There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 261 Can’t go back

Rumble…

The myriad paths of heaven and earth were mercilessly pierced, and the entire star field trembled violently, teetering on the brink of collapse, as if it were about to crack open at any moment.

After exchanging more than a thousand blows with the humanoid lightning, Hao Chen seized an opportunity and, at the cost of serious injury, used the Heavenly Stele to suppress and refine the humanoid lightning.

This fierce clash stunned all the various sects watching through the ultimate weapons and ancient imperial formations.

"This is the legendary Ninefold Immortal Tribulation, it's truly terrifying."

"Is anyone really able to survive this kind of heavenly tribulation? I feel that even the residual power is enough to wipe out a large number of quasi-emperors."

Hao Chen was unaware of the views of all beings in the universe; his attention was entirely focused on the Ninefold Immortal Tribulation.

Although he successfully passed the first Heavenly Gate, Hao Chen did not look too good at the moment. His whole body was covered with scars left by the humanoid lightning, and even his tail had become bald again, leaving only a spiral-shaped fleshy pillar.

But Hao Chen's expression was exceptionally excited at this moment. He felt that his combat power was unprecedentedly strong.

By using the first Heavenly Gate to sever the old laws, he truly stepped into the pinnacle of humanity and became an ancient emperor.

Gazing at the remaining eight heavenly palaces in the sea of ​​thunder, Hao Chen opened his mouth and inhaled, drawing upon endless essence to restore himself.

Looking at the Heavenly Stele in his hand, Hao Chen frowned. He felt that this thing was good for sneak attacks, but it was still a bit lacking in real combat.

Fortunately, his brick had been fused with Ruyi Immortal Gold, allowing him to change its shape at will, and its weapon effects could also be altered accordingly.

For example, if it is transformed into a celestial sword, it will possess the sharpness of a celestial sword; if it is transformed into a battle suit, it will possess the defense of a battle suit.

As the Heavenly Stele in Hao Chen's hand emitted a dazzling immortal light, a dark purple divine furnace floated above Hao Chen's head.

The divine furnace is entirely black, with three legs and two handles. Its surface is shimmering with purple light, forming ancient runes that then transform into mythical beasts on the furnace walls.

With the divine furnace atop his head, Hao Chen charged straight towards the Heavenly Palace, instantly entering the second Heavenly Palace.

"Boom!"

Heaven and earth seemed to be enraged by Hao Chen's provocation. Amidst the roar of myriad paths, a humanoid lightning bolt with a treasure bottle on its head emerged from the palace of the second heaven.

Among the onlookers in the universe, some immediately recognized the humanoid lightning bolt with the treasure bottle on its head as the mark of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, a supreme being who survived from the previous era and is now said to be lying dormant in the tomb of gods and demons.

Everyone originally thought that Hao Chen would have a fierce battle with the humanoid lightning of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, just like the first Heavenly Palace.

But to everyone's surprise, when Hao Chen faced the humanoid lightning of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, the lid of the divine furnace above his head flew off, and then the furnace mouth turned upside down, unleashing a terrifying suction force towards the humanoid lightning, directly sucking the humanoid lightning into it.

Endless auspicious colors burst forth from the furnace opening, like an inextinguishable divine flame, carrying terrifying heat that caused the void to collapse.

The humanoid lightning emitted a shrill scream as it was re-refined into the laws of heaven and earth and imprinted on the divine furnace.

Those who witnessed this scene expressed their incomprehension, wondering why Hao Chen had struggled so much to cross the first level of the Heavenly Gate, even suffering serious injuries in the process.

But the second Heavenly Gate seemed to be going very easily, making them all think that they could do it too.

As beings existing within the forbidden zone, and having already stepped into that realm, the supreme beings see things even more clearly.

"His imperial weapon has a problem; it has incorporated too much immortal material, and it is already close to transcending the realm of the ultimate path. It is probably not far from becoming an immortal artifact."

"Hmph, I don't think so. The humanoid lightning is ultimately just a mark, so how can it show the true strength of an ultimate cultivator?"

"Haha, Xiaoyao, are you unhappy to see your humanoid lightning being refined?"

"Humph!"

"He was already at the Heavenly Venerable realm, and after being tempered by the first Heavenly Gate, he shed his old methods and combined them with the methods of the present world, which naturally greatly increased his combat power. This is why he was able to easily pass through the second Heavenly Gate."

"Not only that, but judging from his methods, his intentions seem even more lofty. Perhaps he is cultivating an immortal scripture."

"Immortal scriptures? But all realms of immortality should have been destroyed in that great war, otherwise we would have become immortals long ago."

"I don't know. Let's keep watching. I have a feeling it's a variable, and I don't know if it will affect our wait for the path to immortality."

While the beings in the forbidden zone were constantly communicating with each other through divine sense, Hao Chen had already broken through several heavenly gates and arrived at the final heavenly gate.

Neither the Boundless Heavenly Venerable of the previous era nor the Heavenly Venerable of Nirvana, nor the ancient emperor's mark of this era, could stop Hao Chen's progress. They were all refined into the divine furnace and transformed into Hao Chen's foundation.

The only thing that caused trouble for Hao Chen was the humanoid lightning of the Eighth Heavenly Palace, someone Hao Chen knew well—the former Ji Wuyue.

