Boom!
After being weakened by the Nightcloud Robe, the terrifying impact struck Meng Chuan.
Like a meteor, Meng Chuan rushed into the Chaos Hole’s depths at greater speeds.
Huh? Emperor Roc, who was chasing Meng Chuan, looked at this scene in shock. How is this possible?
With a wave of his hand, the Void Impalement Spear flew back into Emperor Roc’s palm.
I used my full strength. How did it not even blast apart his body? Emperor Roc found it unbelievable.
Even if Meng Chuan had a defensive Tribulation treasure, the remnant force would still affect his entire body. Even with 10-20% of its strength remaining, the spear attack was still enough to kill a perfected Imperial Lord. However, Meng Chuan’s body remained intact.
Did he have an Indestructible Talisman or other similar talismans? Emperor Roc guessed.
Once an Indestructible Talisman was used, one could withstand all external attacks.
Typically, one’s attack had to have the strength of a Fifth Tribulation Eminence to break an Indestructible Talisman. A Third Tribulation Eminence would probably take dozens of strikes to exhaust an Indestructible Talisman’s strength.
An Indestructible Talisman is worth 15 Outer Realm Essence Crystals. He actually bought one willingly? Humph, it’s useless. As long as I capture him alive, he’ll still die even if he has treasures protecting him. Emperor Roc gritted his teeth and rushed into the Chaos Hole’s depths, continuing his pursuit.
Single-use treasures ranged from extremely precious Void Transference Talismans to Life Substitute Talismans, which were much cheaper-all of them contained powers that could be used directly.
However, these talismans had one flaw—they couldn’t store too much energy because of the materials they were made of. Therefore, these talismans contained extremely profound and mysterious laws, but they didn’t have much strength.
What a powerful strike. Meng Chuan recovered from the blow.
It broke through my Lightning Domain, Chaos Hole domain, 36 Bloodblades, and Body-Protecting Peacock Robe in a row. Meng Chuan was secretly alarmed. The Nightcloud Robe blocked the Tribulation treasure’s remnant strength, but it still made me uncomfortable.
Meng Chuan’s body was very special. After cultivating the Chaos Hole Divine Body, he could fight a perfected Imperial Lord with his body alone. After absorbing a Primordial Stone, Meng Chuan’s body became like a Dharma treasure. It was extremely tough. This was why he survived this time. After being struck by Emperor Roc’s weakened full-strength strike, Meng Chuan’s body remained intact.
If I didn’t have the domains or treasures, my body probably wouldn’t have been able to withstand it.
A Third Tribulation Eminence was considered rather powerful among Tribulation Eminences. They could kill newly-advanced Tribulation Eminences with a flip of a hand. As for dealing with a perfected Imperial Lord? Just like an Imperial Lord could easily kill a newly-advanced Supremacy, a Third Tribulation Eminence could easily slaughter a perfected Imperial Lord.
It was only because Meng Chuan had comprehended Saber of Nirvana, raising his technique realm and strength greatly, that he could escape Emperor Roc’s palm strike. Otherwise, with his former strength that was comparable to a perfected Imperial Lord, Meng Chuan could only sacrifice his true body. The treasures on him would benefit Emperor Roc.
As for now? Meng Chuan—who had 20-30% of Emperor Roc’s strength-was especially good at staying alive. At the very least, he could stall for time if he maintained some distance between them.
Even if my body can’t withstand it, I still have a Life Substitute Talisman. Meng Chuan didn’t panic. As long as I hide far away and don’t let him capture me alive, he won’t be able to do anything to me.
Meng Chuan constantly flew deeper into the Chaos Hole.
The time flow acceleration went from 55-fold to 56-fold to 57-fold…
He’s still flying deeper? Emperor Roc, who was chasing from behind, gradually found it difficult to believe his eyes. How can a newly-advanced Imperial Lord withstand such a powerful Chaos Hole’s gravitational pull?
Emperor Roc stopped at a region where time flowed 58 times faster.
He had a powerful Tribulation realm body that was comparable to a Third Tribulation Eminence’s. However, he had already reached his limits, so he didn’t dare venture any further.
