Archean Eon Art c1-766

by I Eat Tomatoes, Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi, 我吃西红柿

  With a thought, his consciousness completely fused with his Essence Soul and lost control of his body.

  Time to go. As he stared at his vast sea of consciousness, Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul left his body with a single thought.

  An illusory Meng Chuan appeared beside the real Meng Chuan—who was sitting cross-legged.

  His real body couldn’t feel the wind. However, Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul could sense the blade-like wind constantly boring into his illusory body, causing his illusory body to ache all over. Furthermore, the void felt like a terrifying sea, as though it could swallow his Essence Soul at any moment.

  The Nightroaming stage. According to the manuals, the first time one sends their Essence Soul outside their body, they will encounter a Wind Tribulation, This Wind Tribulation will make one’s body more resilient. Only when one can remain as stable as a rock while being buffeted by the wind, can one’s Essence Soul travel far away at night.

  When his Essence Soul left his body, his real body couldn’t feel the wind in the chamber. His Essence Soul continued feeling the pain. After some time, his Essence Soul got used to it and became much stronger.

  His Essence Soul could stay in the chamber easily at least.

  A third-level Essence Soul can leave one’s body. Meng Chuan controlled his Essence Soul to fly around the chamber before looking at his body—that was still sitting cross-legged. He sighed inwardly. It’s no wonder that one can possess another body when their Essence Soul reaches the fifth level. They can even switch bodies completely.

  Possession could be done at the fifth level, but powerful Godfiends rarely used the ability. Firstly, one’s lifespan was linked to their Essence Soul! Even if one changed their body, they couldn’t escape their deaths when their lifespan came to an end.

  Secondly, if a body and Essence Soul weren’t completely compatible, it would affect one’s strength.

  Godfiends usually possessed other bodies because their bodies were destroyed or were unable to be saved. Thus, they were forced to possess another body.

  Return. With just a thought, his Essence Soul instantly returned to his body. Only when his Essence Soul returned to his sea of consciousness did he feel secure. His Essence Soul was still too weak outside his body.

  From the third level of the Essence Soul, the Power of Essence Soul will become very potent. Meng Chuan knew this very well. Previously, the first and second levels increased his control over his body and Quintessential Essence, allowing him to unleash greater strength. From the third level and onward, other than having finer control over his body and Quintessential Essence, the Power of Essence Soul alone could deal with enemies.

  Even if one were a mortal with a weak body, if they had a third-level Essence Soul, they could easily kill a Great Solar Godfiend with the Power of Essence Soul.

  According to the manual’s description, a third-level Essence Soul’s Power of Essence Soul alone has the strength of a weak Marquis Godfiend. A fifth-level Essence Soul’s Power of Essence Soul has the strength of a weak Regis Godfiend. A seventh-level Essence Soul’s Power of Essence Soul has the strength of a weak Creation realm expert.

  If one was strong in all aspects, like the physical body, Quintessential Essence, technique realm, and cultivation realm, they could unleash even more strength when working in concert with their Essence Soul.

  With a third-level Essence Soul, I can cultivate a lot more Essence Soul mystic techniques. What’s most important now is to cultivate the Essence Soul mystic technique—Soul-Vanquishing Spike.

  Meng Chuan closed his eyes and focused on training the Essence Soul mystic technique.

  In his consciousness, his Essence Soul sat cross-legged as well. The Power of Essence Soul gathered in his Essence Soul’s palm, forming a 'spike.” Divine patterns began to condense, and Meng Chuan carefully fused them into the spike. The spike gradually became more corporeal.

  His Essence Soul needed to reach the third level if he wanted to condense an Essence Soul weapon with the Power of Essence Soul.

  The Soul-Vanquishing Spike was a mystic technique and an Essence Soul weapon.

  …

  Meng Chuan cultivated for six hours every night for seven days.

  He couldn’t afford to make any mistakes regarding the divine patterns on the Soul-Vanquishing Spike. Any mistake would result in the dispersal of his Soul-Vanquishing Spike. Therefore, he had to form the divine patterns slowly. After seven days of cultivation, he had completely covered the surface of the Soul-Vanquishing Spike with divine patterns. It was extremely dazzling and eye-catching in his Essence Soul’s hands. Its might was extremely powerful.

