Archean Eon Art c1-766

by I Eat Tomatoes, Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi, 我吃西红柿

  Anyone below the Seventh Tribulation realm would be sending themselves to their deaths if they entered. Therefore, this was the most suitable place for long-term experimentation.

  Huh?

  Meng Chuan suddenly turned his head and looked at a spot in the distance. In the depths of his eyes were extremely complicated runes. There were billions of runes, and they were formed layer by layer. These runes were formed by Meng Chuan’s cultivation of the Pupil of Darkness. As his understanding of spatial laws deepened, he also became more proficient with the mystic technique.

  Meng Chuan had reached the 63rd level of the Pupil of Darkness—which had a total of 90 levels. This represented his realm. However, as a willpower-type mystic technique, its strength was mainly determined by one’s willpower.

  The mystic technique was like a weapon. Meng Chuan’s willpower was like a weapon-wielding hand. By cultivating the Pupil of Darkness to this level, obtaining it was a natural result during his experimentations.

  Master summoned me? Meng Chuan looked into the distance and took a step forward, arriving at Earth Cloud Mystic Realm. In the Earth realm, Qin Wu lived in seclusion at a beautiful valley.

  “Master, you were looking for me?” Meng Chuan smiled as he walked over.

  Qin Wu looked at Meng Chuan and nodded slightly. “I have something to trouble you with.”

  “What’s the matter?” Meng Chuan was astonished. His master, Qin Wu, wasn’t one who was willing to request help. Just like how he had long prepared longevity extension treasures for his master, his master wasn’t willing to use them either.

  After coming to Earth Cloud Mystic Realm, Qin Wu cultivated in a far more crazy manner. There were many cultivation treasures in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm. Under Meng Chuan’s arrangements, Qin Wu could choose any one of them. He entered all the areas that could aid his Essence Soul cultivation.

  Land of Nightmare, Secular World Painting…

  Qin Wu didn’t hesitate at all in visiting all these places—even if death was a possibility.

  Meng Chuan could do nothing about it. Fortune and disaster were two sides of the same coin. Many cultivation lands were accompanied by danger, yet Qin Wu managed to survive. Furthermore, he had attained a seventh-level Essence Soul before the end of his lifespan. He managed to reach the Imperial Lord realm through his efforts alone. “It’s Luo Tang.” Qin Wu looked at Meng Chuan. “I once told her that I gained a lot from the Secular World Painting. She also entered, but she ended up with mental demons.”

  Mental demons? Meng Chuan was taken aback.

  “She’s currently traveling alone.” Qin Wu sighed. “Her personality has changed drastically because of this.”

  Meng Chuan nodded. With a thought, he locked onto Supremacy Luo Tang.

  Luo Tang—who was dressed in a yellow robestood on a mountain as she blankly stared at the cultivators fighting in the distance.

  Whoosh.

  With a thought, Luo Tang was teleported, and she appeared in the valley. Luo Tang also saw Meng Chuan and Qin Wu.

  “Meng Chuan, Qin Wu.” Luo Tang nodded slightly.

  “Can I see your Essence Soul?” asked Meng Chuan. “Perhaps I need to see your memories after you came to Earth Cloud Mystic Realm.”

  Luo Tang nodded and said calmly, “Alright, but I don’t think you can help me.”

  Meng Chuan looked at her.

  His Power of Essence Soul instantly seeped into Luo Tang’s body. Luo Tang’s Essence Soul looked like a bright flower, but it was somewhat dispirited.

  Her Essence Soul isn’t injured, and it isn’t affected by external forces. In that case, it’s because of her memories? With a thought, Meng Chuan finished reading all her memories in the blink of an eye.

  “Luo Tang.” Meng Chuan said, “Your experiences in the Secular World Painting caused your personality to change. As long as you remove all memories related to the Secular World Painting, you will naturally recover slowly.” “There’s no need. That memory is very beautiful.” Luo Tang smiled. “I don’t want to remove this precious memory. Meng Chuan, I know my limits. My talent is far inferior to Qin Wu’s. When placed in human history, I’m only an ordinary Supremacy. Ever since I came to Earth Cloud Mystic Realm to cultivate, I’ve found myself very far from the Heaven Earth realm. My Essence Soul has stagnated at the fifth-level Essence Soul realm. In the future, I want to return to Archean Eon Realm and spend the rest of my life back home.”

