The Three-Eyed Golden Lion Descends, Transforms!

"Back then at the Rose Hotel, you were surrounded by women and even tried to show off to me."

"Today, I'll let you relive that old dream."

Zhu Zhuqing turned her head and coldly ordered the guards beside her, "Go back to the pigsty and bring me another one!"

"Make sure it's about the same size as this one!"

"I must have a pair of sister flowers!"

The guards were stunned for a moment, then suppressed their laughter and shouted in response, "Yes! Vice Commander! Right away!"

"No!"

Dai Mubai let out a desperate roar in his heart!

What was she trying to do!

Rumble—

Not long after, the ground shook.

The guards had indeed pushed over another cage.

"Get in."

Zhu Zhuqing flicked her finger, and another bag of pink powder was sprinkled inside.

Clang!

The iron door opened, and the second sow was shoved in.

By now, the space inside the cage was packed to the brim.

At that moment, the image of him embracing those twin sisters at the Rose Hotel, living a life of debauchery, flashed through his mind.

Comparing that to now—

This was retribution!

This was instant karma!

"Kill me, just let me die—"

But!

How could Zhu Zhuqing let him off so easily?

"Splash him awake."

Zhu Zhuqing said coldly.

Splash!

A bucket of ice-cold saltwater was poured directly onto Dai Mubai!

"Ah!!!"

The excruciating pain stung his wounds, and Dai Mubai screamed as he woke up once again, forced to continue facing the twins.

Douluo Continent.

Outside the Rose Hotel in Suotuo City.

The twin sisters who had once been kept by Dai Mubai were now staring at the Sky Screen, their faces deathly pale and their bodies trembling.

"Sister—"

"Is that Young Master Dai really being... by a pig—"

"And two of them, at that—"

"Who would ever dare to admit they had a relationship with Young Master Dai after this? It's too disgusting!"

"Let's go! Hurry up and throw away everything Young Master Dai gave us! It's bad luck!"

Outside the gates of the Xiao Clan.

Watching the unsightly scene in the cage, the last trace of hatred in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes vanished along with Dai Mubai's miserable state.

She realized that she didn't feel as excited as she had imagined. Instead, there was a sense of calm that came with liberation.

"So, this is the kind of thing I once cared about and hated."

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head and gave a self-deprecating smile.

She turned around, her Purple Cloud Wings snapping open, and she soared into the sky, flying toward the azure horizon.

"Dai Mubai, just rot away in this pigsty."

"As for me—"

"I'm going to follow the Boss and see that much wider world!"

On the Sky Screen, the images shifted.

[Ding! Given that the transformation of the "Soul Beast Realm" in the Douluo Plane is not yet thorough enough.]

[The Sky Screen has decided to randomly select another soul beast with "special functions" for cross-dimensional career guidance!]

[Target locked: Star Dou Forest Core Area—Emperor Auspicious Beast, Three-Eyed Golden Lion!]

[Destination: Battle Through the Heavens Plane, Central Plains, Pill Region—Holy Pill City, Danta Square!]

Douluo Continent, Star Dou Forest.

"Roar?!"

While basking in the sun beside the Lake of Life and enjoying the worship of ten thousand beasts, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion suddenly felt the ground beneath her vanish.

Her fur, brilliant as golden crystal, bristled instantly. Before her third vertical eye could even release the Light of Destiny, the entire beast was sucked into a vortex of irresistible spatial force!

"Auspicious Beast!!"

Scarlet King, who had just recovered from his previous shock, stared at the empty patch of grass and let out a heart-wrenching wail: "It's over! The Auspicious Beast is gone!!"

"Di Tian is away, and now the Auspicious Beast is lost—my dog head is as good as gone!!"

Meanwhile, the Battle Through the Heavens Plane.

Holy Pill City, Danta Square.

Today was the annual high-level alchemist examination held by Danta.

Thousands of stone platforms were arranged neatly across the square, where thousands of alchemists from all over the Central Plains were sweating profusely, controlling their flames to refine medicinal herbs.

The air was thick with the scent of herbs and the acrid smell of burnt residue.

On the high platform in the center of the square, the Three Great Heads of Danta were frowning as they looked down.

"This year's crop is lackluster."

Xuan Kongzi sighed and said, "That little demoness from the Cao Clan hasn't even made a move, and the explosion rate among the others is far too high."

"Especially those promising candidates refining Tier 7 pills; they follow the steps correctly, yet they always lack that bit of luck, falling short at the final moment."

In the path of alchemy, seven parts depend on skill, and three parts depend on luck.

Sometimes, the very moment of pill formation required that elusive touch of destiny.

Just as Xuan Kongzi lamented the scarcity of such fortune.

BOOM!!

The space above the square suddenly tore open!

