If I were to attempt killing an ordinary Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature now, I might have to engage in a nasty battle, resulting in me attracting over 100 forbidden creatures. I might even attract Seventh Tribulation forbidden creatures. Isn’t that courting death?
I can send an Essence Soul avatar to the Land of Foulbone to give it a try.
Just as Meng Chuan was digesting a large amount of informationAt an altitude of about 45,000 kilometers on Fiend Mountain, the three paths had long merged together. A man-who looked like a meatball-stood there. He had a pair of short legs and six arms, but he only had one large eye. This large eye was currently looking at Meng Chuan.
“City Lord Eastcalm, Meng Chuan, a newly-advanced Essence Soul Sixth Tribulation Eminence. He actually reached the midway point of Fiend Mountain?” His mouth widened as he laughed. “The owner of Fiend Mountain should have given him an opportunity? What a coincidence that I happened to encounter him.”
Chapter 650 - Survival of the Strong
Meng Chuan continued walking and took in the louder voice from the mountaintop. Suddenly, he was slightly stunned as he looked up.
Whoosh.
A meatball – like figure flew down from above. A smile appeared on the figure’s face. However, the pressure produced by the figure made Meng Chuan’s heart tremble uncontrollably. It was like an ant encountering a terrifying monster charging at him. The wind carried by the figure could crush him.
What a terrifying aura. Meng Chuan was alarmed.
He had seen Realm Ancestor, Hall Lord Blazing Sun, and Mountain Lord Moxie, but he had never seen anyone with such a strong aura. Perhaps Sixth Tribulation Eminences with weaker wills would be dazed for some time when they encountered him.
“Greetings, Guild Master, I’m Eastcalm.” Meng Chuan immediately bowed when he saw the other party. There were only over 20 Seventh Tribulation Eminences in the River of Spacetime. All of them were legends. The meatball-like existence in front of him had once stood at the peak of the River of Spacetime for a short period of time! He was Guild Master Fiend Eye.
Over 80,000 years ago, Guild Master Fiend Eye
—who had only cultivated for 30,000 yearswas unspokenly the strongest in the River of Spacetime. He was the strongest expert at the Physical Body Seventh Tribulation realm. Only Realm Ancestor could match him!
For a period of time, many Sixth Tribulation Eminences had submitted to Guild Master Fiend Eye. Even some Seventh Tribulation Eminences had followed Guild Master Fiend Eye when they were still weak.
Later on, Guild Master Fiend Eye vanished!
He vanished for nearly 30,000 years. Although one of his true bodies was in his homeworld, he never showed himself. The outside world couldn’t see him at all. Therefore, the largest faction-Fiend Eye Guild-collapsed.
During his disappearance, Ancestral Magus King had obtained an Eternal existence’s legacy, the Magus lineage. His strength improved further, and he wasn’t inferior to the Guild Master Fiend Eye before he disappeared. He became the strongest expert at the Physical Body Seventh Tribulation realm back then. He had also enjoyed tens of thousands of years of glory… Back then, Realm Ancestor was still the strongest expert at the Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation realm.
Later on, it was the rise of Celestial Thearch Myriad Star and Hall Lord White Avian. The birth of two half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminences completely suppressed the present world.
During the nearly 30,000 years of Guild Master Fiend Eye’s disappearance, there were all sorts of legends circulating in the outside world. Some guessed that he had suffered very serious injuries. Later, he left his homeworld and rebuilt the Fiend Eye Guild. He publicly admitted that he had once left the universe due to an opportunity. He encountered a powerful enemy somewhere beyond the universe and suffered very serious injuries. Even though he had stabilized his injuries, his strength had declined. He was much more low-key and reserved as a result. His power once enveloped the River of Spacetime. Now, he had restrained himself a lot more. He always claimed to have the strength of an ordinary Seventh Tribulation Eminence.
However, no one dared to underestimate him. After all, he had the strength of Ancestral Magus King 80,000 years ago. Even if he was heavily injured, who knew what other hidden means he had after cultivating for 80,000 years?
