Chapter 385: Fei Yu the Great Master

"An Eight-Calamity mighty one?" Meng Chuan's mind reeled. Wouldn't one more step lead to the Nine-Calamity Eternal Realm?

The black-robed, long-browed elder sighed, "As a Godfiend King who has never left the Human World, you might not fully grasp the meaning of an 'Eight-Calamity mighty one.' For mighty ones in the Calamity Realm, the further they advance in their cultivation, the harder breakthroughs become. A 'Six-Calamity mighty one' is enough to make countless worlds tremble. Many Emperors who travel the River of Spacetime might not even encounter a Six-Calamity mighty one throughout their entire lives, let alone see the strongest existence."

Meng Chuan secretly clicked his tongue in awe.

Emperors live incredibly long lives and traverse the River of Spacetime, yet they might not even encounter a single Six-Calamity mighty one. This illustrates their rarity.

"As for a Seven-Calamity mighty one? That's a legend! A symbol of invincibility!" the black-robed, long-browed elder stated. "They are invincible wherever they go; countless worlds show them reverence."

"And an Eight-Calamity mighty one? Within Ancestor Cang Yuan's sphere of exploration, they were the strongest beings to have ever existed," the black-robed, long-browed elder explained. "They possess incredible power, though they are still subject to various restrictions imposed by the rules of spacetime. They are just one step away from achieving eternity. Even Seven-Calamity mighty ones willingly follow them, hoping to receive some guidance."

"Ancestor Cang Yuan himself was stuck at a bottleneck and never broke through to the Eight-Calamity Realm before he died of old age," the black-robed, long-browed elder continued. "In his entire life, Ancestor Cang Yuan only ever met one living Eight-Calamity mighty one."

Meng Chuan nodded.

"Come with me," the black-robed, long-browed elder said, walking towards the Mind Sea Hall. He stepped inside, and Meng Chuan followed.

Inside the Mind Sea Hall, as Meng Chuan entered this time, he felt the void shift, and he found himself in a quiet chamber.

"Hmm?" A palm-sized white sphere floated in the quiet chamber. With Meng Chuan's vision, he could discern its intricate structure, composed of countless billions of minute elements.

The moment he saw the white sphere, Meng Chuan froze.

He felt that every structure he observed with his naked eye was imbued with infinite profoundness. The entire white sphere seemed far vaster and grander than the entire world he knew. At that moment, his heart was filled only with 'awe.' He had witnessed a 'greatness' that vastly surpassed the heavens and earth, and as a weak being, he was instinctively moved.

"Whoosh."

A beam of light shot out from the white sphere, striking Meng Chuan's glabella. Meng Chuan could neither resist nor defend himself, and the stream of light instantly merged into his sea of consciousness.

Meng Chuan's consciousness sank into an illusory world.

This illusory world contained grasslands, spherical buildings, and a kindly-looking elder with silver hair and blue eyes.

He had two antennae on his forehead and smiled as he looked at Meng Chuan. "My name is Fei Yu. I have reached the end of my lifespan. Although I never achieved eternity in this life, I am content. I have traveled the River of Spacetime, explored thirty-seven universes, and witnessed countless sights. What I cannot let go of now is my homeland, 'Fei Yu World'."

"Although I strove to elevate my homeland to a 'High-Tier World,' powerful Calamity mighty ones will still covet everything I leave behind and eye my home world."

"The legacy I leave behind is the culmination of my life's achievements. If you comprehend it, you will form a karmic connection with me. In the future, after reaching the Eight-Calamity Realm, you must protect my Fei Yu World for 100,000 years, or gift a 'World Tree' to Fei Yu World to resolve this karma. As for those below the Eight-Calamity Realm, they should not be able to find Fei Yu World," the silver-haired, blue-eyed elder said with a smile.

Eight-Calamity Realm?

That was too distant for him.

"My highest cultivation achievements are limited by the River of Spacetime and are difficult to describe directly with words. Therefore, I have concealed this legacy within a series of twenty-nine paintings, titled 'Primordial Spirit Stars'."

