Hearing that there was only another 25% left, Fang Yuan turned serious.
Fang Yuan sighed from his seat in the clouds.
"What a pity, a little more and I would have gained Killing Path attainments,"
That's right this Heaven Path move Fang Yuan had constructed could give him attainments on paths he didn't know!
In fact, this move was a pseudo-Gu House. It had not been fully constructed due to some missing Gu and its complicated nature.
Fang Yuan was very audacious as he was trying to copy the Heavenly Dao itself!
The core of this Move was the Killer Move Stealing Heavenly Secrets, one layer above it was Heavenly Web Gu, and final the various core Gus of the various paths Fang Yuan had.
They were all orbiting around him, connected via Heavenly Web Gu.
This played 2 Key Roles, one it allowed Fang Yuan to be invulnerable to any Path he had a core GU of, and even if he didn't, he could still defend himself.
A large amount of inspiration for the structure of this Gu House came from the Peaceful Heavy Soil Mountain Fortress's ability to incorporate Earth Path Gu into its core structure, boosting its defense.
The Heaven's Dispose Killer Move was able to dispose of any path that it fully recognized, in theory, Fang Yuan could only verify this for Refinement Path as it was the only Path that he was unquestionably number 1 in.
Time and Enslavement Paths were also very well understood, and so were the next 2 easiest to negate moves.
Essentially this move depended on the attainment of the user and the number of Gu related to the myriad Paths.
Only 1 person in the world had any hope of making this move shine: Fang Yuan.
The second feature of this move was the ability to learn based on the Killer Moves of other Gu Immortals!
Since Heaven's Dispose could block any move that it understood the principle of, that meant that attacks that got through would allow it a chance to identify and correct its understanding of that path, essentially boosting the user's attainment at the same time.
Of course, there were drawbacks, for example, it could not stop the Killing Path move from hitting its user.
This would be true of any other paths where Fang Yuan's attainment did not cover, like Giant Sun's Heaven and Earth Luck Killer Move, I Reside In All Living Beings, and Heaven, and Earth Luck, or his Nothing Is Certain Except Success!
Even if Heaven's Dispose was out when he used those moves, it would not stop him from affecting Fang Yuan's luck.
But it would give Fang Yuan some insight into it.
However, this flaw was even more pronounced on Fang Yuan who has non-conflicting Dao Marks.
This means that every path hurts in him with its full force, there is no buffer, likewise all healing works on him.
Fang Yuan had initially wanted to gain more understanding of Giant Sun's Heaven and Earth Luck as well as Spectral Soul's new Killing Path.
But alas, it was not meant to be.
Fang Yuan's face was thoroughly disappointed.
"Let's end this charade,"
Fang Yuan spread his arms wide.
The Dharmic Wheel began to spin and the auras of numerous paths began to gather.
A multicolored Rainbow was swirling around the Wheel and been churned and mixed together.
Fang Yuan stood before it like a god!
"What in the? I sense Time, Enslavement, Space, Earth, Heaven, Blood, Water, Fire, Lightning, Wisdom, Human, Qi, Metal, Ice, Yin-Yang, Wind, Wood, Dark, Dream, Light, Luck, Phantom, Poison, Star, Soul, Strength, Sword and, Theft!"
Giant Sun's face was deeply shocked.
A slight tremor could be felt on his hands.
Indeed, he felt fear!
A feeling of no longer being in control. A feeling of despair and hopelessness. That nothing one did matter or would even make a difference.
There were only 2 such instances he left like this,
When he faced his first Chaotic Tribulation
And when his love sacrificed herself for him.
Spectral Soul was under the same pressure but instead, he felt a thrill rushing through his veins
"HAHAHAHA wonderful! Truly wonderful! The ultimate attack versus my Killing Path who will win? Star Constellation do it now!"
Star Constellation pushed her hands forward: "Activate! Ying-Yang Phantasmal Killing Array!"
She stood up and made a slashing gesture straight at Fang Yuan without hesitation a white light shot out from Star Constellation. It happened in the blink of an eye.
The white light turned into a brilliant arc that was thinner than a cicada wing. It flew majestically across the air.
There was no flashiness, nor fanciness to it just a clean sweep.
Its aura was reserved, its demeanor calm and straight.
One would think that it was a most ordinary slash but seeing the carnage it left in its wake would snap one back to reality.
Looking up, the clear blue skies could be seen, but that was if you looked past the fact that Fang Yuan was separated from the waist down!
The slash had cut right through him and continued to ravage everything in its path, the Dharmic Wheel was sliced, every cloud was cut, even Spectral Heaven was torn!
Everyone was in utter shock at the sheer power of this move.
"Is this the might of Killing Path?" Star Constellation was shell-shocked.
The greatest Demon of a generation, the craftiest and greatest schemer, Reckless's chosen one, had died? Just like that?
Was this a good thing?
After all, it revealed just how powerful Killing Path would become.
