There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 198 Demon Emperor's Treasure Vault 1

This is a vast expanse of white glacier, filled with ice that never melts, so cold it's almost bone-chilling, as if it could freeze even one's very soul.

On the glacier, however, stands a magnificent palace complex, radiating a divine glow of nine colors.

"I never expected that the Demon Emperor would actually create another small world beneath the secret realm as the location of the Demon Emperor's treasure trove."

If Su Li hadn't obtained information about the Demon Emperor's treasure vault from the fragments of the imperial weapon, probably none of them would have imagined that the entire Demon Emperor's Secret Realm was just a decoy, used only to protect the treasure vault beneath.

The palace complex was shrouded by a large array, keeping out the biting cold wind. As a result, when Hao Chen led everyone into the palace complex, they felt that it was spring all year round.

However, before they could even marvel at the wonder of the formation, they were instantly stunned by the scene inside.

Surrounding the palace complex was a vast medicinal field, fertile and vibrant, filled with all sorts of peerless spiritual herbs, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth as if they were cultivating.

"My God, this soil is actually Creation Soil! This is an unparalleled immortal soil that can grow divine medicines. There is an entire medicinal field here made of this soil."

Someone exclaimed in surprise, and then looked intently at the medicinal herbs in the herb field.

If this soil is so extraordinary, then the value of the medicinal herbs grown in it must be astonishing.

You should know that even if all the lineages behind them were combined, they wouldn't be able to gather ten catties of Creation Soil, while this medicinal field is several thousand square meters in size.

The amount of the magical soil in this medicinal field alone could buy their entire lineage, not to mention the peerless spiritual herbs planted within.

But when they saw Hao Chen and Zhan Hu busy tending to the medicinal herbs in the field, they couldn't help but twitch their lips.

He thought to himself, "What a waste! If only this could be refined into pills for them to eat, their cultivation would definitely improve incredibly fast."

Hao Chen immediately realized that the medicinal field was extraordinary upon seeing it. The fragrance of the herbs it emitted made him feel much more comfortable after just one breath.

Su Li and the others' words confirmed his intuition. Without saying a word, he pulled Zhan Hu straight to the herb field and pulled out the mature spiritual herbs by the roots.

Soon, Hao Chen and Zhan Hu had harvested all the mature medicinal herbs in the entire field, leaving only a few scattered pieces.

While Su Li and the others were still rejoicing at being able to have a sip of soup, Hao Chen suddenly stretched out his claws, his divine power surging, transforming into a giant hand that grabbed at the medicinal field.

In an instant, the entire medicinal field shrank continuously under Hao Chen's large hand, and was eventually grabbed by Hao Chen.

Looking at the mini medicinal herb field held in his paws, Hao Chen grinned: "Not bad, perfect for taking back to Tianlu and the others to plant some fruit or something."

Hao Chen's behavior left Su Li and the others furious but unable to speak out, and they could only silently condemn Hao Chen's selfish behavior.

Hao Chen seemed to sense something and looked at Su Li and the others with an unfriendly gaze: "I'll help you take these weeds away, you won't be unhappy, will you?"

"No, no, senior, what are you saying? The weeds here are really an eyesore. I'm more than happy that you can take me away."

"Absolutely, absolutely! You are truly righteous, senior."

Life must go on. In order to survive and leave the secret realm, Su Li and the others must grit their teeth and praise Hao Chen.

Hao Chen naturally sensed Su Li and the others' displeasure, but what did it matter? He was the most important person here anyway, and it was better to enjoy himself alone than to share it with others.

"Yes, well said. You should say more in the future."

Hao Chen was in a great mood. He picked and chose from the few remaining herbs in the herb field, and finally picked out a few poorly-looking spiritual herbs and threw them to Su Li: "This is a reward for you. Work hard with me and get your bodies back in shape."

Those in Longshan who had worked as food suppliers couldn't help but think to themselves after hearing Hao Chen's words, "So you want to keep squeezing me dry, huh?"

Although they might have to return the favor tenfold later, Su Li and Long Shan carefully accepted the spiritual herbs that Hao Chen had thrown over, as it was better than nothing.

After the incident at the medicinal field, Hao Chen and his group continued walking towards the center of the palace complex, and soon they realized something was wrong.

Suddenly, someone in the fairy valley pointed to the sky and said, "Look, there is actually a sun, a moon, and stars in here."

