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In a chamber on Thousand Mountain Star.
Meng Chuan sat cross-legged and meditated on the Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique.
In the past 800 years of cultivation, he had mainly focused on comprehending the Void Catalog’s third volume. He carefully studied every single sentence. Now that he had finished comprehending it, he attempted to fuse his numerous insights into the Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique. This technique was originally a movement technique, but it’s becoming more and more unrecognizable now. Meng Chuan laughed self-deprecatingly.
Back when he drew on the wisdom of the Selfless Formless Sword, he had an inclination towards domain.
Now, having read the Void Catalog’s third volume, which followed the Void Dao’s domain lineage, Meng Chuan’s accumulated insights were mostly in this aspect. He naturally wanted his Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique to push its domain to the limits.
After 800 years of accumulating insights, Meng Chuan constantly perfected the Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique.
Three years after returning from the Taigu River Zone.
It’s done.
As he drank fruit wine, Meng Chuan felt a flash of inspiration amidst his tipsiness.
Meng Chuan’s many scattered insights into the domain lineage transformed into one. Finally, his Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique reached a new stage.
Meng Chuan couldn’t suppress the joy in his heart. Although he hadn’t verified it, he was 80 to 90% confident.
It should have reached the Fifth Tribulation realm. Meng Chuan put down his cup and looked around. His gaze penetrated the chamber’s wall and enveloped Thousand Mountain Star. It even spread across Thousand Mountain Star. His perception of the void reached nearly half a billion kilometers.
If he completely grasped the Dao of Space, it would be normal for him to be capable of sensing another river system with a single thought. With a single step, he could carry out Void Transference and cross dozens of river systems without any surprises.
Of course, Meng Chuan only grasped the domain lineage so far.
Chapter 589 - Fu Sui and Old Fiend Black Wind
In the chamber, Meng Chuan stood up and took a step, immediately appearing hundreds of millions of kilometers away from Thousand Mountain Star.
Teleportation!
This is the domain of space. Meng Chuan sensed that the void was as vast as the deep ocean. Different voids had different depths, just like the ocean. The deeper one went, the darker it became. Of course, the void was many times more complicated than the ocean. All sorts of ripples, fluctuations, and undercurrents surged in the void’s different layers, causing the different void levels to be connected for a short period of time. If one followed the connection, they could reach a distant spot.
The void was usually distorted. Matter and energy could distort it. Even the thoughts and gazes of Tribulation Eminences could distort it. However, even Tribulation Eminences found it difficult to understand the void.
As for Meng Chuan, he completely understood spatial domains after his Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique reached the Fifth Tribulation realm, and mastered its spatial domain. He no longer had any doubts.
The void was connected at different levels. Countless ripples appeared chaotic, but they contained a hidden pattern.
Once one grasped this pattern, one could stir the laws of a Tribulation realm Essence Soul and unleash terrifying strength. With me at the center, everything within 480 million kilometers is within my control. If I don’t suffer any interference, my teleportation range can reach 480 million kilometers. Meng Chuan also knew that this was the best result when undisturbed. If he fought experts or was suppressed by array formations, even he would be affected.
Enemies could even completely suppress the void, preventing him from teleporting at all. If he wanted to maintain peak strength, his domain would rapidly shrink.
Spatial domains, I’m best at domains. Meng Chuan knew that hiding in the void’s depths and teleporting were all supplementary techniques. They weren’t too impressive. Void Imprisonment and Void Suppression are the strongest. Meng Chuan could sense that as long as he stirred the Power of Essence Soul, he could control the power within the void’s infinite layers to suppress his opponent.
Meng Chuan’s heart stirred.
Boom!
Lightning that traveled at lightspeed flew out from his body and danced around him. Under Meng Chuan’s control, the lightning stirred the spatial domain’s laws and formed a terrifying electromagnetic field.
