Indeed, that the best, or at least the bit is teasing you in believing that might be possible to complete, but really everything seem to produce excess block and gliders cannot pass through in the natural glider direction as soon as there is any still life in the way. Some interesting units can be made, but nothing seems to be reusable so to enable to make helix or xwsses. Found a way to make clean boat trails, which hopefully allow oblique glider through, but how to get those carefully placed blocks is not that clear, but one can somehow lay down blocks with some limited flexibility:
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x = 2561, y = 2097, rule = LifeHistory
194$2366.A$2364.2A$2365.2A21$2351.A$2350.A$2350.3A22$2336.A.A$2336.2A
$2337.A21$2322.A$2322.A.A$1126.A.A1193.2A$1126.2A$1127.A19$2309.A$
2307.2A$1112.A1195.2A$1112.A.A$1112.2A19$2294.A$2293.A$1099.A1193.3A$
1097.2A$1098.2A20$2279.A.A$1084.A1194.2A$1083.A1196.A$1083.3A20$2265.
A$2265.A.A$1069.A.A1193.2A$1069.2A$1070.A19$2252.A$2250.2A$1055.A
1195.2A$1055.A.A$1055.2A19$2237.A$2236.A$1042.A1193.3A$1040.2A$1041.
2A20$2222.A.A$1027.A1194.2A$1026.A1196.A$1026.3A20$2208.A$2208.A.A$
1012.A.A1193.2A$1012.2A$1013.A19$2195.A$2193.2A$998.A1195.2A$998.A.A$
998.2A19$2180.A$2179.A$985.A1193.3A$983.2A$984.2A20$2165.A.A$970.A
1194.2A$969.A1196.A$969.3A20$2151.A$2151.A.A$955.A.A1193.2A$955.2A$
956.A19$2138.A$2136.2A$941.A1195.2A$941.A.A$941.2A19$2123.A$2122.A$
928.A1193.3A$926.2A$927.2A20$2108.A.A$913.A1194.2A$912.A1196.A$912.3A
20$2094.A$2094.A.A$898.A.A1193.2A$898.2A$899.A19$2081.A$2079.2A$884.A
1195.2A$884.A.A$884.2A19$2066.A$2065.A$871.A1193.3A$869.2A$870.2A20$
2051.A.A$856.A1194.2A$855.A1196.A$855.3A20$2037.A$2037.A.A$841.A.A
1193.2A$841.2A$842.A19$2024.A$2022.2A$827.A1195.2A$827.A.A$827.2A19$
2009.A$2008.A$814.A1193.3A$812.2A$813.2A20$1994.A.A$799.A1194.2A$798.
A1196.A$798.3A20$1980.A$1980.A.A$784.A.A1193.2A$784.2A$785.A19$1967.A
$1697.2A266.2A$770.A926.2A267.2A$770.A.A$770.2A10$1693.2A$1693.2A8$
1952.A$1951.A$757.A1193.3A$755.2A$756.2A931.2A$1689.2A12$1685.2A$
1685.2A6$1937.A.A$742.A1194.2A$741.A1196.A$741.3A3$1681.2A$1681.2A12$
1677.2A$1677.2A3$1923.A$1923.A.A$727.A.A1193.2A$727.2A$728.A5$1673.2A
$1673.2A12$1669.2A$1669.2A239.A$1908.2A$713.A1195.2A$713.A.A$713.2A8$
1665.2A$1665.2A10$1895.A$1894.A$700.A960.2A231.3A$698.2A961.2A$699.2A
11$1657.2A$1657.2A8$1880.A.A$685.A1194.2A$684.A1196.A$684.3A$1653.2A$
1653.2A12$1649.2A$1649.2A5$1866.A$1866.A.A$670.A.A1193.2A$670.2A$671.
