Fang Yuan enters True Yang Building, where a strong pressure briefly stiffens him, and finds himself on an island in a lake. His guest token melts into cold molten iron. Each guest token can be used only once. Hei Lou Lan, beside him, names this the 54th round and points to a second island of water snake lions. Information from a mystical source sets the task: use the hedgehog fish around Fang Yuan’s island to break the lions’ defense and occupy their island. ch. 557
A Hei tribe elder calls the round extremely unfair, since one lion can match five or six hedgehog fish while the fish number only about twice the lions. Hei Lou Lan has failed about eight to nine times. His best result was killing thirty percent of the lions. Fang Yuan judges that controlling the fish to win is almost a guaranteed success, but that the round is very elaborate. ch. 557
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable built Eighty-Eight True Yang Building to reward outstanding descendants, so every round is graded low, middle or high. A low grade pass earns the least reward, and a middle grade pass earns twice that plus information about the next round. A high grade pass earns twice the middle reward and transports the person to the treasure room, which holds countless treasures and several true immortal inheritances. Its contents must be obtained by exchange, paying with Gu worms, Gu recipes or even the person’s own cultivation experience. Hei Lou Lan would be satisfied with a low grade pass. Fang Yuan needs a high grade pass, since only the treasure room would leave him alone with his prepared methods. ch. 557
Hei Lou Lan waves his owner token at the sky. That token appeared before him when he first entered Imperial Court blessed land, marking his prestigious status. Dozens of fish enslavement Gu of rank one, two and three appear, and Fang Yuan refines them easily while an invisible gentle force immobilizes everyone else. Hei Lou Lan warns that the time limit is only fifteen minutes. Fang Yuan sends the Gu out as dozens of mystical lights, and the whole fish group swims off with not a single enslavement failing. The onlookers are stunned, since Hei Qi Sheng would have to enslave the fish one by one with extreme care. Enslavement Gu always face the group’s resistance, and a careless attempt fails or, at worst, backlashes on the soul. ch. 557
Many lions jump into the water to set up defense lines, but the fish do not attack and only swim around. Hei Lou Lan urges Fang Yuan twice, the second time with half the time gone, and Fang Yuan answers that there is no rush both times. Seeing no attack, more and more lions crawl back onto their island. The old lion king sprawls out asleep. The onlookers are greatly disappointed, one calling Wolf King merely strong on the outside. ch. 557
With time nearly spent, Fang Yuan suddenly laughs and sends the fish charging from every direction. Caught off guard, the lions still in the water are devoured, and thirty percent of the lion group falls. The old lion king roars and leads the rest into the water, but Fang Yuan pulls the fish back, and the chasing lions fall into chaos over a hidden whirlpool. The elders realize the fish had also been scouting the terrain. The huge lions are more affected by the currents, while the small fish are barely affected. The fish turn on them and take them down one by one. ch. 557
In a dozen breaths Wolf King wins. Fang Yuan laughs heartily, because as he finishes killing the lions a high grade evaluation enters his head. The next moment he vanishes on the spot. The Hei tribesmen are shocked, and only Hei Lou Lan shouts in his heart that Fang Yuan got a high grade evaluation. ch. 557
