Chapter 651: The Growth of the Cangyuan Realm

With a wave of Master Mo Xie's hand, an illusory structural map of the fifteen layers of the Space-Time Valley appeared before him.

"The Space-Time Valley is divided into fifteen layers," Master Mo Xie explained. "Our White Bird Hall occupies four of the larger layers. I directly control one layer, while the other three are guarded by other Tribulation Realm experts. You will go to the outermost layer and simply help monitor the boundary with the Six Directions Heavens forces."

"Understood," Meng Chuan replied immediately. The task was indeed straightforward.

Master Mo Xie nodded. "Go. If anything important arises, you can contact me at any time through the Nebula Token."

Meng Chuan bowed respectfully, then flew away.

Master Mo Xie watched Meng Chuan depart. He paid little attention to these Sixth Tribulation experts who had come to await the 'Void Three-Leaf Flower'. As a mighty being whose strength ranked among the top hundred in the entire Space-Time River, why would he care about a newly advanced Sixth Tribulation expert? For him, it was merely part of the usual procedure.

Regarding the affairs of White Bird Hall, he had only accepted the task of guarding the Space-Time Valley; he couldn't be bothered with anything else.

"The Original Realm's influence is growing, while I'm still stuck at the Half-Step Seventh Tribulation stage. The gap between us is widening," Master Mo Xie sighed inwardly. Master Mo Xie and the leader of the Original Realm had a long-standing feud. Back when the other party established the 'Original Realm', he founded the 'Land of No Cause', and their powers were nearly equal. But now, the Original Realm's forces contended with the Six Directions Heavens and White Bird Hall, and their leader, as a Seventh Tribulation Essence Soul expert, was widely renowned, with strength ranking among the top ten in the entire Space-Time River.

He, by comparison, was far inferior.

"I must perfect my physical body cultivation method as soon as possible."

"I feel I can succeed within ten thousand years." Master Mo Xie returned to his cave abode and resumed his secluded cultivation.

While guarding the Space-Time Valley, he spent over ninety-nine percent of his time cultivating.

He only appeared when new arrivals came, the Void Three-Leaf Flower emerged, or external forces invaded. At all other times, he paid no heed.

Meng Chuan arrived at the Space-Time Valley, specifically the fifth layer, which bordered the White Bird Hall and the Six Directions Heavens.

"Brother Dongning."

Two figures flew over from a distance to greet him: a black-haired man with two soft tentacles and a woman in green robes wreathed in flames.

"Brother Cang Li, Master Feng Yu," Meng Chuan greeted them politely.

The woman in green robes was Master Feng Yu, one of the eight Sixth Tribulation experts of the contemporary Phoenix clan. In this era, the Phoenix clan was slightly weaker than the Dragon clan. Although neither race possessed a Seventh Tribulation mighty being, the Dragon clan at least had one Half-Step Seventh Tribulation expert.

However, Meng Chuan dared not underestimate her.

Master Feng Yu was also a top-tier Sixth Tribulation expert, and the Phoenix clan's foundation far surpassed that of Patriarch Cang Yuan. Who would dare to slight them even a little? Furthermore, the Eighth Tribulation mighty being, 'Phoenix Ancestor,' might still be alive.

An Eighth Tribulation mighty being, even if they had disappeared for a billion years, might simply have transcended that time and could still be very young.

"I primarily control the array formations on this layer," the black-haired man, Cang Li, said with a smile. "Both you and Sister Feng Yu don't need to manage anything. Just set up a cave abode near the border with the Six Directions Heavens and cultivate in peace."

"Thank you for your trouble, Brother Cang Li," Meng Chuan replied.

Cang Li was a highly renowned figure among the Sixth Tribulation mighty beings.

He originated from a lower-level life world and had carved out his own path step by step. He had even mastered three Sixth Tribulation rules and once snatched an Eighth Tribulation secret treasure to bring back to his home world. Most importantly, he had only cultivated for just over thirty thousand years. At such a young age, mastering three Sixth Tribulation rules meant his chances of becoming a 'Seventh Tribulation mighty being' were extremely high.

Meng Chuan was a Seventh Tribulation seed.

Cang Li was also one, and he had achieved his current standing step by step, without any backing.

Meng Chuan felt considerable admiration for him.

"First, set up your cave abode. Later, I'll be at the Nebula Palace and will invite the Sixth Tribulation mighty beings in the Space-Time Valley to gather," Cang Li said with a smile. The Sixth Tribulation experts in the Space-Time Valley each had their duties and couldn't leave without authorization, so their gatherings also took place at the Nebula Palace.

Meng Chuan excused himself first to go to the border area and set up his cave abode.

"Cang Li, you personally welcomed a newly advanced Sixth Tribulation expert? You should have waited for him to come to your cave abode," the green-robed woman, Master Feng Yu, remarked.

"Feng Yu," Cang Li replied, "Never underestimate any Sixth Tribulation expert. To reach the Sixth Tribulation, one must possess extraordinary qualities."

