This is because a homeworld’s protection stems from the laws of space and time.
As for Eighth Tribulation Eminences, they have transcended the River of Spacetime. They fully understand the laws of spacetime’s restrictions. After Meng Chuan broke through, Hall Lord White Avian gave him more detailed information. Only then did he learn about this. The information mostly involved Eighth Tribulation Eminences.
This was because the ones they revered the most at their level were Eighth Tribulation Eminences.
The operation involving the laws of spacetime seemed supreme. However, in the eyes of Eighth Tribulation Eminences, it was also a sieve. For example, the universe was originally meant to stop all Chaos creatures, but the owner of Fiend Mountain had opened up the Chaos Turbid River. It connected the universe to the outside, permanently guiding Chaos creatures (forbidden creatures) along the Chaos Turbid River to the universe.
For example, the strongest Eighth Tribulation Eminence, Dragon Ancestor, had opened up a universe. His understanding of the laws of spacetime operations would only be more ludicrous.
The path of cultivation is long. I need to be patient and resolute. From this point, Meng Chuan felt that Lord of Li Rainbow was worthy of admiration. To be able to cultivate the temporal law to such a profound level without being distracted by comprehending a second Origins law… He would’ve long reached the top of the Seventh Tribulation realm.
Although he felt that Lord of Li Rainbow was worthy of admiration for giving up on improving his strength and focusing on the laws of time, Meng Chuan clearly wouldn’t learn from him.
He had mastered the talent move, Heaven Splitting Blade. After transcending the tribulation, mastering the Heaven Splitting law naturally took top priority.
When he combined the Chaos Hole law and the Heaven Splitting law, his various means would truly become diverse. Only then would he be a true top-notch Seventh Tribulation Eminence. With the two opposing Origins laws as his foundation, he could then study time… This was the path Meng Chuan had set his mind on.
Whoosh.
Meng Chuan stepped onto the path of the mind and flew along it. He soon arrived at the spot where he had previously stopped—36,500 kilometers.
The altitude of 36,500 kilometers is now much easier for me. Meng Chuan listened to the mountaintop’s voice without feeling any pressure.
After mastering an Origins law and creating the Painting World formulation to condense a painting Essence Soul, his mind and will had clearly improved greatly. However, the mountaintop’s voice no longer had a tempering effect on his Essence Soul.
Meng Chuan walked step by step, covering a distance of about one kilometer with each step. He soon arrived at a distance of 40,000 kilometers.
Forty thousand kilometers; here, the three paths combine? Meng Chuan saw that the path he took and the path of possession had ultimately combined into one. The three paths of Fiend Mountain completely merged into one at a distance of 40,000 kilometers.
After reaching 40,000 kilometers, Meng Chuan pondered for a moment before taking a step and walking into the combined path.
Boom!
Meng Chuan sensed a Sixth Tribulation creature. It was an alien creature bathed in flames. The alien creature was using flames to refine a black sledgehammer; Meng Chuan felt as though he had become this alien creature.
On the path of possession, the Sixth Tribulation Eminences that people possess have all broken through via the path of epiphany. Meng Chuan knew this. In history, none of those who reached the Sixth Tribulation realm through the path of epiphany ended up well. Their paths were flawed, and this alien lifeform also had flaws in his cultivation. His Dao of Fire was too ferocious; it is fine if he used it for combat, but if he used it to cultivate his body, it would only make him even more ferocious and crazy. He would slowly succumb to madness.
After reaching the Seventh Tribulation realm, Meng Chuan understood why Fiend Mountain’s path of epiphany was so flawed.
Everything happened too easily and quickly! In an epiphany, a large number of insights constantly gathered and rapidly accumulated to form a Sixth Tribulation law. Without experiencing the elements or experiencing a large number of setbacks, one didn’t even have the time to verify their newfound insights repeatedly.
Yet, they figured something out? If that was the case, it would be a miracle if they could comprehend a flawless Sixth Tribulation law. And reality proved this point—all the Sixth Tribulation Eminences that had walked the path of epiphany in history had flaws.
