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After the Battle of Yi Tian Mountain ended, Fang Yuan had tested this body's limits.
He did not use any Gu worms, but he was fast like a charging horse.
By just leaping gently, he could jump ten meters of distance.
Jumping down from a hundred and eighty meters while pointing his head downwards, he felt a little dizzy but it only lasted for three breaths of time, and was gone before he knew it.
He had great strength and endurance as well, he ran for minutes without feeling any fatigue at all.
His five senses and visual acuity were beyond amazing! His vision was outstanding, looking ten thousand steps ahead, everything was clear to him.
His heartbeat returned to normal after exercising intensely, every time it beat, it was very strong and lively.
His thinking speed was extremely fast as well. Even if it was under the light of wisdom, he could maintain it for a long time. Even Gu Immortals could rarely reach this extent with only their bodies.
Not just a metal tree, even if a metal hill crashed at him, Fang Yuan would be intact.
This was the sovereign immortal body's own physique, it had nothing to do with Gu worms, it had to do with his dao marks.
"Inside Reverse Flow River, I cannot use Gu worms, but the same goes for others!"
"Meanwhile, my sovereign immortal body is sufficiently strong, my dao marks are also high in quantity."
Fang Yuan thought about it, his mood turned into excitement.
"Ying Wu Xie!"
He flung his limbs as he swam forward like a swordfish.
The whole Reverse Flow River was running quickly, but the overall flow was affected by the formation, it flowed towards Black Extremity and Flood Extremity.
Roar!
A striped tiger was climbing onto a plank with its limbs.
Fang Yuan swam to the tiger but it was unmoved. Meanwhile, Fang Yuan panted as he took a little rest on the plank.
But this plank could not endure the weight of both the human and tiger, it started sinking.
The tiger was anxious, it bore its fangs at Fang Yuan and wanted to bite him, but Fang Yuan snorted and stretched out his arm, crushing the tiger's head as he raised his fist and punched this tiger to death.
"Thankfully, this is not a desolate beast but an ordinary beast instead."
Against a desolate beast, the sovereign immortal body was not enough.
Snowy Mountain blessed land did not lack desolate beasts. But to refine fortune rivalling heaven Immortal Gu, in activating the formation and defending against enemies, Snowy Mountain blessed land had already been modified. Gu Immortals with desolate beasts had kept them in their immortal apertures, they would not allow enemies to kill the desolate beasts, that would just be stupid.
Fang Yuan swam in Reverse Flow River, he wanted to find Ying Wu Xie.
Snowy Mountain blessed land collapsed, Reverse Flow River was pouring out, Fang Yuan did not know that Purple Mountain True Monarch had awakened.
He was still thinking of Old Ancestor Xue Hu as the main enemy. He estimated that Ying Wu Xie had some relationship with Snowy Mountain, but it was not close. Otherwise, why would Old Ancestor Xue Hu not help during the Battle of Yi Tian Mountain?
Fang Yuan's analysis was not wrong.
But his information path methods were too lacking, he did not have enough intel.
"Right now, even if I meet Old Ancestor Xue Hu, I can survive. Because in Reverse Flow River, Gu worms cannot be used, it is a special environment!"
"Since Ying Wu Xie has some connection with Old Ancestor Xue Hu, if I miss this chance, they will definitely grow rapidly under his protection."
"If I miss this chance, I might not have another opportunity to eliminate them again!"
Thinking of this, Fang Yuan moved ahead after resting shortly.
But he met Bi Chen Tian.
A Central Continent rank eight Gu Immortal!
Fang Yuan was shocked.
"What is going on?"
"A rank eight Gu Immortal who isn't Old Ancestor Xue Hu, and is from Central Continent?!"
Bi Chen Tian was in a terrible state, he was covered in injuries as he rested on a huge turtle's back.
These injuries were not from Reverse Flow River's journey, but were sustained in the battle earlier. He was a rank eight Gu Immortal, his dao marks conflicted and it was harder to heal from injuries once he sustained them.
But in that battle, he was in a weaker position, how could he have time to heal himself?
Thus, after the main formation collapsed, he was swept by Reverse Flow River and could not use his Gu worms to heal himself, all the way until now.
But fortunately, while being washed away in the river, he met a floating turtle and managed to get a chance to rest on it.
Fang Yuan discovered Bi Chen Tian, Bi Chen Tian also saw Fang Yuan.
But Bi Chen Tian did not recognize Fang Yuan.
Because Fang Yuan was in his sovereign immortal body's appearance! His original appearance was exposed by Heavenly Court and was spread over all five regions.
Even though Bi Chen Tian did not know Fang Yuan, he frowned and became alert.
Because Fang Yuan's aura showed that he was a Northern Plains Gu Immortal.
This was also because of the sovereign immortal body.
After passing the regional wall, Fang Yuan could change his aura into that of the region he was in, he was a Gu Immortal of the region and could perfectly fuse into it.
"Who is this? He is not one of the peak lords of Snowy Mountain blessed land, however, he could have been recruited by Old Ancestor Xue Hu secretly."
Bi Chen Tian stood up on the turtle's shell, looking at Fang Yuan's every movement.
Inside Reverse Flow River, even though Bi Chen Tian had rank eight cultivation level, his Gu worms could not be used, he had limited battle strength.
Fang Yuan also looked at him alertly, he did not get close.
Even though Fang Yuan had the sovereign immortal body, he would be stupid if he thought he was the strongest person in Reverse Flow River!
Reverse Flow River did not allow Gu worms to be used, but his body was intact, his dao marks were effective.
Fang Yuan's sovereign immortal body was very powerful, because of the dao marks on the immortal body.
Similarly, if a Gu Master used black boar Gu to gain the strength of a boar, he would have the strength path dao marks carved into his body. If this Gu Master falls into Reverse Flow River, and is unable to use Gu worms, he would still be able to use his body and attack with the strength of a boar.
As for other Gu Immortals, over the long course of their cultivation journey, how could they not use any Gu worms like black boar Gu to increase the number of dao marks in their bodies?
This was natural!
Anyone who was not a fool would know the advantages of such dao marks.
Fang Yuan's body had its advantages, so did other Gu Immortals, the extent simply varied from one person to another.
For rank eight Gu Immortals, they had deep foundations, Fang Yuan did not want to fight against Bi Chen Tian at the moment.
"You are a Central Continent Gu Immortal?"
"I am a Northern Plains Gu Immortal, but I have a grudge with Old Ancestor Xue Hu."
"I saw him trying to refine the rank eight Immortal Gu, I did not want him to succeed, so I went to the outside of the blessed land and tried to find a way to break in."
"Are you a helper for him to refine the Gu?"
Fang Yuan probed.
Bi Chen Tian's frown eased a little, he answered: "Old Ancestor Xue Hu is also my enemy."
"Not long ago, I was fighting against him in Snowy Mountain blessed land, but this unexpected surprise happened."
"My injuries are all caused by Old Ancestor Xue Hu."
The two talked and exchanged information.
Fang Yuan realized now that so many things had happened in Snowy Mountain blessed land!
But Bi Chen Tian was very vague about many things, Fang Yuan could not get much intel.
They did not trust each other after all.
This was natural.
They only had interacted a little, it was hard to tell what the other person's intentions were.
And in this situation where Gu worms could not be used, both sides were at their highest alertness.
Fang Yuan knew he could not get more information from Bi Chen Tian and decided to leave.
He left that huge wild turtle.
Even during the conversation, he did not get closer, while Bi Chen Tian did not invite Fang Yuan to rest on the turtle's back.
Bi Chen Tian saw that Fang Yuan was leaving and his expression relaxed a little.
But at this moment, an unexpected surprise occurred.
Ping.
A soft sound echoed.
A fist-sized thing was washed down by the river, landing on Fang Yuan's face.
This thing was soft and tiny, like a jellyfish, it stuck to Fang Yuan's forehead.
"What is this?" Fang Yuan was stunned, he wanted to pull it away.
But at this time, he heard Bi Chen Tian call out: "Be gentle, don't crush it!"
"Oh?" Fang Yuan was surprised, what was it that made a rank eight Gu Immortal nervous?
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Fang Yuan held this jellyfish-like Gu in his hand, looking at it.
At the next moment, his eyes shined.
This was an Immortal Gu.
But he did not know its rank.
Because in Reverse Flow River, no Gu worm could be used. These Gu worms that fell into Reverse Flow River were like fossils, they were sealed and their auras could not be felt.
This made Fang Yuan unaware of the nature of this jellyfish Immortal Gu earlier, when it was on his face.
Only when Bi Chen Tian reminded him did Fang Yuan realize.
If this were in the outside world, without Reverse Flow River, Immortal Gu aura would leak, Fang Yuan would detect it from far away, and determine what its rank was.
