Chapter 496: Foreign Newcomer First Arrival

The surrounding time-space scenes continuously flickered and disappeared. Carried along by the time-space turbulence, Meng Chuan remained cautiously alert.

Just like water flows downhill, time-space turbulence also follows certain patterns. For instance, it tends to move towards areas with less resistance. Places like suns, stars, or cave dwellings where Tribulation Realm mighty figures have set up formations have immense resistance and repellent forces, making it highly unlikely to reach them.

However, the 'turbulent' aspect of time-space turbulence means accidents can sometimes occur. For example, if the turbulence is too violent, it can forcefully appear in unimaginable places, such as directly rushing into the core of a sun or star! If Meng Chuan were to reach the core of a sun or star, he would likely instantly turn to ash and perish.

"I'm about to get out!" While remaining cautiously alert, Meng Chuan saw a spatial rift appear ahead. Carried along by the time-space turbulence, he rushed out through it.

In a dark and silent void, a spatial rift rippled into existence. Meng Chuan surged out from it, quickly stabilizing himself and standing in mid-air.

"Where am I?" Meng Chuan looked around.

In the distance were numerous stars, and one could faintly discern worlds nestled between them.

"Good luck," Meng Chuan secretly rejoiced. "I didn't appear in a desolate or barren land. I can see several living worlds at a glance; there must be many cultivators here."

Meng Chuan quietly flew over, employing his movement technique.

The resistance in the outer void is almost negligible, allowing for continuous acceleration. Even ordinary Venerables, without the suppression of heaven and earth rules and with no resistance, can cover hundreds of miles in an instant! They can even continuously accelerate to thousands or tens of thousands of miles in an instant.

Whooshing, Meng Chuan transformed into a streak of golden light, continuously accelerating.

He quickly reached a speed of three hundred thousand miles per instant.

In the outer void, any Venerable traveling will accelerate to an extremely high speed.

At the same time, Meng Chuan also altered the flow of time, though it was only three times the speed of the outside world.

"Since I'm new here, I should keep a low profile," Meng Chuan thought. "Maintaining three times the time flow rate isn't too conspicuous. Combined with traveling three hundred thousand miles per instant, my current effective travel speed reaches nine hundred thousand miles per instant."

A speed of three hundred thousand miles per instant is achieved after prolonged acceleration and does not represent instantaneous power.

It would be terrifying if one could burst forth with such astonishing speed instantly.

Meng Chuan continued to fly towards the distant star-filled region, his domain concealed and his aura restrained.

On a rapidly flying star fragment, over a thousand miles in diameter, there was a colossal cave dwelling. The dwelling covered over a hundred miles, and wisps of terrifying sword qi permeated the surroundings.

Five figures were landing on the surface of the star fragment, gazing at the ancient cave dwelling.

"Ah," a strong cultivator draped in green scales murmured, clutching his head with one claw. "My primordial spirit clone was annihilated; it was killed by sword qi just as it entered the cave dwelling's gate."

"So, Brother Qinggu also failed?"

"He tried twice and failed both times."

All five Venerables stared at the cave dwelling before them. Three of them had reached the sixth level of Primordial Spirit, and two of them had already sent their primordial spirit clones, both failing.

Sending a primordial spirit clone to explore means that even if it's annihilated, the primordial spirit can recover in a few years.

"After all, primordial spirit clones are much weaker and lack powerful treasures," the purple-robed leader said calmly. "According to the old rules, whoever risks it and successfully explores the cave dwelling will get an extra ten percent of the treasures within."

The other four Venerables remained silent.

From previous explorations, this cave dwelling seemed too dangerous!

"Cang Qu, your survival ability is strong. You go in," the purple-robed man instructed.

"Brother Fang," a burly man with yellow hair quickly said, "I am the only Venerable in my home world. If I die..."

"Go in!" the purple-robed man said indifferently. The other three Venerables also looked at him. The green-scaled Venerable laughed, "There are many such lower worlds with only one Venerable. Brother Fang told you to go, so just go in obediently. If you can explore the cave dwelling, you'll get an extra ten percent."

The burly, yellow-haired man gritted his teeth and could only cautiously enter.

A moment later.

"Hm?" A wisp of light on the token at the purple-robed man's waist dissipated, and he frowned slightly.

"Cang Qu is dead."

The faces of the other three Venerables turned grim.

