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In a valley in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm.
The appearance of the white-haired Meng Chuan attracted the attention of the six cultivators in the valley.
“Imperial Lords.”
“Meng Chuan.” The cultivators in the valley bowed. At a glance, Meng Chuan saw six people. Every century, he would send cultivators back from Earth Cloud Mystic Realm. It had been 1,100 years since he brought 34 Supremacies with him. It had also been 110 years in Archean Eon Realm.
He had sent many batches of cultivators previously. Six people in this batch was considered a lot.
“Supremacy Yaoyue, are you returning this time?” Meng Chuan walked towards Bai Yaoyue.
Bai Yaoyue’s sideburns had turned white. Bai Yaoyue—who was Archean Eon Realm’s youngest and most talented Supremacy when Meng Chuan was young-was already very old. “I’ve already tried all the special lands in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm that are suitable for me.” Bai Yaoyue’s temper was much milder now. She smiled and sighed. “I’ve less than 200 years left to live. My Essence Soul is still at the sixth level. I can’t force my Essence Soul to break through. Perhaps I’ll have some hope of breaking through when I return to my hometown. If that doesn’t work… I’ll have to rely on you, Meng Chuan, to transform me into an Imperial Lord-level special lifeform.”
Meng Chuan comforted her. “After you return, you might be able to break through before the end of your lifespan. My master also broke through before the end of his lifespan.”
“Let’s hope so.” Bai Yaoyue knew very well that Qin Wu had only broken through after being stimulated by special cultivation grounds like Earth Cloud Mystic Realm’s Land of Nightmare and Secular World Painting. However, she had already tried all of these.
Meng Chuan nodded. He had promised Archean Eon Realm’s Heaven Earth Supremacies that they could be transformed into Imperial Lord-level special lifeforms. Meng Chuan didn’t care about this expenditure. This was because it was too difficult for Archean Eon Realm to produce a Heaven Earth Supremacy. “Yang Cheng, you are returning too?” Meng Chuan looked at another Supremacy. “Yes, Father-in-law.” Yang Cheng nodded. “I promised Meng You that I will return before I’m 1,500 years old.”
Meng Chuan nodded.
His daughter and son-in-law originally came to Earth Cloud Mystic Realm together. In the early stages, they roamed the mystic realm together to cultivate. However, Meng You’s improvement in strength was much slower. Furthermore, some of Earth Cloud Mystic Realm’s treasured lands took a century or two per entry. Some places allowed the strong to remain longer while the weaker ones were expelled early… Therefore, it was very difficult for Meng You to follow her husband, Yang Cheng. After cultivating in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm for 300 years, she returned first. This was because they had been separated for too long in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm. After Meng You returned to Archean Eon Realm, Yang Cheng focused on his cultivation even more.
From the 34 Supremacies who originally came, only Imperial Lord Northcleanse became an Imperial Lord other than Qin Wu.
Imperial Lord Northcleanse was King Northcleanse—who had once fought alongside Meng Chuan in the World Gap. King Northcleanse had first recovered his peak vitality and became a Supremacy. After coming to Earth Cloud Mystic Realm, he cultivated the entire time. He became an Imperial Lord at 1,200 years of age. It was so smooth that Meng Chuan was surprised. Meng Chuan had once imagined that King True Martial might’ve become an Imperial Lord if he had lived to this day.
Apart from the two Imperial Lords, the older generation’s Bai Yaoyue and the younger generation’s Yang Cheng were all Heaven Earth Supremacies.
Apart from them, there were no other major breakthroughs.
Among those he sent to Earth Cloud Mystic Realm, the two Imperial Lords-Qin Wu and Imperial Lord Northcleanse—as well as the two Heaven Earth Supremacies, Bai Yaoyue and Yang Cheng, had benefited greatly. Even the youngest, Yang Cheng, was nearly 1,500 years old. It was very difficult for him to achieve an Essence Soul breakthrough before his death.
“Let’s go back to Archean Eon Realm.” Meng Chuan led the six of them and immediately left for Archean Eon Realm.
With Fiend Mountain as a relay point, Meng Chuan could travel much faster.