As for what Immortal Gu it was, that would depend on the Gu Immortal's own knowledge.
"This Immortal Gu seems to be... affection Gu?" Fang Yuan's knowledge was wide, after looking at it, he could guess this what this Gu was.
Wisdom path had three elements, thoughts, wills, and emotions.
Since there was love Immortal Gu, there was also affection Immortal Gu, of course 1 .
Fang Yuan's guess was right.
Bi Chen Tian could not help but feel anxious. Affection Gu was very important to Central Continent's Gu Immortals.
Why?
Because this Immortal Gu was temporarily used in Edge Link Camp, there were many mortal Gu along with it.
This affection Immortal Gu, along with many mortal Gu, could create a new effect in Edge Link Camp, that was to track the location of love Gu. Even if love Gu was in an immortal aperture, it would not be affected.
That was how Edge Link Camp managed to find Snowy Mountain blessed land.
Otherwise, inside the spaceless tunnel, when love Gu sent Zhao Lian Yun, Yu Yi Ye Zi, Shi Zheng Yi, Bu Zhen Zi, and Mu Ling Lan away, who would know where they went?
After adding affection Immortal Gu and other Gu worms, Edge Link Camp could detect love Immortal Gu and traced it to Snowy Mountain blessed land.
But afterwards, because they fought with Old Ancestor Xue Hu and Purple Mountain True Monarch, Edge Link Camp sustained great pressure, and took much damage. Before this, due to the long journey and the collapse of the spaceless tunnel, Edge Link Camp was not complete to begin with.
And now, after Flood Extremity and Black Extremity activated the Gu formation, destroying the main formation, Reverse Flow River flowed out and struck the heavily damaged Edge Link Camp.
This way, the Immortal Gu House broke apart and the Immortal Gu and mortal Gu inside were all swept away by the water.
If this were the outside world, these Immortal Gu and mortal Gu would fly towards the Gu Immortals who had their wills contained.
But inside Reverse Flow River, these Gu worms were restricted by the special environment, they were forcefully sealed, hibernating like they were no longer alive.
Affection Gu was one of the countless Gu worms that made up the Immortal Gu House.
Or rather, it was a very lucky one.
Because most of the Gu worms had flowed along the river and were destroyed by the waves, or crashed into rocks or trees.
Gu worms were very fragile.
Reverse Flow River became their grave.
Of course, there were different types of Gu worm body types.
Most were broken with one squeeze, but some were like jade or rocks, as tough as jade. Affection Gu was different, it had a soft body, it could survive even if there was an impact.
Evidently, this was how it survived in Reverse Flow River.
But after ending up in Fang Yuan's hands, it was not in good shape.
The jellyfish body was very tattered, there was a huge injury that was about a quarter of its size, it was terrifying.
Bi Chen Tian's eyes were very sharp, seeing that Fang Yuan was about to pull away this affection Gu, he called out in worry.
But after reminding him, he felt great regret.
If he did not say it, Fang Yuan might have thrown it away without care or concern.
But now, Fang Yuan's eyes were shining, he realized the truth.
Bi Chen Tian withheld the unease in his heart as he cupped his fists at Fang Yuan: "Friend, this Gu belongs to Central Continent. Why don't you give this Immortal Gu to me, you will gain the friendship of Central Continent. Is that alright?"
Fang Yuan squinted: "I can consider that, but what Gu is this? You need to tell me."
Bi Chen Tian answered: "This is affection Gu, a wisdom path Gu worm."
Wisdom path Gu Immortals were rare, Bi Chen Tian emphasized that this was affection Immortal Gu because he thought that Fang Yuan was not a wisdom path Gu Immortal. Affection Gu was not useful to most Gu Immortals after all.
It was a waste to give it away, but it was a burden in one's hands.
Why?
Gu Immortals needed wills as their assistants. Be it in sect meetings or in treasure yellow heaven, any will Gu could be used widely.
But mortal level will Gu could achieve this.
There was no need to waste one's effort in raising an affection Immortal Gu.
After all, if one was not a wisdom path Gu Immortal, with their conflicting dao marks, using the Immortal Gu of other paths would have lower effects. At the same time, just affection Immortal Gu could not form any immortal killer moves.
Unless it was an immortal killer move of other paths that needed affection Immortal Gu, or any special methods that needed it, then the Gu Immortal would desire it.
Not all Immortal Gu were popular with people.
Gu Immortals had different paths, so did Immortal Gu. Gu Immortals were of rank six, seven, and eight, so were Immortal Gu.
For Gu Immortals, only suitable Immortal Gu had value to them.
In the five hundred years of Fang Yuan's previous life, during the five regions chaotic war, Gu Immortals often held trading sessions to exchange their Immortal Gu.
But Bi Chen Tian would not think that Fang Yuan was the most special Gu Immortal of all.
Firstly, he had grandmaster wisdom path attainment level, such a person had to be considered a wisdom path Gu Immortal.
Secondly, Fang Yuan's sovereign immortal body did not have conflicting dao marks, he could cultivate any path!
Lastly, Fang Yuan had been fretting over this matter, even though he had wisdom path attainment level and methods, he did not have relevant wisdom path Immortal Gu.
Thus, this affection Immortal Gu was very important to Fang Yuan.
Thus, he placed affection Immortal Gu into the pocket of his shirt.
Inside Reverse Flow River, the immortal aperture's entrance could not be opened, he had to carry it with him.
Bi Chen Tian saw this and his heart sank, his tone was even more anxious: "Friend! Take out that Immortal Gu, we are not enemies, we can go through a transaction according to what we need."
Fang Yuan looked at Bi Chen Tian: "We can have a transaction, but not here."
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If possible, Fang Yuan wanted to use affection Immortal Gu to trade for Immortal Gu that suited him more.
But in Reverse Flow River, transactions were impossible.
Because no Gu worms could be used, information path methods that allowed two parties to engage in transactions were unusable.
Fang Yuan wanted to exchange for Immortal Gu, but Bi Chen Tian could not take out any Immortal Gu, because Gu worms hibernated while inside Reverse Flow River, let alone those in an immortal aperture, they would not respond to any of a Gu Immortal's summons even if they were inside their bodies.
Thus, Bi Chen Tian did not have any chips to use for trade.
Bi Chen Tian knew Fang Yuan's concern, but should he give up this chance and wait for the future?
Who knew what would happen in the future?
After Black Extremity's action, Snowy Mountain blessed land was gone, Central Continent's Edge Link Camp was destroyed as well, if Central Continent's group fought again, they would fall into an even deeper disadvantage.
Central Continent's Gu Immortals were barely able to defend themselves, once they escaped Reverse Flow River, wouldn't they flee immediately?
Thus, there was no chance to undergo trade with Fang Yuan.
If they did not do the transaction now, what about in the future?
Fang Yuan was a Northern Plains Gu Immortal, while Bi Chen Tian was a Central Continent Gu Immortal, both were in different regions, even in treasure yellow heaven, Central Continent could not dictate Fang Yuan to do a transaction with them later.
What if he made a deal with someone else? What if he raised prices to an absurd level without fear?
There were worse situations possible.
Bi Chen Tian was someone with the foresight to consider bad outcomes in advance, seeing that he could not coax Fang Yuan to give the Immortal Gu, his killing intent rose!
"I am a rank eight Gu Immortal, even if I cannot use Immortal Gu here, with my dao mark foundation, how can I lose to a rank seven Gu Immortal?"
Thinking like this, Bi Chen Tian jumped into the river water and swam towards Fang Yuan.
At this moment, his hostility was obvious.
Fang Yuan sneered internally, as he charged towards Bi Chen Tian as well.
Bi Chen Tian saw this and became joyful, thinking: "This Northern Plains Gu Immortal looks like a battle maniac. He's simply brainless!"
The river water moved rapidly, but both parties had extraordinary bodies, they quickly met in the middle.
Boom boom boom.
Fang Yuan raised his fist and punched at Bi Chen Tian thrice.
Bi Chen Tian was a wood path Gu Immortal, he had great stamina and eyesight, he blocked all three attacks.
He was shocked: "This person looks so young, how can he have such strength? Does he cultivate strength path?"
He felt that his arm was numb from blocking.
But while he was shocked, Bi Chen Tian still retaliated with his other hand.
Both sides exchanged fists, they quickly got into a scuffle.
Fang Yuan's entire body was a weapon, his head, knee, elbow, and all sorts of jabs were used.
Bi Chen Tian was on the back foot, but soon, he held up evenly against Fang Yuan's attacks. Because he had incredible foundation, and his close combat skills were very deep. Even though he had rarely used these techniques after becoming a Gu Immortal, currently in actual battle, he was recovering his combat skills.
