Chapter 532: Peng Huang and Meng Chuan

Over a month later.

Peng Emperor arrived in the Tianfeng River System. Guided by an increasingly clear karmic sense, he reached the primordial chaos vortex.

“Cangyuan World’s brat, no matter how much you try to escape, you won’t escape my grasp.” After flying tirelessly for over a year, Peng Emperor finally found Meng Chuan, who had fled to the Wugu River System, and was quite exhilarated.

“He actually fled into the primordial chaos vortex?”

Peng Emperor grew even more cautious, shielding himself from all prying eyes, and carefully flew into the primordial chaos vortex.

“Although I can now more easily use karma to slay enemies after becoming a Tribulation Realm expert, I haven’t deeply comprehended the laws of karma myself,” Peng Emperor thought as he flew. “The most reliable way to deal with Meng Chuan is to capture him alive, seal all his powers, and prevent him from committing suicide. Then, I’ll return to the Sanwan River System, find a Fourth Tribulation Realm mighty one skilled in karma, and ask them to intervene. They can slay this true body of Meng Chuan and then use it to eliminate his true body in his home world.”

When slaying enemies with karma, the power greatly increases with a suitable medium. For instance, the opponent’s blood or hair.

Of course, the best medium is a complete true body! The karmic link between one true body and another is the closest.

“Capturing his true body alive and asking a Fourth Tribulation Realm mighty one to act will surely be reliable.”

“Fourth Tribulation Realm mighty ones who are skilled in karma can generally use it to slay perfected Emperor monarchs. Killing someone like Meng Chuan would naturally be effortless,” Peng Emperor mused inwardly. “My strength is still vastly inferior to a Fourth Tribulation Realm expert, and I’m not proficient in karma. Even with a true body, I might only barely be able to kill an early-stage Emperor monarch. It’s genuinely uncertain if I could eliminate all of Meng Chuan’s avatars.”

Since there was only one chance to strike, and it concerned Ancestor Cangyuan’s treasure, Peng Emperor naturally wanted to choose the most optimal method.

Peng Emperor remained hidden in the void, flying silently until he reached the primordial chaos vortex’s Golden Disk region.

“Still deeper inside?” Peng Emperor frowned slightly. His karmic sense clearly confirmed that Meng Chuan was still in the deeper reaches of the primordial chaos vortex.

“The primordial chaos vortex is so dangerous; just how deep has he delved?” Peng Emperor wondered to himself.

As he gradually delved deeper into the primordial chaos vortex, the surrounding time flow rate also changed.

Deep within the primordial chaos vortex, in the region of 35 times the normal time flow rate.

Meng Chuan sat suspended cross-legged in the silent darkness, unfolding his primordial chaos vortex domain.

Only when the primordial chaos vortex domain was combined with true essence could its power reach its maximum. Meng Chuan used the profound principles of the 'Blade of Annihilation' as his foundation, making the true essence operation within his primordial chaos vortex domain even more intricate. With his domain alone, he could withstand the primordial chaos vortex’s gravitational pull even at a 35 times time flow rate. Previously, his primordial chaos vortex domain could only withstand the gravitational pull in regions with a 10 times time flow rate. In terms of technique, his ultimate art had indeed made astonishing progress, advancing from Cavern Heaven perfection to the Emperor monarch level.

Although the 'Blade of Annihilation' had its flaws, its power genuinely rivaled Emperor monarch-level ultimate arts.

As he cultivated, time flowed by.

It was incredibly silent, as if he were the only one in the void, alongside the even deeper 'primordial chaos vortex core'.

The primordial chaos vortex core wantonly twisted space-time, and he was constantly contending with this distortion.

“Hm?” Meng Chuan frowned slightly.

Within the vast area he was sensing, a third presence appeared, in addition to himself and the primordial chaos vortex core.

That presence was carefully and silently approaching.

However, although the Five Tribulation Realm secret treasure, the 'Thunder Domain Seal,' didn’t significantly help Meng Chuan resist the vortex’s gravitational pull, its perception of the void was incredibly clear.

“There’s an outsider, and they’re approaching furtively.” Meng Chuan’s heart tensed.

In the Outer Realm, sudden assassinations by unfamiliar cultivators were very common.

“Who is it? Why is he secretly approaching me? Could it be that he’s better at detection and discovered me from even further away?” Meng Chuan grew even more vigilant and had all his various treasures ready.

Even at this point, Meng Chuan still hadn’t discovered that the newcomer was Peng Emperor.

Karmic perception tends to be blurrier for weaker individuals; for instance, ordinary gods and demons can’t perceive karma at all. Meng Chuan, upon reaching the Primordial Chaos Vortex Realm, could indeed sense karma.

However, for various reasons, it could be difficult for karmic perception to clearly sense a target.

Even if one could detect the karmic line connecting themselves to Peng Emperor, the direction of that line’s extension would be vague and difficult to ascertain. It is generally said that ‘heavenly secrets are obscure and difficult to spy on’.

For example, when attempting to spy on powerful individuals, the stronger they are, the harder they are to perceive.

