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Die!
Meng Chuan’s figure vanished into thin air. When he reappeared, he was already close to the invisible stream. Absolute Space repelled all the other water currents around the stream in question, imprisoning the fist-sized stream of water only.
A face immediately appeared on the fist-sized stream of water. It opened its mouth in a bid to beg for mercy. “No…”
Pa!
As Meng Chuan watched, Absolute Space instantly diced the fist-sized stream of water into eight pieces. The face was completely destroyed as it wailed in despair.
After it was sliced apart, the Life Core completely revealed itself. It was a crystal ball that had shattered into eight pieces.
Crystal ball? Meng Chuan stretched out his hand, and the Life Core fragments flew into his hand. They were like translucent crystal ball fragments.
I don’t know what use these Life Core fragments have. Only Fiend Mountain’s owner is buying them wantonly. Meng Chuan shook his head slightly. Demon Slayer can only devour Life Core fragments with baneful aura, but there are many types of Life Core fragments. Baneful aura is only one of them.
Meng Chuan vaguely felt that forbidden creatures likely represented another powerful path. They were more powerful than Tribulation Eminences in certain aspects. For example, a Seventh Tribulation forbidden creature’s Life Core was on the brink of being conceptualized. Its life-preservation abilities were superior to most Seventh Tribulation Eminences.
They could devour everything, including inhabited worlds. They could live for a very, very long time until their consciousness completely decayed and collapsed. Then, a new consciousness would be born in their Life Core. The length of their lifespan—the point when their consciousness dissipated—didn’t need elaboration.
Their survivability, devouring ability, and lifespan all exceeded that of cultivators. However, this system was clearly not easy to study. Otherwise, the other Eighth Tribulation Eminences would’ve long purchased Life Cores.
After pondering for a moment and failing to discover anything special about the crystal ball fragment, Meng Chuan put it away and flew toward the black corpse in the distance.
A true corpse. Meng Chuan observed.
As long as the Life Core remained intact, one could never obtain a Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature’s true corpse. It would completely disappear and condense when resurrected.
This corpse? Meng Chuan frowned as he looked at it. This was a large stretch of black algae that spanned more than 500 kilometers. There was a soft body under the algae, and the large eye was already closed.
What a strange lifeform. Meng Chuan put it away. The first Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature target is eliminated.
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Meng Chuan had two solutions to completing the karmic debt of killing Sixth Tribulation forbidden creatures.
The first was to use Eternal Tower, White Avian Hall, and other intelligence channels to investigate which river zone’s river system had a Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature. With the River of Spacetime’s vastness, there were still a few Sixth Tribulation forbidden creatures. These forbidden creatures were naturally born in the outer realm’s void, and they were generally weaker than those in the Chaos Turbid River. Hence, it was easier to kill them.
However, the disadvantage was that it was very difficult to find a Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature, even if he knew that a river system had one.
Therefore, Meng Chuan chose the second method—to come to the Chaos Turbid River!
Meng Chuan was strong enough, and he was an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence. He wasn’t afraid of his Essence Soul avatars dying in battle, so he naturally dared to come to this dangerous place.
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The Chaos Turbid River was just too large. Although Meng Chuan could sense everything within 50 million kilometers, and his three Essence Soul avatars acted independently, it wasn’t easy to encounter a forbidden creature.
More than a month later, Meng Chuan encountered a second Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature.
Boom!
After a difficult battle, Meng Chuan finally killed the forbidden creature’s true body—which resembled a blood-colored flower.
Why isn’t it reviving? Where’s its Life Core? Meng Chuan felt a little helpless while above the Chaos Turbid River. He could determine that the other party was still alive through karma, but he couldn’t sense its location. I only revealed 20% of my strength. It was very strenuous for me to kill one of its true bodies. Yet, it’s so scared that it doesn’t dare show its face?
As long as it resurrected and condensed a new true body, Meng Chuan could lock onto the other party’s true body through karma. However, the other party had completely hidden in its Life Core, preventing any karma locking.
