Realm Ancestor’s eyes were filled with regret.
He wanted to meet an Eighth Tribulation Eminence and ask them questions. However, in this era, he was already standing at the peak! There were no Eighth Tribulation Eminences that he could question.
He couldn’t leave this universe, so he could only wait for his end.
Chapter 630 - Opportunity and Orders
“Jump out of the River of Time to return to the past or head to the future?” Meng Chuan muttered to himself. He still didn’t have the right to probe the treasures and dossiers left behind by Ancestral Master Archean Eon.
There were very few records regarding Eighth Tribulation Eminences.
From Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s point of view, understanding the Eighth Tribulation realm was clearly meaningless for someone who hadn’t even reached the Sixth Tribulation realm.
“The past has already happened, so it naturally can’t be changed,” said Realm Ancestor. “The so-called returning to the past is simply being a bystander. For example, one can watch the birth of the Universe and the history of some dead Eighth Tribulation Eminences.”
“Dead Eighth Tribulation Eminences?” Meng Chuan was puzzled.
“A living Eighth Tribulation Eminence controls their past and future. They will completely jump out of the River of Spacetime, so others will not be able to see his past,” said Realm Ancestor. “Once they die, there will be no future. They will also completely land in the River of Spacetime. We can naturally pry into their past then. Of course, us Seventh Tribulation Eminences can’t return to the
past.”
“Compared to the past that can’t be changed, the future has infinite possibilities. Therefore, Eighth Tribulation Eminences mostly head to the future or other universes,” said Realm Ancestor with a sigh. “Compared to them, us Seventh Tribulation Eminences are just fish in the River of Spacetime. We are still swimming in the river, but Eighth Tribulation Eminences are already on the shore. They can choose to enter the river in the future or head to other rivers directly.”
Meng Chuan nodded slightly. The strength difference between Tribulation Eminences was indeed greater at higher realms. He had no way of resisting a Seventh Tribulation Eminence. As for Seventh Tribulation Eminences and Eighth Tribulation Eminences, they were even more different fundamentally.
“I think very highly of you.” Realm Ancestor smiled at Meng Chuan. “Your talent is even higher than Saber Swordsman’s. You have a chance of reaching the Seventh Tribulation realm in your lifetime. In the future, you might be like me. You will also attempt to reach the Eighth Tribulation realm.”
“I’m still far from reaching the Eighth Tribulation realm,” said Meng Chuan. In the entire River of Spacetime, a single Eighth Tribulation Eminence might not even appear in a particular epoch. In fact, one might not even appear in ten epochs. According to the scattered information he had, it was very difficult for an Eighth Tribulation Eminence to appear.
Meng Chuan only wanted to take things one step at a time and do his best. The most important thing for him was to transcend the sixth Heavenly Tribulation first.
“It is very difficult.” Realm Ancestor said softly, “I’m not confident, even if I’m given ten times my lifespan.” With a flip of his hand, a golden leaf appeared in Realm Ancestor’s hand. With a wave of his hand, the golden leaf flew towards Meng Chuan.
“This is for you. This is an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation legacy. It’s called Eternal Road,” said Realm Ancestor. “It’s limited by the River of Spacetime’s laws. If you learn it, this leaf will shatter.”
“An Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation legacy?” Meng Chuan was alarmed. “T-this is too precious.”
“It’s precious to you, but it’s nothing to me,” said Realm Ancestor indifferently. “I once deliberately searched for Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation legacies, so I naturally collected many. It’s just a small matter to give you one. In the future, help my two juniors-Yu Xi and Feng Xiao—and help my homeworld, Eternal Mountain Realm, if you have the chance.”
Realm Ancestor’s request was very vague. By asking Meng Chuan to help if he had the chance and not stating the extent of the help, it was clearly up to Meng Chuan. Such a request was considered very small. “Thank you, Senior.” Meng Chuan still accepted the legacy. He naturally remembered this favor. He would definitely find an opportunity to repay Realm Ancestor in the future.
