Chapter Summaries

After hearing that three Zodiac bronze heads would be auctioned in Huacheng, Gu Cheng resolved to buy them back and scrambled to raise money. He secured a billion from Xie Yuchen and prepared to borrow more before the auction.

• Gu Cheng told Professor Chen he needed to discuss the matter with Lao Hu and Fatty, then learned they were house-hunting and planned to join them.
• Gu Cheng learned that MP Group would auction the Rat Head, Rabbit Head, and Chicken Head, and decided he would recover the national treasures.
• Gu Cheng recalled Brother Dragon stealing bronze heads in Chinese Zodiac and considered hiring him to find the others.
• Gu Cheng asked Gu Sihai for funds and learned the family could spare only two or three hundred million.
• Gu Cheng persuaded Xie Yuchen to lend him a billion for the auction, with the money to arrive in three days.

Gu Cheng called Yin Nanfeng to borrow money and offered to sell her Ghost Talk, which she recognized as a Warring States Silk Manuscript. Yin Nanfeng confirmed the manuscript was genuine and explained how the number of characters affected the clarity of its answers.

• Gu Cheng called Yin Nanfeng to ask for a loan, and she reminded him that he owed her over a billion and had promised to fulfill three conditions.
• Gu Cheng offered Yin Nanfeng a sinister item that could answer questions at the cost of lives, and she identified it as a Warring States Silk Manuscript.
• Gu Cheng brought Ghost Talk to the Crescent Hotel, where Yin Nanfeng tested it by asking whether he had obtained many treasures in Shanyang County.
• Yin Nanfeng confirmed Ghost Talk was genuine and explained that Warring States Silk Manuscripts ranged from 81 to 361 characters, with larger character sets giving clearer answers.

Gu Cheng agreed to become a supplier and business partner for Yin Nanfeng's Crescent Hotel, then negotiated a two-billion loan to bid on three bronze heads being auctioned by MP Group. After leaving the hotel, he went to Wild Rose and found Sh...ev Ta drunk; he carried her out of the bar.

• Yin Nanfeng explained that she wanted Gu Cheng to supply the Crescent Hotel with supernatural artifacts and offered him the same terms as the Old Nine Gates, plus financial support.
• Gu Cheng accepted the partnership and asked Yin Nanfeng to lend him money so he could bid on the three bronze heads at MP Group's auction.
• Yin Nanfeng agreed to lend Gu Cheng two billion and valued his Warring States Silk Manuscript at six hundred million.
• Gu Cheng called Sh...ev Ta and learned she was drinking at Wild Rose, then drove there to find her.
• Sh...ev Ta hugged Gu Cheng, passed out drunk, and was carried out of the bar by him.

Yang woke up in a hotel after Gu Cheng rescued her from a drunken night, and their teasing call left her secretly pleased. Gu Cheng traveled abroad with Lao Hu and Fatty for an auction, where he unexpectedly met Jackie Chan and offered to pay more than MP Group for the three bronze heads.

• Yang woke up in an unfamiliar hotel room, found Gu Cheng's note, and called him to confirm he had brought her there.
• Gu Cheng teased Yang about clinging to and kissing him while drunk, then said he would go with her to Jingjue after returning from abroad.
• Gu Cheng, Lao Hu, and Fatty traveled abroad to attend an auction and planned to obtain the three bronze heads before returning home.
• After resting at their hotel, Gu Cheng and his companions went to Chinatown to find Chinese food.
• Gu Cheng recognized Jackie Chan at a restaurant and offered to pay him more than MP Group for the three bronze heads.

Gu Cheng offered Jackie Chan and his companions twenty million euros each to join their search for the Zodiac Bronze Heads, while secretly hoping to find gold on the island where the Unsinkable had run aground. At the auction, he confirmed the Chicken Head was genuine and was stunned when MP Group set its starting bid at one hundred million euros.

• Gu Cheng offered Jackie Chan and his companions twenty million euros each if they let him accompany them, and Jackie Chan agreed to discuss it after the auction.
• Gu Cheng told Lao Hu and Fatty that Jackie Chan was an exceptional fighter, and the three returned to their hotel after dinner.
• At the auction, Gu Cheng bought a batch of aged Maotai for 4.5 million euros.
• Gu Cheng inspected the Chicken Head of the Twelve Zodiac Signs and confirmed it was a genuine Supreme-Grade Spiritual Artifact.
• The auctioneer introduced the Chicken Head and opened bidding at one hundred million euros, surprising Gu Cheng.

