Chapter 493: Departure, Beyond the Domain (End of This Episode)

Episode 19, Chapter 25: Departure, Outer Realm! End of this episode.

Meng Chuan sat cross-legged on the square in front of the Hall of Heaven and Earth. After several months, he had gained a profound understanding of himself.

“My current realm is the sixth realm, a further advancement beyond the five Demonic God realms: Cloud Core, Undying, Great Sun, Dark Star, and Unfathomable,” Meng Chuan thought. “Based on the various characteristics of this realm, I’ll name it the ‘Chaos Cavern Realm.’”

In the standard Demonic God cultivation system, the realm beyond Unfathomable is the Creation Realm.

However, Meng Chuan had stepped into the Chaos Cavern Realm, a level beyond Unfathomable.

“The Chaos Cavern Realm grants a lifespan of five thousand years. In terms of physical body, it's no weaker than the ‘Sainthood Realm’ of the Starry Sky lineage. And as for true essence, the true essence condensed by the Chaos Cavern is even stronger than my physical body’s power,” Meng Chuan thought. “The drawback, however, is that there’s no prior experience to follow; I have to explore it myself. But with my current realm, I can experiment on my avatars. Even if an exploration fails and an avatar is shattered, it can instantly re-form.”

The higher the realm, the stronger the vitality.

This allows for a higher fault tolerance when creating one's own system. Made a mistake? Dantian exploded and body shattered? With a single thought, the body reunites, the dantian recovers, and cultivation attempts continue.

This is why the powerful individuals throughout human history were able to create various Demonic God bodies.

Superior-grade Demonic God bodies, High-grade Demonic God bodies… various types of Demonic God bodies came into existence. This is related to the 'high fault tolerance' of top-tier experts. Those who reached the 'Heaven and Earth Realm' in human history were ultimately limited, and many of them created new Demonic God bodies based on existing ones. Those that were very perfect and versatile became Superior-grade Demonic God bodies. Some that were suitable for predecessors but not universal might be classified as High-grade or even Mid-grade Demonic God bodies.

For instance, Ancestor Cang Yuan cultivated other Demonic God bodies when he was weaker. Only after reaching a higher realm did he create the Samsara Divine Body, and his own Demonic God body also transformed into the 'Samsara Divine Body.'

There are also limitations to Demonic God body transformation.

For example, Meng Chuan cultivates the Thunder Extinction Demonic Body, following the lightning lineage. Even if he were to switch cultivation paths, it would still revolve around the lightning lineage.

“My current body is quite different from both the Thunder Extinction Demonic Body and the Sainthood Realm of the Starry Sky lineage,” Meng Chuan mused. His current body is centered around dark voids; every particle space is a miniature 'dark void,' making this physical body incredibly formidable and possessing various extraordinary abilities. Even without using Starry Sky Crystals, it’s no weaker than a Sainthood Realm physical body.

“To advance further in the path of the physical body in the future, I will need to create a Demonic God body that is most suitable for me.” Meng Chuan understood this.

Meng Chuan stood up.

“It’s time to go back for a visit.” Meng Chuan stepped into the Hall of Heaven and Earth, leaving the grotto-heaven.

The exit led to the Grotto-heaven Pavilion of Yuanchu Mountain.

“Meng Chuan.” Li Guan, Qin Wu's projection, and Luo Tang's projection all appeared.

“Your seclusion is over?” Qin Wu asked.

“Yes.”

Meng Chuan nodded and smiled, “I’ll go back for a visit, and then in three days, I’ll be ready to depart for the Outer Realm.”

Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang all felt a jolt of excitement.

Finally…

After eight hundred years, another human Demonic God was finally going to the Outer Realm.

“Are you sure everything is properly prepared?” Qin Wu asked. “Also, are you really only taking one Tribulation-level secret treasure with you to the Outer Realm this time?”

“With the Bloodblade Disc, it will be enough,” Meng Chuan replied with a slight smile.

According to Yuanchu Mountain’s (Cang Yuan Sect’s) rules for many years, under normal circumstances, Creation Realm Venerables were forbidden from carrying Tribulation-level weapons and secret treasures when going to the Outer Realm. Only Emperor-level experts were permitted to carry Tribulation-level secret treasures.

Of course, exceptions could be made under special circumstances.

For instance, if a Creation Realm Venerable obtained a Tribulation-level secret treasure from the outside world themselves, they could exchange it with the sect for one suitable for them to take to the Outer Realm.

