There is a beast in the bright morning.

The Four-Faced Beast, accompanied by Bixie and Tianlu, arrived at Haochen's side. The Four-Faced Beast immediately expressed its gratitude to Haochen, saying, "Little Coal Ball, thank you for saving me..."

"Alright, Four-Unlikes, we can talk about gratitude later. You take Bixie and the others and retreat to a distance first."

Before Si Bu Xiang could finish expressing his gratitude, Hao Chen interrupted him abruptly, then looked ahead with a solemn expression.

The next moment, a terrifying aura suddenly erupted, followed by a dazzling golden light.

"Roar!"

A roar that made even Hao Chen's heart skip a beat rang out, interwoven with strands of boundless battle intent that seemed to alter the trajectory of the sun, moon, and stars.

"That is..." Hao Chen was somewhat shocked. Only then did he realize that the one who had attacked the Four-Faced Beast was not the Heavenly God he had initially guessed, but a monkey, a golden monkey wearing bronze armor.

As the golden ape opened and closed its eyes, a beam of light shot out from its pupils.

With a loud bang, a loud explosion suddenly came from Hao Chen's chest, which instantly startled the Four-Unlikes and the Evil-Repelling Heavenly Beast behind him.

"Little Coal Ball, are you alright?"

"Haochen!"

"Don't come any closer, I can handle this." Hao Chen shouted, stopping the Four-Faced Beasts from advancing.

Then Hao Chen looked coldly at the golden ape in front of him: "Who are you?"

Upon seeing this, the golden ape frowned. He hadn't expected Hao Chen to be unharmed after his attack, and he couldn't help but look at the other party with newfound respect.

"Sacred Ape Clan, Sacred Ape Child, who are you?"

"The Holy Ape Clan?!" Upon hearing the name Holy Ape Boy, Hao Chen suddenly realized that this guy was somewhat similar to the all-black Holy Ape King, and the Holy Ape King also seemed to be a member of the Holy Ape Clan.

"My name is Pixiu Haochen. I ask you, what is your relationship with the Holy Ape King?"

"Pixiu?! A race I've never heard of before. It seems to be unique to this world," Saint Ape thought to himself.

However, when Hao Chen mentioned the name Holy Ape King, Holy Ape's pupils contracted, and he excitedly asked Hao Chen, "You really know the Holy Ape King? Can you tell me where he is now?"

Hao Chen hesitated at the Holy Ape's answer. He hadn't expected that this guy was actually related to the Holy Ape King, but he didn't know what their relationship was.

In fact, the reason why the Holy Ape Child came here was to bring back the traitor, the Holy Ape King, and retrieve the royal weapons of the Holy Ape Clan.

Unfortunately, he was unlucky and happened to encounter the spacetime vortex caused by Hao Chen when he was traveling through the world. As a result, he and Hao Chen were sent to this past spacetime together.

While Saint Ape was still thinking about how to find the traitor Saint Ape King, he sensed a trace of the Saint Ape King's aura in this human tribe. Although it was very faint, as a member of the Saint Ape clan, Saint Ape was confident that he could not mistake the Saint Ape King's aura.

Therefore, the Holy Ape King hid in the void. After observing for a while, he discovered that the Holy Ape King's aura was emanating from Hao Chen.

That's why the Holy Ape chose to ambush the Four Unlikes, wanting to capture the Four Unlikes first and then interrogate the Holy Ape King Hao Chen about his whereabouts.

"It seems you're not going to talk. In that case, I'll have to capture you myself. Take this!" Seeing that Hao Chen was not answering his question about the whereabouts of the Holy Ape King, the Holy Ape King became somewhat irritable.

"Fighting God Fist!"

With a loud shout, the golden light around Saint Ape Zi became even more dazzling. An invincible fighting spirit, a will belonging to emperors and kings, was condensed in Saint Ape Zi's fist.

The unparalleled fist imprint, combined with the Saint Ape's fighting spirit, possessed a terrifying aura that seemed to tear the heavens apart. The domineering Dao principles coiled around the Saint Ape's fist, hurtling towards Hao Chen.

"Damn it, do you really think I'm afraid of you?"

In Hao Chen's eyes, the Milky Way flowed backward, and the light filled with yin and yang energies condensed, transforming into black and gold light that shot out.

Upon seeing this, Saint Ape was somewhat surprised, but he showed no fear; on the contrary, his fighting spirit grew even stronger.

boom! boom! boom!

Several loud collision sounds erupted in the void, and then Saint Ape Zi effortlessly tore through Hao Chen's attack.

"If you have any other tricks up your sleeve, then bring them on, or don't blame me for not giving you a chance."

"Okay, then you can take it."

Hao Chen stopped wasting words and his aura continued to rise. The next moment, Hao Chen used his claws instead of fists and raised his hand to unleash a fist imprint.

As the immortal energy rose, Hao Chen's claws creaked, and countless yin-yang runes emerged from them, coalescing into a huge character "镇" (zhen, meaning "suppress").

"Ancient method!" Saint Ape exclaimed in surprise after sensing the aura emanating from Hao Chen.

Since the collapse of the Dark Universe Temple, all beings under the rule of the Divine Realm have practiced incomplete new methods, except for the ancient races, the imperial races, and the Holy Lands, who practice the more complete ancient methods.

But to Saint Ape's surprise, he was able to see ancient techniques from the Dark Universe in this universe.

