362: Emperor Wu's Treasure House

Xiao Shi didn't hesitate.

He moved and walked straight towards the enormous underground palace ahead.

But just as he ascended the steps, trod on the stone bricks, and approached the palace, a barrier suddenly rose from nowhere, enveloping the entire palace, and forcefully repelled him.

Xiao Shi frowned slightly.

He reached out and sensed the barrier's resistance.

He found that with the powerful obstruction of this barrier, even with his current strength, he couldn't forcibly break through it.

"Indeed..."

"The Martial Emperor doesn't want anyone to enter this underground palace."

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed.

The obstruction he had felt with his soul earlier was clearly the barrier enveloping this underground palace.

As such, even if Xiao Shi successfully arrived in front of this underground palace, he couldn't enter it.

Unless he once again used the Martial Emperor Belt to form an emperor soul.

But after experiencing the crisis brought by the emperor soul before, Xiao Shi would never form an emperor soul again.

"Besides the emperor soul, there should be other ways to enter this underground palace..."

Xiao Shi pondered for a moment and had an idea.

The martial emperor mask instantly appeared on his face.

Through the martial emperor mask, he directly formed a wisp of the Martial Emperor's aura.

Compared to the emperor soul, the Martial Emperor's aura formed by the martial emperor mask would not cause any harm to Xiao Shi.

He tried to use the Martial Emperor's aura to allow himself to enter the underground palace smoothly.

Buzz!

As Xiao Shi approached, the entire barrier enveloping the underground palace immediately rippled.

This time, Xiao Shi encountered no obstruction and easily passed through the barrier, successfully entering it.

He ascended the steps.

After a period of advancement, Xiao Shi successfully arrived at the main hall's entrance of this underground palace.

During this process, he consistently maintained the Martial Emperor's aura surrounding his body, ensuring he wouldn't be directly repelled if the aura dissipated.

Thus, when he reached the main hall's entrance, Xiao Shi reached out and gently touched the hall door.

Upon sensing the Martial Emperor's aura, with a creak, the heavy hall door slowly opened, and the old door hinges made a grating sound.

A musty smell wafted out.

Behind the hall door was a main hall supported by nine golden pillars, with a golden floor, extremely spacious.

At the far end was a high pedestal, upon which sat a huge throne.

On the path leading to the throne, nine crimson sculptures stood on both the left and right, all in a bowing posture.

"This seems to be the front hall..."

Xiao Shi walked around here.

He didn't find anything.

However, he discovered another door leading to the back hall.

This was also an ancient, massive, golden door.

As Xiao Shi reached out, emitting the Martial Emperor's aura, with a grinding sound, the thick green giant door slowly opened until it was fully ajar.

The hall was brightly lit, with numerous palace maid sculptures standing in bowing postures, holding crystal clear glazed lamps.

The entire hall was illuminated.

The moment Xiao Shi clearly saw the scene inside the hall, his pupils suddenly constricted.

His mind was greatly shaken.

Even though he had some conjectures about this underground palace hidden by the Martial Emperor before, his heart still couldn't help but stir up a huge wave after truly seeing the scene within the underground palace.

The back hall of this underground palace was actually a treasure vault!

Everything inside exuded the aura of time's precipitation.

The first thing Xiao Shi saw was a golden shelf placed in the very center, and on this shelf hung a robe.

This was a golden Emperor's Robe!

Embroidered with nine giant dragons that seemed to be real, sealed within the robe, flowing like water, exuding an aura of nobility.

This Emperor's Robe was not the first time Xiao Shi had seen it.

Just recently, he had just seen this Emperor's Robe.

It was... the Emperor's Robe on the Martial Emperor!

And when Xiao Shi's gaze focused on this Emperor's Robe, relevant information about it immediately appeared in his vision.

Name: Martial Emperors Royal Robe

Type: Emperor's Robe

Grade: Saint Grade

Introduction: It is the iconic Emperors Armor of successive Martial Emperors. It is said that collecting a complete set of Emperors Armor grants the qualification to ascend the throne as the new Martial Emperor.

Remark 1: The Martial Emperor Regalia consists of eight parts in total, and each part corresponds to a Martial Dao Realm.

Remark 2: Only the strongest who has reached that Martial Dao Realm can wear the Emperors Armor.

