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As for using force?
“I’ll stay as long as I want.” Meng Chuan glanced at Fu Sui before standing up in preparation to disperse the embodiment.
Fu Sui’s pupils constricted when he heard that. Rage surged in his heart. However, when he thought of Meng Chuan’s two true bodiesone in his homeworld and the other in the ruin
—both of which he couldn’t deal with, he could only suppress his anger.
“Wait,” said Fu Sui.
Meng Chuan turned to look at him.
Fu Sui’s previous attitude greatly reduced Meng Chuan’s impression of him. If the other party wanted to pursue him because of this small conflict, Meng Chuan was already prepared.
“Forget it.” Fu Sui squeezed out a smile. “Since you want to stay in the ruin world, I won’t force you. I’ll just send fewer cultivators in! By the way, remember to pass a message to every Fifth Tribulation member of the Cang Alliance.”
Meng Chuan was shocked. Fu Sui had previously threatened him, but he now forced a smile to ease the situation… Fu Sui could barely be considered a Sixth Tribulation Eminence, so why was he stooping so low?
From the looks of it, there is a special reason that forced Fu Sui to abandon his pride. Meng Chuan had some guesses.
“Don’t worry. I’ll do as I say,” said Meng Chuan. “Of course, I won’t lie either.” With that said, Meng Chuan dissipated his embodiment.
Fu Sui sat there alone for a long time before leaving.
Three Bay River System, Snowjade Palace.
Black Mountain ruin? Palace Lord Snowjade frowned slightly. He was also a member of the Cang Alliance. Today, he received four messages. They were from Fu Sui, Black Wind, Meng Chuan, and Meng Hu. Is the Black Mountain ruin that magical?
Old Fiend Black Wind went there twice. He went from grasping one Fifth Tribulation law to grasping three Fifth Tribulation laws?
Fu Sui went from grasping two Fifth Tribulation laws to grasping a Sixth Tribulation law?
Meng Hu has also improved from grasping two Fifth Tribulation laws to three Fifth Tribulation laws?
Eastcalm is still exploring the Black Mountain ruin’s path? Snowjade’s heart burned as he read the intelligence. It might have been a coincidence if only one explorer had improved greatly. However, Fu Sui, Meng Hu, and Black Wind had improved greatly. This meant that the ruin was very special. The first path can induce a constant state of epiphany? However, the longer one is in an epiphany, the greater the damage to their Essence Soul? Fu Sui relied on this path to grasp a Sixth Tribulation law in one fell swoop. Now, Fu Sui’s fame has spread far and wide, yet he hasn’t gone crazy. Snowjade’s heart burned with passion. The second path can also lead to great improvements, but there’s the danger of losing oneself. As for the third path, one’s Essence Soul and mind will suffer pressure? There are no other benefits? Snowjade was indeed tempted. The first two paths aren’t bad. However, if I want to enter, I need to pay 10,000 Outer Realm Essence Crystals? Ten thousand cubes!
The financial pressure on a Fifth Tribulation Eminence was immense.
For example, the treasures left behind by Senior Pang Ming’s outer realm true body only added up to 10,000 cubes.
Many of the poorer Fifth Tribulation Eminences might only have over 10,000 cubes worth of treasures. Of course, the wealthy ones like Cave Lord Scenic Cloud, Ta Gu, Meng Hu, and Meng Chuan could easily afford to take out 10,000 cubes.
Fu Sui set the price at 10,000 cubes after much consideration.
“There are no benefits in the outer realm void for no reason. The benefits usually have a price hidden behind them. If a ruin can induce a constant state of epiphany, the price one has to pay will definitely be astonishing. To spend 10,000 cubes for a spot, anyone willing to pay for it can go?”
“Ten thousand cubes is too much. I can’t even raise 10,000 cubes.”
“It’s too much.”
In the Cang Alliance Space, the members chatted.
Many members were indeed unable to produce 10,000 cubes. This was because some treasures were very important to them—they weren’t for sale! It was very common for people to be unable to raise 10,000 cubes with what was readily sellable.
“I think we should get Brother Fu Sui to lower the price. Three thousand cubes would be sweet.”
