Who knew that another Fifth Tribulation Eminence was slower than him! Furthermore, he happened to share the same passageway as him.
Isn’t this Fifth Tribulation Eminence afraid that he will be too slow and have all the best treasures taken by the other Fifth Tribulation Eminences? The lanky gray-robed man felt aggrieved.
“Spare your life?” The white-haired Meng Chuan looked at him. “You should understand the rules. Hand over all the treasures, and your life will be spared.”
“Yes.” No matter how depressed the gray-robed man was, he obediently handed over the treasures. This was because he had discovered the huge difference in strength between them. Just the illusory Essence Soul World’s suppression made him unable to resist.
If this white-haired man was willing, he could easily kill him and take away all the treasures. He spent 600 Outer Realm Essence Crystals cultivating this outer realm body. It was already not bad if he could retain this body.
Whoosh.
Meng Chuan waved his hand and put away the treasures before continuing forward.
He had arrived rather late, so Palace Lord Snowjade, Ta Gu, and Old Fiend Black Wind had all benefited. On the other hand, Meng Chuan’s main gains were obtained from the Fourth Tribulation Eminence and Emperor Roc.
Of course, certain regions in the lair had a lowered threat after the core treasures were removed. Thus, Meng Chuan was able to proceed much faster.
This aura’s pressure… Meng Chuan also felt a terrifying aura affecting him. He was puzzled by it as he walked through the tunnel. Why is the aura so strong? Is it a treasure or a living thing?
Soon, Meng Chuan walked out of the deep tunnel and arrived at a huge cave.
The cave was 5,000 kilometers wide. At the end of the cave was a huge imprisoned head. The blood-colored vertical eye on the head stared at Meng Chuan.
As for Snowjade, Black Wind, and Ta Gu, they turned to look at Meng Chuan.
“The last one has arrived.” The snake-tailed man smiled.
Chapter 562 - Forbidden Creature
When he was stared at by the giant head’s blood-colored eye, Meng Chuan could sense his will being suppressed.
Huh? This force was crazy and cold. It carried extreme malice as it attempted to destroy Meng Chuan’s consciousness. However, as an Essence Soul Fifth Tribulation Eminence, Meng Chuan was extremely powerful when it came to spiritual cultivation. His willpower far exceeded that of a Physical Body Fifth Tribulation Eminence.
The moment he was affected by the aura, Meng Chuan instinctively resisted it.
That’s… Meng Chuan was alarmed. He carefully looked at the massive head that was 500 kilometers tall with a black curved horn. He looked at the chains that were embedded in its head, completely sealing its strength. A forbidden creature?
This was the first time Meng Chuan had seen a forbidden creature.
One of the dossiers left behind by Ancestral Master Archean Eon focused on forbidden lifeforms. Forbidden existences represented disaster, destruction, and great sin.
In the vast outer realm, there were many special lifeforms. However, one of them was the most special. It was even more special than pure-blooded dragons and phoenixes. It was even specially singled out by Tribulation Eminences out of all the special lifeforms. It was called a forbidden creature!
The birth of a forbidden creature was a mystery. One could be born anywhere in the outer realm, but their numbers were extremely low.
The strengthening of a forbidden creature was different from all cultivators. As long as it devoured other lifeforms, it would become stronger. Even a forbidden creature that had reached the Sixth Tribulation realm could slowly devour low-level worlds. A forbidden creature at the Seventh Tribulation realm could devour middle-level worlds. A legendary Eighth Tribulation forbidden creature could even devour large-sized words.
However, an Eighth Tribulation forbidden creature was even rarer than an ordinary Eighth Tribulation Eminence. They could be treated as myths.
Apart from becoming stronger by consuming life, it also had a special trait—its lifespan was extremely long. To a certain extent, it could exist forever! Of course, only its body existed permanently.
Without any end to its lifespan, its body could live forever. However… its consciousness would eventually decay and collapse after a long period of time. A new consciousness would be born in its body. From life’s perspective, this was already a new life.