The electromagnetic field rumbled. Even a Fourth Tribulation Eminence would be instantly reduced to dust upon entry. Ordinary Fifth Tribulation Eminences would only have 10% to 20% of their strength left from the suppression. A simple combination of paramount speed laws and spatial laws can form such a terrifying electromagnetic field domain? Countless lightning bolts enveloped Meng Chuan’s surroundings as he stood in the middle like a lightning god.
This was a qualitative change due to the laws of time and space.
“Nirvana Saber, Infinite Saber, and Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique will increase in strength once the three laws are combined,” muttered Meng Chuan softly. Lightning crackled in the surrounding electromagnetic field. It was as though it was destructive. The lightning increased in strength, greatly increasing the power of the electromagnetic field.
With such might, he had a chance of killing an ordinary Fifth Tribulation Eminence.
Infinite Saber is a pure time-based law. Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique is a pure spatial law. Nirvana Saber is a combination of two. The three laws are too easy to combine.
All sorts of ideas surfaced in Meng Chuan’s mind.
The three laws made Meng Chuan’s strength transform. Although his body’s defense was still inferior to Cave Lord Scenic Cloud’s, he had the advantage in domains and array formations. Just his means as an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence made him in no way inferior to Cave Lord Scenic Cloud. This isn’t what I want. What I want now is a Sixth Tribulation law. Meng Chuan’s heart burned with passion. According to many cultivators’ experiences, these three laws combined are sufficient to form a Sixth Tribulation law. However, I have to be careful when fusing them together. Meng Chuan was equally cautious.
In the future, the laws would fuse with his Essence Soul World, as well as his body. The laws would affect both his body and Essence Soul.
A path that was too heretical would affect his Essence Soul and mind. He might even go crazy. As an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence, he placed great importance on mental cultivation. Therefore, it was best to take the orthodox and peaceful path.
It takes time to combine them. My three laws are very suitable for combination. It might take as short as a few decades, but it’s hard to say how high the upper limit will be. Meng Chuan knew this very well. Cultivation was unpredictable to begin with. He didn’t need to think too much about it. He just needed to cultivate patiently and diligently.
Three Bay River System was calm and peaceful. Many cultivators gathered in Eastcalm City for transactions. With City Lord Eastcalm and Cave Lord Scenic Cloud presiding over it, no other factions dared to cause trouble at Three Bay River System.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten years passed.
In the Cang Alliance Space.
This was a place where many members of the Cang Alliance gathered. Meng Chuan would occasionally come here. Having made Cave Lord Scenic Cloud follow him, Meng Chuan became much more famous in the Cang Alliance. Many members took the initiative to befriend him.
“He’s here.” The short and fat Fu Sui sat there. He was as fat as a ball, but his eyes were very bright as he stared at Old Fiend Black Wind.
“Hey.” Black Wind nodded and sat down. Fu Sui and Black Wind sat opposite each other, silent for a moment.
“What do we do next?” asked Black Wind softly.
“Although we both lost a true body and many treasures, it’s nothing compared to our gains.�
� Fu Sui chuckled. “What I told you before we entered wasn’t a lie, right?”
Black Wind nodded slightly without saying a word. After exploring the ruins, he had finally broken through and grasped two Fifth Tribulation laws.
Black Wind was very regretful that he died after exploring only a portion of the ruin.
“You died once in this ruin, but I’ve already died three times.” Fu Sui gritted his teeth and said, “This is the most special ruin I’ve encountered in the past tens of thousands of years. I will definitely enter again. What about you?”
“Of course. Don’t try to shake me off.” Black Wind stared at Fu Sui.
“Don’t worry.” Fu Sui shook his head. “In order to keep it a secret, I won’t shake you off. However, I think… even if our strength increases, we are still far from being able to explore this ruin completely.”
Black Wind was slightly taken aback. Although he was unwilling to admit it, it was the truth. “Yes, our strength is indeed insufficient.” Black Wind nodded.
Fu Sui’s eyes lit up. “Previously, with the two of us working together, we gained much more. I want to invite two more helpers. If four Tribulation Eminences head in together, the gains will definitely be greater.” “Who do we invite?” asked Black Wind.