The Cang Alliance Space was stirred by this matter, but many Fifth Tribulation Eminences were in the Cang Alliance. In the end, 53 Fifth Tribulation Eminences prepared to enter the Black Mountain ruin world. All of them rushed to Six Desires River Zone.
I’ve been cultivating for more than 70,000 years. I only have a few thousand years left to live. It’s my final gamble, so I’ll accept the price! A black turtle as large as a mountain moved through the River of Spacetime.
There’s actually a treasure land that allows one to be in a constant state of epiphany? Only with such a treasure land will I have a chance of improving my strength greatly. Only then will I have a chance of revenge. A silver-robed, thin, and tall man rushed through the River of Spacetime. Four members have confirmed the matter. Fu Sui has grasped a Sixth Tribulation law. Meng Hu is a Heavenly Dream Divine General of Heavenly Dream Realm. City Lord Eastcalm managed to get Cave Lord Scenic Cloud to follow him. They definitely care about karma. What they say is trustworthy.
There might be one who would lie because of special reasons, unfazed by the problem of karma, but the fact that four members had vouched for it made it trustworthy.
In fact, Meng Chuan, Black Wind, and Meng Hu weren’t lying.
Only attracting 53 Cang Alliance members was slightly lower than Fu Sui’s expectations. After all, he hadn’t even attracted 10% of the Cang Alliance members.
Fu Sui was rather excited that he could obtain 530,000 cubes. This was because it was very difficult for even a Sixth Tribulation Eminence to obtain such wealth. Fu Sui was banking on selling the opportunity of entering the Black Mountain ruin world to make a killing. With his current strength and the cave abode’s array formation, even a Sixth Tribulation Eminence would find it difficult to breach the array formation. This guaranteed his profits.
In the ruin world.
Whoosh.
Fu Sui and the eight Fifth Tribulation Eminences arrived. Among the eight new members was Palace Lord Snowjade.
I can sense that Eastcalm is here. Snowjade looked around and noticed the towering black mountain in the distance. The world’s pressure is very strong. That black mountain looks terrifying. It must have an extraordinary background. This is the ruin world?
That’s the black mountain?
The other Fifth Tribulation Eminences were somewhat excited as they looked around. “The 53 Cang Alliance members will be split into several batches. You are the first batch to enter,” said Fu Sui with a smile. “Follow me.” “Alright.” The eight other members followed Fu Sui as he confidently led them forward.
Fu Sui encountered several forbidden creatures along the way. Although Fu Sui’s body was relatively weak and he didn’t carry any powerful treasures with him, he was much stronger than Meng Hu and Meng Chuan after grasping a Sixth Tribulation law. He easily killed the forbidden creatures and traveled at his maximum speed. He arrived at Black Mountain very smoothly.
Just entering the black mountain is like eating a rare treasure.
One day of cultivation here is equivalent to a month in the outside world.
The eight Fifth Tribulation Eminences were somewhat excited. Snowjade’s heart burned with fervor.
Fu Sui led the eight of them forward. They flew past mountain peaks and finally arrived at Black Mountain Peak.
“These are the three paths.” Fu Sui pointed at the three crystalline paths in front of him. “The left path allows one to be in a constant state of epiphany. The middle path allows one to possess Sixth Tribulation Eminences. The right path will result in mental suppression. I’ll say it again now. The black mountain paths contain both good and bad. The further one goes, the greater the price one has to pay. Act according to y
our abilities.”
The eight Fifth Tribulation Eminences stepped forward to give the paths a try. Soon, they came to a decision. In fact, they had already made up their minds before coming here.
The second path allowed one to possess Eminences. Snowjade was still rather cautious. He had cultivated for a long time, so he felt that the first path’s price would probably be rather high. He was satisfied as long as he could grasp three Fifth Tribulation laws.
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In the end, four people stepped onto the path of epiphany, three stepped onto the second, and one took the third path. Fu Sui smiled as he watched this scene. Following that, he raised his head and looked in a direction. His eyes turned colder. Through karma, he could determine Meng Chuan’s location. Eastcalm has always been on the mountain. His occupying of a spot makes my suffering worse.
There was only one way to leave the ruin world each time: destroy a true body.