In the River of Spacetime, apart from the two publicly recognized strongest experts, there were seven peak Seventh Tribulation Eminences. Some were Ancestral Magus King, Realm Ancestor, Palace Lady Blood Phoenix, and Origins Realm’s leader. Guild Master Fiend Eye wasn’t included because he had never revealed peak Seventh Tribulation strength after he recovered from his injuries. However, all the factions were afraid of him.
“City Lord Eastcalm, Meng Chuan.” Fiend Eye’s mouth widened as he smiled happily. “The younger generation is truly impressive. After cultivating for about 3,000 years, you can already traverse half of Fiend Mountain. Seeing you just makes me feel like we are getting older.”
“Guild Master, you reached the Seventh Tribulation realm after cultivating for a little more than 10,000 years. You’re much better than me,” said Meng Chuan humbly. Guild Master Fiend Eye had given himself the name ‘Fiend Eye’ because he didn’t hide his fiendish nature in everything he did. He thought nothing of it. Facing such an existence, Meng Chuan was naturally more cautious with his words.
“Haha…” Guild Master Fiend Eye smiled and said, “You might become a Seventh Tribulation Eminence in the future as well.”
“Guild Master, you flatter me,” said Meng Chuan.
“Since you were able to cross half of Fiend Mountain, you should have obtained an opportunity bestowed by Fiend Mountain’s owner, right?” Fiend Eye looked at Meng Chuan. “Back then, we obtained an opportunity after traversing half of Fiend Mountain.”
Meng Chuan knew that he couldn’t hide it from Fiend Eye. Thus, he nodded and said, “Yes.”
“Hand this opportunity to me,” said Guild Master Fiend Eye with a smile. “Hand it over to you?” Meng Chuan was slightly taken aback.
To be honest, Meng Chuan was wary of Fiend Mountain’s owner.
The so-called opportunities set up by Fiend Mountain’s owner caused the deaths of countless Tribulation Eminences. So to say that he was kind enough to give out opportunities? Furthermore, Fiend Mountain’s owner had already said that blessings and disasters were two sides of the same coin in the Land of Foulbone. What one obtained depended on their abilities and luck.
Meng Chuan was still willing to sell a fortuitous encounter-one that contained blessings and disasters on two sides of the same coin-for real benefits. After all, many benefits in the River of Spacetime were monopolized by the current Seventh Tribulation Eminences.
“May I know what conditions you have to offer?” asked Meng Chuan.
“Conditions?” Guild Master Fiend Eye looked at Meng Chuan and smiled. “Young fellow, are you negotiating with me? Does not killing you count as a condition?” Meng Chuan was stunned. Does not killing you count as a condition?
Guild Master Fiend Eye smiled at Meng Chuan. “The entire universe, and even beyond the universe is like a huge jungle. The strong plunder the weak. It’s already benevolent of me to spare your life. You are only a newly-advanced Sixth Tribulation Eminence. You are still weak. Isn’t it only right for you to obediently hand over your opportunities in front of me? The top resources in the River of Spacetime are all monopolized by Seventh Tribulation Eminences. Even if they accidentally land in the hands of a Sixth Tribulation Eminence, they will be snatched away by a Seventh Tribulation Eminence. Without strength… you have no right to possess treasures. Otherwise, you will be seeking death.”
Meng Chuan looked at him.
“You haven’t cultivated for long, so you haven’t experienced many hardships,” said Fiend Eye. “Hand over the opportunity obediently.”
“Isn’t this too much?” asked Meng Chuan. “Too much? That’s very normal. If you are stronger than me in the future, such as b
ecoming an Eighth Tribulation Eminence, I’ll be very happy to have you kill me,” said Guild Master Fiend Eye with a smile. “I’ll have no qualms about dying at the hands of an Eighth Tribulation Eminence. Clearly, you are weaker than me. You only have two choices now.
“One is to reject me. I will wipe out all your avatars in the outer realm and send out a kill order. Your homeworld’s faction will also be hunted down. Don’t even think of letting a single member of your species enter the outer realm. As long as I’m alive, you can only stay in your homeworld forever. Likewise for your homeworld’s members; they will be unable to take a step out into the outer realm.” Meng Chuan didn’t say a word and just listened. He had heard of such cases. Once someone angered a Seventh Tribulation Eminence, the latter would issue a kill order and personally deal with the Sixth Tribulation Eminence. A Sixth Tribulation Eminence could forget about having an avatar cultivating outside peacefully.
