New Chapter: Terrifying Black Wood Box

"How strange! Could it be that the Moon Laurel Tree and the legend of Chang'e flying to the moon are related to the Black Wood Box, and that this prohibited item from ancient times is the cause?" Wang Xuan looked surprised.

A hazy palace sits in the foreground, its style ancient and simple.

But that Moon Laurel Tree was too eerie. Although it showered down light and was incredibly sacred, it was also hanging so many corpses with black ropes. What was the meaning of that?

"Have you sensed the black wooden box?" Wang Xuan asked. Although he wanted to explore, he would never go down a dead end if things didn't go well, because he might become a father at any time.

"It has its aura and its power of rules is still decent, but the Super Material in the environment is depleted, so it is clear that it is also limited by this era. In this Great Universe that is being corrected, even though it is very special and can generate some power, it cannot compare with its heyday."

The Imperial Dao Spear emitted a wave of energy, its entire body covered in gold and silver patterns, with sacred ripples spreading and touching every corner of this space as it explored the situation.

"There are fragments of an extraordinary meteor under the tree. Could this be a remnant of the meteor that contained the Black Wood Box back then?" Wang Xuan walked forward.

"Danger!" The Carefree Boat emitted a wave of light, which expanded and covered the hull.

The Moon Laurel Tree swayed, and on it hung a corpse, its eyelids fluttering as if it were about to open.

Wang Xuan's expression turned strange. Could they possibly come back to life?

"Some of them only resemble humans in form, but their internal structures are completely different. Others have strange and unusual forms. What kind of monsters are they?" Wang Xuan stared intently, having never seen these races before.

The Moon Laurel Tree glowed, and the corpses hanging from it broke free of their black ropes and fell down, all rushing towards Wang Xuan.

Most of them were alien races, including hedgehog-like creatures covered in spikes, metal angels covered in divine light, monster spirits that had lost their physical bodies, and spherical creatures covered in mouths, and so on. There were all sorts of different kinds.

They were all trying to create ripples involving the rules, but unfortunately, the large-scale Order Rune just began to shine brightly before extinguishing again. The rules of this era were limited, and there wasn't enough Supernatural Power for them to squander.

Then, they all exploded, coalesced, and transformed into eerie light, with the remaining power of the rules covering Wang Xuan.

At the origin of the rules, some old scenes resurfaced: a group of powerful individuals, wielding more than one forbidden item, were besieging a person holding a black wooden box.

Amidst an extremely fierce and terrifying battle, that world seemed to be shattered. The person holding the black box died in battle, while the box itself broke free, tore through space and time, and quickly disappeared into the distance.

Behind them, two contraband items were shattered into pieces, and many people died. There were still powerful people chasing after them, but the moment the lid of the box was opened, they were engulfed by light and bound, and many people went crazy and died.

"The owner of the black box died in battle back then. Of course, he may not have refined the wooden box. Or perhaps, the person who obtained the black wooden box was besieged and killed. There Are Supreme Treasures exploded the moment the lid was opened, which is quite terrifying! In the instant the black box fled, it imprisoned some living beings, namely these creatures hanging on the Moon Laurel Tree?"

"Stab to death!" The Imperial Dao Spear glowed, piercing through the eerie light and the remaining rules that covered it, instantly dissipating them completely.

There were no more corpses hanging from the Moon Laurel Tree, and everything had returned to peace.

"It's a bit scary. The black box can imprison people and objects that have come into contact with it, trapping them in a special vicious cycle for its own use."

Wang Xuan was moved. This world was barren, which was why those people hadn't displayed their formidable fighting power. Otherwise, the scene they left behind would have been extremely terrifying.

In the golden age of mythology, There Are Supreme Treasures, anyone who dared to venture in would most likely be swiftly slaughtered by those creatures.

"Sizzle!"

Suddenly, a sharp blade shot out from behind the extinguished rules. Wang Xuan quickly thrust out with the Imperial Dao Spear. This time, it was a truly terrifying Rule Collision, and it made a soft clang.

The metal fragment flew backward and stuck in the void, tearing open a terrifying spacetime rift in this unusual scene, where it remained motionless.

"A fragment of a treasure that doesn't belong to this universe. In the chase footage we just saw, there was this contraband item. It was shattered by the light emitted from the black box, and the box hurriedly took away this piece."

Wang Xuan was truly astonished. If they hadn't been surrounded and attacked, could the black box have imprisoned a complete treasure for his own use, leaving it in this special situation to unleash its power?

This is truly terrifying. One of the most powerful contraband items, it didn't even show up, yet it already gave them a taste of its power.

"Do you still want to stab it?" Wang Xuan asked the Imperial Dao Spear. This time, they had encountered a formidable opponent. He wondered if they could find it by following these traces.

"I want to!" The Imperial Dao Spear glowed.

Under Wang Xuan's urging, the tip of the spear rippled and rolled over the metal piece inserted in the space-time rift.

In any case, Wang Xuan's trip was not in vain. The fragment he obtained was made of an extraordinary material, blue and shiny, like the tip of a dagger. This was a shattered treasure!

Whether melted down and used for refining, or directly added to the First Killing Array Diagram, it is a priceless treasure.

"The 'Ancient and Modern' treasure in the black wooden box has been shattered and can still be used for its own purposes, which is quite outrageous." Wang Xuan reminded the Imperial Dao Spear, as he did not want to get caught up in a battle of wits between treasures.

"Don't worry, if we really meet, I'm confident that it won't be able to ensnare me, and I'll most likely be able to pierce the box!" Imperial Dao Spear remained confident.

