Chapter Summaries

Gu Cheng realized the group had returned to the cavern and identified a nearby cave as the likely exit, though a giant octopus in the pool might block their way. He planned to poison it with the Ghost Soul Blade, then examined the pills they had found and gave Essence-Nourishing Pills to Lao Hu and Fatty to help them recover and train.

• Gu Cheng recognized the cavern and explained that Sun En’s supposed escape route was likely trapped and lay beside the pool where the giant tentacle creature lived.
• Gu Cheng inferred that the creature was a giant octopus and that the pool connected to the sea, making it a possible way out if they could get past the monster.
• Gu Cheng rejected Lao Hu’s idea of setting the pool on fire and proposed using the Ghost Soul Blade’s poison to kill the octopus.
• Gu Cheng had the group eat and rest, then inspected sixteen Spirit Jade Boxes containing pills, including Essence-Nourishing Pills and Strength Pills.
• Gu Cheng gave Lao Hu and Fatty an Essence-Nourishing Pill each, and they began practicing the Five-Animal Exercises as the others gathered to watch.

Gu Cheng and his companions strengthened themselves with pills, and Gu Cheng broke through to the sixth layer of the Fetal Breathing Method. After Lao Hu and Fatty reached the seventh layer, Gu Cheng gave Fatty a powerful torture whip, and the group prepared to move out.

• Lao Hu and Fatty each advanced two stages with Essence-Nourishing Pills, while Gu Cheng took pills to pursue the sixth layer.
• Gu Cheng broke through to the sixth layer and discovered he could freely channel his true qi through his body and weapons.
• Lao Hu and Fatty reached the seventh layer and underwent a foul-smelling cleansing of their bodies and marrow.
• Gu Cheng gave Lao Hu and Fatty Strength Pills, then handed Fatty a Divine Artifact torture whip to replace his broken axe.
• Lao Hu lightly lashed Fatty with the whip, leaving him in severe pain, and Fatty took the weapon while threatening to get revenge.
• Gu Cheng ended their joking and led everyone to move out.

Lao Hu, Fatty, and Gu Cheng lured a giant squid from the pool and killed it with the Ghost Soul Blade, gasoline, and poison. Gu Cheng watched its corpse settle at the bottom, ending the Sun En's Tomb storyline.

• Lao Hu poured gasoline over the pool while Gu Cheng dropped his blood into the water to draw out the creature.
• A giant squid emerged, and Lao Hu rescued Fatty from its tentacle before Fatty whipped the creature and drove it back.
• Gu Cheng leaped onto the squid's head and cut a deep wound with the Ghost Soul Blade.
• Fatty ignited the gasoline-covered pool, setting the squid ablaze, and Gu Cheng followed it underwater as it fled.
• Gu Cheng found the squid dead at the bottom of the pool and retrieved the Ghost Soul Blade.

Gu Cheng and his companions returned from the Unsinkable with three Bronze Heads, artifacts, and a vast haul of gold, then transported their treasures to Yanbei City. At the Crescent Hotel, Gu Cheng brought Yin Nanfeng inside to discuss the gold, leaving her puzzled by his actions.

• Gu Cheng, Lao Hu, and Fatty discussed the recovered treasures and decided to visit Jingjue Ancient City before placing the seven Bronze Heads in the Dragon Ridge Labyrinth.
• Fatty and Lao Hu teased Gu Cheng about whether he liked Yingzi, Sh...ev, or CoCo, and Gu Cheng angrily told them to get lost.
• Gu Cheng's group reached Liancheng, loaded the gold and artifacts into armored vehicles, and traveled to Yanbei City with a security convoy arranged by Gu Sihai.
• At the Crescent Hotel, Gu Cheng had the chests unloaded, asked Lao Hu and Fatty to guard them, and took Yin Nanfeng inside by the hand to talk.

Gu Cheng offered Yin Nanfeng ten metric tons of salvaged gold to settle his debts, then showed her Blue Demon's Tear and invented a romantic legend to explain its power. After Yin Nanfeng proposed a future divine artifact auction and declined to repair his damaged Mountain-Splitting Axe, Gu Cheng asked whether her hotel had any divine weapons.

• Gu Cheng offered Yin Nanfeng gold bars to settle the debt he owed her, and she agreed to inspect them.
• Gu Cheng offered Blue Demon's Tear for a possible trade, then told Yin Nanfeng a legend claiming it tested whether lovers truly loved each other.
• Yin Nanfeng agreed to test the necklace and proposed inviting Gu Cheng to view the lots at a future divine artifact auction.
• Gu Cheng showed Yin Nanfeng his damaged Mountain-Splitting Axe, but she said the Crescent Hotel could not repair it.
• Gu Cheng asked Yin Nanfeng whether the hotel had any divine weapons.

