<h4>Chapter 746: The Sound on the Mountaintop</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>CKtalon
Outside Celestial Thearch Myriad Star’s homeworld, Meng Chuan’s cave abode had be very lively recently. Eminences came to visit, but Guild Master Darkstar was thest to arrive.
“I was foolish and ignorant.” The ck stone golem, Guild Master Darkstar, was extremely respectful and sincere at the cave abode entrance. “It’s you, City Lord Eastcalm, whopletely enlightened me. Cultivation still depends on oneself. Unorthodox means will notst long. No matter how much you umte... you will have to spit it all out after a single failure.”
“It’s good that you understand.” Meng Chuan didn’t even let the other party enter the cave abode. “I hope you will behave yourself in the future.”
“I understand, I understand. I will definitely remember what City Lord Eastcalm said and abide by it forever,” said Guild Master Darkstar respectfully. He couldn’t help but nce at the golden ring ced at the cave abode entrance.
His heart ached. Ny percent of the treasures he had umted over the years were in the golden ring; he had given them all to City Lord Eastcalm.
For this visit... he had made many preparations. He first befriended Meng An and his wife—who were living in seclusion on Azure. He then requested Meng An to help pass a message, hoping that City Lord Eastcalm would be lenient. He was willing to ept any conditions.
Meng Chuan had indeed raised a condition: Disband the Darkstar Guild! From now on, they weren’t allowed to plunder any longer. Furthermore, he had to hand over 90% of the treasures he had umted over the years. By requesting only 90%, it was considered as leaving the other party with something.
Guild Master Darkstar felt bitter. However, this chance of being forgiven was very rare. If he missed it, it would be gone.
Ny percent of the treasures? His treasures were sourced from many different ces—exploring some ruins, upying some treasurends, obtaining fortuitous encounters, and so on. The treasures he truly plundered were only a portion of them. How could he not feel the pinch when he had to hand over 90% of all his treasures?
But if Meng Chuan didn’t forgive him, he wouldn’t be able to roam the outside world.
Take ck Fiend Hall’s Lord of Li Rainbow for example. As the current leader of ck Fiend Hall, he had to follow ck Fiend Hall’s operating rules. Countless ck Fiend Hall members were still scattered across the River of Spacetime. They continued plundering... Therefore, the grudge between him and Meng Chuan couldn’t be resolved. ck Fiend Hall Master’s outer realm true body didn’t dare to take a step out of ck Fiend Hall!
Meng Chuan couldn’t enter ck Fiend Hall either.
However, Lord of Li Rainbow was naturally aggrieved about being trapped in his homeworld and ck Fiend Hall forever.
Thus, Guild Master Darkstar was willing to disband the Darkstar Guild and offer 90% of its treasures in exchange for freedom! He could slowly umte treasures in the future.
<i>Humph, although I have befriended various factions, I’d also keep my distance from them. </i>Guild Master Darkstar was rather smug. <i>Myriad Star always said that I was short-sighted! No matter what he says, I refused to join Six Directions Heaven.</i>
<i>ck Fiend Hall Master also called me a small fry. He wanted me to join ck Fiend Hall, where I could earn a cut from the plundering done by countless ck Fiend Hall members. However, I still chose not to get involved. There’s no way out if I’dpletely tied myself to ck Fiend Hall. Though I’m short-sighted and timid, I have a way out at the very least.</i>
After receiving City Lord Eastcalm’s forgiveness, Guild Master Darkstar felt much more rxed. This was under the premise that he didn’t think of the treasures he had offered.
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The various factions in the River of Spacetime had different attitudes when facing Meng Chuan.
For those who had a good rtionship with him—such as Guild Master Fiend Eye, who had always helped Meng Chuan—he didn’t make any requests, nor did he ask for any promises from Meng Chuan. However, Meng Chuan took all of this to heart.
In the future, if Guild Master Fiend Eye made a request and didn’t cross his bottom line, he would naturally do his best to help him as a way to resolve any karmic debt between them.
The various factions that he had ordinary rtionships with tried to get closer to Meng Chuan. Even high-level factions sent their members to pay a visit. Many factions even took the initiative to give up some of their treasurends in the River of Spacetime.
As a half-step Eighth Tribtion Eminence of the Essence Soul lineage, Meng Chuan could probably upy more than half of the treasurends in the River of Spacetime if he wanted to!
This was because he had many Essence Soul avatars! Each avatar had terrifyingbat strength, making them much stronger than Hall Lord White Avian.
ck Fiend Hall had the greatest conflict with him!
ck Fiend Hall had ck Fiend Ancestor backing it, so Meng Chuan couldn’t destroy its organization system. Even if he could, he wouldn’t dare.
