<h4>Chapter 555: The Fifth Essence Soul Tribtion</h4>
The demon invasion had brought too much harm to humanity.
Meng Chuan naturally wanted to kill Emperor Roc, Imperial Lord Starquix, and Lady ckmoon. Among the trio, Imperial Lord Starquix and Lady ckmoon were very easy to kill. On the contrary, Emperor Roc was the most difficult to deal with. Meng Chuan had decided on how he nned on targeting Emperor Roc.
<i>Emperor Roc left Heaven Peak River System and returned to Three Bay River System. That took it about a year. It mainly relied on its Golden-Winged Roc bloodline. It’s very difficult to break through the limits of one’s talent. Even if it breaks through to the Fourth Tribtion realm, its speed will be at most five times faster. However, it’s now ten times faster. It’s likely that Pce Lord Snowjade is traveling with it in tow.</i> Meng Chuan made a judgment.
<i>I’ll continue cultivating. I’ll take action when I reach the Essence Soul Fifth Tribtion realm.</i> Meng Chuan continued refining and modifying Thousand Mountain Star’s array formations.
His spiritual cultivation and technique realm were already adequate, but the fifth Essence Soul Tribtion never descended.
He was afraid that the Essence Soul Tribtion would descend when he was dealing with Emperor Roc or when he was in a dire situation. That would be bad.
Therefore, he had to wait!
...
Time passed. In the blink of an eye, a year and a half had passed since he returned to his homeworld, which was in Three Bay River System.
There were also Chaos Holes in Three Bay River System. Meng Chuan chose a superrge Chaos Hole as his long-term training ground. He wholly viewed the Chaos Hole’s influence on his mind as a form of cultivation.
<i>Huh?</i> Meng Chuan, who was sitting cross-legged in the Chaos Hole’s depths, suddenly sensed that a Heavenly Tribtion was about to descend in three seconds.
He immediately took a step.
Time stopped.
Meng Chuan flew rapidly at this moment. The Heavenly Tribtion paused temporarily as he quickly arrived outside the Chaos Hole.
He threw out Fiend Prison and hid inside. As for Fiend Prison, it vanished from the outside world.
<i>Come on.</i> Meng Chuan sat cross-legged inside Fiend Prison as time began flowing again.
After returning to his homeworld for more than a year, he cultivated in Archean Eon Realm and the Chaos Hole. Over 80 years had passed overall. During these 80-plus years, Meng Chuan had passed the first three Physical Body Tribtions! Each Tribtion descended one year apart—which was the shortest amount of time possible. The fourth Physical Body tribtion would happen 20 yearster at the earliest.
In fact, transcending the first three Physical Body Tribtions didn’t boost Meng Chuan’s strength much.
When he was at the perfected Primordial realm (Imperial Lord realm), he was alreadyparable to a Fifth Tribtion Eminence. Transcending the first three tribtions in a row didn’t increase his body’s strength by much. His overall strength had increased by less than 10%.
<i>Boom!</i>
The fifth Essence Soul Tribtion descended.
The body in his homeworld, the Essence Soul avatars guarding the demon sage passageway, the body in the outer realm, and the Essence Soul avatars on Thousand Mountain Star all suffered the Essence Soul Tribtion.
Meng Chuan was still confident if it were the fifth Physical Body Tribtion. This was because Physical Body Tribtions only tested one’s body! With an Imperial Lord-level paramount technique as his foundation, he could definitely withstand the fifth Physical Body Tribtion. However, Meng Chuan wasn’t confident transcending the fifth Essence Soul Tribtion.
This was because Essence Soul Tribtions tested one’s mind and spirit!
It was hard to tell whether one could pass tests of one’s mind. Even if he believed that his mind and spiritual cultivation level was sufficiently high, it didn’t mean that he could withstand the Essence Soul Tribtion.
Among Tribtion Eminences, quite a number of Essence Soul Tribtion Eminences were at the First and Second Tribtion realm. However, the further one progressed, the lower the number of Essence Soul Tribtion Eminences became. For example, about eight in ten Sixth Tribtion Eminences were Physical Body Tribtion Eminences.
<i>The fifth Essence Soul Tribtion is descending.</i> Meng Chuan waited. He had made ample preparations for this tribtion. He spared no expense in refining a World Treasure. World Treasures were unique to Essence Soul Tribtion Eminences.
This was because one’s Essence Soul World descended from an illusion. World Treasures could make one’s Essence Soul World more ‘real.’ With a World Treasure, one’s Essence Soul World’s might would increase by several-fold. One’s overall strength would naturally increase in all aspects.
<i>Whoosh.</i>
In Meng Chuan’s sea of consciousness, a painting canvas floated in the air. Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul sat cross-legged on the canvas.
This painting canvas was a World Treasure.
<i>Boom!</i>
The Essence Soul Tribtion descended upon Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul directly.
The painting canvas was one with Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul. It also blocked the Essence Soul Tribtion, reducing its might.
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Archean Mountain, Grotto-Heaven Pavilion.
“Meng Chuan, Meng Chuan.” Qin Wu came to the backyard in delight, but he didn’t see Meng Chuan. This puzzled Qin Wu. <i>Where is he?</i>
<i>Creak.</i>
A door in the distance opened, and Meng Chuan walked out.
“Meng Chuan.” Qin Wu smiled as he walked over, but his smile gradually disappeared. He looked at Meng Chuan solemnly.