Is the real threat Spectral Soul Demon Venerable?
Star Constellation and Giant Sun looked at each other, and they both nodded.
"Kekeke, that's right my Killing Path is the strongest! Look it can slice right through the Heavens hahaha, one day I will slice this world apart!"
Spectral Soul had unleashed a deranged laugh.
She then turned and gripped Giant Sun's fist, who was just inches away from hitting her face.
"Tch,"
Giant Sun wanted to pull back but Spectral Soul held tight.
"Hehe stay a while why don't you," Spectral Soul then turned and sent a burst of Yang Fire at Star Constellation: "Wait your turn!"
Star Constellation was forced to back off: "Dammit how's she so strong?"
Using her investigative Killer Move she soon found the reason: "Giant Sun she's funneling a large number of Dao Marks from Spectral Heaven to empower herself!"
"Tsk, nosy."
Spectral Soul punched Giant Sun far away and leaped towards Star Constellation.
"Today, I Spectral Soul will be the first person in history to kill 3 Venerables!"
Her maniacal laugh rang throughout the Demon Marsh.
Within a seemingly mystical place, a solitary table stood.
Gathered at the table were 2 men.
One was a rambunctious, tall, and muscular man.
While the other was an old and frail-looking man, but his eyes shone with enlightenment.
"It seems you have been disappointed friend," the old man said.
The muscular man shook his head: "I am not disappointed it is you who are about to be."
"Oh?" The old man had his eyebrows raised as he took a sip from his teacup.
They were none other than Reckless Savage Demon Venerable and Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable.
Reckless sighed: "This would have been so much easier if Limitless was able to make compromises."
Primordial didn't say anything, but he tacitly agreed.
"Hey, your precious disciple is getting her butt kicked, are you going to help out?" Reckless asked teasingly.
Primordial's expression showed tiredness.
"It is not my time, but I believe a junior is about to reveal himself,"
Across the entire Gu World,
Artists begin to have vivid bursts of inspiration.
They all involve the same man.
Sometimes the story they depict shows him as a destined hero of mankind, that came and repelled the devious Variant Humans away.
Others showed him as an erudite scholar that was solely focused on the development of the arts and literature.
But there were also a few that showed his struggles, fighting against Reverse Flow River, his obsession, and subsequent heartbreak at Human Paths destined lack of progress.
A strange light emanated from deep within Emperor City.
A giant 500 feet tall and 100 Feet wide tapestry, as each painting was created and displayed so to was it reflected in this giant tapestry.
Collectively the world began to recount stories of Genesis Lotus, and the number of paintings grew until the entire tapestry began to fill up and formed a portrait of Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable.
The Will of Genesis Lotus immediately understood: "So that was the main body's plan! Ingenious!"
Upon the final painting being completed the tapestry burst forth with brilliant light.
Human Qi across the world was gathering into Emperor City.
"A steady hand, a free mind, collected from the will of man, through seasons shine and winter's blue, a million years can past but humans go on, with me around a million more. Genesis Lotus has come once more."
Without wasting time Genesis Lotus immediately headed for, the Demon Marsh!
Meanwhile, the 3 Venerables were completely unaware of Genesis Lotus's return.
The fight was getting more intense,
Although Giant Sun and Star Constellation were not friends, they did at least still retain a love for the people around them.
This common bit of humanity helped them put aside their differences to cooperate, barely, against Spectral Soul.
A true demon that would wreak havoc on the world should she complete her Killing Path.
Though despite their acknowledgment that Spectral Soul needed to die, neither Giant Sun nor Star Constellation wanted to lose out.
And there was no time to set up an Alliance Oath, as Spectral Soul could either escape or worse, attack one of them!
"Shit! How is she so powerful," Giant Sun remarked as he blocked one of Spectral Soul's attacks.
Spectral Soul was becoming more vicious as time went on, it was almost as if she had gone back to her rampage mode.
"Spectral Soul is not all there," Star Constellation remarked: "She seems to be under the influence of her own Killer Move."
Now that Star Constellation did not need to focus on the Formation, she was making full use of Wisdom Gu to study and deduce the effects of Killing Path.
"Not only does Killing Path specialize in Killing others, but it also draws strength from all the Killing in the world! But the main drawback is that all that negativity and resentment is transferred to Spectral Soul as well!"
Star Constellation was the number 1 Wisdom Path cultivator after all, with her experience handling the Yin-Yang Phantasmal array and investigating Spectral Soul.
She at least managed to deduce the reason why Spectral Soul was going a little crazy.
"KeKe, I will enjoy ripping your souls to shreds," but as soon as Spectral Soul said something seemed to dawn in her mind.
"Wait…"
But before she could continue her thoughts a man in a suit of armor punched her into the ground.
Giant Sun and Star Constellation were shocked as they turned around and saw…
Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable!
I'm thinking of taking a break some time nearer to Christmas, will update you guys then but it'll probably be the week Christmas is on.