There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 270 Zichuan

The Dark Universe.

Time flies like water, and in the blink of an eye, five thousand years have passed since Haochen began his sermon.

Most of the former prodigies, except for those who sealed their divine origins, are now old and frail, or have long been buried by time.

Furthermore, after giving his sermon, Hao Chen went into seclusion to deduce his own unique method of becoming an immortal, and remained detached from worldly affairs.

This gradually turned him, the Eastern Emperor, into a legend. Although Hao Chen himself didn't care about this, Ru Yan couldn't sit idly by.

Originally, Ruyan only wanted to take advantage of Haochen's influence and enjoy the pleasure of having someone behind her.

What Ruyan never expected was that her cheap teacher was such a recluse, spending all his time in seclusion.

At the same time, Ruyan also felt that Teacher Haochen was somewhat inhuman, not only cutting off her cultivation and making her start cultivating from the bottom again, but also claiming it was for her own good.

Fortunately, Hao Chen transformed Ru Yan's severed cultivation into potential and foundation, burying it within Ru Yan's body, waiting to be unlocked and discovered.

After giving her a cultivation scripture and leaving her with ample cultivation resources, Hao Chen chose to go into seclusion and leave her alone.

"Damn it, this is completely different from what I expected."

Ruyan was always indignant during her cultivation sessions; she longed for the free world outside.

However, without cultivation, he had no choice but to patiently cultivate again for his own safety.

After each cultivation session, Ruyan would always come to the place where Haochen was in seclusion to see when her cheap teacher would come out of seclusion and when he would take her out to enjoy the awe and envy of the world.

Until this day, a terrifying fluctuation emanated from Hao Chen's secluded cultivation location in the Eastern Heaven Realm.

"Haha, the teacher has finally emerged from seclusion."

Ruyan was thrilled when she sensed Haochen's presence, and she began to imagine the wonderful times to come.

Then a golden road stretched from the Eastern Heaven to the depths of the universe, building a golden bridge across the cosmos.

The boundless imperial might descended from the golden path, its terrifying aura spreading throughout the human realm and the universe, resonating with all the myriad paths of heaven and earth.

In an instant, the Heavenly Heart Mark, which had been hanging high in the heavens, began to appear in the universe, and the Great Dao belonging to Hao Chen dominated and suppressed everything.

"This supreme aura comes from the Eastern Heaven Realm, could it be His Majesty the Eastern Emperor?!"

"What is His Majesty the Eastern Emperor trying to do with all this fanfare?"

"Judging from the direction of the golden light, it seems to be heading towards Zichuan, a forbidden zone of life. Could it be that the Eastern Emperor is about to conquer this forbidden zone?"

"That's right. Ten thousand years have passed since His Majesty the Eastern Emperor attained enlightenment. It seems that His Majesty the Eastern Emperor is nearing the end of his life. Perhaps he wants to suppress the supreme beings of the forbidden zones before he passes away."

Throughout the universe, countless beings were startled by Hao Chen's aura and began to speculate about the purpose of his actions.

Forbidden zones of life have existed since ancient times. Apart from the Eastern Heaven Realm, the other forbidden zones are either home to former supreme cultivators, unorthodox cultivators, or mysterious beings, which makes all living beings in the universe turn pale at the mention of these forbidden zones.

Although the current environment makes it impossible to become an immortal, and even those who have reached the pinnacle of cultivation cannot live in the world forever, fortunately, they can sever their own ties and seal themselves within the source of immortality for an extended period.

Although this will inevitably cause the supreme beings of the forbidden zones to fall into a long slumber, it will also ensure that they have enough lifespan and enough time to wait for the path to immortality to open.

Although the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone doesn't cause trouble, there are always some stubborn ancient emperors who will come to the Forbidden Zone for various reasons, such as lacking extreme materials or wanting to find someone to practice with.

In the eyes of the world, Hao Chen is now in his twilight years and wants to fight the supreme ruler of the forbidden zone before he passes away to make a name for himself in history.

Not only were the people of the universe alarmed by Hao Chen's aura, but even the supreme beings in the forbidden zones were awakened because of Hao Chen.

However, after seeing that Hao Chen's target was Zi Chuan, most of the Supreme Beings fell back into slumber.

However, some supreme beings did not choose to continue sleeping, but instead watched the show with amusement.

"That Donghuang fellow has some nerve, actually choosing Zichuan as his burial place."

"I really hope he can still laugh after seeing the guy lurking in Zichuan."

Hao Chen was unaware of the thoughts of all beings in the universe and the supreme beings of the forbidden zones.

Of course, even if he knew, Haochen wouldn't care.

Because his purpose in coming here was only for one thing: to "eat" a supreme being from a forbidden zone.

During his seclusion, Hao Chen not only completed the incomplete "Nine Revolutions Devouring Heaven" manual, but also combined it with the World Tree within his body to deduce his own method of becoming an immortal.

However, although his method of achieving immortality can greatly shorten the time to become an immortal, it has a fatal flaw: it requires the consumption of a large amount of vital energy.

