Chapter 639: Sixth Heavenly Tribulation

Meng Chuan entrusted all his affairs to others, temporarily bid farewell to his parents and wife, and entered complete seclusion to focus solely on cultivation.

He was so utterly devoted because he was captivated by the legacy "Path of Eternity," gifted by the World Ancestor.

"Truly a legacy created by an Eight-Tribulation Realm expert," Meng Chuan thought with admiration. "By transforming the soul into a 'Sea of Void' to torment oneself, the internal pressure makes one more eager to find the flaws in their own mind and will."

As he delved deeper into this cultivation method, Meng Chuan discovered a flaw in his own mind.

"When resisting internal pressure, a firmer mind and will isn't always better; over-rigidity can easily break."

"Instead, being gentle and adaptable makes resistance much easier."

The mind and will govern the entire soul. When resisting pressure, it should be gentler, guiding the flow rather than opposing it directly.

When first cultivating "Path of Eternity," it was easiest to uncover various weaknesses. As these weaknesses were resolved, this legacy would gradually hit a bottleneck, because the remaining weaknesses would become increasingly difficult to overcome.

However, Meng Chuan was only in the initial stages of cultivation, so he was naturally fervent. He could clearly feel his own transformation.

"Cultivating deep within a chaotic hole is indeed better than in the outside world," Meng Chuan mused. He often practiced "Path of Eternity" deep inside a chaotic hole, where the dark chaos affected the void and thus the soul. Deep within the chaotic hole, his soul, transformed into a 'Sea of Void,' became even more distorted and unstable under its influence, increasing the pressure on his soul and making it easier to discover his weaknesses.

Meng Chuan was engrossed in the feeling of resolving his weaknesses one by one, growing stronger in the process.

In a flash, after fifteen years of cultivating "Path of Eternity," Meng Chuan reached a bottleneck. The easily resolvable weaknesses had been addressed, and what remained stemmed from his core being, making further progress difficult.

"Cultivators are not puppets, after all; they cannot perfectly control themselves," Meng Chuan sighed silently, sitting cross-legged deep within the dark chaotic hole.

With progress becoming difficult and the remaining pressure relentlessly persistent, Meng Chuan inevitably felt weary.

"Hmm?" Meng Chuan's expression suddenly changed.

He vaguely sensed that the sixth tribulation was about to descend from afar.

"The sixth tribulation is coming?" Meng Chuan was startled.

Immediately, he took a step, flashing continuously several times, and instantly arrived at Cangyuan Realm, entering it.

This chaotic cave-heaven was the closest to Cangyuan Realm, so Meng Chuan's true body naturally returned in the shortest time possible.

"The tribulation is coming?"

In a quiet room within a cave-mansion in the Realm Prefecture of Kunyun Secret Realm.

Meng Chuan, dressed in white, sat cross-legged in this quiet room. The time flow in this room was identical to that of the outer void, and this was where Meng Chuan's soul avatar resided. If he stayed in Kunyun Secret Realm, his lifespan would diminish much faster than in the outside world. Sitting in the quiet room, Meng Chuan gazed out through the window at the vast lake, his expression somewhat complex.

His gaze fell upon his grandson, Meng Yu, who was within the Kunyun Secret Realm's inner world, as well as his son Meng An and Long Han.

"I wonder if they will ever return to this secret realm," Meng Chuan murmured to himself. In that instant, this soul avatar quietly dissipated.

Meng Yu, cultivating in his sect, was unaware that his grandfather was about to face the sixth tribulation, and if he failed, Meng Yu would never see him again.

"Qianshan Star."

Meng Chuan then thought of his disciples, Gao Fang and Zhao Hongxiu, who were currently cultivating there, as well as Jingyun Cavern Master, the Eight-Headed Star Devouring Serpent race, and numerous cultivators in Dongning City.

If he failed the tribulation, Qianshan Star would be imperiled, but he had already made arrangements.

Meng Chuan quietly dispersed this soul avatar.

Cangyuan Realm.

Meng Chuan dispersed all his external soul avatars and even recalled all 'soul thoughts' from his true body in the outer realm.

Only his sole true body remained to face this tribulation.

"The Sixth Tribulation."

Meng Chuan sat cross-legged in the highest pavilion of the Tribulation Hall, looking up at the sky. He sensed a terrifying power forcefully descending through the boundless void.

The tribulation of the Tribulation Realm could not be stopped by any power.

From his vague sensing, the descent would only take a little over ten breaths of time.

At this moment, none of Meng Chuan's friends or relatives knew that he was about to face the sixth tribulation.

The soul tribulation was ethereal and elusive; even with sufficiently high cultivation of mind and will, one dared not claim absolute certainty. This was because the 'soul tribulation' specifically targeted weaknesses in the soul and mind.

If one's skill realm was high enough, for example, having mastered Seven-Tribulation Realm rules and possessing a soul comparable to a Seven-Tribulation Realm expert, then facing the 'Sixth Tribulation' would naturally feel much easier. It was like a fierce wind that couldn't shake a towering mountain but could sweep away pebbles! A Seven-Tribulation Realm soul was a mountain, a Six-Tribulation Realm soul was a 'pebble,' and the Sixth Tribulation was the fierce wind.

When the fierce wind descended, the pebbles would be swept away and scattered.

"Facing the tribulation."

Meng Chuan sensed a terrifying power penetrate the defenses of the Tribulation Hall and bore into his sea of consciousness.

Inside his sea of consciousness, his soul had already transformed into the shape of a star.

As 'Soul Star' was the cultivation method he had practiced the longest, Meng Chuan's soul naturally adopted this form to respond, and it was also what he was most confident in.

"Boom." "Boom." "Boom."

Clusters of void flames descended, striking Meng Chuan's soul like meteors, their destructive power quite terrifying.

Meng Chuan's soul, operating under the Soul Star method, guided by a powerful mind and will, and further guarded by a world treasure within, was remarkably stable and completely withstood all the bombardments.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle."

These void flames had no color. Even when Meng Chuan used his soul power to sense them, he only perceived them as fluctuating masses of flame.

It was their existence, causing the void to twist into a 'flame' shape, that led Meng Chuan to call them 'void flames.'

The soul tribulation... all kinds of bizarre phenomena could arise. The only way to overcome the tribulation was to face whatever came head-on.

"What exactly are these void flames for?" Meng Chuan was very wary.

First, the void flames struck like meteors. After his soul resisted them, they then attached themselves to the soul and burned, with wisps of flame penetrating the soul and affecting his soul world.

As more and more void flames attached to his soul, more and more flames penetrated and descended into his soul world.

"Rumble..."

His soul world was a world of thunder.

Guarded by a world treasure, his soul world was much more stable and powerful, repelling the incoming flames and attempting to extinguish them. Under Meng Chuan's control, a thunder mountain in the center of his soul world flew up and smashed into the void flames.

The soul world trembled, but the void flames were completely unharmed and remained entangled within the soul world.

His will, like blades, mobilized the full power of his soul world to besiege and expel them, yet these flames, having penetrated into his soul world, simply could not be destroyed.

One hour, two hours...

As time passed, more and more 'void flames' attached themselves to his soul, and more and more flames penetrated into his soul world. Meng Chuan felt that his control over his soul world was weakening.

"These flames cannot be extinguished, and they are constantly growing stronger. What can I do?" Meng Chuan realized the terrifying nature of these flames.

Their other characteristics were attachment, penetration, burning, and indestructibility!

They ceaselessly permeated every part of his soul.

Meng Chuan understood that if he allowed them to continue, his entire soul would likely burn into a mass of void flames and be utterly annihilated.