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Hao Ren held a purple and gold hairpin in his hand, which was only as long as one finger. In the swirling golden light, it reflected dark purple hues.
The young cultivators around him were not as powerful as Hao Ren but had keen eyesight due to their training.
They all saw that what Hao Ren held in his hand was a woman's hairpin and hesitated somewhat.
"Hehe, Senior Brother is really interesting," Xu Ke smiled at Hao Ren. "Could it be that your treasure is this girl’s trinket"
This purple and gold hairpin he had never seen before; he just found it funny for Hao Ren to pull out a woman's accessory in such a situation.
His treasure was a Heavenly Pass Spiritual Treasure, one that still retained its spiritual essence. He did not believe there could be any other treasure better than his Heavenly Pass Spiritual Treasure.
In Xu Ke’s view, this bet was already won! It was precisely because of the confidence given by the Heavenly Pass Spiritual Treasure that he would force Hao Ren to make such a bet!
"Hehe…" Hao Ren smiled along with him.
While Heavenly Pass Spiritual Treasures were indeed powerful, who knew whether they could compare to the personal treasures of the Demon King of Ten Thousand Generations
Hao Ren gently threw the purple and gold hairpin. The hairpin did not land but rose in the wind.
Swish!
A dense aura spread from within the purple and gold hairpin!
The originally peaceful night suddenly became very dark, with the sky turning from pitch black to deep purple!
The demon qi emanating from the purple and gold hairpin instantly enveloped heaven and earth! It completely ignored the barriers!
Under heaven and on earth, only I am supreme!
The purple and gold hairpin, imbued with Consort Zhen's aura, contained a surging demon qi!
The mighty flames of a lord over the endless deep sea that made even tenth-level demons flee!
This hairpin’s presence caused Su Han to change his expression.
Unable to bear the chill coming from an endless abyss, the young cultivators around them shivered and hurriedly clung to each other, using their cultivation arts to resist.
Xu Ke, controlling the golden shield treasure, sensed something was amiss and immediately urged his shield-shaped Heavenly Pass Spiritual Treasure.
"Break!"
Hao Ren gently spat out one word.
He believed that Consort Zhen giving him this purple and gold hairpin was not merely for its flying capabilities. Ever since he saw Xie Yujia’s法寶具備靈性，他就知道甄妃的這件紫金釵也不會是凡物。特彆是在五層天裡讓整座山都變成紫色的那種霸氣就證明瞭這紫金釵也是有靈之物！
Chapter 572: Collecting Treasures!
Hao Ren held a purple and gold hairpin in his hand, which was only as long as one finger. In the swirling golden light, it reflected dark purple hues.
The young cultivators around him were not as powerful as Hao Ren but had keen eyesight due to their training.
They all saw that what Hao Ren held in his hand was a woman's hairpin and hesitated somewhat.
"Hehe, Senior Brother is really interesting," Xu Ke smiled at Hao Ren. "Could it be that your treasure is this girl’s trinket"
This purple and gold hairpin he had never seen before; he just found it funny for Hao Ren to pull out a woman's accessory in such a situation.
His treasure was a Heavenly Pass Spiritual Treasure, one that still retained its spiritual essence. He did not believe there could be any other treasure better than his Heavenly Pass Spiritual Treasure.
In Xu Ke’s view, this bet was already won! It was precisely because of the confidence given by the Heavenly Pass Spiritual Treasure that he would force Hao Ren to make such a bet!
"Hehe…" Hao Ren smiled along with him.
While Heavenly Pass Spiritual Treasures were indeed powerful, who knew whether they could compare to the personal treasures of the Demon King of Ten Thousand Generations
Hao Ren gently threw the purple and gold hairpin. The hairpin did not land but rose in the wind.
Swish!
A dense aura spread from within the purple and gold hairpin!
The originally peaceful night suddenly became very dark, with the sky turning from pitch black to deep purple!
The demon qi emanating from the purple and gold hairpin instantly enveloped heaven and earth! It completely ignored the barriers!
Under heaven and on earth, only I am supreme!
The purple and gold hairpin, imbued with Consort Zhen's aura, contained a surging demon qi!
The mighty flames of a lord over the endless deep sea that made even tenth-level demons flee!
This hairpin’s presence caused Su Han to change his expression.
Unable to bear the chill coming from an endless abyss, the young cultivators around them shivered and hurriedly clung to each other, using their cultivation arts to resist.
Xu Ke, controlling the golden shield treasure, sensed something was amiss and immediately urged his shield-shaped Heavenly Pass Spiritual Treasure.
"Break!"
Hao Ren gently spat out one word.
He believed that Consort Zhen giving him this purple and gold hairpin was not merely for its flying capabilities. Ever since he saw Xie Yujia’s treasure possessing spirit, he knew that Consort Zhen's purple and gold hairpin could not be an ordinary item either. Especially in the Fifth Heaven where it turned the entire mountain purple with such commanding presence, this hairpin must also possess a soul!
