Archean Eon Art c1-766

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

  Ripples appeared in the void as a massive black planet appeared. On the planet, one could vaguely see cave abode buildings and array formations.

  “Planet Blackjade.” Realm Ancestor looked at the planet and smiled. “It’s the most important treasure land that I’ve occupied during my conquests. Its value is much greater than the other treasure lands combined.”

  Planet Blackjade? Meng Chuan had naturally heard of it.

  The value of Blackjade was definitely ranked in the top five treasures that many Seventh Tribulation Eminences fought for. The first treasure was Palace Lady Blood Phoenix’s Outer Realm Essence Crystal Star.

  “As you know, Blackjade’s core can produce Blackjade Crystal Sand. Every year, only ten-plus grains are produced. Every Blackjade Crystal Sand grain is worth nearly a Primordial Stone. Every year, that translates to a production of hundreds of cubes, or even more than 1,000 cubes,” said Realm Ancestor with a smile. “As long as you guard this place and collect Blackjade Crystal Sand every few years… After 100,000 years, you can earn 100 million Outer Realm Essence Crystals with Blackjade Crystal Sand. Us Essence Soul Tribulation Eminences have multiple avatars. You just need one Essence Soul avatar to guard this place.”

  Meng Chuan was alarmed.

  Other than the Eternal treasure, Ancestral Master Archean Eon had accumulated less than 100 million cubes of wealth his entire life! From this, one could tell the value of Planet Blackjade.

  As half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminences, Hall Lord White Avian and Celestial Thearch Myriad Star couldn’t permanently guard the area with their only outer realm true body. They had to set their sights even higher.

  In history, most of the people who occupied Planet Blackjade were at the Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation realm.

  Top Seventh Tribulation Eminences had the strength to do so, but what was most important was their cultivation! They needed to travel the world and head to various places of opportunity… If their only outer realm true body was forever tied to Planet Blackjade, it wouldn’t be worth it even if they accumulated 100 million Outer Realm Essence Crystals before they died. This was because a top Seventh Tribulation Eminence could accumulate quite a bit of wealth over time through their travels.

  Of course, if it were an Outer Realm Essence Crystal Star that was several times more valuable, top Seventh Tribulation Eminences would be willing to guard it! For example, Palace Lady Blood Phoenix had paid a huge price to set up a large number of Eighth Tribulation array formations. With them, she could withstand the attacks of a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence. At this point, her true body in her homeworld could often travel outside.

  “There aren’t many people in the River of Spacetime who have the right to guard this place,” said Realm Ancestor with a smile. “You are an Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation Eminence, and you have only cultivated for 7,000 years. No one will dare snatch this place if you occupy it.”

  “This is too valuable.” Meng Chuan felt that this gift was too precious. It was difficult to guard such a treasure land! However, it was also very difficult to snatch it.

  If Origin Realm Chieftain and Hall Master Nightmare had occupied the area before him, Meng Chuan wouldn’t be able to conquer the planet due to a defensive array formation.

  Realm Ancestor easily gave Meng Chuan the occupation rights, so all he needed to do was guard it.

  “I still have to give it up once I die,” said Realm Ancestor with a smile. “I’ve always wanted to give it to someone, but my few good friends at the top Seventh Tribulation realm only have one outer realm true body. They can’t stay here forever; they have to roam the universe and cultivate. Hall Master Nightmare wants it, but why would I give it to him? I originally wanted to wait a little longer. It wouldn’t be too late to make a decision in the final year or two before I die of old age. But since you have broken through, you are the best candidate.”

  “Senior Realm Ancestor, I’ll remember this favor. I’ll accept Planet Blackjade.” Meng Chuan didn’t hesitate any further.

  “Once I die, this place will still be contested by all parties. It’s not considered a favor,” said Realm Ancestor with a smile. “Planet Blackjade’s Blackjade Crystal Sand requires time to build up wealth. It also requires you to arrange an Essence Soul avatar to stay here permanently.”

  “Senior Realm Ancestor, do you need me to do anything in the future?” asked Meng Chuan.