Meng Chuan suppressed ck Fiend Hall within a certain range! If he really were to destroy ck Fiend Hall’s foundation and cause ck Fiend Ancestor to descend into this era, there would be endless trouble.
<i>The greater the strength, the greater the burden. If the burden is too heavy, it will crush me. </i>Meng Chuan knew very well that only by bing an Eighth Tribtion Eminence and bing a disciple of an Eternal existence could he stand on par with ck Fiend Ancestor.
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At the height of 51,500 kilometers on Fiend Mountain, the ck-robed, white-haired Meng Chuan walked step by step.
<i>Although my Essence Soul formtion hasn’t beenpletely perfected, I have grasped the spacetimew. Thew nourishes my mind and will. My willpower should be enough to reach the peak. </i>Meng Chuan could sense that his willpower had indeed improved afterprehending the spacetimew. However, his Essence Soul World still couldn’t withstand the evolution of the spacetimew.
An Essence Soul Eighth Tribtion Eminence required extremely high willpower. He was still far from it.
<i>Whoosh. Whoosh.</i>
As Meng Chuan walked step by step, the phenomenon on the mountaintop became clearer. The golden textual runes emitted light that attracted Meng Chuan’s attention.
52,500 kilometers!
<i>I’ve arrived. </i>Meng Chuan took the final step and officially reached the end of Fiend Mountain’s paths. He arrived at the mountaintop.
In front of him was a huge barrier with golden textual runes flowing around it. He was at arm’s length when a voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
“Upon reaching the peak of Fiend Mountain, one can attend an Eternal’s lecture.”
At the same time, arge amount of information was sent over.
Meng Chuan was rmed.
On Fiend Mountain’s peak, the mighty voice recorded the scene of an Eternal existence’s lecture.
An Eternal existence’s lecture ced immense pressure on one’s willpower! Without reaching a certain level, one wouldn’t be able to listen to theplete lecture. Only by reaching the mountaintop did one have the right to withstand theplete lecture. However, Fiend Mountain’s owner had enveloped it with an array formation; he wouldn’t easily give it to cultivators for free.
Listening to the Eternal existence’s lecture was a huge opportunity bestowed by Fiend Mountain’s owner to cultivators who came to Fiend Mountain. However, one had to pay the price before they gained anything.
Different cultivators received different benefits from listening to the lecture.
Once theyprehended a mystic technique, they had to send it deep into Fiend Mountain and give it to Fiend Mountain’s owner to sever the karma.
If the mystic technique was Colorless, it was the lowest grade. It could be sent deep into Fiend Mountain.
If the mystic technique was Purple, one could awaken Fiend Mountain’s owner in the depths of Fiend Mountain. Fiend Mountain’s owner could then bestow them with something worth up to a billion cubes.
If the mystic technique was Gold, one could awaken Fiend Mountain’s owner. Fiend Mountain’s owner could bestow them with something worth up to 100 billion cubes.
<i>Mystic techniques are graded by colors?</i> Meng Chuan was puzzled. He had learned many formtions, including an Eternal formtion—six-stroke runic seal. He had never heard of mystic techniques that were graded by color.
<i>Perhaps the lecture this time is special? </i>Meng Chuan looked at the barrier in front of him. <i>ording to Fiend Mountain’s owner, one can just leave if they aren’t willing to listen.</i>
As long as he walked through the light barrier and listened to theplete Eternal lecture, he would be bound to Fiend Mountain’s owner by karma. To resolve the karma, Fiend Mountain’s owner had to be given a set of the mystic techniques that Meng Chuanprehended.
<i>I naturally have to listen to an Eternal’s lecture.</i> Although Meng Chuan had an opportunity at Dry Origin Mountain and might be able to acknowledge an Eternal as his master in the future, he had yet to be a disciple. He had yet to transcend the tribtion.
Secondly, ording to what he knew, the Eternal existences that stood at the peak of endless spacetime were omnipotent. They even took the initiative to pass down many formtions.
<i>Whoosh.</i>
Meng Chuan stepped through the barrier and saw a blurry figure in the middle of the mountain.
The blurry figure’s face couldn’t be seen clearly. Meng Chuan could only determine that it was a bald, towering figure.
The bald, towering figure sat cross-legged. Voices spread out in all directions, echoing in the mountaintop.
Meng Chuan thought of the Eternal treasure, Great Seal. When he came into contact with the Great Seal, he had seen a bald, towering figure that was identical to the one in front of him.
<i>The same Eternal existence? </i>Meng Chuan didn’t think further. He immediately sat cross-legged and listened carefully.
Voices seeped into his mind and echoed in his Essence Soul World. Golden textual runes floated down from his Essence Soul World.