The sixth earthly calamity had come to an end, and with it, Fang Yuan finally released a breath of relief as all the tension he had been suppressing within his body faded away. The clouds of tribulation had not dispersed yet and would still take a long time to scatter, but Fang Yuan considered this a good sign.
The remnants of the earthly calamity had not gathered together once more to form another disaster, which proved that Heaven's Will had not found anything wrong with him. Although the connection to Heaven's Will inside the Spring Autumn Cicada had been severed, it had not exceeded the minimum extent of Heaven's Will, just as Fang Yuan had expected.
But this also meant that, for a period of time, Heaven's Will would remain within the blessed land, observing his every movement. Still, it was not as though he minded this.
Fang Yuan looked down at the corpse of the swamp crab beneath him. The swamp crab was a desolate beast of earth path, but its body contained earth path and water path dao marks. Its corpse itself was rank six immortal material!
Without a doubt, once this corpse was processed, Fang Yuan would obtain a massive quantity of immortal materials that could be sold for a great price in Yellow Treasure Heaven.
"Little Hu Immortal, take the swamp crab's corpse and process it before putting it up for sale in Yellow Treasure Heaven." Fang Yuan ordered.
Little Hu Immortal immediately appeared before him, glaring at the swamp crab with hatred.
"Monster, I'll chop you apart!"
Little Hu Immortal transported the swamp crab elsewhere before disappearing as well, leaving Fang Yuan alone.
Fang Yuan observed the battlefield, which was filled with countless fox corpses, shattered chitin fragments, and blood that had dyed the mud crimson red.
Afterward, Fang Yuan took out an information path mortal Gu and examined it with a single glance before pouring a thread of purple primeval essence into it.
It was a message from Immortal Crane Sect.
"Hehe, Immortal Crane Sect wants to purchase the rockmen and mutated foxes. This is actually quite beneficial for me. As for Earth Hole Gu, I have already prepared a pair."
Fang Yuan had no need to use guts Gu at the moment. His soul had already reached the level of a ten-thousand-man soul, which was his current limit. Increasing the strength of his soul now required an enormous amount of time spent refining the soul.
Thus, he instead focused on raising rockmen, whom he could sell in Yellow Treasure Heaven and to Immortal Crane Sect for considerable profit. Only in the future, after becoming a Gu Immortal, would he wish to greatly elevate his soul foundation to keep pace with his plans.
Furthermore, the quantity of souls he possessed also restricted his soul path cultivation. Thus, although soul path cultivation seemed powerful, it was actually extremely restrained and required long-term accumulation.
"Once Heaven's Will disperses to a certain degree, it will no longer be capable of communicating with the outside world. At that time, I will be free to act once again."
Fang Yuan flew like a streak of golden light and swiftly arrived inside Dang Hun Palace — specifically, the area he had named the refinement chamber.
This space had been isolated from the rest of the blessed land through the use of an immortal formation. Even Heaven's Will could neither see through it nor detect it. Thus, Fang Yuan possessed a measure of privacy here.
Fang Yuan took out a rank five Gu worm. This Gu worm resembled a human head wearing a hat woven from dried straw, extending a thin arm to wipe sweat from its forehead beneath the blazing sun.
This was Farmer Gu of human path!
Fang Yuan poured his primeval essence into Farmer Gu, causing the Gu worm to transform into a Gu Master identical to Fang Yuan himself. However, this version kept its eyes shut under Fang Yuan's orders and would not open them unless commanded by his will.
This human path Gu worm was extremely special. It was a true embodiment of humanity's endless greed. Fang Yuan had obtained Heavenly Court's human path research results, but while they contained little practical value for him at the time, their reference value was absolutely priceless.
But now, they could finally display their value in full glory!
"Farmer Gu is a human path Gu worm that mainly cultivates human path, with wood path and earth path as supplementary paths. It can replace laborers, whether humans or variant humans. Best of all, it shares the attainment levels of the main body and can utilize Gu worms, displaying dozens of times greater efficiency while consuming fewer resources!"
This was the supremacy of human path!
And Farmer Gu was merely a fragment of it. There was also Beast Tamer Gu, which mainly cultivated human path with enslavement path as a supplementary path. Pill Refiner Gu, which mainly cultivated human path with refinement path and Pill path as supplementary paths. Astrologer Gu, which mainly cultivated human path with wisdom path and star path as supplementary paths. Craftsman Gu, which mainly cultivated human path with metal path as a supplementary path. And Strategist Gu, which mainly cultivated human path with formation path and wisdom path as supplementary paths.
Some of these Gu worm recipes had been created through Heavenly Court's research, while Strategist Gu and Astrologer Gu were inventions of Fang Yuan himself!
"Human path truly is a wondrous path. Its potential is no less than heaven path. Just look at Pill Refiner Gu — if I refine only ten of them, I can make them refine Gu worms endlessly, with quality and efficiency dozens of times superior to hairy men!… And best of all, the costs and risks are incredibly low!"
Gu worms required no cultivation resources, nor did they possess emotions such as resentment or exhaustion. But humans and variant humans required cultivation resources and possessed emotions like anger, resentment, fear, and fatigue.
If any of those humans or variant humans attempted to tamper with the Gu worms they refined, Fang Yuan would suffer losses. Furthermore, the cost of purchasing hairy men was extremely high, and their refinement success rates were far inferior to Fang Yuan's.
But Pill Refiner Gu could replace them entirely — and even surpass them many times over!