Several days later, Fang Yuan awoke with a completely renewed sensation within himself.
His soul and all of his injuries had already been healed by Lang Ya land spirit. Fang Yuan quickly inspected his body, yet he did not notice any obvious changes.
However, the moment he sent his consciousness into his first aperture, he could not help but inhale sharply in pleasant shock!
His first aperture was filled to the brim with peak stage rank five deep purple primeval essence. The still weakened Spring Autumn Cicada remained hidden deep within the aperture while all of his Gu worms swam freely within the vast primeval sea.
Along the walls of the aperture, dense Dao marks shimmered with visible and resplendent lights. The Dao marks were so concentrated that Fang Yuan could see them with the naked eye. These Dao marks belonged to multiple paths, but the overwhelming majority belonged to time path, followed by soul path, earth path, light path, wood path, and space path.
There were even five complete heaven path Dao marks!
"This is truly marvelous. Although the Dao marks of the other paths make the Desolate Ancient Moon physique somewhat incomplete, causing it to still fall slightly beneath a true extreme physique, its potential is simply astonishing. It is still a genuine extreme physique! Furthermore, these heaven path Dao marks will elevate the potential of my immortal aperture to an even higher level!"
Fang Yuan then looked toward his second aperture.
The immortal Gu All-Out Effort was extremely conspicuous, dominating all the other Gu worms with its overbearing aura. The flea-like Self Cleansing Gu hid far away from the oppressive aura of All-Out Effort Immortal Gu.
Fang Yuan once again examined the walls of his second aperture and could not help but release a sigh of admiration.
The strength path Dao marks were so dense they could be seen with the naked eye. Likewise, Dao marks from other paths were also present.
However, the difference lay in the heaven path Dao marks.
The second aperture possessed only three and a half heaven path Dao marks. This was far inferior to the first aperture.
"Perhaps it is because my accumulation in time path far surpasses my accumulation in strength path… In terms of attainment, my time path is quasi-supreme grandmaster, far beyond my strength path."
Fang Yuan felt this was the reason.
Overall, the gains were simply enormous.
Whether it was the increased speed of primeval essence recovery, the terrifying potential after immortal ascension, or even the amplification of time path and strength path Dao marks—they were merely icing on the cake for Fang Yuan.
What truly mattered to him was that he would possess two super-grade blessed lands!
Super-grade blessed lands were incomparably vast, usually ranging between six thousand seven hundred to thirteen thousand square kilometers. With a massive tributary of the River of Time, time itself would flow rapidly, causing resources and immortal essence to be produced in huge quantities.
Blessed lands were the greatest assets of Gu Immortals, yet Gu Immortals always faced the same problem—their blessed lands or grotto-heavens were never large enough!
Space path methods that expanded immortal apertures were highly sought after, yet not every Gu Immortal possessed such techniques.
Thus, the ten extreme physiques were envied immensely. Simply possessing a super-grade blessed land meant possessing an enormous immortal aperture.
And although Fang Yuan's extreme physiques were slightly inferior to true versions, in terms of potential, he surpassed them.
All because of heaven path Dao marks!
The effects of heaven path Dao marks were wondrous. They organized resource points, resolved conflicts between Dao marks, and allowed resource points to coexist harmoniously. Instead of conflicting with one another, they would support each other, increasing and diversifying production.
"What a pity I cannot further increase the number of heaven path Dao marks. If I did, Heaven's Will would inevitably manifest inside my immortal apertures. At that point, all my plans would become meaningless."
Greed had never blinded Fang Yuan.
Even though he possessed methods to refine heaven path Dao marks, doing so would trigger an unimaginably terrifying tribulation.
Furthermore, concentrating the Dao marks inside the apertures instead of spreading them across his entire body greatly reduced Dao mark conflict.
Reduced—but not eliminated.
If Fang Yuan wished to fight, he still could not use defensive time path methods while simultaneously attacking with strength path techniques.
Likewise, he could not engrave passive defensive methods onto his body, because in essence, passive defenses were simply Dao marks carved directly onto a Gu Immortal's body.
At present, there was no solution to this issue. Only after obtaining heaven path Immortal Gu could Fang Yuan begin considering ways to resolve it.
"Land spirit, I will leave now. You must refine this Immortal Gu—it is extremely important."
Fang Yuan handed a phantom path Immortal Gu recipe to Lang Ya land spirit.
Lang Ya land spirit eagerly grabbed the recipe and instantly widened his eyes in shock.
"Master… this phantom path Immortal Gu is?!"
Fang Yuan left Lang Ya Blessed Land and reappeared within his giant lizard house. He quickly inspected his arrangements and confirmed that nobody had come searching for him.
This was only natural.
Although he had spent weeks inside Lang Ya Blessed Land, only several hours had passed in the outside world.
The moment he exited the giant lizard house, a rank three Gu Master from Hei tribe approached him.
"Lord Chang Shan Yin, Leader Hei Lou Lan invites you to the war council."
The Gu Master's tone was arrogant, as though he resented even being sent to summon Fang Yuan.
But Fang Yuan did not care and simply followed him toward the command tent.
Experts and tribe leaders had already gathered there, and Fang Yuan could hear shouting even before entering the tent.
The moment he arrived, everyone fell silent and watched him walk inside.
Hei Lou Lan's expression had initially been dark and gloomy, but the instant Fang Yuan entered, his expression softened slightly.
"Brother Chang, you came at the perfect time! We are discussing our next offensive, yet it seems many people here harbor questionable intentions… Come, come, brother, your advice is highly desired!"
Hei Lou Lan's gaze turned savage as he swept it coldly across the Gu Masters within the tent. Yet he immediately revealed a cheerful smile as he approached Fang Yuan.
Hei Lou Lan grabbed Fang Yuan by the shoulder and pulled him toward the seat beside him before pointing toward the map.
"Brother Chang, where do you think we should move next?"
Fang Yuan glanced at the map briefly before replying calmly:
"Brother Hei, why ask me? Isn't the target obvious?"
He raised his hand and pointed directly toward the location of Dong Tribe.
Hei Lou Lan burst into loud laughter.
"Great minds truly think alike! Brother Chang, you really understand me! Hahaha!"