There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 123 The Heavenly Court's Scheme

Chaos, like Taotie, was a premature baby, born with incomplete development. It could not hear, see, speak, walk, or fly.

If it weren't for Chaos's innate immense strength and its mastery of incomplete Chaos Laws, she would probably have been eaten by other divine beasts at birth, or even before she was born.

Fortunately, after being nourished by a large amount of food in the later stages, and after continuous training and cultivation, Chaos was able to run and fly like a normal divine beast, except that it could not hear, see, or speak.

Even so, Chaos often felt lonely, as if she was the only life in the whole world, until she met the white moonlight in her life - Dijiang.

Dijiang was attracted by the unconscious cries of Chaos, followed the sound to find Chaos, and took Chaos back. He also introduced his friends, Bixie and Tianlu, to Chaos.

For the first time, Chaos felt warmth and care from Dijiang, and it was also the first time he experienced the feeling of having a family. From then on, Dijiang was Chaos's everything.

With Dijiang and Bixie Tianlu by his side, Chaos felt quite content, as he could happily play with them every day.

But happiness always comes to an end. As the world transitioned from ancient times to the Middle Ages, tremendous changes began to occur. Often, for several days in a row, ten suns would be overhead, or there would be long, dark nights.

Whenever darkness covers the earth, Dijiang becomes extremely weak because he cannot get any sunlight.

To ensure that Dijiang could get enough sunlight, Chaos and Bixie Tianlu tried every possible method. In the end, Chaos simply captured Jinshi, the sun bird that was drinking water by the river.

With the help of the Golden Ten, Dijiang gets plenty of sunshine every day and is always full of energy, but this situation can't last forever.

With the simple-minded mud man shooting down the nine suns in the sky—which were Jin Shi's nine older brothers and sisters—Jin Shi became the last sun.

In order to allow the world to have the sun again, Dijiang ultimately chose to sacrifice himself and let Jinshi go.

But Jin Shi was too small; even if he unleashed his full divine power, he could not completely illuminate the earth.

Thus, due to Jin Shi's weakness, the world entered a long and dark ice age, and Di Jiang lost his most important light and had to fall into a deep sleep.

When Jin Shi grew up and his light shone on all things, and the world regained its light, Chaos found that it could no longer smell the scent of Di Jiang.

As the scent of Dijiang gradually faded in her mind until it finally disappeared, Chaos looked up at the sky and let out a mournful cry. She flew towards the sun like a madwoman, wanting to grab the sun back and save her Dijiang.

But by this time, Jin Shi had already transformed into the sun, and the domineering and scorching true fire of the sun was burning on Chaos's body, directly burning Chaos into serious injury.

Ouch~

Chaos continued to wail; she had failed to bring back the sun, nor the hope of Dijiang.

……

Chaos kept dreaming of his wonderful life with Dijiang, of Dijiang's scent gradually fading from his mind, and of the despair he felt when he couldn't bring the sun back...

Woohoo~

Chaos whimpered softly, and two lines of tears streamed down her pupil-less eyes. Suddenly, the image of Dijiang appeared in her mind.

Chaos suddenly stood up, not disturbing Bixie and Tianlu who were sleeping beside him, and faced the direction where Dijiang had fallen asleep, taking one step, two steps, three steps...

Chaos walked resolutely toward Dijiang. At this moment, Chaos had only one thought in her mind: she had to find her Dijiang. She could no longer leave Dijiang alone as a beast.

As Chaos headed towards Dijiang, a golden-haired middle-aged man watched everything indifferently from the auspicious clouds above the sky, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his mouth: "I didn't expect that the Illusionary Spirit Pearl that Haotian refined with Mengji would be so useful."

Seeing that Chaos had successfully taken the bait, the blond middle-aged man put away the bead wrapped in resentment. However, he saw the image of Dijiang flash across the bead. Clearly, it was he who had used the bead to make Chaos dream of Dijiang, stirring up Chaos's longing for Dijiang.

After learning of Chaos's whereabouts, Hao Chen and the others rushed to the place where Di Jiang had fallen. Finally, they saw Chaos's figure under the Evergreen Tree.

Tianlu ran up to Chaos and excitedly rubbed against her, saying, "Big girl, why did you come here all by yourself? We were so worried about you!"

After meeting with Tianlu, Chaos continued digging the pit.

Seeing this, Tianlu asked curiously, "Big guy, why are you digging a hole? Are you looking for Jiangjiang?"

