Archean Eon Art

In a cave abode’s hall.

Gao Fang, Zhao Hongxiu, and Supremacy Qing Gu were reverent.

“I’ll be going out for a while,” said Meng Chuan indifferently. “I’ll leave my Essence Soul avatar to preside over Thousand Mountain Star. However, from today onwards, the three of you are not to leave it.”

“Yes,” Gao Fang, Zhao Hongxiu, and Supremacy Qing Gu obediently replied, not daring to disobey.

Meng Chuan nodded slightly.

His Essence Soul avatar had the absolute advantage with Thousand Mountain Star’s array formation. Even if several Fifth Tribulation Eminences joined forces, they wouldn’t be able to break through Thousand Mountain Star’s defenses.

However, his Essence Soul avatar would be weaker away from Thousand Mountain Star. This was because up to now, Meng Chuan had only refined one World Treasure. It was carried by his outer realm body. The cost of refining a World Treasure was too great. It cost more than 3,000 Outer Realm Essence Crystals alone.

Physical Body Tribulation Eminences spent most of their Outer Realm Essence Crystals on their bodies! The price of cultivating their bodies to match powerful treasures was more than ten times higher than refining treasures.

Essence Soul Tribulation Eminences would spend most of their wealth on World Treasures.

In the Physical Body Fifth Tribulation realm, one could cultivate an extremely powerful body. At the very least, it cost 2,000-3,000 cubes of Outer Realm Essence Crystals with no definite upper limit.

Meng Chuan used an Imperial Lord-level paramount technique as his foundations. He could also directly devour Primordial Stones to improve his body. Together, his true bodies in his homeworld and the outer realm spent more than 5,000 cubes. On average, each of his true bodies used over 2,000 cubes. It was considered a small price.

For example, Patriarch Black Dragon and company had to pay a huge price to cultivate their powerful bodies because they took many detours.

Although a Fifth Tribulation Eminence can be said to be virtually impossible to kill, the price of losing an avatar is immense.

His true body in the outer realm consisted of his body, Essence Soul treasures, Thirteen Universe Beads—a Seventh Tribulation treasure—Bloodblade Disc, several other Sixth Tribulation treasures, a piece of flesh from a Seventh Tribulation Dark Peacock, thousands of Outer Realm Essence Crystals, and Void Transference Talismans. If he died in battle, he would lose about 20,000 cubes.

However, it was difficult for an enemy to kill him.

As an expert that reached both the Physical Body Tribulation realm and Essence Soul Tribulation realm and had Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s treasures, Meng Chuan was definitely one of the strongest Fifth Tribulation Eminences when it came to life-preservation means.

Time to go!

Swoosh.

Meng Chuan left Thousand Mountain Star. He quickly entered the River of Spacetime and headed straight for Snowjade Palace.

Moments later—

Meng Chuan arrived in the void where Snowjade Palace was. He looked at the empty void in front of him. Snowjade Palace is no longer here. Has Palace Lord Snowjade left with his cave abode?

From the looks of it, it’s indeed as I’ve guessed. Palace Lord Snowjade left Three Bay River System with his subordinates, including Imperial Lord Roc. Meng Chuan followed the karmic connection and locked onto Emperor Roc’s location. They have arrived at Yufang River System?

His figure moved. He immediately walked through the River of Spacetime and headed for Yufang River System.

…

Palace Lord Snowjade had reached Yufang River System more than half a year before Meng Chuan became an Essence Soul Fifth Tribulation Eminence. Yufang River System was within Goddess River Zone.

Two figures stood side by side in the silent void.

Palace Lord Snowjade was dressed in a light-blue robe. His face was ice-cold, and he naturally emanated a cold aura around him. Beside him was a grinning hunchbacked elder with gray eyes; a formless black fog surrounded him.

Most Supremacies and Imperial Lords had their own domains! As Fifth Tribulation Eminences, Snowjade and the hunchbacked elder naturally had their own domains.

For example, when Meng Chuan reached the Primordial realm, his Chaos Hole domain had also transformed into the stronger Primordial domain.

This was the case for those that followed the physical body lineage. Their bodies were akin to the core of a world. They naturally projected a domain that influenced their surroundings. An Imperial Lord’s domain typically spanned 500 kilometers. A Physical Body Tribulation Eminence’s domain could span thousands of kilometers to tens of thousands of kilometers. Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s domain only had a 30,000-kilometer range; it was relatively small.

An Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence’s Essence Soul World could cover a much larger area.

“Brother Snowjade, did you divine the location of the cave abode wrongly? We’ve been waiting here for half a month, but there has been nothing.” The hunchbacked elder frowned slightly. He held an incomplete token and carefully inspected the surrounding void.