Another example: if all the sect's mandate holders agreed, a Creation Realm Venerable could also carry Tribulation-level weapons and secret treasures to the Outer Realm.

As for Meng Chuan? He had brought back the Canghai Sect’s treasures, including five Tribulation-level weapons and secret treasures in addition to the three sect-founding artifacts, and numerous other valuable items. By killing demons, Meng Chuan and his wife had also contributed a large amount of spoils of war to the sect, including Tribulation-level secret treasures. Meng Chuan himself had created ultimate unique arts; such talent qualified him for an exception from the sect in any era. Furthermore, considering Meng Chuan’s crucial role during the war…

From any perspective, Meng Chuan was qualified to carry Tribulation-level weapons and secret treasures to the Outer Realm! In fact, Li Guan and Qin Wu even hoped Meng Chuan would take one or two more.

“Alright, you handle it as you see fit,” Li Guan said.

Meng Chuan nodded, and with a flash, he vanished.

Above Jiangzhou City.

Meng Chuan had already appeared.

“After entering the Chaos Cavern Realm, my own Chaos Cavern Domain can resist the laws of heaven and earth, so I no longer need to break them when flying,” Meng Chuan thought to himself. With his domain resisting the laws first, he could fly freely. “Without using the Bloodblade Disc, a single flash now covers five thousand li, up from the original twelve hundred li.”

“However, the Limitless Movement Art can only affect my own time flow by twenty times now.”

Meng Chuan had also noticed this. The same movement art could affect his time flow by fifty times when he was a King Demonic God, but for his Chaos Cavern Realm self, the time flow was only twenty times.

The effect of time flow on matter…

It's like wind blowing across the land: if it blows sand, the sand flies incredibly fast.

Blowing rocks might only make them roll slowly.

Blowing a mountain? The mountain doesn't budge.

If a Tribulation Realm mighty expert were in a certain place, wanting to accelerate the time flow there by just one time? It would be harder than accelerating a King Demonic God's time flow by a hundred times!

With his Chaos Cavern Domain resisting the laws of heaven and earth, Meng Chuan could now cover a distance of ten thousand li with a single flash, which was still faster than his previous six thousand li.

Whoosh.

Meng Chuan flew towards a residence within Jiangzhou City.

Inside the residence, in a pavilion, Meng Dajiang was reading a book, and Bai Nianyun was painting. The couple seemed very relaxed.

Whoosh.

Meng Chuan landed in the courtyard.

“Chuan’er.” Meng Dajiang and Bai Nianyun both saw their son. They immediately put down their book and paintbrush and stood up to greet him.

“Father, Mother.” Meng Chuan smiled as he looked at his parents. His parents had been separated for over fifty years, and after reuniting, they were incredibly loving towards each other.

The wrinkles on Meng Dajiang’s face were increasingly noticeable, and his hair was somewhat streaked with grey. His mother, Bai Nianyun, was a Marquis Demonic God with an additional hundred years of lifespan, making her appear much younger than Meng Dajiang.

“In a few decades, Father will also reach the end of his lifespan,” Meng Chuan thought to himself. Time was merciless; no one could resist its passage.

“What brings you to visit your old parents today?” Meng Dajiang chuckled.

“I just felt like it,” Meng Chuan replied with a smile.

“You rascal, I watched you grow up. I can tell at a glance that something is on your mind,” Meng Dajiang said. Looking at his son now, Meng Dajiang felt a pang of heartache. His son bore too many burdens, and they couldn’t help him in any way.

Meng Chuan nodded and smiled, “It’s like this: from now on, my true body will need to guard a specific area and cannot leave it arbitrarily. When I visit you, I’ll have to send a True Soul avatar. You can contact me anytime for anything; one of my True Soul avatars will be permanently stationed in Jiangzhou City.”

“One of your True Soul avatars?” Bai Nianyun asked in surprise. “You have more than one True Soul avatar? Chuan’er, have you reached True Soul Seventh Level?”

Meng Dajiang also looked at his son in astonishment.

“Yes,” Meng Chuan nodded with a smile.

He had not publicly revealed that he had reached True Soul Seventh Level. From now on, one of his true bodies would remain permanently in the Hall of Heaven and Earth and be responsible for guarding Yuanchu Mountain. His other true body would go to the Outer Realm. All actions and rescue operations across Cangyuan World would be carried out by his True Soul avatars.

“Amazing! Truly my son,” Meng Dajiang exclaimed, overjoyed.

