Chapter 497: Exotic Newcomer Spare Your Life

In the outer domain, the languages of cultivators are universal. Cangyuan World, as a medium-level world, naturally had early records of this. Even a lack of language comprehension is a minor issue; Venerables can understand each other's intentions through mental wave communication. Given their Primordial Spirit realm, they could likely learn a new language within moments.

The opponent shouted "stop" and solidified the void, suppressing me. Their intentions were clearly hostile.

"My first encounter with cultivators, and their attitude isn't very friendly," Meng Chuan thought. He was extremely cautious, having learned from his sect's records how dangerous the outer domain could be. With countless civilizations and diverse cultivation systems, the methods of foreign Venerables were incredibly varied. Even a higher cultivation realm might not prevent one from falling if they were 'countered'. Thus, in the outer domain, excessive caution was always warranted, unless the power gap was truly immense.

Four figures stopped roughly three hundred miles away, observing Meng Chuan from afar.

For Venerables, this distance was negligible, akin to a few yards for mortals, easily covered in a single charge.

"My friend," said the purple-robed man, who led the four figures, with a smile. "I am Fang Chang from Blood Sun World, and I enjoy making friends. May I ask where you hail from?"

Meng Chuan's heart tightened.

Blood Sun World? Where is that?

In the vast River of Spacetime, countless life worlds exist, and their names frequently change.

For instance, Cangyuan World was renamed after Ancestor Master Cangyuan emerged and became renowned across countless worlds. Many life worlds are similar; if a powerful Tribulation Realm mighty one appears, the outside world directly refers to those worlds by that individual's name.

Consequently, even Ancestor Master Cangyuan's 'Map of Spacetime Territories' didn't bother to list the names of all life worlds.

Naturally, however, the life worlds within his home Three Bay Galaxy were meticulously documented.

"I am Dongning from Great Zhou World," Meng Chuan replied with a slight smile.

"Brother Fang, I haven't heard that name before," the woman in white quietly transmitted. "Among the renowned Venerables in our Sky Peak Galaxy, there's no one called 'Dongning'."

"With over a hundred thousand life worlds in the Sky Peak Galaxy, I've also never heard of Great Zhou World," the scrawny man in black armor transmitted. "A powerful new Venerable might emerge, but a new life world can't suddenly appear out of nowhere."

The purple-robed man looked at Meng Chuan and stated calmly, "Great Zhou World... I've never heard of it. Is Brother Dongning perhaps fabricating this to deceive me?"

"Great Zhou World is a medium-level world within my Mirror Lake Galaxy," Meng Chuan said with a smile. "It currently boasts a Tribulation Realm mighty one and seven Emperors, extending its influence across several neighboring galaxies. I was adventuring abroad and accidentally got caught in a spacetime anomaly, which stranded me here. Alas... even our Great Zhou World's ancestor doesn't know when they might arrive to take me back."

Arriving in an unfamiliar place, it was impossible to impersonate a local cultivator; a few simple questions would reveal the deception.

He hoped that fabricating a background involving a Tribulation Realm mighty one and seven Emperors would prove sufficiently intimidating.

"A Tribulation Realm mighty one and Emperors in the current era? Brother Dongning's knowledge must be extraordinary," the purple-robed man chuckled. "I, Fang Chang, enjoy making friends. Come, let us go to my cultivation abode; we simply must have a thorough discussion on the Dao."

"Let's go."

"Our master invites you, Venerable Dongning. Please come along."

The three Venerables beside him also spoke, their tones subtly coercive.

Meng Chuan looked at them. "Brother Fang Chang, are you trying to force me to your cultivation abode?"

"Unwilling?" the purple-robed man asked, looking at Meng Chuan.

"Unwilling," Meng Chuan affirmed with a nod.

"Capture him alive," the purple-robed man commanded, not wishing to waste more words.

Their brief exchange confirmed he was not a Venerable from a major power within the Sky Peak Galaxy.