Once they left their homeworld, they would be wiped out. Seventh Tribulation Eminences disdained dealing with Supremacies and Imperial Lords, but Seventh Tribulation Eminences had a large group of Sixth Tribulation Eminences and Fifth Tribulation Eminences under their command. These subordinates could quickly wipe out all the target’s homeworld factions.
If he were trapped in his homeworld and unable to roam the outer realm to experience all kinds of scenarios, he would only be able to unleash a tenth of his potential. Meng Chuan’s chances of reaching the Seventh Tribulation realm would greatly decrease.
“The other is to agree to my request and obediently hand over the opportunity,” said Fiend Eye with a smile. “Consider this as me teaching you to adapt to the River of Spacetime’s rules.”
Meng Chuan looked at him and calmly said, “I refuse!”
Chapter 651 - Peering into the Future
“Refuse?” Guild Master Fiend Eye’s single eye examined Meng Chuan, and he smiled. “You seem to be very confident? Tell me what’s backing you. Perhaps I’ll change my mind.”
Meng Chuan looked at the other party. The intelligence had long recorded that the Guild Master Fiend Eye had a fiendish and capricious personality. This was also one of the reasons why the Fiend Eye Guild collapsed after he hid for nearly 30,000 years. None of the Eminences who followed Guild Master Fiend Eye had any loyalty to him. This was because Fiend Eye never cared about relationships. He only cared about tangible benefits.
“You want to destroy all my avatars?” said Meng Chuan. “I’m an Essence Soul Sixth Tribulation Eminence. I can produce Essence Soul avatars with a thought. How many can you destroy?”
“If any one of you comes out, I’ll capture one alive and seal it.” Fiend Eye smiled at Meng Chuan. “If I capture nine of you alive, won’t you only have one true body left in your homeworld? I only need to attack nine times. It’s not troublesome.”
Meng Chuan said indifferently, “One of my Essence Soul avatars will be left in Eternal Tower’s River of Spacetime headquarters. Can you kill it?”
“There are only a limited number of cultivation opportunities in Eternal Tower’s River of Spacetime headquarters,” said Fiend Eye casually. “You can only cultivate in your homeworld and the River of Spacetime headquarters. You can’t go to the many magical places in the outer realm. How far can you cultivate with such limitations? You probably have no hope of reaching the Seventh Tribulation realm.”
Yes.
If Meng Chuan’s range of activity was limited to his homeworld-Archean Eon Realm-and Eternal Tower’s headquarters in the River of Spacetime, Meng Chuan’s cultivation conditions would be much more inferior. For example, he couldn’t go to the Valley of Spacetime or many mystical places, nor could he go to a Chaos Hole’s depths… To Meng Chuan, who wanted to comprehend the Chaos Hole law, his chances of reaching the Seventh Tribulation realm would indeed decrease greatly.
“Guild Master, what do you think of this move of mine?” Meng Chuan stood where he was as the surrounding void distorted. If one was weak, they wouldn’t be able to tell, but Fiend Eye could tell at a glance that the surrounding void fluctuations were completely restrained. Furthermore, the void had been sliced into tens of thousands of layers. Meng Chuan’s figure could be seen in every layer of space.
Fiend Eye’s single eye was colored in astonishment. He nodded and gave his evaluation. “Domain of the void, control over the void, and void traversal. You have comprehended the spatial law’s three tenets sufficiently well.” Meng Chuan had long grasped the spatial law’s three tenets. After obtaining the Void Catalog’s remaining two volumes, he had cultivated for more than 600 years. Meng Chuan had accumulated enough insights into the other two aspects as well. This was the use of the Void Catalog. Without such a brilliant legacy, it would probably take him several times longer to reach the same realm.
“I’ve only cultivated for 3,000 years,” said Meng Chuan indifferently. “I’ve long obtained the complete Void Catalog. With my insights into the Dao of Space and the fact that I can cultivate in Eternal Tower’s River of Spacetime headquarters, do you think I have a chance of grasping a spatial law in 10,000 years?”