"You can see the paintings, but what you comprehend from them will depend on yourself," the silver-haired, blue-eyed elder said with a chuckle. "During my life, I taught twelve disciples, and their comprehensions varied greatly. Some were similar to mine, while others were entirely opposite. Interestingly, among these twelve disciples, the one who achieved the most was the one whose understanding was completely opposite to mine."

Subsequently, the illusory world disintegrated, and the silver-haired, blue-eyed elder vanished.

One by one, vast pictorial scrolls merged into Meng Chuan's memory.

The first image depicted a primordial star, emanating an ancient and profound aura. It was a three-dimensional 'primordial star,' as if a real one was before his eyes. Within the painting, runes appeared faintly and even shifted, and comprehending these runes would reveal many mysteries.

The second image was still a star, but it was even more profound.

Painting after painting.

All twenty-nine images depicted stars! The further he progressed, the more advanced the depiction of the stars became.

Meng Chuan could barely understand the first nine images. The ninth image was divided into nine void layers, with different stars corresponding to each layer. The combination of stars across these nine layers formed a complete void star.

What about beyond that?

He couldn't comprehend them!

The last painting, though seemingly just another star, exuded an endlessly vast profoundness that surged towards Meng Chuan, even more immense and powerful than the 'purple lightning' he had once seen tearing through the River of Spacetime. If this star were to manifest in reality, a single glance from Meng Chuan would likely reduce his primordial spirit to silent dust.

"Upon passing the Mind Sea trial, one may comprehend 'Primordial Spirit Stars'."

"At Primordial Spirit Layer Five, one may comprehend the first three images, but absolutely must not attempt the fourth."

"At Primordial Spirit Layer Six, one may comprehend the first six images."

"At Primordial Spirit Layer Seven, one may comprehend the first nine images."

"For Primordial Spirit Calamity Realm... proceed according to your own capabilities."

Along with these twenty-nine images, information flooded his mind, briefly outlining the taboos of cultivating this legacy.

Forcing comprehension without sufficient Primordial Spirit cultivation would be detrimental rather than beneficial.

"'Passed the Mind Sea trial'? It seems the Mind Sea Hall's trial itself was set up by that ancient mighty one, 'Fei Yu,' and was later used by Ancestor Cang Yuan to test his successors," Meng Chuan mused. "That makes sense. Ancestor Cang Yuan himself wasn't adept in the Primordial Spirit lineage, so how else could he test the potential of his successors' primordial spirits?"

Meng Chuan began to comprehend the first image.

The three-dimensional star diagram featured runes that constantly appeared and shifted.

As he absorbed the runes and gazed at the star diagram, Meng Chuan gradually gained insight. The initial stages were relatively simple, with runes explicitly displayed. In later stages, however, no runes would be externally visible. Thus, disciples would comprehend whatever they could, potentially even something entirely opposite to what mighty one Fei Yu had intended.

"The Primordial Spirit can be cultivated directly?" Meng Chuan secretly marveled.

After a brief period of comprehension, he discovered this very point.

This was also the core of this legacy.

"The secret arts taught by Yuanchu Mountain relied on nourishing the soul and primordial spirit through the physical body's true essence," Meng Chuan thought. "But this 'Primordial Spirit Stars' is far more intricate. It uses one's existing primordial spirit as a foundation for slow, self-improvement."

"This improvement is proportional; thus, the stronger one's primordial spirit, the greater the enhancement. It becomes increasingly formidable in the later stages."

Meng Chuan carefully immersed himself in comprehension.

"The introductory stage involves fundamentally altering the entire structure of the primordial spirit."

"Marvelous, truly marvelous."

"It even contains offensive killing moves."

Meng Chuan became completely engrossed.

In the early stages, due to detailed rune guidance, disciples' cultivation methods were similar to Senior Fei Yu's. Significant differences would only emerge in the mid-to-later stages.

After just one hour of comprehension, Meng Chuan already grasped the first image, and his admiration for mighty one Fei Yu was immense.

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