Gu Cheng left Yin Nanfeng after encountering Zhang Rishan, who told her that a government expedition to a tomb in Shanyang County had been wiped out by a living flood dragon. Zhang Rishan and Yin Nanfeng discussed Gu Cheng’s suspected secrets and his Divine Artifacts before Gu Cheng returned to his studio and treated his companions to dinner.

• Gu Cheng asked Yin Nanfeng about weapons among her collected Divine Artifacts, then spotted Zhang Rishan in the hotel lobby and left without speaking to him.
• Zhang Rishan told Yin Nanfeng that a living flood dragon had killed his entire team in a tomb in Shanyang County, where the Tomb Master’s identity remained unknown.
• Zhang Rishan and Yin Nanfeng discussed Gu Cheng’s purchase of three Bronze Heads, the government’s interest in him, and the damaged Divine Artifact axe he had asked Yin Nanfeng to repair.
• Gu Cheng moved the salvaged antiques and cultural relics into the Treasure-Hiding Studio’s storeroom after leaving the gold and silver with Yin Nanfeng’s people.
• Gu Cheng took Jackie Chan and the others to a private kitchen restaurant, thanked them for their hard work, and apologized for putting them in danger on the sea trip.

Gu Cheng paid Jackie Chan and the others for their work and urged them to keep the dangers and treasures of Sun En's tomb secret. In Modu, Mr. Gu learned that Gu Cheng's team had found the Unsinkable and three Bronze Heads, and ordered preparations for the next phase of the plan.

• Gu Cheng transferred one billion Dragon Yuan to Jackie's group as their share and compensation for the dangers they faced.
• Gu Cheng gave Wu Qing, Lili, and CoCo cards containing thirty million each and warned them to keep the tomb's location and dangers secret.
• CoCo asked Gu Cheng why he collected the Bronze Heads, and he said he wanted to keep them from being scattered overseas and would store them in his private collection room.
• Bian told Mr. Gu that the team had found the Unsinkable and the three Bronze Heads.
• Mr. Gu said he trusted Gu Cheng and Jackie to find what they were seeking, then told Bian to prepare for the next phase of the plan.

Gu Cheng’s father, Gu Sihai, collected a hundred kinds of liquor so Gu Cheng gave him the Immortal-Brew Gourd to test. When Sh...ev Yang visited, she confronted Gu Cheng about his recent travels and he joked that he belonged to the sixth school of tomb robbers: the Archaeology Faction.

• Gu Sihai showed Gu Cheng the hundred liquors he had collected, and Gu Cheng handed him the Immortal-Brew Gourd.
• Sh...ev Yang arrived at Gu Cheng’s home, drank his milk, and said she had come to go shopping with his mother.
• Sh...ev Yang questioned Gu Cheng about where he had been for the past ten days and accused him of being a Gold-Seeking Commandant.
• Gu Cheng explained the six great schools of tomb robbing and claimed he belonged to the sixth, the Archaeology Faction.

Gu Cheng and Sh...ev Yang planned to leave for Jingjue Ancient City, but he escaped Zhou Xiumei’s attempt to take him shopping. While driving, Gu Cheng encountered Wu Xie fleeing a convoy and stopped to meet him.

• Gu Cheng told Sh...ev Yang they would leave for Jingjue Ancient City in a few days and asked her to bring her golden mask.
• Zhou Xiumei ordered Gu Cheng to go shopping with her, but he tricked her into confronting his father and rushed out.
• Sh...ev Yang stopped Gu Cheng from leaving until he agreed to a condition, then he escaped and drove away.
• A black sports car cut in front of Gu Cheng’s car, and he chased it until he recognized Wu Xie at the wheel.
• Gu Cheng and Wu Xie took an exit to escape the pursuing sedans, parked, and greeted each other.

Gu Cheng met Wu Xie, who was fleeing pursuers with the Dog Head of the Twelve Zodiac Signs and a Dragon Vein Feng Shui Map. Wu Xie gave both artifacts to Gu Cheng and drove to Wushan Residence, leaving Gu Cheng surrounded by the pursuing men and a woman he recognized as his wife.

• Wu Xie told Gu Cheng that armed pursuers were trying to take the Dog Head he had found in a secondhand shop in the United States.
• Gu Cheng identified the rag as a Dragon Vein Feng Shui Map, a low-grade spirit artifact that could locate Dragon Vein Feng Shui Sites.
• Wu Xie explained that he had sent Huo Xiu Xiu and Yingzi home and had been chased from the airport after returning to the country.
• Gu Cheng asked Wu Xie to hand over the Dog Head and rag, and Wu Xie agreed to wait for him at Wushan Residence.
• Eight sedans surrounded Gu Cheng's sports car, and a woman stepped out, prompting Gu Cheng to call her “Honey.”

