Chapter 673: Long Bo Cave Master

**Episode 1: Secret Technique "Three Autumn Leaves"**

**Author: I Eat Tomatoes**

The once prosperous Changbo Star was now plunged into darkness and despair. The tens of thousands of cultivators gathered on Changbo Star were mostly the strongest from their respective worlds, possessing a keen sense for danger. From the moment the massive Black Demon Hall vessel appeared out of thin air, along with numerous members of the Tribulation Realm and Emperors, they all realized a major crisis had descended.

"This is bad.""Run.""Changbo Cave Master betrayed us.""Flee quickly!"

Changbo Star was in utter chaos. Tens of thousands of cultivators employed various methods; some tried to escape Changbo Star, while others fled towards an Eternal Tower branch. However, Changbo Cave Master now controlled the great array of the entire star, hindering these cultivators' escape.

"Form arrays!" From the Black Demon Hall's side, squads led by Tribulation Realm cultivators quickly formed arrays, intending to carry out large-scale slaughter with their formations. Moreover, the three most powerful Five-Tribulation Realm members actively pursued the Tribulation Realm and Emperor cultivators on Changbo Star.

The grey-robed leader of the Black Demon Hall instantly trapped a Three-Tribulation Realm cultivator, capturing him alive, sealing him, and taking him into his cave dwelling. The toxic gas spreading from his attack naturally affected a large area. Although cultivators fled quickly, hundreds were still caught in the toxic mist, instantly dissolving into poisonous water. Yet, some cultivators had light flowing on their bodies, resisting the toxic mist, and some revived after dissolving into poisonous water. Of the hundreds of cultivators, less than ten percent survived the toxic mist, and those who miraculously survived immediately fled in panic.

"Can you escape?" From a distance, a towering black stone giant grabbed at a Four-Tribulation Realm grandmaster desperately fleeing. Before he could seize him, the Four-Tribulation Realm grandmaster self-annihilated his outer realm true body, emitting an incredibly furious roar: "Changbo Cave Master!" The black stone giant's grab came up empty, leaving him somewhat annoyed.

"Changbo Cave Master!""You betrayed us!""Villain!""Traitor!"

Roars of anger echoed from many parts of the city. Meanwhile, on a mountaintop outside the city, Changbo Cave Master listened remotely, his wrinkled old face remaining perfectly calm as he softly said, "The struggles of the weak."

Years ago, Black Dragon Star was also targeted by the Black Demon Hall. Although no Six-Tribulation Realm grandmaster intervened, Old Ancestor Black Dragon was powerful enough to fully protect the weak, allowing as many as possible to escape. Many cultivators saved their lives then, and Meng Chuan was one of them. However, this time, Changbo Cave Master conspired with the Black Demon Hall from within, leaving the tens of thousands of cultivators on Changbo Star with little hope of survival.

"Hm?" Changbo Cave Master's expression subtly changed. He instantly saw a black-robed, white-haired man, enveloped in purple light, appear above Changbo Star, not far from the massive vessel.

At this moment!

All cultivators on Changbo Star noticed the black-robed, white-haired man. Meng Chuan's aura was simply too terrifying, like a sun appearing out of nowhere in the night. All cultivators involuntarily looked at Meng Chuan. Just as mortals' eyes are severely stimulated when looking at the sun, the impact of Meng Chuan's Six-Tribulation Realm life-form was even more terrifying on these cultivators, leaving almost all of them with blank minds. Only Five-Tribulation Realm grandmasters and a small number of Tribulation Realm cultivators could still think clearly.

"White Bird Pavilion, Dongning City Lord?" The grey-robed leader's heart grew cold. "It's over.""A Six-Tribulation Realm has appeared?" The other two Five-Tribulation Realm members also felt their hearts grow cold. As members of the Black Demon Hall, they naturally knew this Dongning City Lord; after all, not long ago, he had annihilated another Black Demon Hall squad, and now it was their turn. Following this, the consciousnesses of all three began to plunge into darkness.

Within a medium-level life world, the grey-robed leader stood at the peak of a great snowy mountain, sensing the attack arriving through karma. "The losses this time are truly immense," the grey-robed leader murmured. "An outer realm true body, the secret treasures, weapons, and warship I carried... these are worth thirteen thousand squares of value. To exert sufficient strength in external campaigns of slaughter, one naturally couldn't carry inferior treasures." A loss of thirteen thousand squares was nothing to a Black Demon Hall member like him; they earned far more through slaughter and plunder.

