The clone had successfully passed its tribulation and become a rank 6 Time Dao Gu Immortal. Fang Yuan's main body, meanwhile, remained a Rank 7 Gu Immortal with 27 immortal bodies, cultivating every path.
Having a clone was greatly beneficial to Fang Yuan.
Many matters, especially managing his immortal aperture, could be handed over to the clone.
This was someone Fang Yuan trusted absolutely, far more capable than any Shadow Sect member.
Especially since the two had originally been one body—their thoughts, wills, and everything else were completely identical. There would be no conflicts in communication, and even discrepancies would be few.
One only had to look at Shadow Sect's former might to understand the power of split souls.
Shadow Sect had many members, yet they were united as one and did not begrudge personal sacrifice, because they were all one person.
To make his clone a Rank 6 Gu Immortal, Fang Yuan had paid an enormous price.
First, he had painstakingly deduced the method, consuming vast amounts of time and energy. Then he had refined Spring Autumn Cicada anew, using up another batch of immortal materials and resources. After the clone was created, it also needed cultivation. Though that was not the priority, it still required investment.
Because of the split soul, Fang Yuan's main body's soul had fallen directly from a Ten Million Man Soul to a Nine Million Man Soul—a tremendous shrinkage.
Fang Yuan had to begin accumulating this Soul Foundation again. Fortunately, with the resources of two great sacred lands, his progress in this regard was especially rapid, and it did not greatly stall or hinder his development.
And because Fang Yuan's clone possessed a split soul from Fang Yuan, it could be considered half a Demon from Beyond the Heavens.
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