The Ancient Treasure Yellow Umbrella was swiftly unleashed, directly colliding with the bone spear, emitting an earth-shattering roar.

The bone spear was repelled, and Yang Che took the opportunity to step out of the Road of Grief, arriving in front of the Steel-Armored Hound.

The Advanced Mid-Grade Talisman, ‘Thousand Thunder Talisman,’ which could be used one more time, was activated by Yang Che without warning.

Thousands of thunderbolts boomed down, completely engulfing the Steel-Armored Hound.

Without any pause, Yang Che released all of his ‘Winged Fire Dragonfly,’ which directly drilled into the Lei Guang (Lightning), covering the Steel-Armored Hound.

Immediately after, Yang Che took out the purple gold gourd and drank a large amount of heaven soul wine again.

Sword Four was summoned and struck directly at the Steel-Armored Hound’s head.

With a ‘clang’ sound, Firelight splattered.

Sword Four actually failed to cut off the Steel-Armored Hound’s head.

In a fit of rage, the Steel-Armored Hound began its counterattack.

He patted his Storage Pouch again, and countless ‘golden steel teeth’ appeared, transforming into sharp tooth-spears that rained down on Yang Che like a downpour.

The ancient treasure black feather cape on Yang Che’s back flickered, and he vanished from his original spot.

When he reappeared, Yang Che controlled a tendril of ‘bloodline vine’ and once again struck at the Steel-Armored Hound’s head.

The Steel-Armored Hound was greatly startled, truly not expecting Yang Che’s speed to be even faster than his own, and the bizarre vine tendril that struck this time emitted a great black light, making him feel the aura of death.

Patting his Storage Pouch again, the Steel-Armored Hound also took out and activated a Talisman.

With a ‘bang,’ a massive golden light erupted, incredibly huge and terrifyingly fast.

It not only blocked the strike of the bloodline vine tendril but also directly enveloped Yang Che.

Yang Che’s Ancient Treasure Yellow Umbrella was currently resisting the rain of tooth-spears and couldn’t be retracted in time to block, so he was struck by the golden light.

Excruciating pain enveloped his body, and his Qi and blood surged.

Seeing Yang Che struck head-on, the Steel-Armored Hound’s eyes immediately revealed a sense of relief.

However, the next moment, his eyes suddenly froze, showing shock.

Because the scene he imagined, where the Core Formation Stage young man in front of him would be directly crushed by the golden light, did not occur.

At this moment, Yang Che, relying on his tough Physical Body, directly blocked the golden light.

Beneath his Physical Body, countless threads of lightning were faintly visible, and under the effect of Extreme Power, although his flesh was blurry, his bones, which had more and more golden specks, were not damaged.

Furthermore, the heaven soul wine he had drunk beforehand also ensured his magic power was inexhaustible, showing no signs of depletion.

While the Steel-Armored Hound was momentarily stunned, Yang Che once again controlled the bloodline vine tendril to entwine around Sword Four, striking directly at its head.

With a ‘puch’ sound.

This time, the Steel-Armored Hound failed to block, and its head was instantly severed.

At the same time, the bizarre Flying Needles, transformed from Flying Stealth hidden in the shadows, directly pierced through and dug out the Steel-Armored Hound’s Yao Beast Core...

Yang Che did not allow the Winged Fire Dragonfly to completely devour this time, making them return to the Magic Stone Space earlier.

After collecting the Steel-Armored Hound’s relatively intact corpse, Yang Che immediately took out a handful of Soul Stabilizing Pill and threw them into his mouth, then quickly began to meditate and recover.

After a full half an hour, Yang Che slowly got up, and just like on the ‘Path of Fear,’ he remotely controlled Sword Four to open the floating bronze box.

Inside, there was indeed that strange poisonous smoke.

Yang Che still used the wooden fish Magic Treasure to collect this poisonous smoke, then approached the box.

Inside, there was also a long metal key and an ancient small jade box with a Seal Talisman affixed to it.

After putting these into the Storage Pouch specially hung at his waist, Yang Che was not in a hurry to leave, but slowly returned the way he came, continuing his Divine Sense perception.

This Path of Five Emotions must hold unknown secrets.

Despite receiving a voice transmission from Shui Tianxin, Yang Che still slowly sensed and investigated, unwilling to give up.

He walked back and forth on this Road of Grief countless times.

