Chapter Summaries

Gu Fengchen comforted Xiao Yi Xian at Myriad Medicine Pavilion, where she asked whether she was his darling and he called her his precious treasure. Later, he traveled with Yun Yun into the Magic Beast Mountain Range, where the Taotie Seal’s aura frightened even the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Gu Fengchen found Xiao Yi Xian washing Medicinal Herbs and held her cold hands, telling her to leave the work to someone else.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Gu Fengchen if she was his darling, and he answered that she was his precious treasure.
• Gu Fengchen had left Gu Dongli and Gu Mei in Qingshan Town so Yun Yun would not sense their auras and misunderstand.
• Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun rode a Green Beak Eagle into the central region of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, where Yun Yun wondered why no magical beasts attacked them.
• The Taotie Seal’s aura made the powerful magical beasts in the range tremble, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King hoped the outsider would leave.

Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun discovered a hidden realm beneath a cliff after the Taotie Seal reacted to something below. They entered a Sound Valley inheritance protected by a soul-striking Sound Wave Array, and Yun Yun identified the formation as Sound Valley’s ultimate art.

• Gu Fengchen felt the Taotie Seal grow hot and told Yun Yun that a Blessed Land might lie beneath the cliff.
• Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun agreed on how they would divide any treasure before flying down the abyss.
• Gu Fengchen detected a hidden space, and the pair reached and crossed its curtain of light.
• A powerful Soul Impact struck Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun, but the Taotie Seal emitted a roar that dispelled it.
• Yun Yun recognized the protective formation as Sound Valley’s Sound Wave Array and explained that Sound Valley ranked first among the three valleys.

Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun reached a mysterious secret realm, where a Golden Eagle attacked them. The Taotie Seal suppressed the beast, letting Gu Fengchen kill it and claim its Magic Core before they prepared to enter the realm.

• Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun arrived at a towering black-gold gate beside a massive waterfall, and the Taotie Seal on Gu Fengchen's hand grew hot.
• Gu Fengchen knocked Yun Yun to the ground to dodge a Golden Eagle's sudden attack.
• The Golden Eagle's pressure frightened Yun Yun, but it froze when it sensed the stronger pressure of Gu Fengchen's Taotie Seal.
• Gu Fengchen overwhelmed the Golden Eagle with a series of strikes and killed it, then collected its sixth-tier Gold Attribute Magic Core and remains.
• Gu Fengchen told Yun Yun to look for the remaining Magic Cores, and they turned their attention to entering the secret realm.

Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun entered an Underground Palace, defeated its Humanoid Puppets, and burned away a poisonous gas trap. They found a passage covered in bones, while a clear voice suddenly echoed through a distant palace in the ruins.

• Yun Yun and Gu Fengchen discovered two armored Humanoid Puppets guarding the entrance and fought them.
• Gu Fengchen disabled one puppet with his Prajna Vajra Fist and Blue Gold Emperor Flame, while Yun Yun killed the other with her Green Longsword.
• Yun Yun proposed several explanations for the puppets and the possible connection to Sound Valley before they entered the cave.
• Green poisonous gas spread through the passage, and Gu Fengchen burned it away with clusters of blue-gold flame.
• Yun Yun led Gu Fengchen down a passage littered with dry bones, where they realized the area ahead would be dangerous.
• A clear murmuring voice echoed inside a massive palace in the ruins.

Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun crossed a dangerous passage and entered a vast Underground Palace filled with treasure. They discovered Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, while the Taotie Seal grew hotter as they ventured deeper.

• A figure in the secret realm sensed the bloodline of an ancient ferocious beast and considered going outside to see it.
• Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun navigated numerous mechanisms and passed the remains of earlier victims on their way into the Underground Palace.
• Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun crossed a spatial barrier into a brightly illuminated burial chamber filled with Luminous Pearls.
• The Taotie Seal on Gu Fengchen's hand heated up as they climbed deeper into the chamber, where milky liquid dripped from stalactites.
• Gu Fengchen identified the liquid in a pool beneath a massive stalactite as Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.

Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun collected Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and medicinal herbs as they explored the Underground Palace. When they reached its central platform, a horde of bronze beasts attacked, but Gu Fengchen’s Taotie Seal forced them all to submit.

• Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun split the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk from the pool and stored it in jade bottles.
• Yun Yun gave Gu Fengchen the surviving medicinal herbs from the palace garden, and he recognized them as top-grade ingredients and collected them.
• Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun reached a jade platform bearing a chained crystal coffin, where the Taotie Seal on his left hand began to burn.
• More than a thousand bronze beasts attacked after Gu Fengchen stepped onto the white jade stairs, and a giant bear sent Yun Yun flying with a swipe.
• Gu Fengchen unleashed the Taotie Seal’s ancient aura, causing the bronze beasts to flee or prostrate themselves before him.

Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun investigated the cold coffin in the Underground Palace, where Dragon Species fish-dragons emerged and reacted to his bloodline and flames. A mysterious sound from the coffin then provoked an attack of roots and shattered stone, leaving Gu Fengchen facing a sudden crisis.

• Yun Yun asked whether Gu Fengchen was a magical beast, and he claimed he merely possessed a magical beast bloodline before teasing her with a land-buying pun.
• The cold coffin glowed after Gu Fengchen released the Taotie Seal's aura, and translucent fish-dragons carrying Dragon Species bloodline swam out.
• Gu Fengchen borrowed Yun Yun's Green Longsword and used One Sword Breaks All Techniques with the Blue Gold Emperor Flame, frightening the fish-dragons but burning away his clothes and hair.
• The fish-dragons retreated into the coffin, and Gu Fengchen heard a primordial sound through the Taotie Seal that seemed to suppress him.
• The Underground Palace split apart as roots burst from the ground and attacked Gu Fengchen, who sensed an enormous threat from whatever lay inside the coffin.

Gu Fengchen fought off the Underground Palace’s vines with his Blue Gold Emperor Flame and heard an ancient voice through the Taotie Seal. A girl emerged from the coffin, mistook him for Taotie, and invited him to tea while Yun Yun slept nearby.

• Gu Fengchen charged toward the coffin, using his Blue Gold Emperor Flame to destroy the attacking vines.
• The Taotie Seal absorbed energy as Gu Fengchen entered an enlightened state and heard a mysterious Divine Sound.
• A girl pushed open the coffin, identified Gu Fengchen as Taotie, and invited him to sit with her.
• The Bronze Beast Horde knelt between Gu Fengchen and the girl, whose immense strength and appetite made him wary.
• The girl served Gu Fengchen tea in a quiet room while Yun Yun slept beside him, and he questioned how she had grown it after emerging from the coffin.

Gu Fengchen learned that the girl was Xuan Bird, a divine creature trapped in the Underground Palace and struggling to control her emotions. She asked him to take her outside, and he agreed to consider helping if she could be made to obey him.

• Xuan Bird explained that she had lived in the sealed Underground Palace and wanted to learn about the world and leave it.
• Xuan Bird said her volatile emotions could overwhelm her outside the coffin, and Taotie's divine blood could help her control them.
• Gu Fengchen tested Xuan Bird by striking her with his Taotie-Seal fist and found that she had at least Dou Emperor-level strength.
• Gu Fengchen threatened to eat Xuan Bird, then asked how he could ensure she would obey him if he took her out.
• Xuan Bird proposed that Gu Fengchen leave a strand of his will in his Essence Blood so he could detonate it if she turned against him.

Gu Fengchen learned the Heart Sword from A Qing and discovered that Cai Weizi of Sound Valley had left a Black Gold Flute containing her Residual Soul and the mind-controlling Sound Absorption Technique. Cai Weizi asked him to visit Sound Valley in the Central Plains and help her with some matters, though Gu Fengchen did not know where it was.

• A Qing taught Gu Fengchen the Heart Sword, a technique that used Soul Power to slash souls, and gave him a Bronze Mirror.
• Gu Fengchen asked A Qing about the Soul Sound Barrier, and she explained that Cai Weizi of Sound Valley had spared her and left a Black Gold Flute in the Underground Palace.
• Gu Fengchen poured dou qi into the Black Gold Flute and became entranced by its music until the Taotie Seal helped him break free.
• Cai Weizi revealed that the flute held her Residual Soul and that the Sound Absorption Technique could control the minds of people with equal or weaker soul realms.
• Cai Weizi asked Gu Fengchen to visit Sound Valley in the Central Plains and help her, but he admitted that he did not know where it was.

