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Li Guan walked in front while Qin Wu and Luo Tang followed beside Meng Chuan.
Whoosh.
Li Guan flew up as he walked towards the painting. He became smaller and smaller before finally flying into the painting like a speck of dust.
Qin Wu, Luo Tang, and Meng Chuan also grew smaller as they approached the painting
How magical. Meng Chuan felt the changes in the void. He became smaller and smaller—to the point he couldn’t be seen with the naked eye. He entered the painting together with the three Supremacies.
The moment he entered the painting, Meng Chuan looked up.
At this moment, the black-robed man towered above them, affecting this region of spacetime.
“That’s Ancestral Master Archean Eon,” said Qin Wu with a smile.
Ancestral Master Archean Eon? Meng Chuan continued flying into the painting amidst his surprise.
After entering, he landed in a hall. A table and prayer mat could be seen in the hall.
“This is an important place of our Archean Mountain,” explained Qin Wu with a smile.
“Look.” Li Guan pointed upwards.
Meng Chuan looked up and saw eight fist-sized beads on the ceiling of the hall. They emitted different lights—white, black, green, golden…
“Ancestral Master Archean Eon refined nine Heaven Earth treasures. With any one of them, a person can release a Heaven Earth domain,” said Li Guan. “You should know about King Calm Sea’s Scarlet Cloud Heaven.”
Meng Chuan nodded.
King Calm Sea’s Scarlet Cloud Heaven was an extremely powerful domain treasure. It was extremely famous.
“Scarlet Cloud Heaven is one of the nine Heaven Earth treasures,” said Li Guan. “There are still eight left. Since ancient times, our Archean Mountain has been protecting them carefully. Although we occasionally bestow people with the Heaven Earth treasures, we will eventually take them back. We haven’t lost any of them.”
“Even if they’re lost temporarily,” said Qin Wu with a smile, “we can use our tracking means to determine their locations. If we can’t take them back immediately, we’ll take it back when Archean Mountain is invincible during an era.”
Meng Chuan nodded.
“One needs at least Seamless Quintessential Essence to activate these treasures. Once activated, Archean Mountain’s powers will descend and form a Heaven Earth domain to protect you,” said Li Guan. “Its weakness is that once it leaves the human world, it will be useless without our Archean Mountain’s augmentation.”
“Understood.” Meng Chuan nodded. “Supremacy, you said that the Heaven Earth Domain is an Imperial Lord’s domain?”
Marquis Godfiends had Darkstar domains. Regis Godfiends had Seamless domains. Creation Supremacies had Grotto-Heaven domains. Legend had it that Imperial Lords had Heaven Earth domains.
“This is an imitation.” Li Guan nodded. “It’s a treasure that imitates an Imperial Lord’s Heaven Earth domain. It’s impossible to replicate the might of an Imperial Lord’s domain fully. However, Ancestral Master Archean Eon abandoned other aspects and pursued defensive effects, allowing its defensive strength to be sufficiently powerful.”
Qin Wu nodded as well. “Even if Demon Sage Nine Abyss were to attack personally, he would only have 30 to 40 percent of his strength left after being weakened by Scarlet Cloud Heaven. If he were a peak fifth Firmament demon monarch, he wouldn’t be able to break the Scarlet Cloud Heaven’s domain.”
Meng Chuan nodded.
“All the treasures here are comparable to the Scarlet Cloud Heaven,” said Li Guan. “If you want to choose, choose the ones with a lightning affinity. Of course, we have prepared many treasures for you. You can choose any two.”
“I can choose any two?” Meng Chuan’s heart stirred.
“Come.” Li Guan walked to the table and pointed at the five books on it.
The first book had the words ‘Extraordinary Treasures’ on it.
“This book, Extraordinary Treasures, records many rare items.” Li Guan pointed at the second book. “The treasures recorded in this Origins Treasure book are similar to the Scarlet Cloud Heaven. All of them originated from Archean Mountain. They are extremely powerful in the human world, but useless when outside the human world.”
Meng Chuan could tell at a glance.
The third book had the word ‘Creation.’
“This book records weapons and treasures at the Creation level,” said Li Guan.