“I’ve divined it at least ten times. There’s no mistake,” said Snowjade indifferently. He was filled with confidence.

“Then why can’t we find the cave abode?” asked the hunchbacked elder.

“This cave abode is located in a different spacetime dimension. It will only appear here at specific moments,” said Snowjade indifferently. “The cave abode will appear soon. Furthermore, it will stay here for a year. Just wait patiently.”

The hunchbacked elder couldn’t help but smile when he heard that. “Brother Snowjade, you are the best.”

Snowjade couldn’t be bothered to speak any further. If the other party didn’t have half the token, he wouldn’t have allowed the other party to enter.

As the two sides waited patiently, a figure suddenly appeared in the void and flew over.

“Oh?” The hunchbacked elder and Snowjade’s expressions changed slightly.

“You leaked the information?” Snowjade frowned as he stared at the hunchbacked elder.

“No, we have already made an agreement. How can I violate our promise?” said the hunchbacked elder immediately.

Snowjade’s brows furrowed tightly.

At their cultivation realm, they cared more about karma. Once they made a promise, they would not easily violate it.

“He won’t be able to find us if we hide in this void,” said the hunchbacked elder.

As soon as he finished speaking—

Rip!

The mysterious person broke through the obstruction and flew towards the hunchbacked elder and Snowjade.

The mysterious person flying over was somewhat thin.

“Why are the two of you here?” The mysterious man was somewhat puzzled. When he saw the incomplete token in the hunchbacked elder’s hand, he suddenly asked, “The two of you together form a complete token?”

“Who are you?” Snowjade and the hunchbacked elder stared at the mysterious man.

The mysterious man smiled slightly. Behind him, an enormous, blood-colored beast phantom appeared.

“Shura Realm?” Snowjade and the hunchbacked elder were secretly alarmed.

Shura Realm was a high-level world. Even in the River of Spacetime, high-level worlds were extremely rare. This was because every high-level world had produced an Eighth Tribulation Eminence in history.

Shura Realm’s cultivation system was known as the Shura cultivation system. In the River of Spacetime, it was one of the top physical body cultivation systems. The advantage of the Shura cultivation system was the same as the Cosmos Body cultivation system—they were universal; anyone could master these cultivation systems. Furthermore, these two cultivation systems had detailed guidance on how to reach the Tribulation from the very lowest realm.

Although Meng Chuan’s Chaos Hole realm and Primordial Realm might be stronger, they required one to have a paramount technique as their foundation. They weren’t universal.

“The two of you can be considered fated to find this place,” said the thin man indifferently. “After entering the cave abode, how much you can obtain will depend on your means and strength.”

The hunchbacked elder and Snowjade exchanged looks and nodded slightly.

Since they didn’t have the confidence to kill a Fifth Tribulation Eminence from Shura Realm, they could only hold back for now.

When it came to one’s background, the hunchbacked elder and Palace Lord Snowjade didn’t care too much. With their strength, they had long joined the River of Spacetime’s top factions. A Tribulation Eminence from a high-level world didn’t pose any threat to them.

“This is Palace Lord Snowjade. I’m known as Old Fiend Black Wind. I wonder how I should address you?” The hunchbacked elder grinned at the mysterious man.

“Me? Just call me Ta Gu,” said the mysterious skinny man casually. “After I leave the cave abode, I will leave Goddess River Zone. We might not meet again in the future.”

Palace Lord Snowjade was very cold. The mysterious man, Ta Gu, couldn’t be bothered to say anything else either. No matter how enthusiastic the hunchbacked elder was, he could only shut his mouth.

This wait lasted for more than a half-month.

Whoosh.

The void was somewhat distorted. If one’s realm was high enough, one could see a cyan door through the distorted void.

Snowjade and the hunchbacked elder’s eyes lit up. “It’s here.”

The mysterious man, Ta Gu, was very calm. He had already determined when the cave abode would appear.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

After a simple probe, Palace Lord Snowjade, the hunchbacked elder, and the mysterious man charged out of the distorted void and flew towards the cyan door.

…

Half a year after the three of them entered.

Whoosh.

Meng Chuan arrived in this area of the void by tracing the karmic connection between him and Emperor Roc.

The outer realm was boundless. It was even harder to find a small distorted void than searching for a needle in a haystack. However, Meng Chuan tracked Emperor Roc’s karma all the way before arriving here.

Oh? Meng Chuan flew over and was somewhat puzzled. I can clearly sense Emperor Roc’s karma in this area. Why can’t I find it? Is there a space hidden around here?

With a thought—

Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul World spread out in all directions; the vast painting world enveloped the distorted void.

What’s that? Meng Chuan’s figure flashed as he turned to look at the distorted void. He could even sense a cyan door hidden within his Essence Soul World.