Meng Chuan shook his head slightly and continued taking a step forward to possess another Sixth Tribulation Eminence.
Meng Chuan walked very slowly as he carefully experienced the Sixth Tribulation Eminences’ paths.
Although all these paths were flawed, they were all Sixth Tribulation laws. They were part of the circulation of time and space, other than not matching cultivation fundamentals. With Meng Chuan’s realm, he could still gain something by analyzing them from a higher vantage point.
Three years later.
When Meng Chuan reached 45,000 kilometers, the possession ended. Meng Chuan felt that he had gained something and broadened his horizons.
I had the slight effect of being tempered. Meng Chuan continued walking. The sound coming from the mountaintop became louder. He could hear a complete sentence, but he couldn’t understand the meaning.
The complete sentence dealt an even greater blow to his Essence Soul.
Most Physical Body Seventh Tribulation Eminences found it difficult to reach 45,000 kilometers. As an Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation Eminence, Meng Chuan also felt the impact despite having created an Essence Soul formulation for himself.
Boom!
The painting Essence Soul felt the sound strike again and again, but the painting Essence Soul was accommodative. No matter how strong the impacts were, it still accommodated them.
46,000 kilometers, 46,500 kilometers, 47,000 kilometers, 47,500 kilometers… Meng Chuan walked slower and slower. As more and more complete sentences sounded, the impact became more terrifying. Each sentence constantly reverberated in Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul.
At 45,000 kilometers, I still found it relatively easy. But the closer I get to the mountaintop, the stronger the impact. At that moment, Meng Chuan could vaguely see the mountaintop.
Amidst the fog, the mountaintop was vaguely visible. However, the sound on the mountaintop was already as loud as rumbling thunder. It resounded in his Essence Soul, causing it to rumble. Meng Chuan felt his Essence Soul blur from the impact.
This is the limit of my lucidity. Meng Chuan stopped. 49,500 kilometers.
Although he could vaguely see the mountaintop, he was clearly still lacking by that tiny bit.
Reaching the peak meant that his willpower had reached the threshold of the Physical Body Eighth Tribulation realm.
As for the Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation realm, the willpower and mind requirement was much higher!
The main part of walking Fiend Mountain’s path this time was about possessing more than 10,000 Sixth Tribulation Eminences. My understanding of all things in space and time has been enriched. It’s helpful for my study of the 3,000 illusory arrays. My willpower hasn’t improved at all. Meng Chuan was already prepared.
At his level of mind and willpower, improving his willpower mainly depended on him perfecting his Essence Soul formulation.
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After leaving Fiend Mountain, Meng Chuan continued to focus on studying the 3,000 illusory arrays. Every improvement in his array formation attainments was reflected in the structure of his Essence Soul world.
Finally, 103 years after mastering the Chaos Hole law, the Heavenly Tribulation descended again—just as Meng Chuan had expected.
Chapter 710 - Tribulation Transcendence (Final Chapter of Volume)
Archean Eon Realm, in a chamber inside of Heaven and Earth Great Hall.
Sensing that the Heavenly Tribulation was about to arrive, Meng Ch
uan informed his wife before coming here. At that moment, he took the initiative to dissipate many Essence Soul avatars, leaving only his homeworld true body and outer realm true body to transcend the tribulation.
The seventh Essence Soul Heavenly Tribulation. Meng Chuan sat cross-legged in the chamber and patiently waited for the Heavenly Tribulation to descend.
Many seniors have successfully transcended the seventh Essence Soul Heavenly Tribulation. After all, there are several in every generation. Thus, the information regarding the Heavenly Tribulation is very detailed. The seventh Heavenly Tribulation targets the Essence Soul and willpower. I’m still very confident of succeeding.
Instead, there aren’t any intelligence records regarding the eighth Essence Soul Heavenly Tribulation. As Meng Chuan silently waited for the Heavenly Tribulation to arrive, he thought of many things. There were only a handful of Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminences in history.