Gu Cheng defeated A Ning’s men and subdued her when she attacked him, while unexpectedly feeling drawn to her. After revealing his name and threatening Qiu Deka if A Ning targeted his loved ones, he left her shocked.

• A Ning demanded that Gu Cheng hand over the Dog Head, but he refused and challenged her to a bet.
• Gu Cheng used the Torture Whip to defeat A Ning’s nearly thirty men without seriously injuring them.
• Gu Cheng approached A Ning and realized he felt an unfamiliar urge to fall in love with her.
• A Ning attacked Gu Cheng with a kick and daggers, but he disarmed and restrained her before letting her go.
• A Ning walked away without her belongings, and Gu Cheng revealed his identity and warned her not to harm his family or friends, shocking her by naming Qiu Deka.

Gu Cheng returned the Dog Head to Wu Xie and asked to trade for it, offering his magical Four Treasures of the Study. After Wu Xie saw their ability bring a drawing to life for one minute, he was amazed, and Gu Cheng maintained that he considered the trade worthwhile.

• Gu Cheng returned the Dog Head to Wu Xie and said he had dealt with the people who had taken it.
• Gu Cheng told Wu Xie he was collecting the Twelve Bronze Heads and asked to trade for the Dog Head.
• Wu Xie said he was curious about the Dog Head’s attributes, so Gu Cheng offered his Four Treasures of the Study instead.
• Gu Cheng demonstrated how the Four Treasures of the Study could make a drawn rabbit come alive for one minute.
• Wu Xie was astonished by the artifacts, and Gu Cheng insisted he would not be taking a loss by trading them for the Dog Head.

Gu Cheng’s mother pushed him to date Sh...ev Yang, and his father sided with her, leaving Gu Cheng unsure how to resist the family’s plans. Gu Sihai then showed him the completed Hundred Immortals' Brew, whose exceptional quality and medicinal benefits impressed him.

• Zhou Xiumei scolded Gu Cheng, praised Sh...ev Yang, and announced that they should date and eventually marry.
• Gu Cheng objected to his mother’s matchmaking, but Zhou Xiumei and Gu Sihai voted in favor of it.
• After dinner, Gu Cheng confronted Gu Sihai, who explained that Sh...ev Yang had won Zhou Xiumei over and that her dance troupe’s talk of grandchildren had made her impatient.
• Gu Sihai gave Gu Cheng the Immortal-Brew Gourd containing the finished Hundred Immortals' Brew.
• Gu Cheng tasted the wine and checked its attributes, finding that it was a first-grade spirit material with restorative and illness-treating benefits.

Gu Cheng set out with Sh...ev Yang, Lao Hu, and Fatty for Jingjue Ancient City after spending time with his family and preparing for the desert journey. As several powerful groups began watching him, his party entered the desert in off-road vehicles.

• Gu Cheng gave Gu Sihai some Hundred Immortals' Brew, promised to leave wine for his parents, and told him he was going to the desert.
• Gu Cheng, Sh...ev Yang, Lao Hu, and Fatty flew to the borderlands, while Zhang Rishan and Yin Nanfeng discussed the dangers of Jingjue Ancient City.
• Mr. Gu ordered Bian to follow Gu Cheng and prepare their plan if he survived, while an elderly foreign man ordered A Ning to approach Gu Cheng and retrieve the Dragon Vein Map.
• The Wu, Huo, and Xie families gathered to discuss Gu Cheng as other forces turned their attention to him.
• Gu Cheng and his companions collected two desert off-road vehicles and supplies, then drove into the desert.

Gu Cheng and the others crossed the desert toward Jingjue Ancient City, while he reviewed his Divine Artifacts, including a Spirit-Sealing Formation Diagram and Sea-Suppressing Gold-Copper. When Magnetic Mountain disrupted their vehicles and equipment, they stopped to camp and planned to use Lao Hu’s Celestial-Star Feng Shui Art to find their way the next day.

• Gu Cheng reviewed his stored treasures and considered how the Spirit-Sealing Formation Diagram could trap enemies and the Sea-Suppressing Gold-Copper could change its weight.
• The lead vehicle stopped after its engine and the group’s positioning equipment malfunctioned, and Gu Cheng suspected Magnetic Mountain was nearby.
• Sh...ev Yang consulted the explorer’s notebook and concluded they were likely close to Magnetic Mountain and Jingjue Ancient City.
• Gu Cheng proposed that they camp for the night and have Lao Hu use the Celestial-Star Feng Shui Art to determine their direction.
• Lao Hu and Fatty drank the Hundred Immortals' Brew around the campfire, while Sh...ev Yang asked Gu Cheng for coffee.

