A human Imperial Lord could end the war completely by themselves. An expert with an eighth-level Essence Soul could also end the war.
Meng Chuan knew very well that his technique realm improvement speed was very slow. He had a slim chance of reaching the Creation realm in his lifetime. Even if he really broke through, he would probably be around 400 to 500 years old. As for an eight-level Essence Soul? He currently had a fourth-level Essence Soul. He was still very far away from attaining an eighth-level Essence Soul. It was still questionable whether he could achieve these two goals.
Therefore, his most important goal was to reach the Blood Droplet realm.
At the Blood Droplet realm, his body would be stronger than that of Greater Demon Monarch Black Wind. His vitality would be even more terrifying.
For example, King True Martial’s Yin-Yang disc spun seven times before killing Black Wind. If it were a Blood Droplet realm expert, he would be able to recover from the injuries inflicted by the Yin-Yang disc instantly. He might not even suffer any damage. Combined with his speed as a Lightning Devastator Fiend Body Regis Godfiend, Meng Chuan would be a nightmare for the demons in the future.
I have to strengthen myself as quickly as possible. I only have Greater Mastery of Saber Dao. I need to reach the peak of Saber Dao first. Meng Chuan patiently cultivated his saber arts. Suddenly sensing something, Meng Chuan stopped cultivating his saber arts and turned to look.
Xue Feng walked over. “Senior Brother Meng.”
“Junior Brother Xue, what’s the matter?” asked Meng Chuan.
“There’s something I need your help with,” said Xue Feng.
“Pray tell.” Meng Chuan was curious.
Xue Feng took out a wooden box from his storage bag. He opened the wooden box, revealing the mysterious ice lotus flower inside. Flames flickered at the ice lotus flower’s pistil. Xue Feng said, “Senior Brother Meng, I request you to help me hand this ice lotus flower over to my seventh brother, Yan Jin.”
“Hand it to Yan Jin?” Meng Chuan smiled. “You can give it to him directly.”
“My seventh brother hates the Xue family,” Xue Feng explained softly, “Although his attitude towards me is slightly better, he will be unwilling to accept a valuable treasure from me. With his temper, he will never accept treasures from the Xue family.”
“Oh.” Meng Chuan nodded slightly. He knew that Yan Jin was hostile towards the Xue family. Even though Xue Feng tried to please his younger brother time and time again, Yan Jin remained relatively cold towards him.
“When you hand it to him, tell him it was from you. Don’t say that it was from me,” Xue Feng said. “You’re his best friend, having known him from your teenage days. He also recognizes you as his best friend and will accept it if you give it to him. He won’t accept it if it’s from me.”
Meng Chuan looked at the ice lotus flower. This was one of the dozen treasures in the streaks of starlight. It was an item produced during the formation of a world. The ice and fire powers of the ice lotus flower came from the same source. It was indeed extremely profound. From Meng Chuan’s point of view, it was probably worth tens of millions or even 100 million credits.
“Sorry to trouble you, Senior Brother Meng. I will definitely remember your help.” Xue Feng looked at Meng Chuan expectantly.
Meng Chuan had mixed feelings. At the very least, as an elder brother, Xue Feng treated his younger brother very well.
Meng Chuan nodded. “Alright, I’ll help you pass it to him.”
“Please tell him it was from you, Senior Brother Meng,” exhorted Xue Feng again, “Don’t mention my name at all. Otherwise, it will all be for naught.”
“Don’t worry.” Meng Chuan nodded and reached out to take the box. He then smiled and said, “As an elder brother, you’re really worried about Yan Jin.”
“The Xue family owes him too much,” said Xue Feng helplessly. “I won’t disturb your cultivation any longer, Senior Brother Meng.”
Meng Chuan stored the box into his Grotto-Heaven Magic Bead and watched Xue Feng leave.
Xue Feng has the best temper in the Xue family. Yan Jin is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. As for King Calm Sea… Meng Chuan frowned slightly. He couldn’t forget the scenes he saw in the Spacetime Floating Ice. The white-haired Meng Chuan and King Calm Sea were clearly enemies and not friends.
In the future, I might become enemies with King Calm Sea? Archean Mountain Godfiends should be united against the demons. Why would I become enemies with him?
