True Beginning

Two figures walked into a cave with fluorescent red walls. Those two figures were Gu Yue Bo and Fang Yuan, heading towards the Blood River Graveyard.

"Where exactly are we, Mister Clan Master?" Fang Yuan feigned ignorance and started asking Gu Yue Bo about the location.

"This is a cave just below Gu Yue Village; this is where the clan ancestor's tomb is." Gu Yue Bo calmly explained everything he knew to Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan looked around. This pool of blood glowed with a bloody glow. Its circumference was larger than the village, giving off a strange and frightening aura.

At the top of the cave, up to a hundred holes had water gushing out, bringing shells, turtles, snakes and fish from the river.

Swoosh swoosh…

Streams of water continued to fall from the holes, entering the lake of blood.

The blood water was turbulent as various seafood moved, entering the pond. However, in a few breaths, all the blood from their bodies was sucked out. They turned into dry corpses and floated on the water's surface, appearing and disappearing as the waves moved them.

The redness of the blood pond only intensified.

He continued to observe, and in addition to dry and fresh corpses, there were also some bones in the water.

Some were fish bones, bear bones, and even human skeletons.

This was a giant cemetery; it was scary and bloody.

The ripples and waves in the lake of blood continued and swept over the surrounding walls, the glowing red and glowing blood water seeping into the surrounding ground. This caused the soil to turn a bright red colour, turning it into red soil.

Gu Yue Bo arrived in front of the pool of blood and began to recite a ritual or poem of sorts to the river of blood. It didn't take long for a hoarse and strident voice to answer him.

A whirlpool appeared in the middle of the lake of blood.

The whirlpool started in the middle of the lake and quickly spread from there, growing until its edges touched the surrounding walls.

A giant wave of blood reaching ten meters gushed from the middle of the whirlpool.

And from within the wave of blood, an upright crimson coffin gradually rose.

"Well done, Young Junior, bring the little talent close to the coffin…." A strange hoarse voice was broadcast from inside the coffin, and anyone who heard this voice would feel chilled to the bone.

"Go, Fang Yuan! Don't worry; the ancestor has a solution for your extreme physique." Gu Yue Bo appeased Fang Yuan and instructed him to move forward just as the ancestor commanded.

"I understand! Thank you very much for leading me here, sir clan leader." Fang Yuan showed a little hesitation and thanked the clan leader, but inside, he was smiling as he thought his plan was getting closer and closer to success.

Fang Yuan bought all the Gu to perform his dream path-killer move again. As he approached the coffin, Fang Yuan slowly activated his killer move.

"Young junior, you've done a good job bringing this talent to the clan's prosperity; now you can leave; the process needs to be carried out with no one around!" Before the voice died, the coffin's lid shot off like a catapult, revealing a shrivelled corpse.

"I understand, sir ancestors." Gu Yue Bo bowed respectfully before leaving the way he entered, wishing Fang Yuan luck.

"Haha, that's right, make my clan ancestral work easier!" once he heard Ancestor Fang Yuan's request, he couldn't help but laugh coldly in his heart.

As soon as the Clan Leader was far enough away from the Blood River Graveyard, the ancestor started laughing as he stepped out of the coffin.

"Hehehehe…" The ancestor's hoarse and strange voice sounded inside the coffin, and as if to confirm his victory, he no longer concealed his murderous intent.

"A thousand years of planning have finally come to fruition." The clan ancestor began to smile as he approached Fang Yuan.

But he didn't expect Fang Yuan to start laughing with him; "Hahaha, you're right, my plan finally worked."

Killer Move Rank 3 – Nightmare of a Thousand Lives

"Eh...?" Before the clan ancestor could say anything else, he felt his consciousness slipping away.

Fang Yuan approached the clan's ancestor and immediately killed him and, shortly afterwards, scanned and sold all of his Gu into the system.

"Finally! Now I need to advance to Level 4 as soon as possible; with my extreme physique, the Lotus Treasure of Essence and Gu Relics, I'm sure I can reach Level 4 in less than two months." Fang Yuan thoroughly cleared the surrounding area of ​​any remaining danger, then sat down on the ground and began cultivating.

