Reverend Insanity Chapter 2327 - Primordial Origin’s Revival
Upon hearing the pronouncement from Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, a wave of realization washed over many of the Gu Immortals present.
“It appears that Giant Sun Immortal Venerable is, at his core, still an adherent of the righteous path.”
“He is truly a different breed from Fang Yuan, both in his philosophy and his methods. Fang Yuan is ruthless; he treats his subordinates as mere expendable tools. Contrastingly, Giant Sun Immortal Venerable deeply values his lineage and kin.”
“Hmph, in my view, his foresight far exceeds that of Fang Yuan. If he were to emulate Fang Yuan’s conduct, he would lose any possibility of reconciling with Heavenly Court and would instead become our mortal enemy. Therefore, he has strategically begun to demonstrate his goodwill towards Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable!”
“From my perspective, this entire sequence was calculated by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable. She appeared to prioritize defending Heavenly Court, even permitting Fang Yuan to plunder Central Continent. At the time, I confess I was quite displeased. Yet now, it is clear this was merely a segment of her broader strategy, successfully compelling Giant Sun to abandon Central Continent of his own volition. What an extraordinary outcome! Alas, I feel foolish for having attempted to gauge Star Constellation Immortal Venerable’s wisdom with my own limited understanding.”
Qi Sea Ancestor’s eyes remained closed; he hovered motionless like a statue, suspended quietly within the heart of Heavenly Court.
Hovering above him, the Star Constellation Chessboard orbited slowly, casting a soft, pale blue illumination that bathed his entire form.
Following a period of meticulous preparation, the entrance to Qi Sea Ancestor’s immortal aperture began to manifest, prompting a thunderous cheer from the gathered immortals.
Subsequently, the rank eight heaven qi Immortal Gu were the first to manifest, drifting out from his immortal aperture.
These were succeeded by the earth qi Immortal Gu, followed by a variety of distinct qi path Immortal Gu.
The assembly of immortals erupted into a frenzied murmuring.
“Even though Qi Sea Ancestor is formidable, in the presence of Lady Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, he is nothing more than sheep led to the slaughter.”
“Self-detonating Immortal Gu is typically straightforward, yet in this state, the pseudo-venerable Qi Sea Ancestor is completely shackled by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable; he cannot even perform the simple act of destroying his own Immortal Gu.”
“Once Lord Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable completes his revival, these qi path Immortal Gu will enable him to reclaim a substantial portion of his power. Lady Star Constellation Immortal Venerable has truly orchestrated this with absolute perfection!”
The praise from the immortals was relentless.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had effectively suppressed Qi Sea Ancestor entirely, overwriting his mind with her own thoughts.
This dominance allowed her to pry open his immortal aperture and override the will governing the Gu worms stored within.
Inevitably, those qi path Gu worms remained objects of Qi Sea Ancestor’s origin, imbued with his lingering essence.
It proved far more strenuous for Star Constellation Immortal Venerable to eradicate his lingering intent than it was to control Qi Sea Ancestor’s consciousness directly. Since these Immortal Gu lacked an independent mind, the most efficient method to purge the leftover will of Qi Sea would be to undergo the process of re-refining these qi path Immortal Gu.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, however, had no intention of pursuing that path.
Her goal was merely to suppress these Immortal Gu and forestall any attempts at self-detonation, holding them in reserve for her master, Primordial Origin, to manage himself.
Given that Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable was a dedicated qi path Gu cultivator, it was most fitting for him to personally reclaim these particular qi path Immortal Gu.
Once every Immortal Gu had been extracted, it was time to address the secluded domain of heaven and earth, Hu Land.
The moment Hu Land materialized before the eyes of the onlookers, a fresh surge of jubilant shouts erupted throughout Heavenly Court.
This was a bona fide qi path secluded domain of heaven and earth!
Such a prize was truly comparable to a rank nine Immortal Gu in value!!
Qi Sea Ancestor’s 'Hu elevation' killer move had relied upon Hu Land as its foundational core.
Because a secluded domain of heaven and earth is exceptionally resilient, it is far more challenging to plunder than standard Immortal Gu. Since Star Constellation Immortal Venerable possessed the strength to suppress Qi Sea Ancestor’s Immortal Gu, securing Hu Land was merely a logical outcome.
“With this secluded domain of heaven and earth, even if Master currently lacks rank nine Immortal Gu in his repository, he will still be capable of manifesting the full destructive potential of the qi path.”
