Chapter 547: Emperor (End of this episode)

Nineteen days later.

In the deepest level of the Demon Prison, Meng Chuan continued his cultivation. Before him, a fragment of an outer realm essence crystal was slowly diminishing, as surging ‘outer realm vital energy’ continuously poured into Meng Chuan's body, being absorbed with incredible speed and ferocity.

Finally, Meng Chuan ceased his cultivation, and the incomplete outer realm essence crystal stopped shrinking.

"Success," Meng Chuan thought, feeling exceptionally pleased.

Feeling the vast, incredibly powerful force within him, Meng Chuan exclaimed in astonishment, "Is a pure-blooded Dragon race's body truly this astounding upon reaching adulthood?"

With just a single clench of his fist, the space between Meng Chuan's palms annihilated, its fluctuations affecting the surroundings.

"Break!"

Meng Chuan extended an arm, which instantly elongated over ten li. His enlarged fist, now several li wide, directly smashed into the membrane wall of this deepest prison space, causing the wall to tremble.

If Meng Chuan wished, he could expand to a height of a thousand li or shrink to the size of an ant.

"I’ve heard that a Body Tribulation realm mighty one's physique is comparable to a Tribulation realm secret treasure, making them extremely powerful in close combat. Even an Essence Soul Tribulation realm mighty one would rather avoid engaging them at close quarters," Meng Chuan mused. "Now that I've broken through to the Emperor realm with an Emperor-level ultimate art, my body can probably rival a Four-Tribulation realm mighty one right after this breakthrough."

The elevation of one's life level provides the most dramatic improvement to the physical body.

From early Emperor realm to peak Emperor realm, which is equivalent to the adult stage of a pure-blooded Dragon race, the physical body can still improve several times, reaching its peak at the Five-Tribulation realm.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...

"Boom!"

Numerous blood blades scattered throughout the deepest space, furiously attacking Meng Chuan. Simultaneously, a 'lightning star particle,' resembling a meteor, hurtled towards Meng Chuan.

The deepest space constantly rumbled as Meng Chuan used his ‘Essence Soul power’ to control the Tribulation realm secret treasures to fully assault himself. He had put away his body-protecting secret treasures, relying purely on his physical body to resist.

"My Essence Soul power is better suited for wielding Tribulation realm secret treasures than my true essence. Using techniques like 'Blade of Nirvana' or 'Infinite Blade' should also be at the Four-Tribulation realm level of power," Meng Chuan observed. His skin easily withstood all the attacks, and even the terrifying impact force, after being weakened by his skin, was dispersed throughout his body. His powerful physique naturally dissipated the force with ease.

Meng Chuan sat cross-legged, not moving an inch.

"I feel like I'm a full-grown member of the 'Baxia' sub-species of the Dragon race," Meng Chuan thought. The blood blades slashed at Meng Chuan's hair, but not a single strand was cut, remaining tough and undamaged.

Meng Chuan then looked inward at his Dantian.

Within his Dantian now lay a tiny gray star.

This gray star had gray air currents flowing on its surface. This gray star... visually, it bore an 80 to 90 percent resemblance to the 'Primordial Stone'.

If one were to look closely through the air currents with microscopic techniques, they would find that the 'gray star's' material was 99% similar to the Primordial Stone.

Therefore, Meng Chuan named this realm the 'Primordial Realm'.

From Dantian Cloud realm, Immortal realm, Great Sun realm, Dark Star realm, and Boundless realm, to the Venerable-level 'Chaotic Hole realm,' and now to the Emperor-level 'Primordial Realm.'

"I wonder which path, Body Tribulation realm or Essence Soul Tribulation realm, I can go further in," Meng Chuan thought with anticipation.

On the plaza before the Heaven and Earth Hall in Cangyuan World.

Meng Chuan’s true body in his home world sat cross-legged, a little puzzled.

"My outer realm true body has broken through to the 'Primordial Realm', but my home world true body hasn't?" Meng Chuan was somewhat confused. His Dantian's chaotic hole attempted to break through, using the early Heaven and Earth realm's "Infinite Blade" as its core, which only caused the chaotic hole to absorb more outer realm essence crystals. His body's miniature black hole became slightly stronger, and his overall strength improved.

Yet, it remained stuck in the Chaotic Hole realm.

"The difference between my outer realm true body and my home world true body is the Primordial Stone."

"Could it be that, similar to the Starry Sky lineage where the Sacred realm and Mythical realm require Starry Sky Crystals, my self-created Godfiend system requires the Primordial Stone for the 'Primordial Realm,' even though the Chaotic Hole realm doesn't?" Meng Chuan wondered.

There was still much he needed to explore.

Moreover, the thresholds for the Chaotic Hole realm and Primordial Realm were currently too high, requiring an ultimate art as a foundation.

Meng Chuan had two goals: first, to explore his own cultivation; second, to perhaps simplify this 'Chaotic Hole Godfiend Body' in the future, lowering its threshold so more Godfiends could cultivate it. Otherwise, everyone would have to create their own ultimate art, which would make the barrier impossibly high. Of course, while simplified, its power would inevitably decrease significantly. But even with a drastic reduction, it would still be powerful enough at the Venerable and Emperor levels.

"My Godfiend body still holds too many mysteries; I'll study them slowly over time," Meng Chuan thought. "As for my home world true body, it's not too late to break through after I acquire a Primordial Stone. I wonder if there's a Primordial Stone among Ancestor Cangyuan's treasures."

In the past, he hadn't seen one in the treasury.

In reality, due to his strength, many treasures in Ancestor Cangyuan's treasury were beyond his qualification to see.

