Archean Eon Art c1-766

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

  “Trap him forever and seal his inhabited world, preventing him from taking a step out.” Perfected Lord Crimson Peace looked at him. “The price of sealing him is for you to stay here for an extended period. Are you willing?”

  Hall Lord White Avian was a Physical Body Tribulation Eminence after all. Arranging a true body to stay here for extended periods had a huge impact on him.

  “If I am the one presiding over the array formation, will an Eighth Tribulation Eminence be able to crack the array formation and save him?” asked Hall Lord White Avian.

  “The array formation contains my will,” said Perfected Lord Crimson Peace calmly. “If an Eighth Tribulation Eminence descends, they will understand everything once they see the array formation. Unless they are my enemy, they won’t save him. The only problem now… are you willing to guard the array formation?”

  Hall Lord White Avian looked at Perfected Lord Crimson Peace and said with a smile, “I’m heavily injured. I’ll call it a win if I can suppress Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.”

  Perfected Lord Crimson Peace nodded in satisfaction.

  Chapter 739 - Injuries

  In his homeworld, Celestial Thearch Myriad Star stood on a tall mountain as he observed the outside world through the world membrane.

  Perfected Lord Crimson Peace can’t crack the protective law, nor can he kill me as long as I hide in my homeworld. Celestial Thearch Myriad Star pondered. The time of an Eighth Tribulation Eminence is much more precious than my time. It’s impossible for him to keep watching me. When Perfected Lord Crimson Peace leaves, I can send an outer realm true body out to attack again. Unfortunately… this time, the Life Core fell into Perfected Lord Crimson Peace’s hands with the death of my outer realm true body.

  The treasures he obtained from ordering the Seventh Tribulation forbidden creature to devour an inhabited world were naturally moved to his homeworld as soon as possible. Apart from some treasures and weapons, his outer realm true body only carried one Seventh Tribulation Life Core.

  Although his heart ached for the Life Core, Celestial Thearch Myriad Star could bear such losses.

  Oh? Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s expression changed slightly. What is Perfected Lord Crimson Peace doing?

  Through the world membrane, he could see Perfected Lord Crimson Peace scattering streams of light around this world. Celestial Thearch Myriad Star could tell that Perfected Lord Crimson Peace was setting up a fixed array!

  He could only watch helplessly, not daring to leave.

  Moments later…

  The massive array formation circulated and naturally condensed chains that appeared over the world membrane as though they were part of it. Nearly 10,000 chains completely sealed the entire inhabited world, isolating it from the outside world.

  Celestial Thearch Myriad Star could no longer see through the world membrane, nor could he sense the outside world. He was even isolated from Nebula Palace.

  I can’t sense the outside world. Celestial Thearch Myriad Star was somewhat flustered. He took a step and appeared at the highest point in the world. He looked up at the membrane wall above him and stared at the huge chain that appeared. He observed the profundities contained in the chain.

  I can’t sense the outside world even though I have grasped the spacetime law? Celestial Thearch Myriad Star was somewhat anxious. He knew that high-level worlds had similar array formations that completely isolated them from the outside world. Unless one was at the Eighth Tribulation realm, they wouldn’t be able to find such high-level worlds.

  However, he also knew that such array formations cost a lot! Therefore, Eighth Tribulation Eminences typically only set up one for their homeworld.

  How was it possible for such a large array to be set up just to imprison him?

  Buzz—

  The vast array formation activated, and the aura of power that spread out was very familiar to Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.

  “White Avian, are you presiding over the array?” shouted Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.

  The sealing array was in operation, but Hall Lord White Avian ignored him.

  “I can guess it even if you don’t say it.” Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s voice transmitted into the array formation. “An array formation that completely isolates spacetime is very rare. However, the strongest among the deities in high-level worlds are only at the Sixth Tribulation realm, and at best, the Seventh Tribulation realm. They are unable to power such an array formation perfectly. It’s because the array formation absorbs external powers that it can naturally operate for extended periods.