Fang Yuan bought three Gu green Copper Relics into the system and used them immediately; now he was at the peak of Level 1 and needed some time to advance to Level 2; he could make it up to Level 4.

And so Fang Yuan continued to cultivate continuously for a month without interruption; he only stopped for a while because clan leader Gu Yue Bo arrived and saw his cultivation at Level 3. The clan leader was at first surprised by this, but then Fang Yuan explained it was due to the inheritance the ancestor left behind; he calmed down and was much more satisfied.

And soon, another month passed, and Fang Yuan finally reached the Starting Stage of Level 4; "Finally! It's a pity that I don't have any Yellow Gold relics. Otherwise, I could cultivate until I reached level 5.

Fang Yuan sighed for a while before leaving the cave where the Blood River Graveyard was located. Fang Yuan went directly to look for the clan leader as soon as he left.

"Incredible! The heritage of the clan ancestor is really powerful." Gu Yue Bo sighed as he looked at Fang Yuan's Level 4 cultivation.

"Now, the clan will surely prosper more than anyone else." The clan leader smiled in satisfaction as he stroked his beard.

"I have something to inform the lord clan leader." Fang Yuan clenched his fists as he greeted Gu Yue Bo.

"Oh? And what would it be? If it's resources, you don't have to worry; the clan will cover any expenses you need." Gu Yue Bo became serious and responded quickly.

"That's not it; the ancestor left a special message for me; she said that I would have to go to the Central continent, and there I would get the rest of her inheritance, and then with her, I could directly ascend to level 6." Fang Yuan made up a reasonable excuse so that he could leave the clan without causing any trouble and be able to come back anytime later.

"That. Is there no other way?" Gu Yue Bo was a little sad, Fang Yuan is the second Level 4 Gu master in the clan, and with his power, the clan could definitely become the sovereign of Qing Mao Mountain, but now he says he has to leave the clan temporarily.

"Unfortunately, there is no other way." Fang Yuan feigned a sad expression as he shook his head.

"Sigh! There's no way then, so I'll send some elders to escort you." Gu Yue Bo sighed in resignation but quickly adjusted his mindset and was already planning for Fang Yuan's safety.

"I thank the clan leader for his thoughtfulness, but according to the ancestor's message, I must do the quest alone, and you don't need to worry about my safety as the ancestor left me this Rank 4 Stealth Gu." Fang Yuan tried to convince the clan leader while showing the 'Become Ethereal' Gu to calm him down.

"Huff! If there's no other way, then so be it, but I ask that you prioritize your safety when being out there and don't trust anyone; everyone could be your enemy and stab you in the back." Gu Yue Bo was worried about Fang Yuan's inexperience, but for the sake of the clan's future, he would still have to accept it.

And so Fang Yuan started preparing materials to refine his Gu to Rank 4. And now that he had an extreme Timepath physique, ideally, he would use Timepath Gu. He spent another four months collecting materials and refining his Gu to Rank 4 on Qing Mao Mountain.

Most of the Time Path Gu that Fang Yuan refined were from the 'original' Fang Yuan's 500 years of memories. Luckily he had the system, and he only needed to scan the item to buy as much as he wanted later.

Luckily the merchant caravan had almost all the materials he needed. He just needed the patience to get his Time Path Rank 4 Gu. And he also remembered his Dream Path Gu; he refined them all to Rank 4 and saved them for an emergency.

The only Dream Path Gu he constantly uses is the 'Gu Eyes that See Truth'; this Gu merges with the Gu Master's eyes changing their colour to a deep sky blue. It works like the Grass of the Earth Communication Ear.

Fang Yuan's eyes, previously dark black like the abyss, changed to deep blue like the sea. Once the Eyes That See Truth was refined to Rank 4, it had the same function as any reconnaissance Gu. But their true power was in the dream realm; when used in a dream realm, the user can see the truth about that world and know the best way to conclude it.