After seeing the scenes, Meng Chuan naturally became wary of King Calm Sea. Following that, he didn’t think too much of it and continued cultivating.
Days passed. In the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed since Meng Chuan and company arrived at the World Gap.
Boom!
Yan Chitong stood in the same spot. The spear in his hand transformed into thousands of spear shadows as he thrust out. Each spear shadow burned with flames. The attack was so sharp that it caused the void to distort. The flames blotted out a few kilometers of the sky. It was terrifying.
“Oh?” Meng Chuan, Xue Feng, King True Martial, and King Calm Sea turned to look.
A breakthrough? Meng Chuan was surprised. He had often watched Yan Chitong cultivate over the past two months, so he was very familiar with Yan Chitong’s spearmanship. He probably had Greater Mastery of Spear Dao. However, the might of the spear attack he had just executed was clearly much greater than before. It was much more exquisite.
Yan Chitong was also delighted.
“You cultivate the Two World Divine Body, but your spear arts are beginning to follow the Extreme Fire lineage?” asked King True Martial.
Yan Chitong immediately said, “Yes. After all these years, I’ve realized that cultivating both fire and water is not very suitable for me. However, I’ve been hesitating all this while. When I came to the World Gap and saw the forming world, I realized that the Extreme Fire lineage would provide me a similarly bright future. I decided to follow the Extreme Fire lineage completely! I immediately felt much more comfortable cultivating. I’ve just broken through to the peak of the Realm of Dao.
“Haha, that’s right. The path created by Grandsire Yin Yang isn’t necessarily the most perfect.” King True Martial laughed. “What’s most important is that it suits you. It seems that you have already found your own path.”
Chapter 309 - The Sect Cornerstone Technique
“Yes.” Yan Chitong nodded excitedly. He had given up on cultivating both fire and water. Instead, he chose to focus on fire. He was also under mental pressure. Now that he had obtained the approval of King True Martial, Yan Chitong was naturally excited. Because in this era, King True Martial was most qualified to comment on Grandsire Yin Yang’s cultivation lineage.
King True Martial similarly cultivated the Two World Divine Body and followed Grandsire Yin Yang’s cultivation path. However, after he broke through, he used Yin-Yang as his foundation and established his own True Martial lineage. His True Martial lineage’s combat strength was even stronger, and people recognized him as the strongest Archean Mountain Regis Godfiend. Even in secret, Archean Mountain’s Supremacies immediately decided that even if King True Martial couldn’t become a Creation Supremacy, he would definitely become a Dao Protector.
Archean Mountain always had two Dao Protectors.
“Cultivate well. You’re 46 years old this year, and you’ve reached the peak of the Realm of Dao. That’s still a rather young age,” said King True Martial with a smile. “However, it will be even harder for you to reach the Dharma Domain realm. It’s best if you can reach the Dharma Domain realm within 30 years. Attain a third-level Essence Soul before you turn 90 and become a Regis Godfiend.” “There’s still 40 years left.” Yan Chitong was filled with battle intent.
“To you, time is still a little tight. You can’t slack off,” instructed King True Martial before looking at Meng Chuan and Xue Feng. “Both of you too. Hurry up and cultivate. The demon
s haven’t left much time for us humans.”
Meng Chuan, Yan Chitong, and Xue Feng nodded.
Marquis Godfiends had 300-year lifespans. A 90-year-old Marquis Godfiend was equivalent to a 30-year-old mortal! A typical Marquis Godfiend maintained peak lifeforce before the age of 90. After 90 years of age, the probability of a Marquis Godfiend becoming a Regis Godfiend would slowly decrease. The older one was, the faster the likelihood of them becoming a Regis Godfiend would decrease. A 150-year-old Marquis Godfiend would have very low chances of breaking through to the Seamless realm.
A third-level Essence Soul, the Dharma Domain realm, and one’s age were the three thresholds for becoming a Regis Godfiend. However, Meng Chuan’s physical body cultivation system was very special. Even when he neared the end of his lifespan, his body would still maintain peak lifeforce. One had to depend on luck to obtain this physical body legacy from Archean Eon Grotto-Heaven. Furthermore, this physical body cultivation system had strict requirements on one’s Essence Soul.
