Chapter Summaries

Gu Cheng, known as Golden Eye, accepted a challenge to appraise a jade pendant after a young man called the Treasure-Hiding Studio’s stock trash. As Gu Cheng examined it, he discovered he could see its hidden information, which identified it as a supreme-grade magical artifact.

• A young man insulted the Treasure-Hiding Studio’s antiques, and Gu Cheng confronted him.
• The young man challenged Gu Cheng to appraise his jade pendant, wagering that he would buy the shop’s stock if Gu Cheng succeeded and receive the bronze Pixiu if Gu Cheng failed.
• Gu Cheng put on gloves and picked up the pendant, whose effects made him feel calm and focused.
• While concentrating on the pendant, Gu Cheng saw text appear before his eyes and learned how to make the information clearer.
• Gu Cheng read that the pendant, named Bodhisattva Spirit, was a supreme-grade magical artifact that focused the mind, protected the soul, and warded off evil.

Gu Cheng discovered that he could see antiques’ hidden information and learned that the bronze pixiu in his shop was an enchanted artifact. After meeting Xie Yuchen, Gu Cheng recognized him as a figure from The Grave Robbers' Chronicles and wondered whether he had transmigrated into that story’s world.

• Gu Cheng tested his new ability on antiques in his shop and found that he could read their names, grades, abilities, and histories.
• Gu Cheng examined the bronze pixiu and discovered that it was a low-grade enchanted artifact capable of drawing wealth and treasures.
• Gu Cheng offered to bet the pixiu and his shop against Xie Yuchen’s jade pendant, but Xie Yuchen withdrew when he realized Gu Cheng might identify it.
• Xie Yuchen introduced himself, and Gu Cheng recognized him as a member of the Old Nine Gates and the head of the Xie Family.
• Gu Cheng recalled that he had transmigrated into the body of an archaeology and appraisal expert, then questioned whether he had entered the world of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles.

Xie Yuchen explained to Gu Cheng that divine artifacts were hidden among ordinary antiques and that the Old Nine Gates had resources for identifying them. After Xie Yuchen left, Gu Cheng confirmed his appraisal ability worked without the jade pendant and went out to hunt for treasure.

• Gu Cheng told Xie Yuchen that he had heard stories about the Old Nine Gates from his grandfather, and Xie Yuchen warned him not to spread them.
• Xie Yuchen refused to sell his jade pendant and explained that miraculous artifacts could make ordinary-looking antiques immensely valuable.
• Xie Yuchen said divine artifacts had been passed down through history and were difficult to distinguish from ordinary antiques, while the Old Nine Gates possessed knowledge about identifying them.
• After Xie Yuchen left, Gu Cheng tested his ability on the Pixiu and found he could use it without the jade pendant, though it took longer.
• Gu Cheng told the shop assistant to watch the store and went out to hunt for treasure.

Gu Cheng encountered Wang Kaixuan at Panjiayuan and discovered that his ancient jade pendant was the key to the Jade Eye mechanism in Jingjue Ancient City. After buying it for a hundred thousand yuan, Gu Cheng asked Wang Kaixuan whether he was from Yanbei.

• Gu Cheng searched Panjiayuan for supernatural artifacts but found no treasures or genuine antiques.
• Wang Kaixuan asked Gu Cheng to examine a blood-stained jade pendant, and Gu Cheng's appraisal identified it as a 2,208-year-old Jade Key linked to Jingjue Ancient City.
• Wang Kaixuan introduced himself, and Gu Cheng recognized him as the Fatty Wang from another story and wondered whether he had come alone.
• Gu Cheng offered Wang Kaixuan a hundred thousand yuan for the pendant and led him to Treasure-Hiding Studio.
• Gu Cheng arranged ten thousand yuan in cash and a ninety-thousand-yuan transfer, then asked Wang Kaixuan if he was from Yanbei.

Gu Cheng learned that his family had a history with the Old Nine Gates after telling his father about Xie Yuchen and the divine artifacts. Gu Sihai revealed that he and Gu Cheng’s grandfather had once ambushed an Old Nine Gates convoy and stolen a dozen artifacts, leaving Gu Cheng stunned.

• Gu Cheng bought Fatty Wang’s jade pendant and offered to help him find work when his friend arrived.
• Gu Cheng returned home and asked Gu Sihai about the Old Nine Gates, explaining Xie Yuchen’s visit and the divine artifacts.
• Gu Sihai explained that the Old Nine Gates controlled the antiquities trade in South Lake and had once clashed with him and Gu Cheng’s grandfather.
• Gu Sihai revealed that he and Gu Cheng’s grandfather had ambushed a convoy near Bottle Mountain and stolen a dozen divine artifacts.
• Gu Cheng realized that his father had admitted to killing people and robbing the Old Nine Gates, and he was left dumbfounded.