As for Fang Yuan, he had become a Gu Immortal more recently, many years ago, he was a mortal Gu Master roaming Northern Plains and Southern Border, he was familiar with close combat.
The two fought in the water, at times, they lifted their heads above the water and breathed roughly, temporarily resting.
Reverse Flow River moved rapidly, most of their energy was spent in swimming, they did not actually fight too much.
When they fought, the environment was very complex.
Because at times, logs or wild beasts would float down the river and force the two to evade them.
As a result, after tens of rounds of battle, both sides were breathing roughly, but they could do nothing to the other party.
"This rank eight Gu Immortal is truly deep in foundation. I wanted to kill a rank eight in Reverse Flow River, but now it seems to be wishful thinking."
Bi Chen Tian, however, was filled with shock.
"How can this be? This person is on par with me?!"
"I have used grass python Immortal Gu previously to gain a huge amount of strength."
"I have also used immortal killer move wood armor to carve dao marks in my body, my body has naturally strong defenses."
"I even turned my heart into a wood heart and turned my blood into green blood, giving me super healing abilities."
"These immortal killer moves and Immortal Gu, along with my dao marks as a rank eight Gu Immortal who has so many calamities and tribulations, I definitely outclass this rank seven."
"But why am I simply evenly matched with him?"
Bi Chen Tian stared at Fang Yuan, as if he was looking at a monster.
Speaking of which, Fang Yuan did not have as many dao marks as the rank eight Bi Chen Tian, but in fact, his dao mark accumulation surpassed most rank seven Gu Immortals. Even though he only became a rank seven Gu Immortal recently.
What resisted Bi Chen Tian was the sovereign immortal body.
The sovereign immortal body was not a normal human body, it was refined from a Gu worm. Be it Wei Ling Yang or Bi Chen Tian, they were humans. But Fang Yuan's body was made from a Gu worm.
It could therefore be said that Fang Yuan being a complete otherworldly demon was one of the reasons.
The sovereign immortal body made up for the difference in dao marks between him and Bi Chen Tian, allowing them to fight evenly.
Fang Yuan decided to retreat.
Even though he did not lose, his intention was to kill the huge threat Ying Wu Xie.
Earlier, when fighting with Bi Chen Tian, he wanted to test his strength, to see if he could kill a rank eight Gu Immortal.
But in fact, Fang Yuan was overly optimistic.
He could do nothing to Bi Chen Tian, Fang Yuan had to give up. He did not want to stall it out with Bi Chen Tian, his objective had not been met yet.
Fang Yuan wanted to leave, but Bi Chen Tian did not allow him to.
Even though Bi Chen Tian could not do anything to Fang Yuan, affection Immortal Gu was still with Fang Yuan.
"Even if I cannot win, I need to keep him here. If my companions come later, we can encircle him together. I cannot let him escape!"
"Damn it, this guy." Fang Yuan quickly frowned.
He wanted to retreat, but Bi Chen Tian's speed and strength were not inferior to his, even though Fang Yuan wanted to leave, Bi Chen Tian was preventing him from doing so.
This gravely affected Fang Yuan's plan.
"In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Fang Yuan's eyes flashed with cold light.
Obstructed by the wild beast corpse ahead, Fang Yuan's speed fell and Bi Chen Tian reached him again.
Fang Yuan turned around to fight him.
Both were fighting with their fists and legs in Reverse Flow River, it was a draw, at the crucial moment, Fang Yuan stretched out his arm and placed affection Immortal Gu in front of himself.
Bi Chen Tian wanted to punch at Fang Yuan's torso.
If he hit, Fang Yuan would lose his oxygen supply and would need to go to the surface and breathe in fresh air.
This was one of the key points of fighting underwater.
But Fang Yuan suddenly took out affection Immortal Gu, and put it in front of Bi Chen Tian's fist.
Bi Chen Tian turned pale from shock, he quickly pulled back his fist and revealed a flaw.
Fang Yuan laughed coldly on the inside, he used this flaw and charged, Bi Chen Tian had made a mistake and could only block and defend himself, preparing to counterattack.
But Fang Yuan suddenly raised affection Immortal Gu in front of himself, causing Bi Chen Tian to be unable to attack and exposing a flaw.
With two flaws exposed, Fang Yuan made use of his advantage and kicked at Bi Chen Tian's stomach.
Bi Chen Tian was hit and immediately opened his mouth as air bubbles floated up.
He did not have enough oxygen now, he changed his tactics and wanted to escape to the surface.
But Fang Yuan did not allow this, he stretched out his arms and gripped with them like pincers, pulling Bi Chen Tian and preventing him from reaching the surface.
Bi Chen Tian suddenly twisted his waist and escaped with a difficult maneuver. He moved like a fish, bursting out with strength, Fang Yuan's left arm could not catch him.
Fang Yuan praised on the inside towards this response.
Bi Chen Tian was a Central Continent Gu Immortal, but his rank eight foundation really held no weaknesses. In terms of fighting underwater, he even slightly surpassed Fang Yuan.
There was a need to mention, Fang Yuan had lived in Eastern Sea for a long time during the five hundred years of his previous life.
This way, Bi Chen Tian instantly swam until he was on top of Fang Yuan.
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Fang Yuan's grasp earlier had failed, he raised his arms and grabbed upwards.
His left arm missed but his right arm grabbed onto Bi Chen Tian's leg.
Bi Chen Tian was obstructed, his other leg kicked towards Fang Yuan's head like a fierce dragon.
This blow was heavy, if it landed, Fang Yuan would become dizzy and Bi Chen Tian would easily escape.
But Fang Yuan took out affection Immortal Gu and raised it up.
Bi Chen Tian wanted to curse, his leg stopped.
Fang Yuan managed to obtain some time to react, he moved his head backwards as his entire body went upside down in the water.
Originally, he was like Bi Chen Tian, they were floating upright.
But now that he grabbed Bi Chen Tian's leg, he became upside down.
Bi Chen Tian saw this and his heart sank, he gasped in his mind.
This was because Fang Yuan was grabbing onto his leg with one hand, while the other was holding affection Immortal Gu, he could not attack with strength.
But at this moment, in this scene, Fang Yuan had two legs to use.
Meanwhile, Bi Chen Tian's leg was held by Fang Yuan, he could only attack with one other leg.
Bi Chen Tian was shocked, the leg that was free moved around like a butterfly, it was extremely nimble, after kicking for several times, Fang Yuan could only see many shadows of his moving leg.
But Fang Yuan had no fear, he kicked with both legs, as he unleashed a flurry of kicks moving like shadows as well.
Both parties were fighting in the water, causing huge spirals to form around the river water, each time their legs collided, a loud sound was emitted in the river water.
Bi Chen Tian could only use one leg, how could he compete with both of Fang Yuan's legs?
During the process of fighting, he was often hit by Fang Yuan's legs.
Bi Chen Tian mainly defended himself, as he felt downcast: "I am a great rank eight Gu Immortal, to think that this would happen. Scoundrel! As long as I get to the surface and recover my breath, I will deal with you!"
His arms flailed furiously, dragging Fang Yuan towards the surface as well.
But at the next moment, Fang Yuan's eyes shined with brilliance, as he blocked Bi Chen Tian's kick with one leg, while his other leg kicked at a crucial location.
"Ah!"
Bi Chen Tian was kicked by Fang Yuan, it landed on his crotch.
In an instant, his entire face stiffened, he stared with wide opened eyes, he was about to gasp out his last bit of oxygen left.
Bi Chen Tian was a rank eight great expert after all, he had superhuman endurance, he forcefully endured it and moved his arms, wanting to swim up to the surface.
Boom!
Fang Yuan kicked again.
Bi Chen Tian's body shook, this time, he could not help but breathe out a chain of bubbles.
Boom boom boom.
Sensing his huge weakness, Fang Yuan continued to kick.
Bi Chen Tian's face was flushed red, his eyes were bloodshot, he no longer thought of getting to the surface, he wanted to kill Fang Yuan!
"Who would fight you to the death?" Fang Yuan let go, kicking Bi Chen Tian away with another blow.
At the same time, he was pushed away by the force, pulling some distance from Bi Chen Tian.
After getting free, Bi Chen Tian was dazed for a while before giving up on Fang Yuan, he went to the surface to recover his breath.
Fang Yuan turned around and escaped successfully from Bi Chen Tian.
Bi Chen Tian's head came up to the surface as he breathed in deeply continuously.
His crotch was hurting, waves of pain was assaulting his nerves, he felt himself getting dizzy.
"This accursed fellow! If I have a chance, I will tear out your tendons and burn you to ashes!" Bi Chen Tian watched at the river surface as Fang Yuan swam away rapidly, their distance was enlarging, he could not catch up.
Fang Yuan successfully escaped from Bi Chen Tian, he slowed down to recover his stamina.
His legs were numb.
