Following the Time Stream Branch, Fang Yuan and the others returned to Southern Border.
Although the immortals were in excellent condition and their fighting spirit soared, post-battle recuperation was still necessary.
"This battle's gains were actually quite decent." Fang Yuan inspected the salvaged corpses.
Aside from Qing Ye, a Rank 8 Gu Immortal, most of these Rank 7 Gu Immortals from Central Continent came from the Ten Great Ancient Sects of Central Continent. They had not been qualified to join Heavenly Court themselves, so they had not contributed their immortal apertures either.
The vast majority of their Gu worms had been destroyed, but these immortal apertures were solid gains.
There were also one or two Immortal Gu that had been incredibly fortunate enough to survive after the two Immortal Gu Houses were destroyed.
Over the next while, Fang Yuan planned to carefully inspect these immortal apertures. If there were no problems, he would devour them.
Of course, there were some Gu Immortals whose apertures Fang Yuan could not yet devour because his attainment in their paths was insufficient.
In fact, there were some such people among the Southern Border captives as well.
"The spoils are merely incidental. The true significance of this battle is that I have finally cast off my passive situation. In my confrontation with Heavenly Court, I have seized the initiative for the first time."
Fang Yuan had grasped the timing of this battle perfectly.
Had he fought earlier, he would not have had the Ten Thousand Year Dou Fei Chariot and could only have exposed his Rank 8 Cultivation.
That was unacceptable. Once his Rank 8 Cultivation was exposed, Heavenly Court would realize that Fang Yuan had not undergone tribulation, and the secret of the Supreme Immortal Aperture would be exposed along with it.
Had he