Gu Cheng examined his family’s remaining divine artifacts after Gu Sihai warned him that they could magnify greed and desire. He found a cultivation technique among them and, after seeing a jade seal, continued inspecting the collection.

• Gu Cheng asked Gu Sihai to show him the divine artifacts, and Gu Sihai warned him to resist their influence.
• Gu Sihai opened a safe in his bedroom and explained that the Gu Family had five artifacts left, plus a Pixiu.
• Gu Cheng inspected the Child-Giving Guanyin and briefly wondered whether it could help his father have a daughter, then felt ashamed.
• Gu Cheng examined a bamboo scroll and discovered that the Visualization Secret Slip taught the Fetal Breathing Method.
• Gu Cheng celebrated finding a cultivation technique, then turned his attention to a jade seal.

Gu Cheng learned that people identified divine artifacts through intuition, while their abilities usually had to be discovered through painstaking study. Since he could see an artifact’s properties at a glance, he suggested a test for the Child-Giving Guanyin statue that might grant his father’s wish for another child.

• Gu Cheng questioned whether the Mutton-Fat White Jade Seal was a divine artifact, and Gu Sihai confirmed that it was.
• Gu Sihai explained that people with keen intuition could sense a divine artifact’s magnetic field, though intuition could be unreliable.
• Gu Sihai said no one could directly know an artifact’s abilities and described how he had studied the Child-Giving Guanyin statue without discovering how to use it.
• Gu Cheng realized his ability to see artifacts’ properties gave him an advantage over ordinary researchers.
• Gu Cheng told Gu Sihai a story about a man who prayed to Guanyin for a child and suggested his father offer incense and recite the sutra a thousand times.

Gu Cheng identified the Little Divine Edge and Nectar Jade Pot among his father’s collected artifacts, discovering that the pot was a supreme-grade spirit artifact capable of refining spirit jade into Jade Nectar. He tried to persuade Gu Sihai to let him take three treasures for study, but his father began putting them away, leaving Gu Cheng to reveal that he had a secret.

• Gu Cheng persuaded Gu Sihai to consider testing the Child-Giving Guanyin Sutra on someone with fertility problems.
• Gu Cheng examined the Little Divine Edge, recognized it as a high-grade magic artifact, and learned that Gu Sihai had kept it in his collection.
• Gu Cheng inspected the blue-and-white Nectar Jade Pot and discovered that it could refine spirit jade into Jade Nectar after eighty-one days.
• Gu Cheng celebrated the discovery by kissing Gu Sihai on the forehead, then asked to take the Visualization Secret Slip, Little Divine Edge, and Nectar Jade Pot for study.
• Gu Sihai started returning the treasures to the safe, and Gu Cheng stopped him and said he had a secret to reveal.

Gu Cheng revealed that his fifth sense could identify divine artifacts and perceive their effects, then proved it by learning a cultivation method from the Dao-Passing Secret Slip. He and Gu Sihai agreed to keep the secret slip hidden, while Gu Cheng began testing the Nectar Jade Pot with aged liquor and the jade seal.

• Gu Cheng told Gu Sihai that he could identify divine artifacts and described the powers of several items in his collection.
• Gu Cheng used the Dao-Passing Secret Slip and learned the Fetal Breathing Method, then taught it to Gu Sihai.
• Gu Cheng explained that the jade seal was not a divine artifact and warned that the secret slip might have limited uses, so Gu Sihai should hide it after teaching Gu Cheng's mother.
• Gu Sihai let Gu Cheng keep Little Divine Edge and accepted that Gu Cheng would become the family's pillar.
• Gu Cheng poured Gu Sihai's treasured eighty-year-old liquor into the Nectar Jade Pot, added the Mutton-Fat White Jade Seal, and planned to check the result after three months.

Hu Bayi returned to Yanbei and reunited with Wang Kaixuan over a hot-pot dinner, where Wang told him about selling his jade to Boss Gu of the Treasure-Hiding Studio. They planned to meet Boss Gu after Hu Bayi spent a few days exploring the city.

• Wang Kaixuan welcomed Hu Bayi to Yanbei with a meal at Old Yanbei Mutton Hot Pot.
• Hu Bayi explained that he had turned down a Public Security Bureau job because he wanted to find work that suited him.
• A middle-aged man offered Wang Kaixuan five thousand for his jade, and Wang grabbed him for trying to cheat him.
• Wang Kaixuan said Boss Gu had bought the jade for a hundred thousand, and the middle-aged man left after hearing it.
• Hu Bayi urged Wang Kaixuan to buy back the jade, but Wang defended his sale and suggested they meet Boss Gu.