Of course, when doing the transfer at Fiend Mountain, the other six were in Meng Chuan’s grotto-heaven treasure. They couldn’t survive in Fiend Mountain’s environment.
After returning to Archean Eon Realm, Meng Chuan released the six Supremacies.
The six Supremacies were rather excited. After all, they had left their homeworld for more than 1,000 years. After bidding farewell to Meng Chuan, they quickly left.
As he watched Bai Yaoyue and company leave, Meng Chuan sighed. The path of cultivation was too difficult. For example, his wife, Liu Qiyue, had used a drop of Fire Origins Liquid—which was comparable to an Eighth Tribulation treasure-to make her bloodline pure enough to be close to that of a pure-blooded phoenix. He believed that it would be very easy for her to reach the perfected Imperial Lord realm, but that was all. To become a Tribulation Eminence? It was still difficult. Her chances of becoming a powerful Tribulation Eminence were ever slimmer.
His son, Meng An, had followed the path Ancestral Master Archean Eon had set for him since a young age. He had undergone strict cultivation and reached the Tribulation realm. However, it was becoming harder and harder for him to improve. Meng Chuan could sense that it was very difficult to find someone from his hometown with similar strength on the path of cultivation. He could only advance alone.
Just like how Ancestral Master Archean Eon had traveled alone a long time ago.
Regardless of the changes in the outside world, Meng Chuan spent the next 20 years peacefully. He also obtained the Clear Spring Token from Fiend Eye.
Chapter 654 - Clear Spring Island
Legends regarding Clear Spring Island had spread among Sixth Tribulation Eminences. However, there were only 18 cave abodes. There weren’t enough cave abodes for Seventh Tribulation Eminences, so all Sixth Tribulation Eminences could do was hope. Today, Meng Chuan arrived at Clear Spring Island.
Clear Spring Island is in this spacetime zone. One of Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul avatars rushed here. Clear Spring Island wasn’t a huge secret. Sixth Tribulation Eminences could still discover its general location, but they couldn’t see Clear Spring Island even if they rushed here.
This place had an array set up by an Eighth Tribulation Eminence; only 18 living beings were allowed inside.
Time to go. With a flip of his hand, Meng Chuan took out the Clear Spring Token that Guild Master Fiend Eye had given him. The Clear Spring Token was a very simple cyan token. He infused his strength into it and activated it slightly.
Buzz.
The token led to a spot closer to him. Meng Chuan immediately followed the guidance and stepped through the layers of space.
Oh? The moment Meng Chuan landed, he appeared in front of a cave abode. The cave abode spanned about 1.5 kilometers. A wall isolated the surrounding area from prying eyes. There were shrines, halls, and rooms inside. Although the cave abode was small, it was sufficient.
Meng Chuan appeared out of thin air within the cave abode’s walls. He turned his head and looked past the walls. He could see the other cave abodes around him, but each cave abode had yard walls. With an array formation concealing them, it was difficult to see their interior.
Just this small island has 18 cave abodes on it, but it’s the best place to cultivate in the River of Spacetime. I’m lucky enough to cultivate here for 300 years. After standing in the cave abode, Meng Chuan understood why Clear Spring Island was called the best place to cultivate.
This was because it was the place closest to the operations regarding the laws of spacetime. Due to the connection to the mysterious spring, the cultivators on Clear Spring Island could see it at the closest distance possible.
Meng Chuan carefully sensed the River of Spacetime’s operations. Colorful line
s intertwined as they exuded beauty.
If one had a high understanding of space, they would be able to tell that the different threads interweaved on different levels.
If one’s perception of time was high enough, they could see that these lines were connected to the past, present, and future.
His Essence Soul had a strong perception, but he could tell that every line contained countless runes after being magnified billions of times. Every line was a law. The laws at the periphery affected everything in the River of Spacetime.
The combination of countless laws determined the lifeforms’ lifespans. They determined the birth and destruction of minerals and plants.
They determined the birth and decline of a world of life. They determined the spatial tides and the cycles of countless stars…
The entire universe’s sequence—from growth to prosperity, reaching its peak to declining and being destroyed—were hidden within the laws.