Even while basking in this success, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable remained diligent, inspecting every Immortal Gu and the secluded domain to ensure they were untainted.
Just as Fang Yuan was ever-vigilant, so too was she.
Not even within the safety of Heavenly Court did she allow herself a moment of carelessness.
Having subjected the items to over a hundred layers of inspection through various techniques, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable finally confirmed that neither the Immortal Gu nor the secluded domain contained hidden traps.
Only then did Star Constellation Immortal Venerable deposit the spoils into the immortal formation, locking them under suppression.
This final precaution was essential.
Since Fang Yuan was a sovereign of the refinement path, he might possess esoteric methods that even she could not immediately decipher. However, by confining these items within the immortal formation, any activation of a hidden trap would be instantly flagged by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, granting her the window required to issue a countermeasure.
“Even if Fang Yuan harbors a technique I have yet to perceive, it matters little; I can contain any threat within this immortal formation.”
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable felt thoroughly confident in this arrangement.
Years prior, she had utilized He Feng Yang to conduct Immortal Gu transactions with Fang Yuan.
Was she not anxious about Fang Yuan tampering with the goods?
Of course, such anxieties existed.
Yet, those concerns were minor; Star Constellation Immortal Venerable maintained absolute confidence in her ability to detect Fang Yuan’s meddling. Other venerables, like Giant Sun Immortal Venerable, would hold similar confidence.
Their certainty was not without foundation.
The refinement path had been too extensively practiced across the world.
While this led to the immense development of the path—allowing numerous refinement path Gu worms to reach rank nine—the downside was that everyone possessed a working knowledge of refinement, granting them a baseline understanding of the discipline.
Having stood for three million years, and with the immense wisdom path capabilities of Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, how could she be oblivious to the techniques used to create 'fake' Gu?
Such deceit was a common occurrence even in the world of mortal Gu Masters!
Should Fang Yuan attempt to pass off forged Gu, even though she was not a master of the refinement path herself, she would certainly detect it.
Of course, had Fang Yuan been granted sufficient time to mature, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable would not have dared to incur any risk in such matters.
She would have been incredibly cautious regarding any Immortal Gu that had come into contact with Fang Yuan!
After both the Immortal Gu and the Hu Land were secured, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable turned her attention to extracting various resource points from Qi Sea’s immortal aperture.
The majority of the qi path resource points remained stored inside.
The ones she prioritized for removal shared a common trait: they were permeated with a high concentration of non-qi path dao marks.
With those tasks concluded, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable began to channel her specialized killer moves.
These were original wisdom path arts of her own creation, unknown to any other soul.
After the application of over ten consecutive killer moves, both the structure of Qi Sea Ancestor’s immortal aperture and his own consciousness began to collapse, causing all varieties of qi path resource points and even his physical body to dissolve into streams of qi current.
A gargantuan volume of these currents converged, gradually coalescing into the indistinct form of a qi harvest fruit.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable’s eyes glinted with sharp brilliance and profound wisdom; she unleashed three further killer moves in rapid succession, systematically eradicating the residual will, stray thoughts, and persisting emotions of Qi Sea Ancestor from within the hardening qi harvest fruit.
Qi Sea Ancestor’s soul was successfully extracted and promptly deposited into the Soul Suppression Hall, an Immortal Gu House formerly used to imprison Spectral Soul Demon Venerable; containing the remnants of Qi Sea’s spirit was trivial by comparison.
The qi harvest fruit slowly stabilized.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable ceased her wisdom path maneuvers, gingerly withdrawing the Star Constellation Chessboard from the vicinity.
Even in the absence of her direct intervention, the qi harvest fruit grew steadily clearer and more stable.
After conducting one final, precise inspection, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable allowed herself a moment of relief. True to her calculations, the qi harvest fruit had successfully synchronized with the residual methods of Primordial Origin, and no further intervention on her part was required.
She dared not interfere any further, for it risked creating complications. After all, her expertise lay in wisdom and star paths, not the qi path, and the risk of clashing dao marks was significant.
The optimal course was to permit Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable’s own methods to engage, effectively triggering his ultimate revival.
“After three million years, Lord Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable’s protocols remain flawlessly effective! I am struck with awe.”
“There are no obstacles remaining; the revival of Lord Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable is imminent!”
“The oversight was mine.” The freshly resurrected Qin Ding Ling stepped forward and spoke.