Destroying a true body required him to recultivate it again. Fu Sui didn’t care much about spending more than 1,000 cubes to recultivate a true body. However, after losing a portion of his Essence Soul, recultivation would result in tremendous pain due to his Essence Soul injuries!
Since Meng Chuan occupied one spot, Fu Sui had to die one or two more times. He was naturally very unhappy with Meng Chuan.
Forget it; it’s time to return. Although Fu Sui knew that losing a portion of his Essence Soul was painful, this was the only way to leave.
Whoosh. His body and Essence Soul completely dissipated.
Chapter 602 - Fiend Mountain
A massive ship—40,000 kilometers longfloated through the outer realm. This ship was Fu Sui’s present cave abode.
These Fifth Tribulation Eminences are really cautious. Fu Sui stood at the top of the massive ancient ship and watched the Fifth Tribulation Eminences gathered on the distant deck. I have to wait for the first batch to come out before the second batch of Fifth Tribulation Eminences are willing to hand over 10,000 Outer Realm Essence Crystals.
Although these Fifth Tribulation Eminences were filled with anticipation for the ruin world, they had inculcated great caution from roaming the outer realm.
The 53 Fifth Tribulation Eminences entered in batches.
Each batch was only willing to pay the 10,000 cubes when the batch before them left the ruin world. If they discovered something amiss, they would give up on entering.
I have to be careful. It costs 10,000 Outer Realm Essence Crystals. I mustn’t be fooled by Fu Sui. These Fifth Tribulation Eminences came from various river zones. However, most of the members of the Cang Alliance were very familiar with each other. They chatted on the deck.
Huh? The Fifth Tribulation Eminences on the deck looked up. Fu Sui, who was on the highest level of the ancient ship, also looked into the distance.
Black fog condensed, forming a dark-purple-robed man, who looked down coldly.
Huh? The Fifth Tribulation Eminences trembled as they instinctively felt fear.
Boom! An array formation appeared on the ancient boat, isolating the pressure from the outside world.
“Lord Ghostink.”
The Fifth Tribulation Eminences were somewhat stirred. Some Fifth Tribulation Eminences even took the initiative to bow. “Greetings, Lord Ghostink.”
There were a total of eight Sixth Tribulation Eminences in the Cang Alliance. Lord Ghostink was one of them.
Apart from Patriarch Fire Dragon and Lady of Icesoul, who were relatively easy to come into contact with, the other six couldn’t be bothered with Fifth Tribulation Eminences. Lord Ghostink usually couldn’t be bothered to look at these Fifth Tribulation Eminences. Furthermore, in terms of reputation… Lord Ghostink had the worst reputation among the eight Sixth Tribulation Eminences. This was because he was ruthless and unscrupulous. It was said that the higher one’s status was, the more they cared about their reputation. However, Lord Ghostink was one of the rare few who didn’t care about their reputation. “Lord Ghostink.” Fu Sui also appeared. He flew to the edge of the ancient ship’s array formation. With the array formation, he had the confidence to deal with Lord Ghostink.
“Fu Sui?” The purple-robed Lord Ghostink looked at Fu Sui. He could sense that Fu Sui had yet to raise his natural order in life. Fu Sui’s body was clearly still at the Fifth Tribulation realm. It posed zero threat to Lord Ghostink.
Even if their cultivation realms were equal, Lord Ghostink’s body was much stronger than that of Fu Sui. Fu Sui would definitely lose in a head-on battle.
If Fu Sui created a physical body cultivation formulation and raised his body to the Sixth Tribulation realm, Lord Ghostink’s attitude would have changed.
“Fu Sui,” said Lord Ghostink coldly, “is what you’ve been publicly spreading in the Cang Alliance true?”
“I naturally wouldn’t dare lie to the entire Cang Alliance,” said Fu Sui with a smile.
He had also mentioned that one’s Essence Soul would be injured when taking the path of epiphany, and that one’s injuries would be more severe, the further one went. He hadn’t lied, but he hadn’t gone into detail of the path’s danger.
“Sixth Tribulation Eminences can’t enter?” Lord Ghostink looked at Fu Sui.
“When I open the ruin world, I can only bring Fifth Tribulation Eminences in,” said Fu Sui with a humble smile. “If you don’t believe me, Lord Ghostink, I can try bringing you along next time. You will sense the rejection from the ruin.”