  “This array isn’t operating naturally. It’s controlled by a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence like you. That’s how Perfected Lord Crimson Peace could set up the array formation in a short period of time. However, you are a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence. Are you going to continue wasting your time with me?

  “You are also at the Physical Body Tribulation realm. You only have one outer realm true body. If you waste your time here with me, you will be destroying more than half of your cultivation future,” said Celestial Thearch Myriad Star immediately. “Is it worth it?”

  “It’s worth it!” A calm voice sounded.

  When Celestial Thearch Myriad Star heard Hall Lord White Avian’s response, he immediately said, “I know that you paid a huge price to invite Perfected Lord Crimson Peace this time. Tell me, what are your conditions before you are willing to let me out!? We can have a good discussion and come up with a condition that will satisfy you. This way, you won’t delay your cultivation.”

  “Perfected Lord said that he had given you one last chance, but you gave it up. Now, stay in your homeworld and never come out,” said Hall Lord White Avian coldly.

  Celestial Thearch Myriad Star was taken aback as he immediately said, “White Avian, are you crazy?”

  Hall Lord White Avian ignored him.

  “You are destroying your future in cultivation. I can swear that I won’t attack your homeworld. I can even swear that I will only devour three more inhabited worlds. When the time comes, I can give you three billion cubes…” Celestial Thearch Myriad Star constantly lowered his requests.

  …

  Hall Lord White Avian shook his head slightly when he heard Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s conditions. “At this point, you still haven’t given up on devouring inhabited worlds. You live up to your reputation as Myriad Star.”

  After fighting for so many years, he had long known Myriad Star’s personality. Therefore, he was willing to pay the price to suppress him. If he gave him free rein, for example, Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s madness would only exponentially worsen after tens of thousands of years—when he was nearing the end of his life.

  Now, devouring these inhabited worlds was the result of Myriad Star restraining himself.

  Standing in the void, Hall Lord White Avian looked around. Perfected Lord Crimson Peace had already left, leaving him alone.

  I have to guard this place forever. Hall Lord White Avian waved his hand, and a cultivation cave abode appeared in the void. Furthermore, the surrounding void was completely concealed.

  …

  An hour later, Meng Chuan, Realm Ancestor, Lord of Shadowfiend, Deputy Hall Lord Blazing Sun, and Deputy Hall Lord Azure Dragon came to Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s homeworld.

  Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s homeworld has disappeared? Meng Chuan and Realm Ancestor gathered together and looked around in surprise. The void rippled in the distance, and a cave abode appeared. Hall Lord White Avian—dressed in a gray robe—was waiting for them in front of the cave abode.

  “Hall Lord.” Meng Chuan, Realm Ancestor, Lord of Shadowfiend, and company came close.

  “What happened? Where’s Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s homeworld?” asked Lord of Shadowfiend.

  “I can’t sense Celestial Thearch Myriad Star either. Is he dead?” Realm Ancestor’s eyes were filled with anticipation. It would be great if he was dead.

 
“No.”

  Hall Lord White Avian led Meng Chuan and company into the cave abode and sat down in the courtyard. Although there were delicacies and wine in front of them, Meng Chuan and company weren’t in the mood to drink. They wanted to know why Celestial Thearch Myriad Star had disappeared.

  “I invited an Eighth Tribulation Eminence, Perfected Lord Crimson Peace, to kill Myriad Star.” Hall Lord White Avian sat there. Knowing their puzzlement, he leisurely said, “However, behind Celestial Thearch Myriad Star is actually Black Fiend Ancestor. Black Fiend Ancestor gave him a life-preservation method… Even Perfected Lord Crimson Peace was affected by Black Fiend Ancestor’s array formation. He couldn’t crack the world membrane and kill Myriad Star’s true body inside his homeworld.”

  “Perfected Lord Crimson Peace? Black Fiend Ancestor?” Meng Chuan and company were somewhat shocked. Two Eighth Tribulation Eminences were involved.

