Life Insect, Death Grass, Qi-Refining Spirit Immortal

The dense spiritual energy gathered, making the tiny golden sprout on Fang Shu's brow appear even more tender.

The spiritual energy even condensed into dewdrops, pooling between its leaves, damp and vibrant with life.

This was the Worm-Grass Gu Fang Shu had cultivated according to the spirit root method—a Four-Tribulation Qi-Refining Spirit Gu!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The instant the Worm-Grass Gu appeared, a faint heartbeat began to pulse within Fang Shu's mummified body, and his eyelids trembled slightly as well.

The Gu insect had been refined. Even though Fang Shu had only managed to raise it by using his own flesh as nourishment for the Venom Pit, it still proved that he had mastered the Four-Tribulation Gu refinement method and had become a genuine Gu Master!

It was precisely this that filled the near-dead Fang Shu with joy.

But at this moment, he had merely refined a spirit root; he had yet to plant it. Moreover, after the Worm-Grass Gu was born, this was the most dangerous stage of planting the spirit root.

For a Four-Tribulation Gu like this had received a transplanted fungal seed, been reborn, and come alive with spiritual essence. How could it willingly submit to the restraints of a mere Essence-Refining Human Immortal like him?

Hiss! Hiss!

A few breaths after Fang Shu's heart began beating again, the Worm-Grass Gu on his brow swayed faintly. It immediately sensed something amiss with the body it had parasitized, then sprouted more fungal threads that spread through Fang Shu's flesh.

In only a few breaths, Fang Shu felt his heart constrict as if caught in a net, unable to beat. A stabbing pain followed, as though countless steel needles had plunged into it and were drawing out his heart's blood.

This was no illusion. Words rapidly surfaced and flowed