A silver token appeared in Hall Lord White Avian’s hand. He looked down at the ordinary token. My Essence Soul was heavily injured in exchange for a promise from an Eighth Tribulation Eminence. Today, I’ll use this promise to… kill Myriad Star.
Following that, he no longer hesitated and activated the token.
Chapter 737 - Eighth Tribulation Eminence, Perfected Lord Crimson Peace
The moment Hall Lord White Avian activated his token, in the high-level world, Fool Mountain Realm—
In a temple in Fool Mountain Realm’s mortal world, a tall man leaned against a wooden chair. He held his chin with one hand as though he was taking a nap. His eyes were long and narrow, and there was a vertical eye between his eyebrows. Even though he was taking a nap, he was much more dignified than the statue in the temple.
The entire temple was isolated from Fool Mountain Realm.
All living beings in Fool Mountain Realm, including the Imperial Lords and deities, couldn’t see this place.
Oh? The tall man suddenly opened his eyes. The vertical eye at his glabella also opened.
At that moment—
He saw Hall Lord White Avian holding a token in the distance, outside of Fool Mountain Realm. Under the tall man’s gaze, Hall Lord White Avian’s timeline connected the past and the future. He saw everything Hall Lord White Avian had experienced recently.
This little White Avian’s personality is too benevolent. The tall man stood up and took a step out of Fool Mountain Realm. An embodiment remained on the wooden chair in the temple.
…
After Hall Lord White Avian activated his token, he waited silently. Suddenly, he saw a tall man appear. He stood in the endless spacetime, bringing immense pressure with him.
“Perfected Lord.” Hall Lord White Avian bowed slightly.
Fool Mountain Realm’s Progenitor, Perfected Lord Crimson Peace, was also a famous existence in the River of Spacetime. But as time passed, there were fewer records about him.
“Your Essence Soul was heavily injured because of Brother Yi.” Perfected Lord Crimson Peace looked at Hall Lord White Avian. “Brother Yi is ultimately not from our River of Spacetime. Before he left, he requested me to help you once. What do you need me to do this time?”
Although Perfected Lord Crimson Peace had a true body in his home universe, he also had a true body outside. He had made close friends outside the universe, relationships forged through life and death.
“Perfected Lord, I hope you can kill Celestial Thearch Myriad Star,” said Hall Lord White Avian.
“Actually, even if you ignore him, he won’t be able to threaten you,” said Perfected Lord Crimson Peace. “If he doesn’t restrain himself, he will ultimately bring about his own death. Yet, you used up the only chance you had to request my assistance.”
“Thank you, Perfected Lord,” said Hall Lord White Avian.
Perfected Lord Crimson Peace nodded slightly. “Alright, as you wish.”
…
In a dark hall.
Celestial Thearch Myriad Star was studying the second volume of the Eternal formulation, Bloodline. Suddenly, he sensed something and looked up.
Whoosh.
A huge crystalline palm tore through spacetime and passed through all obstructions in Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s cave abode. Wherever it passed, everything shattered.
It had already reached the hall’s entrance.
Eighth Tribulation Eminence! Celestial Thearch Myriad Star was horrified. He was extremely certain that the person who could instantly destroy all the array formations in his cave abode was definitely an Eighth Tribulation Eminence!
“Senior,” shouted Celestial Thearch Myriad Star as tiny stars appeared on his body. Tens of thousands of stars surrounded him, forming a miniature universe and completely isolating him from the outside world.
Bam!
Without any hesitation, the palm struck the stellar array formation. With a single collision, the array formation that formed a miniature universe shattered.
Following that, the palm extended again, causing spacetime to completely fall into his palm. Celestial Thearch Myriad Star also landed in his palm.
He captured me in two moves? Celestial Thearch Myriad Star landed in his palm and looked up. He saw five fingers that resembled heavenly pillars and the towering man’s face.
He immediately recognized that this man was Perfected Lord Crimson Peace.
With Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s status, he only knew a little about the Eighth Tribulation Eminences in the River of Spacetime’s history. Perfected Lord Crimson Peace was one of them.
