So he had to blaze another trail.
The grand Fortune Anchor plan was the trail he had found.
He would use the Ten Thousand Gu Source Cauldron as his foundation, and the vast spiritual energy and fortune he had plundered as his catalyst, to forcibly drive a powerful anchor of his own into the Nanhua Realm's realm-spanning web!
Once this anchor succeeded, it would not only temporarily grant him a small portion of authority akin to a Realm Lord's, but also serve as a crucial fulcrum for his future attempts to slip across or pry open the realm barrier!
Of course, this chiefly depended on the Ten Thousand Gu Source Cauldron, a powerful set of spirit artifacts from the upper realm, as well as an enormous price.
A price that might remain irreversible for ten thousand years.
Of course, the risks were considerable too. Although he had brought in the Miao Frontier Gu Tribe and Southern Yue to bear the thunder, it was still extremely dangerous. If he failed, even grievous injuries requiring a thousand years of recuperation would count as a light consequence.
But if he succeeded, the seas would stretch wide and the skies would open!
"Golden Toad," Wu Gui spoke again.
"This old woman is here." Golden Toad Granny leaned on her Toad Staff and bowed slightly.
"How is the search for those few fifth-tier auxiliary materials recorded in your tribe's ancient texts? Especially the Four-Winged Golden Cicada Gu and Profound Yin True Water."
Golden Toad Granny's wrinkled face twitched. "Great King, we have found a few bottles of Profound Yin True Water. But the Four-Winged Golden Cicada Gu... a single one can only form in a place of extreme yin after ten thousand years of accumulation. We are still short."
"Useless!" Wu Gui's divine will abruptly