I can vaguely sense that the vast laws involve Origins. Meng Chuan could find the Chaos Hole law from the seemingly vast laws. It could devour stars. Even super-large Chaos Holes could devour inhabited worlds…
There’s still time and space.
Meng Chuan could barely sense them.
The interweaving of space and time ultimately formed countless laws. The two combined was the source of everything. Although a pure spatial law was recognized as a hallmark of the Sixth Tribulation realm in terms of strength, they were the foundation of everything. Once they clashed with time, countless possibilities appeared.
I better make haste. Meng Chuan stood in the courtyard in a daze for a long time before coming to a realization. With a thought, he sensed his cave abode. He immediately chose a chamber and began cultivating on Clear Spring Island.
His Essence Soul avatar carefully meditated on Clear Spring Island. Some of his Essence Soul avatars cultivated in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm at ten-fold the speed of time. His homeworld’s true body used the Eternal treasure-Great Seal—to verify his cultivation and ensure that all his cultivation was in sync. With the guidance of the Void Catalog, Meng Chuan improved rapidly.
Talent in cultivation was one aspect. External conditions were also very important. Be it Celestial Thearch Myriad Star or Hall Lord White Avian, they had soared thanks to huge fortuitous encounters.
Although Meng Chuan’s opportunities were not bad, there were many opportunities that surpassed his in this era. For example, Ancestral Magus King had obtained an Eternal existence’s legacy. Hall Lord White Avian and Celestial Thearch Myriad Star had gone beyond the universe. The opportunities they obtained were above that of Ancestral Magus King. Guild Master Fiend Eye’s main opportunities were similarly extraordinary.
Meng Chuan had only obtained the benefits left behind by Ancestral Master Archean Eon. In comparison, they were way inferior.
The cultivator in Fiend Eye’s cave abode has changed? In another cave abode on Clear Spring Island, a middle-aged man sat cross-legged. He had many trees and flowers growing on his body. His body was like a vast land with countless flowers and plants on its surface… However, the trees and plants were tiny. It was as though his clothes were embellished. His hair consisted of black vines, his eyes were like a vast lake, and his hands were like wood.
Who is it?
Although the middle-aged man couldn’t pry into the other party’s cave abode-after all, these cave abodes were created by an Eighth Tribulation Eminence-with a thought, karma could be connected across distances.
Sixth Tribulation Eminence, Archean Eon Realm’s Eastcalm-Meng Chuan? The middle-aged man came to a realization. Senior Archean Eon’s achievements back then were rather high. Now, this junior has to be blessed by him.
He didn’t care too much about it because in terms of achievements, he wasn’t inferior to Ancestral Master Archean Eon. Furthermore, he still had a very long lifespan.
In the entire River of Spacetime, among the seven peak Seventh Tribulation Eminencessecond only to Hall Lord White Avian and Celestial Thearch Myriad Star—the middle-aged man and Realm Ancestor were the only ones who were low-key and detached from worldly affairs.
Realm Ancestor was the oldest and was close to the end of his lifespan, so he couldn’t be bothered to vie for anything. When he was young, Realm Ancestor had once reigned supreme over the River of Spacetime and engaged in battles everywhere.
As for the middle-aged man, he didn’t like fighting. He had never crazily fought with anyone in his entire cultivation life. Firstly, it was because he didn’t like conflict. Secondly, all parties would give in to him if he was determined to have something.
This was because the middle-aged man had cultivated medicine and poison to an unimaginable level. He could be said to be the strongest in the River of Spacetime. Just revealing the tip of the iceberg was enough to leave everyone alarmed.
A Sixth Tribulation kid has arrived at Clear Spring Island? In another cave abode on Clear Spring Island, a black stone golem sat cross-legged. He glanced in the direction of Guild Master Fiend Eye’s cave abode. Hall Lord Blazing Sun is willing to help him, and so is Guild Master Fiend Eye? It looks like he has something to rely on.
The black stone golem’s eyes were filled with a strange color. He was a Seventh Tribulation Eminence-Guild Master Darkstar.
The Darkstar Guild was one of the most notorious factions in the River of Spacetime.
In a special Darkstar Space, core members of the Darkstar Guild could descend with a thought.