"Who the hell are you?!"

Saint Ape no longer regarded Hao Chen as an ordinary opponent, but rather elevated him to the level of an ancient prince like himself, and even thought that the other party was very likely a reincarnation of a great power from the Dark Universe.

However, Hao Chen ignored the other party's thoughts. Seeing this, Sheng Yuanzi stopped saying anything and thought that he would get the answer he wanted by suppressing the other party first.

Terrifying fighting spirit intertwined with the vast Yin and Yang energies, creating a boundless expanse of heaven and earth. Only the sounds of fierce collisions could be heard, a contest of flesh and blood, a battle of the most primal savagery.

"That was exhilarating! It's been a long time since I've had such a satisfying fight. Let's go again."

The Holy Ape was covered in horrific claw wounds, its entire body dripping with blood, golden blood constantly flowing from its body. The most severe wounds nearly tore its arm off, leaving only a layer of skin connecting it.

However, Hao Chen was no less formidable than the Holy Ape. The golden horn, a symbol of the divine beast on his head, had been broken off by the Holy Ape, and his right forepaw was also irregularly twisted, clearly having been broken in the battle as well.

But this did not frighten Hao Chen; instead, it aroused his hidden ferocity, making him even more ruthless in his attacks.

"Whoo~"

Hao Chen opened his mouth and inhaled, instantly swallowing the rich essence of heaven and earth. His injuries were almost completely healed in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Saint Ape also activated his secret technique, and a rumbling Dao sound emanated from his body. His body recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, not much slower than Hao Chen's.

"Come on, fight me again, I'll wipe you out."

Hao Chen walked on air, every hair of his body emitting a hazy luster. Yin and Yang energies surged around him, and chaotic mist emerged from the interaction of Yin and Yang.

"Yin and Yang transform into chaos! Such a familiar move, it seems I've seen it somewhere before?" When the Holy Ape saw the chaos surging around Hao Chen, his expression instantly tightened, and he secretly activated his own royal blood.

Below, due to the battle between Hao Chen and the Holy Ape, the human tribe, which had already been engulfed in flames, was instantly reduced to rubble.

Fortunately, the Four-Unlikes were kind-hearted and did not abandon the remaining humans to flee alone. Instead, they joined forces with Bixie and Tianlu to escort these humans to a safe place.

"Thank you for your mercy, Divine Beast Lord."

Hearing the words of gratitude from these humans, the Four-Unlikes was momentarily at a loss for words, repeatedly saying, "These are nothing, you don't need to be so polite."

"Our Ji clan is willing to take you gentlemen as our totem and offer incense day and night." At this moment, an older human stepped forward and knelt down to thank the Four-Unlikes.

After he finished speaking, invisible white threads floated out from the bodies of these humans and entered the bodies of the Four-Unlikes.

This is precisely the power of faith that the celestial gods and immortals seek, but perhaps this power of faith is too weak, so the Four-Faced Beast did not notice any difference.

Seeing Hao Chen bleeding and injured in mid-air, Bi Xie was somewhat irritated, but he was powerless to do anything about it: "Damn it, why am I so weak and unable to help at all?"

The Four-Faced Beast seemed to sense Bixie's resentment, so it stepped forward and said, "Little Plum Blossom, it's alright. I'll go and persuade them to stop Little Coal Ball from fighting."

Pixie's heart skipped a beat: "Wait, Four-Faced Beast, don't you have any idea about your own strength? Aren't you afraid of being killed by a single aftershock as soon as you go up?"

Before the evil spirits could stop him, the Four-Unlikes flew into the battlefield on auspicious clouds, saying, "Stop fighting! Let's talk this out."

Hao Chen stood on black and gold energy, his body covered in countless yin and yang runes, and four longswords formed from yin and yang energy suddenly appeared around him.

Two black swords and two gold swords circled around him, as if in the beginning of chaos, yin and yang were separated.

"cut!"

Under Hao Chen's control, the four swords instantly transformed into an even more powerful Chaos Sword, which Hao Chen cleaved down.

But soon, Hao Chen saw the image of the Four-Faced Beast in his pupils, which startled him so much that he shouted, "Four-Faced Beast, get out of the way!"

But by then it was too late for the Four-Faced Beast to avoid it. Seeing that the Four-Faced Beast was about to be split in two, Hao Chen was extremely anxious.

A sapling, more than half a meter tall, suddenly appeared above Hao Chen's head. The sapling had several leaves: one was emerald green and full of vitality, one was fiery red and intense, one was full of fighting spirit, and one was silvery white and bore the marks of time.

The sapling swayed a few leaves, and Hao Chen's Chaos Sword instantly crumbled.

Hao Chen didn't see this scene because the moment the sapling appeared, Hao Chen's divine power was drained, and he fainted.

But the Holy Ape witnessed this scene and was greatly alarmed: "This is the World Tree of the Temple, how could it be on him? What is his relationship with the Dao Child?"

These questions weighed heavily on Saint Ape's mind, leaving him no time to continue fighting. He had no choice but to suppress his berserk aura and descend.

After Hao Chen saved the Four-Faced Beast, the sapling returned to his body, and Hao Chen fell down. Fortunately, he was caught by the Four-Faced Beast just before hitting the ground.

"Don't be afraid, I've caught you, little coal ball." The four-legged creature carried Hao Chen and landed in the direction of the Bixie Tianlu.