Chaos let out a roar, as if to say that it was true. Upon hearing this, Tianlu quickly called Bixie over: "Bixie, let's dig too. We'll leave once we find Jiangjiang!"

"Okay, let's go together!" Bixie said, and joined the digging team.

Qiongqi watched this scene with burning eyes: "Big sister, do you need my help? As long as you give the order, I will definitely dig a very big and deep hole for you."

However, Chaos ignored Qiongqi. Feeling bored, Qiongqi and Taotie squatted down and quietly watched Chaos and Bixie Tianlu dig the pit.

At this moment, Zhanhu and Haochen suddenly frowned and looked around.

"Haochen, don't you feel like something's not right?"

"Be careful. I have a feeling it's not that simple. It seems like someone is plotting against us." Hao Chen nodded after hearing Zhan Hu's words. He had a vague feeling of being watched.

Just as Hao Chen finished speaking, ripples suddenly appeared in the surrounding void, and then eight array flags engraved with the marks of the Four Symbols and Four Spirits flew out.

In an instant, the power of heaven and earth was stirred by the array flags, and the earth, fire, water and wind surged together. The phantom images of the four spirits, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise, emerged from the array flags, and the mysterious array patterns flowed continuously.

All of this happened too fast, so fast that the beasts didn't even have time to react before a supreme array was conjured up and enveloped them all.

"Is this an array? It seems to be just a trapping array?" A golden light flashed in Zhan Hu's heterochromatic eyes as he tried to look directly at the source of the array, but all he saw was a cloud of mist.

Even though Zhan Hu had traveled all over the country with Chi You and had seen a lot, he still couldn't recognize what kind of formation this was. He could only vaguely guess that it was a trapping formation.

After realizing the change had occurred, Chaos had already stopped, but for some reason, the image of Dijiang reappeared in her mind, and the intense longing made her dig again without regard for anything else.

Bixie and Tianlu, as if possessed, also had the image of Dijiang appear in their minds, and their claws continued to dig uncontrollably.

Just as Hao Chen and Zhan Hu were mobilizing their power, trying to forcefully break through the formation, two figures suddenly appeared in front of them.

Upon seeing one of the figures, Hao Chen and Zhan Hu exclaimed in surprise, "It's you?"

Wang Er chuckled: "How about that? Didn't expect that, did you? It's a pity that today it's not me who's here to cause trouble for you, but this gentleman beside me."

As he spoke, Wang Er gestured with his lip toward the blond middle-aged man beside him. The blond middle-aged man stared at Hao Chen for a moment, then smiled crookedly and said, "It's been a long time since I've seen Daozi. I've really missed you so much."

The blond middle-aged man had icy eyes, and a strong killing intent enveloped Hao Chen.

Hao Chen frowned. He couldn't understand why the blond middle-aged man was so hostile towards him. He didn't seem to have any grudge against him, and he didn't even seem to know him. And why did he call him Daozi? What did that mean?

"Who are you?" Hao Chen asked.

Upon hearing this, the blond middle-aged man laughed loudly and said, "Daozi, you really have a bad memory. I am one of the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods who were severely injured by you back then, and I am the Copy Demon God Yuanying."

Hao Chen racked his brains but couldn't recall recognizing the name.

Upon seeing this, Yuan Ying pondered for a moment before revealing an expression of sudden realization: "That's right, at this point in time, you should have already forgotten about us. After all, we Chaos Demons are just passersby in your life."

The next moment, Yuan Ying looked at Hao Chen frantically, as if she remembered her recent experience. She had not provoked the Dao Child this time, but had simply hidden away to heal her injuries.

But to my surprise, Daozi unleashed his full power right from the start, giving me no chance to react and directly obliterating my already shattered chaotic body.

If he hadn't had a backup plan, using his damaged natal spiritual treasure to arrive in this space-time, and hadn't coincidentally possessed a being with a trace of golden toad bloodline, his true spirit would probably have dissipated.

Originally, he wouldn't have sought revenge so soon, but the Heavenly Court found him and proposed to cooperate with him. In return, the Heavenly Court would provide him with information about Hao Chen if he helped them seize the Dao of Chaos.

Yuan Ying, as a Chaos Demon God, although ranked low, still possessed his own pride and naturally would not agree to the Heavenly Court's proposal so easily.

However, after meeting the Heavenly Emperor Haotian of the Heavenly Court, he decisively and proactively agreed to cooperate, which led to this scene.

Yuan Ying looked at Hao Chen and subconsciously let out a strange laugh: "Hehehe, to repay your kindness, Dao Zi, today I will personally play your funeral song."