Chapter 197: Unleash Star Constellation Again
Far from Yi Tian Mountain, Fang Ming stood on a quiet peak and watched the distant sky through the eyes of his eagles.
The eagle soaring above Southern Border was not close to the battlefield. It did not need to be. Fang Ming had no intention of placing his body near that vortex before the moment truly arrived. Eagle Eye Gu connected his vision across distance, and through the eagle's sight, the faraway sky above Yi Tian Mountain appeared distorted, heavy, and oppressive, as if an invisible hand was slowly pressing down on the entire region.
The battle had already begun. Mortals were fighting on the mountain, Gu Immortals were scheming above them, and forces hidden behind forces were gradually revealing their hands. Fang Ming watched silently, his expression unchanged. He did not have the memories of the previous timeline, so he could not rely on exact timing. He only knew the general direction of events, and that was not reliable when so many things had already changed.
Then the sky changed.
A huge formation appeared above Yi Tian Mountain, spreading outward like a dark cage covering heaven and earth. Its scale was terrifying. Even from a long distance, Fang Ming could see the outline of the formation expanding and locking down the battlefield. The aura of the formation was not something ordinary Gu Immortals could hide or mistake. It was vast, gloomy, and filled with the feeling of deathly refinement.
The ten extreme immortal zombie lifeless formation had appeared.
Inside the formation, those trapped within could no longer leave. Messages could no longer pass to the outside world. The Southern Border Gu Immortals, Fang Yuan, Hei Lou Lan, Fairy Li Shan, Shadow Sect, and all the pieces gathered around Yi Tian Mountain were now sealed inside the same cage.
Fang Ming watched for a few breaths, confirming the formation's stability. Only then did he cancel the Eagle Eye connection.
His sight returned to his own body. Around him, the Eagle Sect Gu Immortals had been waiting in silence. No one asked questions. They had followed Fang Ming long enough to understand that when he made them wait, he was waiting for a timing they could not see.
Fang Ming turned to them and said, "The formation has appeared. Those inside cannot leave, and their messages cannot come out. It is time. Let us begin."
Purple smoke rose around them.
The smoke thickened quickly, swallowing their bodies and the peak beneath their feet. A moment later, space rippled, and the group vanished.
In Hu Immortal blessed land, purple mist began appearing above Dang Hun Mountain.
Hu Immortal land spirit noticed it almost instantly. The little fox girl looked upward, her expression changing from surprise to alarm. This was her territory, and any abnormal spatial movement inside the blessed land could not escape her senses. The purple mist was not something that belonged here. It was foreign, sudden, and filled with an aura she disliked.
Before she could react further, figures stepped out from the mist.
Fang Ming appeared first, followed by the Eagle Sect Gu Immortals. The moment they arrived, the Hua Fairies moved together. Hua Qing Suo, Hua Die, and Hua Mei'er acted as one, their immortal auras connecting as Tyrannical Barbarian battle formation activated around them. A giant barbarian figure formed in the air, its body condensed from formation power and immortal aura.
Hu Immortal land spirit shouted angrily and tried to suppress the intruders, but the giant barbarian's palm swept out first.
The slap struck her directly and sent her flying away from Dang Hun Mountain.
Before she could stabilize herself, Fairy Bian Si Xuan and Ju Go rushed forward from two sides. Their attacks fell one after another, forcing Hu Immortal land spirit to focus on defense. She could suppress mortal Gu inside the blessed land, but Fang Ming had prepared for this operation carefully. Eagle Sect Gu Immortals were not relying on mortal Gu this time. Each carried Immortal Gu lent by Fang Ming, and every method had been chosen to reduce the land spirit's advantage.
The Hua Fairies did not chase Hu Immortal land spirit. After striking her away, they turned toward Dang Hun Mountain. Under Tyrannical Barbarian battle formation's power, the mountain began to tremble. Soil cracked, stone layers groaned, and the foundation of Dang Hun Mountain was slowly pried from the blessed land.
Fang Ming glanced once at the fight and then stopped paying attention to Hu Immortal land spirit. Dang Hun Mountain was valuable, but it was not the only target. He opened his immortal aperture and released eagles in a black tide.
Hundreds of thousands of eagles rushed into the sky, spreading in all directions. Among them were seven desolate eagles, each carrying a sharp aura and immense pressure. Fang Ming's eyes became cold and focused as he used his enslavement path methods to guide them through Hu Immortal blessed land.
He was searching for Wisdom Gu.
For this operation, Fang Ming had paid Lang Ya land spirit a heavy price to obtain methods related to handling and moving Wisdom Gu. Lang Ya had not given those methods easily, but Fang Ming knew their value. If he could not find Wisdom Gu after paying such a price, this operation would lose one of its greatest purposes.