Gu Fengchen gained the black-gold flute containing Sound Valley's inheritance and took two Humanoid Puppets from the Underground Palace. After Xuan Bird A Qing departed, Yun Yun woke, and Gu Fengchen carried her out of the palace.

• Cai Weizi told Gu Fengchen that the Heavenly Sound Flute would guide him to Sound Valley when he reached the Central Plains.
• A Qing explained that the two Humanoid Puppets had belonged to an intruder and let Gu Fengchen take them after clearing their orders.
• Gu Fengchen put away the puppets and agreed with A Qing to keep each other's existence secret before she left.
• Yun Yun woke about an hour later, and Gu Fengchen told her the coffin had held the black-gold flute and a Sound Valley inheritance.
• Yun Yun said her Dou Qi was depleted and she could not use Dou Qi Wings, so Gu Fengchen carried her and teased her about never having had a boyfriend.

After escaping the Underground Palace with Yun Yun, Gu Fengchen assessed his treasures and began cultivating with Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. By dawn, his meridians had widened substantially, while Yun Yun remained beside him recovering her strength.

• Gu Fengchen carried Yun Yun out of the Underground Palace and pinched her despite her threats to retaliate once she recovered.
• At the cave, Gu Fengchen reflected on the possibility of leaving the world and reviewed his gains, including the Heart Sword, Sound Absorption Technique, and two Dou Wang puppets.
• Gu Fengchen absorbed five drops of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and cultivated using the Flame Mantra.
• After a night of cultivation, Gu Fengchen's meridians had widened to twice their former size, and he opened his eyes as dawn broke.

After advancing to Six-Star Dou Spirit, Gu Fengchen accompanied Yun Yun to find the Amethyst Winged Lion King. The beast attacked them as soon as they reached its cave, and Yun Yun met its sealing flames with a massive tornado.

• Gu Fengchen told Yun Yun that absorbing the remaining Earth Core Body Tempering Milk could help her advance, then followed her toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave.
• A macaque warned the Amethyst Winged Lion King that two powerful humans were approaching, and it resolved to keep them from leaving.
• Yun Yun explained to Gu Fengchen that the strength of magical beasts and human experts was kept roughly balanced across neighboring regions.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King attacked Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun with purple pillars of fire and its sealing technique.
• Yun Yun swept her Green Longsword and summoned a huge green tornado that collided with the beast's flames, tearing up the forest around them.

Gu Fengchen tried to bargain with the Amethyst Winged Lion King for its Amethyst Origin Source and cub, offering to obtain a Form Transformation Pill. The Lion King attacked Yun Yun, who broke its horn with a powerful sword technique before running out of Dou Qi; Gu Fengchen pulled her from its claw, but she was wounded and bleeding.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King demanded a Form Transformation Pill from Yun Yun, and Gu Fengchen offered to refine one in exchange for what he wanted.
• Gu Fengchen showed the Lion King a Seventh-Grade Breaking Barrier Pill and asked for the Amethyst Origin Source and its cub.
• Enraged by Gu Fengchen's demands, the Lion King attacked Yun Yun with a streak of purple light.
• Yun Yun retaliated with Extreme Wind: Falling Kill, splitting the Lion King's red horn, then exhausted her Dou Qi.
• The Lion King slashed Yun Yun's lower abdomen with its claw, and Gu Fengchen pulled her into his arms as blood flowed from the wound.

Gu Fengchen used the Taotie Seal to subdue the Amethyst Winged Lion King and imprint its Soul Origin. He then offered the Lion King to Yun Yun as her pet, bringing their journey in the Magic Beast Mountain Range close to its end.

• Gu Fengchen carried the weakened Yun Yun and confronted the Amethyst Winged Lion King, claiming it had injured his woman.
• Gu Fengchen's Taotie aura intimidated the Amethyst Winged Lion King into agreeing to submit and open its Soul Origin.
• Gu Fengchen imprinted the Lion King's Soul Origin, making it his pet, and promised to give it a Form Transformation Pill.
• Gu Fengchen called the Lion King Little Amethyst and told Yun Yun to plant her own Soul Imprint so the beast would become her pet.