The fourth book was titled ‘Imperial Lord.’ “This book records Imperial Lord-level weapons and treasures. You are free to choose.”
The fifth book had the words Tribulation Realm’ written on it.
“This last book…” Li Guan looked at the thinnest book, Tribulation Realm. After some hesitation, he said, “It records the weapons and treasures of Tribulation Eminences.”
Chapter 347 - Tribulation Eminence
Tribulation Eminences? Meng Chuan carefully stared at the thinnest book. It was placed at the back. From the order, it was likely the most important. He asked curiously, “What is a Tribulation Eminence? I’ve never heard of it before.”
Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang smiled.
“According to Archean Mountain’s rules, one will only come into contact with such secrets after becoming a Creation Supremacy,” said Qin Wu with a smile. “This is because knowing about it too early wouldn’t be of any use. Instead, it might add to your distracting thoughts.”
Meng Chuan nodded slightly.
“However, now that we are at war, we can make an exception,” said Qin Wu. “Only by becoming a Creation Supremacy can one enter the River of Spacetime. Therefore, Creation Supremacies are the most common and weakest in the River of Spacetime. As for those weaker than a Creation Supremacy? They can’t even see the River of Spacetime, so they don’t have the ability to traverse it.”
“Traverse the River of Spacetime?” Meng Chuan sighed in amazement. As a Regis Godfiend, he couldn’t even see the River of Spacetime. When he moved at maximum speed, he could sense that time and space were slightly affected. That was all.
If one wanted to traverse the River of Spacetime?The minimum requirement was to be a Creation Supremacy.
“You went to the World Gap and saw the birth of a world,” said Qin Wu with a smile. “You should know how helpful it is for cultivation if you witness those mysterious scenes.”
“Yes.” Meng Chuan nodded. He had only painted Fifteen Lightning Forms after seeing the purple lightning. This allowed him to advance in his saber art cultivation by leaps and bounds.
“As for the vast River of Spacetime, it’s much larger than the tiny World Gaps. There are plenty of majestic and mysterious scenes,” said Qin Wu. “After traveling the River of Spacetime, one will have more knowledge, boosting one’s cultivation speed. If Creation Supremacies were to just cultivate in their homeworld, they would only see the sun rise and set every day. They would only see the scenery in their world. The likelihood of those Supremacies becoming an Imperial Lord are slim.
“If you head into the River of Spacetime, perhaps you will have an epiphany when you encounter a mysterious phenomenon.” Qin Wu looked at Li Guan. “For example, your Uncle-Master Li should’ve long left the human world and traveled the River of Spacetime to obtain a sliver of hope of becoming an Imperial Lord. However, he remained in our homeworld because of the war.”
“Aren’t the two of you doing the same?” said Li Guan with a smile. “Archean Mountain’s rules. As long as a new Supremacy is born to guard the sect, an old Supremacy is free to roam the River of Spacetime. Now, all three of us are staying in our homeworld.”
Meng Chuan sighed. The Creation Supremacies had made a huge sacrifice.
“Meng Chuan,” said Qin Wu, “in the River of Spacetime, there are as many experts as there is sand on the beach. Creation Supremacies are the weakest, and it’s rare for them to encounter Imperial Lords. As for Tribulation Eminences, they are famous. A Tribulation Eminence is what li
es after the Imperial Lord realm.”
“Supremacy, Imperial Lord, Tribulation Eminence?” Meng Chuan muttered.
“You know that the Essence Soul is divided into nine levels, right?” asked Qin Wu. “To become an Imperial Lord, one needs to reach the Heaven Earth realm and have a seventh-level Essence Soul. The eighth level of the Essence Soul is Tribulation Transcendence. The ninth level is Eternal.”
Meng Chuan’s eyes lit up as he nodded immediately.
“In fact, above the Imperial Lord realm, there are two ways to break through. One way is through the Physical Body Tribulation; the other is the Essence Soul Tribulation. Of course, you can also cultivate both,” continued Qin Wu. “The difficulty of cultivating one’s Essence Soul increases as one progresses. It’s very difficult for an Imperial Lord to attain an eighth-level Essence Soul. Eighth-level Essence Souls also vary in strength. The more tribulations one transcends, the more terrifying one’s Essence Soul becomes.”
