“He told me what he’s going to do,” said Emperor Roc, “He will kill the two of you today.”
Starquix and Blackmoon’s expressions changed drastically.
Emperor Roc sighed. Meng Chuan directly said that he would kill Starquix and Blackmoon today so that it would strike deeper fear into them.
“He captured us alive because he didn’t want us to die too easily?” Starquix and Blackmoon looked at each other with nasty expressions.
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Archean Eon Realm, demon sage passageway.
“How can I let you die so easily?” The white-haired Meng Chuan stood under a willow tree and looked at the Demon Realm on the other side of the demon sage passageway.
“Feel fear. Feel the helplessness before death,” muttered Meng Chuan softly.
If they were killed through karma, Imperial Lord Starquix and Lady Blackmoon wouldn’t die in pain. It would be letting them off too easily. It would be better for them to be reduced to ashes.
The war—which lasted for 900-plus years—had caused too much harm to humanity. Just the number of soldiers dying while guarding the cities were in the billions. Countless commoners had died. Darkness, despair, madness, and hysteria… Too many things had happened.
Meng Chuan had experienced a demon attack when he was young. At the very least, his father protected him when he was young. The Meng family, a large family clan, supported him. Meng Chuan lived a carefree life, but there were many more who led more miserable lives than Meng Chuan.
Meng Chuan had seen too many things with his own eyes. He had long sworn that he would make the culprits pay the price.
Meng Chuan believed that it was impossible for Starquix and Blackmoon to produce a miracle.
Wanting a Seventh Tribulation Eminence to protect them? In this era, there were no Seventh Tribulation Eminences in Goddess River Zone or Ancient Magus River Zone! If Emperor Roc and company could cozy up to Seventh Tribulation Eminences? That would be a rare miracle in the River of Spacetime.
“Senior Eastcalm.”
“Senior Eastcalm.”
Two voices traveled through the demon sage passageway.
The 50-kilometer-long demon sage passageway allowed Meng Chuan to see the vast demon world easily. He also saw Imperial Lord Starquix and Lady Blackmoon kneeling reverently on the ground.
“We know that we brought too many disasters to Archean Eon Realm,” said Imperial Lord Starquix as he knelt. “Right now, Blackmoon and I are only begging for survival. I wonder what we can do to survive? Senior Eastcalm, just state your conditions.”
“Senior Eastcalm, please state your conditions,” said Lady Blackmoon as she knelt.
At this moment, the two of them were extremely humble as they begged for their lives.
Meng Chuan stood on the other side of the demon sage passageway and said indifferently, “Do you feel despair? When the demons invaded, they didn’t care about humanity’s despair. Let me tell you now, the two of you will die today. There’s still two hours before your deaths. Two hours later, I’ll kill the two of you through karma.”
Imperial Lord Starquix and Lady Blackmoon looked up at Meng Chuan.
Their eyes met.
It looks like he won’t give us a way out. Imperial Lord Starquix and Lady Blackmoon both went crazy.
Imperial Lord Starquix and Lady Blackmoon suddenly collapsed to the ground silently.
On the other side of the demon sage passageway, Meng Chuan watched from afar. “Do you think the two hours I’m giving you is for you to arrange your funerals? Wrong. In these two hours, I’ll let you have a good taste of the suffering that Archean Eon Realm’s people have experienced.”
As an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence, he was very skilled at illusions. Essence Soul Worlds were the most terrifying illusions. It made it very easy for Meng Chuan to alter one’s consciousness and create memories.
After capturing Starquix and Blackmoon’s outer realm bodies, Meng Chuan cast an illusion on the two. Furthermore, the illusions descended upon all of Starquix and Blackmoon’s avatars through karma.
The strength difference between both parties was too great! Even through karma, Meng Chuan’s illusions caused Starquix and Blackmoon’s avatars to fall into an illusion.
Two hours passed outside, but in the illusion… it had been a very long time.
Everything the humans had suffered was piled onto the two of them.
Two hours later, Starquix and Blackmoon regained their clarity, but their eyes were somewhat dazed.