  “I told you before—help my two juniors and my homeworld if you have the chance,” said Realm Ancestor with a sigh. “As for me, I won’t be able to see the day you stand at the peak of the River of Spacetime.”

  An Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence was too far away, but he believed that Meng Chuan could reach the half-step Eighth Tribulation realm and stand at the peak of the River of Spacetime.

  Chapter 715 - Swallowing a Middle-Level World

  Black Fiend Hall headquarters.

  In a hall, an image appeared in a mirror. Realm Ancestor accompanied Meng Chuan into Planet Blackjade, and Meng Chuan began refining its array formation.

  Hall Master Nightmare watched silently.

  “Stop looking. No one can do anything if Realm Ancestor takes the initiative to give it to Meng Chuan,” said Lord of Li Rainbow as he read a dossier.

  “In the past, I’ve always respected Realm Ancestor quite a bit. I wasn’t willing to offend him. But in his old age, he has given the treasured lands he occupies to his many friends, but he’s unwilling to give one to me.” Hall Master Nightmare’s voice was cold. “Before Meng Chuan broke through, there were only three Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation Eminences in existence. Origin Realm Chieftain has greater ambitions, so I was the only one who was suited to take over his treasured lands. However, he didn’t give a single one to me.”

  “We’ve already fallen out with each other. What’s the point of saying all this?” Lord of Li Rainbow said indifferently.

  Hall Master Nightmare fell silent. As an Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation Eminence, he wielded the legacy treasure, Nightmare Hall. His influence in the River of Spacetime was immense. He used force whenever soft tactics didn’t work. He had previously threatened Realm Ancestor. “Realm Ancestor, you are powerful, but you have to consider your homeworld and clansmen after you die.”

  This infuriated Realm Ancestor, who sparked off a huge battle.

  Hall Master Nightmare didn’t flinch at all as he battled Realm Ancestor. Many Seventh Tribulation Eminences interfered; both sides had their fair share of friends.

  Hall Master Nightmare was young after all. He usually kept a low profile, but his social network was much stronger than Lord of Li Rainbow’s. Even a top Seventh Tribulation Eminence supported Hall Master Nightmare.

  However, Realm Ancestor clearly had more good friends! Realm Ancestor was also stronger. In that battle… Realm Ancestor’s side had the absolute advantage. However, Hall Master Nightmare was an Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation Eminence. His Essence Soul avatar condensed again after its death, so he didn’t suffer much.

  Many branches of Black Fiend Hall were destroyed by the furious Realm Ancestor. Even so, Hall Master Nightmare didn’t care.

  “Planet Blackjade has become Meng Chuan’s just like that.” Hall Master Nightmare had mixed feelings. He had tried to curry favor with Realm Ancestor, but all his methods—both soft and hard—were useless.

  Instead, Realm Ancestor took the initiative to give Meng Chuan a gift.

  Does he look down on me that much?

  “We are plagued with sins after we joined Black Fiend Hall.” Lord of Li Rainbow was very calm. “It’s very normal for some Seventh Tribulation Eminences to view us as enemies. However, there are gains and losses. I control Black Fiend Hall, and you control Nightmare Hall. This is a much greater opportunity than Planet Blackjade.”

  Hall Master Nightmare admitted this.

  A top faction like Eternal Tower had existed for countless years because it was guarded by the Eye of Eternal.

  Black Fi
end Hall had two legacy treasures—Black Fiend Hall and Nightmare Hall. To Seventh Tribulation Eminences, they were no less useful than Eternal treasures. Unfortunately, they only had the right to use them! These two legacy treasures ultimately belonged to Black Fiend Hall’s owner. This was also one of the reasons why no faction wanted to vie for Black Fiend Hall and Nightmare Hall.

  …

  Shroud River Zone, Anbo River System, Zhan Cloud Realm.

  Zhan Cloud Realm was an ancient, medium-sized world. It had existed for 9.3 billion years. Even for a medium-sized world, it had existed for too long. It had become extremely old, and it wasn’t far from being destroyed.

  An inhabited world couldn’t be eternal. There were births, barbaric periods, and prosperous periods… However, they would ultimately decline and be destroyed.