“A newly-advanced eight-level Essence Soul mystic technique can only suppress a seventh-level Essence Soul. If a Second Tribulation Eminence suppresses others with an Essence Soul mystic technique, I’m afraid even an Imperial Lord will have only 10 to 20 percent of their strength left and can barely maintain consciousness.
“If one reaches the Fourth Tribulation realm, their Essence Soul mystic technique can instantly kill a seventh-level Essence Soul expert. The victim won’t even have the strength to resist,” said Qin Wu. “No matter how high an Imperial Lord’s technique realm is, their Essence Soul will be instantly killed. One must transcend the Physical Body Tribulation if they wish to withstand an Essence Soul attack.
“That’s why a Tribulation Eminence can only fight other Tribulation Eminences after they reach the Fourth Tribulation realm.” Qin Wu said, “A Fourth Tribulation Eminence can kill an Imperial Lord in one strike, but they’re only an average Tribulation Eminence. There are even higher realms… There are nine levels to the Tribulation realm. After passing the ninth tribulation, one will be Eternal.”
“Eternal?” Meng Chuan’s eyes lit up.
“Yes, Eternal,” said Qin Wu. “According to the books written by Ancestral Master Archean Eon, such figures are eternal existences in the River of Spacetime. They are invincible, and are known as Rulers.”
“Rulers?” Meng Chuan memorized the information.
“However, it’s too difficult. No one has become a Ruler in the long span of time we roamed the River of Spacetime. That’s an infinitely distant legend,” said Qin Wu. “The River of Spacetime is boundless. Perhaps a Ruler has been born in a distant place. At the very least, Ancestral Master Archean Eon is very certain that such an existence has been born.
“The cultivation of an Essence Soul is to seek answers from one’s inner self. Therefore, there were another three eighth-level Essence Soul experts in human history,” said Qin Wu. “The strongest became a Third Tribulation Eminence, so it would’ve been very easy for that person to kill an Imperial Lord.”
“As for physical body cultivation, the requirements on one’s cultivation realm and cultivation system are even more complicated. One has to cultivate their body to a sufficiently perfected state before they can reach the Physical Body Tribulation realm. Up to now, only Ancestral Master Archean Eon has reached the Physical Body Tribulation realm.” Qin Wu’s eyes were filled with admiration. “Ancestral Master Archean Eon was a Seven Tribulation Eminence. His might was astounding. Countless worlds around us fear our Ancestral Master Archean Eon.”
Li Guan and Luo Tang were filled with admiration.
“The strength of a Seventh Tribulation Eminence is beyond your imagination. They can destroy the world with a single thought. Our war is nothing more than a triviality to them. In the early tribal days of our human world, the world was desolate and much smaller than it is now. In fact, the world could only accommodate Creation Supremacies,” said Qin Wu. “It was Ancestral Master Archean Eon who nourished the world. Furthermore, he used his unimaginable powers to strengthen our human world, allowing the human world to expand to its current state. It’s also capable of accommodating existences like Imperial Lords.
“Ancestral Master Archean Eon lived for more than 180,000 years. He spent almost his entire life wandering the River of Spacetime,” said Qin Wu. “When he was close to the end of his lifespan, he silently returned to his homeworld and helped improve its world level. He left many arrangements for his descendants before silently passing away.”
“One’s lifespan can also increase? Over 180,000 years?” Meng Chuan felt that everything was very distant. “One lives if they transcend the Tribulations successfully; otherwise, they die. One can have long or short lifespans,” said Qin Wu. “However, an Imperial Lord has a 10,000-year lifespan. Tribulation Eminences break the lifespan limit after transcending a tribulation successfully. Their lifespans will be greatly extended. The longest-living human was Ancestral Master Archean Eon. Next was Imperial Lord An Yang. He was a Third Tribulation Eminence. He lived for 23,000 years.
“These are all secrets. It’s useless even if a Regis Godfiend knows. After all, you can’t go to the River of Spacetime.” Qin Wu looked at Meng Chuan.
Meng Chuan nodded.
