Time passed quickly, autumn went and winter arrived.
Early winter, the first snowfall had come.
The sky was grey, snowflakes floated and fell on Qing Mao mountain.
It's already been six months since Fang Yuan has reached Rank 4 Peak Stage.
Rumble…
The 76% primeval sea in the aperture surged with high waves, and true gold primeval essence shone brightly on the aperture walls.
The aperture walls were also extraordinary; sparkling and clear like crystals, containing life force in them. This was the crystal membrane of rank four peak stage realm.
Waves continually surged, reaching towards the sky. Then, they crashed towards the crystal membrane wave after waves.
At first, the crystal membrane was like the reef of a sea, being unmovable. But it gradually became unable to endure the fierce waves and cracks started appearing.
As time passed, bigger cracks appeared.
The primeval sea slowly reduced, while the crystal membrane was full of cracks and appeared extremely fragile. However, there was still a little distance left from breakthrough.
Fang Yuan was sitting cross-legged on the bed with both his eyes closed, and almost all his attention was on the aperture.
He possessed seventy six percent aptitude which was classified as B grade, but he had very deep accumulation; he couldn't breakthrough to rank five realm just by relying on his own strength.
So, he was using the Primeval Stones.
Right now, there was about ten percent left of the primeval sea; the sea waves had also weakened and was getting to the point of being tranquil.
But suddenly, as if it was accumulating its strength, a huge wave erupted out of the true gold primeval sea.
This wave was fierce and majestic, surpassing any of the waves from before; it was like a tsunami, soaring up and then fiercely smashing towards the aperture walls.
Boom!
A soft sound echoed, and the aperture walls were finally unable to bear the pressure. They were smashed into pieces by this enormous wave.
The shattered fragments of the crystal aperture walls were like a broken ice mountain, and as they fell into the sea they turned into pure essence before slowly melting down.
After a while, the fragments on the crystal walls had all fallen down, leaving behind a light membrane that covered everything.
The light membrane was dazzling with very powerful aura, far surpassing the rank four peak stage crystal wall; this was the appearance of a true rank five initial stage!
Following it, a trace of light purple primeval essence appeared in the depths of the sea.
Rank one Gu Masters had green copper primeval essence; rank two had red iron primeval essence; rank three had white silver primeval essence; rank four had yellow gold primeval essence; and rank five was purple crystal primeval essence.
Although it was only a thread of light purple, it was a qualitative difference.
From now on, Fang Yuan's primeval essence would be light purple primeval essence!
"Finally," Fang Yuan slowly opened his eyes and sighed with joy.
Rank five Gu Masters were the lords in this mortal world, the true peak stage. Those who could cultivate to this stage were not even one in ten thousand.
If it were others, they might have already become wild with joy. However, Fang Yuan was a venerable in his previous life. Right now, rather than ecstasy, what he felt was joy towards his future prospects.
"Compared to my previous life, being able to enter rank five at such a young age is truly a success."
Fang Yuan was only sixteen—not even seventeen—and yet, he had already stepped into Rank Five.
An accomplishment so absurd, so unnatural, that even the so-called prodigies of the Five Great Regions—already in their thirties—would be left in the dust, their pride shattered, forced to retreat in silent disgrace.
"But rank five is not my end point; it is only a starting point. Next, I need to once again advance to Gu Immortal!"
"But before that… I must ensure Heaven's Will has no chance to interfere when changing my vital Gu."
Those genius Gu Masters would feel some hesitation when they talked about charging to Gu Immortal realm. However, Fang Yuan had his previous life's experiences, thus he had plenty of confidence in advancing to Gu Immortal realm.
"Also, I need to secure those Immortal Gu, before I become a Gu Immortal, ."
"If I let this opportunity slip, who knows when I'll have such a perfect chance again?"
Fang Yuan took out a Purple Crystal Relic Gu and held it in his palm.
He had instructed Jia Fu to gather three of these, but only one had been secured. Their scarcity made them nearly impossible to find—even for someone with Jia Fu's connections.
Still, one was enough for now.
Using this relic, his cultivation surged, breaking through the bottleneck—advancing him to Rank Five, Middle Stage.
Fang Yuan's eyes remained calm, as if this was nothing more than another step on a long road.
"Now," he murmured, "all that's left is to raise the rank of my Gu worms."
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On Qing Mao mountain, food was scarce during the winter; the growing wolf packs started to increase their hunting scale to gather enough foods to eat their fill.
The wild beast groups in the surroundings were purged due to this. Small beast tides frequently started to occur due to the disorder; similarly, there were also the crippled wolf packs.
These crippled wolves were expelled from the nest. These wolves gathered together and formed a group; they had started making frequent movements near the village.
But since the whole mortal villages were massacred, the wolves turned their attention towards the only three clans.
The cold wind was getting stronger; snow was also falling heavily.
Gu Yue village mobilized many Gu Masters to carry out a clean-up operation. Due to this, there were many people moving about, along with lot of scouting Gu Masters among them.
Houuuuu…
A deep beastly howl suddenly spread through the wind and snow.