  “What a ridiculous inhabited world.” A black-robed figure looked at the middle-level world. Their gaze penetrated the world membrane and peeped at the living beings inside.

  To mortals who lived in Zhan Cloud Realm, the world’s aging was too distant for them. Even if the world only had a few hundred thousand years left to live, it was very long for mortals. Zhan Cloud Realm was still extremely prosperous; countless family clans and factions lived a life of debauchery.

  Their cultivation system was also very advanced and perfected. In history, Zhan Cloud Realm had produced one Seventh Tribulation Eminence and 15 Sixth Tribulation Eminences. Their heritage was naturally extremely deep.

  Even though the world had declined, there was still one Tribulation Eminence, five Imperial Lords, and over 100 Supremacies.

  Whoosh.

  The black-robed figure suddenly dissipated as a dark, massive creature appeared. Its gaping mouth was even more terrifying than a Dark Chaos Hole. It devoured the entirety of Zhan Cloud Realm with a single bite. The spacetime law’s protection of an inhabited world was useless against a Seventh Tribulation forbidden creature.

  Countless living beings in Zhan Cloud Realm were horrified to discover that space had been torn apart, revealing endless darkness. Following that, the darkness completely drowned them.

  There was a Third Tribulation Eminence just outside Zhan Cloud Realm, as well as a number of Imperial Lord and Supremacy true bodies.

  However, this devouring strike destroyed all living beings. It also destroyed the outer realm true bodies of the Tribulation Eminence and Imperial Lords through karma.

  All living beings in Zhan Cloud Realm were completely wiped out.

  Zhan Cloud Realm itself vanished.

  Whoosh.

  Having devoured the entirety of Zhan Cloud Realm, the massive figure was extremely comfortable.

  Unfortunately, this inhabited world is too old and weak. It doesn’t taste good enough, thought the behemoth. Weak lifeforms of this inhabited world, don’t blame me. The one who really killed you is the Eminence of your universe. It’s fratricide!

  The massive figure silently vanished.

  Other than the disappearance of an inhabited world, nothing else changed in the void.

  The disappearance of Zhan Cloud Realm didn’t cause any commotion.

  In the vast River of Spacetime, hatred and killings were everywhere. Tribulation Eminences and Imperial Lords often died. No one cared about the deaths of a Third Tribulation Eminence and a few Imperial Lords.

  As for the disappearance of Zhan Cloud Realm? Wasn’t it normal for an aging world to be destroyed?

  …

  In a dark hall.

  Celestial Thearch Myriad Star sat cross-legged as he lit an incense stick.

  Whoosh.

  A black-robed figure arrived in the dark hall and bowed respectfully to Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.

  “Celestial Thearch, these are the treasures in Zhan Cloud Realm. All the precious treasures are here.” The black-robed figure respectfully handed a pagoda to Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.

  Celestial Thearch Myriad Star reached out to take the pagoda and carefully inspected it. He couldn’t help but frown. “Most of the treasures left behind by Zhan Cloud Realm’s ancestors have been used up. What’s left is only ten million cubes. How poor.”

  This harvest dissatisfied Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.

  “You didn’t devour the treasures, did you?” Celestial Thearch Myriad Star looked up at the black-robed figure, his eyes cold. Although he had been watching the entire process of the Seventh Tribulation forbidden creature devouring Zhan Cloud Realm—even to the point of helping conceal spacetime—it would be very difficult for him to find out if a Seventh Tribulation forbidden creature had secretly devoured a precious treasure that might be too attractive.

  “I wouldn’t dare,” the black-robed figure said immediately. It was extremely afraid of Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.

  Celestial Thearch Myriad Star looked at it and finally flipped his hand to produce an ancient, damaged cup. “You can rest now.”

  “Yes.” The black-robed figure didn’t dare to disobey. Celestial Thearch Myriad Star controlled its Life Core, so its life and death were in its hands. With a thought, he could destroy its consciousness.

  The black-robed figure immediately transformed into a stream of light and flew into the cup.

  Celestial Thearch Myriad Star casually put away the wine cup and looked into the distance. He saw Meng Chuan refining Planet Blackjade’s array formation. Realm Ancestor was accompanying him.