Meng Chuan, a Primordial Chaos Vortex Realm cultivator, was, in terms of life essence, slightly inferior to an Emperor monarch. How could he perceive a Tribulation Realm mighty one?

Conversely, a Tribulation Realm mighty one could perceive the karmic lines of an Emperor monarch or a Venerable with absolute clarity.

“I can’t just wait here foolishly,” Meng Chuan thought. He stopped cultivating and, feigning nonchalance, continued flying deeper into the primordial chaos vortex.

The deeper he went, the more exaggerated the space-time distortions became.

He passed through regions of 35 times, 36 times, 37 times, and so on; the time flow rate rapidly increased.

“Hm? Why is he still flying deeper?”

“How can a newly ascended Emperor monarch withstand the primordial chaos vortex’s gravitational pull in this region?” Peng Emperor was already astonished. Even he felt a slight strain from the immense gravitational pull. “And why did he suddenly fly deeper? Has he discovered me?”

Peng Emperor immediately accelerated.

The moment he accelerated, “Hm?” Meng Chuan’s expression subtly changed. Unwilling to let the other party draw closer, he also accelerated.

“He accelerated too? He really did discover me,” a sharp glint flashed in Peng Emperor’s eyes. “Even at this distance, one palm strike is enough to capture him.”

Meng Chuan had already flown into the region with a 45 times time flow rate when he suddenly sensed something and turned his head.

“Boom!”

A giant golden palm appeared.

The moment it appeared, it obscured the surrounding void. Countless runes could be seen faintly shimmering on the golden palm.

The void began to solidify, and the golden palm grasped downward.

At the far end of the golden palm’s reach, Meng Chuan, using the 'Thunder Domain Seal' for sensing, detected Peng Emperor. However, Peng Emperor’s aura was now far more terrifying, far surpassing the Emperor monarch level. Based on Meng Chuan’s experience from observing countless cultivators on Black Dragon Star, he instantly determined: “It’s Peng Emperor, and he has already become a Tribulation Realm expert!”

Meng Chuan felt a jolt.

“Rumble!” With that grasp of the golden palm, the void itself twisted. Everything in that vast space was about to be seized.

“Peng Emperor’s achievements in the void lineage are far superior to mine.” Meng Chuan understood this the moment he saw the palm strike.

He wasn't surprised.

Just as the Phoenix bloodline excels in fire, the Golden-winged Great Peng bloodline excels in the void. Before the world passage between Cangyuan World and the Demon Realm appeared, human Venerables from Cangyuan World often ventured into the Outer Realm. Even then, the Demon Emperor Peng had quite a reputation! It was no secret that Peng Emperor possessed the Golden-winged Great Peng bloodline.

“With its Golden-winged Great Peng bloodline, once it reaches the Tribulation Realm, it’s powerful enough to rival a Third Tribulation Realm mighty one.”

“My current Blade of Annihilation might be comparable to a Third Tribulation Realm technique in terms of profoundness, but my physical body and true essence are far inferior to a Tribulation Realm mighty one.” Meng Chuan was acutely aware of this. “I am no match for it.”

A perfected Emperor monarch and a First Tribulation physical body mighty one are at the same level in terms of skill: both are at the perfection of the Heaven-Earth Realm.

However, the qualitative change in their physical bodies and magic power creates a vast difference in their respective strengths.

Meng Chuan was currently in this exact situation. Though his 'Blade of Annihilation' brought his skill level close to Peng Emperor's, the latter possessed Tribulation Realm demon power and a Tribulation Realm physical body. The power it unleashed far exceeded his own.

If he had broken through to the Emperor monarch realm with the 'Blade of Annihilation,' his physical body and true essence would have been comprehensively and significantly enhanced, giving him the confidence to contend with Peng Emperor. However, knowing the 'Blade of Annihilation' had flaws, Meng Chuan could not possibly use it as his foundation for breaking through to the Emperor monarch realm.

“Whoosh.”

Meng Chuan, standing on his Blood Blade Disk, accelerated to the absolute maximum, and simultaneously pushed for even greater speed by accelerating time around himself.

He passed through regions of 47 times, 48 times, 49 times, and 50 times the normal time flow rate...

Meng Chuan flew frantically and recklessly deeper into the primordial chaos vortex, and naturally, the time flow rate in the regions he entered became increasingly exaggerated.

“What?!” As the giant golden palm grasped down, although it sealed the void, making instantaneous teleportation impossible, Meng Chuan still flew out of the golden palm’s reach by relying purely on his flying speed.

“Whoosh.”

The golden palm stretched forward, its five fingers reaching deeper into the primordial chaos vortex, attempting to seize Meng Chuan.

But Meng Chuan continued to fly even deeper!

Finally, the golden palm stopped extending.

Outside the vortex, Peng Emperor’s palm strike would have covered a much larger area, but within the twisted space-time of the primordial chaos vortex’s depths, its range was much smaller. The deeper he went, the smaller the effective range became, making it impossible to capture Meng Chuan.

“I can’t catch him.”

“Forget it. Since I can’t capture him alive for a Fourth Tribulation Realm mighty one to karmically slay him, I’ll just act directly.”

“Kill him.”

A golden light shot out, instantly piercing through the void, and struck Meng Chuan.