Venturing in the outer void is inherently a dog-eat-dog world. They followed the purple-robed man to get some 'soup' when he 'ate meat,' and it was also much safer. But sometimes, when cannon fodder was needed, they had to obediently step forward.

"Brother Fang, Cang Qu's survival ability is much stronger than ours," one said. "If even he died, it's useless for us to go in."

"Brother Fang."

"This cave dwelling is too dangerous; we'd be sending ourselves to our deaths by entering." The three Venerables were somewhat panicked.

The purple-robed man, however, frowned as he watched, thinking to himself: "This cave dwelling has been flying for who knows how many years, and it's arrived in our void. I discovered it first, so I must obtain it. It seems relying on them won't work. I'll send my primordial spirit clone to try first." He was also only at the sixth level of Primordial Spirit and had only one primordial spirit clone. If his primordial spirit clone died, it would also take several years to recover.

He would rather let his subordinates risk their lives than suffer a loss to his own strength.

But since his subordinates risking their lives proved useless, he could only go himself.

"Hm?" The purple-robed man suddenly sensed something and turned to look into the distance.

"There's a cultivator flying at high speed," a white-robed woman said, staring into the distance. Although Meng Chuan had concealed his figure while flying at a terrifying speed, a wild goose leaves its trace! With his terrifying speed of three hundred thousand miles per instant, coupled with the threefold time flow, long ripples appeared in the void wherever he passed.

The thin, black-armored man's eyes emitted purple light. He looked into the distance solemnly: "It's a Venerable-level cultivator. The surrounding time flow is three times that of the outside world."

"Brother Fang, we can let this lone Venerable explore it!" the white-robed woman quickly said.

"Right," the green-scaled cultivator quickly added, "with one more person to test it, we can uncover more of the cave dwelling's dangers."

The purple-robed man nodded slightly: "First, investigate to see his background. If he has no special connections, then capture him."

Throughout the entire Tianfeng River System, some powers are very strong.

Of course, the vast majority of cultivators come from minor worlds and are ordinary Venerables without significant backing!

Among the over one hundred thousand living worlds in the Tianfeng River System, there are only over six hundred medium worlds. The rest are lower worlds, which typically produce only one Venerable-level cultivator every few thousand or even tens of thousands of years. When they come to the outer void, they are isolated and have no backing. For example, the burly, yellow-haired man 'Cang Qu' from earlier was a Venerable from a lower world with no backing whatsoever.

Cang Qu chose to pledge allegiance to the purple-robed man. Over the years, he did gain many benefits, even cultivating to the 'Venerable-level perfection' stage, and even brought back some treasures and cultivation manuals to his home world. However, this time, on an expedition for the purple-robed man, he did not survive.

The outer void is like this: those not from the same world mostly share only interests, making it even more ruthless.

Meng Chuan left his home world, venturing into the outer void alone.

As a medium world that had given birth to a Seventh Tribulation Realm mighty figure, Cangyuan Realm had a profound foundation. Meng Chuan also brought many treasures, including the 'Phantom Mask,' which he always carried.

With this 'Phantom Mask,' Meng Chuan could perfectly disguise himself as a normal Creation Realm Venerable.

As for the Heaven-Devouring Realm aura? If a Heaven-Devouring Realm cultivator released their aura, it would be overwhelmingly dominant, almost akin to an Imperial Sovereign. But if they restrained it, no aura would leak out. Even ordinary Imperial Sovereigns would find it hard to restrain their aura so perfectly; this was a unique method of the 'Heaven-Devouring Realm.'

When venturing in the outer void, it is best to disguise oneself as the most normal and common type of Venerable.

Otherwise, whether the aura is too domineering or too perfectly restrained with no leakage, it would be too special! Any Imperial Sovereign passing by would find Meng Chuan unusual.

The Phantom Mask was a unique treasure! Even Tribulation Realm mighty figures would need to be in close proximity to detect Meng Chuan's true strength.

"Hm?" Meng Chuan, who was flying at super high speed, suddenly sensed four streaks of light intercepting him from afar. Those four streaks of light also accelerated to three hundred thousand miles per instant, and their time flow rate reached ten times the norm.

"Friend, please stop."

As the four streaks of light approached, a voice echoed in the surrounding void. The surrounding void even began to solidify, and powerful resistance forced Meng Chuan's flying speed to slow down.

Meng Chuan stopped, looking at the four approaching figures.