It was assessing each other's resilience through the scenario just now.

"You're confident, but I'm not. You can't break it; I'll shatter," Wang Xuan said. The strongest forbidden item has been revived, and this is a full-force impact. His current level is simply not enough to withstand it; it will probably end in tragedy.

"If anything unexpected happens, let the Carefree Boat take you away. Nothing else will do; its priority is to save your life and get you out of there."

The Carefree Boat was quite dissatisfied. What did it mean to prioritize survival and escape? This was an insult to it. It only possessed the fastest speed to break through time.

Suddenly, the Moon Laurel Tree glowed again, and all the metal spaceships hanging from the branches like fruits... opened fire, heading straight for Wang Xuan.

The firepower was extremely fierce; the sky and earth of this scene were blasted apart!

"Super Material!" The Carefree Boat emitted a wave, demanding Red Substance; those beams of light could easily destroy life-bearing planets.

Wang Xuan was horrified. How could such a small spaceship possess such immense power?

"It is the manifestation of the rules, derived from the black wooden box, simulating the extraordinary ships that once pursued it, reflecting divine power through the rules." The Carefree Boat emitted a fluctuation.

It sensed an extremely dangerous aura on the Moon Laurel Tree, and it could vaguely make out parts of the scene from the past, roughly seeing a blurry box that had lingered there.

Fortunately, the extremely terrifying attack only lasted for a moment before suddenly falling silent. It was still due to the depletion of Super Material, which could not be sustained.

Sizzle!

The Imperial Dao Spear grew larger, emitting a terrifying light that pierced through space and time. Wang Xuan threw it out, and with a "poof," it pierced through the Moon Laurel Tree, causing a massive explosion.

The next moment, Wang Xuan retrieved the spear. A dense Red Substance emanated from his body as he fully activated the Imperial Dao Spear, preparing to throw it again and launch an attack.

He found that all the scenery here was dangerous, so he decided to just destroy it all.

He gripped the gun and aimed it at the blurry palace in the distance.

"I can feel its lingering presence." The Imperial Dao Spear emitted a wave of energy, and then it flew out on its own, transforming into a streak of light and disappearing into the palace.

With a deafening roar, a massive cloud of energy tore through space and time, threatening to shatter the scene. A hazy, pitch-black box then appeared, its lid opened.

A blinding light burst forth, and it clashed head-on with the Imperial Dao Spear.

"The past and present are here?!" Wang Xuan was shocked.

"No, this is just a projection it left behind back then, and it's very powerful." Carefree Boat emitted a wave of consciousness.

The strange beams of light emanating from the Imperial Dao Spear and the black box clashed, demonstrating birth and death, accompanied by rampant chaotic energy, as if the heavens and earth were being created!

With a bang, the Imperial Dao Spear tore through space and time, piercing through the black box, where the light gradually faded.

"The ancient and modern are extremely powerful. Even just the projection has such power. If the real body were to appear, the Imperial Dao Spear would be in trouble unless it merges with the flag," Carefree Boat commented.

However, the Imperial Dao Spear remained unconvinced, still firmly believing that there was nothing it couldn't pierce.

The scene was dilapidated and collapsed, with much light scattering, like a broken house collapsing in Space-time Trap, unable to hold onto itself or preserve time.

In the distance, many of the people who came in from another scene, those so-called participants, rotted away and turned into dust.

"These people are pathetic. They say they are in an endless cycle of reincarnation, but they actually died back then. They were just pulled in by the black mole and imprisoned in a special scene, becoming servants and henchmen." Carefree Boat emitted a wave of consciousness. These people were no different from the corpses that had been hanging on the Moon Laurel Tree earlier.

"Let's go, let's leave here," Wang Xuan said. The realistic scene was fading away; there was no need to stay any longer.

"Wait a minute, was it intentional or left by accident? There are still traces pointing into the distance." The Imperial Dao Spear glowed, its intricate patterns flickering, and the light waves surged into the distance, beyond this scene. In the dark void, flames danced, as if they had touched something.

The Carefree Boat sailed out of the collapsing scene and into the darkness. Sure enough, there were traces ahead, a fist-sized halo of light, and a box could be vaguely seen blurring out in the middle.

"There are some tricks to this. These are the footprints of the past and present, like one footprint after another. Who are they meant for?" Imperial Dao Spear asked.

The Carefree Boat carried Wang Xuan to a high place in the Dark Void. Looking ahead, others might not notice, but Wang Xuan's Spiritual Heavenly Eye, like the two supreme treasures, could capture the halos of light in extremely distant areas. Clusters of light, like flames, would appear every long distance.

"Let's go after them and see!" The consciousness fluctuations of the Imperial Dao Spear were quite intense. Was the black wooden box provoking the pursuers? Or was there some other deeper meaning, something it had foreseen back then?

In the darkness, one halo after another resembled the footprints of some strange creature, traveling a long way.

"The Dark Realm is still the scene it created," Carefree Boat informed, and quickly drove off, following the "footprints."

Much later, light appeared ahead, and the scene changed.

Wang Xuan noticed that it was as if he had entered the present world from a dark scene outside the main world, and then he saw a familiar planet— Old Earth.

The Carefree Boat possessed extreme speed, instantly entering the Old Earth and approaching a small city.

"Something's not right!" Wang Xuan was terrified. That place was clearly Yun City, his birthplace.

How did the footprints left by the black wooden box lead here?

"Wait a minute, have we caught up to the real world and are we in reality, or are we still in the scene constructed by the black wooden box?!" He was somewhat uneasy.