  Hall Lord White Avian waved his hand. Meng Chuan and company looked past the courtyard and saw a massive inhabited world appear in the outside world. Nearly 10,000 chains wrapped around the inhabited world.

  “Myriad Star’s homeworld is here,” said Hall Lord White Avian. “Perfected Lord Crimson Peace set up an array formation and completely sealed off this inhabited world. Celestial Thearch Myriad Star will forever be trapped in his homeworld, unable to take a step out.”

  “Unable to step out forever?” Realm Ancestor revealed a look of delight when he heard that. “He won’t be able to wreak havoc in the outside world. If he can’t come out, his future in cultivation will mostly be destroyed.”

  Realm Ancestor was rather satisfied that things had developed to this stage. After all, how could a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence be easy to kill?

  “This array formation can trap a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence?” Azure Dragon was alarmed. As the dragons’ current leader, he knew how difficult such an array formation was.

  “This array formation can only be presided over by cultivators who have grasped the spacetime law,” explained Hall Lord White Avian. “Otherwise, it won’t be able to trap Myriad Star.”

  Meng Chuan, Lord of Shadowfiend, Realm Ancestor, Azure Dragon, and Blazing Sun looked at Hall Lord White Avian in shock.

  They understood.

  Apart from Myriad Star, only Hall Lord White Avian grasped the spacetime law. In other words, Hall Lord White Avian needed to maintain the array formation and couldn’t take half a step away.

  It affected his cultivation greatly.

  “You will never be able to leave this place in the future?” Lord of Shadowfiend asked softly.

  “How can there be no price for trapping Myriad Star?” said Hall Lord White Avian worriedly. “However, I’m already injured. I only have 50,000 to 60,000 years left. I can’t trap Myriad Star forever.”

  “You’re injured?” Meng Chuan was alarmed. He had never known about this before.

  Chapter 740 - Bottleneck

  “I’ve also checked through my dragon race’s records,” said Deputy Hall Lord Azure Dragon. “Hall Lord’s injuries were caused by an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence. It’s very difficult to treat them.”

  “There are only two ways to treat it by relying on external forces,” explained Hall Lord White Avian with a smile. “The first way is to get the help of a legendary Eternal existence. Eternal existences are omnipotent, so it’s naturally easy for them to treat me. The second way is to get the help of an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence. They will be able to expel the alien power left behind by another Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence in my Essence Soul.”

  “Can’t you find an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence?” asked Meng Chuan.

  Since Hall Lord could invite Perfected Lord Crimson Peace to take action, perhaps he could think of a way to contact an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence.

  “Eastcalm,” said Deputy Hall Lord Azure Dragon, “the universe is vast and endless. The distance between universes is extremely great. Even an Eighth Tribulation Eminence will take a long time to travel. Furthermore, Eighth Tribulation Eminences have their own cultivation plans. Occasionally, they will sleep for billions of years or even longer.

  “It’s very difficult for an Eighth Tribulation Eminence to encounter another Eighth Tribulation Eminence. It’s even harder to find an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence. Even if we do find one, an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence won’t be willing to spend a long time rushing to our universe just to treat Hall Lord.”

  “The most pragmatic method is to find an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence in our universe.” Azure Dragon shook his head. “However, it’s already difficult to seek an audience with an Eighth Tribulation Eminence. We can’t do anything to seek an audience with an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence from our universe.”

  “There are very few Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminences born in our universe,” said Hall Lord White Avian with a sigh. “The difficulty of seeking an audience with an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence is more than a hundred-fold harder than seeking an audience with a Physical Body Eighth Tribulation Eminence.”

  It was too difficult.

  There were ultimately dozens of Physical Body Eighth Tribulation Eminences. Although most of them had gone into hibernation, some were still relatively active.

  For example, Dragon Ancestor, Black Fiend Ancestor, and Fiend Mountain’s owner—who were concerned about their home universe—often appeared.

  None of the Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminences often appeared!

