Zhao Cai, feeling utterly drained, slumped down, and Chen Guan hurriedly fed it medicine, channeling his own primordial energy into its body to replenish its lost energy.

Seeing Zhao Cai’s complexion improve slightly, he sent it to Yellow Mud Island to recuperate.

Only then did Chen Guan carefully examine the information of the pet he had just acquired, confirming the name was indeed Returning Soul Cloud.

Returning Soul Cloud (Secret God): Level 90 Spirit Pet.

Dead Soul Evil Aura: 802.

Growth Rate: 3.0.

Secret Technique: Returning Soul Formula (Secret God).

Secret Skill: Soul Flees Beyond Heaven (Secret God), Celestial Cloud Crossing (Secret God).

Secret Treasure: None.

Lifebound Talent: Celestial Cloud (Secret God), Unyielding Soul (Secret God).

Secret Collection: Entangled by Evil Soul.

Celestial Destiny Star: Yin Soul Star.

Celestial Destiny Secret Treasure: Cloud Essence.

Second Secret Collection: Cloud Returns to Heavenly Realm.

Secret Law: Returning Soul.

Secret Realm: Great Cloud Netherworld.

Third Secret Collection: Wuxiang Cloud Soul Heavenly Shield Wheel.

The more Chen Guan looked, the happier he became. With dual secret skills and dual lifebound talents, along with a 3.0 growth rate and a primordial base of 3, this pet could be considered the top of the top.

Most of its abilities are related to speed, and beyond that, it indeed possesses attributes and abilities related to the yin soul.

What’s most intriguing is its secret law, which is the same as its lifebound secret law, and while it’s related to speed,

it’s not just about speed; it’s also related to a person’s soul.

From a contrary perspective, the Returning Soul secret law can capture souls.

Once this secret law is activated, if the Celestial Cloud passes over you, it can take away your soul, rendering you a soulless walking corpse.

Of course, if your speed can match it, you can keep your soul from leaving your body.

If the speed is too fast or too slow, the soul will depart from the body.

But looking at it from another angle, the Returning Soul can capture souls, but it can also protect souls.

During the time of using the Returning Soul, the soul is bound within the Celestial Cloud, neither dissipating nor being refined.

Under certain special conditions, the Returning Soul Cloud can be regarded as a super secret skill for protecting the soul.

Because the soul of the Returning Soul itself is extremely strong, and its lifebound star and secret realm greatly bolster this.

If the soul is locked within its body, it’s nearly impossible for any soul technique to harm that soul.

"What a wonderful pet!" Chen Guan was extremely delighted, but unfortunately, this top-level pet at Level 90 could not be summoned for now.

He would have to wait until Chen Guan reached Level 81 to summon the Returning Soul Cloud.

With this entity, let alone destroying a city, as long as it doesn’t encounter a nemesis, wiping out ten or a hundred cities with a single cloud wouldn’t be difficult.

Imagine tens of thousands of miles under the shadowy sweep of the Celestial Cloud, snatching souls — how is it any different from the apocalypse?

Just after Chen Guan collected his thoughts, he discovered it was a double blessing.

Killing a Returning Soul Cloud unexpectedly resulted in the paperman’s level up.

The paperman advanced to Level 61, completing the Seventh Awakening.

Paperman (Secret God): Level 61

Primordial Energy: 724.

Growth Rate: 3.0.

Lifebound Talent: ???

Secret Technique: ???

Secret Skill: ???

Secret Treasure: ???

Secret Collection: Netherworld Emperor.

Celestial Destiny Star: Netherworld Emperor Star.

Celestial Destiny Secret Treasure: Netherworld Emperor Seal.

Second Secret Collection: Yin and Yang.

Secret Law: Life and Death.

The paperman’s abilities were as strong as ever. Strangely, its lifebound talent, secret technique, secret skill, and secret treasure information remained unseen, while later information was visible, for reasons unknown.

The paperman’s secret law is very simple, just two words, life and death, and the information briefly elaborates with an additional word, "sever."

"Sever life and death... How exactly does it sever? Does it mean whoever it declares to live will live, and whoever it declares to die will die? Wouldn’t that equate to an invincibility ability? With the paperman, wouldn’t I and my pets have undying bodies?" Chen Guan thought, though he knew such an overpowering ability was unlikely.

The paperman didn’t speak much, rarely responding, and mostly stood there stupefied, as if it were just a papercut figure.

The Ghost Eye flew back, and only then did Chen Guan notice the Little Gray Cloud entwined around it, blending almost seamlessly with the fog surrounding Ghost Eye.

But in reality, they were separate; the Little Gray Cloud seemed to greatly enjoy the cloud aura on Ghost Eye, as if intending to settle upon it.

With the Little Gray Cloud taking residence in the fog, Ghost Eye’s attributes and abilities didn’t change much, but during its cloud-riding flight, its speed significantly increased.

Even faster than Fire Lotus Cloud — this wasn’t Ghost Eye’s own ability, but purely the result of Little Gray Cloud merging into its fog.

This made Chen Guan very satisfied, equating to making Ghost Eye a top-speed type secret spirit at Level 90, though its combat power could not compare to a true Level 90 secret spirit, yet as a mount, it was top-grade.

The only drawback was that Chen Guan couldn’t absorb Ghost Eye back into his body; once absorbed, Little Gray Cloud would be separated out.

Only when Ghost Eye emerged again, would Little Gray Cloud inhabit its fog once more.

As an independent entity, Little Gray Cloud wouldn’t obey Chen Guan’s commands and couldn’t be used as a mount.

Chen Guan simply left Ghost Eye outside. Whether or not it attracted attention didn’t matter; as long as Ghost Eye was present, anyone wishing to confront Chen Guan would first need to see if they could catch up.

This Nine Heavens journey was indeed bountiful for Chen Guan. Apart from not leveling up himself, everything else was quite perfect.

Upon departure, both the Celestial Injury Star and Killing God White Tiger looked at Chen Guan differently.

Especially the Killing God White Tiger, which previously only tolerated Chen Guan due to the Warring States’ face, still harbored some resentment and disdain towards him.

But after witnessing Chen Guan incinerate Returning Soul Cloud with one hand, the Killing God White Tiger suddenly became much friendlier, the animosity in its gaze gone.

Although Chen Guan’s level wasn’t high, being able to kill Returning Soul Cloud might have involved some specific restraining abilities, the fact that the Seventh Awakening could kill the Ninth Awakening was indisputable.

After leaving Nine Heavens, Chen Guan returned to his dwelling.

Everything was great about Wuxiang Divine Palace, except it wasn’t possible to hunt for resources there.

To hunt secret spirits, one must leave the range of Wuxiang Divine Palace’s influence.

For humans and Chen Guan there, Wuxiang Divine Palace was essentially a safe zone; outside this safe zone were high-level secret spirits, and secret spirits below the Ninth Awakening were rarely seen.

With Chen Guan’s current strength, one-on-one life-or-death battles might allow him to kill ordinary Ninth Awakening secret spirits, but the secret spirits outside wouldn’t line up to fight him one by one.

While pondering how to level up in the future, Chen Guan suddenly felt his body twisting, and the surrounding scenery began to change.