Chapter 663: Endless Ring Wind Zone

**Episode One: Secret Skill "Three Autumn Leaves"**

Author: I Eat Tomatoes

Catch-up Chapter.

The grand celebration finally concluded.

Meng Chuan, as a member of the White Bird Pavilion's Third Branch, sat in a back-row corner and remained until the celebration ended. Of course, he also made some Six Tribulation Realm friends. Although most Six Tribulation Realm cultivators present didn't exchange a word with Meng Chuan, at their level, a mere glance was enough to deeply remember every cultivator present, recording their aura and locking onto their karmic connections. Naturally, other members also became acquainted with Meng Chuan.

This was also Meng Chuan's first official appearance in the Third Branch, and he was pleased with it.

Because these Six Tribulation Realm cultivators were all his companions!

More precisely, all over ten thousand members of the White Bird Pavilion were his companions. Members of the same faction were forbidden from harming one another; instead, they were expected to help each other and collectively contend with other forces within the River of Spacetime.

The result of joining a faction was that while he gained many companions, he also gained many adversaries. For instance, the Six Heavens also had over ten thousand members, along with various other factions. From the day Meng Chuan joined the White Bird Pavilion, he took a side and became embroiled in factional disputes.

There was no choice; without taking a side, he wouldn't even be qualified to access many resources.

“Strength speaks for itself,” Meng Chuan thought. “Currently, my top priority is to comprehend the Spatial Law.” He focused on his cultivation.

He had been cultivating on Clear Spring Island for fifty years. Strictly speaking, accounting for the different time flow rates during his cultivation in the Kunyun Secret Realm and the depths of the Dark Chaotic Hole, another six hundred years of Meng Chuan's actual cultivation time had passed. Since transcending his tribulation to become a Six Tribulation Realm cultivator, his actual cultivation time had been nearly two thousand years.

“I’ve nearly mastered the foundations of the Spatial Law,” Meng Chuan thought. “I’ve fully comprehended ‘Domain of the Void’ and ‘Control of the Void,’ leaving only ‘Movement through the Void,’ which is currently at a bottleneck.” On Thousand Mountains Star, at the ninth floor of the Eternal Tower, Meng Chuan arrived. “I can’t get stuck at a bottleneck and waste time.”

All three aspects of the Spatial Law must be comprehended.

After comprehension, the perfect integration of these three aspects truly constitutes the Spatial Law.

Despite having created a peak Emperor-level ultimate art himself, possessing the complete 'Void Atlas' for guidance, and having the Eternal Secret Treasure 'Great Seal' along with various cultivation conditions on Clear Spring Island, Meng Chuan still encountered a bottleneck in the three major foundations of the Spatial Law.

This was because every cultivator has their own strengths. The more proficient one is, the faster their cultivation progresses. Naturally, those less proficient cultivate slowly and are more prone to bottlenecks.

The Thunder Law and Movement through the Void share commonalities, but he still encountered a bottleneck.

“The cosmos is vast, with many unique environments,” Meng Chuan mused as he browsed the intelligence records of the Eternal Tower. “There are also many suitable for comprehending the Spatial Law.”

“I also have some places I’ve long wanted to visit.”

“Hmm, let’s provisionally decide on these nine places.”

Meng Chuan filtered through a large number of unique locations and selected nine.

The first was the ‘Endless Girdle of Wind,’ the second was ‘Painter Saint Mountain,’ the third was ‘Glacial River Nebula’…

Of these nine places, seven were related to comprehending the Spatial Law. Two others were places he had long wanted to visit, such as 'Painter Saint Mountain.' Painter Saint Mountain was the artistic relic left behind by the only Eight Tribulation Realm grandmaster renowned for his painting in the history of the River of Spacetime, 'Dao Lord Shan Wu.' As a cultivator who enjoyed painting, Meng Chuan had naturally long wanted to go there, but due to reasons like cultivating on Demonic Mountain and transcending his tribulation, he had never been able to make the trip.

Another location was ‘Nine Tribulation Star.’ The surface of Nine Tribulation Star, a massive celestial body, featured nine enormous paintings. It was unknown who painted them, but it was certain that the artist must have been at the Eight Tribulation Realm level.