This legacy was very important to him. After all, Ancestral Master Archean Eon was a Physical Body Seventh Tribulation Eminence. He knew very little about the Essence Soul cultivation system. He had even obtained the Essence Soul Star formulation by chance. With this new legacy, he had two Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation legacies. He would be able to obtain more guidance.
“I’ll give you some advice as well.” Realm Ancestor smiled at Meng Chuan. “You can learn an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence’s legacy, but you can’t follow it completely. Every Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence creates their own Eighth Tribulation path.”
“I can learn it, but I can’t follow it completely?” Meng Chuan somewhat understood.
“I wonder how far you will go in the future. I can’t see it,” said Realm Ancestor with a smile. “Forget it. That is all we have between us.” With that said, he flicked his sleeve.
Meng Chuan couldn’t help but fall into the lake.
Plop. Spacetime changed.
Inside the same chamber on Thousand Mountain Star.
Spacetime distorted as Meng Chuan appeared out of thin air.
I’m back? Meng Chuan looked at his surroundings. The meditation mat, lamp, incense… Nothing had changed. It was as though he had just experienced a dream.
Meng Chuan looked down at the golden leaf in his hand. This is a legacy bestowed by Realm Ancestor. It clearly wasn’t a dream.
I never expected that I would obtain an opportunity while cultivating in a chamber. Meng Chuan felt somewhat wistful. Sometimes, opportunities were as such. Even if one searched hard, they might not necessarily obtain one. An opportunity could descend from the heavens while one was cultivating diligently.
Meng Chuan’s opportunity had to do with his shared membership of the Cang Alliance with Realm Ancestor. Most importantly, his potential had been recognized by Realm Ancestor. Realm Ancestor—who was nearing the end of his lifespan-was willing to form a good relationship with him.
From what Realm Ancestor said, he wants me to help take care of his two juniors and his homeworld if I have a chance.Also, Realm Ancestor is close to the end of his lifespan? Meng Chuan nodded slightly. According to public information, Realm Ancestor has already lived for more than 180,000 years. He’s the oldest Seventh Tribulation Eminence in this era. He’s indeed not far from the end of his lifespan.
This legacy. Meng Chuan looked at the golden leaf and immediately sat down cross-legged. He solemnly took out a jade bottle and consumed a pill.
His eyes lit up. Following that, an Essence Soul thought immediately seeped into the golden leaf.
Boom! Immediately, a large amount of information surged into Meng Chuan’s mind.
An inheritance—which was completely different from the Essence Soul Starappeared in front of Meng Chuan.
While Meng Chuan received the Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation legacy-Eternal Road-Fu Sui was waiting in a hall on his ship.
The Black Mountain ruins are becoming more and more famous. News has spread outside the Cang Alliance, attracting even more cultivators. Fu Sui was rather excited. When the news first spread, only those cultivators from the Cang Alliance entered the ruin world. However, when the news reached the outside world, cultivators from outside the faction came over because of its fame.
No one can kill me completely with my body in my homeworld. I’ll definitely earn a huge fortune. Fu Sui was very cautious. Every time he earned Outer Realm Essence Crystals, he would send them to his homeworld. His true body in the outer realm carried a pitiful amount of treasures.
If he
earned anything, he would send it back! Unless an Eighth Tribulation Eminence took action, his homeworld’s true body could not be threatened by anything else.
Whoosh.
Spacetime distorted in the ship.
Fu Sui’s expression changed as he looked ahead in panic. A figure forcefully tore through spacetime and passed through the ship’s layers of array formations, arriving in the hall where Fu Sui was.
It was a tall, thin man with six arms. His eyes were cold.
When he arrived, he imperceptibly affected the entire ship. He even affected the surrounding one trillion kilometers. This huge area became much darker.
His gaze landed on Fu Sui, who felt an inexplicable sense of horror and fear.
“Thearch Xu.” Fu Sui was extremely respectful.
Thearch Xu-one of the six Celestial Thearchs from Six Directions Heaven-a top faction in the River of Spacetime.
There were a total of six Celestial Thearchs in Six Directions Heaven. Celestial Thearch Xu was ranked last. He grasped a Seventh Tribulation law and didn’t cultivate a Seventh Tribulation body. However, he was still one of the top 100 terrifying existences in the River of Spacetime.
