Chapter 285: Refining Immortal Gu

"That’s enough for now."

Lin Yan finally stopped pouring resources into the blessed land. Flame Sovereign Blessed Land had already expanded to an astonishing fifty thousand square kilometres. Fully developing such an enormous area would take far more than a few years.

For now, an annual income of two hundred thousand immortal essence stones was more than sufficient.

Lin Yan then purchased a method from Treasure Yellow Heaven capable of converting lower-rank immortal essence into higher-rank immortal essence.

Over the years, he had accumulated more than fifty thousand beads of green grape immortal essence. After converting them, he obtained five hundred beads of red date immortal essence.

Together with his previous reserves and the red date immortal essence produced during the six years inside Flame Sovereign Blessed Land, Lin Yan’s total reserve surpassed thousand beads. Few ordinary Rank Seven Gu Immortals could match such reserves, despite his recent advancement.

With the blessed land’s development temporarily complete, Lin Yan could finally focus on Immortal Gu refinement. He still held around eight hundred thousand immortal essence stones’ worth of immortal materials and eighty batches of Thousand Wishes Fruits accumulated over the years.

His cultivation had reached Rank Seven, he had ample immortal essence, and his Refinement Path attainment had improved considerably during his year of seclusion. It was time to refine Immortal Gu and further strengthen his abilities in battle.

First, Lin Yan reviewed the killer moves contained within the six true inheritances he had obtained. Each had its own strengths and unique characteristics, and many could dominate among Rank Seven Gu Immortals. However, after examining them carefully, he found that most were limited by the ranks of their core Immortal Gu and lacked a truly decisive method.

At present, only the combined attack of his three Rank Seven Immortal Gu formations could truly reach Rank Eight power.

There were also considerable differences in the difficulty of refining Immortal Gu. Using Thousand Wishes Fruits to directly obtain an Immortal Gu and personally refining one step by step with immortal materials were completely different matters. Therefore, the first batch refined using Thousand Wishes Fruits should naturally consist of Immortal Gu that were exceptionally difficult to refine. As for the second batch, Lin Yan could choose Immortal Gu with simpler recipes and refine them himself.

Moreover, even if he wanted to raise the ranks of his existing Immortal Gu, he first needed the corresponding Rank Seven recipes. Fire Control Immortal Gu and several of his other Immortal Gu currently lacked complete Rank Seven recipes.

"Furthermore, my battle strength is already strong enough to contend with a Rank Eight Gu Immortal, but my defense is lacking. If I can defend as well as I attack, I’ll have a much better chance."

After considering all these factors, Lin Yan decided that the first batch would consist of the Immortal Gu required for the mecha killer move contained within Thieving Heaven’s true inheritance.

Fire Thunder Divine Lord’s Rank Eight true inheritance contained numerous powerful killer moves. The Rank Seven inheritances of Split Divinity, Startling Divinity, Information Path, and Zhen Yuanzi each had their own advantages as well.

However, most of their Rank Seven killer moves would only allow Lin Yan to dominate among Rank Seven Gu Immortals. Refining additional Rank Seven Immortal Gu solely for these killer moves would also place a greater burden on the resources required to feed them.

Refining a Rank Eight Immortal Gu and constructing one of Fire Thunder Divine Lord’s Rank Eight killer moves was even less practical. Even if Lin Yan exhausted all eighty batches of Thousand Wishes Fruits and invested his remaining eight hundred thousand immortal essence stones’ worth of immortal materials, he might only obtain a single Rank Eight Immortal Gu. Even if he succeeded, feeding it would become another enormous expense, while his current supply of white litchi immortal essence was nowhere near enough to activate it repeatedly.

Fire Thunder Divine Lord had left behind tremendous wealth, but that wealth was ultimately limited. Once consumed, it would not replenish itself.

Thieving Heaven’s true inheritance offered greater flexibility. Its intricate killer moves combined the power of several Rank Seven Immortal Gu to unleash Rank Eight might without relying on a Rank Eight Immortal Gu.

Furthermore, Gu such as Circuit Gu, Electric Net Gu, Detonator Gu, Electromagnetic Gu, and Radar Gu were completely new to the current era. Much like Dream Path Immortal Gu, other Gu Immortals knew almost nothing about them, making their abilities extremely difficult to counter during a first encounter.

"I have more than sixty thousand Flame Path dao marks, and with the Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance Physique, they can also strengthen my Thunder Path methods. Combined with Thieving Heaven’s killer move..."

Filled with anticipation, Lin Yan began the refinement. The process went exceptionally smoothly. One colorful Thousand Wishes Fruit after another was consumed, its accumulated power used to refine the Rank Seven Immortal Gu he needed.

He successfully refined five in total: Calculation Immortal Gu, Nano Thunder Immortal Gu, Thunder Furnace Immortal Gu, Electromagnetic Immortal Gu, and Electric Net Immortal Gu.

After Calculation Immortal Gu advanced from Rank Six to Rank Seven, it not only became one of the central cores of the mecha killer move, but also allowed Lin Yan to raise Apocalypse from a Rank Six deduction killer move to Rank Seven.

With his quasi-Great Grandmaster Wisdom Path attainment, the improved deduction killer move greatly increased both the speed of his deductions and his ability to resolve difficult problems.

Among the remaining four, Nano Thunder Immortal Gu specialized in defense, while Thunder Furnace Immortal Gu and Electromagnetic Immortal Gu amplified and strengthened the overall killer move. Electric Net Immortal Gu could both restrain enemies and reinforce his defenses.

Once all five were incorporated into the complete mecha killer move, its defensive power would rise tremendously.