Even Celestial Thearch Myriad Star and Celestial Thearch Myriad Star found it difficult to meet an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence. Therefore, it was naturally difficult to gather information on the eighth Essence Soul Tribulation.
Meng Chuan didn’t find any information regarding the eighth Essence Soul Tribulation in White Avian Hall and Eternal Tower.
I’ll advance to the Seventh Tribulation realm first. I’ll then try my best to grasp the laws of time and space after that. I’m still very far from the eighth Heavenly Tribulation. Meng Chuan knew very well that his willpower was far from being able to withstand the spacetime law’s evolution since he hadn’t even reached Fiend Mountain’s summit.
Here it comes. Meng Chuan calmed his mind and stopped thinking about unnecessary things. This was because a mysterious force had descended.
Whoosh.
An unprecedented cold fog descended upon Meng Chuan’s sea of consciousness. In an instant, it froze his Essence Soul.
This is? Meng Chuan looked around; he was in a world blanketed by ice and snow. An illusion?
My Essence Soul has been frozen, and my consciousness has been dragged into an illusion? Meng Chuan had gathered a large amount of information regarding the tribulation. He also understood the situation he was in. If my willpower also ends up frozen, that will translate into me failing the tribulation and dying. I have to last long enough.
I have to last until the tribulation ends. However, this illusion is really cold. Meng Chuan couldn’t help but tremble before walking forward.
In the illusion, he was like a mortal without any divine powers.
Meng Chuan knew very well that this was a battle between his willpower and the Heavenly Tribulation. The weaker his willpower was, the colder he felt, making it easier for him to freeze to death.
Meng Chuan’s willpower was considered strong, so all he did was tremble.
…
Meng Chuan was the only one walking slowly in the snow-covered land. His eyebrows and face were covered in snow. He looked into the distance and saw a snowstorm sweeping over.
Another blizzard, Meng Chuan muttered to himself. The wind howled as it swept up countless snowflakes and struck his body.
Meng Chuan lowered his head and endured the pain. The snowstorm grew stronger and stronger, and he was drowned by more and more snowflakes.
After a long time, the snowstorm stopped.
Amidst the thick snow, a hand stretched out. Meng Chuan crawled out from below and shook the snow away.
Snowstorms, avalanches, ice lakes… I welcome any further danger since I have a body of willpower. If my willpower can withstand it, I won’t die and will be indestructible. Meng Chuan’s expression didn’t change.
If his willpower had only allowed him to reach an altitude of 25,000 kilometers at Fiend Mountain, the snowstorm would’ve been much more violent. He would also feel much colder. The difficulty of transcending the tribulation would increase rapidly, but he was someone who could reach a height of 49,000 kilometers.
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The illusory realm was filled with trials and tribulations. Meng Chuan calmly dealt with them without a stir. What truly gave Meng Chuan a headache was time.
In the illusory world, one would never reach the end. It was unknown how much time had passed. Time in the illusory world was meaningless. A million years might pass in the illusory world, only to be an instant in the outside world.
Here, Meng Chuan’s consciousness and thoughts were as slow as a mortal’s. Under the freezing cold, his thoughts became slower and slower, but he couldn’t sense any laws.
How long have I been walking? 30,000 years, or 300,000 years? Meng Chuan didn’t know either. His extremely slow mind prevented him from determining the flow of time.
Meng Chuan had experienced the torment of time during his fifth Essence Soul Tribulation. That time, he didn’t freeze or suffer repeated torment. He only spent an unknown amount of time in the void.
This time, things were even more ruthless.
Not only did it seem perpetual with no end in sight, but there was also endless torment and torture. If an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence was mentally exhausted because of the long period of time or was unable to withstand the torment, ultimately freezing… they would die.
Come on. No matter how many calamities there are and no matter how long it takes, it will eventually end. When that happens, I will succeed. Meng Chuan firmly believed that he could succeed. His hope of transcending the tribulation was like a lamp, illuminating him as he walked through the illusions.
Time passed.
Three million years? Thirty million years?
