Chapter 630: Complete (Part 1)

"The Sixth Heavenly Tribulation will descend in as little as a few years, or as long as over a hundred," Meng Chuan said with a smile. "As for my confidence in overcoming it, haha, don't you know me yet? Of course, I'm confident in what I do."

Liu Qiyue looked at her husband and said solemnly, "Be careful."

Meng Chuan nodded. "Let's go home. It's also time to wake up Father, Mother, and Father-in-law."

Jiangzhou City was filled with birdsong and the scent of flowers, bathed in bright sunlight.

At Meng Manor, Meng An and Meng You, the siblings, had been waiting for a long time. Finally, they saw a white-haired couple flying down from high in the distance.

"Mother!" The siblings were both incredibly excited.

"An'er, You'er." Liu Qiyue and Meng Chuan descended together. Looking at their children, Liu Qiyue was also overjoyed. "After so many years, you've both made significant progress."

Meng An and Meng You had matured considerably. Meng An had even reached the Third Tribulation Realm. Although Meng You was weaker in cultivation, due to the greatly improved cultivation conditions in Cangyuan Realm, she had also reached the Regal Godfiend level.

Currently, the number of ordinary Godfiends in Cangyuan Realm had vastly increased, more than tenfold compared to when Meng Chuan was young. Thanks to Meng Chuan's guidance and teachings as a powerful being, the number of Venerables in Cangyuan Realm had now risen to thirty-five, and Regal Godfiends had reached two hundred and eighty-two. Most of these breakthroughs had occurred in the last one or two centuries, so the majority of them were still quite young.

"Creak."

While Liu Qiyue chatted with her children about the events of the past years, a room door nearby creaked open. Meng Chuan emerged, accompanied by three elders.

"Grandfather, Grandmother, Maternal Grandfather!" Meng You exclaimed in surprise, getting up quickly. Meng An and Liu Qiyue also rose to greet them.

"To wake up and still see my son and daughter-in-law, and my grandchildren, hahaha... I, Meng Dajiang, am truly blessed!" Meng Dajiang laughed heartily. Liu Yebai, standing nearby, grinned and added, "They're my grandchildren too."

"No one's trying to snatch them from you," Meng Dajiang retorted, glancing at him.

"You two start bickering the moment you wake up," Bai Nianyun couldn't help but shake her head.

"I close my eyes next to this old geezer, and when I open them again, he's still there," Meng Dajiang complained. "Wife, you might have waited a long time, but for us, it was just a sleep."

"Father, Mother, Father-in-law," Meng Chuan said, smiling as he stepped forward, observing the three elders bickering. "We should get to the important matters as soon as possible." His father and father-in-law were both quite old, and it would be best for them to take the longevity-extending treasures quickly.

"Longevity extension?" Meng Dajiang's eyes widened as he looked at his son.

"Yes," Meng Chuan nodded.

"Are you really extending our lives? For how long?" Meng Dajiang asked.

"All of you will have your lives extended to two thousand years," Meng Chuan said with a smile.

"Extend our lives to two thousand years? We can live for two thousand years?" Liu Yebai murmured. Meng Dajiang and Bai Nianyun exchanged stunned glances. Although Meng Chuan had promised them before their slumber, his words had been vague then. Now that the 'longevity extension' was truly happening, the three of them still found it incredible. Such a feat was rare in human history.

"Is the cost very high?" Meng Dajiang asked, looking at his son. "If it's too great, there's no need to use it on us old folks. Your cultivation as the younger generation is more important."

"Not at all," Meng Chuan shook his head. For Meng Chuan, extending the lives of his weaker elders to the first limit of two thousand years was indeed trivial now. He could gather enough treasures by simply picking them up in the Demon Mountain ruins.

"Father, Mother, Father-in-law, please sit down first." Meng Chuan directed the three elders. Then, with a flip of his hand, he produced a small jade bottle and explained, "Inside this jade bottle is a drink that tastes like honey, sweet and fragrant. Just drink it. Father, you go first."

"Alright, I'll go first." Meng Dajiang reached out to take it, but then looked at the jade bottle in his hand with some trepidation, raising his eyes to his son. The wrinkles on his aged face became even more pronounced. "Like honey?"

"Father, just drink it," Meng Chuan said with a helpless smile.

Everyone else watched closely. Aside from Meng Chuan, only Meng An truly understood how precious 'longevity-extending treasures' were. In the outer void, generally only Fifth Tribulation Realm powerful beings had the ability to acquire such items.

Meng Dajiang pulled out the stopper, sniffed it, then tilted his head slightly and, with a gulp, drank the liquid in the jade bottle.