A blinding golden light plummeted like a meteorite, landing squarely in the center of the examination area—the very spot where the explosion rate had been highest!

"ROAR!!"

A crisp, melodious, yet supremely majestic sound, half-dragon roar and half-lion growl, echoed out!

The golden light dissipated.

A mighty soul beast, three meters long, appearing as if cast from solid gold and covered in strange scales, with a third vertical eye on its forehead, stood before the crowd!

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion!

The moment she landed, before she could even grasp the situation, she felt waves of heat rolling toward her and countless eyes fixed upon her.

"Audacious humans!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion spoke in human tongue, a burst of extreme light and fire energy erupting from her body: "This Seat is the Auspicious Beast of Star Dou! Who dares to bring This Seat here?!"

She instinctively wanted to unleash the Judgment of Destiny to teach this group of ignorant humans a lesson.

However, the moment she appeared, something miraculous happened!

Hum! Hum! Hum!

The dozens of alchemy cauldrons around her that had been teetering on the edge of explosion suddenly stabilized!

The volatile, uncontrollable medicinal liquids, upon touching the faint golden aura of auspiciousness radiating from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, miraculously fused together!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Successive pill-formation lightning tribulations gathered in the sky!

"It, it succeeded?!"

A Tier 7 alchemist, his face covered in soot, stared blankly at the round, plump pill in his hand—it even bore pill patterns: "My hand clearly shook just now; it should have exploded—"

"How did it suddenly succeed? And the quality is even higher than I anticipated?!"

It wasn't just him!

Within a hundred-meter radius, the success rate of every alchemist soared to 100% in that instant!

Some Tier 6 pills even mutated directly into Tier 7!

The entire square fell silent.

Everyone shifted their gaze from their pills and locked it firmly onto the golden lion in the center of the field, who was currently bristling with agitation.

An Auspicious Beast! This was a living embodiment of good fortune!

High above on the platform.

The three giants—Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi—teleported directly into the arena!

Xuan Kongzi's aged eyes, which had seen all the vicissitudes of life, were now shining like ten-thousand-watt lightbulbs, locked firmly onto the vertical eye on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's forehead.

"This fluctuation—"

"It's not Dou Qi!"

"Her existence can actually interfere with reality and increase the success rate of alchemy?!"

"How is this a Soul Beast? This is clearly the patron saint of alchemists!!"

"Roar! Old man, what are you looking at!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion felt her fur stand on end under Xuan Kongzi's fanatical gaze, and she bared her teeth, snarling, "Do you believe that This Seat could hit you with a Light of Destiny and make you unlucky for the rest of your life!"

"Unlucky?"

Xuan Kongzi was not angry; instead, he laughed heartily, his smile as kindly as a wolf in grandmother's clothing luring Little Red Riding Hood: "Little one, don't be so hot-tempered."

"You are called the Auspicious Beast, right?"

"I see that your bone structure is remarkable; you are fated to be with my Danta!"

As he spoke, Xuan Kongzi casually pulled out a handful of Grade 8 medicinal pills and held them out to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's mouth as if feeding a dog: "Are you hungry? Come, have some candy."

Grade 8 medicinal pills?!

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's nose twitched.

So fragrant! It smelled ten thousand times better than the raw meat and spirit fruits in the Star Dou Forest!

The energy contained within them made every pore on her body cheer!

"Hmph, don't think a few candies can bribe This Seat."

Though the Three-Eyed Golden Lion said she didn't want them, her body was very honest.

With a flick of her tongue, she swallowed the pair of Grade 8 pills directly!

Crunchy! Tasted like chicken!

Boom!

The immense medicinal power dissolved within her body, and her cultivation base instantly surged upward!

"So delicious—"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's vertical eye narrowed into a slit, and her tail began to wag involuntarily.

"Good, isn't it?"

Elder Xuan Yi also leaned in, smiling as she took out a bottle of high-grade Grade 7 pills: "As long as you stay at Danta, you can have all these beans you want in the future."

"Not only will you be well-fed, but we will also build you a golden nest, and there will be people to brush your fur and massage you every day."

"You only need to do one job—"

Xuan Yi pointed to the alchemists nearby who were watching with eager eyes: "Just sit by their side while they refine pills."

"If they want to pat your head or rub your paws, just don't bite them."

That's it?

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was stunned.

In the Star Dou Forest, she had to constantly guard against being hunted by humans and was responsible for suppressing the flow of destiny.

Here, she just had to sit there and let people touch her? And she could eat Grade 8 pills like meals?

"Deal!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion abandoned all principles, flopped onto the ground, exposed her belly, and let out a comfortable purr: "Come on! Touch me all you want! As long as there are pills, you can pet me until I'm bald!"

And so, a legend was born in Danta.

