In Earth Abyss of Central Continent.
Fang Yuan arrived at the fortieth layer of Earth Abyss, carrying Shi Lei's immortal aperture with him.
Earth Abyss was a dangerous region belonging to Ancient Soul Sect, one of the ten great ancient sects of Central Continent. Earth Abyss was rich in dark path and earth path resources, along with resources of other paths, although they were less common.
But what Earth Abyss was truly famous for were the enormous beast groups living within it. In the first ten or twenty layers, there were only groups of mortal beasts, ranging from rank one to rank five.
For this reason, Ancient Soul Sect would have its disciples move around these layers to gain battle experience and gather resources to increase their cultivation.
In the later layers, desolate beasts and ancient desolate beasts would appear, and if one ventured even deeper, they would find mysterious signs indicating the existence of immemorial desolate beasts.
These depths were the regions where Ancient Soul Sect's Gu Immortals operated.
Fang Yuan moved cautiously. Although there were no Gu Immortals on the fortieth layer, the groups of desolate beasts and ancient desolate beasts were capable of threatening his life.
Fang Yuan moved swiftly, concealing his aura to the greatest extent possible. He did not want to provoke the beast groups.
Fang Yuan reached one of the weak spots in Earth Abyss and quickly dug through it before descending into the forty-first layer.
Fang Yuan continued descending through Earth Abyss until he reached the forty-sixth layer. At this layer, the density of the beast groups became unbearable, forcing Fang Yuan to retreat and search for a better place to place Shi Lei's blessed land.
After searching for nearly two hours, Fang Yuan found the perfect location to place Shi Lei's blessed land.
Fang Yuan took out Shi Lei's immortal aperture and placed it on the ground.
Fang Yuan had sealed Shi Lei's immortal aperture for a long time, so there was no doubt that the blessed land had suffered some losses due to its inability to absorb heaven and earth qi.
Furthermore, the land spirit had formed only recently. From what Fang Yuan had observed, this land spirit was calm and had not destroyed the resources within the blessed land.
The immortal aperture landed and rapidly expanded until it became enormous. A twenty-meter-tall door formed, with a plaque hanging above it that read:
Shocking Rock Blessed Land.
The door opened, drawing in vast amounts of heaven and earth qi. The space around Fang Yuan trembled as the vibrations spread throughout Earth Abyss.
The beasts roared angrily because of the disturbance, while rocks collapsed in many places. The cave-ins even spread to the higher layers, burying Ancient Soul Sect's Gu Masters and beast groups alike.
Fang Yuan hurriedly concealed the disturbance caused by the formation of the blessed land, scattering Gu worms and urgently arranging several formations to conceal the commotion.
In the upper layers of Earth Abyss, several Gu Immortals were investigating the cause of the earthquake when one of them stopped in boredom and said:
"Earthquakes occur frequently in Earth Abyss. Although this earthquake is somewhat unusual, it is not beyond the ordinary. I say we should search for any traces of a beast tide instead, that would be far more useful."
The Gu Immortals beside him agreed and did not bother to continue investigating the matter.
Earth Abyss was Ancient Soul Sect's territory, and they were extremely familiar with such tremors. Most of these earthquakes were caused by disturbances in earth qi, and the scope of their damage was limited.
Even so, powerful tremors would occasionally occur for various reasons, but these Gu Immortals did not bother painstakingly investigating them. At most, they would conduct a superficial investigation before returning to their own affairs.
On the forty-sixth layer, Shocking Rock blessed land stopped absorbing heaven and earth qi. The blessed land's door remained open, and Fang Yuan entered without hesitation.
The scenery inside Shocking Rock blessed land was magnificent.
The land was rather rocky, which was not strange for a blessed land where most of its dao marks belonged to earth path.
Fang Yuan wanted to inspect more of Shocking Rock blessed land when a huge rock suddenly crashed into his body.
Fang Yuan lowered his head in realization as words were transmitted directly into his mind.
"Who are you? What are you doing in Shocking Rock blessed land?!"
This was the land spirit of Shocking Rock blessed land. The land spirit resembled a rock the size of an adult man, roughly carved into a humanoid form, with lines resembling joints engraved where its arms and legs were supposed to be.
Overall, it resembled the golems of Earth's fantasies.
"Land spirit, what is your condition for me to become the master of the blessed land?" Fang Yuan transmitted his question to the land spirit.
The golem made strange noises, but they transformed into several sentences when transmitted to Fang Yuan.
The condition for being acknowledged as the master of the blessed land was to kill Star Lord Wan Xiang. Star Lord Wan Xiang had been extremely despicable and vicious, scheming against Shi Lei and causing his death. Had Star Lord Wan Xiang not led him into Starry Sky grotto-heaven, Shi Lei would still be alive.
Fang Yuan sneered inwardly. This condition was somewhat within his expectations.
Land spirits and heavenly spirits formed after the death of a Gu Immortal and were considered servants of blessed lands and grotto-heavens. They would search for a new master, who had to fulfill their condition in order to become the master of the blessed land.
This condition was always related to the Gu Immortal's obsession before death. In Shi Lei's case, his obsession was to kill Star Lord Wan Xiang, who had lured him into a trap and then betrayed him.
Fang Yuan left Shocking Rock blessed land for several hours before returning with Star Lord Wan Xiang's head.
"Shocking Rock land spirit, I have brought Star Lord Wan Xiang's head!" Fang Yuan shouted loudly into the empty space.
The blessed land's door appeared and opened wide. Fang Yuan entered Shocking Rock blessed land once again, carrying Star Lord Wan Xiang's head with him.
Shocking Rock land spirit stared at Star Lord Wan Xiang's head before transmitting its words to Fang Yuan.
"You are now the master of Shocking Rock blessed land."
Fang Yuan nodded in satisfaction before beginning to inspect Shocking Rock blessed land. To his disappointment, Shi Lei had detonated all of his Immortal Gu before his death.
But at the very least, the rest of the blessed land was largely intact. In this regard, Fang Yuan was extremely surprised by Shi Lei's ability to manage his blessed land.