At that moment, Meng Chuan’s eyes were filled with fatigue. He forced a smile onto his face. “I just transcended the fifth Essence Soul Tribtion.”
“The fifth Essence Soul Tribtion?” Qin Wu was astonished. “You have reached the Essence Soul Fifth Tribtion realm?”
“I originally thought that I was sufficiently prepared. My spiritual cultivation wasn’t bad, but I still suffered greatly,” said Meng Chuan self-deprecatingly.
“What did you encounter during your Essence Soul Tribtion?” asked Qin Wu.
ording to the sect’s records, every person’s Essence Soul Tribtions were different. The Heavenly Tribtions targeted the cultivator’s mental weaknesses. The further one progressed, the more terrifying the tribtions became. Not to mention the fact that an Essence Soul Tribtion Eminence’s Heavenly Tribtion couldn’t be dyed. This caused the number of strong Essence Soul Tribtion Eminences to be fewer than Physical Body Tribtion Eminences.
“What did I encounter?” said Meng Chuan softly. “Nothing.”
“Nothing?” Qin Wu was puzzled.
“My consciousness entered emptiness,” said Meng Chuan. “There was nothing. I couldn’t see or hear anything. Nor could I sense any profoundws. I only know that a long, long time passed. Was it a million years? A hundred million years? It could’ve been even longer. I don’t know how long it was.”
Meng Chuan’s eyes were filled with fatigue.
He had experienced many hardships since he was a child; his heart had been tempered to the point that it was as sharp as a de. It could slice through all obstacles, to the point that he could shrug off the Chaos Hole’s influence on his mental state.
However, time was a different beast...
Everything gradually turned to emptiness in the face of time.
In his infinitely-long solitude, Meng Chuan could only constantly recall the moving scenes he saw during his life. He thought of his father, mother, and wife waiting for him, but he was still exhausted.
He was really too tired.
“I survived.” Meng Chuanughed self-deprecatingly. “In the past, I always felt that life could surpass time. However, after experiencing time... I realized that my cultivation isn’t enough. If this Essence Soul Tribtion hadsted two-fold, or even ten-fold, longer, my consciousness would probablypletely blur and copse.”
Only after experiencing it would one truly realize how terrifying time was.
“From your description, it’s really a temporal prison.” Qin Wu was somewhat shocked. “You can’t see or hear anything. There’s nothing. Furthermore, there’s almost no end to time. I believe I won’t be able to withstand it.”
“Thankfully, the sixth Essence Soul Tribtion is still very far away,” said Meng Chuan.
His cultivation realm was still far from the Sixth Tribtion realm. He still had a long time to umte his strength slowly, constantly temper himself, and improve himself.
<i>I have a 110,000-year lifespan. I have plenty of time to cultivate my mind.</i> Meng Chuan also decided to spend more effort on mental cultivation.
If one’s mind wascking, even if they could barely have the strength of a Sixth Tribtion Eminence, they might not be able to withstand the sixth Essence Soul Tribtion.
He had a very long lifespan. As a Primordial realm expert (Imperial Lord), he had transcended the first three Physical Body Tribtions and the fifth Essence Soul Tribtion; his lifespan had slightly increased from 100,000 years to 110,000 years.
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Thousand Mountain Star.
In a cave abode deep within a mountain range.
Meng Chuan sat cross-legged in a chamber. Translucent beads circled around him. These were the Thirteen Universe Beads—a Seventh Tribtion treasure. It was the most suitable treasure for Meng Chuan in Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s vault.
The Thirteen Universe Beads was a Seventh Tribtion treasure—which fused time lineagews and spatial lineagews—allowing Meng Chuan to unleash his full potential.
This treasure was worth 3,200 cubes of Outer Realm Essence Crystals in Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s treasure vault—this was counted in Meng Chuan’s 300,000 Outer Realm Essence Crystals quota. It was twice as valuable as Senior Pang Ming’s Seventh Tribtion cbash. Such a treasure would be difficult to buy elsewhere, even if he had the money for it.
<i>It’s about time.</i> Meng Chuan flipped his palm, and Fiend Prison appeared in the outside world.
Inside Fiend Prison was an Eight-Headed Star Swallowing Snake’s corpse. Demon yer was currently stabbed into the corpse.
Meng Chuan had carried Demon yer with him during his thousand-plus years of cultivation. Demon yer had also grown with Meng Chuan. It could be said to be the mostpatible divine armament for Meng Chuan. It was even better than the Bloodde Disc—which he had refined as his intrinsic treasure. After all, it was a divine armament he had nurtured since he was weak. Meng Chuan had used Infinite Saber’sws as Demon yer’s core, allowing it to grow greatly.
Demon yer had also reached the level of a Tribtion weapon. However, it required many external forces to increase its strength. This Eight-Headed Star Swallowing Snake’s corpse had enough flesh and blood for Demon yer to devour.
<i>Demon yer has also reached the Fifth Tribtion realm.</i> Meng Chuan could sense that nearly half of the Eight-Headed Star Swallowing Snake’s flesh had been devoured. Demon yer waspletely satiated.
Although it was a Fifth Tribtion treasure, it was much more powerful than ordinary Sixth Tribtion treasures in Meng Chuan’s hands.
He had long prepared all sorts of treasures for melee-range and long-range attacks.
<i>It’s time to set off and find Emperor Roc.</i> Meng Chuan stood up and grabbed Demon yer. He sheathed his saber, cing it by his waist. He immediately walked out of the chamber.