Fu Sui wasn’t even at the Sixth Tribulation realm. Furthermore, his Essence Soul was heavily injured. Thearch Xu could probably kill Fu Sui with a glance.
Even Lord Ghostink would probably be reduced to dust with a flick of his sleeve.
“Fu Sui.” Thearch Xu looked at Fu Sui and coldly said, “The Black Mountain ruin you discovered is filled with endless troubles. According to the agreement signed by the Star Pavilion Association, I’m here to deliver an order. From today onwards, you are not to send any cultivators into the Black Mountain ruin.”
“I’m not to send any cultivators in?” Fu Sui was somewhat dazed.
Many cultivators were still on his ship. Only by sending a batch of cultivators in would he receive a batch of Outer Realm Essence Crystals. Many Outer Realm Essence Crystals had yet to be collected.
Although he was afraid of Thearch Xu, these Outer Realm Essence Crystals were his means of survival.
“This is an opportunity I discovered. Why can’t I send them in?” Fu Sui whispered. In order to survive, he still retorted to Thearch Xu’s words.
“I’m here to pass the order. I’m clearly not the one who gave the order.” Thearch Xu looked at Fu Sui. “It’s the eminences who signed the agreement with Star Pavilion Association.” “What is the Star Pavilion Association?” Fu Sui felt indignant.
“More than half of the Seventh Tribulation Eminences in the River of Spacetime have signed the agreement together,” said Thearch Xu indifferently. “You can disobey the order, but you can forget about having any of your true bodies and avatars appearing outside your inhabited world from the moment you refuse. The moment they appear… they will be annihilated.”
Fu Sui was somewhat dazed. More than half of the River of Spacetime’s Seventh Tribulation Eminences? How can I resist such an order? In the future, I will die if I leave my inhabited world after disobeying?
“I-I…” Fu Sui felt very indignant.
Thearch Xu looked at him. “Give me your answer.”
Chapter 631 - Sea of Spacetime
“I’ll naturally follow the order.” Fu Sui lowered his head. “However, how can I reject those cultivators? Dozens of them are waiting in my cave abode.”
“That’s simple.” With a thought, Thearch Xu locked onto the other Fifth Tribulation Eminences temporarily residing in the ship.
“From today onwards, the Black Mountain ruin will be mine.” A mighty voice echoed in every Fifth Tribulation Eminence’s mind. These Fifth Tribulation Eminences felt an inexplicable sense of fear. Before they could react, they felt as though they had been forcefully ‘thrown’ out.
The surrounding spacetime changed. When they saw their surroundings clearly, they realized that they were either in a dark, desolate land, a nameless planet, or an unfamiliar void…
In the blink of an eye, a group of Fifth Tribulation Eminences was thrown into several different river systems.
“All you need to do is spread the word that I have forbidden you from sending any more cultivators in,” said Thearch Xu indifferently. “I’ll take all the blame.”
“Yes,” Fu Sui replied respectfully.
Thearch Xu turned and vanished. If Thearch Xu didn’t have to come and deliver the order, he wouldn’t have bothered meeting Fu Sui.
As one of the top 100 existences in the River of Spacetime, Fifth Tribulation Eminences didn’t dare question his claim of occupying the Black Mountain ruins.
“Thearch Xu.” Fu Sui watched him disappear with yearning in his eyes. He yearned to have Thearch Xu’s strength, but the difference between them was too great.
At the very least, I sent in four batches in a row and earned 300,000 cubes. Fu Sui pondered. I’ve earned quite a bit. I have to think of a way to make use of it.
Thousand Mountain Star.
Boom!
Vast amounts of information surged into Meng Chuan’s mind as he saw many scenes.
The scenes were similar. They were of a vast sea. Seawater constantly amassed, causing the sea to become wider and deeper. The seawater’s circulation contained all sorts of profundities. The more complicated the scene, the darker the sea was.
This is the Sea of Spacetime. Meng Chuan had grasped a lightning law, so he could understand the first part of the legacy. This legacy’s profundities appeared in the form of a swirling sea. In reality, the sea was spacetime itself.