If he went any deeper, a slight moment of inattention would result in him being unable to resist the gravitational pull. If that happened, he wouldn’t be able to escape the Chaos Hole. This true body of his would die.
I’m already almost at my limits here.However, he’s still flying in? Emperor Roc floated in midair. The Chaos Hole was too terrifying. He had to leave some buffer for himself, so he didn’t dare go deeper.
Meng Chuan stopped when he reached a region where time flowed 60-fold faster. The region where time flows 62-fold faster is my limit. Meng Chuan knew this very well.
Both sides were equal in regards to technique realm, but Meng Chuan’s cultivation was extremely similar to a Chaos Hole. His Chaos Hole domain was also especially good at blocking the Chaos Hole’s gravitational force. Because of this, he could reach the region where time flowed 62-fold faster.
However, I’m still 15 million kilometers away from it. Even if I head into the region where time flows 62-fold faster, I’ll only be an extra 10 million kilometers away from it. I won’t be able to escape its prying eyes. Meng Chuan understood this. The deeper he went into the Chaos Hole, the faster time flowed.
Tens of millions of kilometers? At that distance, even Meng Chuan could sense people through the void, much less Emperor Roc, who was even more skilled in the void lineage.
However, it looks like it doesn’t dare go any further. The corners of Meng Chuan’s mouth curled into a smile. He sat cross-legged in the darkness.
I can’t reach that area. Emperor Roc sensed Meng Chuan from afar. He could clearly see Meng Chuan through the void, but he couldn’t approach him.
Even if he tried his best to approach Meng Chuan, he would only be able to travel another five million kilometers into the Chaos Hole’s depths. This was his limit. Any further and an accident could befall upon him.
He’s a newly-advanced Imperial Lord. He must have a rare treasure that’s good at resisting a Chaos Hole’s gravitational pull if he can go so deep into the Chaos Hole, guessed Emperor Roc.
Emperor Roc was vexed as well. He wanted to find a Tribulation Eminence that could enter the Chaos Hole’s depths and deal with Meng Chuan. However, he was a newly-advanced Tribulation Eminence. He didn’t have many connections in the Tribulation Eminences’ circle. He also wasn’t very familiar with Ancient Magus River Zone’s Heaven Peak River System. Either way, this true body of his has to monitor Meng Chuan all the time. There was no way he could get his avatar to hire an Eminence.
Furthermore, a Tribulation Eminence wouldn’t be willing to risk going into a Chaos Hole’s depths. After all, a Chaos Hole was ultimately a very dangerous celestial body.
I’ll think of a solution first. If there’s really nothing I can do, I’ll invite a Fourth Tribulation Eminence from Three Bay River System, thought Emperor Roc. However, the connection between the Demon Realm and Archean Eon Realm isn’t a secret in Three Bay River System. Once I invite a Fourth Tribulation Eminence… that Fourth Tribulation Eminence will definitely take the opportunity to fleece me. Emperor Roc frowned slightly. Unless necessary, he was unwilling to invite a Fourth Tribulation Eminence from Three Bay River System. His best choice was to use Outer Realm Essence Crystals to hire the help of an unfamiliar Fourth Tribulation from another river zone.
I’ll wait and see first. Staying in the Chaos Hole’s depths for a long time will affect his body and Essence Soul. After some time, he might not be able to withstand it. Emperor Roc knew the dangers of Chaos Holes.
Meng Chuan was very patient. If I can’t escape, I’d rather die than benefit Emperor Roc.Furthermore, I should be able to figh
t him as long as I make a major breakthrough. He had two choices. One, he let himself fall into the Chaos Hole’s depths, letting his treasures get sucked towards the Chaos Hole’s core. Two, head out and battle Emperor Roc once his strength increased greatly. As for the strength difference between them now? He could only bear with it for the time being.
Up to now, I’ve only fled and withstood that strike. It probably believes that I don’t have enough strength to fight it head-on. It is probably thinking that I’m relying on talismans and other items. That’s good. The less it knows about my strength, the greater my chances of succeeding.
Just like that, Meng Chuan patiently hid in the Chaos Hole’s depths. He immersed himself in his cultivation while Emperor Roc silently monitored him.