This spirituality is different from the spirituality of妖獸; it's an innate instinct of a magic treasure, inheriting the aura of its user. It continues to act according to its inherent nature and the inertia of its master once released.
Xu Ke’s Heaven-reaching spiritual treasure can automatically defend without commands, which is the innate instinct of a shield-shaped magic treasure with spirituality. Its retaliatory instinct against attacking cultivators is also an intrinsic trait!
With just slight guidance from Xu Ke, he was utilizing the power of the magic treasure.
Hao Ren now unleashed the innate nature of Zhen Fei’s Purple Gold Hairpin, a close-body magic treasure of the Demon King for ages – Devouring Heaven and Earth!
"Go!" Xu Ke's expression turned solemn as he issued an order.
All coin-shaped golden shields returned to the golden round shield at Xu Ke's chest. The round shield, dazzling with gold light, shot towards the Purple Gold Hairpin.
This Heaven-reaching spiritual treasure hasn’t encountered any opponents in this realm!
Hao Ren threw out the Purple Gold Hairpin, emitting a dark glow and rolling with a wisp of black mist as it shot toward the golden shield!
"What’s going on"
"The sky seems to have changed…"
Students lounging on the balcony of the dormitory building felt something amiss. The originally starlit sky was now a deep purple, as if stars and the moon were being devoured.
Ding!
The Purple Gold Hairpin collided with the golden shield.
What was previously shining brightly became dim instantly.
"Impossible!" Xu Ke’s eyes widened in surprise.
"Break." Hao Ren calmly uttered another word.
The light from the Purple Gold Hairpin shone as a layer of purple-gold shimmered on its surface!
The golden round shield, previously brimming with fighting spirit, suddenly turned and fled!
The slightly superior Purple Gold Hairpin pursued relentlessly.
Xu Ke had never seen such a situation before; he hurriedly manipulated the spell seals, "Split!"
The already dim golden shield instantly fragmented into over four hundred pieces.
"Lock." Hao Ren casually recited another incantation.
The Purple Gold Hairpin landed steadily on the ground. Around it, a patch of land turned purple!
And within this range, the copies of the golden shield immediately lost all spirituality and fell like pots and pans in a kitchen to the grassy field below.
"Wh-How could this be possible!" Xu Ke was truly shocked!
Able to subdue the Heaven-reaching divine treasure, what kind of monster法寶 is this that Hao Ren uses!
"Seize!" Hao Ren spread out his palms.
The purple-gold hairpin embedded in the ground automatically flew up and returned to Hao Ren's palm.
This purple-gold hairpin was a gift from Concubine Zhen to Hao Ren, who it temporarily recognized as its master. In reality, however, given Hao Ren's strength, he wasn't powerful enough to make the hairpin submit—meaning that he only had "usage rights" and not "ownership."
If he encountered a low-tier opponent, this purple-gold hairpin wouldn't react at all. For Hao Ren to drive it to defeat his enemies would be incredibly difficult.
But when the purple-gold hairpin was released and sensed another Heaven-reaching divine treasure of its rank, there was an atmosphere where two tigers couldn’t coexist in one mountain!
Without the suppression from the purple-gold hairpin, the golden shield that fell to the ground began to tremble as it prepared to fly up.
Just as all of the small golden shields were about to merge and take flight, Hao Ren's prepped Chaos Sword Qi suddenly shot out.
"Come back!" Xu Ke jumped up suddenly and reached out to grab the golden shield.
Bam! Hao Ren’s second prepared Chaos Sword Qi struck Xu Ke.
The first Chaos Sword Qi, capable of breaking through the Five Elements, pressed down on the weak golden shield and rushed into Hao Ren's Navel Space. The second Chaos Sword Qi hit Xu Ke in the chest, sending him flying ten meters away!
Hiss hiss! Both sword energies suddenly retracted back into Hao Ren’s palms.
Subduing a Heaven-reaching divine treasure was so simple!
The surrounding young cultivators were all stunned speechless.
Was Hao Ren really able to snatch away a Heaven-reaching divine treasure from Xu Ke
Su Han also found it hard to believe, both because he hadn’t expected the power of the purple-gold hairpin to be so immense and because he had not anticipated that Hao Ren’s actions would flow seamlessly, as though he were merely putting away a piece of clothing.
"Hehe, senior is amazing!" Xu Ke staggered to his feet and laughed.
His tone carried no trace of frustration or shame but rather one of amazement.
Hao Ren saw the twitch at the corner of his mouth and knew that he was suppressing his emotions. But since Xu Ke had admitted defeat, Hao Ren wasn’t going to return the Heaven-reaching divine treasure to him!
