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ultimately be exhausted and tired. I won’t be able to cultivate the Eternal Road formulation well. I have to enjoy this pressure. Under this pressure, I have to find the flaws in my willpower and perfect it, allowing it to transform. The transformation of one’s willpower is what makes cultivators infatuated with this formulation. Meng Chuan understood the creator’s choice.
There was no need for external pressure since the Essence Soul formulation allowed for internal refinement.
With the Sea of Spacetime, he would forge an Eternal Road.
I can give it a try. At the very least, this formulation was an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence’s smooth path. However, just as Realm Ancestor had said, one had to walk their own path if they wanted to reach the Eighth Tribulation realm. Therefore, be it learning from the Essence Soul Star or Eternal Road, he had to break through their limitations eventually.
However, it was still too early to talk about breaking through. He had to focus on cultivation.
More than half a year passed.
The World Gap between Archean Eon Realm and the Demon Realm slowly collapsed. As the two inhabited worlds gradually distanced from each other, the World Gap—which had formed temporarily when the two worlds approached each other-began to collapse.
This collapse was very slow. It would probably continue for centuries.
Occasionally, light would fall from the damaged sky.
King Calm Sea-who looked like he was carved out of dark-cyan ice-looked up silently. His appearance hadn’t changed at all. However, his skin was much dimmer, and his vitality was much weaker. Even though he had transformed into an ice lifeform, he was still nearing the end of his lifespan.
It’s been 300 years. King Calm Sea looked at the World Gap. In the beginning, there were still clashes between humans and demons in the World Gap.
After that, the Demon Realm completely turtled up and no longer dared to enter the World Gap. King Calm Sea patrolled the World Gap alone. The occasional entry by human Godfiends would leave him somewhat delighted. However, after the human Godfiends returned to Archean Eon Realm, he was the only one left in the World Gap.
Today was the day his 300-year sentence ended.
Sea’s heart trembled slightly. It had been 300 years—too long. He had repeatedly dreamed of that land.
King Calm Sea flew up and arrived at a node after traveling 1,500 kilometers. This node was connected to Archean Mountain.
Boom!
King Calm Sea struck the node and punched out eight times with his bare hands. He tore through the world membrane and saw what stood at the other end. The sunlight was bright and beautiful. The sunlight was so bright that King Calm Sea narrowed his eyes.
He took a step forward and passed through the world membrane, arriving at Archean Mountain.
King Calm Sea stood on the nameless mountain and looked around alone. Two figures soon flew over from afar. One was Qin Wu, and the other was Yan Jin. They coldly looked at King Calm Sea.
Chapter 632 - King Calm Sea’s End
“Master.” King Calm Sea bowed respectfully. Qin Wu looked at his disciple. This disciple had once been his pride. He had a chance of becoming Archean Mountain’s fourth Supremacy after Li Guan, Luo Tang, and Qin Wu, but he had taken the wrong path. He believed that he could obtain the demons’ benefits for himself without letting them take advantage of him. However, the demons ultimately schemed against him.. If not for Meng Chuan’s actions, King Calm Sea would have caused even greater harm.
“The 300-year deadline is up,” said Qin Wu coldly. “Archean Mountain allows you to take a look around the world. In three days, you have to return to Archean Mountain. Without the sect’s permission, you are not allowed to leave the mountain again.”
“Yes, I understand.” King Calm Sea bowed slightly and accepted the sect’s decision. Qin Wu looked at him and turned to leave.
With Meng Chuan present in Archean Eon Realm, an invisible domain naturally covered the entirety of Archean Eon Realm. It was fine if he didn’t pay attention to it. Nothing could escape Meng Chuan’s notice as long as he paid a sliver of attention. Thus, Qin Wu wasn’t worried about any negative consequences for letting King Calm Sea roam the human world for three days.
“My seventh son.” King Calm Sea looked at Yan Jin.
Yan Jin coldly glared at King Calm Sea. “Xue Ting, I came today to ask you if you have learned your mistake. Do you regret it?” Even now, Yan Jin didn’t recognize his father.
“Hahaha.” King Calm Sea looked at his son and laughed. “What mistakes should I have learned? What regrets should I have?”