There was a moment when Yang Che even impulsively wanted to take out one of the six split souls Zi Yin gave him.

However, he ultimately forced himself to suppress the thought.

After all, Zi Yin had repeatedly emphasized and instructed that her split soul was very important and must only be used at the most critical moment, never to be easily taken out and consumed.

He continued his Divine Sense perception.

Suddenly, Yang Che seemed to think of something and secretly thought to himself: “Perhaps it’s not simply something that restrains remnant souls or the like.

After all, that green-faced pig Yao Beast and the Steel-Armored Hound also seemed to dare not step onto the Path of Five Emotions.”

Water Domain, Fear Hall, Path of Fear, Pig Yao Beast.

Gold Domain, Sorrow Hall, Road of Grief, Dog Yao Beast.

Yang Che suddenly became faintly excited.

It seemed he had already guessed the key to this.

That is, on this Path of Five Emotions, there should be something specifically designed to counter ‘Five Emotion Creatures.’

Greatly invigorated, Yang Che this time did not deliberately sense the invisible Restriction around him, but carefully studied this seemingly unremarkable bluestone slab road.

After repeatedly observing and comparing, Yang Che gradually discovered the profound mystery within it.

He summoned Sword Four, entwined with a wisp of bloodline vine, and directly cut open this bluestone slab road.

Amidst rumbling tremors and shaking, after the bluestone slab road was continuously struck and split open by Sword Four, a peculiar stone appeared.

This stone was palm-sized, round, and buried beneath the bluestone slabs.

On it were black and white patterns like small fish, embracing each other.

Yang Che quickly grasped the stone in his hand, and immediately, a magical Concept of ethereal completeness and supreme transcendence appeared in his mind.

“yin yang stone.”

Yang Che quickly learned the name of this stone, called yin yang stone.

“It seems that Shui Tianxin, Jin Wuxin, and these Yao Beasts dare not step onto the Path of Five Emotions, most likely because of this yin yang stone.”

Yang Che let out a long sigh of relief.

Although he still couldn’t clearly understand the true reason for this at the moment, at least with this yin yang stone on the Road of Grief, this path was safe.

Yang Che thought for a while, reburied the yin yang stone, and then quickly left the place, arriving at the center of Sorrow Hall.

“Zhang Gu, this took too long.

Did you encounter something troublesome?” Senior Shui asked.

Yang Che nodded and said, “The Level 8 demon beasts guarding the bronze box were too powerful; I almost lost my life.”

“What, Level 8 demon beasts?”

The black-dressed Shui Tianxin and the white-dressed Jin Wuxin both exclaimed in surprise almost simultaneously.

Yang Che’s eyes narrowed, vaguely realizing something.

“Zhang Gu, you only have Core Formation Stage cultivation, yet you can kill Level 8 demon beasts.

This is truly somewhat unbelievable.”

As Shui Tianxin spoke, she suddenly looked at Jin Wuxin.

Jin Wuxin seemed to understand, immediately extended her hand and pointed at Yang Che, sending a ‘Gold Spirit Breath’ into Yang Che’s body.

Yang Che showed a bitter expression, but a cold sneer appeared in his heart.

He forced this Gold Spirit Breath into his Middle Dantian, where it was also enveloped by the Nine Heart Thunder Flame and began to be refined.

“Senior Shui, I have Ancient God Power and some exotic treasures, so being able to kill Level 8 demon beasts was purely a fluke; otherwise, it wouldn’t have taken so long, and I wouldn’t have almost lost my life.”

Yang Che knew that Shui Tianxin and Jin Wuxin both felt they had underestimated his strength and were beginning to guard against him more.

Shui Tianxin nodded slightly and immediately said, “Alright, since we’ve obtained the Key of Grief, let’s quickly head to the Fire Domain’s ‘Hall of Joy.’”

...

Shui Tianxin lightly waved her hand, releasing a black light that enveloped the group, and they vanished from this Gold Domain’s Sorrow Hall.

When Yang Che stood firm, he found himself in an extremely fiery Five Elements Domain, and a massive palace resembling the fiery spiritual bird Vermilion Bird appeared before his eyes.

However, in front of the palace gate, several Cultivators were fighting incessantly.

Yang Che’s heart stirred, and he discovered that it was actually Sixteenth Mistress of the Wan Family, leading Wan Chen, engaged in a fierce battle with several powerful-looking old men.