Chapter 693: Peng Huang's Death (End of This Episode)

Meng Chuan had never forgotten Peng Huang, one of the primary culprits behind the immense catastrophe that befell Cangyuan World.

That catastrophe lasted over nine hundred years. During its most brutal period, humanity was forced to defend only the crucial major cities, while everything outside the cities became a land ravaged by demon beasts. The number of human deaths was immeasurable.

Meng Chuan had lived through those horrific years, witnessing countless cities and villages massacred by demon beasts. The ones who instigated this catastrophe were the three Demon Emperors from the Demon Realm! Two of them, Emperor Xinghe and Empress Xuanyue, had already died by Meng Chuan's hand! However, Peng Huang, the strongest among them, had managed to survive until now by advancing to the Three Tribulation Realm.

"Golden Peng, of the three Demon Emperors, today it's your turn," Meng Chuan murmured, sensing a faint but strong premonition that this time he would succeed.

His current strength far surpassed what it was when he first reached the Six Tribulation Realm.

Back then, he had only mastered a single lightning rule. Now, he was a peak Six Tribulation Realm expert, capable of destroying his former self with a mere flick of his hand. When wielding the Eight Tribulation Realm secret treasure, the Heavenly Punishment Map, his power was estimated to be on par with a half-step Seven Tribulation Realm cultivator. With such strength, it was highly probable he could kill a Four Tribulation Realm cultivator across worlds, and a Three Tribulation Realm cultivator stood no chance of survival on their own.

"Die."

The immense eye projected by the Heavenly Punishment Map was as dark as a black hole. To ensure absolute certainty, he naturally activated the Eight Tribulation Realm secret treasure.

A low rumble echoed within this Seven Tribulation Realm secret treasure world, making the entire realm tremble. Simultaneously, a finger-thick bolt of dark golden lightning struck the suspended mass of blood.

Meng Chuan watched all this with cold eyes. This terrifying lightning bolt, following the intertwined karmic threads, instantly propagated across to the adjacent life world, the 'Demon Realm', specifically entering Peng Huang, who was hiding in the Demon Ancestor Cave.

In the Demon Realm, within the Demon Ancestor Cave.

"Hmm?" Peng Huang, sitting cross-legged, suddenly showed a look of terror. The attack, which had crossed realms via karmic threads, instinctively made him feel utterly powerless to resist.

"So soon, Meng Chuan has asked another powerful being to make a move?" This thought flashed through Peng Huang's mind just as a wisp of dark golden lightning permeated his body. His physical form, like snow melting in fire, was instantly annihilated.

This true body, hidden in the Demon Ancestor Cave, was completely destroyed, leaving only a few artifacts behind.

Although the Demon Ancestor Cave contained multiple protective measures left by previous demon ancestors, those ancestors, even at their strongest, only reached the Six Tribulation Realm. Their influence over karma was, after all, limited.

On Qianshan Star, within the Prison of Demons.

Peng Huang's extra-realm true body had been imprisoned here, enduring endless torment.

"My home realm true body..." Peng Huang was stunned, his mind a blank.

If his home realm true body was dead, what hope did his extra-realm true body have?

Peng Huang blankly raised his head. In the distance, a black-robed, white-haired man walked towards him.

"Meng Chuan," Peng Huang uttered, looking at Meng Chuan and sensing his increasingly powerful aura. He murmured, "You've reached the Six Tribulation Realm? I never thought you'd make it. Did you ask a Seven Tribulation Realm expert to kill me? You must truly hate me to the bone, willing to pay any price to have a Seven Tribulation Realm expert act."

The previous cross-realm attack, Peng Huang had believed, came from a Six Tribulation Realm expert.

Just over two hundred years later, another attack had arrived, but this one was far, far more terrifying. It had to be at the Seven Tribulation Realm level.

For a mere Three Tribulation Realm cultivator like himself to provoke a Seven Tribulation Realm expert to attack across worlds, it was truly remarkable.

"To make you pay such a high price, I feel honored," Peng Huang said, looking at Meng Chuan. He held no hope of survival.

"Price?"

Meng Chuan looked at him. "I did it myself! Asking for help is nowhere near as satisfying as doing it with my own hands."

"You did it yourself?" Peng Huang was startled. "You've become a Seven Tribulation Realm expert?"

After all, he was only a Three Tribulation Realm cultivator. Even if he had mastered most of the Four Tribulation Realm rules and nearly perfected his physical body techniques, his discernment was still lacking, preventing him from accurately judging Meng Chuan's true strength.

Meng Chuan said no more. He simply pointed a finger, and an illusion descended.

He intended for Peng Huang to sink into the most profound despair before his death.

"Hmph."

Peng Huang, caught in layers of tormenting illusions, let out a low growl: "If I die, what does the destruction of the Demon Realm have to do with it?"

"Hahahaha, if you have the guts, come on! I am the Emperor of the Demon Realm!"

"No, no, spare me!"

"I won't dare again, I won't dare again!"

"Heheheh..."

Under the relentless torment of the illusions, Peng Huang's mind and will gradually collapsed, revealing increasingly undignified behavior.

Meng Chuan watched all this from the side, countless images of the demon beast invasion war flashing through his mind.

Finally, Peng Huang's tortured primordial spirit completely disintegrated, and he died within the Prison of Demons.

