Chapter 738: Tail-Eating Snake, The Ring of Time and Space

Meng Chuan, as a Seventh-Tribulation Undying, had his Undying World constantly enveloping his surroundings. After mastering the opposing primal laws and reconstructing his Undying World with insights gained from the "Three Thousand Illusion Arrays", the power of his Undying World had also surged, suppressing the surrounding space-time. Although the great serpent's space-time manipulation techniques had a wide range, the area within tens of billions of miles around Meng Chuan remained calm.

"Cultivator." The great serpent, having instantly created a space-time labyrinth and hidden within it, spied on Meng Chuan with intense murderous intent. After being captured and brought to Qianyuan Mountain for violating the Eternal Being's prohibition, the rules set by the Eternal Being, whose words were law, compelled all imprisoned 'Chaos Creatures' to kill cultivators at all costs. Therefore, the moment it saw Meng Chuan, the great serpent attacked without hesitation. To its surprise, a grand array had already appeared around Meng Chuan.

The array was vast, with dark chaotic holes devouring even light. A thousand such holes hovered around Meng Chuan, suppressing the space-time labyrinth and dimming its entire expanse significantly. After mastering the opposing laws of chaos hole and creation, and cultivating for over a hundred years, the Myriad Tribulations Chaos Hole Array had greatly advanced. It could now simultaneously sustain a thousand dark chaotic holes. Though small, their combined power was still terrifying. If he were to encounter the 'Lord of Lihong' now, the array alone would easily overwhelm him.

"Hmm?"

Meng Chuan stood in the void, thousands of dark chaotic holes suspended all around him, when suddenly an immense celestial body appeared! This incredibly massive body bore down on him, its size far exceeding Meng Chuan's current primal domain limit of '380 trillion miles'. If it appeared in outer space, it would likely crush countless stars. Deep within Meng Chuan's eyes, faint six-stroke runic seals allowed him to clearly see that this was actually the 'tail tip' of a great serpent. The six-stroke runic seals were a secret painting technique created by an Eternal Being, capable of discerning the essence of all things. This tail tip was too large and moved too fast through space-time, instantly colliding with Meng Chuan's Myriad Tribulations Chaos Hole Array.

"Rumble!"

The thousand dark chaotic holes pulled at each other, and the external impact was stretched, twisted, dispersed, and absorbed, completely neutralizing the force with ease. Although many dark chaotic holes pulsed under the impact, the array itself remained incredibly stable.

"Thump, thump, thump!!!"

The tail tip turned into a blur. Its time flow differed from Meng Chuan's, and in what seemed like an instant, the enormous tail tip struck 37,800 times. Each strike was terrifyingly powerful, and the cumulative effect of over thirty thousand blows was enough to threaten even top-tier Seventh-Tribulation experts. Although Meng Chuan's time flow was more than a hundred times slower than his opponent's, the Myriad Tribulations Chaos Hole Array instinctively adapted. Its numerous 'chaos holes' stretched, twisted, dispersed, and absorbed — everything operated naturally. The Myriad Tribulations Chaos Hole Array was renowned for its stability, and the great serpent's attacks, relying solely on its powerful physical body, could not break through it at all.

"Roar!"

The next instant, the tail tip vanished, and an even more massive serpent head appeared. The great serpent's head, with its gaping maw, could probably swallow half of the Three Bays Galaxy in a single gulp. One gulp! Meng Chuan and his entire Myriad Tribulations Chaos Hole Array were swallowed by the great serpent.

"Interesting."

Swallowed whole and moving down the serpent's throat towards its stomach, Meng Chuan remained completely calm, protected by the Myriad Tribulations Chaos Hole Array. At worst, it was just the annihilation of an Undying avatar. The more powerful the great serpent was, the more excited Meng Chuan became. Gazing into the darkness within the great serpent, Meng Chuan's thoughts stirred: "Chaos Hole Creation Array's 'Creation Blade Array'."

With a thought, the array transformed! The thousand dark chaotic holes suspended in all directions, whose core celestial bodies were already quite condensed, now further condensed under Meng Chuan's guidance, transforming into dazzling blades. These blades shone to an incredible degree, as the power of the original dark chaotic holes completely converged into a single point, forming the creation blades. The thousand dark chaotic holes became a thousand dazzling blades, suspended all around. Each blade was formed by condensed chaotic holes, wielding terrifying power. Unlike Meng Chuan's previous reliance on brute force from his innate talent, the power of these thousand blades was now perfectly integrated within them, without a single trace of leakage, as if they were true blades.

"Whoosh!"