“Perfected Lord, spare me. Please spare me,” pleaded Celestial Thearch Myriad Star immediately. He was very humble.
In front of the Eighth Tribulation Eminence, the mighty and invincible Celestial Thearch Myriad Star of the current era… didn’t care about his reputation at all.
Celestial Thearch Myriad Star knew very well what it meant to be captured in two moves. He was also a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence who had grasped the laws of spacetime. It was very normal for him to be captured alive after blocking a handful of moves from an Eighth Tribulation Eminence. However, Perfected Lord Crimson Peace had only extended one hand and caught him in two moves.
If Perfected Lord Crimson Peace had used a powerful treasure… he probably wouldn’t have been able to withstand a single attack. The difference was too great.
“Little White Avian, look. Myriad Star is here.” Celestial Thearch Myriad Star saw the towering Perfected Lord Crimson Peace speaking to another figure beside him. He saw that the other figure was Hall Lord White Avian.
Hall Lord White Avian also looked down at the tiny figure in his palm.
It’s Hall Lord White Avian. How did he manage to invite Perfected Lord Crimson Peace? Celestial Thearch Myriad Star was dazed.
“Brother White Avian, Brother White Avian,” shouted Celestial Thearch Myriad Star loudly.
…
Hall Lord White Avian and Perfected Lord Crimson Peace stood together and looked at the tiny figure in Perfected Lord Crimson Peace’s palm.
The tiny figure shouted with all its might, “Brother White Avian! Brother White Avian, I know my mistakes. Brother White Avian, I will never order forbidden creatures to devour inhabited worlds again! Brother White Avian, give me another chance.”
At this moment, Celestial Thearch Myriad Star didn’t hesitate to beg for mercy, begging Hall Lord White Avian to spare him.
“Now that we have captured his outer realm true body, only his homeworld’s true body is left,” said Perfected Lord Crimson Peace. “Let’s go to his homeworld.”
Whoosh.
Perfected Lord Crimson Peace appeared outside a middle-level world with Hall Lord White Avian.
The reason why he captured Myriad Star alive was to prevent any accidents from happening. After all, killing an outer realm true body would allow his homeworld true body to split out another true body.
“Perfected Lord, spare me. Brother White Avian, spare me. Just this once.” Celestial Thearch Myriad Star—who was in the palm—tried his best to shout, “Tell me what you need me to do.”
“Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s homeworld.” Hall Lord White Avian watched.
“All inhabited worlds are protected by spacetime laws,” said Perfected Lord Crimson Peace. “Forbidden creatures are born to devour; they devour inhabited worlds by relying on their talent. As for Eighth Tribulation Eminences, they need to comprehend the profundities of this protection and crack it if they want to break through the spacetime laws’ protection.” Perfected Lord Crimson Peace calmly explained to Hall Lord White Avian.
Hall Lord White Avian nodded slightly. “I heard that all phenomena in the endless spacetime can be resolved through meditation, no matter how inconceivable it is.”
“That’s right. If one cultivates the Eighth Tribulation realm to the limit, they can even create a universe.” Perfected Lord Crimson Peace looked at the m
iddle-level world.
In Perfected Lord Crimson Peace’s eyes, countless nomological threads protected this middle-level world.
He had never thought of destroying a inhabited world; it signified great karma. After all, this River of Spacetime had nurtured Perfected Lord Crimson Peace. He owed it to this part of the River of Spacetime.
He planned on penetrating the world membrane and reaching in to grab Celestial Thearch Myriad Star. This middle-level world could still be restored to its original state.
It was very easy to break through the world membrane, but he had to crack the nomological protection first.
“The protection of a middle-level world is a little complicated.” Perfected Lord Crimson Peace watched.
Even Chaos creatures had to be at the Seventh Tribulation realm before they could devour a middle-level world. They knew how to eat, but they didn’t know how they ate them.
In his years of cultivation, Perfected Lord Crimson Peace had long observed the protection of an inhabited world’s laws. Now, after a brief look, he extended his hand.