  After cultivating in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm for 500 years, Luo Tang had completely recognized her potential.

  Meng Chuan nodded. “Alright.”

  He also knew that only one in ten Supremacies that came to Earth Cloud Mystic Realm would reach the Heaven Earth realm. Luo Tang was indeed inferior.

  Even the Demon Annihilation Guild Master, Jing Fei—who was more talented than Luo Tang—failed to reach the Heaven Earth realm a few years ago. When he only had about 30 years left to live, he returned to Archean Eon Realm.

  “Do you still want to stay in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm? I can send you back at any time,” said Meng Chuan. Although he had stipulated a return every 100 years, Supremacy Luo Tang was an exception.

  “I’ll go back now.” Luo Tang smiled slightly at Qin Wu.

  Meng Chuan sent another Essence Soul avatar to leave Earth Cloud Mystic Realm with Luo Tang.

  “It’s truly very difficult to cultivate to the Imperial Lord realm,” said Qin Wu with a sigh. “Most of them stop at the Supremacy realm. Even I’m considered quite talented. If it weren’t for the supplementary treasures you gave me and the special lands in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm, I wouldn’t have been able to become an Imperial Lord.”

  Qin Wu knew very well that his limit was becoming a Heaven Earth realm Supremacy before his end.

  “Master, it’s relatively easier to cultivate as an Imperial Lord,” said Meng Chuan with a smile. “In the outer realm, one out of ten Imperial Lords can reach the Tribulation realm.”

  Supremacies needed to break through from the perfected Grotto-Heaven realm to the Heaven Earth realm.

  Their Essence Souls needed to reach the seventh level. The two thresholds were a qualitative transformation, making it very difficult.

  An Imperial Lord needed to reach the perfected Heaven Earth realm from the Heaven Earth realm’s early stage. After all, one only needed to reach the perfected Heaven Earth realm on a single path. If one’s body was perfected, they could naturally transcend the tribulation. “Let’s hope so. If I can reach the Tribulation realm, we’ll have another Godfiend body that can reach the Tribulation realm.” Qin Wu was also looking forward to it.

  The path of the mind in Fiend Mountain.

  Meng Chuan walked.

  The Supremacies in my homeworld-Luo Tang, Jing Fei, and the others—have all aged. Meng Chuan also knew that many of his old friends would die. In the future, Archean Eon Realm would be filled with the younger generation.

  This is time.

  Meng Chuan continued walking on the path of the mind. Suddenly, he was stunned. At a glance, he saw that the path of the mind and the path of epiphany had merged into a single path further up on Fiend Mountain, just below the lingering clouds.

  After 25,000 kilometers, the path of the mind and the path of epiphany actually merge into one? Meng Chuan was somewhat shocked. He wasn’t aware of this previously.

  Due to Meng Chuan painting Perfection and creating his own Essence Soul formulation, his willpower had improved greatly. In addition, his understanding of spacetime had improved after studying the Void Catalog over the past few years. This improved Meng Chuan’s willpower slightly. Therefore, it was very easy for Meng Chuan to walk the path of the mind. The path of the mind didn’t provide much help to his Essence Soul. Therefore, he walked very quickly early on. He only slowed down when he reached 21,500 kilometers.

  Meng Chuan had already walked nearly 25,000 kilometers. With his vision, he could vaguely see that the path of the mind and the path of epiphany merged as one around the spo
t at the 25,000-kilometer-mark in the clouds.

  Realm Ancestor said that one’s willpower is at the Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation realm’s threshold once they can travel 25,000 kilometers on the path of the mind. Could he be referring to this merging point? Meng Chuan looked into the distance.

  Chapter 649 - Fiend Mountain Core Member

  I’m only about 1,000 to 1,500 kilometers away from the intersection. Meng Chuan calmed down and continued walking slowly.

  The voice coming from the mountaintop rumbled in his sea of consciousness as each intonation struck Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul. Due to the change in his Essence Soul structure and willpower, his perception of the intonations became clearer.

  Meng Chuan spent a long time carefully studying after every step of the path before taking the next step. This continued for more than six years. Although he had some gains, his mind and willpower didn’t transform. At his current realm, it was increasingly difficult for Meng Chuan’s willpower to transform.