In the days to come, they continued cultivating. Occasionally, treasures would descend, but they never encountered treasures like the Spacetime Floating Ice again.
One day-half a year after Meng Chuan and company entered the World Gap.
“Golden Wind Fusion as Black Sand. Gold. Extreme Yang. Wind. Takes the form of the shadow.” Xue Feng muttered to himself. He held his sword as he executed his sword techniques. Each strike was originally ordinary, but they gradually caused the surrounding void to tremble. Huh? Meng Chuan, who was cultivating, was alarmed by the trembling void and ground. What’s going on? Meng Chuan looked for the source of the phenomena.
It was Xue Feng, who was practicing his sword art. Xue Feng’s entire body emitted black light. The black light within Xue Feng’s became even denser. Endless black light scattered in all directions. This was a very strange scene. Black light scattered in all directions, enveloping the sky and earth.
The black light enveloped everything within a five-kilometer radius of Xue Feng as the void trembled.
Meng Chuan, Yan Chitong, King True Martial, and King Calm Sea had domains protecting them, preventing the black light from affecting them.
It’s the Fifteen Golden Wind Swords from Black Sand Grotto-Heaven. Meng Chuan quickly recognized the sword art and was even more shocked. Xue Feng actually mastered this secret art? As an Archean Mountain disciple, he had managed to master Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s most difficult ultimate technique?
“Feng’er?” King Calm Sea was also astonished. He was extremely proud. He thought nothing of most Regis Godfiends in the world. Although he slightly favored his most outstanding son, Xue Feng, he didn’t care too much about him. No matter how outstanding he was, he was inferior to himself. However, King Calm Sea now realized that his son’s talent was in no way inferior to his.
“In Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s Black Sand lineage, Fifteen Golden Wind Swords is the most difficult ultimate technique to cultivate,” said King True Martial with a smile as he came to King Calm Sea’s side. “Black Sand Grotto-Heaven is split into three lineages. The Grand Yin lineage and the Halberd lineage are both branch lineages. The sect master’s Black Sand lineage is the main lineage. When a Regis Godfiend masters the core arts-Black Sand Fiend Body and Fifteen Golden Wind Swords—they can become the sect leader and obtain Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s mysterious Imperial Lord heritage. Junior Brother Xue, if your son were in Black Sand Grotto-Heaven, they would definitely be ecstatic.”
“Yes.” King Calm Sea stared at his son, who was practicing his swordplay.
“The three major sects exchange Black Metal Sutras with each other,” said King True Martial wistfully. “However, each sect has a core ultimate technique. Two World Island’s core ultimate technique is the Yin-Yang Art matched with the Two World Divine Body. Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s core ultimate technique is Fifteen Golden Wind Swords matched with the Black Sand Fiend Body. Archean Mountain’s core ultimate technique is the Five Directions Palm matched with the Archean Divine Body.”
There were many Black Metal Sutras in human history, but most of them were at the Creation level. Only a few were at the Imperial Lord level. For example, the Yin-Yang Art-created by Grandsire Yin Yang
—was at the Imperial Lord level. Fifteen Golden Wind Swords was also at the Imperial Lord level. Likewise for the Five Directions Palm.
The Heart Intent Saber Art—which Meng Chuan cultivated-only had one move that reached the Imperial Lord level—the Heart Saber Stance. All the other moves were at the Creation Level. Therefore, the Black Metal Sutra was considered to be at the half-step Imperial Lord level. Humans had very few Imperial Lord-level ultimate techniques. It was very difficult for them to achieve anything significant.
For instance, Archean Mountain Lord cultivated multiple Black Metal Sutras—the Archean Combat Body, Five Directions World, and the Archean Seal Art. However, he had yet to master Five Directions Palm! Therefore, although he was an Archean Mountain Regis Godfiend, he usually handled secular matters and wasn’t famous for his combat strength.
“The human race’s strongest ultimate technique is Samsara Divine Body matched with Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s ultimate technique, Samsara,” said King True Martial. “The second strongest would be the core ultimate techniques of the three major sects. Xue Feng mastered Fifteen Golden Wind Swords the moment he reached the Dharma Domain realm. Your son is truly impressive, Junior Brother Xue.”