From an outside galaxy?

Most likely, he was a Venerable who had risen from a lower world; after all, over ninety-nine percent of worlds in any galaxy are considered lower worlds.

Even if a Tribulation Realm mighty one truly stood behind him, the distance was so immense that it wouldn't be easy for such a being to track them down. In the vast outer domain, more than half a chance was often enough to initiate an action, as cultivators inherently live on the edge of life and death.

"Boom."

The purple-robed man remained stationary, but the three Venerables beside him attacked in unison.

The void around Meng Chuan solidified, compressing and binding him.

"Roar!"

The scrawny man in black armor hunched his back, and arcane patterns appeared across his entire body.

Simultaneously, a massive, illusory beast appeared in the outer domain's void. This phantom beast stood two hundred miles tall, with an enormous head and a maw that opened over a hundred miles wide, directly attempting to swallow Meng Chuan. Meng Chuan instantly recognized it as an extremely potent spatial divine ability, one that even ordinary perfected Creation Realm Venerables would likely struggle to resist.

The blue-scaled cultivator also secretly employed a secret treasure.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Nine black chains materialized from nothingness, encircling Meng Chuan from all directions, seeking to capture him.

"Go!"

The white-clad woman's expression turned cold, and a stream of light shot forth from her brow. This light was a divine sword, inscribed with characters Meng Chuan didn't recognize, yet he instantly grasped their chilling meaning: 'Cold Moon'.

The moment the divine sword launched, it instantly pierced through the void, assailing Meng Chuan.

The three foreign Venerables attacked simultaneously, each possessing at least the combat power of a perfected Creation Realm. The scrawny man in black armor's divine ability even faintly approached the power threshold of an Emperor.

Yet, Meng Chuan remained motionless.

"Why bother?" Meng Chuan sighed softly.

Strangely, however, the sigh echoed in the ears of the purple-robed man, the white-clad woman, the blue-scaled cultivator, and the scrawny man in black armor.

"This isn't good," the woman in white and her two companions exclaimed in alarm.

Centered on Meng Chuan, the surrounding thousand-mile radius transformed into endless lightning. The 'Thunder Magnetic Domain' from the Cloud Mist Dragon-Snake movement technique wasn't inherently powerful, but Meng Chuan was now employing it with his personal 'Chaos Hole True Essence'. As a Godfiend, the potency of Meng Chuan's Chaos Hole True Essence surpassed even his physical might.

When used to manifest the domain, this True Essence instantly engulfed a thousand-mile radius.

The power was terrifying.

The white-clad woman's divine sword encountered a powerful repellent force from the Thunder Magnetic Domain; the closer it drew to Meng Chuan, the fiercer the repulsion, preventing it from approaching within two miles. To conceal the unique properties of his 'Chaos Hole Domain', Meng Chuan limited its direct range to a single mile around himself. Beyond that, the Thunder Magnetic Domain, still empowered by his Chaos Hole True Essence, extended.

"Clang, clang, clang." The nine black chains also vibrated, repelled by the Thunder Magnetic Domain, halting two miles away.

"Roar!"

The illusory beast, however, opened its maw wide and forcibly attempted to swallow, despite the Thunder Magnetic Domain's obstruction.

Besides activating the Thunder Magnetic Domain, Meng Chuan also unleashed a series of 'Blood Blades', guiding them with the Cloud Mist Dragon-Snake Saber Art. In terms of cultivation realm, the Cloud Mist Dragon-Snake movement technique, merely at the late Cave Heaven Realm, offered no advantage over these three perfected Venerables. However, these were Tribulation Realm secret treasures! Moreover, when driven by his Chaos Hole True Essence, their power increased dramatically.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Eighteen blood blades instantly ripped through the sky.

What were originally enigmatic and subtle techniques became incredibly domineering when powered by Chaos Hole True Essence! They forcibly shattered the illusory beast phantom and instantly assaulted the three Venerables.