Remark 3: The Martial Emperors Royal Robe has two different forms: Guardian Form and Combat Form. In Guardian Form, the nine celestial dragons on the Royal Robe can be activated to form the Nine Dragons Guarding Array, a guardian domain. The Combat Form allows one's own domain to be integrated into the body, thereby enabling combat while carrying the domain.

Remark 4: The Martial Emperors Royal Robe is the core component of the eight pieces of Emperors Armor and can be paired with any other piece of Emperors Armor to enhance its power. At the same time, the power increase of the Martial Emperors Royal Robe will also depend on the number of Emperors Armor possessed. When possessing two, four, six, and eight pieces of Emperors Armor, the Martial Emperors Royal Robe will have different degrees of enhancement.

Remark 5: When possessing two pieces of Emperors Armor, the Martial Emperors Royal Robe can merge with one's own domain, becoming a sacred object of one's domain.

Remark 6: When possessing four pieces of Emperors Armor, the Martial Emperors Royal Robe can absorb the faith of the subjects within the domain and gain the blessing of the power of faith.

Remark 7: When possessing six pieces of Emperors Armor, the Nine Dragons Guarding Array in Guardian Form can be upgraded to the Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation. Only the Martial Dao Ninth Realm can decipher the Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation.

Remark 8: When possessing eight pieces of Emperors Armor, the ultimate form of the Martial Emperors Royal Robe can be activated!

Xiao Shi stared blankly at the information about the Martial Emperors Royal Robe that appeared before him.

This was definitely the strongest piece of Emperors Armor he had ever seen among all the Emperors Armor.

At the same time, Xiao Shi also didn't expect that he could obtain Emperors Armor through means other than killing!

And it was the core component among the eight pieces of Emperors Armor.

This made Xiao Shi's heart burn with excitement.

He knew that as his realm improved, the number of martial artists of the same realm he could kill would become fewer and fewer.

Upon reaching the Saint Realm, the number of Saints was already small.

Currently, the total number of Saints in the entire Tianwu Continent was less than a hundred.

Even if Xiao Shi became the strongest Saint and had the ability to kill these Saints, even if he killed all of them, such a small number might not drop Saint Grade Emperors Armor.

After all, from Xiao Shi's past experience, Emperors Armor was inherently the most difficult item to drop.

It often only appeared after he had performed a large number of kills.

Without a large number of Saints to kill, it was almost impossible to drop Saint Grade Emperors Armor through killing.

Therefore, the acquisition of this piece of Emperors Armor was of immense value and significance to Xiao Shi!

Besides that, the function of this Emperors Armor made Xiao Shi even more excited.

The first thing he noticed were the two forms of the Martial Emperors Royal Robe.

Just the fact that the Combat Form could integrate his own domain into his body was enough to give him powerful strength that surpassed other Saints!

Even if he was just an ordinary Saint... as long as he could integrate his own domain into his body and fight with his domain, he would not be weaker than other Saints.

After all, for Saints, only within their own domain could they exert their strongest power.

However, the domains of these Saints were often in a fixed place and could not be moved.

With Xiao Shi being able to integrate his own domain into his body, it was equivalent to being able to be in the Saint's strongest state at any time.

In this situation, he could even enter the domains of other Saints and fight them!

One must know that in battles between Saints, entering the opponent's domain was a huge taboo!

There had never been a case where a Saint, after entering another Saint's domain, was still able to defeat them.

Even if there was a certain difference in strength between the two Saints, once one entered the opponent's domain, victory was impossible.

However, for Xiao Shi, who could fight with his own domain, even if he entered the domain of other Saints, he could still fight them!

In addition, the other form of the Martial Emperors Royal Robe was equally powerful.

Especially now that Xiao Shi possessed six pieces of Emperors Armor, he could upgrade the Nine Dragons Guarding Array in Guardian Form to the Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation.

This was a divine formation that even demigods couldn't break!

In other words, as long as he used the Guardian Form of the Martial Emperors Royal Robe to form the Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation to protect his domain, then even the three demigod Heavenly Kings would be powerless against his domain.

Before this, Xiao Shi had indeed worried about this problem. Once those three demigod Heavenly Kings had ideas about his domain... with his strength, he would inevitably be unable to contend with the three demigods.

Now with the Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation in the Guardian Form of the Martial Emperors Royal Robe, Xiao Shi no longer had to worry about this problem.

As for absorbing the faith of the subjects within the domain, it required people within Xiao Shi's domain.