A3$1645.2A$1645.2A12$1641.2A$1641.2A2$1853.A$1851.2A$656.A1195.2A$
656.A.A$656.2A6$1637.2A$1637.2A12$1633.2A203.A$1633.2A202.A$643.A
1193.3A$641.2A$642.2A9$1629.2A$1629.2A10$1823.A.A$628.A1194.2A$627.A
997.2A197.A$627.3A995.2A12$1621.2A$1621.2A7$1809.A$1809.A.A$613.A.A
1193.2A$613.2A$614.A$1617.2A$1617.2A12$1613.2A$1613.2A4$1796.A$1794.
2A$599.A1195.2A$599.A.A$599.2A4$1609.2A$1609.2A12$1605.2A$1605.2A$
1781.A$1780.A$586.A1193.3A$584.2A$585.2A7$1601.2A$1601.2A12$1597.2A
167.A.A$571.A1025.2A167.2A$428.2A140.A1196.A$428.2A140.3A7$438.2A$
438.2A2$1593.2A$1593.2A$424.2A$424.2A7$434.2A1316.A$434.2A1316.A.A$
556.A.A1193.2A$556.2A1031.2A$557.A1031.2A$420.2A$420.2A7$430.2A$430.
2A2$1585.2A$1585.2A$416.2A$416.2A4$1739.A$1737.2A$542.A1195.2A$426.2A
114.A.A$426.2A114.2A2$1581.2A$1581.2A$412.2A$412.2A7$422.2A$422.2A2$
1577.2A$1577.2A$408.2A$408.2A$1724.A$1723.A$529.A1193.3A$527.2A$528.
2A2$418.2A$418.2A2$1573.2A$1573.2A$404.2A$404.2A7$414.2A$414.2A2$
1569.2A$1569.2A$400.2A1307.A.A$400.2A112.A1194.2A$513.A1196.A$513.3A
5$410.2A$410.2A2$1565.2A$1565.2A$396.2A$396.2A7$406.2A$406.2A$1695.A$
1561.2A132.A.A$499.A.A1059.2A132.2A$392.2A105.2A$392.2A106.A7$402.2A$
402.2A2$1557.2A$1557.2A$388.2A$388.2A6$1682.A$398.2A1280.2A$398.2A85.
A1195.2A$485.A.A$485.2A1066.2A$1553.2A$384.2A$384.2A7$394.2A$394.2A2$
1549.2A$1549.2A$380.2A$380.2A3$1667.A$1666.A$472.A1193.3A$470.2A$390.
2A79.2A$390.2A2$1545.2A$1545.2A$376.2A$376.2A7$386.2A$386.2A2$1541.2A
$1541.2A$372.2A$372.2A$1652.A.A$457.A1194.2A$456.A1196.A$456.3A3$382.
2A$382.2A2$1537.2A$1537.2A$368.2A$368.2A7$378.2A$378.2A2$1533.2A$
1533.2A103.A$364.2A1272.A.A$364.2A76.A.A1193.2A$442.2A$443.A5$374.2A$
374.2A2$1529.2A$1529.2A$360.2A$360.2A7$370.2A$370.2A1253.A$1623.2A$
428.A1096.2A97.2A$428.A.A1094.2A$356.2A70.2A$356.2A7$366.2A$366.2A2$
1521.2A$1521.2A$352.2A$352.2A5$1610.A$1609.A$362.2A51.A1193.3A$362.2A
49.2A$414.2A$1517.2A$1517.2A$348.2A$348.2A7$358.2A$358.2A2$1513.2A$
1513.2A$344.2A$344.2A3$1595.A.A$400.A1194.2A$399.A1196.A$399.3A$354.
2A$354.2A2$1509.2A$1509.2A$340.2A$340.2A7$350.2A$350.2A2$1505.2A$
1505.2A$336.2A$336.2A1243.A$1581.A.A$385.A.A1193.2A$385.2A$386.A3$
346.2A$346.2A2$1501.2A$1501.2A$332.2A$332.2A7$342.2A$342.2A2$1497.2A
69.A$1497.2A67.2A$328.2A41.A1195.2A$328.2A41.A.A$371.2A6$338.2A$338.
