There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 271 What are you all so happy about?

"Om..."

A black and gold brick flew out from above Hao Chen's head, and then transformed into an ancient yin-yang mirror that hung above Hao Chen's head.

The ancient mirror shone brightly and dazzlingly, casting down endless divine light that made Hao Chen appear like a great sun.

In an instant, a series of ghostly wails and howls emanated from Hao Chen's body, and wisps of black smoke continuously drifted out from the top of Hao Chen's head.

Soon, Hao Chen's eyes regained their clarity. The thought of how his primordial spirit had almost been annihilated filled him with lingering fear.

"Old friend, thanks to you today." Hao Chen looked gratefully at the ancient mirror above his head.

Hou Qing, seeing that Hao Chen had broken his supernatural power, said calmly, "I underestimated you. But the next move won't be so easy. Don't die."

Upon hearing Hou Qing's words, Hao Chen immediately became more vigilant. Adhering to the principle of striking first to gain the upper hand and then suffering the consequences of striking later, Hao Chen immediately summoned the ancient mirror.

The ancient mirror floated and sank, emitting wisps of supreme imperial might, and an unimaginable pressure instantly enveloped the entire Zichuan.

However, everyone present was a supreme being. They did not retreat because Hao Chen had revived the imperial weapon.

Hao Chen was clearly aware of this, so he did not unleash his ultimate attack. Instead, he chose to activate the Yin-Yang fusion of the ancient mirror, evolving a Chaos Battle Armor to wear.

"You think you can withstand my next move? How foolish."

As Hou Qing spoke, his hands moved without stopping, and one after another, dazzling halos appeared on his hands: "I curse Jiang Chen's magic power to be inexhaustible; I curse Ying Gou's speed to be unparalleled; I curse the drought demon's divine power to be unparalleled; I curse Hou Qing to be immune to all magic..."

"???" Hao Chen watched as the halo in Hou Qing's hand landed on Jiang Chen and the others, and their auras immediately increased. This made Hao Chen unable to help but interject, "Hey, you over there, are you sure that's a curse or a buff you're giving them?"

Hou Qing glanced at Hao Chen, his eyes full of smugness, and then said, "I curse the Eastern Emperor to have weak magic power, a sluggish body, and a decaying primordial spirit..."

As Hou Qing spoke, streaks of black light flew from his hand toward Hao Chen.

Seeing the black light flying towards him, Hao Chen's eyes flashed with disgust. He knew he absolutely could not be caught by these halos, otherwise he would not be able to withstand their siege.

The Chaos Armor emitted a dazzling divine light, isolating Hou Qing from the curse.

But one or two curses managed to escape the Chaos Armor and land on Hao Chen.

In an instant, Hao Chen felt extremely weak, and his primordial spirit emitted a sense of decay.

Hao Chen sensed something was wrong, so he immediately used the Separation Technique and turned to flee.

"Hmph, you came and you think you can just leave? Do you really think I, Zichuan, am easy to bully?" Hou Qing smiled wickedly and nodded to Jiang Chen and the others.

In an instant, Jiang Chen stretched out his right hand and beckoned in the direction Hao Chen had left.

Hao Chen, who had already flown far away, felt the scenery on both sides rushing forward at high speed.

"No, it's my time that's going backward. If this continues, I'm afraid I'll return to the time when I was still in Zichuan."

Before Hao Chen could react, Ying Gou moved as well, his eyes flashing with silver light, mysterious runes swirling within them.

Hao Chen, who was still thinking about how to break Jiang Chen's time technique, suddenly felt the space around him freeze.

"Damn it, I should have known better than to pick Zichuan." Haochen felt a pang of regret.

Those in the other forbidden zones frowned upon witnessing this scene.

"I never expected those four old guys from Zichuan to be so troublesome. Luckily, I didn't choose Zichuan back then."

"What a bizarre curse! It can not only weaken the opponent, but also enhance one's own side's condition, and even improve time and space."