Yun Yun tamed the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Gu Fengchen obtained the Amethyst Origin Source while giving her a share. After sending the two beasts away, he prepared to treat Yun Yun’s injuries, leaving them alone in the cave.

• Yun Yun planted a Soul Imprint in the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, making it her pet, while the Amethyst Winged Lion King called her Sister-in-law.
• Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun rode with the Amethyst Winged Lion King to its cave and collected the Amethyst Origin Source, which Gu Fengchen divided between himself and Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun reflected on her growing feelings for Gu Fengchen as he supported her through the cave.
• Gu Fengchen sent the two lion kings outside so he could treat Yun Yun’s wounds, then said he needed to undo her close-fitting clothes to bandage her.

Gu Fengchen treated Yun Yun’s wounds while she was bound by the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s seal, then agreed to stay with her in the cave until she could break it. He left to get food and ordered the Amethyst Winged Lion King to catch fish.

• Yun Yun warned Gu Fengchen to treat her injuries without looking, but he teased her and treated her wound anyway.
• Gu Fengchen removed Yun Yun’s armor, cleaned her wound, and applied medicine while she watched him closely.
• When Gu Fengchen pretended to leave, Yun Yun asked him to stay until she could break the seal over the next few days.
• Gu Fengchen gave Yun Yun a robe, left the cave to find food, and told the Amethyst Winged Lion King to catch two fish.

Gu Fengchen absorbed energy from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's severed horn, strengthening his Purple Cloud Wings, then shared food and a wager with Yun Yun. He warned her that the Misty Cloud Sect would face a devastating crisis within the next few years, leaving Yun Yun reassured that he might help her.

• Gu Fengchen used the Taotie Seal to absorb energy from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's broken horn, transforming his Purple Cloud Wings.
• Gu Fengchen had the Amethyst Winged Lion King bring him fish, then shared roasted fish with it and Little Little Zi.
• Yun Yun woke the next morning and accepted roasted meat from Gu Fengchen, then asked what force stood behind him.
• Gu Fengchen wagered that he would reach the Dou Emperor realm within half a year, and Yun Yun accepted that she would become his woman if he succeeded.
• Gu Fengchen warned Yun Yun that the Misty Cloud Sect would face a crisis that could destroy it, and Yun Yun felt reassured by his offer of help.

Yun Yun confided in Gu Fengchen about her loneliness and distrust of the Misty Cloud Sect elders, and he comforted her before they began a relationship. After several days recovering together in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, they were both stronger, and Yun Yun had grown happy relying on him.

• Yun Yun admitted to Gu Fengchen that the elders did not truly accept her and that she trusted none of them.
• Gu Fengchen comforted Yun Yun, confessed his devotion, and she kissed him before they became intimate.
• Gu Fengchen's cultivation advanced from Six-Star Dou Spirit after cultivating with Yun Yun, a Dou Emperor.
• Yun Yun recognized the value of Gu Fengchen's Soul Imprint over the Sixth Tier Amethyst Winged Lion King and the strength it gave him.
• Gu Fengchen and Yun Yun recuperated in the Magic Beast Mountain Range for several days, cultivating together while he cared for her.

Gu Fengchen traveled with Yun Yun from the Magic Beast Mountain Range, stopping in Qingshan Town to collect pills and visit Xiao Yi Xian. After leaving her home, he found Xiao Yi Xian bathing in the bathroom.

• Yun Yun and Gu Fengchen said goodbye to the Amethyst Winged Lion King and left the Magic Beast Mountain Range with Little Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Gu Fengchen asked Yun Yun to wait outside the range while he went to Qingshan Town to collect the Primordial Bone Shaping Pill from Yao Chen.
• Gu Fengchen raced Little Lan through the sky before landing near Xiao Yi Xian, who scolded him for competing with her pet.
• Gu Fengchen collected the Primordial Bone Shaping Pill and twenty-one portions of Foundation Elixir from Yao Chen, then learned more about alchemy from him.
• Gu Fengchen went looking for Xiao Yi Xian and found her bathing in the bathroom.