Chapter 659: The Venerable Ones of the Cangyuan World

Chapter One: Secret Technique "Three Autumn Leaves"

By I Eat Tomatoes

Meng Chuan's primordial spirit began to embody an eternal, unyielding quality.

Creating one's own primordial spirit cultivation method is the most orthodox way to strengthen one's mind and will. In the early stages, the mind and will are strengthened through trials, experiences, and insights, but in the later stages, one must create their own primordial spirit cultivation method. The true power of a formidable mind and will lies not in its ability to withstand hardship, but in the profound wisdom that sees through everything, achieving absolute clarity and freedom from doubt.

Suffering and torment are also forms of delusion.

Freedom from doubt means thoroughly deconstructing everything.

The birth and destruction of the universe, the workings of all phenomena, the growth and reincarnation of life, the emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness—why do mind and will originate? What distinctions exist between the primordial spirits and physical bodies of countless races, myriad lives, and even mighty entities? Why do these distinctions exist?

As wisdom increases, one's mind and will naturally strengthen.

With deeper insight into the primordial spirit, changes in one's primordial spirit structure, and a slow transformation of one's life level, the mind and will naturally grow stronger.

"My primordial spirit cultivation method is still quite rudimentary. Currently, it primarily draws upon the two major frameworks of 'Path of Eternity' and 'Primordial Spirit Stars,' with its nascent form built upon these."

"For me to become truly powerful, I need to create my own method based on my own insights. This means I must master the rules of time and space, and only a primordial spirit method founded on these can compare to those of the two venerated seniors." Meng Chuan clearly understood that this path was still long, but he was already exploring it.

The transformation of his mind and will further weakened the influence of the sounds and characters emanating from the mountaintop. Meng Chuan looked up, but the dense clouds still obscured his view. He then lowered his head and continued his slow ascent along the Demonic Mountain path.

As time flowed on and he heard more and more of the sounds and characters, Meng Chuan vaguely felt that they might constitute a cultivation method, though he couldn't grasp it completely yet.

"I've reached my limit," Meng Chuan declared, stopping his ascent. The sounds from the mountaintop had become much clearer, and their intense impact on his primordial spirit prevented him from advancing. Although he gained some insights, they were insufficient to prompt a further transformation of his mind and will.

He had a feeling that, from this point forward, he would need to make substantial improvements to his primordial spirit cultivation method for his next transformation to occur.

"Seventy-three thousand li — that's my current limit," Meng Chuan stated, looking up.

The path beneath his feet continued upwards, alongside another path of physical cultivation.

"I will definitely reach the summit," Meng Chuan murmured to himself, "and see what truly lies there."

Reaching the summit was extremely difficult. From what he had learned from Jiezu, reaching the summit signified that one's mind and will had attained the level of an Eighth Tribulation physical cultivation expert. For a Seventh Tribulation Primordial Spirit expert, even reaching the summit was arduous, and the vast majority of 'Great Experts of the Seventh Tribulation Realm' were unable to achieve it.

"The Demonic Eye Guild Master came to Demonic Mountain, perhaps just to attempt the climb," Meng Chuan speculated. "He might not have reached the summit yet?"

Meng Chuan looked around. Demonic Mountain was utterly silent; the berserk forbidden creatures had also descended, with not a single one visible on the main peak.

It was time to leave!

"There are still about twenty years until my appointed time with the Demonic Eye Guild Master," Meng Chuan thought. He was still looking forward to visiting Clearspring Island. With a whoosh, Meng Chuan vanished into thin air, using a secret technique to leave Demonic Mountain.

In a valley within the Earth Realm of Kunyun Secret Realm.

Meng Chuan, with his white hair draped over his shoulders, appeared in the valley, drawing the attention of the six cultivators already gathered there.

"Emperor."

"Meng Chuan." The cultivators in the valley all saluted him. Meng Chuan glanced at them, noting, "There are six this time?"

The Kunyun Secret Realm would send cultivators back every hundred years. A full eleven hundred years had passed since he first brought thirty-four Venerables here, which corresponded to one hundred and ten years in the Cangyuan Realm.

Many batches had been sent back over time, and this current group of six was considered quite numerous.

"Venerable Yaoyue, are you also returning this time?" Meng Chuan walked towards Bai Yaoyue.

Bai Yaoyue's temples were already streaked with white. The Bai Yaoyue who had been the youngest and most talented Venerable in the entire Cangyuan Realm during Meng Chuan's youth was now quite old.

