# Chapter 2469: Humanoid Secret Vault
Zhang Ruochen, with the mindset of trying anything even if it seemed hopeless, took out one Monarch Sacred Artifact after another.
Whether on the Kunlun Realm Merit Battlefield or the Heaven Hunting Battlefield, Zhang Ruochen had seized quite a few Monarch Sacred Artifacts. The number of Monarch Sacred Artifacts he possessed alone rivaled that of an entire major world.
Xiao Hei picked up a dark red long spear. The spear body was ancient, interwoven with blood patterns, and exuded faint divine power. His eyes couldn't help but brighten. "Although it's only a Three-Yuan Monarch Sacred Artifact, it's still a Divine Relic Ancient Artifact. Good stuff."
"A Flame Void Sword refined using Flame Iron Divine Marrow, a Two-Yuan Monarch Sacred Artifact... well, this one barely passes!"
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Every Monarch Sacred Artifact Zhang Ruochen took out was extraordinary, enough to make Great Saints green with envy.
Xiao Hei, however, was picky and choosy, taking quite some time to finish selecting twenty-eight Monarch Sacred Artifacts. Of course, not every one reached the Three-Yuan level or above; quite a few remained at the Two-Yuan level.
But Xiao Hei's heart was already blooming with joy.
His initial thought was that being able to gather twenty-eight One-Yuan Monarch Sacred Artifacts would be satisfying enough. How could he have imagined that Zhang Ruochen was even more of a tycoon than he had expected?
No wonder so many cultivators from the Heavenly Court and Hell wanted to kill him. There was a reason for it.
Although Zhang Ruochen had immense luck and had monopolized quite a few beautiful women resources, those who envied him for that were only the humanoid cultivators. The real reason he had become a public enemy of the universe was that he carried more treasures on him than the gods, comparable to a humanoid secret vault.
If not him, who else to kill?
Xiao Hei suppressed his excited heart, twisted his beak, and put on a very disappointed expression. "With these broken copper and scrap iron you've taken out, you still want to arrange the Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Slaying Demon-Slaying Grand Formation? Sigh, in this emperor's view, we can only work hard on the Supreme Sacred Artifacts, otherwise the formation's power is worrying."
Zhang Ruochen sneered repeatedly. "I've never seen anyone consume so much just to refine a formation."
"Your vision is too low! In the way of formations, in front of this emperor, you haven't even reached the level of an entry-level apprentice." Xiao Hei urged again. "Time is tight. Refining a demigod-level formation is not something that can be done in a day or two. How about this: hand over the Mountain-Hiding Demon Mirror, the Purple Gold Gourd, and the Sundial to this emperor, and this emperor guarantees to refine a killing formation that can sweep the world."
"Dream on."
Zhang Ruochen felt around in his Space Ring and took out a pagoda.
Xiao Hei snatched it over and flipped through it for a long while. "Shang Zihong's Ten-Thousand Refinement Pagoda? Although this pagoda has Supreme Inscription Runes, seven Ten-Thousand Refinement Pagodas must be combined to form a complete Supreme Sacred Artifact. This one of yours can only be considered one-seventh of a Supreme Sacred Artifact at most. Change it, quickly change it."
Zhang Ruochen said, "If you don't want it, give it back to me."
Xiao Hei quickly put away the Ten-Thousand Refinement Pagoda. "Forget it, since it's a Supreme Sacred Artifact, its power at least exceeds that of a Monarch Sacred Artifact. It barely passes!"
Zhang Ruochen then took out the Golden Crow Ancient Cauldron.
The moment this cauldron was brought out, it instantly shone with ten thousand rays of light, and powerful energy fluctuations rolled like divine sea waves.
Xiao Hei's eyes burned with heat. He pounced fiercely, his claws grabbing the Golden Crow Ancient Cauldron, trembling with excitement. "Good! Too good! You've finally been willing to take out a heavy treasure. With this cauldron, the Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Slaying Demon-Slaying Grand Formation finally has a soul."
The Golden Crow Ancient Cauldron was something Zhang Ruochen had seized from the Blazing Sun Twin Kings in the Dragon God Hall ruins.
This cauldron had once been a powerful Supreme Sacred Artifact of the Blazing Sun Civilization, held by a god.