  If one didn’t have an Essence Soul, death was guaranteed in front of the Soul-Vanquishing Spike. Just the Soul-Vanquishing Spike alone had the strength of a weak Marquis Godfiend. It could even injure Marquis Godfiend.

  Chapter 208 - All-Round Enhancement

  I’ve succeeded.

  Meng Chuan sat cross-legged in the chamber. With a thought, the Soul-Vanquishing Spike flew out from his consciousness. It was a weapon condensed from the Power of Essence Soul. It was invisible to the naked eye, and one’s body and Quintessential Essence were unable to block it.

  Swoosh!

  The Soul-Vanquishing Spike passed through the wall as though it didn’t exist and flew out of the chamber. It circled the courtyard twice before shooting out into the night sky. After flying the Soul-Vanquishing Spike for a while, it returned to his sea of consciousness.

  I can perfectly control the Soul-Vanquishing Spike within 500 feet. It’s extremely fast and agile. Meng Chuan realized his current limitations in regards to controlling the Soul-Vanquishing Spike. Once it is over 500 feet from, my control over it will gradually weaken. My control over it within 1,000 feet is still okay. Once it’s more than 1,000 feet away, my control over it rapidly decreases. I’ll lose complete control of it after it is over 2,000 feet away from me.

  His perception of the Soul-Vanquishing Spike had blurred when it was over 2,000 feet from him, so he immediately retrieved it. It’s sufficient to use it to deal with enemies within 1000 feet. Meng Chuan nodded slightly.

  Following that, he began to experiment with other mystic techniques. With a third-level Essence Soul, the Soul-Vanquishing Spike was the most powerful mystic technique. It was the only technique that required a condensed Essence Soul weapon. However, the other mystic techniques had their own traits. For instance, Hallucination Soul Draw and the Soul Splintering Wave were useful techniques. He needed to master these techniques because it could prove useful in dire situations in the future.

  …

  Dawn, the next morning. In Meng Chuan’s study.

  “Qiyue, do you need any treasures from the sect?” inquired Meng Chuan.

  “Not for now.” Liu Qiyue shook her head.

  Meng Chuan nodded and wrote a letter. Then, he rolled it up and placed it in a metal tube.

  “Little Gray,” Meng Chuan shouted.

  Swoosh.

  A gray bird flew in from the window and landed on the desk. It was the third Firmament avian demon monarch that Meng Chuan and his wife had bought from the sect for 1.5 million credits.

  “Send this letter to Archean Mountain. Archean Mountain will give you a gourd of pills. Bring it back for me,” instructed Meng Chuan.

  “Yes, Master.” The gray bird spoke human language. It opened its mouth and put the metal tube into its mouth before flying away.

  “You’re getting 390 Scarlet Blood Divine Pills?” Liu Qiyue asked in surprise. “Do you need that much?”

  “I expend a lot of Quintessential Essence to cultivate my physical body technique. If I use the Heaven and Earth powers to replenish my Quintessential Essence, I’ll only finish cultivating this technique after ten years. During those ten years, I would have to cultivate for several hours a day. With the Scarlet Blood Divine Pills, two hours of body cultivation a day will allow me to master it within a year. Once I master this physical body technique, my body wi
ll be comparable to a Man-grade divine armament. Even my head will no longer be a vital spot. I can even regenerate severed limbs given time,” explained Meng Chuan with a smile.

  “It’s that amazing?” Liu Qiyue was a little excited.

  Meng Chuan nodded.

  The body cultivation system’s Divine Power realm—the third realm—was naturally powerful. One gained several Marquis Godfiend characteristics. The only thing the Divine Power realm lacked was the Darkstar Domain. A Divine Power realm expert’s overall offensive strength might be weaker, but their physical body was stronger and more resilient than that of a Marquis Godfiend. Their bodies no longer possessed any vital points. One could be stabbed in the head, heart, and dantian and wouldn’t die. Instead, they could maintain 70 to 80 percent of their normal strength. After some time, they would recover from such injuries completely and return to peak physical state.