“Your children.” Yan Jin couldn’t hide his anger. “My mother and all the other innocent, pitiful people—you deliberately arranged for them to end up in such a tragic state. Many of the hardships we experienced were caused by you. These are your sins.”
King Calm Sea looked at Yan Jin and indifferently said, “If you had enjoyed riches and honor since you were young and didn’t suffer any hardships, would you have become a Regis Godfiend? Would your fifth brother have attained such accomplishments back then? You have to thank your childhood for your accomplishments.”
“Gratitude?” Yan Jin laughed in anger. “I never expected you to be so crazy even after 300 years. You still don’t care about pitiful people like my mother?”
King Calm Sea calmly said, “To nurture a Regis Godfiend like you, your mother and the other mortals sacrificed themselves. They have contributed greatly to humanity. Their contributions are much greater than many mediocre mortals.”
“You truly are unrepentant!” Yan Jin’s eyes were filled with anger. “Xue Ting, I’ve been cultivating arduously for more than 300 years. I’ve created a sword technique. Have a taste of it and see how powerful my sword is!”
With that said, Yan Jin attacked.
The sword beam was dazzling as it streaked across the sky and appeared at King Calm Sea’s chest.
“Hahaha.” King Calm Sea laughed loudly as he struck out with his bare hands.
Yan Jin was rather talented. Although he couldn’t reach the Supremacy realm at the peak of his body’s vitality, he had cultivated for more than 300 years. Archean Mountain’s resources had also greatly increased, and Meng Chuan often gave lectures. Although Yan Jin’s current strength was inferior to that of King True Martial, his technique realm had reached the mid-stage Grotto-Heaven realm. His sword art had drawn upon the Myriad Sword Sect’s experience, and he had learned the Star Cluster Building’s legacies. It was extremely powerful.
However, after a short exchange
Clang!
Yan Jin was slammed into the mountainside, causing the mountain to tremble. Only with the sect’s array formation protecting it did the mountain not collapse. However, he produced a huge crater. Yan Jin lay there with a pale face. There was a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth.
I lost? Yan Jin found it unacceptable.
King Calm Sea, Xue Ting, had cultivated 100 years longer than him. However, Archean Mountain’s cultivation resources were much better than before. Meng Chuan-a Tribulation Eminence-often gave lectures. Under such circumstances, Yan Jin believed that he could surpass King Calm Sea. “A self-created sword art at the mid-stage Grotto-Heaven realm? It’s already impressive that you can exchange dozens of blows with me,” said King Calm Sea indifferently as he calmly looked at the heavily injured Yan Jin. “However, I’ve cultivated in the World Gap for 300 years. I’ve already reached the Grotto-Heaven realm’s late stage. You are still not my match. If your fifth brother had cultivated for 300 years, he probably would have surpassed me. You are still lacking.”
“Xue Ting, you are talented. Back then, Archean Mountain nurtured you with all their might, but what did you do?” Yan Jin sneered. “You saved some people while guarding the city passes, but you killed them later. You even killed many Godfiends. If it weren’t for Meng Chuan, you would have killed even more Godfiends and mortals.”
King Calm Sea’s e
xpression changed slightly. This was something he had never been able to forgive himself for. He originally thought that he could obtain the demons’ benefits for himself before striking back at them, but he ended up falling for the demons’ tricks.
“You used unscrupulous means to increase your strength,” said Yan Jin angrily. “You even used unscrupulous means to nurture your children. However, in fact, you can’t be unscrupulous when it comes to teaching your children and juniors. An orthodox path needs to be taken. If you take the wrong path, you will go astray and naturally deviate thousands of kilometers. I never expected you to remain so stubborn after 300 years.”
My path was crooked? A deviation of thousands of kilometers? King Calm Sea looked at his hands. His entire body seemed to be formed from ice. He was no longer a normal human. Did I go astray? King Calm Sea asked himself this question silently before leaving.
When Yan Jin saw this, he gritted his teeth in indignation. He was indignant for his family, his siblings. So many of his family members had been harmed because of this lunatic.
Three days later.