Before long, Hao Chen had given up resisting. Through Jiang Chen's time reversal and Ying Gou's spatial transformation, he returned to Zi Chuan and to the four zombie progenitors, including Jiang Chen.

"Run, why aren't you running anymore?" Hou Qing's lips curled into a cruel smile: "Today we will drink the emperor's blood, and I will let the world know that Zichuan cannot be humiliated."

"Sigh!" Hao Chen couldn't help but sigh in the face of Hou Qing's mockery. "Why do you have to force me? Wouldn't it be better to let me leave?"

"What do you mean by that?" Upon hearing Hao Chen's words, Jiang Chen felt an ominous feeling well up in his heart.

Hao Chen didn't explain, but pointed to the top of his head.

Jiang Chen and the others followed Hao Chen's gaze and were instantly stunned, only to see that their heads were covered with leaves.

Upon closer inspection, each leaf overhead is shrouded in chaotic energy, and one can vaguely see worlds floating on the leaves, as if they were branded on the leaves.

"What is this? Why can't we sense it?"

What surprised Jiang Chen and the others even more was yet to come. They saw that another Hao Chen had appeared beside Hao Chen at some point.

"Two Eastern Emperors?!"

Before Jiang Chen and the others could react, one of the Hao Chen waved his hand and scattered the other Hao Chen. The scattered Hao Chen immediately turned into a wisp of pure energy, which was then swallowed by Hao Chen.

"What a pity. I thought I could suppress you with just my clones. I didn't expect I would have to take action myself."

"A clone? You mean the Donghuang from the beginning was your clone?"

As a woman, Hanba was the first to realize that they had spent most of their time fighting against Donghuang's clone.

Hao Chen nodded: "That's right, it was just a test of my newly researched supernatural power. I don't know what you're so happy about. It was just that one of my clones was defeated."

The drought demon was somewhat embarrassed. She had been secretly pleased to see the ancient emperor being manipulated by them, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding.

Hou Qing's face turned ashen: "How dare you play tricks on us! You have some nerve! Do you think that just because your true form has come, you can reverse the course of events?"

"No." Hao Chen shook his head.

Upon hearing this, Hou Qing's expression softened slightly. He thought to himself that this Eastern Emperor wasn't stupid; he knew that one person couldn't defeat the four of them.

But the next moment, Hao Chen changed his tone and said directly, "I think you have misunderstood. Now that I am here, you should perish. Use your essence of creation to pave my path to immortality."

Hao Chen's words enraged Hou Qing, who immediately tried to curse Hao Chen again.

But this time it was the real Hao Chen himself who came, far superior to any clone.

Before Hou Qing could unleash his curse, the leaves above their heads trembled, and vines fell down, piercing towards Jiang Chen and the others at incredible speed.

"Time Reversal!" Jiang Chen once again activated Time Reversal to envelop the vines, attempting to return them to their state before they attacked.

"Spatial Strangulation!" Ying Gou directly displaced the space around the vines, creating a strangling force.

"Hand of Frost!" Relying on its sturdy body, the drought demon ignored the vines' attack and chose to strike Hao Chen with its palm.

"Black Mist!" Hou Qing abandoned the curse and directly spat out black mist containing the deadly poison of zombies, forming a black mist field.

“You are the ignorant ones, remnants of the old era, your only purpose is to fulfill my desires.”

Hao Chen faced the attacks from Hanba and Hou Qing with an air of confidence, showing no intention of dodging.

In an instant, the World Tree seemed to be enraged by Hanba and Houqing. Vines swirling with magnificent laws and order disregarded time and space, shattering Hanba's icy hand and piercing Houqing's black mist field.

"what……"

With four screams, Jiang Chen and his companions were entangled by the vines of the World Tree.

No matter how powerful they were or how strange their magic was, they still couldn't break free from the World Tree's shackles.

"What are you doing? Stop right now."

Just then, Ying Gou let out a scream, horrified to discover that the vines on his body were actually devouring his life essence.

Not only Ying Gou, but Jiang Chen and the others also discovered this problem. In fact, not only their life essence, but also the Dao and Dharma they possessed were being stripped away.