Gu Cheng and his companions watched the bidding for the Rooster Head soar past one hundred million euros, far beyond what he had expected to afford. After Gu Cheng explained why he felt responsible for recovering the bronze heads, Lao Hu and Fatty agreed to share the cost, and Gu Cheng entered the bidding.

• MP Group set the Rooster Head's starting bid at one hundred million euros, shocking the auction hall and prompting many bidders to hesitate.
• Bidding began and quickly climbed past one hundred and thirty million euros as the auctioneer tried to drive up the price.
• Gu Cheng worried his funds would not cover the bronze heads, while Fatty suggested letting the state step in and Lao Hu speculated that the state might have hidden the originals.
• Gu Cheng argued that recovering the bronze heads was worth any cost because they concerned the country's fortune and its 1.6 billion compatriots.
• Lao Hu and Fatty agreed to share the debt for the three bronze heads, and Gu Cheng bid 160 million euros for the Rooster Head.

Gu Cheng bought the rabbit head for 160 million euros after borrowing more money, then spotted a sealed divine item listed as an ordinary stone carving. The chapter ended with him realizing he might be able to acquire it cheaply.

• An elderly foreign collector won the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp for 13.4 million euros, and Gu Cheng explained how speculation inflated collectibles' value.
• Gu Cheng borrowed over 400 million from a wealthy acquaintance to fund his auction bids.
• Gu Cheng won the rabbit head for 160 million euros with a sharply raised bid that discouraged other bidders.
• Gu Cheng used his appraisal ability to identify a stone carving as the sealed Osiris Illusion, whose seal could be broken with black cat blood.
• Gu Cheng realized MP Group had mistaken the sealed divine item for an ordinary antique and saw a chance to buy it at a bargain price.

Gu Cheng realized the stone carving might be a bargain because MP Group had failed to recognize its sealed divine treasure, then secured it for 1.1 million euros. He also won the Rat Head of the Twelve Zodiac Signs for 181 million euros after outmaneuvering MP Group’s shill.

• Gu Cheng suspected the stone carving concealed a divine treasure and decided to bid on it.
• Gu Cheng bid 1.1 million euros and won the stone carving after the other bidders stopped.
• Gu Cheng asked MP Group whether he could use valuables as collateral if he lacked funds for later lots, and the staff member agreed.
• Gu Cheng opened the bidding for the Rat Head at 150 million euros, and a white man raised it to 160 million.
• Gu Cheng and the white man bid against each other until Gu Cheng stopped at 170 million, leaving the shill stranded.
• Gu Cheng bid 181 million euros, and the auctioneer declared him the winner of the third bronze head.

Gu Cheng proposed selling the Osiris Illusion to MP Group after revealing how to break its seal, then used the artifact to show Oliver its power. Oliver and his aides were left terrified inside Gu Cheng’s illusion of a monster-filled cavern.

• Gu Cheng asked MP Group chairman Oliver to meet privately and offered to sell him the Osiris Illusion.
• Gu Cheng told Oliver a story about the artifact and proposed breaking its seal with black-cat blood.
• Oliver’s aide brought a bucket of black-cat blood, and Gu Cheng poured it over the sculpture, revealing a jade artifact.
• Gu Cheng activated the Osiris Illusion and transformed the office into a cavern with a monstrous creature.
• Oliver and his aides cowered at the creature’s roar, and Gu Cheng noticed the smell of urine.

Gu Cheng demonstrated the Osiris Illusion to Oliver, then negotiated to exchange the artifact for the three Bronze Heads and a case of Moutai. Oliver agreed, and Gu Cheng left with his companions and the items while Oliver reported their departure to his boss.

• Gu Cheng used the Osiris Illusion to frighten Oliver and his men, then explained how the jade carving created realistic illusions.
• Oliver tried the artifact and saw a woman who moved him to tears before her illusion disappeared.
• Gu Cheng demanded one billion euros for the artifact, then offered to trade it for everything he had bought from Oliver that day.
• Gu Cheng told Lao Hu and Fatty that he had offered the artifact in exchange for the three Bronze Heads and the Moutai, and warned them to kill anyone who tried to stop them.
• Oliver accepted the deal, refunded Gu Cheng's payment, and handed over the documents for the Bronze Heads and Moutai.
• Oliver stopped his son from pursuing Gu Cheng, then called his boss and reported that Gu Cheng had left with the Bronze Heads.

Gu Cheng and Jackie Chan discussed past-life memories while sailing in the South Sea to search for the Bronze Head. Jackie Chan described recurring dreams in which he lived as Xu Fu, and Gu Cheng asked whether he knew a princess named Yushu.

