ard these idle talks, so Zhao Jiayin nudged Hao Ren with his arm: "Ren, it seems many people know you.""If they know me, then let them know," Hao Ren raised his book to shield himself from view as he...Chapter 673: Changes in the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons

Hao Ren was thrown far into the sky. Looking down, he saw white mist covering the sea surface; there was no sign of the Immortal Island of Penglai.

The Golden Light Shield, which had just broken through to a higher realm, was also tossed to Hao Ren's height.

It circled Hao Ren briefly before shooting off in the distance.

Treasures with spiritual awareness already had their own sense of self and didn't like serving ordinary cultivators. Now that its realm was even higher, it wanted even less to be constrained by any cultivator, naturally hiding itself among heaven and earth.

"Damn... So heartless!" Hao Ren touched the necklace around his neck, finding it back in place. He drew out the Purple-Gold Hairpin and couldn't help but curse.

This Golden Light Shield was truly not up to par.

As the Golden Light Shield had flown far away, it suddenly saw the Purple-Gold Hairpin and flew back, firing a beam of golden light at it.

It could run away, but seeing the Purple-Gold Hairpin, it still couldn't resist taking revenge for its previous arrow strike.

The Purple-Gold Hairpin remained calm, neither dodging nor moving. Its purple glow intensified as it transformed into countless illusions of itself.

Clang clang... The two treasures clashed, making the sea surface churn and causing the tenth-level demonic beasts to dive underwater.

They actually fought to a stalemate!

"Purple-Gold Hairpin, let's go!" Hao Ren sensed more and more demonic beasts gathering here. Seeing no islands nearby only vast ocean, he felt anxious and shouted.

The Purple-Gold Hairpin shot out another streak of purple light before transforming into a golden treasure ship.

Although the Golden Light Shield had escalated in level, it could only fight to a draw with the Purple-Gold Hairpin. Its once arrogant pride was greatly diminished; hesitating for half a second, it flew back toward the distance again.

Treasures that were awakened spiritually were collectively called transcendent treasures, but within these, there were three levels: heaven-earth treasures, heaven-earth divine treasures, and heaven-earth divine artifacts.

However, to cultivators, treasures with spiritual awareness included transcendent treasures while those without it were ordinary treasures. Only the former could have autonomous consciousness and attack; unless a cultivator personally witnessed a treasure undergoing its tribulation, they would only know that these levels existed among transcendent treasures.

The Golden Light Shield used to lose to the Purple-Gold Hairpin because this hairpin belonged to Zhen Fei, possessing not only spiritual awareness but also having endured two heavenly tribulations. Its strength was a notch higher than that of the Golden Light Shield.

Generally speaking, once a treasure successfully underwent its tribulation, it would immediately seek out a cultivator who would be its master until this cultivator's death; then it would either find another master or hide in places rich with spiritual energy.

This was why every time a transcendent treasure underwent its tribulation, countless experts would come to爭奪它的歸屬。

However... Hao Ren's realm was too low, not even reaching the late Nascent Soul stage. The Golden Light Shield, which had already undergone lightning tribulations, indeed didn't want to follow Hao Ren.

"Let's go!" Hao Ren channeled his dual Water and Metal spiritual energy into the golden treasure ship, causing it to instantly grow to 28 feet in length before soaring off from the sea surface toward the west at high speed.

This Golden Light Shield doesn’t want to follow, and Hao Ren won’t force it either. Birds choose fine trees to perch on; such a powerful magic treasure like the Golden Light Shield should naturally only be subdued by powerful cultivators.

The golden treasure ship and the Golden Light Shield flew off in opposite directions.

Going their separate ways.

"Master, what merits does this Hao Ren have to deserve Master’s recognition as sworn brothers Look, even his magic treasures that helped him pass through celestial tribulations are unwilling to follow him."

"What’s important isn’t the treasure but rather him being unencumbered and free-spirited. If your heavenly spirit treasure passed its celestial tribulation and abandoned you, what state of mind would you be in Clear winds and bright moons, cultivation relies on one’s own heart, not external objects."

In a corner, there were two lines of dialogue.

As soon as the ethereal voice faded away, very far away, the Golden Light Shield suddenly turned around and flew towards Hao Ren's golden treasure ship.