Bi Chen Tian's crotch was not easy to kick. Fang Yuan had immense strength, but his legs still felt numb from kicking it.
Evidently, Bi Chen Tian had thought of defending his crotch, there were many wood path dao marks there.
At the final crucial moment, Fang Yuan did not fight with Bi Chen Tian.
He knew that with Bi Chen Tian's methods, even if he killed him, he would have to face a terrifying retaliation and would likely get heavily injured or end up dead.
Fang Yuan did not want this outcome.
He did not need to fight to the death with a rank eight Gu Immortal.
He had the sovereign immortal body, his future was bright. And his goal to begin with was Ying Wu Xie.
If he died with Bi Chen Tian, wouldn't Ying Wu Xie be laughing his head off? Even if only Bi Chen Tian died, Fang Yuan would still be heavily injured, he would lose the ability to kill Ying Wu Xie.
Of course, there was something crucial.
Even if he killed Bi Chen Tian, Fang Yuan could gain nothing!
Immortal apertures could not be opened here, Bi Chen Tian's corpse would be a burden. Fang Yuan could not carry this corpse around with him, even if he could, what if he met Ying Wu Xie? Even if he did not meet Ying Wu Xie, what would he do if he met Central Continent's Gu Immortals?
Rank seven Gu Immortal killing rank eight, this would be a grand feat that would grant him unparalleled honor and glory.
But this honor was worthless to Fang Yuan!
He continued to swim ahead, trying to find Ying Wu Xie.
"Fang Yuan, is that you?"
Ying Wu Xie heard this and turned around, expressing joy on his face.
"Come closer, I will pull you up." He quickly said.
After a moment, Ying Wu Xie dragged Tai Bai Yun Sheng onto a huge lotus leaf.
"This is the leaf of the king lotus, it can float on the surface of the water, to think that you are so lucky." Tai Bai Yun Sheng sighed deeply.
Ying Wu Xie laughed, thinking: "I am luck connected to Fang Yuan, how can my luck be bad?"
But soon, his smile faded as worry appeared on his face again.
He looked at the flowing river: "Reverse Flow River's state is really strange now, we cannot escape. We have to meet up with Purple Mountain True Monarch now, we might be able to take back Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun, and even kill that ancient sword dragon that was chasing us!"
At the mention of Purple Mountain True Monarch, Tai Bai Yun Sheng showed admiration on his face: "Yes, we should meet up with master."
"Achoo!"
Purple Mountain True Monarch sneezed loudly.
He had a bitter expression, sighing: "Oh, to think that I would end up like this so soon after waking up. Sigh, I am old, my body is weak now, I seem to be getting a cold just because of some water."
He was sitting on Old Ancestor Xue Hu's shoulder.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu was swimming, he looked around, trying to find something in Reverse Flow River.
Hearing Purple Mountain True Monarch's words, he snorted: "You are doing nothing but you are still complaining? Don't you have wings? Why don't you fly out of Reverse Flow River?"
Purple Mountain True Monarch was in his original form now.
Like how Fang Yuan turned back to a human from ancient sword dragon form, Purple Mountain True Monarch was a rank eight miniman Gu Immortal, he had turned large earlier using an immortal method. Now that he was in Reverse Flow River, he became a miniman again.
Precisely because of this, he could sit on Old Ancestor Xue Hu's shoulder.
"You think I don't want to? But this Reverse Flow River is affected by some power, it is very chaotic, I cannot leave the river. Hehe, who created this Gu formation for you?" Purple Mountain True Monarch asked.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu had a grim expression: "Sun Ming Lu."
Purple Mountain True Monarch responded with an 'oh'.
"It should be him. This was out of my expectations." Old Ancestor Xue Hu said: "He is a member of Longevity Heaven!"
Old Ancestor Xue Hu was astute, at this moment, it was not hard to guess where Sun Ming Lu came from.
Because Central Continent's Gu Immortals were already in danger, in the entirety of Northern Plains, who could have the ability and guts to deal with Old Ancestor Xue Hu?
Other than Longevity Heaven, there was no one else.
Purple Mountain True Monarch said: "Longevity Heaven is definitely after Ma Hong Yun, as well as Zhao Lian Yun. They must be in front."
"I need to find my wife!" Old Ancestor Xue Hu said.
Purple Mountain True Monarch patted his shoulder: "Then we need to go ahead, Lady Wan Shou was right beside Ma Hong Yun at the time, she was swept away by the river along with them, she should be near them."
The fate reversing refinement sub formation was shining with a brilliant white-golden light.
The light burst into the sky, like a huge unconcealable pillar.
At this moment, Black Extremity was at the center of the Gu formation, manipulating it and directing the flow of Reverse Flow River. Flood Extremity was outside the Gu formation, preventing any intruders from approaching the pillar of light.
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"So impressive, this Gu formation can actually control Reverse Flow River." Flood Extremity looked at the pillar of light and praised sincerely.
But Black Extremity shook his head: "This is not control, I merely created the fate reversing sacrificial refinement formation, it is like digging a river channel and letting Reverse Flow River move in it. We dug the river channel, thus, we can influence the direction that Reverse Flow River goes."
"When we retrieve Reverse Flow River, Longevity Heaven will gain another secluded domain of heaven and earth." Flood Extremity anticipated.
Black Extremity instructed again: "When we collect Reverse Flow River, the sub formation will be destroyed. You have to take note of the time and direction, opening your immortal aperture and letting the river flow in. You are a water path Gu Immortal, you have a big advantage in doing this."
Flood Extremity was troubled: "What if Reverse Flow River changes direction? Are there really no Gu worms in this world that can control Reverse Flow River?"
Black Extremity frowned slightly: "Well no, there isn't, but maybe not necessarily... there might be another possibility."
"What do you mean?"
"You know the contents of <
"You mean Immortal Gu — Perseverance? No way, perseverance Immortal Gu has never appeared before. In my opinion, that story is only telling us to persevere in cultivating and to never give up easily."
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Ren Zu's daughter, Boundless Forest Samsara, was trapped inside Ordinary Abyss.
She made friends with a miniman, the miniman brought Boundless Forest Samsara to see his home — City Well.
After Boundless Forest Samsara saw City Well, she raised her head at the sky.
"I understand now." Boundless Forest Samsara looked above her.
She was trapped inside Ordinary Abyss, she was just like the minimen who were trapped under the well. The minimen raised their heads and saw the sky within the well, it was like the sky that Boundless Forest Samsara saw when she looked up at Ordinary Abyss.
"I have decided, I will work hard and get out of this abyss to meet with father again!" Boundless Forest Samsara raised her fists, making up her mind.
The miniman was overjoyed: "Sure. I want to leave Ordinary Abyss and see the world outside as well. I see that there are many trees here in Ordinary Abyss, we can chop them down and make a ladder to climb up."
Boundless Forest Samsara gasped, looking at the miniman: "Oh miniman, don't you have wings? Why can't you fly out?"
The miniman smiled bitterly: "Oh human, I might have a pair of wings, but they are flimsy and weak. They can only carry me for a short distance. When I left City Well, I also used a ladder."
"So that's it." Boundless Forest Samsara realized.
In the following days, she stayed with the miniman, chopping trees and creating a ladder.
Trees were chopped down one by one, wisdom Gu flew out from them.
Boundless Forest Samsara was shocked: "Wisdom Gu, why are you here?"
"Wisdom is hidden in the ordinary, of course I can be here." Wisdom Gu answered.
Next, wisdom Gu said: "You are all very smart, you know how to use the achievements of predecessors to escape from being ordinary. But if you two want to leave Ordinary Abyss, you need to build your own ladders and complete them alone. Otherwise, you cannot leave."
Boundless Forest Samsara quickly nodded: "Oh wisdom Gu, thanks for reminding us, we will take note."
She and the miniman made their own ladders.
The ladders became taller and taller, soon, Boundless Forest Samsara's ladder surpassed the miniman.
The miniman's ladder was short and small, the distance between each step was also small.
In comparison, Boundless Forest Samsara's ladder was long and tall.
Boundless Forest Samsara teased the miniman: "Miniman, oh miniman, the ladder I make in half a day is as tall as the one you make in half a month. At this rate, when can you make a proper ladder to step on and escape from Ordinary Abyss?"
The miniman was helpless: "I can't help it, I am already doing my best, but this is all the wood I can carry after spending half a day, while you only need one hand to carry this over. I need to use a long time to chop down a small tree, but you only take three swings. I am already doing my best to reach this extent."
Boundless Forest Samsara nodded: "It is a pity we can only make our own ladders."
The miniman replied: "That's right, to leave Ordinary Abyss, we can use our predecessors' achievements, but we truly need to rely on ourselves. Let's continue working hard."