Just like the Star Luo Territory in the past, the many martial artists within the Star Luo Territory were all subjects of the Star Luo Territory Lord.

Under normal circumstances, every Saint's domain would inevitably have many martial artists, but due to the special nature of Xiao Shi's domain, there were currently no martial artists in his domain.

Xiao Shi pondered that he might consider bringing the Red Tiger Sect into his domain later.

At the same time, he could also look for opportunities to introduce some people.

After all, for every Saint's domain to develop and grow, there must be enough martial artists.

Especially since Xiao Shi could now gain the power of faith through the Martial Emperors Royal Robe, the martial artists within his domain became even more important.

Xiao Shi believed that with the special nature of his domain, it would not be difficult to introduce martial artists from outside.

In any case, with this Martial Emperors Royal Robe, Xiao Shi's strength would definitely be greatly enhanced after becoming a Saint.

Since he had not yet transformed this special area into his own domain, he couldn't wear the Martial Emperors Royal Robe.

Xiao Shi was not in a hurry about this.

The current transformation was only a matter of time.

He looked at the other treasures in the treasure vault.

This treasure vault contained not only the Martial Emperors Royal Robe but also other treasures.

Unfortunately, Xiao Shi searched around among these treasures but didn't find any other Emperors Armor.

There was only one piece of Emperors Armor in this treasure vault.

This also made him feel a bit regretful.

After all, the further he went, the more difficult it would be to drop Emperors Armor through killing.

Since it was difficult to drop Saint Grade Emperors Armor through killing, the hope of dropping Emperors Armor in the subsequent Dao Lord Realm and Demigod Realm was even more distant.

Although he didn't find the remaining two pieces of Emperors Armor in the treasure vault, Xiao Shi made another discovery.

Before him was a shrine, and on the shrine, two incomplete fragments were placed.

When the relevant information about these two fragments appeared in Xiao Shi's vision, a surge of ecstasy immediately welled up in his heart.

Name: fragment of the celestial compass

Type: Broken Fragment

Grade: Saint Grade

Introduction: After the tianji plate shattered, it divided into three fragments. Collecting all three fragments gives hope of being able to repair the tianji plate.

Remark 1: One of the fragments after the tianji plate shattered.

Remark 2: It seems to want to return to Tianji Hall, but due to the incompleteness of its artifact spirit, it cannot express itself.

Remark 3: Possesses a certain degree of precognition, but it is not perfect.

Remark 4: After each use, it requires a long period of recovery before it can be used again. If it can be nourished by Tianji Hall, the recovery time can be shortened.

Xiao Shi didn't expect the remaining fragments of the celestial compass to be in the Martial Emperor's treasure vault!

But upon closer thought, this wasn't very strange.

After all, he already knew that the demise of the previous Hall Master of Tianji Hall was related to the Martial Emperor.

He even suspected that the previous Hall Master of Tianji Hall had very likely died at the hands of the Martial Emperor.

Therefore, the Martial Emperor possessed two of the fragments of the celestial compass.

"Looking at it this way... I'm afraid the Martial Emperor back then also wanted to repair the tianji plate, but he always lacked one fragment of the celestial compass, leading to his inability to repair a complete tianji plate."

Xiao Shi thought to himself.

Now with these two fragments of the celestial compass, he had successfully gathered all the fragments of the celestial compass.

Next, as long as he completed the repair of the tianji plate, he would be able to possess the strongest treasure of Tianji Hall—the tianji plate!

"I wonder what level of treasure the tianji plate is?"

Xiao Shi was very much looking forward to it.

Although these fragments of the celestial compass were only Saint Grade, Xiao Shi felt that the tianji plate must be a treasure of the Upper Three Realms.

He just didn't know if it was a Dao Lord Level treasure, or... a Demigod Level treasure!

Regardless of the level of the treasure, as the strongest treasure of Tianji Hall, even the Martial Emperor was tempted by it, so the function of the tianji plate must be extremely great!

Thinking of this, Xiao Shi immediately picked up these two fragments of the celestial compass. With the Martial Emperor's aura currently emanating from him, he could freely pick up any item in this treasure vault.

Xiao Shi directly placed these two fragments of the celestial compass into Tianji Hall, but he was not in a hurry to repair them. Instead, he continued to examine the other treasures.

There were many treasures in this treasure vault.

Xiao Shi believed that there must be other valuable treasures here.

After a search, he suddenly made a new discovery.