Affected by the Chaos Hole’s gravitational pull, Emperor Roc carefully checked his body. Withstanding the terrifying gravitational force was also testing his body. Emperor Roc carefully and slowly perfected his body.
Only a year had passed in the outside world. However, nearly 60 years had passed in the Chaos Hole’s depths where Meng Chuan and Emperor Roc were.
As for Emperor Roc’s third Physical Body Tribulation, it had descended.
Chapter 529 - Tribulation Transcendence and Passageway
Meng Chuan sat cross-legged in the Chaos Hole’s depths. With the Lightning Domain Seal aiding him, he carefully sensed his pitch-black surroundings. Emperor Roc had long vanished. Emperor Roc is hiding in the distance and hasn’t left. Meng Chuan frowned slightly. He had tried escaping before, but when he arrived at the Chaos Hole’s periphery, Emperor Roc suddenly appeared and intercepted him. Meng Chuan barely managed to escape back into the Chaos Hole’s depths.
With karma, it can lock onto my location at any time. Once I escape, it will be able to sense everything. Once I fall into the array formation trap it has set up, it will be over. It’s fine if this true body dies, but I can’t let the treasures on me fall into its hands.
Forget it. Unless my strength increases to the point that I can fight it head-on, I’ll hide in the Chaos Hole’s depths.
The difference in life order between the two parties was huge. The other party could easily lock onto him through karma, but he couldn’t sense Emperor Roc. It was best for him to hide patiently.
At that moment, Emperor Roc hid in the void outside the Chaos Hole accretion disc. He set up an array formation in the vicinity. The array formation isolated any external prying. Emperor Roc was currently experiencing his third Physical Body Tribulation. Blood-colored fog—which came from the void -constantly seeped into Emperor Roc’s body. Emperor Roc transformed into a Golden-Winged Roc as the blood fog enveloped him, seeping into every feather and changing his body.
“Roar!” Emperor Roc’s eyes suffused a sanguine glow as his breathing turned heavy.
His golden wings gradually transformed into blood-red wings. Chi! Chi! Chi!
On his back, a second pair of wings slowly emerged as it grew, spreading to its heart’s content. Following that, a third pair of wings slowly grew. As for Emperor Roc, the bloody glow in his eyes turned brighter.
Expel! Emperor Roc gritted his teeth and roared.
Golden light bloomed from his body; the golden light tore through the blood fog.
The blood-red wings shattered, and the blood on the surface of his body gradually disintegrated. However, the blood-red wings continued growing as they shattered repeatedly.
Shatter, growth, shatter, growth…
After struggling for 14 hours, the sanguine glow in Emperor Roc’s eyes gradually receded as the golden light gained the upper hand.
Finally, the golden glow enveloped his entire body, and he returned to his Golden-Winged Roc form.
I’ve succeeded. Emperor Roc seemed to have lost half his lifeforce. He was extremely exhausted, and his eyes were filled with lingering fear. I never expected that I would nearly fail the third tribulation. What if it’s the much more terrifying fourth tribulation?
Tribulation Transcendence…
The first two tribulations were relatively easy to transcend. As long as one accumulated enough strength, they could typically survive the first two tribulations.
However, from the third tribulation and onwards, every tribulation’s strength changed qualitatively! Furthermore, the further one progressed, the more exaggerated the increase in strength became. The difficulty of transcending tribulations became even more exaggerated! Unless my strength improves greatly and I’m completely confident, I definitely can’t transcend the next tribulation. Emperor Roc was truly afraid. The past 14 hours had been a more difficult time for him than the past 7,000 years. Every moment had been a life-and-death struggle. After struggling for more than 14 hours, he finally transcended his third tribulation.
Outer realm cultivators only saw Tribulation Eminences’ might, but they didn’t know how torturous each Heavenly Tribulation was.
For example, Archean Eon Realm.
Due to their short history, apart from Ancestral Master Archean Eon, only three Essence Soul Tribulation realm experts were born. None of them had reached the Fourth Tribulation realm. Most of the time, a river system’s strongest expert was a Fourth Tribulation Eminence.