2A2$1493.2A$1493.2A$324.2A$324.2A7$334.2A1217.A$334.2A1216.A$358.A
1193.3A$356.2A1131.2A$357.2A1130.2A$320.2A$320.2A3$344.3A$343.A3.A$
348.A2$330.2A11.2A3.A$330.2A13.3A2$1485.2A$1485.2A$316.2A$316.2A4$
344.2A$344.2A1192.A.A$1538.2A$326.2A1211.A$326.2A5.A$332.3A$331.2A2.A
1145.2A$331.A3.A1145.2A$312.2A17.A.2A$312.2A17.2A3$329.A$329.A.A8.2A$
329.2A9.2A2$322.2A$322.2A2$1477.2A$1477.2A$308.2A$308.2A13.2A$322.2A$
322.A1201.A$320.2A1202.A.A$308.2A10.2A14.2A1186.2A$308.A.A9.2A.2A11.
2A$308.A14.A$322.2A3.A.A.A$331.A$322.2A5.A.A$323.3A.A1145.2A$320.2A5.
2A1144.2A$320.2A4.2A$320.2A.A$305.2A14.3A2.A$305.2A14.3A.2A$323.A2.A$
325.A6.2A$332.2A$289.A$289.A$288.A.A$303.3A.3A$290.2A10.A2.A.4A1158.
2A$309.A.A1157.2A$290.2A10.A15.2A1191.A$307.3A8.2A1189.2A$303.2A2.2A
1201.2A$325.2A$325.2A$288.2A$287.A.A$287.A.A2$321.A$320.A.A$320.A.A
1142.2A$321.A1143.2A$281.A.A30.2A$281.2A31.2A$282.A3$311.A$312.A$310.
3A2$317.A$316.A.A1177.A$316.A.A1142.2A32.A$317.A1143.2A32.3A$310.2A$
310.2A7$314.2A2$267.A$267.A.A37.2A.A1146.2A$267.2A39.2A1147.2A$309.A
8$1481.A.A$1481.2A$1482.A$303.2A1148.2A$303.A.A1147.2A$304.A7$254.A$
252.2A$253.2A2$299.2A1148.2A$299.A.A1147.2A$300.A3$1463.3A$1463.A2.A$
1462.A3.A$1462.4A$1463.A3$1460.A.A$295.2A1148.2A13.2A$295.A.A1147.2A
14.A$296.A4$239.A1208.A$238.A1208.A.A$238.3A1205.A3.A$1447.A2.A$1447.
A2.A8.2A$1448.A.A8.2A2$291.2A1148.2A$291.A.A1147.2A$292.A5$1447.2A$
1447.2A2$1455.2A$1455.2A2$287.2A1152.3A$287.A.A1153.A$288.A1152.3A$
1432.3A$224.A.A1205.A$224.2A1153.A39.A13.A$225.A1152.3A37.2A$1377.5A
36.A.A$1377.2A.3A21.2A$1378.2A.2A21.A.A$1380.A23.A46.2A$1390.2A59.2A$
1389.2A$283.2A1106.A$283.A.A$284.A$1430.A3.2A$1429.2A4.3A$1428.2A8.A$
1378.2A49.5A2.A.A$1378.2A51.3A3.A$1441.A$1407.2A33.2A$1407.A.A6.4A23.
3A$1409.2A3.4A.2A23.2A$1408.A5.2A.2A.A20.2A$279.2A1089.A35.A.A3.2A.A
2.A21.3A.A$210.A68.A.A1088.A.A32.2A4.2A3.A.2A19.A4.A$210.A.A67.A1089.
2A33.3A4.A.A.A.2A20.3A$210.2A1201.3A25.A$1414.A$1425.A7.2A$1374.2A47.
A.A7.2A$1374.2A48.2A$1440.2A$1440.2A4$275.2A$275.A.A1158.A$276.A1158.