"All three culprits are dead," Meng Chuan murmured silently. With a wave of his hand, Peng Huang's corpse was reduced to dust, and he then turned and departed.

On a mountaintop in Yuanwu Mountain, Cangyuan World.

Meng Chuan and Qin Wu stood side by side, their gazes piercing through the endless sea of clouds to observe the inhabitants of Cangyuan World.

"Peng Huang is dead too," Qin Wu remarked. "Hidden within the Demon Realm, he was finally killed by you. This war can now truly be considered concluded."

"Not yet," Meng Chuan replied.

"Not yet?" Qin Wu looked at him.

"War engulfed Cangyuan World, Master, you were all forced to the brink of using the 'Heaven and Earth Grand Hall' to destroy the world," Meng Chuan said. "Yet the Demon Beast World remains completely unscathed. Can this truly be called a conclusion?"

"The Demon Beast World is indeed a menace. This life world is too close to our Cangyuan World. This time, a world passage formed, and the war lasted nearly a thousand years. In the future, tens of thousands or even millions of years from now, it's possible they might approach again. If we could truly cripple it, it would indeed benefit the future generations of Cangyuan World," Qin Wu said. "But what can we do? We can't enter the Demon Realm. All we can do is ensure the demon beasts don't dare venture into the outer realms."

Meng Chuan remained silent, simply gazing down at the inhabitants of Cangyuan World.

Legends about Meng Chuan spread throughout the powerful Six Tribulation Realm cultivators, gradually becoming known to some Five Tribulation Realm cultivators as well.

"Dongning? The one who killed one of my true bodies and took the Kunyun Secret Realm, back when he had just reached the Six Tribulation Realm?" Elder Sanshi felt a slight panic after receiving the news. "It's only been a little over two hundred years, and he's already a peak Six Tribulation Realm expert?"

"The intelligence states he has cultivated for a total of just over five thousand years."

Elder Sanshi's heart trembled with fear.

How did he end up provoking such an enemy?

"From today onwards, one of my true bodies will remain hidden in the Yellow-Clad Academy headquarters, never venturing out a single step." Elder Sanshi, fearing Meng Chuan's grudge, naturally had to be cautious.

Within the Cang Alliance Space.

As Cang Alliance members were scattered across various parts of the River of Spacetime, news naturally spread quickly.

"City Lord Dongning has become a peak Six Tribulation Realm expert."

"In our Cang Alliance, the strongest is the World Ancestor, and City Lord Dongning must be second, right?"

"I really didn't expect City Lord Dongning to become a peak Six Tribulation Realm expert just two or three hundred years after reaching the Six Tribulation Realm."

Within the Cang Alliance Space, members gathered in small groups, almost all discussing City Lord Dongning. After all, as fellow members of the Cang Alliance, they also shared in his glory.

Meanwhile, in a corner of the Cang Alliance Space, Fu Sui sat alone.

"Dongning is already a peak Six Tribulation Realm expert?" Fu Sui's thoughts churned. It was he who had originally discovered the Demon Mountain remains. He had led Meng Chuan, Old Demon Black Wind, and Meng Hu there. He had taken the path of sudden enlightenment and was the first to master Six Tribulation Realm rules, initially the most brilliant and impressive among them.

The severe pain in his true body's primordial spirit caused Fu Sui's avatar in the Cang Alliance Space to tremble slightly.

"The same encounter, yet different outcomes," he murmured.

Fu Sui's gaze was deep as he silently asserted, "Every cultivator has their own destiny. A true strong individual must be able to endure destiny and also change it."

He had never given up, believing he still had hope of healing his primordial spirit injury.

"Dongning has become a peak Six Tribulation Realm expert?" Old Demon Black Wind sat within his palace, thoughtfully gazing at the endless void outside.

He had gained much from his path of possession.

Although he had a faint feeling that the path of possession was wrong as he neared the understanding of 'Six Tribulation Realm rules', he had, after all, glimpsed various Six Tribulation Realm rules. In the years since leaving the Demon Mountain, as his insights accumulated, he naturally comprehended these rules.

He hadn't deliberately pursued them; he simply comprehended them when his accumulation reached a certain point.

However, he subtly felt that the rules he had comprehended might have flaws, which was why he hadn't created a physical body technique.

"Dongning, who explored the same ruins, has already become a peak Six Tribulation Realm expert. I don't need to be overly timid; it's time to create my Six Tribulation Realm physical body technique," Old Demon Black Wind mused. "I can first create my physical body, raising it to a point just shy of perfection, without rushing to undergo the tribulation."

Old Demon Black Wind was cautious to his core, a habit developed over tens of thousands of years of cultivation.

Sky Dream World.

Meng Hu was still immersed in the Hundred Lives Dreamscape, struggling and gaining experience within its dream.

If he could awaken, he would achieve great gains.

But if he couldn't awaken... he would remain in slumber until the day he died.

The four who had entered the Demon Mountain together had indeed taken different paths.

(End of this Volume)

Tomato (the author) will take a day of rest and will begin updating Volume 27, "Seven Tribulation Realm," the day after tomorrow.

Also, I'd like to recommend Tomato's two animated adaptations, "Snow Eagle Lord" and "Swallowed Star," which are currently being exclusively updated on Tencent Video. Their quality is quite good! Have you all watched them?