Gu He, far away in the Pill Region, learned of the Dou Sheng's Cave Mansion appearing in the Beast Region nearly half a month before Xiao Yan. As someone who remembered most of the original timeline, he knew far more about this Dou Sheng's Cave Mansion than the vast majority of people on the continent.
This Dou Sheng's Cave Mansion had belonged to an ancient expert known as the Saint of Fortune and dated back several thousand years. Its contents were still relatively well preserved, with medicinal herbs growing everywhere. Some of them were herbs that had existed only in ancient times and held considerable research value for the current alchemy world. There was also a Heaven-grade Dou Technique and several Eighth-grade pills. Naturally, none of those were worth Gu He's attention now, but within a small space inside the Dou Sheng's Cave Mansion was a mature Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit—something Gu He had no choice but to care about.
In the original timeline, Zi Yan had been no more than a Dou Zong. Yet after consuming the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and merely beginning to refine it, she had directly soared to Four-Star Dou Sheng. After spending several years completely digesting all the fruit's medicinal power, her strength had surged to the peak of Five-Star Dou Sheng. Coupled with the bloodline power of the Sky Demon Phoenix and Primordial Void Dragon, she was no weaker than an ordinary Six-Star Dou Sheng.
Moreover, this increase came without any side effects. It would not cause unstable Dou Qi, and it could even strengthen the bloodline power of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan or Primordial Void Dragon Clan members who consumed it. To them, the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit was even more precious than a Ninth-grade Golden Pill.
Now that Zi Yan