Boundless Forest Samsara and the miniman continued to chop down trees to make their ladders.
Trees fell one by one, from within, strength Gu flew out.
Boundless Forest Samsara was shocked: "Oh strength Gu, why are you here?"
"Strength is hidden in the ordinary, of course I can be here." Strength Gu answered.
Boundless Forest Samsara thought about it and asked: "Oh strength Gu, can you give us any advice? Like wisdom Gu."
Strength Gu said: "I have no advice to give you, but I can grant you great strength, as long as you give me your youth."
Boundless Forest Samsara fell into hesitation.
Strength Gu said: "According to your current strength, when will you be able to build a ladder tall enough to escape Ordinary Abyss?"
Boundless Forest Samsara thought: "Very long, I will need twenty to thirty years."
Strength Gu said: "Yes, by then, you will no longer be young, you will lose your youth and became middle aged, rather than that, you might as well give me your youth, even though you will become middle aged, you only need a few years to build the ladder."
Boundless Forest Samsara thought about it and nodded: "You are absolutely right, strength Gu, I will rely on you."
Thus, Boundless Forest Samsara obtained strength Gu, her speed in building the ladder became very fast, she could chop more trees at once. A year later, her ladder was extremely tall.
She stood at the top of the ladder and looked down.
She saw that the trees were very small, the grass was a field of green, she was very happy: "So when I stand at a high point, things that are big usually will become small. It is just like City Well."
She looked down at the miniman's ladder, it was very short, less than one percent of hers. She pouted.
Boundless Forest Samsara walked down and said to the miniman: "Why are you still so slow, my ladder is already so tall!"
The miniman looked at her ladder in admiration, saying helplessly: "I really admire you, your strength surpassed me to begin with, but now you also have strength Gu, it is too bad that I have no help, I can only rely on myself. I have already tried my best, everyday, other than eating and resting, I spend all my time building this ladder, but it cannot match yours."
Boundless Forest Samsara nodded: "That is natural."
Another year passed.
Boundless Forest Samsara continued to build the ladder even taller.
She stood at the peak and looked down.
The trees were like grass, while everything smaller than trees could not be seen clearly.
She looked at the miniman's ladder, even though it was taller than most trees, it was less than one-thousandth of hers.
Boundless Forest Samsara walked down the ladder, laughing at the miniman: "Miniman oh miniman, stop wasting your efforts. Your strength is too low, you will not be able to build that ladder even if you spend an entire lifetime. You might as well use this time to enjoy your life."
"Actually, you are already very amazing, compared to those minimen, you actually walked out of City Well, you should just enjoy your life now."
The miniman thought about it and shook his head: "I am not satisfied with being ordinary. When I am not happy with being ordinary, being ordinary would be like an abyss to me, I want to go out. Even if I cannot succeed, I want to try, if I do not try hard enough, I will not be happy."
Thus, the miniman continued building his ladder.
The third year passed.
Boundless Forest Samsara's ladder was extremely tall.
She stood at the peak and looked down.
Only to see that clouds were blocking her vision.
She wanted to look at the miniman's ladder, but she could barely see it, it was less than one ten-thousandth of her ladder.
Boundless Forest Samsara sighed, she felt lonely.
When the wind blew, she shuddered, feeling cold.
"So when I stand at this tall point, not only will I feel lonely, I will also feel cold." Boundless Forest Samsara walked down the ladder and told the miniman about this.
The miniman shook his head: "My ladder is not tall enough, I don't know how you feel."
Boundless Forest Samsara felt bored.
She continued to build the ladder, but the time she spent on it was decreasing.
Strength Gu asked her: "Oh human, why are you not building your ladder?"
Boundless Forest Samsara answered: "The ladder is too tall and cold, I need to rest and regain warmth.
Another year passed.
Boundless Forest Samsara felt extremely bored.
She was still building her ladder, but she was spending less and less time on it.
Strength Gu asked her: "Oh human, why are you not building your ladder?"
Boundless Forest Samsara answered: "The ladder is too tall, when I look down, I get afraid. I need to rest and let my heart calm down."
Another year passed.
Boundless Forest Samsara became even more lazy.
Strength Gu asked her: "Look at the miniman, he has never stopped building his ladder, he is giving it his all. If you continue being lazy, he will surpass you one day."
Boundless Forest Samsara laughed: "How can that be possible? One day of work for me is a month of his. How can he ever surpass me?"
Like this, years passed without stopping.
Finally, one day, the miniman found Boundless Forest Samsara who was resting under a tree, saying to her: "Oh friend, my ladder is at the edge of Ordinary Abyss, tomorrow, I will step out and leave Ordinary Abyss."
Boundless Forest Samsara laughed: "Oh miniman, don't lie to me, this is too funny."
The miniman shook his head, saying seriously: "Grandness and being laughable is merely an inch apart. But I am not laughable anymore, I am grand and can finally leave this Ordinary Abyss. If you do not believe me, watch as I leave."
Thus, the miniman started to climb his ladder.
Boundless Forest Samsara was shocked at this, the miniman was really at the edge of the abyss,he could leave if he continued like this.
Boundless Forest Samsara shouted: "Oh miniman, do you not feel cold?"
The miniman said: "Of course, but I want to build my ladder and climb out of here."
Boundless Forest Samsara shouted again: "Oh miniman, do you not feel lonely?"
The miniman said: "Of course, but I want to build my ladder and climb out of here."
Boundless Forest Samsara shouted again: "Oh miniman, do you not feel afraid?"
The miniman said: "Of course, but I want to build my ladder and climb out of here."
After saying those three lines, a bright light flashed on his body, rapidly forming into a Gu worm.
"My name is Perseverance, oh miniman, thank you for giving me life." Perseverance Gu thanked the miniman.
The miniman laughed: "Great, even though I do not have strength, I have perseverance."
The miniman said as he climbed out of Ordinary Abyss, stepping into the outside world.
He first saw someone.
It was Ren Zu.
The rate of time inside Ordinary Abyss was different from the outside world.
Ren Zu sighed as he saw the miniman: "This is perseverance Gu? What a pity, if I had it, I would have been able to conquer Reverse Flow River."
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Flood Extremity believed that perseverance Gu was only a Gu worm found in <
But Black Extremity shook his head, saying: "Perseverance Immortal Gu is not a fictitious Gu worm. In fact, it has existed before."
Flood Extremity was shocked: "How did I not know that?"
"This was something I had learned while traveling Northern Plains. The person who refined perseverance Immortal Gu was the famous Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable. He was the one who entered the door of life and death and brought Reverse Flow River out into the world. He was the first owner of Reverse Flow River."
"Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable! Is that so? Then why is Reverse Flow River in the hands of Old Ancestor Xue Hu?" Flood Extremity asked.
Black Extremity shook his head: "I am unsure about the details regarding this... what is going on?!"
At this moment, there was a loud sound.
Inside the fate reversing refinement sub formation, some mortal Gu had exploded.
The pillar of light that the sub formation emitted also shrunk by ten percent.
This sudden change disrupted their conversation, Flood Extremity became nervous: "A portion of the Gu formation was destroyed, aren't you repairing it?"
Black Extremity shook his head: "This situation is within my expectations, even the fate reversing refinement sub formation cannot endure the might of Reverse Flow River, it will be destroyed. And this formation has a weakness, once it activates, it cannot be repaired, unless the entire formation stops functioning."
Flood Extremity frowned deeply: "Reverse Flow River has not reached here yet, what do we do now?"
Black Extremity smiled: "Don't worry, I created this formation, how could I not see this coming? In fact, there are benefits in destroying the Gu formation."
Flood Extremity was confused: "The Gu formation being destroyed has benefits?"
"Every ten percent of destruction would reduce our influence on Reverse Flow River by ten percent. The back part of Reverse Flow River will return to normal and stop being drawn to us. That way, it will display its original might and wash out everyone and everything behind." Black Extremity explained.
"Incredible!" Flood Extremity clapped and praised, his eyes were shining: "Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun are all at the front, that means, they will be the last to be washed away."
Black Extremity nodded: "Precisely."
Inside Reverse Flow River.
"Lord Bi Chen Tian!" Three Central Continent Gu Immortals greeted Bi Chen Tian.
Bi Chen Tian nodded, at this moment, there were five people gathered around him, with the addition of these three and himself, there were nine people.
"Did you see Ma Hong Yun or Zhao Lian Yun?" The Gu Immortals shook their heads.
"Then did you see this person?" Bi Chen Tian described Fang Yuan's appearance and clothing to them.
The Central Continent Gu Immortals looked at each other, one of them said: "I think I saw him, but I did not stop him. I was hiding behind a floating plank, he swam ahead without noticing me."
Bi Chen Tian nodded.
"Lord, this person is not in our information, is he an ally or foe?" Someone asked.
