Chapter 593: Secret Realm's Meng An

Meng Chuan calmed his excited feelings, thought carefully for a moment, and determined it must be Meng An's child. He couldn't imagine any other possibility.

"This is wonderful."

"An'er finally has a child," Meng Chuan thought, delighted. According to the Meng family's rules – and indeed, the rules of most families – only one generation of women is recorded in the family tree. Once a woman marries out, any children she bears are generally considered part of the other family.

For instance, Meng You's son, Yang Yuan, belongs to the Yang family.

Although the Meng family has many members, Meng Chuan's direct lineage faced a halt: his daughter, Meng You, married out, and Meng An had never married or had children. Consequently, this branch on the family tree was effectively cut off, with no continuation.

Now, however, Meng Chuan's lineage could finally continue.

Though as a powerful Tribulation realm expert, Meng Chuan had long ceased to care about such matters, it was, after all, his own grandson or granddaughter.

"I wonder what's so special about the cultivation ground Ancestor Cang Yuan prepared for An'er," Meng Chuan mused, smiling. "An'er spent so many years in Cang Yuan Realm without marrying, but now he's gone to that cultivation ground... and has a child. According to An'er, that cultivation ground is a unique secret realm."

"I should go and see them," he decided. "As a grandfather, I ought to meet the child now that they've been born."

Unable to contain his excitement, Meng Chuan immediately activated a thought, and a Yuan Shen avatar flew out from his body.

This Yuan Shen avatar quietly departed from Qianshan Star, entered the River of Spacetime, and followed the karmic sensation towards Meng An and the newly emerged bloodline.

Although the sensation was vague, he could still ascertain the general direction.

Meng Chuan's black-robed, white-haired Yuan Shen avatar traveled through the River of Spacetime. To meet his son and grandchild, he also brought along some treasures.

Over two months later.

Boom.

Meng Chuan stepped through endless darkness and finally arrived in a new river domain.

"Hmm?" Meng Chuan stood amidst the vast river of spacetime, surrounded by countless twinkling stars. He frowned slightly, sensing. "I followed the sensation and arrived here—the Taidong River Domain. I can confirm that An'er and the other bloodline are within the Taidong River Domain, but the sensation is obscured, becoming very faint, making it impossible to pinpoint their exact location."

"It seems An'er and that bloodline are still within that secret realm."

Meng Chuan understood this.

Secret realms, created by Eight Tribulation realm experts, possess various incredible characteristics.

Within a secret realm, a large number of mortal beings can live and multiply, even cultivating to the Tribulation realm level. The capacity of a 'secret realm' to accommodate life and facilitate cultivation surpasses that of a 'middle-level life world.' Naturally, it's still far from a 'high-level life world'; every high-level life world has given birth to an Eight Tribulation realm expert, who then gradually elevated that life world to a 'high' level.

Secret realms, on the other hand, are created by Eight Tribulation realm experts from nothing. While naturally a step below high-level life worlds, they are still remarkably wondrous.

This is because the rules within a secret realm are entirely set by the Eight Tribulation realm expert, granting them numerous unique properties.

If a Six Tribulation realm expert masters a secret realm, anyone below the Seven Tribulation realm who dares to enter would be courting death.

"I wonder which secret realm An'er is in, and if it has a master," Meng Chuan mused, perplexed. "At least according to the intelligence I've gathered, there are no known secret realms in the Taidong River Domain."

Some secret realms are hidden within the River of Spacetime.

If a Six Tribulation realm expert discovers and completely masters one, becoming its master, some choose to publicize it, while others keep it secret.

There are also secret realms without masters, which are even less known to the outside world.

"The secret realm An'er is in must be an unpublicized one," Meng Chuan murmured, frowning slightly. "If it's not public, I have no way to enter."

The Taidong River Domain, vast and expansive—two or three times the size of the Goddess River Domain—does indeed conceal an ancient secret realm.

Inside the secret realm.

In a valley filled with the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers, Meng An sat fishing by a pool, an exotic beast resembling a large cat sprawled beside him.

"Meng An," a white-clad woman called out, approaching from a distance. In a few steps, she was beside him. The cat-like exotic beast opened its eyes, glanced at her, then comfortably closed them again, resuming its sleep.