  I’m here.

  Meng Chuan looked at the three paths on Fiend Mountain. Two of the paths—the path of the mind and the path of epiphany-had completely merged into one.

  The path of epiphany brings endless trouble. However, Realm Ancestor has also said that the path of the mind is the only path on Fiend Mountain that doesn’t have any future troubles. Many Seventh Tribulation Eminences will take a walk to see if they can reach the mountaintop to test their willpower. Clearly, one can take the path of the mind all the way to the mountaintop.

  The higher one’s realm was, the greater their resistance to harm.

  For example, Fu Sui and many other Fifth Tribulation Eminences were still very weak in terms of body, Essence Soul, and willpower. If they took the path of epiphany, they would naturally be plagued by endless troubles. As for those who could withstand 25,000 kilometers on the path of the mind, their resistance was naturally different.

  I’ll give it a try. Meng Chuan took a step forward.

  With one step, he walked from the path of the mind to the two paths that converged. The moment Meng Chuan stepped onto the path, he felt something different.

  The sound he heard wasn’t much different. After all, he had only taken one more step. Meng Chuan could still resist the influence on his Essence Soul fairly easily, but he could sense an invisible force affecting his Essence Soul. It made his Essence Soul somewhat ethereal. The speed at which his thoughts circulated increased. His perception of the intonations increased by more than ten-fold.

  It affects my Essence Soul somewhat. I’ve gained a lot more insights, but I’m still far from experiencing an epiphany. Meng Chuan was somewhat surprised. It’s even worse than the first step I took on the path of epiphany back then.

  Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul and willpower were much stronger than when he was at the Fifth Tribulation realm.

  The path of epiphany’s effects at the intersection is already unable to achieve the effect of epiphany. If another Seventh Tribulation Eminence came, the path of epiphany’s effects would be even lower. Just as Meng Chuan was feeling the intersection’s effects, a mysterious and ancient voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

  “Having walked half the path of Fiend Mountain, you may become a core member of my Fiend Mountain.”

  At the same time, a mystic technique entered Meng Chuan’s mind. With this mystic technique, he could bring outsiders into Fiend Mountain.

  Boom!

  Following that, a large amount of information surged into Meng Chuan’s mind. It took Meng Chuan a few seconds to memorize the plethora of information. Our universe has a Chaos Turbid River? Meng Chuan was shocked.

  According to the information, core members of Fiend Mountain could head to the Chaos Turbid River if they obtained the mystic technique. The Chaos Turbid River was a mysterious place in the universe. It was connected to areas beyond the universe, and forbidden creatures could enter the universe through the Chaos Turbid River. So forbidden creatures are actually called Chaos creatures. Meng Chuan was somewhat shocked. This is a huge secret. It’s a secret that most Sixth Tribulation Eminences in the River of Spacetime likely don’t know about. Chaos creatures are lifeforms that live outside the universe. The Chaos Turbid River is set up by Eighth Tribulation Eminences. Therefore, those Chaos creatures are unable to charge out of the Chaos Turbid River. Even us cultivators can only enter the Chaos Turbid River with the mystic technique left behind by an Eighth Tribulation Eminence.

  He could enter the Chaos Turbid River and kill Chaos creatures.

  A Sixth Tribulation Chaos creature-a forbidden creature—had a Life Core hidden within. One had to shatter the Life Core in order to kill it completely.

  A Seventh Tribulation Chaos creature (forbidden creature) had an even stranger Life Core. It began to transform into a conceptualized law. Even a Seventh Tribulation Eminence couldn’t completely shatter it. They could only seal it before destroying the will contained within the Life Core. Fiend Mountain’s owner had imparted the sealing technique and the trick to destroying the Life Core’s will, but Meng Chuan’s realm was clearly still far from being able to use this technique.

  Fiend Mountain’s owner bought all Life Core fragments.

  Sixth Tribulation Chaos Life Core fragments, Seventh Tribulation Chaos Life Cores, and so on could be exchanged for many treasures from Fiend Mountain’s owner.