  It wasn’t that Hall Lord White Avian hadn’t tried coming up with solutions, but many of them didn’t work. It was too difficult to meet an Essence Soul Eighth Tribulation Eminence.

  “Although Myriad Star has cultivated for slightly longer than me, he isn’t affected by injuries. After 50,000 to 60,000 years, I will die because of my injuries. If I don’t have a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence presiding over the array formation, Myriad Star will escape when the time comes,” said Hall Lord White Avian. “Once he comes out, Myriad Star—who only has tens of thousands of years left—will definitely be even crazier. The harm he will cause will probably be much more terrifying than now.”

  Everyone present nodded.

  “Meng Chuan.” Hall Lord White Avian looked at Meng Chuan and said solemnly, “It’s up to you. Before I die, become a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence and help me take over this array formation.”

  Meng Chuan nodded.

  He respected Hall Lord very much. Furthermore, Hall Lord had sacrificed too much to resolve the scourge that was Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.

  One could imagine the price of hiring Perfected Lord Crimson Peace, an Eighth Tribulation Eminence.

  White Avian also assigned his only outer realm true body to constantly guard this place. The price for destroying most of his future in cultivation was even greater.

  He believed that Celestial Thearch Myriad Star would definitely give Hall Lord White Avian a large number of benefits if the latter showed any mercy. Furthermore, the former could promise not to attack any of Hall Lord White Avian’s factions.

  In this River of Spacetime, many high-level worlds—including Peach Mountain’s owner—were just sitting on the fence! However, Hall Lord White Avian paid a huge price to suppress Celestial Thearch Myriad Star. This saved the lives of countless living beings in the inhabited worlds.

  “I will definitely cultivate with all my might and replace you as soon as possible, Hall Lord,” said Meng Chuan.

  Hall Lord White Avian nodded.

  “It’s such a shame. Dragon Ancestor promised Peach Mountain’s owner that he would help him three times,” said Blazing Sun indignantly. “But no matter how we persuade him, Peach Mountain’s owner refuses to help.”

  “You can’t blame him.” Hall Lord White Avian shook his head. “Everyone knows of Dragon Ancestor’s promise. No one is willing to be enemies with Peach Mountain’s owner. C
elestial Thearch Myriad Star naturally has long tried to befriend Peach Mountain’s owner. Since they have intertwined karmic ties, Peach Mountain’s owner naturally won’t attack Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.”

  “A long game,” Lord of Shadowfiend said.

  Meng Chuan nodded.

  Myriad Star had tried to rope him in as well. Even he would probably have karmic ties with Myriad Star if he hadn’t joined White Avian Hall and stood on the opposing side.

  Celestial Thearch Myriad Star would definitely spend more effort on befriending Peach Mountain’s owner. After all, Dragon Ancestor’s promise to Peach Mountain’s owner threatened Myriad Star’s plans.

  …

  In a dark chamber, Celestial Thearch Myriad Star sat cross-legged, his eyes cold.

  White Avian is really crazy. He would rather have an outer realm true body spend time with me and destroy more than half of his cultivation future. Celestial Thearch Myriad Star was rather aggrieved and indignant. He had also offered Hall Lord White Avian many conditions, but they were all useless.

  White Avian clearly wanted to suppress and trap him to his death. Although he could see the future and knew that Hall Lord White Avian would be at odds with him, he couldn’t divine certain matters since an Eighth Tribulation Eminence was beyond the River of Spacetime.

  He never expected Hall Lord White Avian to hire Perfected Lord Crimson Peace to deal with him.

  I’ll be trapped like this forever? Celestial Thearch Myriad Star pondered. Forget it. I’ll just treat it as a form of seclusive cultivation. I have two volumes of the Eternal formulation, Bloodline, on hand. I still have more than 100,000 years of lifespan left. If I focus on cultivation, I will definitely become stronger. Furthermore, I still have two Seventh Tribulation Life Cores.

  Celestial Thearch Myriad Star waved his hand, and two Life Cores appeared in front of him: a short saber and a wooden hut.