King Calm Sea, who traveled the world, returned to Archean Mountain.
“Master.” King Calm Sea arrived in front of Qin Wu.
“From today onwards, you are not allowed to leave the mountain without the sect’s permission.” Qin Wu looked at him coldly. King Calm Sea should’ve had a bright future, but he ended up in such a state.
“I’ve been walking the human world for three days. Indeed, this world is much more prosperous and exciting than before.” King Calm Sea smiled at Qin Wu. “This is the world I wanted to see even in my dreams. Now that I’ve seen it, Master, help me tell Meng Chuan that I’m very grateful to him. I’m grateful that he completed the dream I wanted to complete the most.
“Master, please tell Yan Jin that I have indeed gone astray on my path,” said King Calm Sea. “I’ve even implicated him, Feng’er, and many others. Perhaps if I taught them well, they would’ve grown like Meng Chuan and become equally strong. I’ve reached the end of my life. Master, I’ve let you down.”
King Calm Sea bowed respectfully. Following that, he looked up. When he straightened his body, his body had already begun to dissipate, turning into dust.
Qin Wu silently looked at his disciple. The disciple—who had long transformed into an Ice Guard-dissipated in front of him.
Meng Chuan appeared out of thin air beside the courtyard. Meng Chuan could naturally sense King Calm Sea’s death.
“King Calm Sea is dead,” said Qin Wu. “He snapped to his senses before he died.”
“He had a miserable childhood. He also saw the darkest side of the human world. All of that warped his personality,” said Meng Chuan. “His warped personality affected his wives and children. He also harmed a large number of mortals and Godfiends. He caused great harm, but he guarded Calm Sea Pass for many years and saved many people. He also contributed by patrolling the World Gap for 300 years.”
“He has made contributions, but he also committed a grave mistake!” said Qin Wu. “He failed to live up to Archean Mountain’s nurturing.”
“Yeah.” Meng Chuan looked at Qin Wu. “Master, I’ll be entering seclusion soon. You can look for me if there’s anything important. Otherwise, don’t disturb me.”
“Alright.” Qin Wu nodded.
“Quickly consume the longevity extension treasure I prepared for you,” reminded Meng Chuan.
“There’s no rush,” said Qin Wu with a smile. “I’m still hundreds of years away from the end of my lifespan. If I don’t break through in the next three years, it won’t be too late to consume it.”
With Qin Wu’s current status, although he didn’t know the exact value of the longevity extension treasures Meng Chuan had prepared, he knew that anything that could extend a Supremacy’s lifespan was extremely precious. Therefore, he didn’t want to use it easily.
“Alright then.” Meng Chuan didn’t force Qin Wu when faced with his master’s stubbornness. He had prepared many gifts for his fellow men and the sect. He had even prepared gifts for his best friends, Yan Jin, Yan Chitong, and company. He had also prepared gifts for his grandchildren. Although they didn’t cost more than 10,000 cubes, they were still of great use.
Of course, these objects only provided external help. Whether it was the race or an individual, cultivation still depended on themselves.
Meng Chuan turned and left. He began to focus on his cultivation in seclusion.
He had a feeling that the sixth Heavenly Tribulation wasn’t far away.
Chapter 633 - Sixth Heavenly Tribulation
Meng Chuan delegated all his responsibilities to others. He also temporarily bade farewell to his parents and wife. He entered seclusion and focused on his cultivation. Meng Chuan was so invested because he was already somewhat infatuated with the legacy Realm Ancestor gave him-Eternal Road.
As expected of an Eighth Tribulation Eminence’s legacy. Meng Chuan was filled with admiration. To transform one’s Essence Soul into a Sea of Spacetime to torture oneself… This allows one to have a higher chance of finding the flaws in their willpower due to the internal pressure.
As he cultivated this technique, Meng Chuan discovered some flaws in his mind. Stronger willpower doesn’t mean better resistance against the internal pressure. Something excessively hard becomes brittle. Sometimes, it’s much easier to resist when something is slightly rounder.
His mind and will controlled his entire Essence Soul. When resisting the pressure, being milder and gentler helped in being malleable.
