“I look forward to our next meeting.” Fiend Mountain’s owner nodded slightly before disappearing.
Only Meng Chuan was left standing in the void.
Whoosh. Whoosh.
Two figures arrived in the void. They were the thin Hall Lord White Avian and the elderly Realm Ancestor. The moment they arrived, they saw Meng Chuan standing dazedly in the void.
“I sensed Myriad Star’s two true bodies just now, but I quickly lost my connection with them,” said Hall Lord White Avian. “Meng Chuan, he was suppressed by the array formation and isolated from spacetime. I shouldn’t be able to sense him. What happened?”
“I also sensed him,” said Realm Ancestor.
Failure was not an option when suppressing Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.
Meng Chuan looked at the two of them. “Celestial Thearch Myriad Star is dead.”
“Dead?” Hall Lord White Avian and Realm Ancestor found it unbelievable. Who could kill a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence hiding in an inhabited world?
“I requested Fiend Mountain’s owner to kill Celestial Thearch Myriad Star just now,” said Meng Chuan directly.
“Fiend Mountain’s owner?” Hall Lord White Avian and Realm Ancestor were momentarily at a loss for words.
Meng Chuan stopped the array formation and revealed Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s homeworld.
Hall Lord White Avian and Realm Ancestor looked at the massive inhabited world.
This inhabited world was no longer isolated, but Celestial Thearch Myriad Star had completely vanished.
They couldn’t determine his location previously, but they could confirm that he was alive. Now, Celestial Thearch Myriad Star was no longer present in the River of Spacetime.
He died just like that.
Hall Lord White Avian, Realm Ancestor, and Meng Chuan had many thoughts.
…
Chaos Turbid River.
Fiend Mountain’s owner appeared and extended his hand. Five Seventh Tribulation forbidden creatures and many Sixth Tribulation forbidden creatures hiding in the Chaos Turbid River were all caught in his palm. In the spacetime above his palm, all the forbidden creatures died, leaving only their Life Cores.
This Chaos Turbid River was built by him. It attracted Chaos creatures from the outside world into it. Every time he awoke from his slumber, he would ‘harvest’ it.
These Chaos creatures are all my prey. It’s fine if you kill them, but you actually devoured their Life Cores. Myriad Star, you really deserved death. Fiend Mountain’s owner’s eyes were cold.
Many Eighth Tribulation Eminences had figured out how to devour Life Cores. However, the Eighth Tribulation Eminences in this universe knew that the Chaos Turbid River was built by Fiend Mountain’s owner and that these Chaos creatures were all prey for Fiend Mountain’s owner.
There was no need to offend Fiend Mountain’s owner for these reasons. Furthermore, Life Cores had very limited uses for Eighth Tribulation Eminences. Only Fiend Mountain’s owner valued them because of the special cultivation method he figured out.
In fact, in a certain era, there would occasionally be half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminences who figured out the devouring method and devoured a few. It was fine if Fiend Mountain’s owner didn’t see them in his slumber.
Since he had awakened and Meng Chuan had requested for it, Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s fate was sealed!
Final Chapter of Volume—Six-Stroke Painting
Chapter 749 - Tenacity of Life
Translator: CKtalon
Celestial Thearch Myriad Star was dead. Once the news spread, it shocked all the Eminences in the River of Spacetime. After all, he was a half-step Eighth Tribulation Eminence that had left the River of Spacetime in shock and awe for tens of thousands of years. He had been killed while hiding in his homeworld—this left many Eminences alarmed.
Furthermore, the information they had obtained… was that City Lord Eastcalm had invited an Eighth Tribulation Eminence to infiltrate the inhabited world and kill Celestial Thearch Myriad Star.
How ruthless!
This also made everyone understand City Lord Eastcalm’s personality all the more! In fact, everyone had already guessed it from Meng Chuan’s fight against Black Fiend Hall. This caused some Seventh Tribulation Eminences and half-step Seventh Tribulation Eminences to restrain themselves, afraid of angering City Lord Eastcalm.
After all, given that City Lord Eastcalm, Meng Chuan, was at the strongest realm—the half-step Eighth Tribulation realm—in the present era and an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence at that, he was much more terrifying than Hall Lord White Avian.
One of Hall Lord White Avian’s true bodies was in his homeworld, while the other was busy cultivating. There were many things he couldn’t do.
Meng Chuan had too many Essence Soul avatars… Who wouldn’t be afraid of him if he casually sent a few to roam the River of Spacetime?
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Archean Eon Realm, Jiang State Capital, Meng Manor.
When night fell, one of the strongest experts in the River of Spacetime—Meng Chuan—accompanied his wife, Liu Qiyue.
Under the night sky, the couple sat beside a peach blossom tree. Beside them was a flask of alcohol.
The couple looked at the massive illusory scene in front of them as scenes played out.
“There are too many people and matters in Archean Eon Realm that have been drowned in the passage of time. Even the history books don’t have records of them.” Liu Qiyue sighed as she looked at him. “If it weren’t for you grasping the laws of spacetime and being able to see the past, I’m afraid these would’ve never been known by the future generations.”