Fang Ming had left Eighty-Eight True Yang Building early in this timeline due to injury, so he had not personally witnessed everything that happened afterward. But he had still reached a conclusion. Fang Yuan had most likely obtained Wisdom Gu, just as in the original flow.
The reason was simple. Fang Yuan had been able to complete Immortal Gu recipes for Lang Ya land spirit. Without Wisdom Gu, his performance would have been far too unreasonable. Fang Ming only needed to probe Lang Ya slightly, and Lang Ya land spirit had revealed more than he realized.
This was why Fang Ming had chosen this moment.
The old alliance agreement between Fang Ming and Fang Yuan had not properly accounted for third parties. Later, Fang Yuan had wanted to create a new agreement that restricted third-party attacks, mainly to guard against Blazing Heaven Demoness. He had signed it with Hei Lou Lan and Fairy Li Shan, but Fang Ming had refused.
Fang Yuan had not insisted. He could not force Fang Ming to sign, and in his eyes, the true rank eight threat was Blazing Heaven Demoness. Fang Ming had no rank eight backer like Hei Lou Lan did, and Eagle Sect Gu Immortals were not treated as serious threats to Fang Yuan himself.
That judgment was not baseless. Individually, Eagle Sect Gu Immortals were not impressive. One-on-one, some of them might even lose to Tai Bai Yun Sheng. They did not have their own Immortal Gu, and most of the time, they either borrowed Fang Ming's Gu or used mortal killer moves. Under normal circumstances, if they attacked Hu Immortal blessed land, Fang Yuan could use Fixed Immortal Travel to return, defend his blessed land, and perhaps kill some of them.
But that was under normal circumstances.
Fang Yuan's real mistake was timing. He had expected Fang Ming and Eagle Sect to appear at Yi Tian Mountain, because that was where the great opportunity was. He did not expect Fang Ming to ignore the battlefield directly, wait until the ten extreme immortal zombie lifeless formation sealed everyone inside, and then use that exact moment to rob Hu Immortal blessed land.
Now Fang Yuan could not return. He could not receive messages. He could not even know that the blessed land was being invaded.
Several minutes later, Fang Ming's expression changed slightly. He spat out a mouthful of blood, then activated Human as Before Gu to restore his injuries.
The backlash from the alliance agreement had come.
He had already tried to avoid direct action, but his eagles were searching Fang Yuan's territory, and the operation was still aimed at Fang Yuan's foundation. The agreement could not be deceived completely. Still, this level of backlash was within Fang Ming's tolerance. Compared to the gains in front of him, a few mouthfuls of blood were nothing.
Hu Immortal land spirit suddenly changed direction. Instead of continuing to focus entirely on Ju Go and Bian Si Xuan, she rushed toward the desolate eagles, her small face filled with anger and panic.
Fang Ming's eyes flashed.
The backlash worsened as the land spirit clashed with the eagles, but Fang Ming did not retreat. Hu Immortal land spirit's reaction had exposed the truth. His eagles were fast and sharp-eyed, but they could not search underground tunnels and hidden spaces perfectly. The land spirit's frantic movement pointed him toward the area she cared about most.
Fang Ming concentrated the eagle swarm in that direction.
Soon, he found it.
Wisdom Gu.
The rank nine Wisdom Gu rested quietly, its aura mysterious and profound. Fang Ming's breathing slowed slightly. Even with Sovereign Immortal Fetus Gu already in his possession, seeing Wisdom Gu still affected him. This was not an ordinary Immortal Gu. This was a rank nine wisdom path Gu that had once illuminated Fang Yuan's rise.
Fang Ming did not hesitate. He used the methods purchased from Lang Ya land spirit and carefully drew Wisdom Gu into his immortal aperture.
The moment Wisdom Gu disappeared, Hu Immortal land spirit became even more furious. But by now, the Hua Fairies had already finished the most important part of their task. Dang Hun Mountain had been dug out and moved into Fairy Qing Suo's immortal aperture. The giant barbarian formed by the battle formation turned back toward the land spirit, and with Ju Go and Bian Si Xuan assisting from the side, Hu Immortal land spirit was sealed and suppressed inside the formation.
Fang Ming stopped taking direct action after Wisdom Gu entered his aperture. The alliance backlash was still present, and there was no need for him to personally rob the remaining resources. Ju Go and Bian Si Xuan began sweeping through Hu Immortal blessed land, while the Hua Fairies maintained suppression and guarded the operation.
