Chapter 677: Battle Spoils

In a quiet room within the World Prefecture of the Kunyun Secret Realm, Meng Chuan sat cross-legged. With a wave of his hand, a multitude of items flew out: miniaturized large ships, chains, sabers, blood wheels, and other secret treasures, alongside various storage artifacts, portable grotto-heavens, protective robes, and some unused life-saving talismans.

Changbo Star is relatively close to the Taidong River Region. After Meng Chuan annihilated that branch of the Black Demon Palace, he sent the spoils of war to the nearby Taidong River Region.

A large pile of treasures formed a small mountain, occupying a good portion of the quiet room. Meng Chuan looked up, thinking, "I need to carefully sort through these and make more preparations for the future generations of my home world."

Patriarch Cang Yuan, for instance, was considered wealthy as a Seventh-Tribulation Realm mighty figure. While his Eternal Secret Treasure, the 'Great Seal,' was not to be openly displayed, the total value of his other treasures ranged from 60 million to 90 million units.

Was that a lot?

If he only consumed without replenishing, at a rate of one unit of extraterrestrial yuan crystal per year, his reserves would be completely depleted in about 100 million years.

Therefore, Patriarch Cang Yuan had to impose strict restrictions. Most of the time, he required the sect to operate on a 'self-sustaining' basis, and the sect's treasures could only be used for exceptional circumstances. The greater the talent, the more they were worth cultivating. For the mediocre, it was better to wait tens of millions of years for a true genius to emerge.

Fortunately, Meng Chuan appeared just over a million years after Patriarch Cang Yuan's death, and many of the Patriarch's precious treasures remained intact.

"These can all be sold through the Eternal Tower."

"These are useful for Cang Yuan World; I'll take them back and place them in the treasure vault."

Meng Chuan processed them quickly, carefully identifying many of the treasures. He soon sorted and put away all the mountain-like treasures before him, leaving only the storage artifacts and portable grotto-heavens.

"Whoosh."

Storage artifacts and portable grotto-heavens contained many more items. Meng Chuan's primordial spirit power permeated each one, quickly investigating.

"Good heavens, this large piece of 'Magnetic Origin Crystal' must be worth about 50,000 units. I wonder if it belonged to a Tribulation Realm expert or an Emperor." Meng Chuan waved his hand, and an eighteen-zhang diameter grey sphere, glowing with a strange luster, floated before him. Though grey, the Magnetic Origin Crystal's colors flowed, giving it extraordinary charm. "A Tribulation Realm expert from the Black Demon Palace, coming to massacre, shouldn't carry such a valuable treasure. It's highly probable that this is a hidden treasure obtained by some Emperor."

In reality, the spoils Meng Chuan obtained were more significantly contributed by the Emperors' servants.

When encountering the Black Demon Palace, some Emperors, either for their dignity or their unwillingness to slaughter other cultivators, would rather abandon their treasures and detonate their avatars.

However, many Emperors were reluctant to part with their gains from the outer void and chose to become servants. The treasures of those hundreds of Emperor servants all fell into Meng Chuan's hands.

"Last time, at Wonderful Law Star, the spoils were worth approximately 180,000 units. This time, the harvest is even greater; including this 'Magnetic Origin Crystal,' it already exceeds 200,000 units, and I haven't even finished inspecting everything." Meng Chuan put away the Magnetic Origin Crystal and continued to examine the storage artifacts and portable grotto-heavens one by one.

Each time a branch of the Black Demon Palace was wiped out, the harvest was quite substantial.

However, most Six-Tribulation Realm mighty figures were very cautious; without specific reasons, they wouldn't confront a Black Demon Palace branch. For instance, Meng Chuan only provoked them twice before attracting the Scarlet Lord.

"Swish, swish, swish."

Storage artifacts and portable grotto-heavens were inspected one by one, sorted, and dealt with. At Meng Chuan's realm, the processing speed was quite fast.

Suddenly, Meng Chuan paused, looking at a floating storage ring.

"What is this?" Meng Chuan's primordial spirit power permeated the storage ring, revealing one item among the numerous treasures—an ancient scroll.

"Such profound spatio-temporal mysteries, possessing complete spatial laws, and my accumulation in time is far surpassed. It's at least a Seventh-Tribulation Realm secret treasure, no... it doesn't seem like a secret treasure, but rather a special-purpose exotic treasure." Meng Chuan mused.

The scroll was taken out. Made from what looked like leather, it was three feet long and wide, appearing quite ordinary. However, Meng Chuan was only a hair's breadth away from mastering complete spatial laws, so he could confirm that this scroll contained complete spatial laws. Its application of time laws was also highly profound, and it even subtly contained other laws. Unlike the paintings from Sacred Painting Mountain, which openly displayed the mysteries of laws.