Gu Cheng practiced the Fetal Breathing Method, then met Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan to discuss the antiques trade. He left them with a question about entering tombs, unsettling Hu Bayi.

• Gu Cheng reached the middle stage of the Fetal Breathing Method’s first level but found it had brought him no major changes.
• After receiving a phone call, Gu Cheng met Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan in a private room at the Old Yanbei Mutton Restaurant.
• Gu Cheng explained that stories about finding valuable antiques cheaply were usually fabricated and said success in the trade depended on money, experience, and a good eye.
• Gu Cheng asked Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan whether they had ever heard of going into tombs, and Hu Bayi reacted uneasily.

Gu Cheng tried to recruit Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan for a tomb-raiding team, using the promise of valuable treasures and his family history to persuade them. He ended by revealing that Hu Bayi was also an heir to the Gold-Seeking Commandants.

• Gu Cheng decided to form a tomb-raiding team and targeted Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan as its core members.
• Gu Cheng explained that tomb raiders searched ancient tombs for genuine treasures, and Wang Kaixuan showed disdain for the idea.
• Gu Cheng displayed a Jadeite Thumb Ring worth at least two million and said he had bought it from a Gold-Seeking Commandant for five hundred thousand.
• Gu Cheng described how his grandfather had been a Gold-Seeking Commandant and invited Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan to explore tombs with him.
• Hu Bayi asked why Gu Cheng wanted two inexperienced recruits, and Gu Cheng answered that Hu Bayi was also an heir to the Gold-Seeking Commandants.

Gu Cheng revealed Hu Bayi’s family connection to the Gold-Seeking Commandants and explained the history of the Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Art. Hu Bayi was stunned by Gu Cheng’s knowledge, while Wang Kaixuan eagerly asked how to join Gu Cheng’s team.

• Gu Cheng told Hu Bayi that his grandfather, Hu Guohua, had studied under Sun Guofu and that Hu Bayi was an heir to the Gold-Seeking Commandants.
• Gu Cheng revealed that Hu Bayi possessed half of the Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Art, leaving Hu Bayi shocked.
• Gu Cheng recounted how Zhang Three Chains wrote the book, divided its teachings among his disciples, and passed the remaining text through Sun Guofu to Hu Guohua.
• Gu Cheng explained that Hu Bayi had inherited the book because his father, Hu Yunxuan, had been a soldier, and Hu Bayi demanded to know how Gu Cheng knew so much.
• Gu Cheng invited Hu Bayi to join his team, and Wang Kaixuan asked how they could join.

Gu Cheng, Hu Bayi, and Wang Kaixuan agreed to work together on a tomb expedition, and Gu Cheng lent Hu Bayi seven million yuan. Seven days later, they reached the border near Ganggang Yingzi, where Hu Bayi identified a feng shui formation that might conceal a Liao empress dowager’s tomb.

• Gu Cheng proposed leading a team with Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan, dividing any treasures equally among them.
• Hu Bayi agreed to work with Gu Cheng but asked to borrow seven million yuan, promising to protect him and repay the loan from his share.
• Gu Cheng agreed without asking why, and Wang Kaixuan promised to trust and support Hu Bayi.
• Hu Bayi explained Gold-Seeking Commandants and shared stories about his grandfather while Gu Cheng listened.
• Seven days later, Gu Cheng, Hu Bayi, and Wang Kaixuan drove toward Ganggang Yingzi with a loaded truck following them.
• Hu Bayi described a mountain formation called Nine Dragons Enclosing the Jade Lotus and said local legend placed a Liao empress dowager’s tomb inside the mountain.

Gu Cheng, Hu Bayi, and Fatty Wang arrived at Ganggang Yingzi, where Hu Bayi reunited with the villagers and the men delivered supplies. At the village chief’s home, Gu Cheng noticed that one of the pickling jars was a 1,327-year-old piece of porcelain.

• Hu Bayi confirmed they were on the right route as the group traveled across the rough grassland roads toward Ganggang Yingzi.
• The villagers welcomed Hu Bayi excitedly when he returned to the village after years away.
• Gu Cheng gave Fatty Wang chocolates to hand out to the children, making him popular with the villagers.
• Hu Bayi introduced Gu Cheng and Wang Kaixuan to the village and thanked the chief for saving him and his comrades years earlier.
• The village chief arranged for villagers and the driver to distribute the supplies, then invited Hu Bayi, Gu Cheng, and Fatty Wang to his home for a meal.
• Gu Cheng identified a pickling jar beneath the eaves as a piece of porcelain with 1,327 years of history.