The Central Continent Gu Immortals were very perplexed, because Bi Chen Tian was a grand rank eight Gu Immortal, he would not ask for information about a rank seven Gu Immortal for no reason.
Speaking of which, Fang Yuan's cultivation level was not outstanding. Most of the Central Continent Gu Immortals were rank seven.
But Bi Chen Tian's following words made all of their hearts shake!
"He is a strong foe. If you meet him, be very careful, I am merely on par with him in terms of physical brawling."
The Central Continent Gu Immortals nodded solemnly.
"What do we do now?" Someone asked.
"We have many people with us, we will swim up and get rid of our enemies along Reverse Flow River, that would be the best outcome!" Bi Chen Tian said this as killing intent surged in him.
This was a good tactic indeed.
The Central Continent Gu Immortals were not the match of Old Ancestor Xue Hu and Purple Mountain True Monarch if they fought normally. Right now, they had lost Edge Link Camp, they were completely outclassed.
The sudden change with Reverse Flow River gave them a good chance.
Bi Chen Tian felt that: As long as they could make use of this opportunity, they might be able to get rid of their enemies in Reverse Flow River and obtain victory.
"Hmm? What is going on?" At this moment, a certain water path Gu Immortal among the Central Continent Gu Immortals felt a change in the river water.
Next, these Central Continent Gu Immortals saw that the water of Reverse Flow River around them started to calm down rapidly from a turbulent state.
Finally, the river flow slowed gradually, before starting to have small ripples.
Large amounts of rocks and wild beast corpses, which were flowing along the river currents, were washed away rapidly.
It was five times faster than the speed of flow earlier!
"How can this be?" Some Central Continent Gu Immortals were caught off-guard and were washed away by the river, in the blink of an eye, they were three hundred steps of distance away from Bi Chen Tian.
Bi Chen Tian was the first to react.
"Quick, swim, do not stop for even a moment, Reverse Flow River has returned to its usual state, if we stop for a moment, we will be washed away by the currents." He called out.
Getting Bi Chen Tian's reminder, the remaining Central Continent Gu Immortals reacted and tried to swim earnestly.
"It is so difficult!"
"The water is flowing slowly and smoothly, but it is actually many times harder than the raging tides earlier!"
"These floating logs and corpses are annoying, they are blocking our paths."
The Central Continent Gu Immortals quickly found that it was far more difficult to swim in this river that had returned to normal.
"What is this? The higher we swim up Reverse Flow River, the harder every step is! We need to persevere, we do not need to reach the upper part of the river, as long as we meet enemies, we can kill them. If we kill one rank eight Gu Immortal, we will be able to obtain victory later!" Bi Chen Tian raised the morale.
The Central Continent Gu Immortals cheered in response.
"This way, Reverse Flow River is our opportunity!"
"Lord Bi Chen Tian, look ahead, to the front, the river is extremely turbulent!"
Bi Chen Tian heard this and found something weird.
He frowned.
This was a nightmare.
Swimming in this calm part of Reverse Flow River was much harder than swimming in the strong currents. At this rate, as time passes, when the Central Continent Gu Immortals met the enemies that were washed down by Reverse Flow River, they would already be exhausted and out of stamina!
"Quick, we need to get in front and swim in the turbulent water!" Bi Chen Tian had a grave expression, he gave the most accurate instructions.
The Central Continent Gu Immortals increased their speed in response.
Fang Yuan swam in the river, he continued to pursue Ying Wu Xie, but he could not find any trace.
The river water was turbulent, huge waves were created from time to time. From within these waves, wild beast corpses and countless rocks would flow along them.
The situation in the river was very complex. And most importantly, the river was very wide.
Fang Yuan could not get on high ground for observation, even though he had good eyesight, he could not see much.
However, he had found many Gu Immortals, among which, there were Central Continent Gu Immortals and also Snowy Mountain blessed land's peak lords.
Fang Yuan avoided them all, he did not deal with them.
Fighting these people would waste his time and would not reap any benefits.
"This river is too wide, I might have passed Ying Wu Xie earlier while I was diving, I might be in front of him. This is totally possible!"
But Fang Yuan did not give up.
Because Ying Wu Xie had a higher chance of being in front.
He swam with all his strength, moving agilely in the complex water like a fish. The sovereign immortal body gave him incredible eyesight, stamina, and his recovery speed was on par with rank eight Gu Immortals, and most importantly, he had practiced his own incredible swimming ability.
All these caused him to surpass many Gu Immortals.
In contrast, Bi Chen Tian had to keep searching in the river for the other Central Continent Gu Immortals, he was at the very back.
A leopard fox was swimming in the water, charging at Zhao Lian Yun.
The leopard fox was smaller than regular leopards, but it could swim, thus, even inside Reverse Flow River, it survived.
"Go away!" Mu Ling Lan slapped as he killed the leopard fox which came.
His other arm was grabbing onto Zhao Lian Yun.
Zhao Lian Yun was a false immortal created with a phantom aperture, she had low foundation and barely any dao marks. Without Gu worms, she was as weak as a mortal.
Thankfully, while she was inside Reverse Flow River, the rank seven water path Gu Immortal Mu Ling Lan was around her.
With Mu Ling Lan defending her, Zhao Lian Yun managed to survive until now.
Mu Ling Lan was covered in water path dao marks, he could actually breathe freely in water, he could also swim well, along the way, he protected Zhao Lian Yun and resolved crises, while swimming ahead and bringing her along.
"Quickly look, there is a mound in front." Mu Ling Lan killed the leopard fox and suddenly said this with shining eyes, there was a mound floating ahead in the river.
"This mound is made of float soil, no wonder it can float on water and not sink! We will go rest there!" Mu Ling Lan dragged Zhao Lian Yun along and climbed onto the floating mound with much difficulty.
Zhao Lian Yun was extremely tired, she was barely alive.
Once she got on shore, she laid down on the mound and stopped moving entirely as she rested.
Mu Ling Lan was extremely tired, he was breathing roughly.
"Wait, there's someone on the mound!" Mu Ling Lan suddenly stood up with a ruthless expression.
"Calm down, calm down!" A figure had to walk out of the forest on the mound.
Mu Ling Lan saw this person and became stunned.
Zhao Lian Yun was frozen like a statue.
Because the one who appeared in front of them was Ma Hong Yun!
All of the immortals were in terrible conditions, but Ma Hong Yun was wearing clean clothes as he chewed on a half eaten fruit.
"You are Ma Hong Yun!" Mu Ling Lan shouted in surprise.
Ma Hong Yun took a step back: "Are you also here to capture me?"
Zhao Lian Yun tried her best to get up, as she stood shakily.
She looked at Ma Hong Yun, her throat was moving but no voice came out. As the price for using love Gu earlier, she had been using Gu worms to speak, but inside Reverse Flow River, no Gu worms could be used.
At this moment, Zhao Lian Yun finally saw the lover that she had been thinking of for so long.
She was extremely agitated, she took a step forward.
But at the next moment, she hesitated.
How did she look like now? She was clear in her heart.
She was no longer young, she was an elderly woman. Her hair was white, her face had deep wrinkles, and she was dry like a twig.
In this appearance, could Ma Hong Yun recognize her?
Could she meet her lover in this appearance, could she bear to let him see her like this?
Zhao Lian Yun lost all of her courage.
She lowered her head, she did not dare to look at Ma Hong Yun's eyes.
Zhao Lian Yun was hesitant, but she suddenly heard Ma Hong Yun call out: "You, you are Lady Xiao Yun?"
Zhao Lian Yun's body shook.
She raised her head, only to see that Ma Hong Yun had thrown away the fruit as he ran towards her.
"Lady Xiao Yun, Lady Xiao Yun! I miss you so much!" Ma Hong Yun shouted loudly.
Mu Ling Lan saw this and felt a lot of emotions, he explained: "Fairy Lian Yun became like this because she rushed here from Central Continent to save you."
"Lady Xiao Yun!" Ma Hong Yun grabbed Zhao Lian Yun's hands as he stood before her.
He was also unable to speak, his words were choked in his throat.
At this moment, Zhao Lian Yun felt: This was truly immense bliss. All of her sacrifices were worth it!
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Boom!
A loud sound was heard in the fate reversing refinement sub formation.
Flood Extremity was no longer surprised, after taking a glance, he looked away.
During this period, the Gu formation's pillar of light had shrunken by fifty percent.
"This Gu formation is quite interesting." Right at this time, a voice entered Flood Extremity's ears.
"Who is it?!" Flood Extremity was shocked, his Gu Immortal aura burst out as he prepared to use his powerful methods.
"Little one, don't be afraid, and don't make a move." The voice said again.
At this moment, Flood Extremity could not move.
He felt like he was in a frozen river.