Therefore, when Patriarch Black Dragon was nearing the end of his lifespan, he couldn’t find a suitable Fifth Tribulation Eminence to hand over Heaven Peak River System to. To a Fifth Tribulation Eminence, a river system was no longer attractive. Black Fiend Hall’s Fifth Tribulation realm experts were only interested in ‘harvesting.’ After reaping the harvest, they would search for other river systems to target.
Emperor Roc survived his third Physical Body Tribulation with great difficulty, but that remained unknown to Meng Chuan, who remained hiding in the Chaos Hole’s depths.
Time passed. Meng Chuan had been hiding in the Chaos Hole’s depths for more than three years. However, his actual cultivation time was even longer. In the World Gap between Archean Eon Realm and the Demon Realm, King Calm Sea-who looked like he had been carved from dark-cyan ice-stood at the edge of the World Gap. He looked ahead solemnly.
The world membrane has closed.
King Calm Sea looked ahead.
The world membrane in front of him and the world membrane in other areas had completely fused together. The World Gap had completed its formation process. As the world membrane completely closed and isolated itself from the outer realm, the World Gap was extremely complete. The World Gap no longer had any scenes of a forming world. The World Gap has formed completely. It’s perfect; there are no flaws. According to Master and company, once the World Gap has completely formed, it means that the connection between Archean Eon Realm and the Demon Realm is at its strongest. It’s also when the two worlds are closest to one another. King Calm Sea was extremely solemn. This is the human world’s most dangerous period. I have to report to Archean Mountain immediately.
Archean Mountain, Grotto-Heaven Pavilion.
Meng Chuan, Qin Wu, Luo Tang, and Meng An were gathered together.
“Xue Ting sent news of the World Gap completely forming.” Qin Wu was extremely solemn. “The world will probably undergo huge changes soon.”
Meng Chuan nodded slightly. “I can see that many World Entrances have expanded greatly.”
At his realm, he could clearly sense any World Entrances in the world.
“Dad, a demon sage passageway might appear in the near future, right?” asked Meng An.
“Yes.” Meng Chuan nodded. “A demon sage passageway might appear in the next few days. If a demon sage passageway doesn’t appear in the next few days, it will probably never appear.”
“I hope one never appears,” said Luo Tang. “If one never appears, the demons that exit the super-large World Entrances will just be sending themselves to their deaths. They would have no hope of winning this war at all.”
“We have to be prepared for the worst,” said Qin Wu solemnly.
All of humanity’s upper echelons were on high alert because the
next few days were most critical.
After the World Gap had completely formed, Archean Eon Realm changed drastically.
The number of small-sized, medium-sized, large, and super-large World Entrances increased. The human Godfiends were extremely cautious. However, Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul avatars were guarding the various areas. He was also controlling a large number of demon servants. Even a large group of fifth Firmament demon monarchs were his servants. The demons didn’t enter the human world because it was suicidal.
The third morning after the World Gap finished forming.
Luo Tang Pass.
The Grand Zhou Dynasty’s earliest super-large city pass was already very noisy in the morning. People were already rushing about with their daily lives.
As for the inner city pass, it was completely silent. Ordinary people were forbidden from approaching. The Godfiends and demon servants on the city wall were responsible for guarding it. An array formation was set up at the inner city pass. As long as Supremacy Luo Tang controlled this fixed array formation, even Monarch Peacock and Holy Lady Strings wouldn’t be able to touch it.
The World Entrance has become a little larger again. The Godfiends and demon servants observed the massive World Entrance.
Luo Tang Pass’s World Entrance was 19.5 kilometers wide. Such a length was equivalent to the width of a city!
Through the World Entrance, the Godfiends and demon servants could clearly see the vast Demon Realm.
The Demon Realm and Archean Eon Realm seemed to be one in front of such a massive World Entrance.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The World Entrance slowly trembled and grew. Ten feet, twenty feet, thirty feet… It slowly expanded.
The Godfiends and demon servants carefully observed the World Entrance’s borders. They inspected the World Entrance from their respective positions and accurately determined how much the World Entrance was expanding.
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