And mainly Fang Yuan also had difficulty refining the Gu 'Nine-Eyes Liquor Worm'; he had to spend quite a while searching and fighting nine different Beast Kings.

Fang Yuan also refined a Rank 5 Gu that he didn't need; it was the 'Ideal Appearance Gu'; this Gu could transform the permanent Gu master into his ideal appearance. Fang Yuan only did this so that he could at least look a little like his former appearance.

Now Fang Yuan has a well-defined and refined face like his old body; the only thing different from his original body is his black hair and blue eyes. Fang Yuan felt much more at ease, having regained his former appearance. He also finished refining his time path Gu.

The first time path Gu that Fang Yuan refined was Rank 4 'Next Step Gu'; it is a time path movement Gu it accelerates the speed of Master Gu and is extremely powerful, but unfortunately, it has a major flaw – it cannot be used for a long time because of its excessive use of primal essence. Fortunately, this is not a problem for Fang Yuan, as he has an extreme time-path physique and the Lotus Treasure of Heavenly Essence.

The Gu Next Step has the appearance of a beetle, 2 cm in size, thin and long, protruding eyes, laterally globose, which make their heads wider than the prothorax and as wide as the base of their elytra wings; it has long legs and filiform antennae, prominent and strongly toothed jaws, has a metallic to iridescent colour.

The second time path Gu worm that Fang Yuan refined was Rank 4 'River Flow Gu'; it is a defensive type of Gu. It uses the laws of time to create a liquid time path armour around the user. He is protecting, but among defensive-type Rank 4 Gu, he only has an intermediate-level defence. But since the time path physicist amplifies the power of all the time path Gu, he doesn't need to worry about that.

The River Flow Gu is a Green Octahedron Crystal with an iridescent detail in the centre resembling the river's flow, turning the crystal into a mystical object.

The third and final time path Gu worm that Fang Yuan refined was Rank 4 'Null Essence Blade Gu'; it is an offensive-type Gu, and it can damage Gu Master using Timepath Dao Marks; if an attack from this blade hits a Gu master, his primal essence recovery speed will be reduced considerably, and if the blade hits the Gu master too many times, he will lose the ability to recover primal essence for a while.

The Gu Blade of Null Essence has the appearance of a double-edged sword; its black colour gleaming dark blue gave a deadly impression to anyone who looked at it; if one looked at it more closely, one could see that it could fragment and be used as a whip to increase your reach.

When these three Gu worms are used together, they form a scary time path killer move – the Killer Move – What If.

This killer move manipulates time to calculate how much damage the opponent will take and throws it all at once onto the opponent. The damage of this killer move depends on how much primal essence is injected into it and how long it calculates from the enemy.

For example, suppose the killer's move calculates an opponent's week. In that case, it calculates the probability of the opponent taking damage or attacks during that time, accumulating all the damage he would receive in a week and throwing it directly at the opponent.

And Fang Yuan already has all of his Gu at Rank 4, and all types have been covered; he has healing, movement, investigation, etc. Fang Yuan made a mental list and counted his Gu to confirm.

| OFFENSIVE |>>> MOTH OF TEN THOUSAND DREAMS / NULL ESSENCE BLADE

| DEFENSIVE |>>> RIVER FLOW

| MOVIMENT |>>> NEXT STEP

| INVESTIGATION |>>> EYES THAT SEE THE TRUTH

| OCCULTATION |>>> BECOME ETHEREOUS

| CURE |>>> HOPE FOR A BETTER DAY

| STORAGE |>>> N/A

| CULTIVATION |>>> LIQUOR WORM / LOTUS HEAVENLY ESSENTIAL TREASURE

"I'm finally ready to get off this mountain. But before I leave, I must leave a few things for my clone." Fang Yuan took some things from the system and handed them to his clone before leaving Qing Mao Mountain.