"You're just too cautious about everything," Master Feng Yu shook her head. The Phoenix clan was predominantly female, with fewer males, and many lived solitary lives. Once they chose a goal, they would not easily give up. Master Feng Yu was extremely proud, but after interacting with Cang Li, she had set her sights on him. Cang Li came to the Space-Time Valley for the Void Three-Leaf Flower, and Master Feng Yu also came to the Space-Time Valley, using her Phoenix clan connections.

Cang Li glanced at Master Feng Yu.

The two of them indeed had many differences.

Master Feng Yu, born into the Phoenix clan, was accustomed to looking down on other powerful individuals.

Cang Li, however, had risen from a weak Venerable, struggling to survive in the outer void until now, enduring countless hardships. Instinctively, he would never slight any Tribulation Realm expert at the same level.

"Treating friends with courtesy might lead to good fortune in the future," Cang Li stated.

"A newly advanced Sixth Tribulation expert?" Master Feng Yu said no more. She felt that Cang Li's cultivation approach was too tiring. She believed one should be free and joyful from the heart for cultivation to proceed more smoothly. Being so cautious and calculating? It was exhausting.

Cang Li gave her a look but said nothing further.

He always felt that the cultivators of the Phoenix clan were given excessively favorable conditions by the 'Phoenix Ancestor'. Too much of the darkness of the outer void was kept away from them, which paradoxically prevented them from seeing much of reality. This might also be a reason why the contemporary Dragon and Phoenix clans lacked Seventh Tribulation mighty beings.

"This Dongning is extraordinary." Cang Li cast a distant glance. He was skilled at insight, and among the Sixth Tribulation rules he had mastered was the Rule of Fate.

The Rule of Fate was essentially the 'future timeline' of the Rule of Time.

The future had not yet happened, leaving many possibilities.

Cang Li looked at Meng Chuan and could see threads of destiny entangled around him, making it difficult to discern much. He only felt a faint sense of pressure emanating from these threads of destiny.

In the void, Meng Chuan flew to the border area and could sense that the White Bird Hall's array formation was adjacent to the Six Directions Heavens' array formation.

With a wave of Meng Chuan's hand, a cave abode, spanning about ten li, flew out and hovered in the void.

"From now on, this avatar will cultivate here." Meng Chuan smiled. During this visit to the Space-Time Valley, he had developed a good impression of Cang Li; at the very least, he admired his cultivation journey.

"Brother Dongning, come quickly." Through the Nebula Token, Cang Li summoned him.

"Coming."

With a thought, Meng Chuan's consciousness traveled through the Nebula Token to the mysterious Nebula Palace.

In the Space-Time region, this was merely an Essence Soul avatar.

His home world, Cang Yuan Realm.

"The array formations and treasures to help the Cang Yuan Realm grow were prepared long ago by the Old Master. We only lacked a Sixth Tribulation mighty being to preside over the formations," the white-robed elder said at the entrance of the Heaven and Earth Great Hall.

"Now it's time for the Cang Yuan Realm to grow," Meng Chuan nodded.

"The peak of a medium-level life world is to reach a range of three hundred thousand li," the white-robed elder explained. "Meng Chuan, you only need to carefully preside over it for a thousand years, and then it will be easy."

Meng Chuan had also consulted the records.

It was like planting a tree: initially, one had to be very careful, digging, fertilizing, and watering as the sapling slowly grew. But once it passed its early stages, it no longer needed constant attention and would naturally grow, becoming larger and larger over decades and centuries.

The advancement of a life world was far more complex than 'planting a tree', but the process was similar.

In the early stages, it required extremely careful guidance, the input of various treasures, and meticulous care for about a thousand years. Once everything was on track, it would no longer need supervision and could grow naturally.

"To upgrade from a lower-level life world to a medium-level one, it requires five hundred years of careful nurturing, followed by another three hundred thousand years of normal growth... only then is it considered a stable medium-level life world," the white-robed elder continued. "Only after it's stable can it be further upgraded. Meng Chuan, if you carefully nurture it for a thousand years, and then allow it to grow for about five hundred thousand years, it can reach the peak of a medium-level life world."

"The growth period is truly long," Meng Chuan sighed.

Even a large tree takes decades or centuries to grow.

It was normal for a world's growth to take hundreds of thousands of years.

"I've heard that the way higher-level life worlds grow is different," the white-robed elder said, "but that's something only an Eighth Tribulation mighty being can achieve."

Meng Chuan also nodded. If an Eighth Tribulation mighty being wished, they could even alter entire races; for instance, the Phoenix and Dragon clans were born due to Eighth Tribulation mighty beings. The secret realms they created could nurture as many powerful individuals as ten galaxies, allowing cultivators to become immortal, transcend reincarnation, and so on. These were all methods of Eighth Tribulation mighty beings.

Contemporary Seventh Tribulation mighty beings were also following in their footsteps.

"Let's begin." Meng Chuan went to the depths of the Heaven and Earth Great Hall to preside over the array formations, initiating another phase of growth for the Cang Yuan Realm.