• Gu Cheng and Jackie Chan drank beer aboard Gu Cheng’s cruise ship and discussed the treasure hunt and the possibility of finding more than the Bronze Head.
• Gu Cheng speculated that past-life memories might influence a person’s interests or talents, while Jackie Chan asked whether dreams could be credible memories.
• Jackie Chan told Gu Cheng about recurring dreams in which he was Xu Fu, a Qin general who sought immortal medicines at Wuqishan and was later tortured to death.
• Jackie Chan explained that his dreams differed from historical accounts of Xu Fu, making him wonder whether he was losing his mind.
• Gu Cheng reacted with astonishment and asked Jackie Chan whether he knew a princess named Yushu.

Gu Cheng learned that Jackie Chan’s dreams connected him to Xu Fu and the mysterious Wuqishan, then joined the others aboard the ship. Lao Hu detected an exceptional Dragon Vein Feng Shui Site ahead, and Gu Cheng suspected it was on a distant island rather than beneath the sea.

• Jackie Chan told Gu Cheng that his dreams recalled only fragments and that he had searched in vain for Wuqishan.
• Gu Cheng realized that Jackie Chan’s past-life story as Xu Fu conflicted with what he knew about The Myth and Li Si’s account.
• Gu Cheng joined Jackie Chan’s team, Lao Hu, Fatty, CoCo, Wu Qing, and Lili for a game of truth or dare.
• Lao Hu used his feng shui compass and announced that an exceptional Dragon Vein Feng Shui Site lay ahead.
• Gu Cheng looked toward a distant island and said the site was probably not on the seabed.

Gu Cheng and the others fled their yacht after Lili spotted a huge shadow underwater and camped on a nearby island. The next morning, Jackie Chan and David identified the island as the one they had been searching for, and David determined the painting’s viewpoint was halfway up a wooded mountain.

• Lili reported seeing a huge shadow beneath the water, so Gu Cheng ordered the yacht to head for the island and told everyone to prepare to leave.
• Gu Cheng, Lao Hu, and the others armed themselves, landed on the island, and confirmed that its Dragon Vein lay in the mountain.
• Gu Cheng and Lao Hu set up camp and kept watch through the night.
• Jackie Chan spotted a rock that resembled the one in their reference image, and David used a drone to photograph it.
• David compared the image with the one from Catherine Castle and found a 95 percent match, confirming that they had reached the island they sought.
• David calculated that the painting’s viewpoint was halfway up the wooded mountain behind the beach, increasing Gu Cheng’s unease.

Gu Cheng's group reached the mountain where he believed the Unsinkable was hidden, despite his warnings that the site was extremely dangerous. After CoCo, Wu Qing, Lili, Jackie Chan, Lao Hu, Fatty, and Simon fell into a ravine and caught hold of vines, two eerie childlike figures appeared and advanced on Wu Qing.

• Fatty revealed that Gu Cheng was known as Golden Eye, a renowned treasure appraiser, and Gu Cheng warned the others not to join his advance party.
• Jackie Chan and CoCo insisted on accompanying Gu Cheng, Lao Hu, and Fatty, and the group set off for the mountain summit.
• Lao Hu identified the Dragon Vein Feng Shui Site beneath the summit, while Gu Cheng hoped they would find only the Bronze Heads and gold.
• CoCo mistook grass for a snake and fell into a ravine, pulling Wu Qing and Lili with her; Jackie Chan and Lao Hu tried to catch them, and Fatty and Simon joined the rescue.
• Gu Cheng directed everyone to grab the vines on the ravine walls, and David and Bonnie prepared ropes to pull them up.
• Wu Qing spotted two eerie, childlike figures crawling along the vines toward him.

Gu Cheng and the others fled down Deep Ravine as monsters poured from a cave in the cliff. He rescued CoCo and caught Wu Qing, but more monsters were closing in as the group reached the bottom.

• Gu Cheng killed two monsters with help from Lao Hu, but the Ghost Soul Blade fell into Deep Ravine during the fight.
• Lao Hu spotted at least a dozen more monsters emerging from a cave, and Gu Cheng told everyone to descend.
• Gu Cheng carried CoCo down the vines while Lao Hu helped Lili, and Bonnie and David rappelled to the bottom.
• Gu Cheng told Wu Qing when to let go and grab the vine, then caught him and broke his fall near the ground.
• Gu Cheng searched for his Ghost Soul Blade as the group prepared for the approaching monsters.