Meng Chuan didn’t know how much time had passed. Even when he felt like it was almost time for the tribulation to end, not even a tenth of the time had passed. In fact, the illusion’s duration left Meng Chuan alarmed. He began to feel exhausted.
The illusion’s long duration made Meng Chuan—an Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation Eminence—become accustomed to the illusion. He even felt that the illusion would last longer.
Whoosh.
The illusion silently collapsed.
The power that froze Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul silently vanished.
I succeeded? Meng Chuan was momentarily dazed.
After a long period of perseverance, he finally succeeded.
Long was easy to describe, but in fact, no matter how powerful an expert was, they would become more exhausted and collapse in the face of long periods of time.
Thankfully, I created an Essence Soul formulation before I transcended the tribulation. Meng Chuan recalled the tribulation and felt somewhat lucky. Otherwise, if I were to transcend the tribulation when only able to traverse 30,000 to 35,000 kilometers on Fiend Mountain, I would really be walking on the tightrope of death.
Although Meng Chuan had reached the willpower threshold of the Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation realm, that was only the minimum requirement. It only meant that his Essence Soul World could withstand the Origins law’s evolution. One’s chances of transcending the tribulation would also be very low. The higher one’s willpower was, the greater their chances of transcending the tribulation.
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Archean Eon Realm, Jiang State Capital, Meng Manor.
Liu Qiyue sat in front of her desk and blankly stared at the half-finished painting in front of her.
Previously, Meng Chuan had worked on this piece with her. Meng Chuan painted while she wrote the captions. But halfway through, Meng Chuan said, “The Heavenly Tribulation is here. Qiyue, I’m going into seclusion.” After that, he left.
Liu Qiyue long knew that her husband was about to face his seventh Heavenly Tribulation, but she was still extremely worried when the moment arrived.
Tribulation realm. Every step forward is a tribulation. Only by transcending the tribulation can one become stronger. Liu Qiyue was worried about her husband. She sat there in a daze as countless thoughts churned in her mind.
Two days, three days…
The more time passed, the more worried she became.
She had no choice but to sit there alone and wait for her husband to return.
Seven months later, a white-robed, white-haired figure appeared outside the study. He smiled at her through the study window. Only then did Liu Qiyue smile.
Her eyes lit up as she immediately stood up and walked out. “Ah Chuan, did you succeed?” Liu Qiyue looked at Meng Chuan. She was worried that her husband had failed his tribulation transcendence and was only here to bid her farewell.
“I succeeded,” said Meng Chuan with a smile.
On this day, Archean Eon Realm produced the second Seventh Tribulation Eminence in its history.
Final Chapter of Volume—Seventh Tribulation Realm
Chapter 711 - Dispute
In a hall in Nebula Palace, White Avian Hall’s territory.
“Eastcalm, take a seat.” The gray-robed, skinny Hall Lord White Avian sat in the main seat of honor.
Meng Chuan sat down as well.
There were a total of five Eminences in the hall. Apart from Meng Chuan, there were Hall Lord White Avian, Lord of Shadowfiend, Deputy Hall Lord Blazing Sun, and Deputy Hall Lord Azure Dragon. Although White Avian Hall still had other Seventh Tribulation Eminences and half-step Seventh Tribulation Eminences, these four formed White Avian Hall’s core.
They were planning to include Meng Chuan. This was because Meng Chuan hadn’t established any factions. He was also an Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation Eminence, so he could be of great use.
Lord of the East Abyss, Palace Lord Food God, Lord of Shadows, Sect Master Mental Demon, and Mountain Lord Moxie each had their own factions! Their relationship with White Avian Hall was more of a cooperative one.
“Congratulations, Eastcalm, on transcending the Heavenly Tribulation,” said Hall Lord White Avian with a smile. “From now on, what lays ahead remains vast. There’s no need to worry about the Heavenly Tribulation for a long time.”
“Yes.” Meng Chuan smiled as well. “Ever since I became a Tribulation Eminence, the repeated Heavenly Tribulations have made me rather nervous. I can relax now; I probably won’t be able to see my eighth Essence Soul Tribulation before I die.”
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