and could not help but feel somewhat stunned. The increase of ten percent aptitude in both apertures might seem small, but it had deepened Fang Yuan's foundation tremendously.
In his previous life, although he had obtained Second Aperture Gu, due to Heaven's Will's interference, he had been unable to ascend to immortality with two apertures.
But in this life, he was fully aware of Heaven's Will's influence, yet he still intended to ascend as a Gu Immortal with both apertures intact!
When he became a Gu Immortal, he would become a dual cultivator of strength path and time path. In both paths, he possessed peak attainment levels and countless true inheritances, alongside Immortal Gu!
Although cultivating two paths would greatly increase his demands for resources and time, this was a problem Fang Yuan actually looked forward to. He already had plans prepared, and Hu Immortal Blessed Land had already been developed with numerous resource points that would serve as his income sources, not to mention Guts Gu, whose trade would become his exclusive monopoly!
"But even possessing two immortal apertures is nothing compared to Sovereign Immortal Fetus Gu."
Fang Yuan calmed himself before looking toward the land spirit and ordering:
"Take me to Dang Hun Mountain."
Little Hu Immortal transported them to Dang Hun Mountain, and immediately afterward, Fang Yuan activated the immortal formation placed inside the mountain.
The effects of Mud Gruel Gu had deepened slightly, but for now, the impact on Guts Gu production was still unclear. Furthermore, Little Hu Immortal continuously removed the corrupted mud, slowing the process even further.
"Master, Dang Hun Mountain is dying very slowly… can you repair it?"
Little Hu Immortal asked innocently while clutching Fang Yuan's leather robe and looking at him expectantly.
Fang Yuan merely nodded affirmatively, causing Little Hu Immortal to rejoice happily.
Fang Yuan searched Dang Hun Mountain for Guts Gu.
After gathering a massive quantity, he used them all in one go. His soul rapidly swelled until it resembled an inflated balloon on the verge of exploding, but Fang Yuan had already prepared for this.
The soul cleansing formation activated, tearing Fang Yuan's soul apart piece by piece. Fang Yuan gritted his teeth and endured the horrifying pain of having his soul shredded for a long time before finally emerging from the formation.
His soul had now become nearly transparent. Deep within it was something resembling oily black metal that had condensed until it was almost solid.
Fang Yuan used more Guts Gu to restore his soul before nodding slightly.
"My soul is now at the fourteen-thousand-man soul level, and there is no need to transform it into a wolfman soul to lessen the burden of wolf enslavement. I do not suffer from that burden in the first place."
Ten-thousand-man souls were exceedingly rare among enslavement path Gu Masters. Usually, only soul path Gu Masters possessed such powerful souls. Yet Fang Yuan could raise his soul to this level within a short period of time.
"I still have around half a day before I return… I should make better use of this opportunity. Land spirit, how many immortal essence stones do we currently possess?"
Little Hu Immortal floated in the air as she reported:
"Reporting to Master, we currently have sixty-one immortal essence stones. After purchasing more cloud soil, slippery soil, and broken spirit breaths, this is the amount remaining."
Fang Yuan nodded with complete satisfaction. Sixty-one immortal essence stones was an enormous amount, but what truly satisfied Fang Yuan was his management of the blessed land.
During his absence, the clones created from human path Gu worms had managed the blessed land extremely well. The fox groups had expanded greatly, while mutated beasts had become increasingly common among them. Even more mutated beast kings had begun to appear.
Meanwhile, the star fragment grass field planted atop the cloud soil had expanded tremendously, growing rapidly both in scale and productivity.
The star fragment grass field now stretched ten kilometers in every direction, floating above the central region. The first batch of star fragment grass had already been sold, earning Fang Yuan eleven immortal essence stones in profit from that alone.
Additionally, starlight firefly Gu were now being produced in greater quantities under the care of formations and human path clones.
The Ghost Face Sunflower Field was also under the care of a soul path immortal Gu formation, causing it to grow rapidly and become healthier than ever. However, none of the Ghost Face Sunflowers had been sold yet despite being harvested and preserved.
Most importantly, the Pill Refinerclones were refining Relic Gu, and Relic Gu had become Fang Yuan's greatest source of income, generating more profit than all his other income sources combined!
Underground, Rock Ring Fluid served as another major income source, producing vast amounts of resources that were sold periodically.
Alongside this, there were countless smaller resource points, whether plants, Gu worms, creatures, or anything else. Each produced only a small quantity of resources, but when combined together, their value became extremely substantial.
Even the scenery of the blessed land had become magnificent. Strange birds filled the skies, while countless hills and flowing rivers spread throughout the blessed land. Hu Immortal Blessed Land, which had originally been an ordinary grassland environment, had transformed into flourishing meadows filled with beautiful flowers, plants, and grasses.
"This is truly an astonishing achievement… In my previous life, at this point in time, I was still struggling within Northern Plains and possessed no way to connect to Treasure Yellow Heaven. Because of that, after the collapse of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, I became extremely poor and was placed under enormous pressure."
His progress in this life could only be described as a miracle.