In order to obtain a large amount of essence in a short time, Hao Chen naturally turned his attention to the forbidden area, since the supreme beings inside were all former Heavenly Venerables and Ancient Emperors.

As for whether he could beat the Supreme of the Forbidden Zone, Hao Chen said it was a piece of cake, as he was now incredibly strong.

As for why Zichuan was chosen, it is because although Zichuan is listed as a forbidden zone for life, it is not famous in ancient history, and there is no record of any celestial venerable or ancient emperor entering it.

Therefore, Hao Chen felt that there shouldn't be many Supreme Beings in Zi Chuan, so he naturally listed them as his first priority.

However, when Hao Chen actually arrived at Zi Chuan, he was somewhat bewildered.

A purple sea of ​​stars stretched across the universe, with countless runes within it evolving into divine laws of order, which then intertwined to form an ancient array.

With Hao Chen's arrival, the ancient formation outside Zi Chuan was revived.

Countless celestial beings were born: true dragons soaring into the sky, white tigers roaring, black tortoises traversing the seas, vermilion birds spreading their wings, qilin...

The immortal spirits, all formed from the great array of runes, were lifelike and all charged towards Hao Chen.

"Boom... Boom..." Upon seeing this, Hao Chen immediately raised his hand and threw a punch, directly knocking a true dragon back into its rune state.

Hao Chen then charged towards the immortal army and engaged them in battle.

As the Nine Revolutions Devouring Heaven operated, Hao Chen's physical body seemed to transform into a black hole, devouring all the essence, star power, and even the immortal spirits evolved from the formation.

Hao Chen forcibly devoured everything in the battlefield, enhancing his own life essence. The exhilaration made Hao Chen groan.

However, this is Zichuan, a forbidden zone for life, and Haochen's actions have already alerted the beings within the forbidden zone.

A pair of icy cold eyes appeared deep within the Purple River.

Those eyes were icy cold, as if they came from the depths of hell, devoid of any emotion, seemingly capable of freezing everything: "Donghuang, you're courting death!"

"boom……"

In an instant, an astonishing aura of extreme power permeated the air, causing the heavens to rumble and all paths to groan in agony!

A jet-black spear, brimming with endless resentment, was hurled from the depths of Zichuan and pierced towards Haochen.

However, Hao Chen remained completely calm in the face of this deadly attack: "You all underestimate me too much. You haven't even shown your true form yet, and you think you can suppress me with just a weapon?!"

Hao Chen caught the incoming spear with his bare hands and sent it flying.

"Clang..." Sparks flew, piercing through swathes of stars.

The ancient formation that had protected Zichuan for countless years was on the verge of collapse amidst the aftershocks of the attack.

Hao Chen's right hand trembled, leaving a faint white mark, but it recovered completely in the blink of an eye, without even a drop of royal blood flowing out.

The Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zone were somewhat surprised to see this scene. They had not expected Hao Chen's physical body to be so terrifying, able to withstand an attack from a powerhouse of the same level without taking any damage.

Many Supreme Beings tried to put themselves in Hao Chen's shoes, but they shook their heads and sighed. Although they could also do this, they would need to use secret techniques and could not do it as casually as Hao Chen.

Hao Chen's gaze turned cold: "Get out here!"

Being passively attacked is not something Hao Chen likes, especially since Hao Chen's goal is to remain in the restricted area.

Therefore, Hao Chen directly used the Li technique from the Eight Secrets of Heaven and Earth, and instantly escaped into the void, heading towards the depths of Zi Chuan.

"Arrogant! A mere junior dares to challenge us."

In the Purple River, another supreme being was awakened from his slumber by Hao Chen's actions and roared angrily.

As this being spoke, two more auras awakened. Together with the two that were before, Hao Chen was suddenly targeted by four supreme beings.

Four ultimate laws manifested in the heavens, and in an instant, Hao Chen learned the origins of the four supreme beings in Zi Chuan through the Heavenly Heart Imprint.

Even though Hao Chen was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the origin of Zi Chuan Supreme.

Hao Chen once saw a record in a dilapidated palace in the Eastern Heaven Realm.

At the end of the mythological period, Ao Zhan, the ancestor of the dragon race, and Chen Ying, the lord of the gods, joined forces to kill a quasi-immortal emperor, Hou.

However, since Hou was a quasi-Immortal Emperor, it was nearly immortal and indestructible. Even if Ao Zhan and Chen Ying joined forces, they could only barely kill it, but could not completely destroy it.

Thus, in its anger and resentment, Hou's head and remnant soul evolved into Jiang Chen, the true ancestor of zombies, who could manipulate the laws of time.

Its limbs and remnant soul evolved into the zombie blood ancestor Ying Gou, who controls the laws of space and speed.

Its body and remnant soul evolved into the zombie progenitor, Hanba, possessing an immortal and indestructible body, immense strength, and the power to break all laws.

Its heart and remnant soul evolved into the zombie demon ancestor Houqing, possessing the most bizarre curse.

The Hou, through its own power, gave birth to four supreme beings after its death, also known as the four progenitors of zombies.

The four supreme beings of Zichuan are the four progenitor zombies that evolved after Hou's death.

