Chapter 703: Refining a Mixed Cave

"Patron," Meng Chuan said, "there's no need to publicize my breakthrough. After all, I only have about a century left until my tribulation. Going forward, I don't want any disturbances; I need to fully prepare for it."

"Alright."

The White Bird Patron nodded. "Oh, by the way, regarding the Three Thousand Illusion Arrays I gave you earlier, to my knowledge, studying them helps in constructing your primordial spirit world. The stronger your primordial spirit world, the greater your chances of succeeding in the tribulation."

Meng Chuan acknowledged, "Thank you, Patron."

The White Bird Patron smiled and nodded. Meng Chuan's tribulation was the most critical matter now; if he failed, all their investments would be for naught. If he succeeded, White Bird Hall would gain a Primordial Spirit Seventh Tribulation Realm expert. The deterrent power of a single Primordial Spirit Seventh Tribulation Realm expert is something three to five Physical Body Seventh Tribulation Realm experts can't match. A Primordial Spirit Seventh Tribulation Realm expert doesn't fear death and can dispatch several primordial spirit clones to attack anywhere at will.

Black Demon Hall dares to be so unrestrained precisely because they have a Primordial Spirit Seventh Tribulation Realm expert in this era. The leaders of the Origin World and the Ancestor of Realms hold high status for the same reason.

Most importantly, Meng Chuan was a hope for the White Bird Patron's recovery.

Within the Three Bay River System.

One of Meng Chuan's primordial spirit clones arrived near a dark chaotic void.

"I haven't been to the core of a chaotic void yet," Meng Chuan said with a smile, stepping across its golden disc and continuing into its dark depths.

With another step, he reached an area where time flowed a hundred times faster.

However, the arrival of a Seventh Tribulation Realm lifeform like Meng Chuan exerted too much pressure on space-time, causing the flow of time to rapidly decrease until the time acceleration was less than onefold.

It was already pitch dark here, with no light, yet Meng Chuan could move easily through the distorted space-time and perceive the entire chaotic void.

Meng Chuan looked toward the deepest part of the chaotic void.

In the past, he couldn't see clearly, but now he could clearly see the center of the chaotic void with a single glance. It was a perfect sphere, ninety-two zhang, one chi, and two cun in diameter, an incredibly smooth sphere. Even magnified a billion times, no imperfections were visible; it was perfectly smooth and round.

Such a sphere exerted an incredibly terrifying distortion on space-time.

Meng Chuan's perception of space-time allowed him to determine the flow of time in various locations.

"One day within the chaotic void's core is roughly three hundred years outside," Meng Chuan deduced the difference in time flow. With a single step, he landed on the chaotic void's core.

The chaotic void's core was like a small wooden boat.

When Meng Chuan, this giant, stepped onto it, the small boat swayed precariously, appearing fragile.

The chaotic void's influence on space-time significantly diminished. After Meng Chuan stood in this area, one day in the chaotic void's core was only about a hundred days outside.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle."

The ninety-two zhang, one chi, two cun diameter chaotic void sphere's surface began to silently decompose. It was rapidly shrinking: ninety-one zhang, ninety zhang, eighty-nine zhang...

"It seems it won't even last for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea; this chaotic void is about to collapse? My presence puts such immense pressure on it?" Meng Chuan felt a surge of emotion. At the Sixth Tribulation Realm level, chaotic voids, centered on fundamental rules, were unaffected by him. But now that he had also advanced his life level, centered on fundamental rules, the burden on the chaotic void was thousands, even tens of thousands of times stronger.

"If it were an Eight Tribulation Realm lifeform, how much more powerful would it be?" Meng Chuan mused inwardly. An Eight Tribulation Realm lifeform would represent another qualitative leap, capable of transcending the River of Space-Time.

Meng Chuan took a step and left the chaotic void's core. The core stopped consuming itself and resumed its usual operation, continuing to slowly devour external energy and 'grow' at an incredibly slow pace over time.

Meng Chuan took a step, crossing several river systems, and arrived before a large dark chaotic void.

"The core of this dark chaotic void is six hundred zhang in diameter. That's roughly the limit my primordial spirit world can withstand," Meng Chuan said, nodding slightly. He had consulted many records at White Bird Hall to understand how large a chaotic void a newly advanced Primordial Spirit Seventh Tribulation Realm expert of the Chaotic Void lineage could refine.

A diameter of six hundred zhang is considered a super-large chaotic void, close to the absolute limit for refinement.