The crystalline palm landed on the world membrane with a whoosh.
Chapter 738 - Life-preservation Method
The gigantic palm seemed to be touching the world membrane, but in reality, it was cracking the nomological protection.
Countless nomological threads intertwined with one another. Although it looked complicated, Perfected Lord Crimson Peace was confident. However, just as he was about to crack it—
Black fog surfaced on the world membrane. Furthermore, wisps of nomological threads fused with the spacetime’s nomological protection.
Oh? Perfected Lord Crimson Peace was astonished. This hidden black fog array formation was only an Eighth Tribulation Eminence’s array formation.
With Celestial Thearch Myriad Star presiding over it, it shouldn’t be able to stop him. However, this array formation… wasn’t directly used to fend off the enemy. Instead, the array formation had fused with the nomological protection of spacetime, greatly increasing the protective laws’ complexity.
What a powerful technique. Perfected Lord Crimson Peace was secretly alarmed. The array formation’s profundities can perfectly fuse with the nomological protection. This means that the array formation’s creator… has completely comprehended the protective laws.
Even he—who had the confidence to crack the protective law—had only comprehended 60 to 70% of it. He had only found a flaw in the protective law; he was still far from completely comprehending it.
This black fog… As Perfected Lord Crimson Peace watched, he sensed a familiar aura. The evil and sinful aura instantly determined the array formation’s creator.
“Black Fiend Ancestor?” Perfected Lord Crimson Peace frowned slightly. He hated Black Fiend Ancestor, but he had to admit that Black Fiend Ancestor was powerful.
In the River of Spacetime’s history, only five people were ranked at the top of the Eighth Tribulation realm after Dragon Ancestor! Black Fiend Ancestor was one of them. He wreaked havoc everywhere and stirred up plenty of storms beyond the universe, but he continued living a perfectly fine life.
Although Perfected Lord Crimson Peace had been at the Eighth Tribulation realm for many years and was confident that he could reach the top Eighth Tribulation realm in his lifetime, he was still far from reaching Black Fiend Ancestor’s level.
…
In his homeworld, Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s true body nervously looked at the outside world through the world membrane.
It has to hold. It has to hold. Celestial Thearch Myriad Star was nervous and afraid. As a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence, he vividly knew the difference between him and a true Eighth Tribulation Eminence.
The life-preservation means that Black Fiend Ancestor gave me must work. Celestial Thearch Myriad Star could only hope so.
When he first sacrificed to Black Fiend Ancestor, Black Fiend Ancestor hoped that such a good ‘tool’ could live longer. Thus, he imparted some life-preservation means to Myriad Star. Among them was this Eighth Tribulation array formation.
An Eighth Tribulation array formation was worth hundreds of thousands of cubes—nothing worth mentioning.
But this one was created by Black Fiend Ancestor. It was to allow the array formation’s profundities to fuse with the protective law, increasing the protective law’s complexity. Perhaps it was useless against existences at the level of Dragon Ancestor and Black Fiend Ancestor, but it was enough to fend off most Eighth Tribulation Eminences.
Black Fiend Ancestor couldn’t be bothered to waste time helping Celestial Thearch Myriad Star, but he was willing to bestow him some life-preservation means.
It didn’t crack? Celestial Thearch Myriad Star was delighted when he saw the hand retract.
Whoosh.
The gigantic palm reached out again and touched the world membrane, making Celestial Thearch Myriad Star tense up again.
After a long time, the hand failed to tear through the world membrane, allowing Celestial Thearch Myriad Star to heave a sigh of relief.
…
Outside the world membrane, Hall Lord White Avian stood beside Perfected Lord Crimson Peace and watched him make contact with the world membrane with his large hand.
Perfected Lord Crimson Peace frowned in thought.
“White Avian.” Perfected Lord Crimson Peace looked at Hall Lord White Avian. “Backing Celestial Thearch Myriad Star is Black Fiend Ancestor.”
“Black Fiend Ancestor?” Hall Lord White Avian was alarmed. The one who created Black Fiend Hall?