It was easiest to discover all sorts of weaknesses when one cultivated Eternal Road for the first time. As the various weaknesses were resolved, this legacy would gradually push one towards a bottleneck. This was because it became harder to overcome the remaining weakness as one progressed.
Of course, when Meng Chuan just began cultivating Eternal Road and was in the midst of improving, he was naturally fervent. He could clearly sense his body transforming. Cultivating in a Chaos Hole’s depths is indeed different from the outside world. Meng Chuan often went to a Chaos Hole’s depths to cultivate Eternal Road. The Dark Chaos Hole affected spacetime and his Essence Soul. In the Chaos Hole’s depths, his Essence Soul—which had transformed into a Sea of Spacetime—was affected by the Chaos Hole. It became even more distorted and unstable. The pressure on his Essence Soul was greater, making it easier for him to discover his weaknesses.
He resolved his weaknesses and made himself stronger. Meng Chuan indulged in this feeling of improvement.
In the blink of an eye, 15 years had passed since he had obtained Eternal Road. Meng Chuan had also reached a bottleneck. This was because he had resolved all the easily resolved weaknesses. The remaining weaknesses came from his character as a person. Thus, improvement became difficult.
Cultivators are ultimately not puppets. They can’t control themselves perfectly. Meng Chuan sat cross-legged in the Dark Chaos Hole’s depths and sighed silently. It was already very difficult for him to improve. All that was left was pressure—one that continued without stopping. Meng Chuan couldn’t help but feel exhausted.
Oh? Meng Chuan’s expression suddenly changed. He vaguely sensed that a Heavenly Tribulation was about to descend.
The sixth Heavenly Tribulation is coming? Meng Chuan was alarmed. He immediately took a step forward and flashed three times before arriving in Archean Eon Realm.
The Chaos Hole he was in was the closest to Archean Eon Realm. Meng Chuan’s true body could naturally return in the shortest time possible.
The Heavenly Tribulation is coming?
Earth Cloud Mystic Realm, in a chamber in the Realm Palace cave abode.
The white-robed, white-haired Meng Chuan sat cross-legged. The time flow in this chamber was identical to the outer realm’s void. It was also where Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul avatar stayed. Otherwise, staying in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm would drain away his lifespan much faster. Meng Chuan sat in the chamber and looked out t
he window, staring at the vast lake. His expression was somewhat complicated.
His gaze landed on his grandson, Meng Yuwho was in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm. He also saw his son-Meng An-and Long Han.
I wonder if I can return to this mystic realm. At the same time, the Essence Soul avatar silently dissipated.
Meng Yu-who was cultivating in the sectdidn’t know that his grandfather was about to transcend the sixth Heavenly Tribulation. If Meng Chuan failed, Meng Yu would never see his grandfather again.
Thousand Mountain Star.
Meng Chuan glanced at his disciples-Gao Fang and Zhao Hongxiu—who were cultivating. He also looked at Cave Lord Scenic Cloud, the Eight-Headed Star Swallowing Snakes, and the large number of cultivators in Eastcalm City.
If he failed to transcend the tribulation, Thousand Mountain Star’s future would follow his arrangements.
Meng Chuan silently dispersed his Essence Soul avatar.
Archean Eon Realm.
Meng Chuan dispersed all his Essence Soul avatars in the outside world. He even retracted his outer realm true body’s Essence Soul thoughts.
He only used his true body to deal with the Heavenly Tribulation.
Sixth Heavenly Tribulation.
Meng Chuan sat cross-legged inside the tallest building in Heaven and Earth Great Hall. He looked up at the sky and sensed a terrifying force forcefully descending through the endless spacetime. Nothing could stop a Heavenly Tribulation.
It’s here. Only about 30 seconds had passed since Meng Chuan sensed it. At that moment, none of Meng Chuan’s friends and family knew that his sixth Heavenly Tribulation had already descended.
Essence Soul Tribulations were ethereal. Even if one’s willpower and cultivation level were high enough, they wouldn’t dare say that they were completely confident of transcending the tribulation. This was because Essence Soul Tribulations targeted one’s Essence Soul and mental weaknesses.