A massive chunk of cloud soil had been extracted and suspended a thousand feet above the ground at the center of the blessed land.
Above the cloud soil stood several structures resembling enormous beehives.
However, the foundations of these hives were intricately connected to the cloud soil through a complex formation, merging them into what seemed like a single entity.
There were five hives in total. Each stood two hundred feet tall and stretched over three hundred feet wide. They were arranged in a semicircular pattern, together forming a pentagonal ring.
Every hive was riddled with countless openings, each serving as an entrance into the interior.
Inside, each hive had been divided into innumerable refinement chambers, all identical in size and quality.
A single Pill Refiner Gu had been placed inside every chamber.
These Pill Refiner Gu clones were all rank five, ensuring they could refine any mortal Gu from rank one to rank five.
Combined with an almost inexhaustible supply of primeval essence, the only factors capable of halting the refinement process were a shortage of materials or the possibility of refinement failure.
Furthermore, the Floating Refinement Hives had all been connected into one enormous immortal formation.
Fang Yuan had invested two Immortal Gu of Refinement Path and Space Path into this formation, along with a vast quantity of immortal materials.
"Human Path truly is wondrous. It can complement virtually every path in terms of utility. However, Pill Refiner Gu is only exceptionally useful at the mortal level. Once one reaches the immortal level, its usefulness almost disappears. After all, there already exists Pill Refiner Immortal Gu."
Another flaw of Pill Refiner Gu was that it was ultimately nothing more than a Gu worm.
It lacked the ability to innovate or create.
In the end, Gu worms merely followed the commands issued by their master while relying upon their master's immortal essence or primeval essence.
It was precisely because of this that, in his previous life, Fang Yuan had never chosen to invest in Pill Refiner Gu, even though it was sufficient to revolutionize Gu refinement throughout the mortal world.
Even rank six and rank seven Gu Immortals would have found such a Gu unbelievable.
Yet to Fang Yuan, investing in hairy men was far more profitable.
Hairy men naturally possessed dao marks and an innate affinity for Refinement Path.
Their efficiency in refining Gu surpassed that of humans by several times.
Moreover, they did not lack intelligence or creativity.
As their attainment levels increased, they would undoubtedly develop inheritances, refinement methods, and refinement techniques that could astonish even Fang Yuan himself.
They were also invaluable assistants when refining Immortal Gu.
For example, in Fang Yuan's previous life, he had left the refinement of rank six and rank seven Immortal Gu almost entirely to the hairy men and his clone.
He rarely intervened personally after obtaining hairy man Gu Immortals.
"But these Floating Refinement Hives are perfect for refining mortal Gu, which is exactly where my current focus lies—refining Airsac Gu, Self-Will Gu, and Relic Gu of every rank."
Standing atop Dang Hun Mountain, Fang Yuan overlooked Hu Immortal Blessed Land before creating a semi-materialized will and sending it into the Floating Refinement Hives.
He then split off another will and dispatched it to Fang Zheng's prison, where his younger brother was undergoing treatment that was somewhat harsh, yet essential to Fang Yuan's plans.
Finally, he sent his largest will to the very center of the blessed land—specifically Dang Hun Mountain—to oversee everything during his absence.
In the end, he inspected his luck through the rank six Cooking Luck Pot.
His luck resembled a silver river flowing upward into the heavens.
Purple clouds surrounded the river, while groups of foxes played joyfully upon their surface.
Elsewhere rested an ancient cauldron riddled with three distinct holes.
The silver river flowing toward the heavens maintained a steady current.
However, after pouring more immortal essence into Cooking Luck Pot and observing more carefully, Fang Yuan realized that the river's current was slowly reversing, gradually retreating back toward the "earth."
"My silver luck signifies stable and favorable fortune, which is naturally a good sign. As for the symbolism of a silver river flowing into the heavens, it should represent my current exploitation of Heaven's Will, contrary to what ought to have happened."
"The clouds, meanwhile, symbolize the unstable foundation of both Hu Immortal Blessed Land and Lang Ya Blessed Land. This instability isn't obvious on the surface within Hu Immortal Blessed Land, but in Lang Ya Blessed Land, it manifests as an ancient cauldron clearly pierced from three separate directions."
Fang Yuan contemplated the meaning behind these symbols before arriving at a clearer conclusion.
"The reversal of my luck river back toward the earth indicates that Heaven's Will is gradually approaching the truth. The process is rather slow, suggesting that something I will do in the future shall alert it, though the issue can clearly be resolved."
"As for the unstable foundation within Hu Immortal Blessed Land, it stems from the mixture of different resource paths and the severe overcrowding currently afflicting the blessed land. The only true solution is to uproot every resource point unrelated to Enslavement Path."
"As for Lang Ya Blessed Land, the source of the instability lies in the repeated waves of invading Gu Immortals, along with Shadow Sect's infiltrators."
Fang Yuan withdrew his immortal essence before pouring hundreds of beads of Green Grape Immortal Essence into Cooking Luck Pot.
Flames ignited beneath the cauldron.
At that moment, his luck was completely "gathered" and drawn into the pot, where it began to cook.
Fifteen minutes later.
The silver river flowing toward the heavens became completely still.
Yet upon closer inspection, one could see that it had once again begun flowing upward, albeit at an extremely slow pace.
Meanwhile, the holes in the ancient cauldron had transformed into crude patches.
The clouds beneath the foxes also became slightly thicker.
Relatively speaking, Fang Yuan's luck had improved.
However, it remained easily changeable.
Those rough patches could once again become holes—or even larger ones.
The river's current could reverse once more.
The clouds might dissipate altogether, causing his foundation to collapse.
In the end, luck was merely a form of support.
Whether opportunities could truly be seized still depended upon the individual.
Fang Yuan activated Fixed Immortal Travel and teleported to Lang Ya Blessed Land.
He had to refine a rank six Food Path Immortal Gu House to resolve the feeding problem of his Immortal Gu.
He could no longer afford to delay the matter any further.