It had already passed through two thunder tribulations; ordinary heavenly spirit treasures couldn’t be its match. It didn’t need to rely on Hao Ren at all, but after flying alone for ten kilometers, it suddenly changed its mind.

It wouldn’t recognize a master just yet, but following Hao Ren wasn’t a problem!

Hao Ren, who was swiftly flying in the golden treasure ship, suddenly saw a beam of golden light chasing from behind. Upon closer inspection, he found it to be the Golden Light Shield.

Hao Ren slightly retracted his spiritual energy; the speed of the golden treasure ship slowed down immediately. The Golden Light Shield, now battered and blackened like scrap metal, circled around above Hao Ren’s shoulder.

"Master, that magic treasure has returned!"

"Hehehe…"

The ways of heaven and earth cannot escape the words ‘tyranny’ and ‘majesty’. The little demon king from a thousand years ago who broke through the Seven Kill Array relied on tyranny; Hao Ren, who broke through the Seven Kill Array a thousand years later, relied on majesty.

With this black "lump of iron" following him, Hao Ren stood in his golden treasure ship and sailed across the waves.

Above the sea surface were scattered some immortal mountains.

However, beyond that area was a vast expanse of ocean; entering from the darker-colored inner seas of the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons into the lighter-colored outer seas.

"Daredevil Dragon Clan cultivator! How dare you sneak into the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons!" A youth-like little demon king stepped out from under the sea, riding on ocean waves.

Hao Ren entered the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons and circled around in the inner seas for a few rounds without encountering any Demon Kings at the Shapeshifting stage; now that one suddenly appeared here, it was certainly because those ten-stage demon beasts had informed them as predicted by Master Yuanzhen of Penglai Island, so these Demon Kings were waiting outside.

If he were an ordinary cultivator with Princess Zhen’s Purple Gold Hairpin, no one would dare to cause trouble for Hao Ren, merely turning a blind eye and letting him pass through.

But Hao Ren had a body of immortal essence; if these Demon Kings at the Shapeshifting stage consumed his blood essence, it was equivalent to eating an Immortal Cultivator, causing their realms to significantly increase.

And this Sea of Ten Thousand Demons was a chaotic area where even heaven’s laws didn’t often interfere. With constant mutual battles and conflicts, consuming an outsider cultivator would also result in extremely difficult tribulation passage.

"Golden Light Shield!" Hao Ren shouted.

He didn't waste time on this minor Demon King, sensing that there would be many more blocking minor Demon Kings in other areas. It was best to quickly break through and get out.

The Golden Light Shield, which had already submitted to Hao Ren, suddenly flipped its shield facing him on his shoulder, like a demon-reflecting mirror. Facing the minor Demon King, it shot out a beam of golden light.

This newly formed minor Demon King didn't have any magical treasures and, upon seeing the incoming golden light, immediately raised both hands to block. As the golden light passed over his body, an empty palm-sized hole appeared on his chest.

Thump... The minor Demon King's body leaned backward and fell into the sea.

These demon kings in the Formation Body stage weren't as fragile as human cultivators. They wouldn’t die easily from just this attack, but they certainly suffered severe injuries.

The Purple-Gold Hairpin was accustomed to such confrontations and flew over directly.

Two more minor Demon Kings were lurking on either side. Hao Ren shot out hundreds of sword beams at them. While the minor Demon Kings hesitated for a moment, the Purple-Gold Hairpin had already flown past this area.

The Purple-Gold Hairpin was Consort Zhen's magical treasure and also the token that allowed Hao Ren to enter the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons. These minor Demon Kings didn't dare cause trouble in the inner sea where Consort Zhen lived, so they intercepted Hao Ren in the relatively distant outer sea.