Even if one were to force the assimilation of a slightly larger one, the difference in strength gain would be minimal.

"Refine."

With a thought, Meng Chuan's primordial spirit world projected itself onto reality, a vast, dark tableau enveloping everything around him and spreading out to cover the entire area.

Seventh Tribulation Realm experts, due to the rules they grasp, have somewhat unique cultivation methods.

For instance, Physical Body Seventh Tribulation Realm experts who master 'material rules' require no external primeval crystals or rare treasures. With a single thought, they can condense countless subatomic particles to construct a massive physical body, saving the enormous investment usually required for physical body cultivation.

Primordial Spirit Seventh Tribulation Realm experts who master 'chaotic void rules' also have an advantage. Their primordial spirit world requires the cultivation of a 'world secret treasure'. The most suitable world secret treasure for them is a real chaotic void from the outside. By refining a massive chaotic void into their primordial spirit world, its stability and power greatly increase. There's no need to purchase rare treasures; no rare treasure can compare to a real, massive chaotic void.

In fact, a Primordial Spirit Seventh Tribulation Realm expert's primordial spirit world will also undergo partial 'realization' and condense a chaotic void core.

However, the core condensed using one's own power is too small. Meng Chuan's previously realized chaotic void core was only about a chi in diameter! Even if one expended enough external primeval crystals, condensing it to ten zhang in diameter would be considered excellent. How could that compare to a real chaotic void that has formed over hundreds of millions of years?

"Rumble."

Meng Chuan's primordial spirit world was illusory, and the vast, dark tableau completely covered the area.

The core of that real chaotic void was being dragged, slowly flying towards the center of Meng Chuan's primordial spirit world and merging into the darkness.

"Rumble."

In the past, chaotic voids would devour the outside world.

Now, it was Meng Chuan's primordial spirit world devouring a chaotic void.

The six-hundred-zhang-diameter chaotic void core very slowly merged into the primordial spirit world, becoming its core.

After more than half a month, the chaotic void finally settled into place, becoming a permanent part of the primordial spirit world.

"Excellent." Meng Chuan felt that after his primordial spirit world gained the six-hundred-zhang-diameter chaotic void core, it was as if it had found its foundational pillar! The world's stability surged, and the power of his primordial spirit world became terrifyingly greater.

Even without employing any techniques, the sheer pressure of his lifeform alone had an impact on space-time no less than that of a super-large dark chaotic void.

Throughout the entire River of Space-Time, there were many dark chaotic voids, but in the current era, Meng Chuan was the only Primordial Spirit Seventh Tribulation Realm expert of the Chaotic Void lineage.

Meng Chuan's various primordial spirit clones all went to refine chaotic voids into their primordial spirit worlds.

"The elevation of one's lifeform level is indeed astonishing." Meng Chuan stood on the grassland outside Jiangzhou City. Strictly speaking, the energy he now contained was far greater than that of the entire Cangyuan Realm. "Most importantly, I have mastered fundamental rules."

His own immense power could be amplified and unleashed through the rules he understood.

Even as Meng Chuan stood on this grassland, the domain influenced by his rules had long since spread past the Cangyuan Realm, past the Demon Realm, and extended to an incredibly vast area.

"Centered on the Cangyuan Realm, my fundamental domain envelops an area of about one hundred sixty trillion li," Meng Chuan could clearly perceive this.

This wasn't a deliberate exertion; even when he was asleep, the fundamental domain of his lifeform would naturally cover such a range.

"Within this range, I can block all attacks that come through karma," Meng Chuan also understood.

The rule of karma is merely a fundamental rule, on the same level as the 'chaotic void rules'.

Within a fundamental domain, all karma is exposed.

If external forces try to infiltrate through karma, the fundamental domain can easily perceive and block them. Even entities of the 'Ten Thousand Star Emperor' or 'White Bird Patron' caliber would have their power, descending through karma, diminished to the level of an ordinary Seventh Tribulation Realm expert. If it were to penetrate a life world, the power would diminish even further. Meng Chuan's fundamental domain could easily block it.

"As long as one receives the protection of a Seventh Tribulation Realm mighty expert, karmic attacks are useless," Meng Chuan understood. "My protective range is one hundred sixty trillion li around myself."

"Ah Chuan, we came out for a spring outing; are you just going to stand there spacing out?" From a distance, Liu Qiyue, who was smelling the flowers, turned her head and smiled at her husband.