Of the scroll-type relics in the River of Spacetime confirmed to be left by Eight Tribulation Realm cultivators, there were only these two. Meng Chuan naturally wanted to visit both.

Relatively speaking, Painter Saint Mountain was ranked higher, because Dao Lord Shan Wu was famous for his painting path, and he even used brushes and paintings to fight his enemies.

“First, I’ll go to the Endless Girdle of Wind, then to Painter Saint Mountain.”

Meng Chuan set his sights on this location because it was a highly suitable place for cultivating ‘Movement through the Void.’ He needed to master all three foundations of the Spatial Dao as quickly as possible; only after mastering all three could he attempt to integrate them into a complete Spatial Law.

The Endless Girdle of Wind was located within the Lanhua River Domain. Here, the spatiotemporal structure was highly peculiar, giving rise to endless gales. The gales roared continuously, forming a circulating wind belt. Each loop constantly advanced, yet its final destination always returned to its starting point. Thus, the wind was always moving forward, yet always returning to its origin.

A white-haired man with hair draped over his shoulders arrived here.

“What chaotic spacetime,” Meng Chuan observed. This wind originated from the outer void, roaring and destroying everything. Ordinary Emperor-level cultivators would likely be instantly shredded and annihilated. The endless gales also rendered the void unstable, constantly creating and healing cracks. Countless void cracks were present within the Endless Girdle of Wind. Furthermore, the time flow rate also continuously fluctuated.

Under the roaring wind, the time flow rate occasionally became three times, sometimes five times, sometimes ten times, and could even exceed a hundred times.

“Let’s begin,” Meng Chuan murmured. With a single step, he entered the Endless Girdle of Wind.

The Endless Girdle of Wind was vast in scope, spanning across nearly half a galaxy, and was a well-known natural wonder throughout the cosmos.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.” Endless winds and endless spatial cracks filled the air; spacetime itself shifted unpredictably with the wind. In such an environment, if one could traverse the Endless Girdle of Wind without touching any cracks and avoiding every wisp of wind, it would signify success in ‘Movement through the Void.’

“Avoid every wisp of wind, avoid all void cracks?” Meng Chuan mused as he looked at the seemingly omnipresent wind, and immediately began.

The wind was said to be omnipresent. However, at Meng Chuan’s realm, he observed that the roaring winds merely permeated different spatial layers. He only needed to follow the flow, always positioning himself in spatial layers that the gales had not yet permeated. Yet, achieving this was difficult because the winds were innumerable, constantly permeating and dissipating. Furthermore, the time flow rate was constantly changing, and spatial cracks kept appearing.

Meng Chuan walked. The gales roared, blowing upon him, yet it was as if they were blowing at nothingness, not touching him in the slightest. In a single instant, Meng Chuan had already shifted through over a hundred spatial layers, preventing the gales from touching him.

“Pfft.” However, under the roaring gales, spacetime shifted, causing Meng Chuan to make a mistake in his movement, and immediately wind blew upon him.

Meng Chuan was cultivating with his Outer Realm true body here. He did not use his domain to block the wind, allowing it to blow upon him, cutting like blades.

“The time flow rate can change seven times in the blink of an eye?” Meng Chuan mused. “While moving, must I constantly adjust my movement according to changes in the time flow rate?” He tried to walk step by step.

If he was lucky, he could persist for over ten breaths of time, traversing the Endless Girdle of Wind without touching anything. If he was less lucky, he might be hit in a single instant.

“This won’t do,” Meng Chuan decided. “Spacetime changes with the wind, and spatial cracks are also caused by the wind. Therefore, the source of these trajectory changes is the wind. I must grasp the source.” With a flick of his hand, Meng Chuan took out his Demon Slaying Blade and immediately began to cleave the wind with it.

“No need to rush into dodging; first, I’ll sense the wind’s influence on spacetime.”

Meng Chuan walked through the Endless Girdle of Wind, cleaving with his blade with every step. As he cleaved at the wind, feeling the changes in the wind and the void, Meng Chuan cultivated in this manner.

Catch-up complete, cheers!