“Definitely members of the Cang Alliance. Cang Alliance members have a tacit understanding with each other. Nobody dares to break the rules. If they break the rules, their reputation in the Cang Alliance will be tarnished.” Fu Sui pondered and said, “At the same time, they have to keep their promise. Those Tribulation Eminences who have no hope of further cultivation improvements can do anything. They don’t care about karma at all. They can’t be selected either.”
“Yes.” Black Wind nodded. “Who’s on your mind?”
“I’ll choose two more. The first one will have to cultivate both their Essence Soul and body, so their life-preservation means will naturally be stronger. It’ll also be suitable to have them keep sending Essence Soul avatars to scout the danger ahead,” said Fu Sui. “The second one has to have sufficient combat strength and an even stronger body. Many a time, we will need him to tank the attacks.
“The first person I have in mind is Eastcalm. He’s a newly-advanced Fifth Tribulation Eminence. He also cultivates both his body and Essence Soul. There’s still endless promise to his cultivation path. It’s impossible for him to break his promise,” said Fu Sui.
Black Wind nodded slightly. He had interacted with Meng Chuan before, so he felt that it was alright.
“As for the second person, I plan on inviting that tiger king from Heavenly Dream Realm,” Fu Sui said.
Heavenly Dream Realm was one of the higher-level worlds in the River of Spacetime.
“Tiger King is much stronger than us. He has a violent personality, but he upholds his reputation in a way like it’s more important than his life.” Black Wind agreed. “I have no objections to these two choices.”
He also knew that Fu Sui held the means to enter the ruin. He ultimately decided the candidates.
“Alright, we’ll invite the two of them,” said Fu Sui.
Chapter 590 - Nearing (Final Chapter of Volume)
Thousand Mountain Star.
“Master, congratulations.” Meng Chuan raised his cup and smiled.
“After cultivating for more than 1,000 years, I’ve finally created a Heaven Earth realm ultimate technique.” Qin Wu held a cup of wine and looked at Meng Chuan. He sighed and said, “Meng Chuan, as your master, I have to thank you. It’s because of you that I can learn so many ultimate techniques from Star Cluster Building. You’re also the reason why the war ended. Your actions have also dispelled my obsession. It’s also because of your guidance that I can break through. Otherwise, it would’ve probably taken me hundreds of years.”
Meng Chuan shook his head. “Master, it’s because you sacrificed too much for our homeworld! Back then, you became a Supremacy early on. You were unable to roam the outer realm because of the war. You were delayed for nearly 1,000 years.” “We are all a part of our homeworld. Many have sacrificed a great deal,” said Qin Wu indifferently. “So many Godfiends have sacrificed their lives. I’ve only been unable to roam the outer realm for 1,000 years.”
“Yes.” Meng Chuan nodded. “That’s right. Too many Godfiends have sacrificed their lives. By the way, I recently sensed that the demon sage passageway is beginning to become unstable.” “Unstable?” Qin Wu was astonished.
“It will probably collapse in a few decades. Archean Eon Realm and the Demon Realm will gradually distance themselves from each other,” said Meng Chuan with a nod.
“They are going to distance themselves?” Qin Wu had mixed feelings. This was something humans had always hoped for the most. But in this day and age, the demon sage passageway no longer posed any threat to humans.
With Meng Chuan around, the demons didn’t dare invade. Instead, they were worried that they would be attacked by the humans! However, other than Meng Chuan, there were far fewer ordinary human Godfiends than the demons. It was difficult for them to invade.
After all, the Demon Realm was ten-fold larger than Archean Eon Realm when it came to world size. The demons’ cultivation system was also more complete, so there were naturally more demon monarchs.
“There’s no way for us humans to seek revenge for the thousand-year blood feud.” Qin Wu was still somewhat unwilling to give up. Over the past 1,000 years, especially during the 800 years before Meng Chuan rose to prominence, humanity had sacrificed too much. Be it Godfiends or ordinary mortals, they were slaughtered like livestock.