“Originally, I just wanted to see some famous people, such as Ancestral Master Archean Eon, Supremacy Thundergod, and so on. Who knew that I would see so many unrecorded people?” said Meng Chuan with a nod.
“Let’s watch it from the beginning,” said Liu Qiyue. “From the moment Archean Eon Realm was born, I think it’s worth it to see all the important phases that Archean Eon Realm has experienced over 100 million years.”
“Let’s take our time; we have plenty of time,” said Meng Chuan with a smile.
Even Ancestral Master Archean Eon didn’t know much about Archean Eon Realm. After all, the earlier it was, the fewer records there were.
In the beginning, there was no system for text. Later on, there were written records, but they would rot in the face of time. The Godfiend system gradually formed, and they used many powerful artifacts to record history.
The earlier the era, the fewer records there were.
They only knew that Archean Eon Realm had been born for over 100 million years. The most prosperous era was in the past one million years!
“Let’s begin.” Meng Chuan and his wife began watching Archean Eon Realm’s history.
Whoosh!
Under the night sky, a huge scene appeared in front of Meng Chuan and his wife. It depicted the past.
Matter-energy gathered in the void, gradually forming an inhabited world. This tender inhabited world in its nascent stages absorbed external powers and slowly grew.
Desolate!
This inhabited world didn’t have any life for the time being. It only had basic rocks, soil, and water. The plants gradually flourished. Following that, all sorts of weak lifeforms appeared, and worms gradually appeared…
“How ancient,” said Liu Qiyue softly.
Meng Chuan was playing the broadcast on speedup. After all, the early inhabited world’s evolution was too slow.
“Humans have appeared.” Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue saw humans appear in Archean Eon Realm for the first time 120 million years ago.
Among the many animals, the most primitive human appeared. The primitive human looked very similar to the current human. However, their fur was lusher, and they were more muscular and barbaric.
Humans didn’t have an advantage when competing with many animals. As a weak race, they were rather miserable. Among t
he countless animals, there were ferocious beasts. This was because some strange treasures in the inhabited world had transformed into these powerful creatures by chance.
At that moment, there was no complete cultivation system. Powerful ferocious beasts were formed by fortuitous encounters and treasures.
“Humans have gone extinct.” With a flood, the earliest primitive humans were destroyed amidst their struggles.
“Humans are born again.” After millions of years, humans evolved and formed again by chance.
“Humans have gone extinct again.”
Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue watched.
Humans were born and destroyed time and time again.
In the early days, human civilizations were too weak. If they couldn’t withstand the passage of time, they would be destroyed. The so-called destruction would result in countless deaths. Only a small number would survive and evolve into the next human civilization. In worst cases, humans would be wiped out completely. Only after a long period of time would humans evolve again. The inhabited world’s environment would clearly evolve into many species, including humans.
“Survival is truly difficult.” Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue watched everything.
In these eras, humans weren’t any nobler than other beasts. Even Archean Eon Realm had other beasts dominating it. They gradually gained intelligence, but they were ultimately destroyed in the face of time.
The scene Meng Chuan played soon arrived at a point in time 30 million years ago in Archean Eon Realm.
Huh? Meng Chuan’s expression changed slightly.
“What’s wrong?” Liu Qiyue looked at the scene in front of her and noticed the change in Meng Chuan’s expression.
At Meng Chuan’s realm, he rarely paled in comparison.
“These 15 fleeing humans.” Meng Chuan pointed at the 15 fleeing humans that appeared in the illusory scene. “They are the source of humanity! All humans in this era originate from these 15 humans.”
Meng Chuan watched the scenes first before broadcasting them, so he knew about it ahead of time.
“All humans in this era originate from them?” Liu Qiyue was alarmed. “From these 15 people?”
Meng Chuan nodded slightly. As he looked at the past, he revealed it to his wife. His view was different from his wife’s! His consciousness had seeped into Archean Eon Realm’s River of Spacetime’s past. It was as though he had experienced it personally, and the feeling was even stronger.
This generation of primitive humans was still weak across the land. Among them were two inconspicuous human races that fought each other. One race had 86 people, while the other had 135 people.
Due to ploys and other reasons, the larger race—consisting of 135 people—was actually defeated. Fifteen people fled and headed out to sea on wooden boats.
These 15 people were the source of humanity in Archean Eon Realm.
…
After accompanying his wife in watching the development of the human race’s origins, Meng Chuan couldn’t help but return to the study and begin painting.
It had been a long time since he had such passionate desires.
In front of the desk, he unfolded the painting and put down his brush.
With this painting, Meng Chuan forgot about time—he forgot about day and night. When Liu Qiyue discovered this scene, she naturally forbade anyone from disturbing Meng Chuan.
A long painting gradually formed.
On the rightmost side of the huge painting was a wooden boat with 15 primitive humans fleeing from the land.
After that, the wooden boat arrived at a lone island on a flaming mountain.
They lived and procreated on an isolated island.