Spacetime had a huge sinkhole. All spacetime revolved around this point.
This Eternal Path has a higher learning threshold than the Essence Soul Star formulation. Meng Chuan also came to realize this.
The learning threshold for the Essence Soul Star formulation was very low. Even someone with a fifth-level Essence Soul could gain basic mastery of it, making it evident that the criteria on one’s willpower was not too ridiculous.
Eternal Road had a much higher learning threshold than that of Essence Soul Star. It didn’t have any requirements for one’s Essence Soul realm, but it had extremely high requirements for one’s technique realm, mind, and willpower.
One also had to have insights into time and space before they could comprehend the formulation. Those who specialized in only the void lineage or the time lineage couldn’t understand the formulation. This was very normal. Every powerful Tribulation Eminence had extremely high attainments in time and space. Another aspect required one’s mind and willpower needed to reach the Essence Soul Fifth Tribulation realm before they could cultivate it.
I’ll give it a try.
The Essence Soul Star in his Essence Soul avatar’s body slowly revolved. Although the Essence Soul contained in the avatar was only a tiny portion, it was still maintained by the Essence Soul Star’s structure. This made it much more stable and stronger.
At that moment, Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul Star began to scatter with a thought, forming the most fundamental Essence Soul thoughts.
Sea of Spacetime, Eternal Road. As Meng Chuan attempted the technique, countless Essence Soul thoughts fused together. This time, it wasn’t a star, but a sea of spacetime.
In the vast sea, his countless Essence Soul thoughts were water droplets, which gathered with the profundities of spacetime.
Since Meng Chuan had comprehended a Sixth Tribulation lightning law, lightning vaguely appeared in the Sea of Spacetime, making it vaguely appear like a lightning pool.
Boom!
In the Sea of Spacetime, seawater constantly gathered, producing extremely strong pressure that acted on the core.
In the Sea of Spacetime’s middle, countless thoughts gathered. These thoughts suffered immense pressure. Furthermore, this pressure was naturally produced by the formulation.
This— Meng Chuan felt immense pressure the moment he tried it. His Essence Soul thoughts at the core began to collapse.
At my realm, the pressure created by circu
lating the Eternal Road’s formulation is too great. I need a powerful Essence Soul to withstand it. My Essence Soul avatar is ultimately too weak. Meng Chuan understood this point. He didn’t hesitate to summon his true body in the outer realm’s Fiend Mountain. His outer realm true body was listening to the voice on Fiend Mountain as his Essence Soul was constantly tempered. Simultaneously experiencing the dual pressure from Fiend Mountain’s sounds and the Eternal Road formulation only interfered with each other. The effects of cultivation weren’t good.
His outer realm true body soon returned to Thousand Mountain Star. His outer realm true body had more than half of his Essence Soul Origins foundation, making his Essence Soul much stronger. He began to devote himself to the new Eternal Road formulation.
Only by having a much stronger Essence Soul could one withstand the pressure of this technique. Otherwise, one wouldn’t be able to cultivate this technique for a long time.
In terms of stability and defense, this technique is extremely strong. It’s in no way inferior to the Essence Soul Star. The Essence Soul Star’s strength lies in the fact that one’s Essence Soul can slowly strengthen. It’s also beneficial to one’s willpower.
One’s Essence Soul won’t strengthen with Eternal Road. Instead, it forms a Sea of Spacetime that constantly puts pressure on my Essence Soul. I have to use my willpower to resist this pressure at all times. For a day or two, I’ll continue resisting the pressure to force my mind and will to transform. Meng Chuan was rather impressed. Compared to the Essence Soul Star’s slow improvement of his Essence Soul, Eternal Road was even crueler.
If one couldn’t withstand it, their Sea of Spacetime would collapse. They wouldn’t be able to cultivate the formulation for long. If Meng Chuan wanted to cultivate Eternal Road for a long time, he had to strengthen his willpower.
The voice of Fiend Mountain is an external sound that tempers one’s Essence Soul while Eternal Road allows for self-cultivation. It’s internal pressure. According to the manual, the Sea of Spacetime is torture. It constantly tortures one’s mind and will.
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