Chapter 520: Swift Blade! Today This Daoist Will Flay You Alive! The Legendary Life of Gou Dan! Alchemy Furnace!

Clang!

A dazzling blade of light flashed, and the awe-inspiring Fire Qilin suddenly felt an intense sense of danger. Its proud demonic body and the all-consuming flame it wielded could not offset this overwhelming sense of threat.

The next moment, it saw two towering figures behind Li Yanchu, both swinging their blades in perfect synchrony with him.

Seeing this, the Fire Qilin instinctively dodged aside. Only when it had distanced itself several dozen zhang in front of Li Yanchu did it finally relax.

“Just with this mere blade, you dare to...” the Qilin spoke, but before it could finish, half its head was severed cleanly from its body, and blood spurted everywhere.

Roar!

With a deafening roar, the Fire Qilin staggered back a step. That strike was unbelievably fast, so fast that it hadn’t even reacted before half its head was gone. Only the Qilin’s extraordinary vitality kept it alive; any other beast might have died instantly from such a blow.

Although worshiped as a divine beast by humans, the Qilin had once been a king among the demon tribes in ancient times. The Qilin clan had once been immensely powerful and glorious, their vitality unmatched among demons!

“Think you can act high and mighty? Today, I will flay you alive, you wretched beast!” Li Yanchu’s killing intent surged.

The Fire Qilin, once proud, confident, and dominant, now stared at Li Yanchu with pure fear. It tried multiple times to recover the severed half of its head, to no avail. This meant the injury was irreversible.

Using its divine powers, it controlled the floating half-head and suddenly turned, fleeing toward the valley’s edge. With a single step, its enormous body surged with fire, charging straight into the sky!

The bizarre anti-flight domain in Mount Luofeng, which had been maintained by the phoenix’s residual power, had already vanished after the Qilin seized that energy.

Yet the Qilin’s massive body still plummeted heavily from midair, and a gigantic orb struck its skull with tremendous force. With that, its already battered head exploded into a spray of blood.

The spilled blood soaked the ground, instantly rejuvenating the barren valley. Grass and plants began to sprout anew, the desolate landscape suddenly teeming with life!

The Qilin clan’s overwhelming vitality was unrivaled among demons.

Li Yanchu retracted the Earthbreaker Pearl and summoned another radiant glow in his hand: the Eight Trigrams Mirror!

Shhkk!

A brilliant beam of divine light shot from the Eight Trigrams Mirror, instantly piercing the Fire Qilin’s body and leaving a gaping blood hole.

“Ah!” the Fire Qilin let out a wretched scream. The Eight Trigrams Mirror was primarily a weapon against the soul, and this strike had directly wounded its spirit!

“Damn it! How dare you!” the Qilin roared in fury, but before it could finish, Li Yanchu suddenly appeared beside it.

Clang!

A slash came down, and the razor-sharp Jiaoslayer cut off a massive chunk of flesh from the Fire Qilin’s body.

In agony, the blood-soaked Qilin screamed continuously. It looked at this elusive young Daoist, recalling the words spoken earlier, utterly shocked!

This guy really intends to flay me alive?

Fear suddenly gripped the Fire Qilin’s heart. Before awakening its Qilin bloodline, it had been nothing more than an ordinary stray dog. It had endured endless abuse, ridicule, and beatings from humans and its own kind alike.

By chance, it gradually awakened its bloodline, and even a trace of bloodline power completely transformed it. Not only did its intelligence increase dramatically, but it also mastered numerous spells on its own. It had killed all the stray dogs that had bullied it and those who had ignored it.

At one point, a wandering Daoist saw it as a demon and tried to burn it alive. Back then, it had only just begun tapping into its demonic power, yet it was already formidable. Not only did it survive the Daoist’s attack, it killed the Daoist and devoured him alive!

As its strength grew, it became arrogant and contemptuous, eventually provoking the attention of the orthodox sects.

At that time, it was still called Gou Dan[1].

Chased by righteous monks and Daoists, it had fallen into a valley, thinking its life was over. But that was only the beginning. It met an old man, a fully cultivated rabbit spirit who absorbed moonlight to train.

From then on, Gou Dan was brought to a mysterious place. The old man taught it spells, provided it with blood sacrifices for cultivation, and trained it.

The people there treated it with great respect, believing it to be a child of destiny. For Gou Dan, who had suffered abuse all his life, it felt like having a home. In this place, it felt valued, important, and relied upon, and gradually became addicted to that sense of worth.

One day, the old man revealed the truth: Gou Dan possessed the world’s unparalleled Qilin bloodline. Once it reached the third realm, it would become the most powerful Demon King in existence, destined to rule all!

Gou Dan had always believed this wholeheartedly. Its goal for bringing the three exalted Tiger, Deer, and Ram beings to Mount Luofeng this time was to seize the phoenix’s power and awaken its Qilin bloodline.

Only then could it surpass the White Marsh Demon King and become the second king of the demon kingdom, no, the sole Demon King!

Apart from the old man who had taught him the ways of cultivation, he had never met a real opponent in the demon kingdom, and he was invincible among his peers.

Today, he finally reached the third realm, and from this moment on, he would be known as the Qilin, becoming the one and only Demon King of the demon clan.

But he never expected to encounter this ruthless and laconic young Daoist. When he said he would flay him alive, he actually meant it!

At this time, the Fire Qilin panicked, as his sense of invincibility shattered. Compared to survival, things like pride or honor, the things he had once taken pride in, were worthless. This filled him with shame and uncertainty, but no matter what, he had to escape this young Daoist!

Boom! Boom!

The valley continuously erupted with massive explosions. The Fire Qilin, in a desperate bid to flee, unleashed a surge of immense energy. To any onlooker, this earth-shatteringly shocking scene would seem like a myth coming to life.

If someone witnessed the valley firsthand, they would be utterly stunned. A young Daoist, holding a long blade, cold and expressionless, was in relentless pursuit of the Fire Qilin. Every so often, the blade slashed into the Qilin’s body, inflicting excruciating pain. Above, a simple, ancient Eight Trigrams Mirror floated, its white divine light striking the Fire Qilin, searing its very spirit as if it were on fire.

A Demon King whose talent lay in fire itself, was now feeling his spirit being burned. What a colossal joke!

But this was exactly what was happening here. Even with the full power of its massive Qilin bloodline activated, the Fire Qilin could not heal its injuries.

Suddenly, its entire body expanded to tens of zhang in height. The entire valley was bathed in its blazing light as the Qilin bloodline was fully unleashed!

But in the very next moment, a scream of agony rang out. An ancient, unadorned alchemy furnace appeared in Li Yanchu’s hands, constantly pulling the Fire Qilin inside.

The Fire Qilin was utterly shocked. “What the hell is this thing?!”

1. Literally, “狗蛋” (gǒu dàn) translates to “dog egg.”

“狗蛋” is a highly colloquial, rustic Chinese name, more commonly used as a nickname than a formal given name. It originates from traditional rural naming practices, where simple or even crude names were intentionally chosen under the belief that “cheap names raise easily,” making children less susceptible to illness or misfortune. As a result, the name carries strong associations with humble origins, countryside life, and an unpolished, down-to-earth character. Thus, naming a character 狗蛋 immediately signals a lowly background. ☜