A.A$1435.A.A$1436.A$1429.2A$1370.2A57.2A$1370.2A2$1392.A$1391.A$197.A
1193.3A$195.2A$196.2A73.2A1107.A.A$271.A.A1106.A2.A$272.A1106.A3.2A
45.3A$1379.A49.A3.A$1429.A$1379.A2.3A40.2A2.2A.2A$1366.2A11.2A44.2A4.
A$1366.2A13.3A$1381.3A5$267.2A$267.A.A$268.A$1380.2A40.2A$1380.2A40.A
.A$1368.3A52.A$1362.2A3.A2.A$1362.2A7.A$182.A1184.2A$181.A1185.2A3.A$
181.3A1188.A$1370.A$1368.3A$263.2A1103.2A$263.A.A1102.A$264.A$1365.A
10.2A$1363.2A11.2A$1364.2A$1358.2A$1358.2A6$259.2A$259.A.A$260.A$
1372.2A$1372.2A$1357.A$1357.2A7.A.A$1357.2A7.A2.A$1358.3A3.2A2.A$
1358.2A$1355.6A4.A$1355.A.A.2A2.3A$1356.2A.2A2.3A$255.2A1101.A.A$255.
A.A1102.A$256.A1103.2A.2A$1361.A.A4.2A$1325.A36.A5.2A$1324.3A$1323.5A
11.3A$1323.2A.3A9.A4.A$1324.2A.2A9.2A.A$1326.A15.3A$1345.A$1354.2A$
1354.2A$251.2A$251.A.A1107.2A$252.A1072.A35.2A$1325.A11.2A$1337.2A3$
1357.A$1356.A.A$1356.A.A$1357.A$1350.2A$1316.A33.2A$247.2A1067.A.A$
247.A.A1066.2A$248.A$1333.2A$1333.2A$1347.A.A$1348.2A$1348.A4.A$1352.
A.A$1352.A.A$1353.A$1346.2A$1346.2A$243.2A$243.A.A$244.A$1329.2A$
1329.2A5$1303.A39.2A$1301.2A40.A.A$1302.2A40.A2$239.2A1107.3A$239.A.A
1107.A$240.A1108.3A$1325.2A12.A.A$1325.2A11.A3.A$1337.2A.A.A$1341.A.A
$1341.A.A$1342.A.A$1329.A8.A.A.2A$1327.6A6.4A$1327.2A2.2A$1348.2A$
235.2A1094.A7.2A7.2A$235.A.A1089.2A2.A7.2A$236.A1090.2A3.A$1321.2A8.A
$1321.2A6.A.A$1330.A7$1328.2A7.2A5.2A$231.2A1095.2A7.2A5.2A$231.A.A$
232.A$1317.2A$1317.2A4$1318.A.A$1318.2A$1319.A2$1324.2A7.2A5.2A$227.
2A1095.2A7.2A5.2A$227.A.A$228.A$1313.2A$1313.2A2$1302.3A$1302.A2.A$
1301.A3.A4.2A$1301.4A7.A$1302.A7.2A2$1320.2A7.2A5.2A$223.2A1074.A.A
18.2A7.2A5.2A$223.A.A1073.2A$224.A1075.A9$1298.2A$1298.2A16.2A7.2A5.
2A$219.2A1095.2A7.2A5.2A$219.A.A$220.A8$1285.A$1285.A.A$1285.2A25.2A
7.2A5.2A$215.2A1095.2A7.2A5.2A$215.A.A$216.A2$220.3A$221.A$221.3A$
211.A.A$210.A3.A$209.2A.A.A$213.A.A$213.A.A$214.A.A$201.A8.A.A.2A$
199.6A6.4A$199.2A2.2A$220.2A$203.A7.2A7.2A$199.2A2.A7.2A$199.2A3.A$
203.A$201.A.A$202.A7$200.2A7.2A5.2A$200.2A7.2A5.2A8$190.A.A$190.2A$
191.A2$196.2A7.2A5.2A$196.2A7.2A5.2A!