After that, the land experienced a terrifying Ice Age. Countless lifeforms were wiped out, and the relatively ordinary humans among many species were similarly wiped out. Correspondingly, the isolated island with the volcano allowed humans to survive the cold.
The lone island had a limited area. As they continued to reproduce, the food on the land became insufficient. Therefore, humans found new habitats and headed to other islands or even land.
The path of migration allowed this race to form a ‘spirit of conquest.’ They would conquer new places and build new homes.
They would be heroes.
Generations of people inherited the spirit of conquest and risked their lives to find new homes.
The continental land was countless times larger than isolated islands. This branch of humanity relied on their two legs to cross mountains and rivers.
When they encountered a suitable place, they stayed behind. Some people continued advancing; they also encountered harsh environments and ferocious beasts. Some died while the living continued walking and searching for new homes.
Now that the species was large in number, there were branches that spread out in all directions.
Generation after generation…
Miraculously, this branch of humanity relied on humans’ reproduction capability to pass down the torch generation after generation. In 3,000 years, their species spread across the entire continent!
This was 3,000 years after the Ice Age. Countless large species were wiped out during the Ice Age. Many animals on the land were in a weak state, allowing this branch of humanity to have a chance of conquering some of the remnant ferocious beasts and completely infiltrate the continent. With the number advantage, humans occupied the mainstream position on the entire continent for the first time.
Humans were intelligent. With a large number of them, their ability to resist disasters increased. They also began to form a cultivation system, and humans eventually became the masters of this world.
Thus, the tribal era began.
Meng Chuan’s paintings focused on how humanity passed on the torch generation after generation. They transcended death and danger and ultimately conquered the entire land.
Chapter 750 - More Than Ten Thousand Years Later
Translator: CKtalon
These people actually managed to conquer the land. What Meng Chuan really wanted to paint was this story of land conquest.
In the early days, the human race was nothing to speak of when it came to conflicts between species.
When it came to this generation of humans, they formed a spirit of conquest due to the environment and other factors. With just 15 people, they relied on their two legs and passed on the torch for generations! They actually traveled across the land and became the ruler of the entire continent.
In that primitive era, this was an unimaginable miracle.
After all, there were many ferocious beasts with special bloodlines during that barbaric period. The natural environment was much worse than it was now. The primitive mountain ranges, forests, poisonous bugs, miasma, and ferocious beasts… Leaving a safe home and heading to an unfamiliar place meant danger at every turn. Many people would die, and very few people could find a new home.
However, the spirit of conquest in their bones made this generation constantly move forward. When their parents died, they had children to continue the quest. When their children died, they had grandchildren.
It was a generational relay.
After 3,000 years, they traveled across the continent and conquered it.
Meng Chuan could sense his ancestors’ spirit of conquest. He was shocked and proud of his ancestors.
120 million years ago, primitive humans began to appear. The various species fought for supremacy… As these 15 people drifted out to sea 30 million years ago, humanity became the true owner of this inhabited world. Meng Chuan looked at the long painting in front of him.
Even though danger was everywhere during that period, humans only had 20 to 30 years of lifespan on average.
Even though they didn’t have a complete cultivation system back then, with only incomplete cultivation formulas—
Even though they were few and weak back then—
But just by relying on this—20 to 30 years of lifespan on average and weak stren
gth—to complete an unbelievable miracle, conquering the entire continent. Meng Chuan had viewed history and knew very well how difficult it was to conquer the continent during that period.
They fought with the environment and other species. Many people died on this path, and the living continued advancing.
Meng Chuan could sense the tenacity of life rushing toward him.
After becoming a Godfiend and a Tribulation Eminence, Meng Chuan took care of the weak. But he also felt that mortals were ultimately very weak even though they were the foundation. A species relied on the strong to stand strong.
However, Meng Chuan saw the tenacity of life through this generational relay—even if they were mortals!
If one generation wasn’t enough, they would take ten generations or even a hundred generations. They could still accomplish things that even Godfiends couldn’t—even if they were mortals!
With the torch passed on for generations, a cultivation system was gradually formed!
As long as one persisted in one direction, they could create unimaginable achievements. This was the source of humanity’s rise.
For him to have his current accomplishments, he was similarly standing on the foundation established by his predecessors. He was only a part of the ‘generational relay.’
“A species,” muttered Meng Chuan. “What’s needed is such tenacity. Only with such tenacity can we overcome all difficulties; only then will we become stronger. Cultivators also need such tenacity. Only with such tenacity can one’s mind become even more tenacious and resist the tempering of time.”
Meng Chuan wrote five words on the rightmost end of the long painting—Tenacity of Life.
Meng Chuan personally painted the human ancestors of that era. Everything was vivid and lifelike. This also caused Meng Chuan’s mind to experience catharsis.
Even my willpower has been affected. It has improved greatly. Meng Chuan sighed.
His willpower had been tempered too many times. He had even created a Purple mystic technique after listening to an Eternal’s lecture. After reaching this realm, it became harder and harder for him to improve.
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