"Is it unusual for a grand expert like you, who has ascended to the 'Heavenly Realm,' to stay in such a remote mortal place?" the white-clad woman asked with a soft chuckle as she sat down beside him.

"Not at all."

Meng An shook his head. "Cultivating in the Heavenly Realm is important, but the child in your belly is more so. In the Heavenly Realm, conflicts are too intense, and our enemies might even target our unborn child. So, it's better to leave temporarily and come to this mortal world. Once the child grows up safely and everything is arranged for them, then we can return to the Heavenly Realm to cultivate."

The white-clad woman nodded slightly.

Of the Three Realms—Heaven, Earth, and Mortal—the Heavenly Realm is naturally the most suitable for cultivation. However, for the sake of their child, both husband and wife had covertly returned to the Mortal Realm.

"For the child to grow up and establish themselves securely in the mortal world, it might take over a hundred years," the white-clad woman remarked.

"Then we'll stay in the mortal world for a hundred years," Meng An said dismissively. "Besides, I've now reached the perfected Heaven-Earth realm, but my 'physical body perfection' is still lacking. Carefully comprehending the physical body in the mortal world is also suitable."

"Are you confident about achieving physical body perfection within a hundred years?" the white-clad woman asked worriedly. She was well aware that her husband's cultivation method had certain shortcomings regarding physical body perfection.

Although Ancestor Cang Yuan had succeeded and laid out a path for his disciples,

the path Meng An was following differed from Ancestor Cang Yuan's in certain aspects, so the method for 'physical body perfection' also differed.

"I've studied numerous ancient texts and undergone five hundred years of cultivation in the Heavenly Realm; I'm still confident about achieving physical body perfection," Meng An stated. "It might not even take a hundred years; I should be able to achieve it within thirty."

The white-clad woman nodded slightly, leaning against her husband, one hand gently caressing her belly.

Meng Chuan's Yuan Shen avatar searched the Taidong River Domain for over a month, but ultimately had to return. Finding the secret realm proved too difficult.

In a quiet chamber on Qianshan Star.

Meng Chuan sat cross-legged, engrossed in comprehending the 'Cloud Mist Dragon Serpent Movement Technique'.

He had previously cultivated for eight hundred years, primarily focused on comprehending Volume Three of the 'Void Compendium,' meticulously studying every sentence. Only after fully comprehending it did he begin to integrate his numerous insights into the 'Cloud Mist Dragon Serpent Movement Technique.'

"This ultimate art was originally a movement technique, but now it's becoming increasingly misnamed," Meng Chuan chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Back then, drawing insights from the 'Sword of No Self, No Form' already leaned towards the domain aspect.

Now, Volume Three of the 'Void Compendium' entirely focuses on the 'domain' lineage, one of the three major branches of the Void Dao. Meng Chuan's accumulated knowledge is concentrated in this area, so naturally, the 'Cloud Mist Dragon Serpent Movement Technique' aims to maximize the 'domain' aspect.

Eight hundred years of profound accumulation meant that the 'Cloud Mist Dragon Serpent Movement Technique' continually improved as Meng Chuan delved deeper into its comprehension.

In the third year after returning from the Taidong River Domain.

"It's done."

Sipping fruit wine, Meng Chuan, in a daze, felt a sudden flash of inspiration in his mind.

Numerous scattered insights into 'domains' coalesced into a single whole, finally elevating the 'Cloud Mist Dragon Serpent Movement Technique' to a new stage.

Meng Chuan felt an irrepressible joy in his heart. Although he hadn't verified it, he was eighty to ninety percent certain.

"I should have reached the Five Tribulation realm," Meng Chuan murmured, putting down his wine cup and looking around.

His gaze, however, pierced through the quiet chamber's walls, enveloping the entire Qianshan Star, and even extended beyond it, his perception of the void reaching nearly a billion li away.

If one completely mastered the Dao of Space, sensing another river system with a single thought would be perfectly normal.

Taking a single step could mean a great void teleportation, spanning dozens of river systems, which would also be normal.

Of course, Meng Chuan had only mastered the 'domain' lineage.