Cang Gou

Cang Gou is the Western Divine Venerable of the Ancient Wild Lands in the Eastern Territory of Star Boundary. He rules over an equal share of the 32 Monster Kings of the Ancient Wild Lands.

## Appearance

Cang Gou is introduced as a somewhat lecherous looking man who can’t keep his eyes off of Luan Feng.

## Background

Due to his Divine Spirit Source and Bloodlines, Cang Gou held power comparable to a Pseudo-Great Emperor during his original time in Star Boundary.

## History

### Return of Heaven's Order

When Zhang Ruo Xi enters the Ancient Wild Lands with Yang Kai, the Blood Gate resonates with her blood, causing a disturbance that shakes the entire Ancient Land. As such, the four Divine Venerables eventually gather the 32 Monster Kings and surround the Blood Gate. Cang Gou, Luan Feng, Fan Wu, and Shi Huo proceed to make small talk until Xie Wu Wei, a Divine Soul Slave of Yang Kai’s, approaches them with information stating that the legendary Mountains and Rivers Bell was spotted in the forest of the Ancient Wild Lands, sufficiently arousing the interests of the 4 Divine Venerables.

Though somewhat skeptical, the Divine Venerables' interests overwhelm them, and they proceed to temporarily leave the vicinity of Blood Gate in order to take a look at the Bell. However, no matter how hard they try to move or activate it, they eventually prove unable to elicit a reaction from the legendary Ancient Exotic Artifact. Likewise, they then head back to the Blood Gate before the Mountains and Rivers Bell shockingly proceeds to fly past them in the same direction. Now infuriated with the knowledge that they've been deceived, the Divine Venerables again arrive at the Blood Gate to find Yang Kai and the Stone Puppet Clan, along with the Wood Spirits and Embodiment, surrounded by their Monster Kings. Cang Gou is then surprised that the Mountains and Rivers Bell is controlled by a mere 1st Order Emperor Realm cultivator.

Infuriated, Shi Huo orders the Stone Puppet Clan to either serve him or be extinguished, and for Yang Kai to abandon his cultivation level and leave the Mountains and Rivers Bell behind. Yang Kai then attempts to escape using Space Principles, but the Divine Venerables use their great strength to prevent him from doing so. Shi Huo then brutally attacks the Stone Puppet Clan, both beating and restraining them. Afterward, he finally makes a move toward Yang Kai, and is subsequently suppressed and imprisoned by the latter's Mountains and Rivers Bell. Unable to free Shi Huo, the Divine Venerables then come to a deal with Yang Kai in which they agree to let him safely retreat with his friends if he leaves the Mountains and Rivers Bell behind. After Yang Kai reluctantly agrees and frees Shi Huo, the latter immediately betrays the deal and starts brutally beating Yang Kai to within an inch of his life. The Divine Venerables, though somewhat disdainful of Shi Huo’s methods, do not offer any attempt to stop him.

Suddenly, however, a distraught Zhang Ruo Xi appears in a bid to assist Yang Kai, and Shi Huo takes her prisoner. As Luan Feng takes Ruo Xi to her side, Yang Kai is again tortured and beaten by Shi Huo after confronting the latter over his intent to kill Ruo Xi over her use of an Artifact containing the souls of countless Monster Beasts. Just when the situation seems decided, the Divine Venerables are subsequently forced to watch in horror as the Blood Gate's Seal suddenly breaks open at the will of an infuriated Zhang Ruo Xi, emitting the terrifying suppressive force of Heaven's Order upon them. As Zhang Ruo Xi’s entire demeanor changes, a disbelieving Shi Huo states that he must kill her before she matures to the level of her Ancestor. As Shi Huo makes his move, what appears to be the giant illusory shadow of Heaven's Order appears behind Zhang Ruo Xi. She then completely suppresses Shi Huo, who is unable to resist, before impaling the pleading Divine Venerable with the Heaven’s Order Sword. Ruo Xi then coldly breaks him open, takes his Divine Spirit Source, and gives it to Yang Kai’s Embodiment as the other Divine Venerables watch in horror with the knowledge that Heaven's Order has returned to the world. Zhang Ruo Xi then subsequently enters the Blood Gate with Xiao Xiao after warning the remaining 3 Divine Venerables that if anything happens to Yang Kai, their fate will be the same as Shi Huo's.

### Honored Guest

After Ruo Xi departs, Yang Kai is treated as an honored guest of the Ancient Wild Lands by the remaining 3 Divine Venerables. Later, in Luan Feng's Palace, Yang Kai receives a great deal of Treasures, Source Crystals, Monster Cores, and Medicinal Herbs from the 3 Divine Venerables. After also giving Yang Kai the entirety of Shi Huo's stored wealth, the 3 Divine Venerable would divide the latter's former Monster Kings among themselves.

### Orthodoxy Temple Incident

Yang Kai intermittently returns to the Ancient Wild Lands over the next several years, each time causing a stir among the 3 Divine Venerables. At one point, he is given 3 Monster Kings in Xie Wu Wei,Ying Fei, and Xi Lei to act as formidable Guest Elders of High Heaven Palace.

One day, however, an angered 2nd Order Emperor Realm Yang Kai summons the 3 Divine Venerables in order to deal with a Demon Spirit invasion of Orthodoxy Temple's Martial Gathering. Sensing Yang Kai's mood is not quite right, the Divine Venerables comply with his request, and play a significant role in helping to contain and eradicate the Demon Spirits. After this incident, the Divine Venerables develop a fear that Yang Kai will seek to take a more dominant position over the Ancient Wild Lands. Judging Yang Kai by the fact that he has several wives, including one that trains in the Ancient Wild Lands, the Divine Venerables try to distract him by giving Yang Kai an additional set of 3 very attractive female Monster Kings.

### Void Land

During the Demon War, the strong Pseudo-Great Emperor-comparable Divine Venerables serve as powerful allies for the forces of Star Boundary. After victory is achieved in the Demon War, the Divine Venerables watch as Zhang Ruo Xi returns Divine Spirit Sources to many of the Monster Kings of the Ancient Wild Lands. Over a century later, they each follow Yang Kai, as the now extremely powerful Void Great Emperor, back to to Void Land in the Outer Universe.

In Void Land, the Divine Venerables train alongside the other Divine Spirits of Star Boundary. Eventually, they all travel with the rest of the Ancient Wild Lands’ Divine Spirit-related members to Ancestral Land, where they aim to train their Divine Spirit Bloodlines and achieve their full potential.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 2583
2. ↑ Chapter 2585
3. ↑ Chapter 2590
4. ↑ Chapter 2594
5. ↑ Chapter 2608
6. ↑ Chapter 3274
7. ↑ Chapter 4728