“No, no…”
“No…”
Although they had never experienced many terrifying things after becoming Imperial Lords, they had completely lost their minds. This was how terrifying an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence was.
Boom!
Following that, saber beams descended.
The saber beams killed the two outer realm bodies. Through karma, saber beams descended upon each avatar. Although the saber beams’ strength decreased significantly, they instantly annihilated all the avatars.
Imperial Lord Starquix and Lady Blackmoon completely turned to dust and vanished.
This was the day of their execution; thus, they would be executed today!
They’re dead. Emperor Roc sat on his throne in Roc Imperial Palace. Through the void, he saw Imperial Lord Starquix and Lady Blackmoon—who were in front of the demon sage passageway—turn to dust. Emperor Roc remained expressionless.
I have to become stronger, thought Emperor Roc. The stronger I become, the less threatening a descending karmic attack will be to me.
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Inside Fiend Prison.
Emperor Roc, who was chained up, stared at Meng Chuan.
“The two of them are dead. You’re the only one left,” said Meng Chuan calmly. “Don’t be anxious. Your judgment day will soon arrive.”
Emperor Roc stared at Meng Chuan. “Is that so? If you have the ability, kill me through karma.”
Meng Chuan looked around. “Do you know where this is?”
Emperor Roc was puzzled.
“This place is called Fiend Prison,” said Meng Chuan casually. “As a prison, it’s very good at torturing prisoners. I’ll let you have a taste of Fiend Prison’s tormenting tortures.”
Lightning seeped into Emperor Roc’s body through the chains, causing him to convulse.
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It won’t be easy to kill Emperor Roc. Meng Chuan knew this very well.
A Fifth Tribulation Eminence typically had the confidence to kill a newly-advanced Tribulation Eminence through karma.
Sixth Tribulation Eminences had a relatively high chance of killing a Third Tribulation Eminence through karma, but they didn’t have 100% confidence.
Seventh Tribulation Eminences had full confidence in killing a Fourth Tribulation Eminence.
Eighth Tribulation Eminences? Their means were unfathomable. They could easily kill Fifth Tribulation Eminences. They could even threaten Sixth Tribulation Eminences through karma. However, even Seventh Tribulation Eminences might not ever meet a single Eighth Tribulation Eminence their entire lives. Even in the same era, there might not be an Eighth Tribulation Eminence in the entire River of Spacetime.
I killed two and captured one alive. Meng Chuan found it cathartic. It’s now time to explore this cave abode properly. Meng Chuan looked ahead. I captured Emperor Roc alive. Its backer, Palace Lord Snowjade, should know of my existence.
Following that, he took a step forward. Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul World easily suppressed the wind, allowing him to continue advancing through the lair with ease.
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Deep in the lair’s tunnel, Snowjade’s eyes were cold as he slowed down.
Buzz—
An invisible aura surged from the tunnel’s depths, pressurizing Snowjade.
Just the aura alone is terrifying enough to kill a Fourth Tribulation Eminence. Snowjade was somewhat puzzled. What’s the source of the aura?
Even the aura emitted by a legendary Eighth Tribulation Eminence’s corpse could only control Tribulation realm experts, changing their bloodline. The emitted aura wouldn’t kill a Fourth Tribulation Eminence directly.
Is it some treasure in the River of Spacetime or a living being? Palace Lord Snowjade’s body glowed with an ice-jade luster as he advanced without slowing down.
“Palace Lord, Palace Lord.” A voice cried for help.
Huh? Snowjade frowned slightly.
Inside his grotto-heaven, Palace Lord Snowjade’s figure condensed. He looked at Emperor Roc’s Essence Soul avatar, who was bowing respectfully.
“Palace Lord.” Emperor Roc’s Essence Soul avatar said anxiously, “I encountered an enemy, Meng Chuan. My true body was captured, and my treasures were taken away.”
“Your treasures have been taken? He imprisoned your outer realm true body?” Snowjade frowned slightly. The treasures his subordinates obtained in the cave abode were his to begin with. Meng Chuan robbing Emperor Roc’s treasures was equivalent to robbing him of his treasures, so he naturally wasn’t pleased. He then asked, “What’s his background?”