If a forbidden creature wanted to become powerful, it had to devour cultivators. It could even devour entire inhabited worlds in the future. Other lifeforms naturally regarded forbidden creatures as sins, so they were known as sinful creates.
Forbidden creatures were the common enemy of all life.
A forbidden creature at the Sixth Tribulation realm was actually captured alive. Meng Chuan was secretly astonished. A forbidden creature at this level already has an undying body.
Killing a forbidden creature below the Sixth Tribulation realm wasn’t too difficult. But once a forbidden creature reached the Sixth Tribulation realm, they could hide their Life Core. Even if their bodies were destroyed time and time again, they could quickly recover. They had undying bodies. Only by finding the Life Core could they kill or capture a Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature alive. Therefore, it was very difficult to kill or capture one alive.
Whoosh.
Meng Chuan calmed his mind and looked at the other Tribulation Eminences.
The three Fifth Tribulation Eminences—the proud, cold Palace Lord Snowjade, the smiling Old Fiend Black Wind, and the slightly curious Ta Gu—were also alarmed.
This stranger isn’t affected by the blood-colored vertical eye’s stare? Palace Lord Snowjade and Old Fiend Black Wind spent several seconds to withstand the impact. Ta Gu, who was already prepared for this, took about three seconds to resist it successfully.
What about Meng Chuan? He completely resisted it.
His spiritual cultivation is very strong. He might be at the Essence Soul Fifth Tribulation realm, guessed Ta Gu, and his eyes lit up. It’s worth befriending him.
Essence Soul Fifth Tribulation realm? Black Wind’s smile became even warmer.
The higher the Tribulation realm, the fewer Essence Soul Tribulation Eminences there were. They also became more useful.
“I’m Ta Gu from Shura Realm,” said Ta Gu.
Black Wind chuckled. “My name is Black Wind. I’m from the Yufang River System.”
While the two of them showed their friendliness to the white-haired man, Snowjade remained silent with a cold expression.
Meng Chuan smiled. “Greetings everyone, I’m Eastcalm.”
It was very difficult for a Fifth Tribulation Eminence to be killed. Therefore, there was no need for them to form a deep grudge unless absolutely necessary.
“The other living beings in the cave abode have already given up on advancing,” said the man with the snake tail. His voice resounded throughout the cave. “Now, the final victor will emerge from the four of you. Only the final victor can enter the cave abode and obtain the most important treasure in this cave abode’s opening.”
Ta Gu’s eyes lit up. He knew how valuable this cave abode’s treasures were.
Meng Chuan, Snowjade, and Black Wind were also filled with anticipation.
Meng Chuan and company knew that the owner of the cave abode wouldn’t be stingy, especially when one took into account the captured Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature, which was kept alive so that its energy could power the cave abode.
“We have four people here. How do we compete? A battle royale?” asked Black Wind.
“Master has long set the rules,” said the snake-tailed man smilingly. “I’ll preside over the cave abode’s final battle. I will expel whoever doesn’t follow the cave abode’s rules. If the rules are followed, you will receive a reward, even if you ultimately fail,” said the man with the snake tail.
Meng Chuan, Palace Lord Snowjade, Old Fiend Black Wind, and Ta Gu obediently
followed the rules, no matter how high their talent was, how arrogant they were, or how powerful their background was. It was better to follow the rules in a cave abode created by an unknown Seventh Tribulation Eminence.
The snake-tailed man flipped his hand, and four stones appeared in his palm. Two were dark-red, and two were pale-white.
“I’ll randomly throw these four stones out, which will fly towards you separately. Those who obtain the same color will be in the same group,” said the man with the snake tail calmly. “The people in each group will fight one another until one side admits defeat or is killed. Only then will the winner be decided. The winner of those battles will engage in another battle… to decide the final victor.”
With that said, four stones floated high in the air.
Bam!
Invisible waves struck the four rocks. The four rocks rolled and collided, but they flew towards Meng Chuan and company strangely and precisely.
A pale-white stone flew towards Meng Chuan.