If you see a group of Grade 8 masters, or even Grade 9 grandmasters, standing in a long line at the alchemy plaza, holding various rare medicinal pills and waiting with pious expressions to touch the head of a golden lion, please do not be surprised.

Because they are just trying to rub off some of her good luck.

"Line up, line up! Don't crowd!"

At this moment, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was lying on a specially made white jade platform, surrounded by piles of jade bottles.

She chewed on a Grade 7 pill like it was a roasted bean while lazily extending a paw: "Next!"

A Grade 8 alchemist walked up excitedly, carefully took hold of that paw, and shook it vigorously: "Lord Auspicious Beast!"

"Please bless this furnace of Yi Shi Pill to be a success! This is a Grade 8 Bodhi Pill as a tribute to you!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion accepted the pill and patted the man on the head with her large paw: "Granted! Go!"

The alchemist acted as if he had obtained a treasure and ran back to refine his pills with great enthusiasm.

The result—Boom!

The pill is formed! Top-grade!

"It's divine! Lady Emperor Auspicious Beast is divine!!" The entire crowd cheered!

Douluo Continent, Star Dou Forest.

Scarlet King stared at the light screen, watching the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who was eating until her mouth was slick with grease, being worshipped like an ancestor by countless powerhouses.

He then looked at the ten-year-old Wind Baboon in his hand, which he had just caught to serve as the Emperor Auspicious Beast's lunch.

Scarlet King silently tossed the Wind Baboon away.

"What kind of nanny am I even being—"

"She's the one living the true life of an Emperor Auspicious Beast over there—"

"Staying here just means suffering alongside a bunch of paupers like us."

"Lady Emperor Auspicious Beast, please, never come back."

"If you can, could you mail back some of those candy beans?"

"I swear, the crumbs you leave behind seem to have a higher cultivation than mine!"

Battle Through the Heavens Plane, Pill Region.

Holy Pill City core district, the exclusive palace of the Emperor Auspicious Beast.

This palace was built overnight by the Three Great Heads of Danta, who mobilized Dou Zuns with earth-attribute affinities. It was crafted entirely from warm, mellow jade and was the height of luxury.

At this moment, inside the palace.

"Crunch, crunch—"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was sprawled on a soft couch covered in thousand-year-old Fire Fox fur. Holding a jade bottle larger than her own head with her two front paws, she was pouring medicinal pills into her mouth as if they were candy beans.

Those were no ordinary candy beans.

They were peak seventh-grade Humanoid Transformation Pills.

And eighth-grade Imperial Extreme Pills!

In the outside world, every single one of these pills could trigger a bloody storm.

But here, they were merely her snacks.

"Hiccup."

Finally, after swallowing who knows how many hundreds of pills, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion let out a burp that carried a rich, medicinal fragrance.

A glimmer of hazy light suddenly flashed through her originally lazy golden eyes.

"So hot—"

"My body, it feels like it's about to explode."

Hum!!

A pillar of golden light, brilliant to the extreme, erupted violently from her body, shattering the palace dome and shooting straight into the heavens!

In the sky, the previously clear, cloudless expanse was instantly flooded with colorful auspicious clouds!

Within the auspicious clouds, the faint sounds of dragons roaring and phoenixes crying could be heard, and countless golden petals drifted down from the sky, blanketing the entire Holy Pill City!

A miraculous omen, auspicious energy arriving from the east!

Danta Square.

Xuan Kongzi, who was in the middle of lecturing his disciples, saw the miraculous omen filling the sky and his teacup trembled violently in his hand: "This aura—"

"It's the Emperor Auspicious Beast! Is she undergoing her humanoid transformation?!"

"Quick! Activate the mountain-protecting formation! Whoever dares to disturb the Emperor Auspicious Beast's transformation, I will wipe out their entire clan!!"

In an instant, all the powerhouses of Danta swarmed out, surrounding the palace of the Emperor Auspicious Beast so tightly that not even a fly could get in.

Inside the palace.

The golden light gradually receded.

The originally massive golden lion had vanished.

In its place was a stunningly beautiful young girl curled up on the fox-fur couch.

She appeared to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, her skin as white as snow, yet flushed with a faint, rosy hue.

A waterfall of wavy, golden hair cascaded down her back, reaching her ankles, with every strand appearing to flow with sunlight.

Her features were so exquisite they didn't seem mortal, especially her eyes.

They were not the pupils of an ordinary human, but remained vertical golden slits, exuding a sense of wildness and nobility.

On her smooth, full forehead, a vertical golden mark flickered faintly; it was the sealed form of her third eye, adding a touch of mysterious allure.

She slowly opened her eyes and looked down at her own flawless human body.

"So this—is what it's like to be human?"

The girl raised a jade-like hand and gently clenched it.