Chapter 491: Respect Level

Author: I Eat Tomatoes

The lifespan limit is not a natural law specific to one world; it's a universal rule that governs the vast river of time and space.

Many cultivation systems, including specialized ones like the Asura and Starry Sky lineages, grant a lifespan of two thousand years at the Venerable level and ten thousand years at the Emperor level. Basic principles such as life gradually aging, the past being fixed, and the future holding infinite possibilities are all fundamental operating rules within the vast river of time and space.

It is inconceivable to attempt to break these 'basic operating rules'.

Even the physical body of the Starry Sky lineage, when cultivated to the 'Sacred Entry' stage, is incredibly strong, yet it only grants a two-thousand-year lifespan.

"My lifespan limit is higher than that of a Venerable, but somewhat lower than an Emperor." Meng Chuan suddenly realized this. After becoming the administrator of Yuanchu Mountain, he had accessed many secret archives there. Due to his wife, he had even read all the documents related to the 'Phoenix'.

"Some of the information recorded in those archives bears a resemblance to my own situation."

As Meng Chuan pondered, he also meticulously examined his own body.

His Dantian space had completely transformed into a dark void, its edges encircled by rings of pure lightning true essence. The Bloodblade Disc and the Grotto-heaven Dharma Pearl had both returned to the Dantian, now confined to the outermost perimeter of this dark void, within the region where the lightning true essence emanated.

"My physical body."

Each of Meng Chuan's primordial spirit thoughts could perceive every single particle space within him.

Within each particle space, a dark void had formed, encircled by lightning.

The power within each particle was formidable; thus, the power of Meng Chuan's entire physical body was even more terrifying.

"I feel as though I could tear through the world's membrane with a mere touch." Meng Chuan's domain allowed him to perceive the membrane's fragility.

"When an ordinary Fiend King breaks through to the Creation realm, their physical body certainly strengthens, but not to the astonishing degree of mine. Is this related to my original Blood Droplet realm body, or to my ultimate unique techniques and my seventh-level primordial spirit?" Meng Chuan was riddled with doubts. This was a realm previously untouched by the fiendgod cultivation system in Cangyuan World's history. Having reached this stage, Meng Chuan faced numerous uncertainties and knew he would have to explore them on his own.

Li Guan's primordial spirit avatar asked from nearby, "Meng Chuan, what's different?"

"Let's return to Yuanchu Mountain and explore it thoroughly," Meng Chuan said.

He himself hadn't figured out his current strength.

How should he proceed in the future? He felt even more confused.

"Alright, we'll discuss it further back at Yuanchu Mountain," Li Guan nodded.

"An'er."

Meng Chuan looked at his son with profound satisfaction and smiled, "You've worked tirelessly these past eighteen months."

"It was no trouble at all," Meng An quickly shook his head. He was delighted to be able to do something for his father, who had always guided and helped him since childhood.

"You should return to Jiangzhou City and rest well," Meng Chuan smiled. "I'll go to Yuanchu Mountain first."

"Yes, Father," Meng An replied quickly.

With a wave of his hand, Li Guan gathered numerous formation plates and other components, which flew in from all directions before being stowed away.

"My primordial spirit avatar will continue its patrol," Li Guan said with a smile. "Meng Chuan, you can go directly to Yuanchu Mountain." He and Meng An then flew off.

Meng Chuan watched them depart, then his own figure moved.

In a blink of an eye, he was already within the courtyard of the Grotto-heaven Pavilion on Yuanchu Mountain.

"My movement technique?" Meng Chuan frowned slightly, feeling some doubt.

"Meng Chuan." Li Guan, along with the illusory figures of Qin Wu and Luo Tang, were already waiting.

"You now..." Qin Wu's and Luo Tang's illusory figures had also noticed Meng Chuan's transformation. Seeing him, they felt a jolt of alarm and a sense of immense pressure.

"I might have broken through to the Venerable level," Meng Chuan explained, then shook his head, puzzled. "However, I still have many uncertainties."

"Uncertainties?"

"What uncertainties could there be about breaking through?"

"All the various issues that arise within the fiendgod cultivation system should be documented in our texts," Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang all stated, looking at Meng Chuan.

Meng Chuan shook his head slightly: "I'll first confirm whether I've truly broken through to the Venerable level."

Meng Chuan, Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang arrived at the peak of the Nameless Mountain on Yuanchu Mountain.