Meng Chuan looked at the pale-white stone in front of him and noticed a pale white stone in front of Black Wind. Black Wind smiled at Meng Chuan. “Brother Eastcalm, it looks like I’ll fight you first.”
Meng Chuan nodded slightly. Of the three people in front of him, he only knew a little more about Palace Lord Snowjade.
Meng Chuan had bought information about Three Bay River System’s experts at Eternal Tower, but he didn’t know about Black Wind and Ta Gu.
“You and me?” Ta Gu looked at Snowjade. There were dark-red stones in front of them. They clearly had to fight each other.
“According to the order of arrival,” said the man with the snake tail as he pointed at Snowjade and Ta Gu, “the two of you will fight first. As for the other two, watch from the side. You are not to interfere.”
…
Meng Chuan and Old Fiend Black Wind arrived beside the gigantic head. They stood in a corner with the snake-tailed man. At the same time, an array formation rose and enveloped 90% of the cave. It also enveloped Snowjade and Ta Gu.
The spectators were naturally outside the array formation, unable to interfere with the battle.
“Before the outcome is decided, the two of you are unable to leave the array formation zone,” said the snake-tailed man. “You may begin.”
Snowjade stood there like an unmovable iceberg. At the same time, an invisible chill spread out, filling the entire array formation.
Ta Gu completely retracted his aura and allowed the frosty aura to attack him.
Neither party was in a hurry to attack.
Meng Chuan, who was outside the formation, looked up when he approached the giant head. He saw the sinful creature’s mountain-like teeth. The aura emitted by this sinful creature was much stronger than before.
This sinful creature’s aura and intent are somewhat similar to Saber of Nirvana.
Saber of Nirvana was Meng Chuan’s first technique to reach the Heaven Earth realm. However, he realized that the technique had flaws. Due to it being flawed, he couldn’t use it to cultivate his body and Essence Soul. Therefore, he deliberately slowed down.
If I use Saber of Nirvana as the core to my body cultivation and Essence Soul cultivation, my life force might be close to that of a forbidden creature.
Only after Infinite Saber reached the perfected Heaven Earth realm did he dare to cultivate Saber of Nirvana with full effort.
After all, Tribulation realm cultivation focused on controlling spacetime and all laws beneath it. However, before one’s foundation was strong enough, some laws couldn’t be studied deeply. There would be many terrifying consequences if one studied certain laws too deeply with a weak foundation.
Meng Chuan’s current foundation was sufficient. However, Saber of Nirvana remained at the Heaven Earth Realm’s late stage. It was only one step away from reaching the perfected Heaven Earth realm.
Saber of Nirvana, perfected Heaven Earth realm? Meng Chuan sensed the forbidden creature’s aura that resembled Nirvana. Ideas came to his mind. He naturally began to refine Saber of Nirvana and pushed it towards perfection.
Chapter 563 - Saber of Nirvana
At the same time, in Three Bay River System.
Deep in a Chaos Hole.
Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul avatar came here. As a Fifth Tribulation Eminence, his Essence Soul avatars were powerful enough to enter deep into a Chaos Hole.
Nirvana? Meng Chuan was inspired by the forbidden creature. He felt that his Saber of Nirvana could reach the perfected Heaven Earth realm at any moment. At this moment, he carefully studied the Chaos Hole’s operations. This was because Saber of Nirvana originated from a Chaos Hole.
Meng Chuan looked up and saw rays of light being absorbed by the Chaos Hole. The light couldn’t escape the black hole. At the same time, some matter in the outer realm was sucked into the Chaos Hole. As they went deeper, the matter completely disintegrated.
The Chaos Hole seemed to have infinite destructive power. It devoured and destroyed everything, making everything a part of the darkness!
Only Seventh Tribulation Eminences and stronger can reach the Chaos Hole’s core. Those weaker will completely disintegrate before they can reach the Chaos Hole’s core. They will be reduced to nothingness. Meng Chuan looked at the matter that was constantly being sucked into the Chaos Hole’s core. His outer realm true body looked at the forbidden creature’s huge head in the cave abode as the ideas created sparks in his mind.