I probably won’t be able to kill this Tribulation Eminence even if I use all my strength. I have to be careful; I’ll hide for 1,000 years before condensing my true body. Over 4.5 million kilometers away from Meng Chuan, a Life Core—disguised as a stream of water—flowed through the Chaos Turbid River. It didn’t condense a new true body, and there were no fluctuations. Thus, Meng Chuan couldn’t sense it.
I’ve already shown weakness to the enemy, but I still gave it a scare. Meng Chuan was helpless. No matter how weak I am, I have to get rid of the other party’s true body. If I don’t force the other party to revive, how can I find a Life Core?
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Eight months later, Meng Chuan encountered the fifth forbidden creature.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
An old wooden ship—snapped into three pieces—was in front of Meng Chuan.
Meng Chuan smilingly watched the crumbling wooden ship and then looked at the eight-armed monster corpse—which was 5,000 kilometers tall—in the distance.
I’ve finally killed a second Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature. Meng Chuan sighed with emotion and was in a good mood. I like the Sixth Tribulation forbidden creatures that are bold and confident. They are the ones with guts!
Only those with guts would dare condense their true bodies again to continue the pursuit. Only then would Meng Chuan have a chance to reap the rewards.
The Life Core is actually a wooden ship. Meng Chuan looked at the ancient, broken wooden ship and waved his hand to put it away. He also put away the true corpse.
I’m done once I kill another one. Meng Chuan’s mood improved significantly. Even if he left the Chaos Turbid River and hunted a Sixth Tribulation forbidden creature in the outer realm’s void, it wouldn’t be too difficult.
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Two and a half years later.
The forbidden creatures in the surrounding area were even more careful. Meng Chuan suspected that some of these Sixth Tribulation forbidden creatures might know each other. He had killed two of them, causing some forbidden creatures to raise their vigilance. Therefore, the effectiveness of his ‘feigning weakness’ became worse.
Boom!
As the Life Core shattered, the Life Core’s true appearance appeared—it was a broken weapon.
Its Life Core is a weapon? Meng Chuan looked at the corpse in the distance. This forbidden creature had 13 sharp blades on its head, which resembled a crown. From its neck to its tailbone, there was a row of more than 300 blades.
This forbidden creature is the strongest one I’ve encountered. It has nearly half the strength of a peak Sixth Tribulation Eminence. Meng Chuan had previously tried his best to put on an act. He disguised himself as an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence that was good at the Pupil of Darkness and had an Eighth Tribulation array formation.
After a bitter battle, he killed the other party’s true body. This weapon creature failed to attack from a distance, and it wanted to engage in close combat after reviving! It clearly had many tricks up its sleeve and was still confident.
However, its revival allowed Meng Chuan to discover the hidden Life Core. Meng Chuan couldn’t be bothered to waste any more time, so he revealed all his strength, teleported close to the Li
fe Core, and slashed it open.
I’ve finished off all three forbidden creatures. Meng Chuan was in a good mood. Next, I can leisurely travel the Chaos Turbid River and experience the means that are available to forbidden creatures.
Meng Chuan felt much more relaxed.
At the same time, he created an Essence Soul avatar to carry the Sixth Tribulation forbidden creatures’ Life Cores and corpses. He used the mystic technique passed down by Fiend Mountain’s owner and was silently expelled from the Chaos Turbid River. He then returned with his war spoils.
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In an extremely remote area of the Chaos Turbid River—it was difficult to find this place without sufficient attainments in spacetime.
Whoosh.
An incomparably large, blurry face condensed in the river.
This face opened its eyes to look at the river water, but it also seemed to be prying into space.
What’s going on? Three Chaos creatures were killed in a row in such a short period of time? Its eyes showed a little bit of perplexment. Although forbidden creatures would kill each other in the Chaos Turbid River, forbidden creatures had very powerful life-preservation means. Due to Chaos Turbid River’s vastness, only one forbidden creature would typically die every 100 to 1,000 years.