This person was powerful beyond imagination. He was a rank seven Gu Immortal, one of Longevity Heaven's Eight Extremities, but he could not react before he was suppressed completely!
"You are the descendant of master, as long as you do not attack me, I will not eat you. Hehehe." The voice said again.
Next, Flood Extremity saw a huge, hill-like beast revealing its figure in front of him.
This was a four legged beast with purple fur.
It looked like a ferret.
It was covered in shiny purple fur, its eyes were shining with a purple crystal-like color.
The most eye catching thing was its tail.
This was not a ferret tail, but a dog tail.
A giant ferret with a dog tail?
Flood Extremity was stunned, before he thought of an existence.
Indeed, at the next moment, South Desolation Immortal's letter came from an information path Gu worm in his immortal aperture — he could not leave now, this giant beast was sent here to help, it would deal with any enemy who dares to obstruct Longevity Heaven!
"You, you are the dog tail life extending ferret? Ancestor Giant Sun's steed?" Flood Extremity stammered.
The giant beast nodded before opening its mouth, speaking: "Stop calling me a steed, I have my own name too. I am Mao Li Qiu, you can call me Grandpa Mao."
"Mao, Grandpa Mao!" At the other end, Black Extremity was also tongue-tied, he was still in great shock.
"Okay, forget about this Gu formation. Let's go to Reverse Flow River and retrieve Ma Hong Yun and that love Gu!" The dog tail life extending ferret, Mao Li Qiu, slashed with its claws.
Intense winds blew, countless Gu worm auras were exposed, forming an immortal killer move.
The fate reversing refinement sub formation that Black Extremity had created with much difficulty broke apart, turning into rubble.
"This?!" Black Extremity's eyes almost popped out.
"Stop stammering, is it very fun to disrupt my sleep? Quickly finish this business, your Grandpa Mao has to go back to sleep!"
The giant ferret, Mao Li Qiu, said this as it breathed out deeply.
This breath flew rapidly, tying up Flood Extremity and Black Extremity.
The giant ferret jumped and its huge body flew into the sky.
Beside it, Black Extremity and Flood Extremity were pulled along by the special breath, going towards Reverse Flow River.
"What is going on?" The sudden change in Reverse Flow River affected all of the Gu Immortals in it.
After an intense change, the entirety of Reverse Flow River calmed down, the river water became smooth flowing and had small ripples in it.
"Reverse Flow River went back to normal?" Fang Yuan's eyes shone brightly, he felt the pressure intensifying in the river.
There was a large amount of junk unable to move on their own, they were washed down by Reverse Flow River.
Seeing this, at once, many Gu Immortals chose to go downstream and leave Reverse Flow River by getting to the end.
This was the only way to get out of Reverse Flow River.
"The situation is not looking good." Fang Yuan had not found Ying Wu Xie and gang, he continued moving forward.
In the sky, Bi Chen Tian and the other Central Continent Gu Immortals were looking down at Reverse Flow River.
These people were originally trying to swim forward, but Reverse Flow River kept returning to normal as the sub formation was destroyed.
Bi Chen Tian saw that this was not going well, he could continue, but the other Gu Immortals could not, they went downstream and left Reverse Flow River, flying towards the sky after they got out.
But this way, they became outsiders, any methods used on Reverse Flow River would be reflected back at them.
Bi Chen Tian soon found Fang Yuan, who was inside Reverse Flow River.
"Our fight can be disregarded, as long as you hand over affection Immortal Gu." Bi Chen Tian spoke to Fang Yuan.
"This is the rank seven Gu Immortal who could fight evenly with Lord Bi Chen Tian? How did he cultivate?" The other Central Continent Gu Immortals looked at Fang Yuan with shock and curiosity.
Fang Yuan laughed coldly, he ignored Bi Chen Tian.
One of the Central Continent Gu Immortals flew into a rage: "Such audacity! You dare to disrespect Lord Bi Chen Tian!"
Bi Chen Tian snorted coldly: "You think I can do nothing to you if you hide inside the river?"
"Before I get washed away, you should worry about yourselves. This is not Central Continent." Fang Yuan replied fearlessly.
Bi Chen Tian's key concern was pointed out, his face turned cold as he ignored Fang Yuan, he started to move in the upstream direction.
Fang Yuan was a small matter. What was important was Zhao Lian Yun and Ma Hong Yun.
Because the dog tail life extending ferret destroyed the sub formation, the complex situation at the surface of the river became easily observable now.
The junk was all swept away, only some Gu Immortals were left in the river.
Mu Ling Lan, Zhao Lian Yun, and Ma Hong Yun were at the front.
The second group were Old Ancestor Xue Hu, Purple Mountain True Monarch, and Lady Wan Shou.
The third group was rank eight Gu Immortal Wei Ling Yang, as well as some other Central Continent Gu Immortals.
The fourth group was Ying Wu Xie and gang, as well as some Snowy Mountain peak lords.
And the fifth group was Fang Yuan alone. When he was swept into Reverse Flow River, he was too far from Snowy Mountain blessed land, thus, he had fallen to the back of the river, even though he tried to swim upstream, the others were also working hard.
Honestly speaking, the situation was quite interesting.
"Quick, swim forward!" Mu Ling Lan looked at Old Ancestor Xue Hu and Purple Mountain True Monarch who were close behind, he spoke anxiously.
The floating mound earlier was already swept away, Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun had to swim forward to avoid getting captured by Old Ancestor Xue Hu.
The second group of Old Ancestor Xue Hu and Purple Mountain True Monarch were chasing after Ma Hong Yun to capture him.
The third group including Wei Ling Yang also did not want to give up. As long as they stalled Old Ancestor Xue Hu and Purple Mountain True Monarch, Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun would have the chance to go downstream and the crisis would be resolved.
Ying Wu Xie and the Snowy Mountain demonic path Gu Immortals also had the same idea as Wei Ling Yang, they were at the back but there was still hope.
"Quickly look, to the back!" Hei Lou Lan suddenly alerted.
Ying Wu Xie turned back and looked, his heart jumped: "He actually chased us to this place!"
This river was calm now, there was no junk left, everyone's field of vision was clear, thus Ying Wu Xie easily saw Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan still did not know about Purple Mountain True Monarch.
Even though he could see Old Ancestor Xue Hu at this position.
Purple Mountain True Monarch was a miniman, he was the size of a thumb and was sitting on Old Ancestor Xue Hu's shoulder, it was hard to see him clearly.
Fang Yuan had no idea what happened in Snowy Mountain blessed land. Even though he met Bi Chen Tian, he had only understood that a battle of rank eights happened here, as for who had the advantage, would Bi Chen Tian tell him?
Thus, Fang Yuan had always thought that killing Ying Wu Xie and gang would resolve his crisis regarding Shadow Sect.
Therefore, after seeing Ying Wu Xie, his eyes shone as he swam even more quickly towards Ying Wu Xie.
"He is our enemy?" A snowy mountain peak lord sneered at Fang Yuan: "Let's work together and kill him! Outside, the situation is complex with countless Gu Immortal methods available. But here, he is all alone, he is just one person!"
Once he said that, the Gu Immortals were ready to attack.
Ying Wu Xie was moved too.
If they could kill Fang Yuan now, and obtain his sovereign immortal body, it would be a great opportunity.
"However... the sovereign immortal body is not easy to deal with. I should meet up with Lord Purple first. Our main body is still in the dream realm after all!" Ying Wu Xie thought about it and decided to play safe.
"Come with us, we will meet up with Ancestor Xue Hu. He is not important, our biggest enemy is Central Continent." Ying Wu Xie did not expose Fang Yuan's foundation, he successfully diverted the attention of the Snowy Mountain Gu Immortals.
"That's right, let's meet with old ancestor!" Snowy Mountain's peak lords could not go downstream now.
Because a rank eight Central Continent Gu Immortal was in the sky. Once they left Reverse Flow River, they would need to face off against a rank eight Gu Immortal, they had to stay in Reverse Flow River for now.
But soon, they realized that it was not easy to stay in Reverse Flow River.
In this special environment, if they could not move forward, the river would push them backwards.
In the past, Ren Zu had failed in Reverse Flow River, he had failed at the final step before success.
Nobody thought that they could achieve what Ren Zu did. But in this situation, every wave of Gu Immortals had their own reasons to remain in Reverse Flow River!
"Ma Hong Yun... you cannot escape." Old Ancestor Xue Hu had a cold gaze as Lady Wan Shou smiled continuously.
"Quick, quick. They are catching up." Mu Ling Lan and Ma Hong Yun dragged Zhao Lian Yun along from either side.
"Fairy Lian Yun, hang on, we are going to reach soon!" Wei Ling Yang shouted.
Ying Wu Xie was behind them, waiting to strike. He felt a headache regarding Fang Yuan at the back, he needed to move forward more quickly, to fight for more time later.