Later, it was damaged, and even its artifact spirit was annihilated.
It wasn't until a new artifact spirit was born that it once again reached the level of a Supreme Sacred Artifact, and was brought by the Blazing Sun Twin Kings to the Kunlun Realm Merit Battlefield. In the end, it became Zhang Ruochen's gain.
For the third item, Zhang Ruochen took out the Radiant Heavenly Book, which he had seized from Zhou Yu.
Xiao Hei snatched it, flipped through it twice, then threw it down. "Just a replica of the Radiant Heavenly Book. Although it was replicated by a god and has Supreme Inscription Runes born inside it, it's still a notch short of a true Supreme Sacred Artifact. Moreover, this book requires cultivation of the Way of Light to refine and use. Change it, change it."
The real Radiant Heavenly Book was a divine artifact, stored in the Radiant Divine Temple, and was a supreme treasure of the Paradise Realm.
Zhang Ruochen retrieved the Radiant Heavenly Book and took out twelve Judgment Swords.
The twelve Judgment Swords were seized by Zhang Ruochen from the twelve Judgment Envoys of the Paradise Realm.
Xiao Hei picked up each Judgment Sword, flicked them, and felt them. "The twelve Judgment Swords combined are indeed a set of Supreme Sacred Artifacts, but individually, each is only a Monarch Sacred Artifact, with only King-level Inscription Runes inside. The Three Enclosures Twenty-Eight Mansions Grand Formation that this emperor wants to refine has the Three Enclosures as its most important part."
"The Ten-Thousand Refinement Pagoda specializes in trapping and binding, the Golden Crow Ancient Cauldron specializes in suppression, but we're still missing a great killing weapon. How about giving this emperor the Mountain-Hiding Demon Mirror?"
Zhang Ruochen put away the twelve Judgment Swords and then took out a black-gold rod filled with deathly energy.
This rod had been seized from a Bone Clan strongman in the Dragon God Hall ruins, originally called the "Black-Gold War Heaven Pillar."
Seeing the Black-Gold War Heaven Pillar, Xiao Hei's eyes lit up again. He mobilized the sacred qi in his body and injected it into the rod. The rod grew larger and larger, and the Supreme Power it emitted grew stronger and stronger.
Fortunately, they were inside the Seven Star Imperial Palace; otherwise, the might of the Supreme Sacred Artifact would have shaken Divine Maiden City.
"Good treasure! Do you have any others?"
The way Xiao Hei looked at Zhang Ruochen was full of anticipation.
Zhang Ruochen then took out a giant axe. This axe was ten zhang long, pitch-black and deep, with a giant spirit divine general painted on each side of the axe blade.
Although he hadn't used sacred qi to activate it, the killing and slaughtering aura emitted by the giant axe already made Xiao Hei's whole body feel cold, as if he could hear the weeping of countless wronged souls in his ears.
"Titan Ghost Axe, good stuff, this is it!"
Xiao Hei pressed himself onto the Titan Ghost Axe, as if pressing down on a peerless beauty, his claws stroking the axe body. "Even this Supreme Sacred Artifact of the Titan Divine Temple was seized by you. This emperor now somewhat understands why you were so sure that the cultivators of the Paradise Realm would definitely come to Ice King Star to kill you! You've snatched so many supreme treasures from the Paradise Realm, I'm afraid even the gods of the Paradise Realm are furious. If they don't kill you, their thoughts won't be clear."
The Titan Ghost Axe was seized by Zhang Ruochen from the hands of the Titan Six Divine Generals.
And the Titan Divine Temple was a very powerful divine temple in the Paradise Realm.
"Are there any other Supreme Sacred Artifacts? Take them all out and let this emperor choose again. This Ten-Thousand Refinement Pagoda is such junk; it must be changed, otherwise the formation's power is worrying."
Xiao Hei very much wanted to directly snatch Zhang Ruochen's Space Ring.
Zhang Ruochen said, "The Ten-Thousand Refinement Pagoda can both suppress and trap and bind. I think it's quite suitable."
Still want more?
Dream on!
"Fine, fine, look at how stingy you are. Not a shred of the boldness and decisiveness of an Eon-level genius." Xiao Hei shook his head and sighed.