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly looked up and saw that there really was a sun and a moon hanging in the sky, along with countless stars.

"These are not real sun and moon; they were created by someone using sun stones, moon stones, and star stones."

"My God, these are the materials used to forge legendary weapons, yet they've gone so far as to use them for decoration."

While everyone was still marveling at it, Hao Chen had already reached out his claws towards the sun in the sky, trying to pluck it down.

But just as Haochen was about to touch the sun, he was bounced away by a force.

Hao Chen tried several more times, but was always repelled by a force. Hao Chen was a little unhappy and was about to forcibly put the sun stone into the soil when Zhan Hu suddenly stopped Hao Chen's actions.

"Wait a minute, Haochen. These sun, moon and stars seem to be the key to the treasure vault formation. If they are destroyed, the entire secret realm may collapse."

Hearing Zhan Hu's words, Hao Chen was somewhat disappointed, but he still turned his head away arrogantly.

"Hmph, of course I know that. Do I look like a greedy beast? I just wanted to see if any of you could spot the problem. It seems that only Zhanhu noticed it."

"Yes, yes, I'm too embarrassed to expose you."

It was probably only Zhan Hu who dared to joke with Hao Chen; everyone else shrugged off like ostriches.

Having passed the sun, moon, and stars, Hao Chen and his group continued forward and soon entered a grand hall where they saw murals.

The mural depicts a magnificent empress, carrying a scroll on her back, standing proudly above the heavens, with nine tails behind her shimmering with different lusters, sweeping across the sky.

"Is this the Demon Emperor?"

Everyone was captivated by the painting of the Demon Emperor, especially Su Li, who hailed from the sacred land of Qingqiu. He stared intently at the mural, hoping to gain some kind of opportunity from it.

The mural records the life of the Demon Emperor, who refined his ordinary white fox bloodline into the bloodline of a nine-tailed celestial fox, rose to power, defeated various geniuses, and reached the pinnacle of humanity.

He then comprehended the laws of immortality, entered the realm of immortality, and made great strides all the way to the quasi-immortal emperor realm.

Until they met a man, and together they ventured into a mysterious sea.

Hao Chen guessed that the man in the mural might be Hao Tian, ​​whom he had seen in his illusion, and that the sea should be the Boundary Sea.

In the last mural, the Demon Emperor is stabbed in the back by Haotian and severely injured by a sword strike from a being in the Boundary Sea.

Not long after returning to the sacred land of Qingqiu, the Demon Emperor opened up the Demon Emperor's Secret Realm and disappeared.

Just as Hao Chen was about to leave after looking at the mural, Zhan Hu suddenly pulled Hao Chen aside, where there was another collapsed mural on the ground.

However, this mural seems to have gone through something, as it is painted very blurry. But you can still vaguely see that it depicts the Demon Emperor walking alone in the Boundary Sea after being seriously injured.

However, besides the Demon Emperor, there was also a giant beast shrouded in mist standing in front of him.

This wouldn't normally have caught his and Zhanhu's attention, but there was a striking large circle on the beast's rump, with a smaller circle in the middle.

Hao Chen subconsciously looked at his buttocks: "The same as my and Tianlu's marks?"

But before Hao Chen could continue looking at it, the mural seemed to have completed its mission and completely weathered away.

"Wake up, Haochen, what are you spacing out for?"

Suddenly, Hao Chen swayed, bringing him back to his senses. He stared blankly at Zhan Hu in front of him: "Zhan Hu, what's wrong?"

"And you're asking me, 'Why are you staring blankly at a broken mural for some reason?'"

Following Zhan Hu's gaze, there were no murals depicting giant beasts; some were just murals broken into countless pieces.

"What just happened? Was it another hallucination? Why do I feel like it's related to me?"

Hao Chen didn't tell Zhan Hu what he had just seen; instead, he looked at the others.

Seeing that everyone else had fallen into enlightenment because of the mural, Hao Chen quickly changed the subject, saying, "Zhan Hu, since the others haven't woken up yet, let's go see what good stuff they have."

"Oh, that's exactly what I was thinking. Come on up."

Zhan Hu had originally woken Hao Chen with the intention of taking advantage of Su Li and the others' enlightenment to collect all the good things into the soil, thus preventing the Daoist lineage behind them from causing trouble later.