This scroll, however, was an exotic treasure, with its profundities concealed.

"Among so many spoils, I actually encountered something I can't discern," Meng Chuan thought, a little curious. A wisp of his primordial spirit power permeated the scroll.

Meng Chuan's consciousness entered the space within the scroll.

In the illusory space, a dark green altar stood in the center. Above it, ten doors were arranged side by side, leading in ten different directions.

"Sacrifice treasures to deduce a suitable body cultivation method?" Meng Chuan looked at the dark green altar before him, a little surprised. "For a Body Tribulation Realm expert, creating one's own body cultivation method is extremely difficult. And this altar... can help refine it to at least ninety percent completion, with the cultivator needing to complete the final step themselves?"

Meng Chuan's body cultivation was still at the Fifth-Tribulation Realm precisely because creating his own body cultivation method was not easy, and he was reluctant to spend too much time on it.

An altar that helps deduce a nearly complete method? At least ninety percent complete? And perfectly suited to the cultivator?

Unbelievable!

"The entire scroll has two main uses."

"First, sacrifice treasures to deduce body cultivation methods."

"Second, sacrifice treasures to possess the body of a Body Tribulation Realm expert, with a maximum of Seventh-Tribulation Body Realm possession? For a Seventh-Tribulation Body Realm mighty figure, there are ten options?" Meng Chuan looked up at the ten doors above the altar.

"Do the ten doors represent the ultimate direction of deduction? The ten fundamental law directions?" Meng Chuan was secretly astonished. "Does this mean it can help refine the embryonic form of a Seventh-Tribulation Body Realm cultivation method?"

"Is this real, or is it merely boasting?"

Meng Chuan pondered for a moment, then immediately performed some simple moves within the illusory space.

"Rumble."

His primordial spirit power formed a wisp of lightning that moved around, then transformed into a swarm of particles that spread throughout the illusory space.

"To deduce a Six-Tribulation Realm body cultivation method compatible with lightning laws and particle laws, 500,000 units of extraterrestrial yuan crystals or equivalent treasures are required." Text appeared on the altar.

A ninety percent complete body cultivation method for 500,000 units?

Meng Chuan secretly marveled at the steep price.

One could argue it was worth it, as the difficulty of creating one's own body cultivation method was suddenly reduced by more than half.

But 500,000 units? For a top-tier Six-Tribulation Realm expert, that was still a very heavy burden.

"If you wish to deduce, you also need to send your body tissue into the scroll space; a drop of blood or a strand of hair will suffice." Meng Chuan also perceived the message from the altar.

"My outer realm true body still needs to arrive." Meng Chuan could confirm the scroll's extraordinariness and wasn't worried about any malicious intent. With his particle immortal body and the protection of his home world, even an Eighth-Tribulation Realm mighty figure personally intervening might not be able to destroy him. With just a scroll, Meng Chuan had the confidence to deal with any variables. As for an existence beyond the Eighth-Tribulation Realm trying to scheme against him?

Meng Chuan would welcome that greatly; he would consider himself extremely lucky to even meet an Eternal existence.

Once his outer realm true body arrived at the Kunyun Secret Realm, he sent a drop of blood into the scroll space.

"Buzz."

The entire illusory space of the scroll locked onto that drop of blood and began its investigation.

After all, the subsequent cultivation method had to be deduced based on the original body's foundation.

"Time lineage, Emperor's ultimate technique, perfected body." The altar glowed, and a dark vortex appeared on it.

"Cultivator who has created an Emperor's ultimate technique, you are invited to the Nine Refinement Pagoda for 'Nine Refinements.'" Text appeared on the altar.

"The Nine Refinement Pagoda?"

Meng Chuan's heart trembled. "This scroll was originally created by the Dragon Ancestor; no wonder it requires sacrifices of treasures everywhere."

Upon hearing "Nine Refinement Pagoda," Meng Chuan immediately deduced the scroll's origin.

In Patriarch Cang Yuan's personal records, the 'Nine Refinement Pagoda' was explicitly mentioned; Patriarch Cang Yuan had once visited it.

"According to the Patriarch's records, the Nine Refinement Pagoda was created by the Dragon Ancestor, and only by invitation from the Dragon Ancestor can one visit it," Meng Chuan thought to himself. "The Dragon Ancestor is also known as the wealthiest among Eighth-Tribulation Realm mighty figures."

The Dragon Ancestor's wealth surpassed that of all other Eighth-Tribulation Realm mighty figures.

He had various methods to acquire treasures, even from other universes.