“There will eventually be a chance for revenge,” said Meng Chuan softly. He had only killed the three leaders. How could that repay the blood debt of countless humans that numbered in the billions? Furthermore, he had yet to kill Emperor Roc.
“There’s not much I can do now,” said Meng Chuan to his master. “I can only prevent the demons from entering the outer realm. I’ll kill every demon that appears.”
Meng Chuan was in charge of Three Bay River System.
One of Meng Chuan’s true bodies was in his homeworld, making him very close to the Demon Realm physically. If the Demon Realm’s world membrane were to be torn open, Meng Chuan would immediately sense the demons coming out and intercept them.
Just like back then… human Supremacies didn’t dare leave their world for fear of being intercepted. Back then, Meng Chuan had immediately exiled himself the moment he left the world! Emperor Roc and company had also pursued him, but they were a step slower.
“Master.” A voice sounded from afar.
Meng Chuan turned to look.
In the distance, a woman in red appeared in midair. It was Zhao Hongxiu. Zhao Hongxiu was hovering in midair outside the hill, not daring to barge in.
Meng Chuan nodded. “Hongxiu, come in.”
Zhao Hongxiu flew into the mountain and bowed respectfully.
Meng Chuan glanced at her. “What’s the matter?”
“I’ve comprehended something today during my cultivation.” Zhao Hongxiu looked at Meng Chuan. She couldn’t hide her excitement. “I’ve finally reached the Heaven Earth realm.”
Meng Chuan’s eyes lit up when he heard that. “Heaven Earth realm?”
Due to his karma with Senior Pang Ming, he had accepted Gao Fang and Zhao Hongxiu as his disciples. The younger Zhao Hongxiu had reached the Heaven Earth realm in terms of technique. She also had a sixth-level Essence Soul. Furthermore, she still had much of her lifespan remaining… She had a chance of attaining a seventh-level Essence Soul before her death and becoming an Imperial Lord.
“Heaven Earth realm?” Qin Wu laughed when he heard that. Zhao Hongxiu had also broken through not long after he broke through. “What a coincidence,” said Qin Wu with a smile.
“It is.” Meng Chuan nodded. He was in a good mood. His master and disciple had reached the Heaven Earth realm one after another.
Meng Chuan’s cultivation had been rather smooth.
The three Fifth Tribulation laws—Infinite Saber, Nirvana Saber, and Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique-were very suitable for combining. Meng Chuan had figured out many ways to combine them, and his strength had increased by leaps and bounds.
I can sense that I’m getting closer and closer to fusing them into a Sixth Tribulation law. Meng Chuan stood on the tallest mountain building on Thousand Mountain Star and looked down at the vast and bustling city. He felt a sense of urgency. It’s fine if my spiritual cultivation isn’t high enough when I comprehend a Sixth Tribulation law. However, if my mental cultivation can keep up, it won’t take long for the sixth tribulation to descend.
This was the con of becoming an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence. They couldn’t stall for time. Under normal circumstances, if one comprehended a Sixth Tribulation law and had a sufficiently high mental cultivation, it would take a century to a few centuries before the sixth Heavenly Tribulation descended.
The short 100 years was a chance of survival given by the River of Spacetime’s laws. It allowed Tribulation Eminences to have enough time to refine a Sixth Tribulation treasure to prepare for their tribulation.
As for Physical Body Tribulation Eminences, they could continue delaying their tribulation for more than 10,000 years as long as their body didn’t reach a specific level.
Can I transcend the sixth Heavenly Tribulation? Meng Chuan wasn’t confident.
There were many criteria for one’s body to transcend a tribulation-strength, speed, vitality, toughness, and so on. Therefore, historically, those who had comprehended an Imperial Lord-level paramount technique had the confidence to create a sufficiently perfected Sixth Tribulation physical body formulation. However, when it came to an Essence Soul transcending a tribulation? Nobody was confident
If my mental cultivation is high enough, I’ll need to gather longevity extension treasures for Qiyue and my parents once I grasp a Sixth Tribulation law.
If he failed his tribulation, that would mean death. If he died, many things had to be arranged in advance.