After leaving the cave, Hao Shuai wasn't in a hurry to return to Yellow Crystal Hall. Instead, he took stock of what he had gained.
The most important prize was, of course, the jade sphere. After breaking the seals around it, Hao Shuai retrieved a farewell letter left behind by Golden Mother Tianyi, a silk booklet, and two oddly shaped magical treasures.
The silk booklet bore the words "Purple Mansion Secret Manual," and the two strange treasures were both personal weapons of the Golden Mother.
Hao Shuai knew the Purple Mansion Secret Manual was the greatest reward of his journey to Ziyun Palace. It had come down through the same lineage as the Earth Gate Golden Chapter that San Feng and the others practiced. The difference was that the Earth Gate Golden Chapter was an Earth Immortal's art, while the Purple Mansion Secret Manual offered the hope of becoming a Celestial Immortal.
Combined, they formed the complete heavenly scripture, the Tianyi Golden Seal Script—a cultivation method that could take one all the way to becoming a Golden Immortal and ascending to the higher realms.
It could become the foundation on which an entire sect was built!
Besides the heavenly scripture, there were more than twenty magical treasures, including the Jellyfish Profound Yin Sword, the Purple Gold Shuttle, and the Golden Mother Scissors. Every one of them had been left behind by an ancient Golden Immortal, and all were formidable.
Hao Shuai's favorite was a pair of luminous wheels, one gold and one silver. Called the Sun Moon Golden Wheel, they wielded the power of the sun and moon in alternation. They subdued demons and monsters and were virtually unstoppable—in short, they were among the most powerful treasures in the Golden Mother's treasury.
Now that all of the Golden Mother's legacy