“I’m not afraid of him.” Perfected Lord Crimson Peace looked at the world membrane. “However, I have to admit that his realm is above mine. All he did was make an Eighth Tribulation array formation fuse with the protective law, causing it to be much more complicated. I can’t crack it.”
“There’s no way to kill Celestial Thearch Myriad Star then?” asked Hall Lord White Avian.
“I can’t kill his true body that’s hiding in his homeworld.” Perfected Lord Crimson Peace nodded and admitted it. Although he could use a karmic attack across worlds, Celestial Thearch Myriad Star was still a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence after all… His attacks would be greatly weakened by karma. He wouldn’t be able to kill a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence.
Some Eighth Tribulation Eminences—such as Black Fiend Ancestor or an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence—could use a person’s true body to ‘corrupt’ their other true bodies. However, Perfected Lord Crimson Peace was better at head-on combat.
He wasn’t good at corrupting and permeation.
Although corruptive attacks were impossible to guard against, they were much weaker. For example, Hall Lord White Avian could still live for a long time despite being heavily injured. For example, Master Poison Eye—who was an Essence Soul Sixth Tribulation Eminence—had the protection of his homeworld. He was attacked by Hall Master Nightmare’s Nightmare Hall legacy treasure. The Power of Nightmare permeated into Master Poison Eye’s Essence Soul, but he remained alive.
With the protection of his homeworld, it was indeed rather difficult to kill a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence.
“It’s easiest to tear open the world membrane and kill him. If we can’t crack the protective law, it will be very difficult,” said Perfected Lord Crimson Peace. “Now that we have captured his true body and sealed it, his true body in his homeworld doesn’t dare to come out. This way, he won’t be able to threaten the outside world.”
Although Hall Lord White Avian was indignant, he nodded and said, “This is the only way.”
“It’s best to make him swear an oath,” said Perfected Lord Crimson Peace. After all, if his true body in his homeworld actually took the risk to come out, it could still stir up trouble.
Celestial Thearch Myriad Star naturally didn’t know about their conversation.
Perfected Lord Crimson Peace looked at his other palm and at the tiny Celestial Thearch Myriad Star in hi
s palm. He then said indifferently, “Myriad Star, I’ll give you one last chance. If you swear that you won’t order forbidden creatures to devour worlds in the future, I’ll spare you this time.”
“Swear an oath?” The tiny Celestial Thearch Myriad Star looked up at the towering figure, but he had already calmed his mind.
After such a long time, Perfected Lord Crimson Peace had failed to break through the world membrane. He even took the initiative to negotiate with him, letting Celestial Thearch Myriad Star understand that Perfected Lord Crimson Peace had no way of cracking the world membrane.
Since he couldn’t crack through the world membrane, why would he make an oath?
Just now, he was willing to swear an oath when faced with the threat of death, but times had changed. Now that he was alive and had no worries, his thoughts naturally changed.
“Perfected Lord, I’m just working for Black Fiend Ancestor. Please forgive me.” Celestial Thearch Myriad Star bowed slightly, but his body had already collapsed—decimated.
Huh? Hall Lord White Avian looked at Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s true body in shock.
“He can actually destroy his body in my palm?” Perfected Lord Crimson Peace said softly, “Black Fiend Ancestor imparted the Bloodline mystic technique to him? It looks like he imparted him many life-preservation means.”
Perfected Lord Crimson Peace’s eyes turned cold.
“White Avian,” said Perfected Lord Crimson Peace. “I can’t kill Myriad Star if I can’t break the protective law. However, there’s another method… which requires you to pay a lot more.”
“Pray, do tell.” Hall Lord White Avian’s eyes lit up. There’s still a way?
“I will personally set up an array formation around this inhabited world,” said Perfected Lord Crimson Peace indifferently. “I will completely trap this inhabited world, isolating it from the universe. Celestial Thearch Myriad Star can forget about coming out. If he can’t come out, he naturally won’t be able to cause trouble. However, the only flaw is that such an array formation requires a cultivator who has grasped spacetime laws to preside over it. You are the only suitable person in this era.”
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