Lord Ghostink frowned slightly before saying, “Alright, bring me in next time.”
Fu Sui was stunned. Lord Ghostink really wants to enter? Fu Sui couldn’t help but ask, “Lord Ghostink, you don’t believe me?”
“Give it a try,” said Lord Ghostink indifferently. Fu Sui felt somewhat aggrieved.
An attempt meant he would bring one fewer Fifth Tribulation Eminence during that expedition.
“The next entry time might be 30 years later,” said Fu Sui with a smile. “Lord Ghostink, if you are willing, I’ll bring you in when the time comes. You will know that I’m not lying.”
“Alright.” Lord Ghostink waved his hand and released a black palace. He then entered the palace to wait.
Fu Sui glanced at the distant palace before turning to look at the group of Fifth Tribulation Eminences. He said coldly, “As you have heard, Lord Ghostink wants to give it a try. Therefore, I can only bring seven people in with me during the next batch.” With that said, Fu Sui flew away.
The Black Mountain ruin world attracted more and more attention from the outside world. Even so, Meng Chuan continued to advance through the ruin world slowly.
In the blink of an eye, three years passed.
New cultivators. Meng Chuan could clearly see cultivators moving along the first path far away. They had reached the height where Meng Chuan was.
City Lord Eastcalm?
He has been here for 33 years, right? That’s how high he has climbed?
The third path is indeed difficult.
Four Cang Alliance cultivators were on the first path. They were very close to each other, and they also noticed Meng Chuan on the third
path.
They had been walking for three years while Meng Chuan had been on his path for 33 years. Yet, they had reached the same altitude.
This path of epiphany is indeed magical. The four cultivators could sense their huge gains after three years of epiphanies.
However, one of the five Tribulation Eminences—who had six arms and one eyestopped in his tracks. He jolted awake and looked in Meng Chuan’s direction with lingering fear. I’ve been here for three years. I originally decided to leave immediately after mastering three Fifth Tribulation laws, but the feeling of being in a state of epiphany was too wonderful. I unknowingly walked another year. Thankfully, I saw Eastcalm today.
It was indeed wonderful to be immersed in a state of epiphany. He didn’t want to stop.
Upon seeing Meng Chuan, he thought of Fu Sui, Meng Hu, and Black Wind. Only then did the six-ar
med, one-eyed cultivator completely calm down. It’s time to leave. My goal was to grasp three Fifth Tribulation laws. I should have returned a year ago. The six-armed, one-eyed cultivator had already grasped two Fifth Tribulation laws before entering the ruin world. He wanted to leave after taking a step forward. This would mitigate any potential disaster.
However, his mind was filled with excitement and zeal after being immersed in a constant state of epiphany, greatly reducing his cautiousness.
This path is a little sinister. The six-armed, one-eyed cultivator looked at the path beneath his feet and immediately stopped thinking. He destroyed his body and Essence Soul.
He gave up after three years?
Fu Sui took this path for 15 years.
The other cultivators continued walking.
Meng Chuan saw everything clearly from the third path. He saw the six-armed, one-eyed cultivator self-destruct and leave.
“His name is Wu Ao, right?” Meng Chuan had information on the Cang Alliance members. “He gave up after walking about 5,000 kilometers on the first path?”
Meng Chuan stopped thinking about it and continued advancing slowly. However, the pressure gradually became stronger and stronger. The further he walked, the clearer he could hear the sounds. However, his willpower had yet to transform.
Meng Chuan knew very well that the first five transformations happened in the second, fifth, tenth, eighteenth, and twenty-ninth year, respectively. The next transformation might happen decades later… The next transformation might take decades, but I’m about to reach my limit. Every step Meng Chuan took was very difficult. I can sense that I can only walk for a few more months.
Every word that echoed in his mind caused his Essence Soul to tremble. Meng Chuan tried his best to perfect his will. This was what cultivation was like.
Even if he found the correct method, he would have to suffer the torment of time. He needed time to accumulate strength slowly and become stronger. This torturous process was actually very difficult. This was because sometimes one’s path might be wrong, meaning that enduring the period of torture was in vain.