Fang Yuan left behind all of the Flower Wine Monk's heritage to his clone and the mission to kill Bai Ning Bing. He also left some gifts for him – like a Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus so he doesn't have to take the one in the clan's spiritual source. As well as many primaeval stones, a Red Steel relic, and a White Silver relic, along with all four Liqueur Worms he had refined, one for each cultivation level.

He also made up an excuse to the clan leader that he got some special Gu worms from the ancestor and wanted to give two of those Gu worms as a gift to Qing Shu. Fang Yuan respects and holds Qing Shu in high esteem, so he handed over a Black Lightning Purification Gu to raise his talent from Grade B to Grade A and a White Silver relic. All this is a gift for Qing Shu's care for Fang Yuan in his past life.

Fang Yuan didn't feel any remorse as he spent points to give some gifts to Qing Shu; he always remembers who helped him and rewarded him a hundredfold; that was Fang Yuan's heart.

As soon as he left Qing Mao Mountain, Fang Yuan bought a Thousand Li Earthwolf Spider in the system and headed towards Bai Gu Mountain to get the 'Gu Unit of Flesh and Blood' for him to study, with his extreme physique and all the resources he has, never would he need to risk his life for that Gu.

But this Gu is so unique and mystical that he plans to study it to see if he can get some inspiration; he might make a great discovery thanks to this Gu. That's why Fang Yuan risks offending the Bai clan just for this Gu.

And he also already has the cultivation of a middle-stage Level 4 Gu Master, and with the Nine-Eyed Liquor Worm, he has Upper-stage primaeval essence. That's why Fang Yuan is very confident in his battle strength.

"Bai Gu Mountain, I am finally here." Fang Yuan sighed as he looked at the white mountain on a slope.

It's been eight days since I left Qing Mao Mountain. After a long and arduous journey, Bai Gu Mountain was finally within reach.

Bai Gu Mountain was like a lone general, rising high above the ground while the surroundings were flat and the scenery white.

This white was not the white of snow but more of a bone-white colour.

Bai Gu Mountain, as the name implies, all the rocks on the mountain were made of bones. People called it bone rocks.

Bai Gu Mountain was not a dead area; there was a lot of special vegetation and many Bone Beasts living here. At the same time, there were many bone-type wild Gu worms.

Flipping through his memories of the novel, Fang Yuan followed the path that was most likely to be the heritage of Bai Gu Mountain.

As he followed the path, Fang Yuan used his scouting Gu to check the surroundings; he also noticed that the Gu Masters of the Bai clan were not around.

"It makes sense, I came here a year before canon, and it's also not the same time that the Fang Yuan from the original came." Fang Yuan thought it reasonable to avoid meeting any Bai clan members.

As Fang Yuan approached the back of Bai Gu Mountain, where the inheritance was located, he clashed with several Bone Path Beasts and Wild Bone Path Gu Worms.

Fang Yuan spent two full days clearing the area of ​​the beasts he found along the way; the ones he thought would be too much trouble he dodged, and the ones he found interesting he hunted down to add them to the system.

Finally, after some good days, he successfully found the heritage cave. Upon entering the cave, he began to survey the surroundings.

Bai Gu Mountain was made of bones without stones or soil. This cave was the same, all white. The cave walls even had sharp bone spikes, although these bone spikes looked the same as those in other caves; if one looked properly, one would find that these spikes were spiral at the tip, different from the others.

"This cave is the entrance to the Gray Bone Scholar's ​​heritage." When Fang Yuan saw those spiral bones at the tip, he immediately confirmed that he was in the right place; Fang Yuan looked around a bit more.

He stepped forward before reaching out towards a large point of bone that was quite visible.

Then he twisted it slightly.

Creak…

There was a loud sound, and the tips of the bones began to twitch; a secret door opened on the side, revealing a square cave opening.

Fang Yuan took little time and went through the secret entrance. This secret path was well-lit, glowing with pure white light. Except bone spikes were everywhere, stuck into the walls like sharp spears.

Those bone spears were densely packed, sealing off the entire tunnel. Only a small space between them allowed Fang Yuan to see a corridor beyond it.