"I have tried all the treasure grounds in Kunyun Secret Realm that were suitable for me," Bai Yaoyue said with a soft sigh and a smile, her temperament having mellowed considerably. "Now, with less than two hundred years remaining until my lifespan limit, I am still only at the sixth layer of the Primordial Spirit. A breakthrough in the primordial spirit cannot be forced. Perhaps returning to my homeland will offer some hope. If not... I can only rely on your help, Meng Chuan, to transform into an Emperor-level special lifeform."

Meng Chuan comforted her, "After returning, you might just break through before your lifespan limit. My master also broke through right before his lifespan limit."

"I hope so," Bai Yaoyue replied, knowing full well that Qin Wu had only achieved his breakthrough after being stimulated by special cultivation grounds in the Kunyun Secret Realm, such as the 'Nightmare Land' and 'Mortal Coil Painting.' She, however, had already tried all of those.

Meng Chuan nodded.

He had promised that any Venerable of the Heaven and Earth Realm in Cangyuan Realm could be transformed into an Emperor-level special lifeform, an expense Meng Chuan was not concerned about.

Because in Cangyuan Realm, it was simply too difficult for a Heaven and Earth Realm Venerable to be born.

"Yang Cheng, are you also returning?" Meng Chuan looked at another Venerable.

"Yes, Father-in-law," Yang Cheng nodded. "I promised Meng You that I would return before I reached 1,500 years old."

Meng Chuan nodded.

His daughter and son-in-law had originally come to Kunyun Secret Realm together, and in the early stages, they had adventured and cultivated side-by-side. However, Meng You's cultivation progressed much slower. Moreover, some treasure grounds in Kunyun Secret Realm required one or two hundred years to pass inside, and in certain areas, the stronger could stay longer while the weaker were expelled sooner. Thus, it was difficult for Meng You to always stay with her husband Yang Cheng. After cultivating for three hundred years in Kunyun Secret Realm, she had returned earlier because they spent too much time separated. After Meng You returned to Cangyuan Realm, Yang Cheng became even more focused on his cultivation.

Of the thirty-four Venerables who originally came, only Qin Wu and Bei Mu Emperor had truly become Emperors to date.

Bei Mu Emperor was the 'King Bei Mu' who had once fought alongside Meng Chuan in the World Gap. King Bei Mu first recovered his peak vitality to become a Venerable, and after coming to Kunyun Secret Realm, he cultivated continuously, becoming an Emperor at just over twelve hundred years old—a progression so smooth it surprised even Meng Chuan. Meng Chuan had once mused that if King Zhenwu had also lived to this day, perhaps he too could have become an Emperor.

Apart from the two Emperors, Bai Yaoyue from the older generation and Yang Cheng from the younger generation were both Heaven and Earth Realm Venerables.

Besides these, there had been no other major breakthroughs.

When they were initially sent to Kunyun Secret Realm, the only ones who truly gained significantly were the two Emperors, Qin Wu and Bei Mu Emperor, as well as the two Heaven and Earth Realm Venerables, Bai Yaoyue and Yang Cheng. Even the youngest, Yang Cheng, was nearly 1,500 years old, and achieving a primordial spirit breakthrough before his lifespan limit would be an extremely difficult feat.

"Let's go, back to Cangyuan Realm," Meng Chuan said, immediately leading the six of them away from Kunyun Secret Realm and embarking on the journey home.

With Demonic Mountain as a transit point, Meng Chuan's journey was significantly faster.

Of course, when transiting through Demonic Mountain, the other six were kept within Meng Chuan's portable spatial treasure, as they could not survive in the Demonic Mountain environment.

Back in Cangyuan Realm.

Meng Chuan released the six Venerables.

The six Venerables were all deeply emotional, having been away from their homeland for over a thousand years. One by one, after bidding farewell to Meng Chuan, they quickly departed.

Watching Bai Yaoyue and the others leave, Meng Chuan felt a touch of melancholy. The path of cultivation was simply too difficult.

Take his wife, Liu Qiyue. He had used a 'Fire Source Liquid,' comparable in value to an Eighth Tribulation secret treasure, to purify her bloodline to near that of a pure-blooded phoenix. He believed cultivating to the Emperor Perfection Realm would be a smooth process for her, but that was all. Becoming a Tribulation Realm expert would still be arduous, and becoming a powerful one was an even more remote hope.

His son, Meng An, had followed the path laid out by Patriarch Cangyuan since his youth, undertaking rigorous cultivation, and had also become a Tribulation Realm expert. But now, further progress was increasingly difficult for him.

Meng Chuan could feel that on the path of cultivation, it was difficult to find compatriots of similar strength; he could only press forward alone.

Just like Patriarch Cangyuan, who had also walked this path alone, long, long ago.

Regardless of the changing tides in the outside world, Meng Chuan peacefully spent twenty years and received the Clearspring Token, sent from afar by the Demonic Eye Guild Master.