“The treasures I’m showing you are all things that Regis Godfiends can use.” Qin Wu pointed at the five books in front of him. “Spend time reading them and choose wisely. Choose any two treasures. By the way, you can only choose one Tribulation Eminence treasure. With your current strength, you can only refine them with an Intrinsic Artifact Refining Art. Therefore, you can only choose one. You won’t be able to use the rest even if you have more.”
Chapter 348 - Choice
Meng Chuan sat cross-legged in front of the table and began reading.
As he read the books, although some treasures were tempting, he could only choose two.
In terms of strength, the treasures recorded in the Origins Treasure book are the strongest; they originate from Archean Mountain. However, the disadvantage of these treasures is that they use external strength. It’s not flexible enough, and its strength can’t be increased. It’s fine if it’s used to cast a domain, so it doesn’t need to be flexible. However, the inflexibility becomes very obvious when using them to fight directly.
Meng Chuan flipped through it. For example, with the Sword Talisman, a Regis Godfiend could send out a sword beam after activating it. The sword beam was extremely sharp, comparable to an ordinary Creation Supremacy’s full-powered strike. However, the attack was fixed in the Sword Talisman. It was very rigid. It would take a few seconds before the next strike could be delivered.
Origins treasures are more suitable for life-preservation.
When Meng Chuan flipped through the Imperial Lord-level weapons and treasures, he was tempted by them. Imperial Lord-level weapons and treasures were mostly nurtured by Imperial Lords through long periods of cultivation. They had all sorts of magical powers.
Tribulation Eminence. Meng Chuan flipped through the last book. He was most interested in this book. He perused the book carefully.
It had the fewest recorded treasures-only three treasures were listed.
The first item was called the Thousand Lightning Dharma Seal. It had a very high requirement for one’s Essence Soul realm. Only a Regis Godfiend with a fifth-level Essence Soul could attempt to refine it. With the Thousand Lightning Dharma Seal, even the weakest Regis Godfiend that had refined this treasure could form a Lightning Tribulation Cloud within a 50-kilometer radius. Lightning bolts would smite the enemy. The speed of heavenly lightning was obvious. There was no way to dodge it. You could only face the heavenly lightning head-on.
Even if the enemy fled, the Lightning Tribulation Cloud would track them. It was extremely powerful. Once one obtained an eighth-level Essence Soul, they would be able to unleash the full might of the Tribulation treasure. One could release more than 1,000 lightning bolts that had been nurtured for a long period of time. These lightning bolts could be used to
defend. They could also tear through space and hunt down enemies. Ordinary Imperial Lords would instantly be pulverized.
“From what I can see, your Essence Soul is already very close to the fifth-level,” said Li Guan. “Therefore, this Thousand Lightning Dharma Seal is included in the list. This is a treasure that Ancestral Master Archean Eon obtained from one of his kills. It’s extremely powerful. However, one takes a few seconds to condense a Lightning Tribulation Cloud before obtaining an eighth-level Essence Soul. This is the disadvantage of using this treasure.”
Meng Chuan nodded.
It was truly powerful. The Thousand Lightning Dharma Seal reached the Creation realm even at its weakest. Furthermore, as his strength increased, he could unleash more of the Thousand Lightning Dharma Seal’s strength. This Dharma seal placed greater importance on the Essence Soul. That was because an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence was the original owner of the treasure.
As for taking a few seconds to condense the Lightning Tribulation Cloud? His speed could buy him those few seconds of time.
Whoosh.
Meng Chuan flipped to a new page.
The second Tribulation treasure was a saber. It was known as the Time Saber. After refining this saber, one would obtain a mystic technique legacy, the Water Droplet of Time. It was a time-type mystic technique. Once one cultivated it to a high level, they could trap their enemies for a period of time in constant samsara. They could even stop time. The Time Saber’s original owner was also a great enemy that Ancestral Master Archean Eon encountered. He was eventually killed by Ancestral Master Archean Eon.
“The lightning lineage will affect time when one’s cultivation reaches a high level,” said Li Guan. “This Time Saber is quite suitable for you. You are required to refine this saber if you want to obtain the Water Droplet of Time mystic technique. It’s rather powerful at the beginning, but it becomes even more impressive as you progress.”