Gu Cheng recognized antiques in the village and helped arrange their purchase, earning the villagers nearly four million. While visiting a mountain hunter with Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang, he discovered a magical Mountain-Splitting Axe.

• Gu Cheng identified eight damaged Tang Dynasty Glazed-Mouth Blue-and-White Jars, and Fatty Wang urged Hu Bayi to search for more antiques in the village.
• Gu Cheng reassured Hu Bayi that buying the villagers’ antiques would benefit them, and Hu Bayi obtained the village chief’s permission to search the Village Stockade.
• Gu Cheng and Fatty Wang spent two days cataloging more than eighty antiques, worth around ten million in total, while the villagers received nearly four million.
• Hu Bayi led Gu Cheng and Fatty Wang to a mountain hunter’s home to seek a guide, where Gu Cheng spotted a magical Mountain-Splitting Axe embedded in a chopping block.

Hu Bayi reunited with Yingzi and asked her to guide him, Fatty Wang, and Gu Cheng into the mountains. Yingzi joined them, and Fatty Wang accepted her father’s unusual axe after Gu Cheng told him it was a divine weapon.

• Hu Bayi recognized Yingzi at her home and introduced her to Fatty Wang and Gu Cheng.
• Yingzi explained that her family had moved into the mountains after the old hunter died and her father took his place.
• When Fatty Wang doubted her ability to guide them, Yingzi drew her bow and frightened him without firing.
• Yingzi agreed to guide the three men through the mountains.
• Gu Cheng persuaded Yingzi to give her father’s unusual axe to Fatty Wang, then revealed it was a divine weapon.

Gu Cheng, Hu Bayi, and Fatty Wang followed Yingzi to the Nine Dragons Enclosing the Jade Lotus, where Hu Bayi confirmed that a great tomb lay nearby. Gu Cheng wondered why events had diverged from the story he knew as they prepared to investigate Lama Valley.

• Yingzi told Gu Cheng, Hu Bayi, and Fatty Wang that many people had searched for the Liao Empress Dowager's Tomb, including a group her father had guided into the mountains half a month earlier.
• Gu Cheng used playful flattery to distract Yingzi from asking about their plans, and Hu Bayi explained the tactic to Fatty Wang.
• After trekking for a day, the group reached a mountain with nine waterfalls, and Hu Bayi identified it as the Nine Dragons Enclosing the Jade Lotus formation.
• Yingzi warned the group that Lama Valley was said to be haunted and inhabited by wildmen, while Fatty Wang dismissed the stories as superstition.
• Gu Cheng questioned why they had reached the tomb site when, in the story he remembered, an earthquake had revealed it before Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang went to Wildman Valley.

Gu Cheng accompanied Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan, and Yingzi to a waterfall near Oxheart Mountain, worried that Hu Bayi might find the Great Liao empress dowager’s tomb instead of the Jin general’s tomb. He spotted an unusual plant underwater and entered the freezing lake to identify it, discovering it was a powerful spirit fruit.

• Gu Cheng worried that Hu Bayi’s discovery of Oxheart Mountain could lead them to the Great Liao empress dowager’s tomb.
• Fatty Wang joked that the empress dowager’s tomb might lie behind the waterfall, while Yingzi filled her canteen from the clear lake.
• Gu Cheng noticed a plant growing alone among the underwater weeds and saw flickering treasure-appraisal text.
• Gu Cheng ordered the others to build a fire and set up camp, then stripped down and entered the freezing lake with the Little Divine Edge.
• Gu Cheng used the Fetal Breathing Method and pain from biting his tongue to stay alert as he swam toward the plant.
• Gu Cheng read that the plant was a Golden Cup Longevity Fruit, a First-Rank Spirit Fruit that increased true essence spiritual energy.

Gu Cheng discovered the Golden Cup Longevity Fruit underwater but faced a gigantic serpent guarding it. He wounded the serpent, grabbed the fruit, and surfaced as Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan, and Yingzi urged him to shore.

• Gu Cheng found the Golden Cup Longevity Fruit and was attacked by an enormous blue-green serpent that stopped him from leaving.
• Gu Cheng guessed the serpent was guarding the fruit and prepared to fight when his remaining air began to run out.
• Gu Cheng dodged the serpent’s charge and slashed its belly with the Little Divine Edge, inflicting a long, bleeding wound.
• Gu Cheng grabbed the Golden Cup Longevity Fruit and kicked toward the surface while the wounded serpent thrashed beneath him.
• Gu Cheng surfaced, and Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan, and Yingzi shouted for him to get ashore.