Reverend Insanity: Dream Gu

Lin Yan was quite satisfied with the progress of his cultivation as his attention returned to Flame Sovereign Blessed Land.

The blessed land had changed considerably over the past two hundred years. Previously, it possessed only around eighty immortal resource points, including thirty types of immortal material resource points, more than twenty Desolate Beasts and Desolate Plants, nine Fusang Trees, and nine Hundred Beast Thunder Dragons. After two hundred years of development, together with the repeated influence of Earth Calamities and Heavenly Tribulations, the variety of Rank Six immortal materials had increased by more than a hundred, while five Rank Seven immortal materials had successively emerged.

These five were Nine Divine Sand, Seven Flavors Li Fire, Crimson Moon Blazing Heart Jade, Fallen Sun Demonic Earth, and Heaven’s Thunder Rock. Nine Divine Sand had evolved from Six Divine Sand within the northern Flame Desert, its grains shining with a magnificent nine-colored radiance. Seven Flavors Li Fire had appeared inside Endless Fire Domain, taking the form of seven scarlet fire dragons intertwined together. With this Rank Seven flame as its foundation, Endless Fire Domain had finally established its seventh layer.

The growth of the beast and plant populations was equally remarkable. As generations reproduced and competed within increasingly rich environments, exceptional individuals gradually emerged from the strongest beast groups and plant populations. The number of Desolate Beasts and Desolate Plants had risen from slightly over twenty to nearly sixty. Two had even broken through to the Ancient Desolate level: an Ancient Fusang Tree nurtured under the long-term influence of Sunflame Valley, and an Ancient Thunder Dragon that emerged within Divine Firmament Thunder Pool.

Counting immortal material resources points, Desolate Beasts, Desolate Plants, and other resources of similar value, Flame Sovereign Blessed Land now contained around two hundred immortal resource points. Mortal resources had developed on an even greater scale, with more than a thousand different products spread throughout the four major regions. Many were individually insignificant to Lin Yan, but together they formed the lower layers of the blessed land’s economy and supported the development of its immortal resources. At his current level, however, mortal resources were no longer an important source of income. Most of his wealth now came directly from immortal-level production.

Yet the increase in individual resource points was not the greatest change. During these two hundred years, Lin Yan had reorganized and integrated several compatible resource points, using them to construct another two giant resource points.

His attention swept across the central Li Fire Plains and entered the depths of an enormous mountain range. Inside, a blood-red crescent moon hung above a vast underground cavern, while beneath the surrounding mountains, a pitch-black sun appeared half-buried within the earth. The radiance of the crimson moon and dark sun intertwined across the region, dyeing the surrounding mountains and caves in strange shades of red and black.

Although their light appeared gentle from afar, the heat contained within it was astonishing. Crimson flames repeatedly surged from cracks in the mountains, carrying traces of the two celestial bodies’ radiance throughout the surrounding environment. Numerous Flame Path Gu worms and immortal materials were distributed across the region, continuously absorbing, transforming, and releasing this energy. Tenacious plants covered the heated ground, while beast groups adapted to the environment wandered through the mountains and underground caverns.

These were the two newly constructed giant resource points, Crimson Moon Grotto and Fallen Sun Mausoleum.

Crimson Moon Grotto was centered around Crimson Moon Blazing Heart Jade, while Fallen Sun Mausoleum used Fallen Sun Demonic Earth as its most important resource. Lin Yan had combined them with numerous compatible Flame Path immortal materials, including Setting Sun Glow and Twilight Fire, before using the resource-point construction methods recorded in the Startling Divinity True Inheritance to establish two stable ecosystems. Instead of simply producing a single immortal material, the resources within each region circulated through one another, allowing several different products to be harvested without exhausting their environment.

With these additions, Flame Sovereign Blessed Land now possessed seven giant resource points. Each could eventually produce resources worth more than three thousand immortal essence stones annually, while their combined current output had already reached roughly twenty thousand. Together with nearly two hundred other immortal resource points of different sizes, the annual income of Flame Sovereign Blessed Land had risen to around forty thousand immortal essence stones, several times more than before.

This increase had naturally occurred slowly rather than appearing all at once. As the blessed land developed over the past two hundred years, new resource points emerged, existing ones expanded, and their annual production continued increasing. Combined with the additional gains brought by Blazing Prosperity, the total value accumulated during this period had reached nearly six hundred immortal essence stones.

Even Lin Yan was surprised after completing the calculation. His wealth and green grape immortal essence reserves had both surpassed his earlier estimates. But after thinking about it, the result was reasonable. Two hundred years had passed inside Flame Sovereign Blessed Land, while only a short period had elapsed in the outside world. What appeared to be explosive growth from the outside was actually the accumulation of two full centuries.

Furthermore, the seven giant resource points had only recently entered proper production, and several were still far from reaching their limits. Flame Sovereign Blessed Land itself restricted how much they could expand without disturbing the balance of the immortal aperture. If Lin Yan advanced to Rank Seven, the resulting qualitative increase in his immortal aperture would provide considerably more room for their future development.

With his current accumulation of immortal materials, Lin Yan could finally begin preparing to raise his core Immortal Gu to Rank Seven. Once he had enough time, Lin Yan intended to enter the Dream Realm and begin deducing Rank Seven recipes for several important Flame Path Immortal Gu. Compared with two hundred years ago, when every Immortal Gu refinement required him to carefully calculate whether he could afford the loss, his current resources gave him far greater freedom.

Raging Fire Formation had also produced astonishing gains during these two centuries. The population of Flame Sovereign Blessed Land had grown to nearly five million, greatly increasing the human qi and wishes continuously gathered by the Thousand Wishes Tree.

Over the entire period, the Thousand Wishes Tree had produced eighty mature fruits, with each fruit sufficient to obtain one Rank Six Immortal Gu. Lin Yan had no intention of using them that way. He was already approaching Rank Seven, and obtaining dozens of Rank Six Immortal Gu would offer little benefit while placing an enormous burden on his immortal aperture when the time came to feed them.

He decided to preserve the fruits for Rank Seven Immortal Gu instead. Wishes involving Rank Seven Immortal Gu required far greater accumulation, and the exact number of fruits consumed depended on the strength and rarity of the desired Gu. Even with all eighty fruits, the Thousand Wishes Tree could likely obtain only five or six Rank Seven Immortal Gu.

Lin Yan did not make a decision immediately. He had not yet advanced to Rank Seven, and there was no need to waste such valuable accumulation before determining exactly which Immortal Gu would benefit him most. After settling his conflict with the Mo Family and completing his remaining plans as a Rank Six Gu Immortal, he could decide which Immortal Gu should be upgraded first.

His figure soon disappeared from the ravaged desert and entered Startling Divinity Blessed Land. Shortly after entering, however, Lin Yan suddenly sensed something unusual. His quasi Master Heaven Path attainment reacted faintly, drawing his attention toward one particular region of the blessed land.

Following the sensation, Lin Yan arrived beside Enduring Love Water. The clear river continued flowing peacefully, but a strange aura had begun gathering within one section of the current. Heaven and earth qi slowly converged around it, accompanied by traces of dao marks that gradually condensed together. Under Lin Yan’s gaze, the indistinct shape became increasingly solid until it formed a Gu worm resembling a small ginseng root.

Lin Yan immediately recognized it. ”Lifespan Gu! And it’s a thirty-year Lifespan Gu.”