Since he couldn’t enter a Chaos Hole’s depths to cultivate, his chances of grasping a Chaos Hole law would greatly decrease. However, space was everywhere.
With his current insights and talent, together with the Void Catalog’s guidance, Meng Chuan was confident that he could buy a large number of resources from the River of Spacetime’s headquarters even if he couldn’t go to many places.
“In 10,000 years?” Fiend Eye looked at Meng Chuan.
“As long as I grasp the spatial law, will you be able to capture my Essence Soul avatars alive?” Meng Chuan looked at him.
A spatial law implied complete control over space. With a spatial law, one could exchange blows with a Seventh Tribulation Eminence. If the situation wasn’t good, one could instantly destroy an Essence Soul avatar. Fiend Eye had no way of capturing an existence who grasped the spatial law alive before they could react.
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“After grasping the spatial law, I can constantly send my avatars to various places in the outer realm,” said Meng Chuan. “When the time comes, will you be pursuing my avatars all the time and not do anything else?”
Fiend Eye was a Physical Body Seventh Tribulation Eminence. His homeworld had one true body, leaving only one true body available in the outer realm. He had no time to do anything else if he kept pursuing Meng Chuan.
Therefore, even Seventh Tribulation Eminences found it difficult to threaten Sixth Tribulation Eminences who grasped a spatial law.
“Grasp a spatial law?” Fiend Eye carefully looked at Meng Chuan. In his eyes, he saw the timeline.
Meng Chuan had many temporal lines on him. The past lines were unique and constant, but the future lines connected to Meng Chuan were endless. They extended into the endless future, representing Meng Chuan’s possible futures.
As an existence that once stood at the peak of the River of Spacetime 80,000 years ago, his strength was comparable to that of Ancestral Magus King. Although he was now heavily injured, he had been focused on comprehending the temporal law all this while. His insights into the temporal law were extremely profound. Fiend Eye naturally had his ambitions. He also wanted to grasp the temporal law completely before his death. When that happened, he could also become a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence. With his current insights, he could at least see a portion of Meng Chuan’s future. The future hadn’t happened, so it was uncertain. However, with the various elements present to date, he could see many possible futures. Fiend Eye’s single eye traced one of the timelines and saw a future scene.
It was in the vast and surging Chaos River Zone.
A white-haired, white-robed man sat cross-legged. In the sky was a huge painting. The painting covered the vast river zone, and Chaos Holes were in the middle of the painting. An invisible force enveloped the area below. A stocky existence stood in the river and roared. It was massive in size, with 16 curved horns on its head a
nd sharp spikes on its back. Countless mystic runes surfaced on its skin. Just seeing it made one feel endless horror and fear.
“Eastcalm, I’ve already admitted defeat and am willing to leave this universe. Why aren’t you letting me leave?” roared the stocky existence angrily. “Leave?” Countless runes appeared in the white-haired man’s eyes. His eyes turned dark and terrifying
The stocky existence trembled in pain. Heads appeared on his skin due to the pain, but some of the heads shattered with a bang, causing the stocky existence to howl in pain. His body split apart, and billions of figures charged towards the white-robed, white-haired man.
The future of a Seventh Tribulation Eminence? Furthermore, he can hunt down a Seventh Tribulation forbidden creature? Fiend Eye was somewhat surprised. A Sixth Tribulation Eminence with high talent indeed has a chance of reaching the Seventh Tribulation realm. A single future timeline doesn’t mean anything.
He traced another timeline.
A man with countless stars floating behind him had an extremely terrifying aura as it produced invisible waves that affected countless river zones. He coldly glared at the white-robed, white-haired man.
“Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.” The white-robed, white-haired Meng Chuan stared at the man. The painting was vast and continuous. It also affected the endless spacetime.
Humph. Fiend Eye felt his eye ache as it turned bloodshot. Clearly, looking at the scene with the two existences was a huge burden on him.
What? He will fight Celestial Thearch Myriad Star? He also doesn’t seem to be at a disadvantage? Fiend Eye was shocked. He could easily view the futures of ordinary Supremacies and Imperial Lords, but it was very burdensome for him to view a Sixth Tribulation Eminence’s future.
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