Across Flame Sovereign Blessed Land, life continued much as it had for the past twenty years. Merchant caravans travelled between the cities and resource points, Gu Masters entered the wilderness in search of materials, while young clansmen competed for positions in the family and older generations gradually withdrew from worldly affairs. New faces had replaced many of the familiar ones Lin Yan remembered, and children born after the Huang Family entered the blessed land had already grown into Gu Masters themselves. Yet among the older generation, a small group had remained almost unchanged. Shan Shayuan, Huang Ming, and the most outstanding Rank Five Gu Masters had spent these twenty years repeatedly entering Dream Realms, cultivating different paths and preparing for the same goal. Several had reached Master attainment, while a few had even reached Master attainment in more than one path. Now, as Lin Yan looked down from above, their long preparation had finally reached its end. It was time for them to undergo Immortal Ascension.
Once this group successfully became Gu Immortals, many affairs within Flame Sovereign Blessed Land could be handed over to them. Lin Yan would no longer need to personally oversee every resource point, formation, or important refinement task, leaving him free to concentrate on his own cultivation and future plans.
Lin Yan's figure appeared above the Turbulent Sea Area. With a wave of his hand, dozens of people emerged from his immortal aperture, including Family Head Huang Ming, his uncle Shan Shayuan, and many elderly Gu Masters from the branch families who had cultivated for nearly a hundred years within Flame Sovereign Blessed Land.
The moment everyone appeared, the salty sea wind swept across them. After spending so many years within Flame Sovereign Blessed Land, several of the older Gu Masters could not help looking toward the boundless sea around them. However, Huang Ming quickly collected himself and cupped his fists toward Lin Yan.
"Greetings, Supreme Elder."
The others followed one after another.
"Greetings, Supreme Elder!"
Lin Yan waved his hand. "There's no need for a ceremony."
Shan Shayuan stood among them without speaking. Unlike the others, his attention was on the turbulent currents below. After observing them for a moment, he asked, "Are we undergoing Immortal Ascension here?"
"That's right." Lin Yan nodded. "This area is remote enough. Even if more than a dozen of you undergo Immortal Ascension one after another, it shouldn't attract much attention."
Hearing this, several people exchanged glances. They had known why Lin Yan gathered them, but hearing him say it directly still made their hearts stir. They had waited more than twenty years for this day. Some had already reached the end of their lifespans before entering Flame Sovereign Blessed Land, relying on Lifespan Gu to survive until now. Others had watched their children and grandchildren grow old while they remained at peak Rank Five, waiting for the opportunity before them today.
One elderly branch-family Gu Master stroked his white beard and suddenly chuckled. "More than twenty years of preparation. If I still fail today, I really won't have anyone else to blame."
Another old man beside him immediately frowned. "We haven't even started and you're already talking about failure?"
"What? Are you afraid I'll bring you bad luck?"
"I'm afraid you'll die before returning the thirty primeval stones you borrowed from me."
A few people laughed, and the tension among the group eased considerably.
Lin Yan also smiled faintly but said nothing. His gaze passed across them one by one
Each of them possessed a stable aura and cultivated a different path. Their aperture aptitude had been raised to ninety-nine percent through Creation Relic Gu, yet all of them had stopped at this limit. None had reached one hundred percent aptitude or awakened a Ten Extreme Physique.
This differed from Lin Yan's original expectations. After examining them more carefully, he realized that artificially awakening a Ten Extreme Physique seemed to require Human Path attainment, perhaps at least quasi-Grandmaster. Awakening a specific physique might also require sufficient attainment in its corresponding path.
This supported his suspicion that Sovereign Immortal Fetus Gu was deeply connected to the Human Path. When Lin Yan had awakened the Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance Physique, his Human Path attainment had already been sufficient to meet this requirement.
"It seems I overlooked quite a lot back then."
On further thought, however, the fact that Lin Yan had been capable of developing Creation Relic Gu already proved that his Human Path attainment had not been shallow at the time. His successful awakening of the Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance Physique had clearly involved conditions he had fulfilled without understanding them.
Otherwise, the Ten Extreme Physiques would not have remained so rare throughout history. Super forces possessed deep foundations, numerous Immortal Gu, and countless methods for improving aptitude. If merely raising someone's aptitude to one hundred percent were sufficient to create a Ten Extreme Physique, super blessed lands would have been common in Gu world.
Lin Yan turned his attention back to the dozens of Gu Immortal seeds. Despite his preparations, he could not guarantee how many would succeed. He could help them overcome their calamities and tribulations, but some dangers of Immortal Ascension had to be faced by the Gu Masters themselves.
Desolations Flame Thunder Immortal Formation could transform the surrounding heaven and earth qi and influence the tribulation. Body Forged in Flame could draw part of its power toward him. If necessary, he could destroy the tribulation directly.
Doing so would reduce the number of dao marks they obtained from Immortal Ascension, but becoming a Gu Immortal with fewer dao marks was still better than dying during the attempt. Balancing the three qi and possessing sufficient human qi, however, were matters that ultimately depended upon the individual.
Lin Yan swept his gaze across everyone and smiled faintly. "Who wants to go first?"
Shan Shayuan stepped forward before anyone else could speak. "I'll go first." Several of the elders immediately looked toward him, and one or two visibly relaxed. No one here lacked the courage to attempt Immortal Ascension, but going second naturally had its advantages. Shan Shayuan noticed their expressions and laughed. "You old fellows haven't changed at all. Fine, watch carefully. If I die, at least you'll know what not to do."
Lin Yan nodded. Given his uncle's temperament and accumulation over the years, his chances of successfully undergoing Immortal Ascension were extremely high.