Emperor Roc immediately said, “Palace Lord, this Meng Chuan comes from Archean Eon Realm!”
“Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s Archean Eon Realm?” Snowjade was somewhat astonished.
Ancestral Master Archean Eon was the only Seventh Tribulation Eminence that had been born in Three Bay River System over the years. Palace Lord Snowjade naturally knew about him.
“Yes.” Emperor Roc continued, “As you know, Archean Eon Realm neighbors my homeworld, and we have formed a huge grudge with each other. This Meng Chuan quickly rose to prominence. In Archean Eon Realm, he is also known as Imperial Lord Eastcalm. His strength was considered normal. After cultivating for about 100 years, his strength was only at the perfected Supremacy realm.”
In the World Gap, Meng Chuan revealed his full strength very clearly. At his strongest, he was only comparable to Monarch Peacock.
“Later, he entered the outer realm. In just a few decades, his strength reached the Tribulation realm,” explained Emperor Roc. “Furthermore, he’s suspected to be at the Fifth Tribulation realm now.”
“He’s suspected to be at the Fifth Tribulation realm after a few decades in the outer realm?” No matter how calm Snowjade was, he found it unbelievable.
“Therefore, I suspect that it might be an opportunity left behind by Ancestral Master Archean Eon, which allowed him to enter a special mystic realm,” said Emperor Roc. “It might seem like he only spent a few decades in the outer realm, but maybe more than 10,000 years have passed in the mystic realm. This time, he tracked me through our karmic connection and came to this cave abode. He first captured me alive, then used karma to kill two Imperial Lords in my homeworld. He has a huge grudge with my homeworld. He imprisoned me because he wants to have full confidence in killing all my avatars,” said Emperor Roc.
Snowjade nodded slightly. “I understand. If he really has reached the Fifth Tribulation realm, nobody will be able to kill him cleanly. Since he wants to kill you… you can only rely on yourself if you want to live.”
“I understand,” replied Emperor Roc with a bow of his head. He naturally understood this logic. Only an Eighth Tribulation Eminence could kill a Fifth Tribulation Eminence with an inhabited world in the way! The probability of such a thing happening was negligible.
Therefore, after confirming that Meng Chuan had reached the Fifth Tribulation realm, Emperor Roc felt despair. All he could do now was work hard to become stronger, making it difficult for Meng Chuan to kill him completely. If Emperor Roc reached the Fifth Tribulation realm one day, he would naturally be able to roam the River of Spacetime fearlessly.
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With those thoughts in mind, Snowjade continued advancing through the deep passageway.
Imperial Lord Eastcalm, Meng Chuan, is suspected to be at the Fifth Tribulation realm? It’s getting more and more interesting. Snowjade endured the pressure and continued advancing. Finally, Snowjade reached the end of the deep tunnel and arrived in a huge cave.
The massive cave spanned about 5,000 kilometers.
Snowjade walked out of the passageway and entered the cave. At a glance, he saw a massive head at the end of the cave.
The head was about 500 kilometers tall. It had two black curved horns, and its skin was black. It only had a single blood-colored, vertical eye! Its mouth was gaping, spanning about 250 kilometers long; within its mouth were mountain peak-like teeth.
Chains were embedded in the head and rooted in its skull, face, ears, and mouth. Large amounts of energy passed through the chains to everywhere in the lair.
Oh? Snowjade’s expression changed drastically.
Although the chains trapped the gigantic head and its huge mouth, making it unable to move, its blood-colored vertical eye was glowing as it stared at Snowjade.
With the blood-colored eye staring at him, Snowjade felt stifled and horrified. His body instantly froze, unable to move.
Break! Break! Break!
Snowjade took a few seconds to resist the blood-colored vertical eye’s influence completely and regain control of himself.
This made him look at the gigantic head in horror.