Gu Cheng revealed that Sh...ev Yang’s family belonged to the cursed Zaglama Tribe and explained how her grandfather, Partridge Whistle, became the last Mountain-Moving Daoist while searching for the Huo Chenzhu. Sh...ev Yang’s hope of breaking the curse remained uncertain, and the group was interrupted by the sound of a fight nearby.

• Gu Cheng identified Sh...ev Yang’s shoulder birthmark as the thousand-year Ghost Cave curse and explained the Zaglama Tribe’s history and the origins of the Mountain-Moving Daoists.
• Gu Cheng recounted how Partridge Whistle joined Elder Liao Chen and Thomas in searching Western Xia Blackwater City for the Huo Chenzhu, where Liao Chen died and Partridge Whistle lost an arm before settling in the United States.
• Gu Cheng said he had guessed Sh...ev Yang was Partridge Whistle’s descendant because of her birthmark and her return from the United States.
• Fatty asked whether the Huo Chenzhu could break Sh...ev Yang’s curse, but Gu Cheng said he did not know.
• Sh...ev Yang confirmed that she was going to Jingjue Ancient City to find the Huo Chenzhu, and the group heard a fight in the distance.

Gu Cheng and his companions discovered that A Ning and a secret government agency had been following them across the desert. Zhang Qiling explained the Divine Artifact Administration’s role and revealed its connection to Zhang Rishan, while the group questioned whether the agency intended to enter Jingjue Ancient City with them.

• Gu Cheng and his companions heard a fight in the desert, and A Ning appeared, telling them two groups had been following them.
• A bespectacled middle-aged man introduced himself as Zhang Qiling, and Gu Cheng suspected he was related to Zhang Rishan.
• Zhang Qiling explained that the Divine Artifact Administration was a secret government department led by Zhang Rishan, with Zhang Qiling serving as an operations captain.
• A Ning said she had led the pursuers into a fight with the administration after they tried to kill her.
• Sh...ev Yang and Gu Cheng asked whether Zhang Qiling and the administration had appeared because they wanted to enter Jingjue Ancient City with the group.

Gu Cheng learned that Jingjue Ancient City was one of the Ten Great Dangerous Places and that the Divine Administration Bureau had used Ghost Talk to investigate them. The chapter ended with Zhang Qiling describing the sinister Coffin Gorge near Mount Wu, a possible clue to the location of Earth Immortal Village.

• A Ning said she had come to find Gu Cheng, while Sh...ev Yang grew jealous of their closeness.
• Zhang Qiling revealed that his director had sent the group to help Gu Cheng and hoped to keep him from entering Jingjue Ancient City.
• A Ning explained that Jingjue Ancient City was one of the Ten Great Dangerous Places, and Zhang Qiling listed all ten sites.
• Gu Cheng realized the Bureau had used Warring States Silk Manuscripts, also called Ghost Talk, to learn about the dangerous places by negotiating with death-row prisoners.
• Zhang Qiling said the Bureau had not located Earth Immortal Village despite searching Mount Wu, and he described the area's Coffin Gorge and its hanging coffins.

Gu Cheng and the others fled a swarm of Desert Army Ants, but the group fell into quicksand before they could escape. As everyone sank, Gu Cheng feared they would die without ever reaching Jingjue Ancient City.

• Gu Cheng asked Zhang Qiling about deadly places and heard him mention King Xian's Tomb and the Xisha Undersea Tomb before gunfire erupted nearby.
• A crowd of Zhang Qiling's teammates ran toward the group with Desert Army Ants swarming behind them, and Gu Cheng ordered everyone to flee.
• Gu Cheng carried Sh...ev Yang and A Ning to catch up with Lao Hu and Fatty while the ants pursued them.
• Gu Cheng explained that the ants could devour a person in minutes, but the ground gave way and the group sank into quicksand.
• Lao Hu and Fatty tried to use their packs for support, but they sank too, leaving Gu Cheng and the others believing they would die in the sand.

Gu Cheng led the trapped group into the quicksand after realizing it concealed a hollow space, and they landed in an underground hall. Zhang Qiling identified their way in as a tomb robber's tunnel.

• Sh...ev Yang kissed Gu Cheng and confessed her feelings, but Gu Cheng noticed that the Desert Army Ants would not enter the quicksand.
• Gu Cheng deduced that the sand pit covered a hollow space and urged everyone to sink through it; Lao Hu, Fatty, Zhang Qiling, and the others followed his lead.
• Sh...ev Yang sank first, then Gu Cheng confessed his feelings to A Ning and kissed her while using the Thousand-Jin Drop Technique to take her underground.
• Gu Cheng and A Ning slid down a stone slab into a dark hall, where A Ning threatened him before the others found them.
• Lao Hu said the group had fallen through a collapsed section, but Zhang Qiling pointed out that the opening was a tomb robber's tunnel.