“Guild Master has sent an order to list Goddess River Zone’s City Lord Eastcalm as a second-tier hunting target.” In a hall in the Darkstar Space, members were handling intelligence.
“City Lord Eastcalm, Meng Chuan, went to the Valley of Spacetime first after reaching the Sixth Tribulation realm. Now, he’s on Clear Spring Island? Ancestral Master Archean Eon left him a lot of resources. Perhaps he will open the next treasure trove of resources. We should lock onto him through karma at all times.”
These members also believed that Meng Chuan was very valuable. In the River of Spacetime, some factions specialized in plundering and slaughtering. Black Fiend Hall was the most famous. Black Fiend Hall had the worst reputation because they slaughtered everything they came across. Even weak Supremacies were slaughtered.
As for the Darkstar Guild, Shadow Lands, and several other factions, they were better than Black Fiend Hall. They wouldn’t attack the weak because they were worthless. They didn’t even think much of ordinary Fifth Tribulation Eminences.
They targeted those with great treasures. Every time they attacked, they had to make a huge profit. In fact, many Sixth Tribulation Eminences had limited treasures. Most of them hid their treasures in their homeworlds, so these factions couldn’t snatch anything from them. Therefore, choosing a target was very important.
Meng Chuan was clearly listed as a target. They believed that Meng Chuan was a Sixth Tribulation Eminence with great resources. They only needed to seize his opportunities. After all, Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul avatars and outer realm true bodies wouldn’t carry any treasures most of the time.
Chapter 655 - First Gathering at Nebula Palace
Meng Chuan focused on his cultivation. As he only needed to obey Deputy Hall Lord Blazing Sun at White Avian Hall, there was nothing to disturb him. However, he received an invitation after cultivating on Clear Spring Island for more than 20 years. Lord of Avian Mountain from White Avian Hall’s third hall has grasped a spatial law and is about to hold a celebration ceremony at Nebula Palace? Meng Chuan was astonished. Ever since he joined White Avian Hall, he hadn’t participated in any activities. As he wasn’t familiar with the other Sixth Tribulation Eminences, he hadn’t attended any gatherings at Nebula Palace. However, this was a large-scale celebration.
The next day, Meng Chuan naturally sent a thought through the Nebula Token and headed to Nebula Palace.
Boom!
Nebula Palace’s laws were mysterious. After descending, one could gather their st
rength and form a body and Essence Soul. Meng Chuan landed on the vast square at the periphery of Nebula Palace and was somewhat astonished.
Tribulation Eminences had a limited number of physical body avatars. For example, Physical Body Tribulation Eminences only had two true bodies. This was limited by the laws of spacetime. However, one could form a body in Nebula Palace with a thought. This showed how special Nebula Palace was.
The Cang Alliance Space only allowed one to condense an ordinary embodiment without any combat strength. Yet, Nebula Palace allowed one to condense a body here.
Furthermore, the cost of cultivating an avatar at the Physical Body Tribulation realm was very high. A Fifth Tribulation Eminence’s body required thousands of cubes. A Sixth Tribulation Eminence’s body required tens of thousands of cubes. However, creating such a body at Nebula Palace didn’t require any effort. It could be condensed with a thought. Of course, the prerequisite was that one had already figured out such a physical body formulation.
I’ll head to the third branch hall first. Meng Chuan walked across the square. There were many palaces in Nebula Palace. They were vast, and the various factions had demarcated their territories.
White Avian Hall occupied nearly 20% of the area. Meng Chuan naturally knew about this. I’m here. Meng Chuan arrived at White Avian Hall’s third branch hall. The hall was bustling with noise and excitement. At a glance, hundreds of Eminences were already seated.
These seats also have their differences. Although Meng Chuan wasn’t familiar with most Sixth Tribulation Eminences, he had long gathered the intelligence on White Avian Hall’s members. He could discern the Sixth Tribulation Eminences’ identities at a glance.
The seats in the hall were arranged in a semicircle around the hall. The first hundred-plus seats were reserved for peak Sixth Tribulation Eminences. Ordinary Sixth Tribulation Eminences sat behind, in the second and third rows.
Meng Chuan naturally walked to the back and casually sat down in the fifth row.