Chapter 559: Return to Hometown

Zhao Hongxiu unhesitatingly chose to take the powerful being as her master. Seeing this, Gao Fang could only frown and say, "I'll give you a quarter of an hour. Make your arrangements quickly, then we'll depart to meet Master."

After standing up, Zhao Hongxiu secretly instructed one of her subordinates.

"Alright, let's go," Zhao Hongxiu said briskly.

Gao Fang immediately soared into the sky, and Zhao Hongxiu followed. The two most brilliant Venerables of the current Pangming World quietly left to follow the Tribulation Realm mighty one, 'Meng Chuan', in the outer realm.

"Master, I have brought Zhao Hongxiu," Gao Fang said, flying close to Meng Chuan and bowing with immense respect.

Zhao Hongxiu saw the white-haired man standing in the void. Her life instinct made her feel fear, which greatly surprised her. She had previously seen more than one Tribulation Realm mighty one from a distance in the outer realm's trading grounds, but none possessed the terrifying aura of this mysterious Master.

"Zhao Hongxiu pays respects to Master," Zhao Hongxiu said, directly kneeling in the void with immense reverence. For a Venerable to become a disciple of a Tribulation Realm mighty one was an immense stroke of luck.

Meng Chuan looked at her and nodded slightly: "My name is Dongning. From today onwards, Gao Fang will be your senior brother, and you will be his junior sister."

"Yes," Zhao Hongxiu replied respectfully.

"I will take both of you to my home, the 'Three Bays River System' in the Divine Maiden River Domain, which is very far from here," Meng Chuan said calmly. "If you wish to return in the future, I can send you back, but only once."

"Yes."

"Yes," Gao Fang and Zhao Hongxiu obediently replied. In the mortal world, they had already done everything they needed to do and held no strong attachments. Now, they desired even greater achievements in cultivation. Following a powerful Master was a grand opportunity they had only dreamed of; how could they possibly miss it?

For instance, Emperor Peng, a dignified Tribulation Realm mighty one at the third stage, was merely a follower of the Snow Jade Palace Lord. This was partly for the Palace Lord's protection, and partly in hopes of receiving occasional guidance. To become a disciple? The Snow Jade Palace Lord wouldn't even consider it. The higher one's status, the more cautiously one takes on disciples.

With a wave of his hand, Meng Chuan drew them into his grotto-heaven treasure. Soon after, he entered the River of Spacetime and began traveling towards his home. In the River of Spacetime, a majestic white-haired man walked. As a Five-Tribulation Realm existence who had mastered the 'rule of ultimate speed', he was considered the fastest traveler among Five-Tribulation Realm beings, capable of rivaling even Six-Tribulation Realm mighty ones in terms of speed.

Meng Chuan stepped out of the endless darkness and arrived at a River Domain. If a 'River System' was a collection of tributaries, then a 'River Domain' was a vast drainage basin. There were significant barriers between different basins, and only beings at the 'Tribulation Realm mighty one' level could overcome these obstacles to reach another River Domain.

On the third day after leaving the Heavenly Peak River System, Meng Chuan had already arrived at the Divine Maiden River Domain. "Divine Maiden River Domain," Meng Chuan murmured as he traversed the endless darkness, gazing at the vast basin formed by countless tributaries. This basin was the Divine Maiden River Domain, his home River Domain.

The Divine Maiden River Domain... It acquired this name because billions of years ago, a female mighty one descended upon the Divine Maiden River Domain and imparted her teachings here. This mighty one was an Eight-Tribulation Realm existence! Therefore, cultivators throughout the River of Spacetime referred to this River Domain as the 'Divine Maiden River Domain'. Even Patriarch Cang Yuan had investigated, but he couldn't discover the identity of this female mighty one. All that was known was that the traces of her teachings indicated she was an Eight-Tribulation Realm existence.

Meng Chuan continued to walk through the River of Spacetime for another half an hour, finally reaching the Three Bays River System. "Home at last," Meng Chuan thought, having arrived at Cangyuan World. Two life-bearing worlds, one approximately 100,000 li in diameter and the other 300,000 li in diameter, resembled twin worlds.

Meng Chuan glanced at the Demon World. He immediately separated a wisp of his Essence Soul avatar. The Essence Soul avatar, carrying some treasures, including Gao Fang, Zhao Hongxiu, and Venerable Qinggu, quickly departed. After becoming an Essence Soul Tribulation Realm mighty one, each Essence Soul avatar could freely roam and absorb external energy to sustain itself.

His true body, however, flew into Cangyuan World. "Finally back," he thought. His outer realm true body quietly arrived at Yuanchu Mountain, entered the Heaven and Earth Great Hall, and met with his home true body.

"I intend to establish myself in the Three Bays River System, so I need to choose some suitable treasures," Meng Chuan mused. Appropriate Tribulation Realm secret treasures could allow him to exert greater power. With his strength reaching the Five-Tribulation Realm level, he could cumulatively select treasures worth no more than '300,000 Outer Realm Origin Crystals' from Patriarch Cang Yuan's treasury. This was indeed a vast amount, enough to attempt a breakthrough to the 'Six-Tribulation Realm' if one wasn't too greedy. If it was merely for strengthening himself by equipping some treasures, it would be even easier.

"First, I'll refine the Primeval Stone," Meng Chuan decided, not dwelling further.