This was stingy?
Even gods didn't have such a grand gesture.
Zhang Ruochen ignored him and took out several thousand types of formation-refining materials, piling them into a small mountain. They were colorful, with treasure qi surging, and each type of material was of extraordinary value.
Just the value of these auxiliary materials alone was already no less than half a Supreme Sacred Artifact.
As for the divine corpse Xiao Hei wanted, Zhang Ruochen had considered giving it the bone body of Pink Skeleton.
However, Pink Skeleton's bone body was stored in the Qiankun Realm, so that idea had to be abandoned.
So Zhang Ruochen took out the Divine Python Corpse and handed it to him.
The Divine Python Corpse had been dug out from the Northern Domain of the Kunlun Realm and had merged with an evil spirit. Unfortunately, in that battle with the Paradise Realm cultivators in the Central Imperial City, the evil spirit had suffered a severe blow and had been in a half-dead state ever since.
Now, refining the Divine Python Corpse into the formation carrier of the Three Enclosures Twenty-Eight Mansions Grand Formation, and the evil spirit could just happen to become the formation spirit.
After arranging everything, Zhang Ruochen left Xiao Hei in the "Star Artifact Palace" of the Seven Star Imperial Palace and went to the "Star Art Palace."
The Seven Star Imperial Palace had seven palaces inside. The Star Artifact Palace was where Xue Jue War God had once refined artifacts, containing various materials, sacred furnaces, heavenly fires, etc., needed for artifact refining, enough to meet Xiao Hei's needs for refining the formation.
As for the Star Art Palace, it was where Xue Jue War God had once cultivated sacred arts.
The space inside the hall was extremely large, and the walls and floor were arranged with special formations and divine patterns. Even if a high-rank sacred art was performed here, the destructive energy of the sacred art would be absorbed by the formation, not causing too much commotion.
In addition, there were also Xue Jue War God's cultivation insights on sacred arts stored here, each one extremely precious.
Zhang Ruochen was very clear that he absolutely could not place all his hopes on Xiao Hei. He had to make himself stronger.
He took out the Desire-Annihilating Pill. The light emitted by the pill illuminated the ancient and luxurious hall.
This was a quasi-emperor-grade sacred pill. The pill spirit was an extremely cute little girl, three or four years old, with a cultivation level reaching the Thousand Questions Realm. She was not fierce and vicious, but instead looked gentle and graceful, making people unable to bear swallowing her.
Inside the pill, the little girl pouted her lips, looking delicate and pitiful, and said, "Big brother, are you going to eat me?"
"As expected of the pill spirit of the Desire-Annihilating Pill, it truly strikes directly at the human heart." Zhang Ruochen said.
The little girl's eyes turned red. "From the moment I was born, I was just a pill. My life is not my own. Whoever my master gives me to, I become their food. But I am also a life. I want to live. I want to see the outside world. I also want to have a happy childhood like human children. Big brother, can you spare me?"
Zhang Ruochen said, "You want to use my kindness to escape. If it were the me of the past, I might really have let you go. Stop pretending. Show your true form!"
He pointed a finger, striking the Desire-Annihilating Pill.
Instantly, the little girl let out a miserable scream, her face becoming ferocious, and finally dissipated, turning into a white butterfly.
"It's time to break the last shackle and charge to the Great Perfection of the Hundred Shackles Realm."
"Desire-Annihilating is the hardest hurdle."
Zhang Ruochen's Qi Sea had recovered about seventy to eighty percent, and his sacred soul had also returned to its peak state, so he didn't want to wait any longer.
But his desire-annihilating was too strong. It would be difficult to break through on his own, so he could only use the pill to forcefully break through.
He grabbed the Desire-Annihilating Pill and swallowed it.
"Hua"
Zhang Ruochen's body was like a sacred lamp being lit, emitting dazzling brilliance. His state of mind instantly became clear and transparent, and many distracting thoughts were washed away like dust. His body seemed to become lighter.
This was an incredibly wonderful feeling. The various emotions squeezed in his heart—fear, guilt, hardship, pain, confusion—all disappeared in an instant.
"This is the moment. Break the shackle."
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There will be another chapter in the early morning.