“True Soul Seventh Level so quickly?” Bai Nianyun was also incredibly surprised. “The records don’t mention anyone progressing this fast. Chuan’er, you must have dinner with us tonight and chat with us more.”

“Alright, I’d like to taste Mother’s cooking again,” Meng Chuan nodded with a smile. Although a True Soul avatar could also eat and drink, the sensory experience was not as good as that of the physical body. From now on, it would be difficult for his true body to savor his mother’s cooking.

He spent time chatting with his parents, recounting many things.

Meng Dajiang and Bai Nianyun were exceptionally happy.

The next day, Meng Chuan visited his son and daughter. He also revealed the news of his departure for the Outer Realm to them. After all, his departure couldn’t be kept secret from the demon race, so there was no harm in telling his children.

In the afternoon.

The sky was gloomy, and the early autumn wind carried a chill as it swept through Jiangzhou City.

On the city wall of Jiangzhou City, white-haired Meng Chuan sat, drinking alone.

“Qiyue, we once made a pact,” he murmured, “that we would slay demons together throughout our lives, and even if it cost us our lives, we would eradicate the demon race.”

“For so many years, you guarded countless cities and slew a vast number of demons. You sacrificed too much to protect the millions of people in Fengxue Pass. Now, like many ancient Demonic Gods, you’ve chosen a 'thousand years in a flash' path, so you can fight again at a crucial moment in the future.”

“As your husband, I will not disappoint you. Tomorrow, I will enter the Outer Realm, and I will do my utmost to grow and become stronger as quickly as possible. I will certainly eradicate the demon race and win this war.”

Meng Chuan spoke, drinking his wine.

It was as if his wife was right beside him. He remembered how, before, his wife had eaten naan and watermelon with him on this very city wall.

“To fight to the death and slay the demon race, that is our shared promise,” Meng Chuan whispered softly.

When Meng An arrived at the city wall and saw white-haired Meng Chuan sitting alone, drinking wine, he felt an inexplicable ache in his heart.

He knew that his father, Meng Chuan, and his mother, Liu Qiyue, had an exceptionally deep bond. They were childhood sweethearts who had stayed together through life and death.

“Father,” Meng An said, stepping forward and bowing respectfully.

“Oh, An’er,” Meng Chuan turned his head to look at his son.

“Grandfather and Grandmother will be coming over tonight, and the whole family will eat together,” Meng An said. “Shouldn’t we head back?”

Meng Chuan nodded with a smile, “Don’t worry, I’ll head back after I finish this pot of wine.”

“Yes,” Meng An respectfully replied. He then turned and left without disturbing him further.

After three days in Jiangzhou City, Meng Chuan returned to Yuanchu Mountain.

The Hall of Heaven and Earth had specially designated quiet chambers.

One of Meng Chuan’s true bodies, carrying two Tribulation-level secret treasures and weapons along with other protective items, entered a quiet chamber for secluded cultivation. From then on, this true body would remain in secluded cultivation there, also overseeing the Hall of Heaven and Earth and guarding Yuanchu Mountain in place of Li Guan.

His other true body, meanwhile, left the grotto-heaven.

“Once you enter the Outer Realm, immediately use the Exile Prison,” Qin Wu’s projection stated solemnly.

“Don’t worry,” Meng Chuan nodded with a smile.

Li Guan and Luo Tang also looked solemn.

Upon entering the Outer Realm, he had to use the Exile Prison before the demon race could intercept him.

“For over eight hundred years, you are the first human Demonic God to enter the Outer Realm,” Li Guan said, looking at Meng Chuan. “From ancient times, generations of Venerables and Emperors from our human race have entered the Outer Realm one after another. But for these past eight hundred years, there has been a gap… You are the first to enter the Outer Realm in over eight centuries.”

“In the Outer Realm, you will only be able to rely on yourself. Be careful,” Qin Wu also advised, looking at him.

“Understood,” Meng Chuan nodded with a smile. “Then I’ll be off.”

Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang all nodded, watching him intently.

Meng Chuan waved his hand.

A large rift suddenly tore open in the nearby space. Through the rift in the world’s membrane, the endless gloom of the outside world was visible.

“I’m going,” Meng Chuan said, instantly surging into the great rift and plunging into the boundless gloom.

(End of this episode)

(Tomorrow, Tomato will carefully organize the outline for the next part. The next episode will begin updating the day after tomorrow.)