"Ying Wu Xie!" Fang Yuan was shortening his distance with Ying Wu Xie.
Soon, the first person to be unable to persevere appeared.
It was one of Snowy Mountain's peak lords.
He had used up all his stamina, he floated backwards with a pale expression.
Fang Yuan avoided him.
Now was not the time for that, if he stopped for a moment, he would be pushed backwards as well, even if he killed the enemy, his progress would be greatly affected.
"Be careful!" In the sky, Bi Chen Tian shouted.
"I finally caught up. You little rats." Old Ancestor Xue Hu was already right behind Zhao Lian Yun's group.
Zhao Lian Yun knew that she had no strength left, if this continued, she would only burden Ma Hong Yun.
She gave Ma Hong Yun one last affectionate look, she suddenly mustered her strength and broke free from his grasp, swimming towards Old Ancestor Xue Hu instead.
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"Mu Ling Lan!" Behind Old Ancestor Xue Hu, Wei Ling Yang shouted angrily.
Mu Ling Lan was already resolved, he gritted his teeth, moving even more quickly than Zhao Lian Yun, he pushed the weak Zhao Lian Yun into Ma Hong Yun's arms.
"You have to live well!"
Saying this, he turned around and grabbed Old Ancestor Xue Hu's waist.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu struggled intensely, but he still stop moving forward and was pushed away by the river.
The danger for Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun was averted.
"Quick, quickly go!" Ma Hong Yun held onto Zhao Lian Yun as his heart beat rapidly.
"Meddlesome fool!" Old Ancestor Xue Hu hated Mu Ling Lan to the core, he kicked Mu Ling Lan's chest several times in the water.
His dao marks far surpassed Mu Ling Lan's.
Mu Ling Lan was rank seven, how could he possible match him?
Soon, his bones were broken, he was spitting out blood, dying the water red.
More than ten breaths of time later, Mu Ling Lan could not take it anymore, he stopped breathing as he lost his life.
Seeing that their companion had died like this, the Central Continent Gu Immortals were all anguished.
"Mu Ling Lan, Central Continent will remember your sacrifice, Heavenly Court will remember it!" Wei Ling Yang called out, charging at Old Ancestor Xue Hu.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu was stalled by Mu Ling Lan, he had fallen behind to the third group.
He was immediately attacked by the furious and upset Central Continent Gu Immortals.
"Xue Hu!" Lady Wan Shou was worried about her husband, she quickly went to help him.
Both sides fought for a while, they were pushed backwards and quickly encountered Ying Wu Xie and the others, who were the fourth group.
As a result, a large number of Gu Immortals were fighting in this river, it was a chaotic scene.
Bi Chen Tian and the rest were watching in shock.
Grand Gu Immortals had lost their sagely demeanor, they were fighting in the water like brutish mortals.
But it was too late for Bi Chen Tian to interfere now.
Soon, blood dyed the surroundings as many Gu Immortal corpses flowed down the river.
"Ying Wu Xie!" Fang Yuan joined the group, he had finally arrived.
"Where is our lord?" Ying Wu Xie finally found Old Ancestor Xue Hu amidst the chaos, he asked this loudly.
"Upstream!" Old Ancestor Xue Hu answered.
It turned out that while Old Ancestor Xue Hu and Mu Ling Lan were fighting, Purple Mountain True Monarch had swam upstream to capture Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun.
Precisely because of this, Old Ancestor Xue Hu could fight with the Central Continent Gu Immortals, this was his plan to obstruct the enemies.
Ying Wu Xie got his answer and quickly swam with Hei Lou Lan and the rest, away from the fighting as he went towards Purple Mountain True Monarch.
Fang Yuan called out: "Ying Wu Xie, where are you going?"
Ying Wu Xie sighed, saying: "Tai Bai Yun Sheng."
"All of you leave first!" Tai Bai Yun Sheng shouted, he charged at Fang Yuan with a resolute expression of someone disregarding death.
Fang Yuan was obstructed.
Ying Wu Xie, Hei Lou Lan, and Bai Ning Bing managed to escape.
Bam bam bam!
Fang Yuan's attacks were powerful, Tai Bai Yun Sheng soon had broken bones and fractures.
But Tai Bai Yun Sheng was resolved, he stalled Fang Yuan and grabbed onto him, he even used his teeth to bite and head to slam.
Fang Yuan could not break free for a period of time.
In this urgent situation, he exclaimed: "Old Bai, do you still remember Imperial Court blessed land?"
Tai Bai Yun Sheng was stunned, he exposed a flaw.
Fang Yuan's eyes shined with a ruthless light, his fingers pierced into Tai Bai Yun Sheng's eyes without mercy.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng was heavily injured, blood was pouring out of his eyes.
Fang Yuan used this chance to unleash the finishing blow as Tai Bai Yun Sheng stopped moving entirely.
He was dead.
"Hmph!" Fang Yuan shrugged off Tai Bai Yun Sheng's corpse as he continued to swim, chasing after Ying Wu Xie.
During this period, the groups with Old Ancestor Xue Hu and Wei Ling Yang were engaged in fierce battle, they had finally separated as both sides suffered great losses.
Bi Chen Tian looked at Reverse Flow River from above, he could see the situation clearly.
Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun were still at the lead.
Purple Mountain True Monarch was at the second position.
Ying Wu Xie and the other two were the third.
Fang Yuan was fourth.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu and Lady Wan Shou were the fifth.
Wei Ling Yang and the other Central Continent Gu Immortals were sixth.
Bi Chen Tian was anxious, the Central Continent immortals were in an extremely disadvantageous position.
Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun were in front, but there was no longer anyone protecting them.
The second placed Purple Mountain True Monarch was an enemy, while Ying Wu Xie and gang were vicious members of Shadow Sect. The fifth placed Old Ancestor Xue Hu and Lady Wan Shou were also out of the question.
Without any choice, Bi Chen Tian could only approach Fang Yuan.
"You just need to protect the lives of those two in front, you will obtain the friendship of Central Continent and Heavenly Court!!"
"You can request anything, do you want Immortal Gu or cultivation resources, will my great Central Continent not be able to satisfy you?"
"As long as you help to protect Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun!"
"This again..." Fang Yuan heard this and sighed internally.
He thought of Imperial Court blessed land.
Back then, he had to make a choice too. If he chose to save Ma Hong Yun, it would have been extremely profitable for him!
And now, the situation was quite similar to back then in Imperial Court blessed land.
But Fang Yuan remained silent, he only continued swimming. He was bent on eliminating Ying Wu Xie and gang now, forget about Ma Hong Yun, he could bugger off.
But what followed was a long stalemate.
The further one traveled up Reverse Flow River, the harder it was to keep going.
Stamina and dao marks were secondary, it was a test of one's will.
"Lady Xiao Yun, we need to persevere, I believe that there will be a chance!" Ma Hong Yun continued to speak, encouraging Zhao Lian Yun.
The river water was icy cold, but inside Ma Hong Yun's embrace, Zhao Lian Yun felt immeasurable warmth.
This warmth was a huge driving force for her, she gritted her teeth and persevered on.
Behind them was Purple Mountain True Monarch.
"Ma Hong Yun! Zhao Lian Yun! Hehe! As long as I catch you, I will be able to restrain Old Ancestor Xue Hu. At that point, I will get him to deal with Southern Border's super dream realm." Purple Mountain True Monarch was planning deeply.
"Protect Lord Purple!" Ying Wu Xie was worried.
"Dear, dear, wake up!" Something happened to Old Ancestor Xue Hu's group.
Lady Wan Shou had fainted. She was heavily injured in the battle, after enduring and persisting for a while, she fainted.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu was flustered.
He gritted his teeth and stopped swimming, he carried Lady Wan Shou as Reverse Flow River swept them away.
Wei Ling Yang allowed him to leave, they wanted to have one less competitor.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu quickly left Reverse Flow River, he used his Gu Immortal methods to stabilize Lady Wan Shou's condition.
Bi Chen Tian was nervous, he could not deal with Old Ancestor Xue Hu alone. The Gu Immortals around him, without any Immortal Gu Houses, could not interfere in a rank eight fight!
"I will kill you first!" Old Ancestor Xue Hu carefully placed the unconscious Lady Wan Shou in his immortal aperture.
Next, he charged at Bi Chen Tian.
He was the number one person in Northern Plains' demonic path, he was a ruthless person, how could he give up this chance to deal with these weakened opponents?
"It's only death at worst." Bi Chen Tian was resolved to die, he neither evaded nor dodged.
But right when the two rank eights were about to fight, they felt an intensely strong aura.
The hill-like dog tailed purple ferret carried Flood Extremity and Black Extremity, as they arrived at the bank of Reverse Flow River.