  Realm Ancestor gave Planet Blackjade to Meng Chuan? Celestial Thearch Myriad Star watched from afar expressionlessly.

  Chapter 716 - Rejection

  Celestial Thearch Myriad Star had quite a long lifespan left at his level. He naturally wanted to take that one last step to become a true Eighth Tribulation Eminence! By jumping out of the River of Spacetime and taking in the changes in spacetime, he could make the time flow in his body almost stop. A moment in his body would be a billion years or even longer in the outside world… Just the thought of it made Celestial Thearch Myriad Star yearn for it.

  Although he was a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence, he was ultimately a Seventh Tribulation Eminence. He could only live for hundreds of thousands of years, and he couldn’t jump out of the River of Spacetime’s restraints; he was ultimately a big fish in the river.

  If I carry out the second plan in the future, Meng Chuan and White Avian will probably be my greatest threats, thought Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.

  He was very careful when devouring middle-level worlds.

  In history, there were more than one million middle-level inhabited worlds that had historically produced Seventh Tribulation Eminences! Many of the countless treasures in the universe’s history were in these middle-level inhabited worlds’ treasuries.

  Celestial Thearch Myriad Star chose to attack the aging middle-level inhabited worlds. This was because aging was… closer to a form of natural annihilation. However, Celestial Thearch Myriad Star had long destroyed over 100 middle-level inhabited worlds. Three of them were homeworlds of half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminences. The wealth he obtained was still astonishing.

  Over 100 medium-sized worlds had been destroyed. All of them were homeworlds that had given birth to Seventh Tribulation Eminences. Regardless of how old they were, it was still very abnormal for them to be consecutively destroyed over tens of thousands of years.

  Hall Lord White Avian, Realm Ancestor, and the other powerful factions had long realized that something was amiss. They were wary of Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.

  I’m very careful. They don’t have any evidence to prove that my subordinate did it. However, devouring a middle-level world is ultimately a huge taboo. If I go too far… they’ll report it to an Eighth Tribulation Eminence. It’s very likely that an Eighth Tribulation Eminence with a strong sense of justice will take action. In fact, Celestial Thearch Myriad Star wasn’t afraid of any present-day existence. Even Hall Lord White Avian was only on par with him. He was only afraid of the Eighth Tribulation Eminences that hadn’t appeared in this period.
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br />   Eighth Tribulation Eminences had different personalities. However, there was no doubt that they had one thing in common—their time was precious, and they couldn’t be disturbed.

  For example, Dragon Ancestor. Even if one was a member of the Dragon race, they had to be a Seventh Tribulation dragon before he would pay attention to them. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have the time to pay attention to them. As long as it wasn’t something that shook the dragons’ foundation, the entire River of Spacetime’s foundation, or something that involved his cultivation, Dragon Ancestor wouldn’t appear.

  Even if the entire universe was in excessive skirmishes and 99% of the cultivators died, it was only an era. What was it to Dragon Ancestor?

  For example, Black Fiend Hall’s owner, Fiend Mountain’s owner, and so on were more self-centered. They didn’t have any sense of justice.

  Thankfully, it’s very difficult to contact an Eighth Tribulation Eminence. Even the dragon clan leader can’t easily disturb their Ancestor, thought Celestial Thearch Myriad Star. As long as I’m careful and don’t make them feel the pain, an Eighth Tribulation Eminence shouldn’t appear in this era.

  Even though he knew that it was a taboo to devour middle-level inhabited worlds, Celestial Thearch Myriad Star still wasn’t willing to give up. This was because it was too easy to obtain treasures through such means.

  Having sufficient treasures was also a resource for his cultivation!

  There’s also that Fiend Mountain owner. It’s no wonder he wants to collect Life Cores so badly. Life Cores are too helpful for cultivation. Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s eyes were filled with desire. Unfortunately, there are too few Seventh Tribulation forbidden creatures. Almost all the Seventh Tribulation forbidden creature Life Cores in history have fallen into the hands of Fiend Mountain’s owner. In this era, I’ve only managed to obtain eight Life Cores after trying everything I can. The few Seventh Tribulation forbidden creatures that are still alive in the Chaos Turbid River are even more cunning and cautious.