During their brief encounter, Shan Shayuan's Immortal Ascension had already entered its final stage. He was immersed in the natural inspiration produced while balancing the three qi, and his understanding of Earth Path rapidly deepened, eventually pushing his attainment to quasi-Grandmaster.
Lin Yan examined his uncle's condition and was pleasantly surprised. He had not expected Shan Shayuan to overcome the entire tribulation without his assistance. After the Immortal Ascension ended, he had accumulated nearly two thousand Earth Path dao marks and obtained a large grade blessed land covering 4,700 square kilometres, with a time flow ratio of twenty to one and an annual production of thirty beads of green grape immortal essence.
"It seems Mo Guang's true inheritance is quite good."
Unfortunately, Shan Shayuan had only barely reached the standard of a large grade of blessed land. By the time his immortal aperture stabilized, there was not enough heaven and earth qi remaining for him to attempt the natural refinement of an Immortal Gu.
Lin Yan brought his uncle back into Flame Sovereign Blessed Land, then let the next Gu Immortal seed out to begin Immortal Ascension.
Over the following month, Heavenly Tribulations and Earth Calamities repeatedly shook the Turbulent Flow Sea Area. Heaven and earth qi gathered and dispersed across the vast sea as one Immortal Ascension ended and another began.
By the end of the month, twenty people had successfully reached Rank Six, leaving Lin Yan greatly satisfied. The remaining thirty had died during their attempts. Lin Yan preserved their souls and brought them into the Great Dream Immortal Realm, where their accumulated experiences could eventually give rise to new Dream Realms.
A forty percent success rate was already extremely impressive. Most of the successful Huang Family Gu Immortals obtained small or medium grade blessed lands. Only Shan Shayuan and Family Head Huang Ming obtained large grade blessed lands.
Shan Shayuan cultivated Earth Path through Mo Guang's true inheritance, while Huang Ming followed Flame Path. Their achievements were the best among the group, but Lin Yan himself had also gained considerably from these ascensions.
Whenever someone could no longer withstand their calamity or tribulation, Lin Yan intervened and drew away part of its power. Each tribulation contained roughly fifteen hundred dao marks on average, nearly half of which he ultimately absorbed.
After helping so many people, Lin Yan had gained nearly twenty thousand dao marks. His total surpassed one hundred and fifteen thousand, matching the dao mark foundation of a Rank Eight Gu Immortal who had undergone one Myriad Tribulation.
More importantly, these newly acquired dao marks were not concentrated solely in Flame Path and Thunder Path. They included Metal Path, Wood Path, Water Path, Earth Path, Space Path, Sound Path, and several others.
With the immortal killer move Dao Without Conflict suppressing their mutual repulsion, these different dao marks could coexist within Flame Sovereign Blessed Land. Across its vast territory, environments suited to different paths slowly began taking shape.
"If I continue obtaining Dream Realms from Gu Immortals of different paths and use them to improve my attainments, I could reach Grandmaster in multiple paths."
Lin Yan pondered for a moment before bringing the twenty newly ascended Huang Family Gu Immortals back into Flame Sovereign Blessed Land. Although many had gained only around half the dao marks normally obtained during Immortal Ascension, they were still genuine Gu immortals.
With twenty Gu Immortals under his command, Lin Yan could finally entrust them with many tasks he had previously handled alone. Their immortal apertures were also valuable, as they cultivated a variety of different paths.
Once their blessed lands had established resource points with steady production, they could supply immortal materials that Flame Sovereign Blessed Land lacked. This would make it much easier for Lin Yan to refine Immortal Gu of those paths, without having to wait for the required materials to appear in Treasure Yellow Heaven.
However, these Gu Immortals also needed resources to develop their immortal apertures and prepare for future calamities and tribulations. Lin Yan therefore planned to establish an internal market within Flame Sovereign Blessed Land where they could trade resources.
Lin Yan had considered this long ago. The Merit Board that had guided the thirty million inhabitants of Flame Sovereign Blessed Land for years soon underwent its first major change. An Immortal Rank section appeared above the missions for mortal Gu Masters, allowing Gu Immortals to accept missions and earn immortal essence stones while contributing to the blessed land's development.
The twenty newly ascended Gu Immortals soon appeared on the board, but every one of them began with negative merit. Lin Yan had loaned each of them a considerable number of immortal essence stones for their initial development and had personally used his Wisdom Path attainment to plan suitable development routes for their respective immortal apertures. They would gradually repay these debts by completing missions and contributing resources to Flame Sovereign Blessed Land.