However, for demons修煉到化形期的妖獸，都是不要命的妖獸。郝仁如果是普通的修士，誰都不會惹他，但他既然有仙靈之體，就值得這些小妖王們豁出去一次。

隻不過……化形期的妖獸，都要重新修煉。郝仁跟甄聰明一起生活，難道還不知道這些事情？

如果不是變化本體，這些小妖王的實際境界還不如郝仁，又怎麼唬得住郝仁！

想要采取合圍戰術，也被郝仁看穿了。

郝仁一路飛過去，一路打出劍光！

紫金釵以化神期修士的速度，在海麵上快速掠過。

噗，噗，噗，噗……

混沌劍光一路打穿了十幾個小妖王。

這些小妖王都是在外海割據一小塊地盤的化形期妖獸，帶著一批七階八階的妖獸想要攔截郝仁，奈何郝仁的紫金釵速度極快，又非常詭異，根本攔不住。

偏偏郝仁根本就不跟他們廢話，一邊掠過高空一邊劍光飛舞，出來一個打一個，簡直就像是玩打地鼠遊戲。

仙靈之體雖然大補，但豈是他們能夠吃到的？

嘩……

一座山峰般的黑色海怪從水中冒了出來。

It spat out a demonic light from its mouth.

"Golden Light Shield!" Hao Ren shouted again.

The Golden Light Shield, closely following Hao Ren, launched a fierce golden ray that forced the dark gray demonic light back.

Since it was already back, Hao Ren naturally wanted to make use of its strength.

Swish…swish…

Several more dozen demon beasts emerged from nearby seas. These were all ten-stage demon beasts transformed by the minor demon kings. With their power level, they could not recruit ten-stage demon beasts; besides, intercepting Hao Ren in human form was ineffective. So, they decided to transform into demon beast forms and surround Hao Ren with the intention of devouring him bit by bit.

As for those ten-stage demon beasts that had yet to transform, they also wanted to eat Hao Ren but didn’t have the audacity to provoke a cultivator related to Zhen Fei. Besides, even if they were to kill Hao Ren, it wouldn’t be their turn to feast on him!

A Demon Beast at stage eight was equivalent to a late-stage Core Formation Realm cultivator and one at stage ten was equivalent to the peak of the Core Formation Realm! So, it wasn't that the ten-stage demon beasts were worried about being unable to defeat Hao Ren; rather, they knew that even if they killed him, the more powerful minor demon kings would divide up his flesh among themselves. They might even be exterminated by those minor demon kings!

Whiz…

The Golden Light Shield suddenly noticed over a dozen demon beasts equivalent to peak Core Formation Realm cultivators charging out of the sea surface, and it shot straight into the clouds.

"Just right!" Hao Ren clasped his hands together and stood on top of the high golden treasure ship. He then launched a chaotic sword qi toward the sky!

One by one, mountain-sized demon beasts lunged out from the sea surface, launching their innate divine abilities at Hao Ren.

Bang…

The clouds in the sky suddenly turned into thunderclouds and unleashed a stream of heavenly lightning!

Hao Ren stood on an even higher vantage point while the heavenly lightning streaked past him, directly striking those ten-stage demon beasts!

Since you’re causing me trouble, I don’t mind giving you another taste of the heavenly tribulation.

The only thing that妖獸化形期的妖獸不怕的就是天劫，郝仁的這一招雷修之法對他們來說正好合適。

the Demon Sea’s transforming-stage demon beasts feared was the heavenly tribulation. Hao Ren’s method of using lightning techniques against them was just right.

The flashes of lightning made those ten-stage demon beasts below the sea surface exultant!

A transformed demon beast, before reaching the Core Formation Realm, naturally didn’t want to undergo a heavenly tribulation. But for these untransformed ten-stage demon beasts, they needed it.

Inside a magnificent palace.

Zhen Fei, wearing silk robes, reclined lazily on a wicker chair and played with an ancient green lamp.

"Your Excellency Zhen Fei, Young Master Hao encountered interception by minor demon kings in the outer sea. The six major demon kings of the inner sea have already mobilized. Should we…dispatch eighteen Demon Generals to assist Young Master Hao" A guard-like man stood respectfully outside and asked.

"Mm…" Zhen Fei yawned and glanced indifferently at him, "What’s it matter Let them fight. Only after they’ve fought can we have the excuse to send troops."in cultivation levels.Zhao Kuo's timidity concerning his emotions even made Hao Ren feel uncomfortable. However, Zhao Kuo was pursuing the Heaven Dragon Realm and thus not concerned with matters of ro...