Hao Chen felt the life essence emanating from the World Tree and felt completely refreshed: "As expected, progress is still the fastest this way."

"However, this clone technique still needs further refinement, otherwise, with the clone's ordinary ancient emperor strength, it won't be able to conquer the forbidden zone."

"The advantage of clones is that there are many of them, but their strength is not high. If I had a clone with high strength, it would save me a lot of trouble."

As Hao Chen's desire for the clone technique grew stronger, his second primordial spirit also grew rapidly.

Before long, Jiang Chen and the others were reduced to skin and bones by Hao Chen. Without saying a word, Hao Chen raised his hand and unleashed four beams of divine light, shattering their heads.

As the four zombie progenitors turned to ashes and disappeared, Hao Chen put away the World Tree and turned back to the Eastern Heaven Realm.

However, zombies are immortal, let alone the progenitor of zombies.

Therefore, even though Jiang Chen and the others had their heads smashed by Hao Chen and their bodies turned to ashes, they were reborn in the primordial land deep within Zi Chuan.

"Damn Donghuang, he actually cultivates evil arts. He clearly wants to devour our Forbidden Zone Supreme. Let's join forces with the other Forbidden Zones to eliminate this scourge, Donghuang."

"Agreed." Ying Gou had never felt the threat of death since he became conscious, but today he died.

"Agreed." Hanba nodded in agreement to cooperate with other forbidden zones, and even shouted, "Since the world calls us the supreme beings of the forbidden zones, we cannot watch Donghuang run rampant and watch the forbidden zones weep."

"Jiang Chen, what do you think?" Hanba asked Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen frowned and said, "Don't you guys think that Donghuang looks a lot like someone?"

"Who?" Hanba, Ying Gou, and Hou Qing asked simultaneously.

“Chen Ying, the ruler of the gods two million years ago.” Jiang Chen gritted his teeth and said, “I just felt that Donghuang’s footwork was very familiar. Isn’t it the Li Jue from Chen Ying’s Qiankun Eight Techniques?”

Upon hearing Jiang Chen's words, Hanba and the others were first stunned, then filled with boundless rage, wishing they could tear Hao Chen apart right now.

On the other side, after returning to the Eastern Heaven Realm, Hao Chen summoned Ru Yan.

"Teacher, you called me, are you going to take me out to play?" Ruyan asked excitedly.

"All you've been thinking about is playing." Hao Chen tapped Ru Yan's head, but his gaze towards her was filled with surprise.

Five thousand years have passed, yet time has left no trace on Ruyan. This makes Haochen absolutely certain that his guess back then was correct: Ruyan, this little white fox, must have a very important background, perhaps she is the reincarnation of a powerful being.

"I called you here today to give you a task. You need to pass on my order: I intend to establish a new lineage called the Temple. All forces must register with the Temple and obey its commands."

"What if someone doesn't listen?" The universe is vast and the forces are deeply intertwined. Ruyan doesn't believe that Haochen can command the universe just by virtue of the title of Donghuang.

"Then kill them, kill them until no one in the world dares to disrespect the temple."

Hao Chen's words made Ru Yan tremble slightly, as if she saw the universe flowing with blood.

In the modern era, Hao Chen was carrying oleander and was about to enter the bedroom of the Qilin when he was stopped by the Qilin that had rushed over.

"Hey, you four-legged creature, please move aside. I have injured people here." Hao Chen said, trying to push the four-legged creature aside.

However, the Four-Unlikes was determined not to let Hao Chen and Oleander sleep in his bed anymore, otherwise he would be harassed by Rabbit Lord again.

"Go away, this is a freshly washed blanket, go sleep somewhere else."

Seeing that the four-legged creature was adamant, Hao Chen had no choice but to give up his plan to enter the four-legged creature's bedroom and instead prepared to stay at Rabbit Lord's place for a while.

After all, the roast chicken he promised Tianlu was going to be delivered to the Four-Faced Beast, so he absolutely couldn't afford to offend it.