Hu Immortal blessed land was not managed perfectly. Fang Yuan's attention had always been divided, and he constantly spent resources on refinement, cultivation, and schemes. Even so, the blessed land still contained valuable resource points and stored materials. More importantly, Fang Yuan had many high-grade refinement materials here, including rank eight materials he had robbed from Northern Plains Zombie Alliance after returning from the future.
Fang Ming stood to the side and activated Heavenly Clone Eye.
This killer move had been built from Heavenly Clone Eyes Gu, Eagle Eye Gu, and his clone methods. The foundation came from the Heaven Eyes direction he had copied from Blazing Heaven Demoness's Star Eyes Gu, but Fang Ming had modified it to suit his own needs. It allowed him to observe through a hidden clone across distance.
His last trade with Hei Lou Lan had not been as simple as it seemed. The heavy metal and refinement material smelting formation he had given her contained one of his clones hidden inside it. Hei Lou Lan was not a formation path expert, and she would need time to discover the problem. By the time she did, the value of the arrangement would already have been used.
Through Heavenly Clone Eye, Fang Ming saw the battlefield inside Yi Tian Mountain from within Hei Lou Lan's immortal aperture.
The battle there was growing more intense.
Fang Ming watched calmly while Eagle Sect robbed Hu Immortal blessed land around him. He did not remember the exact timing from the previous timeline, so he had to observe carefully. In particular, he needed to know when Shadow Sect began sacrificing Zombie Alliance. That moment would decide when his next robbery target could be attacked safely.
After some time, Ju Go and Bian Si Xuan returned with large amounts of resources. The Hua Fairies released the furious Hu Immortal land spirit, and the group vanished again through purple smoke before the land spirit could do anything more than glare in hatred.
Their next target was Star Form blessed land.
When Fang Ming arrived there, he repeated the same restraint. This was also Fang Yuan's property, so he avoided direct action as much as possible. He released eagles to scout the resource points and guide Eagle Sect Gu Immortals toward the most valuable targets, while the Hua Fairies suppressed Star Form land spirit.
Ju Go and Bian Si Xuan robbed swiftly.
Fang Ming had to admit that Fang Yuan, despite always appearing poor and constantly lacking resources, was actually quite rich. His poverty came from endless expenditure, not from having no foundation. The refinement materials stored in Star Form blessed land were especially valuable.
Eagle Sect's robbery efficiency was high. Heavy Lifting Gu made moving materials simple, Myriad Clones Gu provided large numbers of workers, and the Gu Immortals had already rehearsed this type of operation. They did not need to fight drawn-out battles. They sealed the land spirit, stripped the valuable resource points, took the stored materials, and left.
After Star Form blessed land was cleaned, purple smoke carried the group away again.
This time, they appeared in Eastern Sea.
The sea wind blew over them, carrying the smell of salt and waves. In the distance, a large resource area stood under layered formations. This was one of Blazing Heaven Demoness's main resource points, a foundation she had personally invested in as a rank eight immortal zombie.
Fang Ming did not attack immediately.
He waited.
Through Heavenly Clone Eye, he continued to observe Yi Tian Mountain. The battle inside the sealed formation grew more chaotic. The Southern Border Gu Immortals were trapped. Shadow Sect's arrangements were unfolding. Tribulations descended one after another, and the atmosphere around Spectral Soul grew increasingly terrifying.
Then Fang Ming saw the sign he had been waiting for.
Shadow Sect began sacrificing Zombie Alliance.
Fang Ming's gaze turned cold. "Begin."
The Hua Fairies immediately activated Tyrannical Barbarian battle formation and attacked the defensive formation around Blazing Heaven Demoness's resource point. The sea shook, waves exploded outward, and layers of defensive light rose from the resource area.
This time, Fang Ming did not need to restrain himself.
He took back Myriad Clones Gu. In Hu Immortal blessed land and Star Form blessed land, the alliance agreement had forced him to act carefully. But here, there was no such restriction. Blazing Heaven Demoness had sold him this information herself while looking down on him. Now that Zombie Alliance was being sacrificed and Blazing Heaven Demoness could not return to protect her foundation, Fang Ming would not be polite.
He released eagles to scout the formation from every angle, while his main body began analyzing its structure. Formation path grandmaster attainment was not for display. Under his gaze, the layers of formation light became lines, nodes, flow routes, and weak points.
The Hua Fairies pressured the formation from outside with Tyrannical Barbarian battle formation. Ju Go and Bian Si Xuan guarded the surroundings and prepared to enter once the barrier broke. Fang Ming's clones spread across the area, testing reactions, measuring response speed, and feeding information back to him.
Several minutes later, Fang Ming found the opening.