  If one reached the Undying realm—the fourth realm—they could completely suppress Marquis Godfiends with just their physical bodies. With immense strength and a nigh-indestructible and undying body, the enemy could strike their previous vital points as many times as they wanted, but Undying experts would recover in the blink of an eye. Undying experts could regrow their severed limbs instantly. In aspects such as physical strength and vitality, Undying experts would reach an inconceivable, monstrous level.

  Blood Droplet experts—the fifth realm—were incomparably tough to deal with. They were difficult to kill. Even if their bodies were to be smashed to smithereens and their blood completely scattered, they would instantly recover if even a single strand of hair or a drop of blood was left behind.

  This body cultivation system was stronger than the Godfiend Quintessential Essence system. However, there were two major flaws. One flaw was that this body cultivation system required Cosmos Crystals. The second flaw was that it demanded much from one’s Essence Soul attainments.

  For example, one required a fourth-level Essence Soul to cultivate the Undying realm. In reality, the numerous mystic techniques for fourth-level Essence Souls were terrifying when it came to Marquis Godfiends. This body cultivation system didn’t showcase its powerful advantages in the beginning, but its advantages gradually became apparent during the mid and late stages.

  The further one went with this body cultivation system, the harder it was to kill them. Unfortunately, the limit for Meng Chuan was the Blood Droplet realm unless he could find Cosmos Crystals—which only existed in other worlds.

  Of course, for Archean Mountain’s predecessors to obtain and hide this legacy at Archean Eon Grotto-Heaven meant that there had to be a tiny amount of Cosmos Crystals. Clearly, one could obtain Cosmos Crystals, but it was very difficult to find them. Archean Mountain had only obtained a tiny amount of Cosmos Crystals to date.

  “Not only that, but I’ll also have a divine power after I master it,” said Meng Chuan. “Just like how demon monarchs can gain divine powers, this mystic technique can also give me divine powers.”

  “Truly impressive. It’s no wonder the Supremacy looked for you before we left the mountain.” Liu Qiyue was also happy for her husband.

  The same evening, the bird returned with a gourd of Scarlet Blood Divine Pills. Meng Chuan began his cultivation of the Divine Power realm.

  This gourd of Scarlet Blood Divine Pills cost him 3.9 million credits! The Quiescence Frost baneful aura—something he needed for his cultivation—required 8 million credits. Meng Chuan felt that his contributions and credit were lacking.

  …

  The couple was deployed on another rescue mission.

  Liu Qiyue spread her flaming wings and looked down from midair.

  “Kill!” Meng Chuan’s Power of Essence Soul fused with his Great Solar Quintessential Essence. He had an inconceivable level of control over his Quintessential Essence. The vast majority of Marquis Godfiends were unable to control their Quintessential Essence so precisely. This made Meng Chuan’s movements more agile and his saber arts faster. In an instant, he could execute several saber attacks! His strength had reached a brand new level.

  The control over one’s Quintessential Essence granted by fusing one’s third-level Power of Essence Soul was truly terrifying. The maximum strength he could unleash after fusing the third-level Power of Essence Soul with his body and Quintessential Essence was much greater than when he did it with the second-level Power of Essence Soul.

  The saber beam sliced through the demon monarchs’ body like paper.

  Before the five demon monarchs could escape 300 feet, they were sliced apart by Meng Chuan’s saber beam. Only then did Meng Chuan reveal his existence. He was still awed by his new levels of strength. The first time he used his third-level Essence Soul to control his Quintessential Essence during a battle made him feel like everything was under his control. He believed that he could fight Blackwater Palace Lord alone with his present strength.

  If he were to fuse the Power of Essence Soul with his body and Quintessential Essence and cast forbidden Godfiend spells, he could easily kill Blackwater Palace Lord with his Essence Soul mystic techniques.

  I’ve actually improved by so much. A third-level Essence Soul enhances all aspects of strength so greatly. Meng Chuan was delighted. Since his wife was pregnant in such an era, Meng Chuan wanted to be as strong as possible. Only by becoming stronger could he better protect his wife and children.