A forbidden creature at the Sixth Tribulation realm? Snowjade was shocked. He had seen a forbidden creature once, but the one he had encountered was only at the Fifth Tribulation realm. However, the feeling was similar.
The head in front of him was even more terrifying than the one he had once encountered. If it hadn’t been completely imprisoned, the blood-colored eye could have killed him with a single stare. It could devour him with a single gulp.
He was out of options.
The strength difference between Tribulation Eminences increased the further one progressed. A Fifth Tribulation Eminence could easily crush a Fourth Tribulation Eminence, but a Sixth Tribulation Eminence’s suppression of a Fifth Tribulation Eminence was even more terrifying.
For example, a monstrous genius who created an Imperial Lord-level paramount technique could reach the Fifth Tribulation realm in a short period of time. However, that monstrous genius might spend their entire life trying to reach the Sixth Tribulation realm.
Sixth Tribulation realm. Palace Lord Snowjade stood in the cave and stared at the imprisoned Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature. The forbidden creature’s blood-colored vertical eye kept staring at him. Even though he could resist the vertical eye’s influence, he still felt immense pressure.
Whoosh.
Fog flew out from the gaping mouth that was hundreds of kilometers long. It condensed into a man with a human body and a snake tail.
“This sinful creature’s mouth is the core of the cave abode.” After the snake-tailed man flew out, he smiled at Snowjade and said, “Only one of you can reach the end of the cave abode.”
“Can I enter now?” Snowjade looked at the snake-tailed man. He could tell at a glance that he was a Guardian and not a true lifeform.
“No.” The snake-tailed man shook his head. “After the one-year deadline, all lifeforms that arrive here will engage in one final battle. Only the final victor will be able to enter.”
Palace Lord Snowjade didn’t say another word. He could sense layers of array formations on the gigantic head. They were something that could even imprison a Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature. If he wasn’t allowed to enter, he would be tempting fate if he dared to barge in.
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Half a month later.
“Oh?” The hunchbacked Old Fiend Black Wind also arrived. When he saw the huge chained head, his face turned pale. The blood-colored vertical eye turned to look at Black Wind.
Black Wind was horrified. It took him almost ten seconds to withstand the suppression.
A forbidden creature at the Sixth Tribulation realm? Black Wind was alarmed as well. Soon, he discovered the chains’ uses. What a powerful sealing method. It completely imprisons the Sixth Tribulation forbidden
creature. Furthermore, it seems to draw upon this forbidden creature’s strength to supply energy to the entire cave abode.
Black Wind immediately turned to look at Snowjade.
Snowjade stood by the side with his eyes closed as he waited silently.
“Snowjade, you came really quickly,” said Black Wind with a smile.
Snowjade opened his eyes and glanced at Black Wind before closing them again.
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Another half a month passed.
The skinny Ta Gu arrived. When he saw the huge head, his body trembled for a few seconds before he resisted the forbidden creature’s aura. This was because he had known about this cave abode’s layout long ago. He also knew that there was a terrifying forbidden creature imprisoned here.
Since his mind was prepared, he naturally escaped the aura’s influence faster.
They came earlier than me? Ta Gu was somewhat surprised when he saw Snowjade and Black Wind. Following that, he turned to look at the Guardian—who had a human body and snake tail. He said loudly, “The other lifeforms in this cave abode should have given up on the exploration. Only the three of us are at the Fifth Tribulation realm. Let’s quickly engage in the final battle.”
“No rush.” The snake-tailed man smiled and said, “There’s one more person still advancing.”
“It’s been ten months. There are still people advancing through the cave abode?” Ta Gu was puzzled.
Black Wind and Snowjade remained calm. Both of them knew that an unknown fifth Tribulation Eminence had entered the cave abode.
Imperial Lord Eastcalm, Meng Chuan? Snowjade thought to himself. He knew the most about the unfamiliar expert among the three.
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“Senior, spare me! Spare me!” A lanky gray-robed man was extremely respectful, but he felt bitter in his heart.
He was at the Fourth Tribulation realm. He had deliberately slowed down. With the number of tunnels in the lair, he thought he had made a killing.
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