The three foreign cultivators knew they had met their match the moment Meng Chuan unleashed his Thunder Magnetic Domain.

"Could he be a Venerable who has comprehended the Heaven-Earth Realm?"

"Had a Venerable of the Heaven-Earth Realm merely revealed a hint of their power, we wouldn't have dared to openly insult them."

"He did this on purpose, deliberately provoking us to attack."

The three foreign cultivators were filled with dismay.

The purple-robed man, however, had instantly teleported three thousand miles away the moment the Thunder Magnetic Domain descended, calmly observing the scene.

He had allowed his subordinates to capture this unfamiliar Venerable partly because, given his status, he couldn't personally handle every matter, and partly to let them probe the opponent's true strength. This way, he could be prepared if they encountered a formidable opponent who was intentionally concealing their power.

"Go!" The woman in white's body shimmered, revealing a set of silver armor beneath her robes. Enduring the Thunder Magnetic Domain's lightning, she forcibly fled into the distance.

But the blood blades arrived.

"Brother Fang!" the woman in white cried out anxiously, simultaneously employing palm techniques to defend against the blood blades.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The incredibly domineering blood blades instantly pierced through her palm, her protective armor, and her physical body, annihilating her instantly.

Though strong in both close and long-range combat, her power was only slightly inferior to Qin Wu and his peers. Before the current Meng Chuan, however, she was naturally quite fragile.

"Spare my life! I'm willing to surrender!" the scrawny man in black armor transmitted telepathically, terrified.

"Boom!"

A single blood blade struck.

The scrawny man in black armor vanished into thin air, entering a deeper layer of the void, but the blood blade also pursued him there.

Within the multi-layered void, the scrawny man in black armor continuously shifted and teleported, though the Thunder Magnetic Domain's suppression limited his teleportation range to within ten miles.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

A full nine blood blades encircled him, relentlessly pursuing him through various layers of the void. Although the scrawny man in black armor continuously relied on teleportation, even teleportation consumed time. The blood blades were simply too swift; under the furious assault of nine blades, he lasted only three breaths.

"Pfft."

With just one blood blade piercing his body, the scrawny man in black armor's form began to disintegrate. His eyes were filled with unwillingness and despair.

As the strongest in his home world, he had become a Venerable in three hundred years and perfected the Cave Heaven Realm in a thousand, elevating his divine abilities to an astonishing level. He could unleash power at the 'Emperor threshold' purely through his own capabilities. Yet, this time, he had still fallen.

"Hmm?"

Meng Chuan's gaze fell upon the blue-scaled cultivator.

The blue-scaled foreign cultivator's most potent ability wasn't his nine chains; his true strength lay in his physical body. Meng Chuan's blood blades pierced through his flesh, creating gaping holes where they struck, but the wounds quickly closed as if water flowed, restoring his body perfectly.

His entire body resembled a peculiar stream of water. Even with Meng Chuan's Chaos Hole True Essence driving the blood blades, and solely relying on the Cloud Mist Dragon-Snake Saber Art, he couldn't be destroyed. Meng Chuan was reluctant to employ his ultimate unique techniques unless absolutely necessary.

"What an incredibly powerful physical body," Meng Chuan mused inwardly.

"We've provoked a formidable enemy," the blue-scaled foreign cultivator thought, fear rising in his heart. Both his companions were dead, and only he had barely managed to resist with his physical body. He was certain that such a powerful Venerable possessed many more techniques and could capture him with little effort.

"Brother Fang, help me! Help!" the blue-scaled foreign cultivator cried out, attempting to flee. However, under the Thunder Magnetic Domain's suppression, his flight speed was agonizingly slow.

The purple-robed man, however, paid no mind to the blue-scaled foreign cultivator, his gaze fixed instead on Meng Chuan.

"This is rather interesting," the purple-robed man stated. "Hand over your Tribulation Realm secret treasures and pledge your allegiance to me, and I will spare your life."