  For example, Eighth Tribulation treasures could be obtained by directly entering the depths of Fiend Mountain. If one had ten complete Seventh Tribulation Chaos creature Life Cores or 1,000 Sixth Tribulation Chaos creature Life Cores, they could summon Fiend Mountain’s owner from the depths of Fiend Mountain. Fiend Mountain’s owner would directly come to this timeline and meet the summoner.

  Ten Seventh Tribulation Chaos creature Life Cores allows one to make a direct request to meet the owner of Fiend Mountain? Meng Chuan sighed inwardly. Ordinary treasure exchanges can be done in the depths of Fiend Mountain? From the looks of it, there are many treasures hidden in the depths of Fiend Mountain.

  Thinking of Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s treasures, one could imagine how astonishing the treasures left behind by the owner of Fiend Mountain were.

  As long as he was still alive, no one dared to barge into Fiend Mountain. After all, it could result in Fiend Mountain’s owner descending to this point in time if one attempted to barge in forcefully.

  It’s no wonder that no top cultivator dares to destroy Fiend Mountain, despite it being such a great calamity. Meng Chuan sighed inwardly. The reduction of if its influence probably was a result of other Eighth Tribulation Eminences’ decisions. A Seventh Tribulation Eminence probably didn’t have the guts to do so.

  There had been endless disasters in the history of Fiend Mountain. Perhaps it had caused the other Eighth Tribulation Eminences in this universe to be unhappy. In the end, they decided to try their best to hide the existence of Fiend Mountain and prevent cultivators from entering on a large scale.

  Chaos Turbid River? Forbidden creatures are very rare in our universe. It turns out that almost all of them are in the Chaos Turbid River. Furthermore, they are blocked by an array formation. I wonder how the forbidden creatures scattered across the universe broke out of the array formation.

  Also, what’s up with these crazy forbidden creatures on Fiend Mountain? Why does Fiend Mountain’s owner collect a large number of forbidden creature Life Cores? Are these Life Core fragments of great use to an Eighth Tribulation Eminence like him? Meng Chuan had many guesses.

  With a flip of his hand, an extremely small fragment appeared in Meng Chuan’s hand.

  This was what Meng Chuan had obtained when he swept through Three Bay River System’s plundering factions. Back then, a wine cup shard had allowed Demon Slayer to absorb a large amount of baneful aura, greatly increasing Demon Slayer’s strength.

  However, Meng Chuan didn’t spend too much effort on studying physical body formulations. Therefore, he didn’t spend much effort nurturing a melee weapon like D
emon Slayer either. But after reaching the Sixth Tribulation realm, Demon Slayer also received normal nurturing, allowing it to become a Sixth Tribulation treasure.

  Back then, Meng Chuan had kept a few shards. According to Eternal Tower, they were a Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature’s Life Core fragments.

  Different Sixth Tribulation forbidden creatures had very different fragments.

  Some of the baneful auras were terrifying, while others emanated a cold aura. Some were even scorching hot. It wasn’t easy to find a single type of baneful aura. Hence, Meng Chuan didn’t deliberately bulk-purchase them.

  A forbidden creature’s Life Core seems very special. Meng Chuan flipped his hand and put away the small fragment. He hesitated.

  Every core member will receive an opportunity from Fiend Mountain’s owner.

  Among the large amounts of information Meng Chuan had obtained, he had an opportunity to head to the Land of Foulbone.

  According to the opportunity’s description, there were many dangers hidden in the Land of Foulbone. Similarly, there were fortuitous encounters. Whether one died in the Land of Foulbone or made great harvests depended on one’s strength and luck.

  “I’ve never heard of the Land of Foulbone,” said Meng Chuan after some thought. “Free benefits from becoming a core member of Fiend Mountain? This doesn’t match the style of Fiend Mountain’s owner.”

  After all this, Meng Chuan could sense that Fiend Mountain’s owner didn’t care about the lives of cultivators. He didn’t care even if billions of cultivators died from madness.

  The so-called core members of Fiend Mountain were also further enticed by Fiend Mountain’s owner to help him kill forbidden creatures and collect Life Cores.

  Even the weakest creature in a place like the Chaos Turbid River is a Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature. There are also Seventh Tribulation forbidden creatures. As a newly-advanced Sixth Tribulation Eminence, I should stay far away for the time being. At the very least, I must have the confidence to kill a Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature in a short period of time before I can give it a try.