It was very abnormal for three forbidden creatures to die in just three years.
Let me see who killed the three Chaos creatures.
Its large eyes reflected one scene after another, and a large number of images appeared on the timeline.
The images quickly locked onto the scenes of the black-robed, white-haired Meng Chuan killing three forbidden creatures.
Chapter 693 - White Avian Hall's Library
An Essence Soul Sixth Tribulation Eminence? A look of disappointment flashed in his huge eyes. It’s useless to devour a weak Sixth Tribulation Eminence.
This was Bark, a general under Overlord Ashen in the Chaos’s depths. It had engaged in wars everywhere and had devoured more than ten Seventh Tribulation realm Chaos creatures. It was basically a tyrant in the Chaos.
Of course, an Eighth Tribulation Eminence that had jumped out of the River of Spacetime was far from someone he could match. Even if an Eighth Tribulation Eminence was a loner, it was enough to make an overlord in the Chaos fear and revere them. This was because, although a Chaos overlord had the strength of an Eighth Tribulation Eminence, they had yet to comprehend spacetime completely. Their true strength was slightly inferior.
That despicable Eighth Tribulation Eminence actually set up a trap. I originally thought that the place gathering Chaos Force was a treasure land… Who knew that I would enter this universe through the Chaos Turbid River and never be able to escape again. Bark was furious and powerless. He was considered extremely powerful at the Seventh Tribulation realm, but the trap set up by Fiend Mountain’s owner had been reinforced by many Eighth Tribulation Eminences in this universe’s history! As forbidden creatures, they couldn’t escape once they entered.
Bark had been fighting since the moment his consciousness was born. He naturally wouldn’t give up easily.
There’s only one way to leave this universe—become an overlord and jump out of this River of Spacetime, Bark thought to himself. If I want to become an overlord, I have to devour Seventh Tribulation Eminences. The more I devour, the better.
It’s best if it’s the Seventh Tribulation Eminences in this universe. They are existences that have grasped laws. Swallowing one of them is comparable to devouring ten Chaos creatures. Bark was filled with anticipation. This was because there was a legend in the Chaos that Tribulation Eminences—who had comprehended laws—would be of great help to their lives if they devoured them. Their evolution speed would also increase greatly.
Even if he devoured a Seventh Tribulation Eminence’s avatar, it was comparable to devouring two or three Chaos creatures of the same level.
Bark had been in this universe for many years. He had once devoured two Seventh Tribulation Eminences’ avatars, which greatly improved his strength. He originally thought that the person who killed the three Sixth Tribulation forbidden creatures in two to three years perhaps heralded a Seventh Tribulation Eminence’s arrival, leaving him somewhat excited.
Who knew that the killer was only at the Sixth Tribulation realm?
Even peak Sixth Tribulation Eminences are too weak. Only Seventh Tribulation Eminences who have grasped Origins laws will have a better Essence Soul. Bark sighed softly as the blurry face dissipated. This face was only an embodiment of invisible forces.
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White Avian Hall’s headquarters in the River of Spacetime.
“City Lord Eastcalm.”
“Greetings, City Lord Eastcalm.”
When Meng Chuan arrived, the Sixth Tribulation Eminences in White Avian Hall bowed from afar.
Meng Chuan walked in and soon arrived at the core of White Avian Hall. He arrived in front of a large building.
“Library?” Meng Chuan looked up.
This building was ordinary, but it was White Avian Hall’s most important place. It had a massive collection of manuals.
White Avian Hall’s ‘library’ had long been famous in the River of Spacetime. It even had an original copy of Immeasurable Universe in its collection, much less Eighth Tribulation-level manuals. As for Seventh Tribulation-level manuals, they were astonishingly plentiful. After all, there were Seventh Tribulation Eminences in every era. In all of history, the manuals left behind by Seventh Tribulation Eminences were plentiful. Even if White Avian Hall only had 1% of the original copies, it was still a massive number.
White Avian Hall’s library. Meng Chuan walked in.