Even now, he could only access a portion of the treasures.

At Yuanchu Mountain, in the Cave Heaven Pavilion.

Meng Chuan, who had been missing for nearly half a year, returned to the Cave Heaven Pavilion.

"Meng Chuan, you've finally returned. I thought after a few more months, we'd have to forcibly pull you out," Qin Wu said with a smile. Beside him, Luo Tang added, "Senior Brother Li Guan has returned to his clan; his final days are likely within the next two or three months."

"Senior Brother Li Guan?" Meng Chuan nodded slightly.

Senior Brother Li Guan had sacrificed so much for the war; of course, Meng Chuan would attend his farewell.

"Father," Meng An also rushed over.

"An'er," Meng Chuan smiled as he looked at his son.

"Everyone's here," Qin Wu said. "First, to business. Meng Chuan, there have been two major events during your half-year seclusion."

Meng Chuan looked at him.

"One involves the demon race, and the other, the Sky Demon Gate," Qin Wu explained. "Because we completely won the war, those powerful demon kings within the human world... seeing no hope of returning to the demon realm, have negotiated with us. The Sky Demon Gate is the same; they've also come to negotiate."

"Negotiate? What are their terms?" Meng Chuan smiled.

He understood the predicament of the demon race and the Sky Demon Gate within Cangyuan World.

Seeing no hope, they naturally had to struggle.

"Those Fourth-Heaven and Fifth-Heaven demon kings are unwilling to be controlled or enslaved. They wish for us humans to release them and let them return to the demon realm," Qin Wu stated. Luo Tang added, "The demon race also said they were merely following orders, that these were decisions made by the demon emperors. If humanity forcibly confines them, they'll see no hope and will fight us to the death."

Qin Wu nodded. "The Sky Demon Gate is similar. Their infiltration into humanity is even deeper. A thousand-plus Sky Demons are one thing, but there are also a large number of ordinary Sky Demon Gate disciples, hiding in various cities... it's incredibly difficult to find them, and if they cause destruction, we'll suffer greatly."

Meng Chuan nodded slightly. "The Sky Demon Gate is more troublesome than those demon races. What are the Sky Demon Gate's conditions?"

"They want us to let bygones be bygones and treat them the same as Godfiends in the future, without prejudice," Qin Wu replied.

Meng Chuan said coldly, "For so many years, because of the Sky Demon Gate, how many Godfiends have died, how many cities have been massacred, how many city gates have been breached? And they want bygones to be bygones? They dream beautifully."

"Their infiltration is too deep," Qin Wu said worriedly.

"Just wait a moment. I'll capture them right now," Meng Chuan stated.

"What?"

Qin Wu, Luo Tang, and Meng An were all stunned.

Meng Chuan stood there, and subtly, a scroll-like world began to appear around him. The vast scroll world vaguely expanded and instantly merged into the void, completely enveloping the entire human world.

At this moment, the entire human world was covered by Meng Chuan's Essence Soul world.

"Everywhere is within the range of my Essence Soul world," Meng Chuan was fascinated by this feeling. It was his first time observing Cangyuan World from this perspective.

Whether it was the ends of the four seas, the highest reaches of the sky, or the deepest parts of the earth.

No matter where, as long as it was within the life world 'Cangyuan World,' it was entirely covered by Meng Chuan's Essence Soul world.

At this moment!

The entirety of Cangyuan World was under Meng Chuan's observation.

Only Yuanchu Mountain had several areas that obstructed Meng Chuan's scrutiny! He even felt a sense of dread, knowing they were formations set up by Ancestor Cangyuan.

However, other places, whether it was the Two World Island, Black Sand Grotto-Heaven, or even the long-lost ruins of Godfiend sects, were all within Meng Chuan's perception.

And...

In the deep sea, in the desert, deep underground, deep in the mountains... some ancient Godfiend artifacts were hidden. Some were left behind after death, others were treasures hidden by Godfiend sects.

Now, everything was under Meng Chuan's observation.

Every 'Essence Soul Tribulation realm' mighty one could thoroughly survey their entire home world. However, since the disintegration of the Cangyuan Sect, no Essence Soul Tribulation realm mighty one had been born in the human race.

Over nearly a million years, many vanished treasures and artifacts were now discovered by Meng Chuan.

"And them."

Meng Chuan discovered that among the many treasures in the world, there were also two hidden miniature grotto-heavens.

One was deep at the bottom of the North Sea.

"We can only hide in this small grotto-heaven now. When will this end?"

"At least we're free in this grotto-heaven. If we submit to Yuanchu Mountain, we'll be enslaved." Several Fourth-Heaven demon kings, who had infiltrated the human world, drank and chatted, almost all of them hidden here.

The other miniature grotto-heaven was deep within the mountains of the Great Yue Dynasty, with two entrances leading inside.

"The demon race lost just like that, now we're in trouble."

"Don't worry, the three major Godfiend sects will compromise." Two Sky Demons walked side by side through a palace complex, relatively relaxed. They were used to hiding in the dark and causing destruction; they had the patience to continue fighting the three major sects. They believed... the three major sects would eventually give in.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

With a thought from Meng Chuan, a water-blue bead and a fist-sized stone were teleported into the backyard of the Yuanchu Mountain Cave Heaven Pavilion.

"What are these?" Qin Wu, Luo Tang, and Meng An were all startled, looking at the two newly appeared items.

"One is the grotto-heaven where the powerful demon race infiltrators are hidden, and the other is the Sky Demon Gate's base grotto-heaven," Meng Chuan said, pointing to the two miniature grotto-heavens. "They're both here."