"Hmm, it does taste a bit like honey." No sooner had Meng Dajiang spoken than his body trembled slightly. He felt an itch all over, an itch emanating from the deepest, most subtle parts of his body. It wasn't too intense, but a very subtle itch that even felt comfortable.

The change was gentle but represented a fundamental transformation of his life essence. Meng Dajiang's eyes grew clearer, no longer cloudy, but distinctly black and white. The wrinkles on his skin disappeared, and he looked much younger. A powerful aura even naturally spread out, causing Meng You, who was nearby, to feel a sense of pressure.

After about half a cup of tea's time, the transformation finally ended.

"I... I feel?" Meng Dajiang looked at his youthful hands and the immense power he now possessed, a power that could easily smash a mountain.

"Father, you have been elevated to a Venerable-level life form," Meng Chuan explained with a smile. "Just like many special life forms are at the Venerable level from birth in their infancy, it's the same for you, Father. Your life level has been elevated."

"Achieved Venerable level without cultivating?" Meng Dajiang couldn't believe it.

"There are many beings in the outer void who are born at the Venerable level," Meng Chuan said. "However, to become an Emperor, one must cultivate through their own efforts."

Even the most potent longevity-extending marvels could only extend the life of a mortal to the Venerable-level limit of five thousand years. This was the limit for pure-blooded dragons in their youth, and also Meng Chuan's lifespan when he was at the Venerable level. Races like dragons and phoenixes also needed to master the rules of the Heaven and Earth realm to transition from youth to adulthood.

"Became a Venerable?" Bai Nianyun and Liu Yebai were also shocked. In their eyes, the Venerable level was already extremely powerful. However, in reality, in the outer void, the Venerable level was just the weakest tier. Even Sixth Tribulation Realm mighty beings, or even Seventh Tribulation Realm mighty beings, could only elevate someone to the Venerable level purely through external means. One piece of longevity-extending marvel was worth tens of thousands of units of value! Enough to make even a Fifth Tribulation Realm mighty being feel a pang of regret.

"Mother," Meng Chuan said, taking out another jade bottle and placing it beside his mother. He then took out another bottle for his father-in-law, Liu Yebai, and finally, a third bottle which he handed to his daughter, Meng You.

"Me?" Meng You was taken aback.

"What, did you think you could still cultivate to the Venerable level?" Meng Chuan looked at his daughter. His daughter had been cultivating for over three hundred years, and her body was gradually aging; there was no hope of her reaching the Venerable level on her own.

Meng You looked at her father, many thoughts swirling in her mind at that moment, but in the end, she nodded. "Thank you, Father."

Soon, Meng You, Bai Nianyun, and Liu Yebai also had their life levels elevated.

"Qiyue, it's your turn now." With a wave of Meng Chuan's hand, a drop of flame appeared. The flame, however, was in the shape of a drop of water. It shimmered with ten colors, containing different fire energies.

"This is—" Everyone present felt as if a mortal was gazing at the sun. Although it didn't bring too much pressure, it felt like an unattainable, elevated presence on a fundamental life level.

Meng Chuan knew clearly what it was. This was 'Fire Source Liquid,' a rare treasure from another universe, collected by Ancestor Cangyuan. Acquiring it from Ancestor Cangyuan required two hundred thousand units of value. Strictly speaking, it was even slightly more valuable than the Eighth Tribulation Realm secret treasure, the 'Heart of Immeasurable.'

The moment Liu Qiyue saw this drop of flame, she felt her entire bloodstream boiling, filled with an intense desire to obtain this drop of Fire Source Liquid.

"Whoosh." Under Meng Chuan's control, the drop of Fire Source Liquid slowly flew towards Liu Qiyue, naturally permeating through her clothes and into her body.

"Boom!" Liu Qiyue's bodily bloodline, upon receiving this drop of Fire Source Liquid, completely erupted. Terrifying flames suddenly burst forth.

Meng Chuan stood calmly to the side. Where he stood, there was naturally a domain of lightning rules. With a single thought, he placed his wife in another dimension. The flames on his wife's body erupted wildly, spreading across Meng Manor, and even extending over the entire Jiangzhou City, but no one else could see these flames. These flames also could not harm a single blade of grass in the normal space.

"Where is Mother?" Meng You asked, puzzled. Meng Dajiang and his wife, as well as Liu Yebai, were equally bewildered.

"Mother's life-level elevation is quite unique; she's currently in another dimension," Meng An explained. As a Third Tribulation Realm mighty being, he couldn't see it, but he could sense it.

Meng Chuan, meanwhile, watched his wife's transformation. Her originally very faint Phoenix bloodline, upon receiving this drop of 'Fire Source Liquid,' was rapidly changing, becoming increasingly pure...