"The greatest loss is the large number of Tribulation Realm followers, and numerous Emperor servants," the grey-robed leader said with a pang of heartache. "My squad is almost completely wiped out." The three leaders, being protected by their home worlds, naturally survived. But as for the Tribulation Realm followers, except for nine Four-Tribulation Realm and three Three-Tribulation Realm cultivators, all other Tribulation Realm followers had their true bodies and clones utterly destroyed, truly dead. As for the Emperors? They were originally captured Emperor servants, and each had their outer realm true body annihilated. Naturally, they would no longer serve the Black Demon Hall. The middle and lower ranks of the grey-robed leader's squad were gone. For a long time, the deterrent power of his squad would be greatly diminished.

The Black Demon Hall members were powerless to resist Meng Chuan. They formed groups in arrays, easily identifiable at a glance, and Meng Chuan could also easily distinguish Black Demon Hall members through their karmic connections. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Similar to the incident on Miaofa Star, he showed no mercy to the Tribulation Realm cultivators but merely destroyed the outer realm true bodies of the Black Demon Hall's Emperor servants, leaving them a glimmer of hope. Although these Emperor servants were coerced, they could have chosen to destroy their outer realm true bodies rather than become pawns. Since they were unwilling to part with their treasures and chose to be pawns, they had to pay the price.

With a wave of his hand, Meng Chuan collected all the treasures left behind by the Black Demon Hall members, including the physical bodies of the Tribulation Realm grandmasters. He also intended to accumulate more for his home world.

With a sudden motion, Meng Chuan pulled an old man with a wrinkled face in front of him with a casual grab through the air. The old man looked up at Meng Chuan and bowed slightly, saying, "Dongning City Lord cares for the weak and is willing to offend the Black Demon Hall for them. Changbo admires you." Meng Chuan looked at the old man before him. This old man was Changbo Cave Master.

He was originally the master of Changbo Star, guarding it for tens of thousands of years and benefiting a river system for tens of thousands of years, providing generations of cultivators with a safe trading place. But it was also he who betrayed all the cultivators on Changbo Star. Although Meng Chuan had arrived as quickly as possible, thousands of cultivators had still died.

"Guarded this place for tens of thousands of years, only to betray it?" Meng Chuan looked at him.

"Venerables only live for two thousand years, and Emperors merely for ten thousand years," Changbo Cave Master said. "I established Changbo Star, benefiting many generations of cultivators. Now that I am old, taking back some treasures cannot be considered excessive, can it?"

"You aren't simply demanding treasures; you intend to slaughter them," Meng Chuan said. "If you had carried out a large-scale massacre yourself, I fear a Six-Tribulation Realm grandmaster from Eternal Tower would have intervened long ago. That's why you let the Black Demon Hall act on your behalf. Clearly, you wanted to avoid any mishaps."

"But an unforeseen event still occurred; things often develop unexpectedly," Changbo Cave Master said. "Fortunately, I was prepared. The treasures I could acquire normally were already obtained and sent back to my home world."

Changbo Cave Master looked down below. "But the true wealth of Changbo Star lies with its tens of thousands of cultivators; it can only be plundered through slaughter. Slaughtering and plundering, I did it when I was weak, but never again after becoming a Venerable. However, after my death, my home world will decline, and it needs sufficient treasures as its foundation. For the prosperity and survival of my home world, I could only be ruthless."

Changbo Cave Master looked at Meng Chuan. "The reason I stayed to meet Dongning City Lord is because I admire him. Throughout the entire Spatial River, grandmasters like Dongning City Lord are, after all, too few." As he spoke, Changbo Cave Master's skin began to turn black. "With my petty calculations, I feared Dongning City Lord would capture me alive and make me suffer immensely. So, the moment the City Lord arrived, I took poison," Changbo Cave Master smiled slightly.

Meng Chuan had already noticed. He had discerned at the micro-particle level that the other party was deeply poisoned, and his body was beginning to disintegrate, a process he himself found difficult to reverse.

"Before this operation, I sent all my treasures back to my home world." Changbo Cave Master looked at Meng Chuan, his body disintegrating. "I have three hundred years of life left; I will not step out of my home world again. To see Dongning City Lord on my last day in the outer void is Changbo's honor." After speaking, his body had already disintegrated into nothingness.