  Swoosh!

  The five demon monarchs collapsed, leaving the Godfiend team—that requested for help—shocked.

  The demon monarch team that had suppressed them was easily wiped out by Meng Chuan. The five demon monarchs tried to flee in different directions but failed to move 300 feet before dying. Clearly, Meng Chuan had killed the five demon monarchs in the blink of an eye. None of the five demon monarchs managed to fend off a single attack. Such strength reminded this Godfiend team of a Marquis Godfiend.

  “Senior Brother Meng must have reached the strength of a weak Marquis Godfiend.”

  “How long has Senior Brother Meng been cultivating; yet, he’s already this strong? He’s probably not far from becoming a Marquis.”

  “Senior Brother Meng is truly stunning.”

  These fellow disciples were astounded by Meng Chuan’s display of strength. Liu Qiyue was even more delighted than them as she watched from above. Her radiant smile hung on her face as she lowered her head and stroked her abdomen gently.

  When she was pregnant, she especially hoped for a sense of security. Now that Meng Chuan’s strength had reached a stunning level, Liu Qiyue felt even safer.

  Chapter 209 - A Trap

  On Archean Mountain.

  Qin Wu flipped through the dossiers. He did this every night because he needed to know everything that was happening in the world. The demon invasion was an unprecedented catastrophe for the human world. Once they lost the war, the human race would collapse.

  “Another fourth Firmament demon monarch has appeared?” Qin Wu looked at the dossier and frowned. “It’s even in our Great Zhou Dynasty’s territory?”

  “Yes.” Archean Mountain Lord nodded and said, “A greater demon monarch appeared in Yuan State. Its name is Greater Demon Monarch Zhang You. It was originally a third Firmament demon monarch; it likely broke through recently.”

  Qin Wu nodded slightly. “In the past three years, many third Firmament demon monarchs that entered the human world have already broken through. Now, there are nine such demon monarchs in our Great Zhou Dynasty’s territory. Five have broken through in the past two years. Furthermore, according to what I know, the demons plan on sending thirty percent of the third Firmament demon monarchs in the Demon Realm to our human world.”

  “Thirty percent?” Archean Mountain Lord exclaimed. “Is the intelligence reliable?”

  “The source of the news is reliable. Our human world is suitable for demon survival; thus, the demons desperately want to occupy it.”

  “Then, what should we do?” Archean Mountain Lord was extremely worried.


  “They all know that the human world is dangerous.” Qin Wu sneered. “Many demon monarchs are unwilling to come, so there must be internal strife among the demon monarchs if they want to send third Firmament demon monarchs into the human world en masse. However, how are those entering the human world decided? Why would they take such risks? Even the few demon Imperial Lords won’t be able to mobilize thirty percent of the Demon Realm’s third Firmament demon monarchs in a short period of time.”

  Archean Mountain Lord nodded.

  “We need to continue the pursuit. This will make the demons believe that their losses in the human world are extremely high,” continued Qin Wu. “The greater the casualties, the harder it is for the demons to mobilize thirty percent of their third Firmament demon monarchs.”

  “I will draw up a plan and intensify the hunting,” said Archean Mountain Lord.

  “Actually, the most important thing is that we humans have to become stronger,” said Qin Wu. “For the past three years, the war has been so intense, but our Archean Mountain has only produced two Marquis Godfiends and not a single Regis Godfiend.”

  Archean Mountain Lord fell silent.

  Compared to the past, having two newly-advanced Marquis Godfiends in three years was considered a lot. However, everyone was still anxious. A Marquis Godfiend was more useful than 100 Great Solar Godfiends. The more powerhouses they had, the better.

  For instance, a Regis Godfiend like King White Treasure—who was adept at underground reconnaissance—was responsible for half of Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s accomplishments in killing demon monarchs. This was a testament to how useful a powerful Godfiend was.

  “Two newly-advanced Marquis Godfiends—one broke through at 62 years old, while the other broke through at the age of 79.” Qin Wu shook his head. “There’s no chance of them becoming a Regis Godfiend.”