His attacks fell precisely on the formation's weak points. The outer defensive layer trembled, then cracked. The second layer tried to compensate, but Fang Ming had already predicted the shift. With another wave of attacks and coordinated pressure from Tyrannical Barbarian battle formation, the resource point's defense broke open.
Eagle Sect surged in.
This was a rank eight Gu Immortal's main resource point. The value inside was not comparable to ordinary locations. Blazing Heaven Demoness had treated Fang Ming's purchase of information as a joke, even selling him her own resource details with a condescending expression. Now, that same information became a blade cutting into her foundation.
Fang Ming's mouth curved slightly as he watched resources being moved away.
He did not linger in satisfaction for long. Yi Tian Mountain was still changing, and the most important moment had not arrived yet.
Time passed.
The battle at Yi Tian Mountain reached its climax.
Through Heavenly Clone Eye, Fang Ming saw the pressure around Spectral Soul growing more intense. Tribulations descended, the refinement continued, and the whole battlefield seemed to be collapsing into the final stage of Shadow Sect's plan. The myriad tribulation was terrifying, but even such a tribulation had its rhythm. It rose, erupted, and then gradually weakened.
Fang Ming knew the moment was approaching.
He stopped looting.
"You continue," he ordered the Eagle Sect Gu Immortals. "Take what you can and retreat according to the prepared route. Do not become greedy past the limit."
The Eagle Sect Gu Immortals accepted the order. They had already gained greatly, and their eyes were still bright from the previous promise that each of them could choose an Immortal Gu if the operation succeeded. No one dared to be careless now.
Fang Ming disappeared in purple smoke.
When he appeared again, he was inside a blessed land hidden in Eastern Sea.
This blessed land looked as if it had suffered an apocalypse. The terrain had been completely changed. Mountains were cut apart, rivers were redirected, plains were engraved with formation marks, and layers of formations covered the sky and earth. Every spatial transfer method inside the blessed land was blocked unless Fang Ming permitted it.
This was one of the hidden places he had prepared.
He inspected the formations carefully. After confirming there were no problems, Fang Ming opened his immortal aperture and took out Sovereign Immortal Fetus Gu.
The rank nine Immortal Gu appeared quietly.
Even now, Fang Ming's gaze changed slightly when he looked at it. This Gu represented a path that countless experts would go mad for. Shadow Sect had planned for a hundred thousand years for it. Heavenly Court wanted to destroy it. Fang Yuan wanted to steal it. Venerable arrangements might react to it. Heaven's will would not tolerate it.
And now, it was in Fang Ming's hands.
But Fang Ming did not use it immediately.
His eyes turned toward the scene shown by Heavenly Clone Eye.
Spectral Soul was still his first concern.
Fang Ming did not know how long the fusion with Sovereign Immortal Fetus Gu would take. If he began too early and lost control of the timing, Spectral Soul might escape the dream trap. That risk was unacceptable. Sovereign Immortal Fetus Gu was his future, but trapping Spectral Soul was the condition that allowed that future to exist.
He waited.
Inside Yi Tian Mountain's sealed battlefield, the refinement was reaching its final steps. Spectral Soul was weakening under the pressure of tribulations. The myriad tribulation had begun to decline from its peak, showing signs that it was approaching its end.
Fang Ming's fingers moved.
The formation sealing Star Constellation's dream realm awakened.
He used the killer move he had prepared long ago.
Unleash Star Constellation.
Space twisted. The dream realm he had stolen and preserved was sent across distance, aimed directly at Spectral Soul. At the same time, the sealing formation around the dream realm exploded open.
Star Constellation's dream realm erupted.
The dream swallowed toward Spectral Soul like a silent tide. Spectral Soul, already weakened by tribulations and pressured by the refinement's final stage, was struck by the dream realm. Ying Wu Xie was also caught in the eruption.
Fang Ming did not know whether that Ying Wu Xie was the real Ying Wu Xie or Fang Yuan.
He did not care.
His target was Spectral Soul. As long as Spectral Soul was delayed, as long as the dream realm held him at this critical moment, Fang Ming's purpose was achieved.
Only after seeing the dream realm erupt did Fang Ming lower his gaze back to Sovereign Immortal Fetus Gu.
The formations around the blessed land hummed softly. Outside, the world was falling into chaos. Eagle Sect was still robbing. Yi Tian Mountain was collapsing into its final storm. Shadow Sect, Heavenly Court, Southern Border, Fang Yuan, and countless hidden arrangements were all being dragged into the same vortex.
Fang Ming reached out and took Sovereign Immortal Fetus Gu.
Then he began merging with it.