"I never expected that Wuyue would actually go this far. I wonder how he is doing now."

After a fierce battle, Hao Chen sacrificed his right claw to finally refine Wu Yue's humanoid lightning into the divine furnace.

Furthermore, based on the Dao and Dharma contained within the humanoid lightning, Hao Chen deduced that Wu Yue did not disappear into the past like other ancient emperors, but rather went nowhere.

But Hao Chen had a feeling that they would meet again.

"It's time to finish."

Hao Chen looked at the final Heavenly Tribulation, a hint of weariness in his eyes, but he quickly cheered up. Once he survived these nine tribulations, he would be able to recover his peak combat power and go back to find Tian Lu and the others.

But after waiting for a long time, Hao Chen still couldn't see the humanoid lightning of the Ninth Heaven Palace appear.

As time went on, the Ninth Heaven began to appear illusory, as if it were about to disappear at any moment.

"What's going on? Did I make it through, or not?" A big question mark appeared on Hao Chen's forehead.

Even if we don't talk about Hao Chen, all the beings in the universe who witnessed this scene couldn't understand it either, and even felt that the world was being somewhat biased.

Even those within the restricted area remain incomprehensible.

Just then, the entire universe suddenly trembled, and then all the myriad paths of heaven and earth manifested, converging towards Hao Chen and forming a dazzling mark around him.

The moment Hao Chen saw the mark, he knew it was the Heavenly Heart Mark.

"Is this the Heavenly Heart Mark that those who attain enlightenment in this era possess?"

Hao Chen grabbed the dazzling mark in front of him and muttered to himself.

It should be noted that the Celestial Venerables of the past could attain enlightenment without the Heavenly Heart Mark, and there were no quantity requirements.

However, the world today is ravaged by the great war and cannot support too many cultivators.

Therefore, the natural world gives birth to the Heavenly Heart Mark and limits the number of those who attain enlightenment, resulting in only one person attaining enlightenment in each era. At the same time, those who attain enlightenment need to merge their own Dao with the Heavenly Heart Mark.

Without much thought, Hao Chen integrated his Dao into the Heavenly Heart Imprint.

In an instant, Hao Chen's body erupted with supreme immortal light, every hair of his was crystal clear, and the five secret realms were completely merged into one.

The great dragon of the spine, carrying the Heavenly Heart Mark, completely submerged into the Sendai, completing its ultimate leap and achieving the supreme Dao fruit.

The forbidden zone members fell silent upon witnessing this scene. They couldn't understand how Hao Chen, who clearly still had one last Heavenly Gate to overcome, had succeeded.

But only Hao Chen himself knew that at the last moment, he saw Chen Ying's mark in the ninth heaven and knew that the other party had no intention of fighting him, which is why he was able to pass through the nine heavenly tribulations smoothly.

With the arrival of a new ancient emperor, some were happy while others were unwilling, but the major powers activated their five-colored altars, preparing to send people to congratulate Haochen on his attainment of enlightenment.

However, Hao Chen was only thinking about returning to the Beast World. After carefully sensing the node between the Dark Universe and the Beast World, he took a step and instantly returned to the Eastern Heaven Realm.

"It's time to go back."

Hao Chen punched through the void, and a passage forged from blazing light appeared, revealing an ancient region in the Eastern Heaven Realm.

In an instant, the universe trembled, chaos surged, and a dazzling rain of light shot into the sky, spreading outwards into the universe.

"Is that the path to immortality?"

"Is the new emperor conquering the path to immortality?"

In an instant, the crowd was in an uproar. Even the beings in the forbidden zone did not expect that Hao Chen, who had just attained enlightenment and had not yet had time to consolidate his Dao fruit, would be so eager to conquer the path to immortality.

"Should we go out into the world and take a gamble?!"

As soon as this idea came out, many supreme beings couldn't sit still.

It's a common understanding that one cannot become an immortal in the mortal universe. But once they reach that level, who would want to die?

Therefore, they had no choice but to cut themselves in half, escape into the forbidden zone, and wait for the path to immortality to appear, hoping to reach the immortal realm and become immortals through the path to immortality.

Hao Chen had no idea what the Supreme of the Forbidden Zone was thinking; he just wanted to go home.

The familiar aura emanating from the other end of the path to immortality intensified Hao Chen's longing to return home, urging him to continue his efforts to clear the way back.

Watching Hao Chen step onto the path to immortality, the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zone could no longer sit still. But when they wanted to step out and get a share of the spoils, they saw Hao Chen dragging his broken body out of the path to immortality and crashing into the Eastern Heaven Realm.

Just as the Supreme Beings were about to probe the Eastern Heaven Realm with their divine senses, sealing runes lit up in the Eastern Heaven Realm, blocking their divine senses. Therefore, no one knew what Hao Chen encountered on his path to immortality.

In the Eastern Heaven Realm, Hao Chen was recovering from his injuries, his eyes filled with resentment.

He never imagined that the Dark Universe and the Beast World were separated by the Shanhaiguan Pass, making it impossible for him to return.

"No, I must go home. Since the human realm is not an option, I will become an immortal. No matter what, I must go home, and no one can stop me."

What Hao Chen didn't notice was that when going home became his obsession, the "Supreme Primordial Spirit Response Manual" quietly operated within his body, silently nurturing a new primordial spirit.