"Boom."

With a wave of Meng Chuan's hand, a bolt of lightning tore through two layers of the world's membrane, blasting open a hole dozens of feet wide and revealing the membrane on the other side.

"Let me see if I can cross over," Meng Chuan said, flying toward the opening, intending to enter the world gap.

"Hmm?"

His right hand extended first towards the opening, but an invisible barrier strongly repelled him.

"The world gap is repelling you; you are no longer a Fiend King," Qin Wu stated, then added with a puzzled expression, "Couldn't you simply check your lifespan or whether you've opened a Grotto-Heaven to determine if you've reached the Venerable level?"

"I continued my normal cultivation, compressing the source of the Infinite Realm," Meng Chuan explained. "Unexpectedly, the source completely collapsed and transformed into a dark void."

"Dark void?" Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang were all shocked.

"You didn't open a Grotto-Heaven?" Qin Wu anxiously pressed.

"No," Meng Chuan replied with a frown.

Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang looked at each other, all realizing the problem.

"This is problematic," Qin Wu murmured. "Normally, unexpected cultivation issues only arise in incomplete cultivation systems! The fiendgod cultivation system, having been refined and verified by generations of ancestors, particularly perfected by Ancestor Cangyuan, is considered quite perfect. Yet, Meng Chuan, after reaching the Infinite Realm, you didn't open a Grotto-Heaven. Instead, it became a dark void, and you still achieved the Venerable level?"

"This has never happened in history," Qin Wu and Luo Tang both said with extreme gravity.

There was no precedent.

This meant Meng Chuan would have to explore it himself.

"How do you feel?" Qin Wu pressed.

"The domain of a Creation realm practitioner typically extends for a hundred li around them," Meng Chuan stated. "However, my domain feels like an even further advancement of the 'Infinite Domain'! Yet, it only spans a ten-li radius."

"A ten-li radius? That's even smaller than a Creation realm domain! Does this mean your breakthrough has significant flaws?" Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang all expressed their concern.

"I'll try manifesting my domain," Meng Chuan thought. Immediately, a ten-li radius around him plunged into complete darkness.

Within ten li around him, all was darkness.

Devouring everything.

Being in the darkness, Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang didn't feel any harm, but they were inexplicably terrified.

"I can't feel the world's natural laws anymore," Li Guan said solemnly.

"Yes, I can't feel Cangyuan World's natural laws either," Qin Wu and Luo Tang said, disbelieving.

Meng Chuan, however, was experiencing it.

His own dark domain was an upgraded version of the 'Infinite Domain', with its repulsion of the outside world further enhanced.

It even forcibly repelled the world's natural laws!

"The Emperors' world domains can resist the world's natural laws," Luo Tang looked at Meng Chuan, disbelieving. "Your domain can actually resist the world's natural laws too?"

"Furthermore, I perceive that the further away from you, the weaker your domain appears to be, and the closer... the stronger it becomes?" Li Guan carefully analyzed.

"That's why I said it's a further enhancement of the Infinite Domain; the closer you get to me, the stronger the repulsion," Meng Chuan nodded. "The stronger the suppression."

"It's not just the domain; my physical body has also changed significantly."

Meng Chuan carefully sensed, "I feel that every fundamental particle has undergone a qualitative change, it seems—"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Numerous particles flew out from Meng Chuan's body, swirling beside him, eventually coalescing into another Meng Chuan. Simultaneously, a primordial spirit avatar occupied the sea of consciousness within this new form.

"Flesh and blood avatar?" Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang were incredulous.

This is a normal ability possessed by Emperors, and the Starry Sky lineage also gains it when cultivating to the 'Sacred Entry' realm.

"Yes, a flesh and blood avatar," Meng Chuan nodded. "After my physical body reached this realm, it significantly improved, becoming much stronger than the Blood Droplet realm, and naturally, I could condense a flesh and blood avatar."

"A flesh and blood avatar, combined with a primordial spirit avatar, constitutes a complete life," Li Guan said, looking at Meng Chuan with some excitement. "The greatest assurance Emperors have when venturing into the outer realms is possessing an additional avatar. With this ability, you too can consider exploring the outer realms."

"Venturing into the outer realms?" Meng Chuan was slightly stunned. His most urgent task now was to understand himself; he hadn't even thought about venturing into the outer realms.