Inside the Navel Space in Hao Ren’s necklace, the Heaven-reaching divine treasure was thrashing about and smashing several medicinal bottles Hao Ren had left behind there.
This Heaven-reaching divine treasure's instinct was to resist being bound. If it weren’t for the suppression of the Nine Dragons Palace’s formation array, all the ancient treasures in the palace would have fled.
"Do you still want to fight" Hao Ren asked him.
“No, senior is too powerful; I admit defeat.” Xu Ke said.
After thinking for a moment, he added, "I’ll personally pay the 500 yuan membership fee to the Calligraphy Club tomorrow. Since school just started, I’ve been very busy and haven’t had time to come over. Senior, please forgive me."
"It's okay. If there’s anything, I'll reach out to you," Hao Ren replied in the same tone.
After taking off the Golden Shield, Hao Ren saw that Xu Ke’s realm was indeed Middle Grade Dui Level, but Xu Ke didn’t want to continue fighting because he didn’t want to reveal his true strength.
Xu Ke is calm and collected. He seems much stronger than those like Zeng Yitao.
If Zeng Yitao’s personal treasure was taken away, he would immediately become enraged and fight desperately. But Xu Ke lost a Heaven-Linked Treasure as if it were some insignificant trinket—he seemed very magnanimous.
"If Senior likes to gamble in battles, then there’s nothing to fear. Next time Xiao Ke will bring an even better thing and try to win this treasure back," Xu Ke smiled sincerely, dusted off his clothes, and left the playground.
The sky around them returned to normal as the moon and stars reappeared from the retreating purple mist.
"Not fighting him was right. Refining a Heaven-Linked Treasure consumes a lot of spirit energy," Su Han said calmly when Hao Ren approached her.
“If you like, take this treasure. At my current realm, it’s probably difficult to completely suppress it,” Hao Ren said.
The Lu Qi standing next to Su Han almost had his ears fall off… Wasn’t Hao Ren too generous He was giving away a Heaven-Linked Treasure…
Lu Qi looked at Su Han and Hao Ren, suddenly realizing that Su Han and Hao Ren’s relationship wasn’t ordinary…
"I haven’t fully refined my own treasure yet. I don’t want yours either. Besides, I’m sure Xu Ke will try to get this back. You can’t just dump this hot potato on me," Su Han said with a dismissive glance at Hao Ren and a little white eye roll.
Hao Ren laughed awkwardly; he hadn’t expected Su Han would see through his thoughts. She was indeed more scheming than him.
Lu Qi’s jaw dropped when hearing how Su Han spoke to Hao Ren; she was cold toward everyone else, but showed a little liveliness in front of Hao Ren.
"Brother Hao, I’ll fix up the playground, but it won’t be like before," Lu Qi said.
“It’s fine. Thank you!” Hao Ren thanked him warmly.
He had wanted to test Xu Ke today and didn’t expect half of the playground would blow up. However, he also hadn’t expected that Xu Ke would carry a Heaven-Linked Treasure with him!
The Heaven-Linked Treasure was currently sealed in Jin Cunming’s handmade芥子空間 (jì zǐ kōng jiān, literally "mote space" or a type of storage dimension) within the complex array. Although it couldn’t break out right now due to its critical condition, Hao Ren had to deal with it quickly.
Hao Ren tossed the Purple-Gold Hairpin into the mote space; the rampaging Golden Shield immediately quieted down. One thing controls another—this Heaven-Linked Treasure was terrified of the Purple-Gold Hairpin after being severely weakened by it.
Several cultivators stayed behind to help Lu Qi manage the playground and array, while Hao Ren hurried back to his dormitory.
The Heaven-Linked Treasure had been crippled by the Purple-Gold Hairpin; this was a perfect opportunity to completely subdue it!
Spiritual objects choose their masters. These treasures with their own intelligence would automatically pick an owner, and if a cultivator’s strength was too low, they wouldn’t be able to suppress the treasure!
But while the Heaven-Linked Treasure was still weak, there was a chance of success!
Hao Ren sensed that Xu Ke had gambled on him being unable to control the treasure and thus left it with him. Since Su Han didn’t want this hot potato or wanted to take away Hao Ren’s battle achievements empty-handed… Hao Ren could only try to subdue it himself!
The real blow to Xu Ke wasn’t temporarily taking his Heaven-Linked Treasure, but making this Heaven-Linked Treasure obey Hao Ren and become his own treasure!
Xu Ke was not a meek little lamb! He appeared under the guise of robbing cultivation methods, openly showing he had sharp teeth. His calm attitude was an insult to Hao Ren’s strength and confidence in his background!
Hao Ren was very curious about how Xu Ke would react when pretending to be composed after seeing him summon a Golden Shield.oss various regions with different attributes and practices, but we should bring everyone together not by forcing unity or distinguishing superiority but through mutual learning and competition, rathe...