King Calm Sea nodded slightly without saying a word.Xue Feng only stopped after practicing for a while. He quickly recovered his lucidity after awakening from his epiphany. “Senior Brother Xue, congratulations,” said Yan Chitong with a smile. Meng Chuan, King True Martial, and King Calm Sea also walked over.
Xue Feng was overjoyed. “I didn’t expect to make a breakthrough just like that.”
“It’s said that Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s Black Sand lineage has many secret heritages that can assist with one’s cultivation,” said Yan Chitong with a smile. “However, no Regis Godfiend in this generation has mastered the Fifteen Golden Wind Swords and the Black Sand Fiend Body. Senior Brother Xue relied on just the Black Metal Sutra’s intent guidance to master it by himself. I’m afraid that Black Sand Grotto-Heaven Godfiends will be extremely envious.”
“If you were in Black Sand Grotto-Heaven, you might have a chance of becoming an Imperial Lord.” King True Martial sighed.
“Imperial Lord is just an ephemeral concept. It’s been many years since the human race has produced an Imperial Lord.” Xue Feng shook his head. “I don’t dare to imagine becoming one.”
King True Martial said, “If you were in Black Sand Grotto-Heaven, you would have a much higher chance of becoming a Creation Supremacy. After news of you mastering the Fifteen Golden Wind Swords spreads, I think that Black Sand Grotto-Heaven will try to recruit you…” “I won’t betray Archean Mountain.” Xue Feng shook his head.
“Not in the past, but it’s possible now that we are facing the demon threat.” King True Martial smiled. “Of course, this is a matter between two sects. First, the sect has to agree, and secondly, it’s your own decision.”
King Calm Sea looked at his son from the side like this was the first time he saw his son.
Chapter 310 - Indulgence
Meng Chuan watched from the side. This is the cultivation speed a peerless genius should possess. Junior Brother Yan is five years younger than me, but he reached the peak of the Realm of Dao before I did. Junior Brother Xue Feng is five years older than me, and he has already reached the Dharma Domain realm. As for me, I’m still stuck at Greater Mastery of Saber Dao.
Upon realizing the gap between them, Meng Chuan didn’t wallow in his mediocrity.
There were billions of people in the world. There were gifted talents in every generation. Nobody could surpass everyone in every aspect. It was good to realize one’s strengths and weaknesses. His strength laid in his Essence Soul cultivation talent. His weakness was the slow improvement of
his technique realm. However, he was only slightly slower than Xue Feng and Yan Chitong.
It doesn’t matter if I improve my technique realm slowly. As long as I train diligently, I’ll be able to cultivate to the Blood Droplet realm once I attain a fifth-level Essence Soul and reach the Dharma Domain realm. When I reach the Blood Droplet realm, I’ll be able to kill more than ten times as many demon monarchs as I can now. I will single-handedly surpass the efficiency of all the Godfiends in the world. By then, I’ll be the greatest contributor!
When he reached the Blood Droplet realm, it would be his most dazzling moment.
As for being more dazzling? That was very difficult. An expert with a seventh-level Essence Soul could also help the human race with the war. However, they wouldn’t be as useful as an expert with an eighth-level Essence Soul; they could end the war by themself. With his talent, Meng Chuan was confident of attaining a seventh-level Essence Soul. It was relatively unlikely for him to attain an eighth-level Essence Soul. Even if he were to succeed, he would probably take hundreds or even thousands of years. Would the demons let the humans survive for so long?
I can hunt down all the demon monarchs in the human world once I reach the Blood Droplet realm. If I kill enough demon monarchs, I can affect the war outcome. Who knows, we might win. If we win… the world will be at peace. That would be great. I can accompany Qiyue and live a carefree life. Meng Chuan revealed a smile. This was the comfortable life he wanted.
Although he had sworn to kill all the demons in the world since he was young and was willing to risk his life for it, what he truly yearned for the most was world peace.
Continue cultivating. Meng Chuan brandished his saber as he turned his head to look at the dazzling purple lightning that tore through the darkness.
From afar, King True Martial looked at Meng Chuan, who was beginning to cultivate again. He nodded inwardly. He isn’t affected by external events. He diligently cultivates, so it’s no wonder he possesses the strength of a peak Regis Godfiend at such a young age.
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