There is many creative ways to get rid of block trails, and provided that a "natural" glider in a specific lane, it effectively can pass through a block trail, but this moves the block trail in the process, making this a bit misleading:
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x = 138, y = 233, rule = LifeHistory
16.4B$15.4B$14.4B5.B$13.4B5.3B$12.4B5.4B$11.4B5.4B$10.4B5.4B$9.A3B5.
4B82.2A$9.ABA5.4B83.A.A8.4B2CB$9.2A5.4B85.A9.4B2CB$15.4B96.6B$14.4B
97.6B$13.4B98.6B$12.4B99.5B$11.4B100.5B$10.4B101.B2CB$9.4B102.B2CB$8.
4B103.5B$7.4B104.5B$6.4B105.4B$5.4B91.2A13.4B$4.4B92.A.A8.4B2CB$3.4B
94.A9.4B2CB$2.4B105.6B$.4B106.6B$4B107.6B$3B108.5B$2B109.5B$B110.B2CB
$111.B2CB$83.2C26.5B$82.D2C26.5B$82.2D27.4B$96.2A13.4B$96.A.A8.4B2CB$
97.A9.4B2CB$107.6B$107.6B$107.6B$107.5B$107.5B$107.B2CB$107.B2CB$79.
2D26.5B$78.2CD26.5B$78.2C27.4B$92.2A13.4B$92.A.A8.4B2CB$93.A9.4B2CB$
103.6B$103.6B$103.6B$103.5B$103.5B$103.B2CB$103.B2CB$75.2C26.5B$74.D
2C26.5B$74.2D27.4B$88.2A13.4B$88.A.A8.4B2CB$89.A9.4B2CB$99.6B$99.6B$
99.6B$99.5B$99.5B$99.B2CB$99.B2CB$71.2D26.5B$70.2CD26.5B$70.2C27.4B$
84.2A13.4B$84.A.A8.4B2CB$85.A9.4B2CB$95.6B$95.6B$95.6B$95.5B$95.5B$
95.B2CB$95.B2CB$67.2C26.5B$66.D2C26.5B$66.2D27.4B$80.2A13.4B$80.A.A8.
4B2CB$81.A9.4B2CB$91.6B$91.6B$91.6B$91.5B$91.5B$91.B2CB$91.B2CB$63.2D
26.5B$62.2CD26.5B$62.2C27.4B$76.2A13.4B$76.A.A8.4B2CB$77.A9.4B2CB$87.
6B$87.6B$87.6B$87.5B$87.5B$87.B2CB$87.B2CB$59.2C26.5B$58.D2C26.5B$58.
2D27.4B$72.2A13.4B$72.A.A8.4B2CB$73.A9.4B2CB$83.6B$83.6B$83.6B$83.5B$
83.5B$83.B2CB$83.B2CB$55.2D26.5B$54.2CD26.5B$54.2C27.4B$68.2A13.4B$
68.A.A8.4B2CB$69.A9.4B2CB$79.6B$79.6B$79.6B$79.5B$79.5B$74.A4.B2CB$
73.3A3.B2CB$51.2C12.A6.2A2BA2.5B$50.D2C11.ABA5.2AB2A2.5B$50.2D11.A3BA
4.3B3A.4B$63.A3BA.4BAB2A2.4B$63.A4BA3BA2BAB2.2CB$63.A4B2A5BAB2.2CB$
54.A8.A2B4A2BABAB$53.BAB8.3B2A4BA2B$53.ABA9.ABA7B$52.5B7.2AB2A6B$52.