Gu Cheng led the group through a cave to escape the pursuing monsters, where they encountered a swarm of Pig-faced Giant Bats and used a grenade to turn the creatures against their pursuers. They reached a sheer cliff inside the hollow mountain and began following a narrow ledge toward a cave on the opposite wall as the monsters caught up.

• Gu Cheng led everyone into a dark cave while the monsters pursued them through the ravine.
• Lao Hu recognized the enormous bats hanging overhead as Pig-faced Giant Bats, and Gu Cheng threw a grenade toward the monsters to provoke the bats into attacking them.
• Gu Cheng led the group onward after the bats flew away, then caught Jackie Chan and the fat man when they nearly fell from a sheer cliff.
• Gu Cheng identified a narrow ledge leading toward a cave across the hollow mountain and ordered Lao Hu to lead the group to the right.
• Gu Cheng heard the monsters catching up and told the fat man to go ahead while he brought up the rear.

Gu Cheng used gasoline and lighters to set the narrow cliff path ablaze, sending pursuing monsters tumbling into the abyss and buying the group time to advance. As the survivors reached a bend and questioned him about the place and its creatures, Gu Cheng blamed CoCo for their predicament.

• Gu Cheng reassured the frightened Fatty, then poured gasoline along the path and promised to give the pursuing monsters a BBQ.
• The monsters charged from the cave, and many fell into the abyss before the rest spotted Gu Cheng and his group and pursued them along the narrow path.
• Gu Cheng lit the gasoline, setting the path and the monsters alight; the burning creatures fell into the abyss while the others stopped at the flames.
• Gu Cheng repeatedly poured and ignited gasoline as the group advanced, driving the monsters back until everyone reached the bend in the cliffside path.
• Lao Hu praised the path, prompting Jackie Chan, CoCo, and Lili to ask Gu Cheng about the monsters and their surroundings.
• Gu Cheng scolded the group for ignoring his warnings and told CoCo that her insistence on coming had led them into their current danger.

Gu Cheng led the group through a dangerous cave while warning them to obey his orders, and they witnessed a gigantic tentacle devour monsters in the abyss. After reaching safety, Jackie Chan and the others questioned how Gu Cheng had been carrying his weapons and gasoline.

• Gu Cheng warned the group that the island held unknown dangers and demanded that they follow his commands, and everyone agreed.
• A powerful gust rose from the abyss, and an enormous dark-red tentacle swept away and crushed the monsters below.
• Gu Cheng urged the stunned group onward, and they escaped into the cave where Lao Hu found no immediate threats.
• Jackie Chan, David, Wu Qing, CoCo, and Bonnie questioned Gu Cheng about his missing weapons and seemingly impossible supply of gasoline.
• Gu Cheng smiled and began to reveal what the group had noticed about his equipment.

Gu Cheng led the group deeper into the cave, revealing that Blue Spirit Jade Ore kept the bats away and collecting the ore with everyone. Lao Hu noticed the passage resembled an ancient tomb passage, and Gu Cheng estimated it was at least fifteen hundred years old, leaving the group wondering whether an ancient tomb lay ahead.

• Gu Cheng revealed his Ghost Soul Blade to show Bonnie and the others that he was a magician, then promised to explain his secret once they escaped.
• Gu Cheng led the group farther into the cave and explained that Blue Spirit Jade Ore repelled the bats and offered protection from poison.
• Gu Cheng allowed Fatty, Jackie Chan, and the others to dig the ore out, then stored the more than thirty pieces and promised everyone a share.
• Lao Hu noticed signs that the cave passage had been excavated, and Gu Cheng estimated the work was at least fifteen hundred years old.
• CoCo realized the passage might lead through an ancient tomb, and Jackie Chan asked what a tomb passage was.

Gu Cheng led the group through what CoCo identified as a dangerous ancient tomb and heard a strange song coming from holes in the passage walls. When he warned everyone, Jackie Chan accused him of making things up and raised his gun, leaving the group in chaos.

• CoCo told the group they were inside an ancient tomb, and Gu Cheng warned that they had no safe way back.
• Lao Hu noticed holes in the mountain walls, and Gu Cheng cautioned the group not to lower their guard as the holes multiplied.
• Bonnie linked arms with Gu Cheng because she feared bugs, but he asked her to stand behind him so he could react freely.
• Gu Cheng heard a rhythmic song coming from the holes and warned everyone that something felt wrong.
• Jackie Chan accused Gu Cheng of trying to scare them and raised his gun after Gu Cheng angrily defended himself.