Northern Plains, Lang Ya Blessed Land.
In the Gu refinement hall, where work had continued day and night for several months, firelight reflected off Mao Liu's face.
His face was covered in soot, his eyes bloodshot as he stared fixedly at the fiercely burning flames.
The scorching heat roasted the surroundings, singeing and curling the hair all over Mao Liu's body. Yet he paid no heed, wholly focused on what lay before him.
The Gu refinement had already reached its final crucial step.
"As expected of luck path—it is superb for assisting Gu refinement. I've reached this step again! This time, I must succeed!!"
Mao Liu gritted his teeth, hardening his resolve.
Suddenly, his vision went black.
"Damn it, has my physical condition reached its limit? It doesn't matter. With a thought stirring in the dark, Crimson Snake Blooms." As the thought arose in Mao Liu's mind, scarlet Red Snake Tattoos abruptly climbed across his skin, winding from his waist up to his chest.
At the same time, a powerful force emerged from nowhere, like a violent current of air flooding into Mao Liu's body, which had been like a deflated balloon.
Mao Liu instantly became full of vigor!
"I've used this killer move again. Once the red snakes coil around the top of my head and cover my entire body, I'll completely lose my life, won't I?"
"But what does that matter? As long as I refine this Immortal Gu, it will bring enormous help to Shadow Sect!"
"Come, Thousand Mile Soul Silk."
Mao Liu secretly encouraged himself. A Hairy Folk Gu Immortal behind him immediately handed over a long piece of immortal material.
It was precisely Thousand Mile Soul Silk, an immortal material that could only be nurtured within the bodies of certain Ancient Soul Beasts.
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