An invisible fluctuation enveloped the building, something that would make even Celestial Thearch Myriad Star find it difficult to barge in. Meng Chuan was one of the few Tribulation Eminences who didn’t suffer any restrictions and could read White Avian Hall’s books freely.
This is the benefit of joining White Avian Hall.
Meng Chuan was very satisfied with his choice from back then. The various factions’ books couldn’t compare to those of White Avian Hall. After all, White Avian Hall had received the dragons’ full help.
Meng Chuan walked into the building and looked at the bookshelves. They were filled with countless manuals.
There were all kinds of manuals. There were paperback books, leather scrolls, metal books, crystals, leaves, wooden boards, and jade plates.
Hum.
When Meng Chuan touched a manual beside him with his will, information immediately surged into his mind.
This information simply introduced the distribution of manuals in the entire building. The manuals were placed according to their levels and categories.
Chaos Hole manuals. After understanding the distribution, Meng Chuan took two steps and traversed several kilometers to arrive at a certain section. Every bookshelf here was like a Dark Chaos Hole that affected the surroundings.
Every original copy was personally written by an existence that had grasped the Chaos Hole law. They naturally had their magical aspects.
Their gathering made the effects even more pronounced.
Chaos Hole Fist? It’s so casually named. Meng Chuan picked up a thin book that was placed in the most eye-catching spot on the bookshelf.
The bookshelf had a total of three levels. The highest level only had this one book. Furthermore, this bookshelf was the first one to be categorized as a Chaos Hole. Meng Chuan vaguely felt that this manual had to be special.
The book was gray in color, and it was only about ten-plus pages thick. The moment Meng Chuan received it, information was transmitted into his mind. This information introduced the Chaos Hole Fist in detail.
Chaos Hole Fist was created by a Seventh Tribulation Eminence—Palace Lord Skylight—3.5 billion years ago. It was a fist art formed with the Chaos Hole law as its core.
In history, this was the strongest mystic technique that had evolved purely from the Chaos Hole law!
Using just one Origins law, Palace Lord Skylight had created a fist art that matched a top Seventh Tribulation Eminence’s strength.
Palace Lord Skylight was one of the most dazzling Seventh Tribulation Eminences in history. He was even more impressive when it came to fist arts. His greatest achievement was grasping two Origins laws—Chaos Hole and Origin—and creating the even more terrifying Skylight Fist. With the Skylight Fist, Palace Lord Skylight was invincible for an era. He could defeat other top Seventh Tribulation Eminences with a single punch. Historically, his strength was close to that of a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence.
Just by grasping the Chaos Hole law, his Chaos Hole Fist can match a top Seventh Tribulation Eminence? After grasping the Chaos Hole law and the Origin law, he can defeat a top Seventh Tribulation Eminence with a single punch? Meng Chuan was somewhat astonished. It’s no wonder his manual is placed at the forefront.
Meng Chuan began reading the Chaos Hole Fist manual. As he read, the legacy surged into his mind. There was a large amount of information regarding the fist art.
He also fully embraced the mental illusion contained in the manual.
In the mental illusion, a muscular, robed man stood in the void. He looked ordinary, but as an inheritor, Meng Chuan could sense that his body was like a massive Chaos Hole.
Boom!
The stocky man casually punched out, and blinding light erupted from his fist.
It was difficult for Meng Chuan to see it clearly. Meng Chuan felt like the man’s punch had blasted out a universe! It had intent that was similar to Dragon Ancestor’s opening of a universe.
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After receiving the legacy, Meng Chuan flipped through the book in his hand and understood why his opponent’s fist art was so ridiculously powerful.
Chaos Hole Fist. As a Physical Body Seventh Tribulation Eminence, Palace Lord Skylight hides a massive Chaos Hole in his body. Thus, he has the power of a Chaos Hole. When he punches out, he uses the Chaos Hole law in reverse! The Chaos Hole law originally devours everything and converges everything. However, this punch… uses the Chaos Hole law in reverse and unleashes all its strength.