Many days passed as Fang Yuan devoted all his efforts to dispelling Heaven's Will inside the Spring Autumn Cicada. He managed to erase most of it from within the Immortal Gu, yet a tiny fragment still hid deep inside, beyond the reach of his current methods.
Thus, he dismantled both the wisdom path formation and the refinement path formation before returning the Spring Autumn Cicada to his aperture. However, this time, he completely sealed it away. Even when the sixth earthly calamity descended, the remaining fragment of Heaven's Will inside the Spring Autumn Cicada would be unable to resonate with the outside world.
He was extremely confident in this.
That confidence had not come from arrogance, but from experience, experimentation, and endless research. In his previous life, Fang Yuan had dealt with Heaven's Will countless times. His understanding of it was among the deepest in the world. Perhaps only Star Constellation Immortal Venerable — who had fused with Heaven's Will and manipulated it — possessed a clearer understanding than him.
Southern Border, inside Shadow Sect's blessed land.
Old Immortal Yan Shi observed Yellow Treasure Heaven while rapidly making deductions. Millions of thoughts collided within his mind, producing abundant results.
"Fang Yuan is selling mutated foxes… has he decided to develop Hu Immortal Blessed Land? A wise choice. Hu Immortal Blessed Land is suitable for raising foxes. But his timing is strange. The earthly calamity is only a few months away, yet he is trading in Yellow Treasure Heaven?"
In this life, Fang Yuan had obtained Connecting Heaven Gu and Divine Sense Gu far earlier than in his previous life, yet Old Immortal Yan Shi still managed to discover him with ease.
"Fang Yuan is a demon from another world, free from the chains of fate. His very existence is a challenge against Heaven's Will and the Heavenly Dao itself. From my deductions, he has already obtained Second Aperture Gu, Divine Travel, and Fixed Immortal Travel… but how in the world did he execute such a flawless plan under such immense pressure?!"
This question deeply intrigued Old Immortal Yan Shi. Yet even with wisdom path deduction methods, he could only uncover very little. An entire region and a blessed land separated him from Fang Yuan. Without sufficient clues, deduction was impossible.
Even more interestingly, when he tried deducing Fang Yuan, he discovered that Fang Yuan possessed considerable defenses against deductions!
Old Immortal Yan Shi could no longer endure it and decided to use Heavenly Secret Immortal Gu.
This was a rank seven Heaven Path Gu worm!
It had originally been created by Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable. After his death, it was destroyed and eventually ended up in Shadow Sect's hands. However, Heavenly Secret Immortal Gu possessed a tremendous flaw.
It consumed lifespan.
The cost ranged anywhere from ten to seventy years!
Yet Old Immortal Yan Shi still chose to take the risk.
"My plan to defy the heavens is on the verge of success. So what if I lose several dozen years of lifespan? Once my Heaven Defying Plan succeeds, even eternal life will no longer be impossible!"
Without hesitation, Old Immortal Yan Shi activated Heavenly Secret Immortal Gu. Heavenly light shone around him for a brief moment before fading away. Old Immortal Yan Shi coughed up blood, shock filling his face.
"Spring Autumn Cicada Immortal Gu?! …So that's how it is!"
…
Several months later.
Tian Ti Mountain, Hu Immortal Blessed Land.
Fang Yuan and Little Hu Immortal stood atop the crystalline pink Dang Hun Mountain. Today was the day of the sixth earthly calamity, and Fang Yuan's preparations had already reached a level that would make it difficult for others to comprehend the extent of his unnatural growth.
The previous months had granted Fang Yuan a rare period of peace. During that time, he rebuilt his foundation from scratch, managed Hu Immortal Blessed Land excellently, and sold the first batch of foxes.
At the same time, he had gained several insights and created foundational killer moves for his combat systems in both strength path and time path.
Unlike him, Little Hu Immortal was extremely nervous.
She was the land spirit responsible for managing the blessed land, and her existence was deeply tied to the blessed land itself.
Thus, if something unexpected occurred and the earthly calamity exceeded their ability to overcome, she would have to sacrifice herself to protect her master.
Little Hu Immortal tightly clung to Fang Yuan's black robe while staring with wide watery eyes at the clouds gathering overhead.
Within the sea of tribulation clouds, a mass of light suddenly exploded open, forming an enormous circular white gate facing directly toward the blessed land.
Blinding light radiated from it.
Then, a massive yellow-brown beast descended from the gate like a falling boulder.
Little Hu Immortal cried out in alarm.
"Ah! It's a desolate beast calamity!"
She hurriedly stepped away from Fang Yuan and cautiously stared at the giant object descending toward them.
"That's right. This earthly calamity is the desolate beast — Swamp Crab."
Fang Yuan's tone remained calm as he observed the desolate beast with interest. To him, this desolate beast was magnificent. It resembled a moving mass of immortal materials belonging to earth path and water path.
Below Dang Hun Mountain, tens of millions of ordinary foxes had already gathered — golden foxes, autumn foxes, flowing light foxes, cloud foxes, and wind foxes.
Among them were beast kings.
Above the beast kings were ten-thousand beast kings and mutated foxes.
And above them stood an Autumn Fox Emperor along with four mutated beast kings whose battle strength rivaled rank five Gu Masters.
These foxes were nothing before the power of a desolate beast.
But once killer moves were used upon them, the situation became entirely different.
The desolate beast Swamp Crab landed softly upon the ground. Contrary to its mountain-like size, its descent produced only a faint sound.
Nine pairs of limbs extended outward as the Swamp Crab raised its gigantic body. Then its claws snapped together, producing a deafening sound comparable to Dang Hun Mountain's resonance as the desolate beast charged toward Dang Hun Mountain.
Fang Yuan did not move.
Instead, Little Hu Immortal launched the first attack.
An ocean of foxes of every color surged toward the Swamp Crab while Little Hu Immortal activated several mortal killer moves at the same time.
Mortal Killer Move — Treacherous Fox!
Mortal Killer Move — Cunning Fox!
Mortal Killer Move — Thick Fox Fur!
Mortal Killer Move — Three-Tailed Fox Manifestation!
All these enslavement path killer moves had been casually created by Fang Yuan. Even though he had not spent much time creating them, every single one was exceptional!
The killer move Cunning Fox allowed the foxes to evade fatal attacks multiple times.
Treacherous Fox increased their offensive power tenfold.
Thick Fox Fur granted them astonishing defense and regenerative capabilities.
As for the final killer move—
The endless sea of foxes suddenly transformed into the phantom of a gigantic yellow fox with a lion-like mane and three tails swaying behind it.
The phantom appeared incomparably lifelike.
It released a thunderous fox cry before charging toward the Swamp Crab with overwhelming force.
This was the desolate beast — Three-Tailed Fox!
Fang Yuan could not currently possess an actual desolate fox beast, but he could create the phantom of one!
This phantom possessed sixty percent of the original desolate beast's power and would undoubtedly inflict serious damage upon the Swamp Crab.
The phantom Three-Tailed Fox slammed forward with immense momentum, forcing the Swamp Crab several steps backward before biting down on one of its pincers and tearing it off entirely!
Yet the Swamp Crab was no weaker.
Its second claw instantly shot forward, grabbed one of the fox phantom's tails, and severed it with ease!
Under Little Hu Immortal's control, the phantom Three-Tailed Fox retreated while Fang Yuan silently observed the battle.
He could not take action yet.
Not until he confirmed that Heaven's Will had fully carried out its scheme.