After learning about the origins of Zi Chuan, Hao Chen felt numb. He only wanted to pick on the easy target, but he ended up picking a durian instead.

"This is troublesome. None of those who are even remotely related to Quasi-Immortal Emperors are simple creatures."

In this situation, Hao Chen could no longer leave at will. Before Hao Chen could react, the four zombie progenitors joined forces to activate a forbidden secret technique.

"The Blood Curse!"

With Jiang Chen, Hanba, and Ying Gou as his assistants and Hou Qing as his master, a black mist instantly enveloped Hao Chen.

In an instant, Hao Chen felt dazed and confused, and even the light of his primordial spirit was obscured.

The terror of this curse exceeded Hao Chen's imagination, transcending countless ages and affecting Hao Chen's second clone, obscuring its divine consciousness.

Just then, Hao Chen's clone and Oleander accidentally entered a formation.

Unfortunately, the clone Hao Chen also did not expect that the curse on his main body could transcend countless ages and fall on him, causing him to be affected without his knowledge.

As expected, the clone Hao Chen was already trapped in the formation and was directly ambushed by the formation's master, yet he thought it was his own carelessness.

"Oleander, you go quickly, I'll cover the rear." Hao Chen endured the pain of his limbs being pierced and struggled to get off Oleander's back.

Oleander was startled by Haochen's actions and angrily said, "What are you doing? You'll die if you do that."

As she spoke, Oleander bit Hao Chen's neck, intending to forcibly take him away.

"Whoosh!"

Just then, a gleaming throwing knife suddenly appeared in front of Oleander.

The throwing knife appeared too suddenly, and Hao Chen could only watch helplessly as it pierced Oleander's brow.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, a golden rope suddenly wrapped around the oleander's hind leg, and with a forceful pull, it pulled the oleander down, thus saving it from disaster.

Although Oleander was unharmed, the scene was just too dangerous, and her brain promptly shut down.

"Tianlu, what brings you here?" Haochen looked at Tianlu with surprise.

After confirming that Oleander was only unconscious and not injured, Hao Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but the lingering fear in his eyes had not yet faded.

If Tianlu hadn't arrived in time, Haochen would probably have spent the rest of his life in regret.

Upon seeing the bloodstains on Hao Chen's body, Tian Lu immediately became angry and said, "Hao Chen, who hurt you like this?"

The Four-Faced Beast was equally anxious at this moment. It quickly walked up to Hao Chen and began licking Hao Chen's wounds without saying a word.

"Little coal ball, don't be afraid, I'm here, I won't let anything happen to you."

With the help of the Four-Faced Beast, Hao Chen's injuries healed quickly.

Bixie watched this scene, a flicker of emotion crossing his eyes, as if he had sensed something. However, the current situation clearly did not allow Bixie to ask.

"Four-Unlikes!" Hao Chen felt a pang of guilt seeing the anxiety and worry in Four-Unlikes' eyes. He was the one who should be protecting Four-Unlikes, but instead, Four-Unlikes was the one worrying.

"Damn it, you forced me to do this." Hao Chen gritted his teeth and reached out his claws at Tian Lu. A golden rope flew out from Tian Lu's body and landed in Hao Chen's claws.

"Oh no, my rope flew away."

Tianlu watched as his rope flew away and reached out his claws to grab it back, but Bixie held him down: "Tianlu, wait."

Hao Chen looked at the rope in his hand, not having time to think about how his Immortal Binding Rope got to Tian Lu's side, and began to chant the incantation for the Immortal Binding Rope.

The next moment, the Immortal Binding Rope emitted a dazzling golden light and then flew into the depths of the colorful mist.

With a piercing scream, the Immortal Binding Rope dragged a seven-colored parrot back to Hao Chen's side.

"It really is you, Nightmare!!" Hao Chen said coldly, looking at the seven-colored parrot.

The seven-colored parrot, which Hao Chen called the nightmare, looked at Hao Chen with resentment after noticing the Immortal-Binding Rope binding it, and said in a hoarse voice, "Daozi, you despicable scoundrel..."

Before the nightmare could finish speaking, Hao Chen decisively delivered a chop to the back of his head, knocking him unconscious.

Then, to the astonishment of Tianlu and Bixie, he opened his mouth and swallowed the nightmare.

Patting his belly, Hao Chen said with satisfaction, "Things are done, Tianlu, let's go back."

Then Hao Chen grew larger, put the unconscious Oleander on his back, and prepared to return to the Deer Man's shop.

Seeing this, Tianlu had no choice but to cancel today's activities. After opening his mouth to let Bixie return to his stomach, he followed Haochen back to the Deer Man Shop.

"Thank goodness Little Coal Ball is alright." Si Bu Xiang patted his chest with a sigh of relief, but seeing Hao Chen and Tian Lu walking away, Si Bu Xiang quickly shouted, "Wait for me! Don't walk so fast!"

With the capture of the Nightmare Demon, the colorful mist that shrouded Caiyun Mountain gradually dissipated, and everything began to return to normal.

(Just showing off my collection.)