3B2A3.13B2A$52.13B.2B2ABA2B2.2C$52.3B2A8B2.BABA3B2.2C$52.5B.8B.A3BAB$
51.6B.8B.A2BA2B$52.14B2.ABA3B$49.20BA4B$48.25B$48.25B$48.5B2AB.5B2A5B
2AB$48.5B2A3.4B2A5B2AB$48.7B4.12B$48.7B5.11B$48.6B2.15B$47.23B$46.ABA
12B2.7B$46.2A5B.15B$47.A5B.8B.6B$48.14B.7B$45.25B$44.25B$44.25B$44.5B
2AB.5B2A5B2AB$44.5B2A3.4B2A5B2AB$44.7B4.12B$44.7B5.11B$44.6B2.B.13B$
43.23B$42.15B2.6B$41.8B2.4B.9B$40.9B2.4B.2B.5B$39.4B.6B2.B.4B.5B$38.
12B.7B3.B$37.12B2.7B$36.6B.15B$35.4B5.B2AB.5B2AB4.2A$34.4B5.2B2A3.4B
2AB4.2A$33.4B3.7B4.6B$32.A3B4.7B6.2B$32.ABA5.6B$32.2A5.7B$38.4B.B$37.
4B$36.4B$35.4B$34.4B$33.4B$32.4B$31.4B6.2A7.2A5.2A$30.4B7.2A7.2A5.2A$
29.4B$28.4B$27.4B$26.4B$25.4B$24.4B$23.4B$22.4B5.3B$21.4B5.4B$20.4B5.
4B$19.4B5.4B$18.BA2B5.4B6.2A7.2A5.2A$17.2A2B5.4B7.2A7.2A5.2A$18.2A5.
4B$24.4B$23.4B$22.4B$21.4B$20.4B$19.4B$18.4B$17.4B$16.4B$15.4B$14.4B$
13.4B$12.4B$11.4B$10.4B$9.4B$8.4B$7.4B$6.4B$5.4B$4.A3B$3.A3B$3.3A!
addendum:
Among the ways blocks can be moved for "free" I just noticed that a pair of interaction actually allows the block to be shifted by the exact same amount in the opposite direction, as if there was not block trail (assuming the glider lane happen to match though)
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x = 315, y = 451, rule = LifeHistory
61$222.A$221.A$142.2C77.3A$142.2C12$138.2C$138.2C8$207.A.A$207.2A$
208.A2$134.2C$134.2C12$130.2C$130.2C5$193.A31.A$193.A.A27.2A$193.2A
29.2A5$126.2C$126.2C12$122.2C$122.2C2$180.A29.A$178.2A29.A$179.2A28.
3A8$118.2C$118.2C12$114.2C49.A$114.2C48.A30.A.A$164.3A28.2A$196.A10$
110.2C$110.2C10$150.A.A28.A$150.2A29.A.A$106.2C43.A29.2A$106.2C12$
102.2C$102.2C7$136.A31.A$136.A.A27.2A$136.2A29.2A3$98.2C$98.2C12$94.
2C$94.2C4$123.A29.A$121.2A29.A$122.2A28.3A6$90.2C$90.2C12$86.2C$86.2C
$108.A$107.A30.A.A$107.3A28.2A$139.A8$82.2C$82.2C12$78.2C13.A.A28.A$
78.2C13.2A29.A.A$94.A29.2A11$74.2C$74.2C9$79.A31.A$79.A.A27.2A$79.2A
29.2A$70.2C$70.2C12$66.2C$66.2C6$66.A29.A$64.2A29.A$65.2A28.3A2$52.A$
51.3A$51.A2.A7.2C$53.2A7.2C$53.A$50.2A$50.4A$51.A2.A$52.A2$51.A.A$51.
2A4$58.2D$58.2D4$81.A.A$81.2A$82.A$47.2A$47.2A4$54.2D$54.2D7$43.2A$
43.2A4$50.2D$50.2D$67.A$67.A.A$67.2A4$39.2A$39.2A4$46.2D$46.2D7$35.2A
$35.2A3$54.A$42.2D8.2A$42.2D9.2A7$31.2A$31.2A4$38.2D$38.2D8$34.3A$33.
A2.A$33.2A.A!
Well, more food for thoughts I suppose :/