It was relatively easy for one to improve a technique to the Heaven Earth realm, allowing one to push straight for perfection.
Saber of Nirvana had already reached the Heaven Earth realm’s late stage for a long time. He had accumulated plenty of insights. Now that he had gained inspiration, he continued to perfect the technique after processing his ideas. In just an hour, he was done.
With the various combined powers, it will be Nirvana. Meng Chuan suddenly brightened up.
Standing in the dark Chaos Hole’s depths, Meng Chuan waved his hand. Lightning Dwarf Star—a Tribulation treasure—appeared and flew out.
The moment it flew out, it transformed into a dark star.
This dark star turned into a black light beam. Wherever it passed, it would leave tears in the fabric of spacetime. It left a wake of annihilation as it flew.
It silently swept past and annihilated everything, causing everything to return to nothingness. This was a portion of a Chaos Hole’s Nirvana’s might.
Others might only think of it as a black light beam, but Meng Chuan saw it as the Lightning Dwarf Star transformed into a light beam. It was also a wave. Its power stacked and completely fused together, forming a terrifying annihilation force. The incomparably terrifying annihilation force’s might further condensed and turned into a beam of light. This was the ultimate goal of Nirvana.
This black beam represented the most terrifying destructive force. It had surpassed the annihilation powers of the most terrifying Grand Yang Divine Fire—which came from Grand Yang Stars.
What a terrifying move. One’s body and Essence Soul represent life. However, this move’s intent is completely different from life. It’s indeed not suitable to be one’s cultivation core. Meng Chuan was delighted about creating such a powerful move.
Infinite Saber pursued extreme speed. It was much more inferior when it came to pure destructive power.
Grand Yang Divine Fire and Wind of Annihilation were famous for their destructive powers. They far surpassed Infinite Saber’s paramount speed laws. As for Saber of Nirvana, it made up for Meng Chuan’s weakness. In terms of destructive power, it was one of the best Fifth Tribulation techniques.
Unfortunately, the combined might of these two ultimate techniques is still far from the Sixth Tribulation realm. Meng Chuan shook his head slightly.
According to historical experience, one would typically have a high chance of creating a Sixth Tribulation technique by fusing three Fifth Tribulation realm laws.
If one was lucky, one law would be of
the time lineage, and another would be of the void lineage. If the compatibility of these laws were extremely high, one could fuse these two Fifth Tribulation realm laws and create a Sixth Tribulation technique.
However, it clearly wasn’t easy…
Meng Chuan’s Infinite Saber’s laws were purely of the time lineage, but Saber of Nirvana contained both time laws and spatial laws. In fact, it was quite common for techniques to consist of both spatial laws and time laws. After all, everything existed in spacetime. These two techniques had quite a good compatibility, but they were still far from reaching the Sixth Tribulation realm after fusing.
I’m much more confident in clearing the mysterious cave abode after creating two Fifth Tribulation techniques.
Although he cultivated both his body and Essence Soul, he was still a newly-advanced Fifth Tribulation Eminence. He only had the confidence to stay alive when facing Palace Lord Snowjade, Ta Gu, and Black Wind. He didn’t have the confidence to defeat them.
Now, he was much more confident.
…
Inside the mysterious cave abode, which was located in Yufang River System.
Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul avatar cultivated in the Chaos Hole for an hour before breaking through completely. However, only a few seconds had passed in this mysterious cave abode.
Huh? Meng Chuan looked up at the gigantic head, and his eyes lit up slightly.
He had finally figured it out. His Saber of Nirvana had now reached the perfected Heaven Earth realm.
He had two Fifth Tribulation ultimate techniques. However, it would be difficult for him to improve them further. For example, his Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique had failed to reach the Fourth Tribulation realm, even after so many years.
“Brother Eastcalm, who do you think will win?” asked Black Wind with a chuckle.
“Ta Gu probably,” said Meng Chuan casually. “After all, he’s from the Shura Realm, a high-level world.”
Black Wind nodded. “I’m also optimistic about Ta Gu’s chances.”
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