Within the Creation Blade Array, a thousand creation blades circulated around Meng Chuan, easily cutting through layers of space-time in the serpent's throat, and then effortlessly slicing through layers of flesh and blood. Protected by the thousand creation blades, Meng Chuan flew outwards through the gash in the great serpent's flesh, completely unhindered by its layers of muscle and tissue. When in the form of a thousand chaotic holes, the array was known for stability and could withstand numerous attacks. When in the form of a thousand creation blades, with their power concentrated by the array, they were unstoppable. Wherever the array passed, everything was cut into dust. This was also the first of the three major transformations of the Chaos Hole Creation Array, which Meng Chuan had self-created based on the opposing primal laws, after comprehending the "Three Thousand Illusion Arrays" and "Myriad Tribulations Chaos Hole Array" using the Eternal Painting Dao's secret technique, the 'Six-Stroke Runic Seals'! Each transformation excelled in different areas. Merely comprehending laws only offered limited strength; suitable secret techniques had to be integrated to unleash truly powerful might. For instance, the historical Heaven-Gleam Palace Lord created the 'Chaos Hole Fist' using the chaos hole law, which possessed top-tier Seventh-Tribulation power. His further secret technique, "Heaven-Gleam Fist," created from the two primal laws of 'chaos hole and origin point,' was invincible in its era, capable of defeating a top-tier Seventh-Tribulation expert with a single punch. This illustrates the importance of secret techniques; powerful ones can dramatically boost combat power. Later cultivators also comprehended the two primal laws of chaos hole and origin point, but none of them managed to learn the Heaven-Gleam Fist. Meng Chuan did not learn from others. Instead, he used the 'Six-Stroke Runic Seals' secret technique to observe various phenomena, drawing upon the wisdom of his predecessors to create the array most suited to himself. Meng Chuan admitted that his newly created 'Chaos Hole Creation Array' might not surpass the "Heaven-Gleam Fist," but it was certainly among the most formidable secret techniques for a top-tier Seventh-Tribulation expert.

"This cultivator's array..." The great serpent felt intense pain, immediately splitting its body into two sections to allow Meng Chuan to exit, then its two halves reunited.

"Whoosh."

The great serpent rapidly shrank in size, becoming only a hundred billion miles long. As it shrank, it had already coiled around the Creation Blade Array set up by Meng Chuan. The creation blades were incredibly sharp, but after shrinking to this extent, the great serpent's body significantly increased in toughness. The Creation Blade Array could only cut through its scales and scrape off some flesh. Yet, the great serpent's body, due to space-time shifts, instantly recovered to its peak state. On one side, the Creation Blade Array cut through, sending scales and flesh flying; on the other, the great serpent's body constantly remained in its peak state. The massive serpent body coiled around the array in endless loops, striving to bind it. The serpent's coils became terrifyingly powerful, affecting the array's stability and causing Meng Chuan to frown slightly: "Split!" The thousand creation blades immediately divided into three 'blade streams', each cutting a different part of the great serpent's body. After all, Meng Chuan was merely an Undying avatar, so his own safety wasn't paramount. Thus, the three transformations of the Chaos Hole Creation Array he had swiftly developed were all offensive techniques. This current move was the most thorough attack of the first transformation, the 'Creation Blade Array', completely abandoning self-protection to form three blade streams, solely for killing the enemy.

"Whoosh."

Under the three blade streams, three sections of the desperately coiling great serpent's body were severed. The moment they were cut, the howling blade streams continuously destroyed them, seeking to completely annihilate its physical body while its resistance was weak. The great serpent's remaining flesh instantly exploded, fleeing into the space-time labyrinth. "This cultivator is indeed powerful; I can only use the Ring of Space-Time now." The great serpent used space-time to recover to its peak. In the Space Prison, it could not truly die because its life core was restrained. If this true body died, the cultivator could instantly obtain its life core. Therefore, the difficulty of slaying a Seventh-Tribulation Chaos Creature in the Space Prison was indeed greatly reduced. Meng Chuan did not necessarily expect to successfully slay the great serpent on their first encounter. The first time was more crucial for understanding his opponent's capabilities, allowing him to target them more effectively next time. Although he had received intelligence, it was only textual and mentioned only the so-called 'Ring of Space-Time'. Clearly, Qianyuan Mountain's intelligence reports focused primarily on this single technique.

"Hmm?"

A thousand creation blades hovered in all directions as Meng Chuan looked up. In the distance, an endlessly majestic great serpent appeared. Far away, the great serpent's massive body formed a ring, its head biting its tail.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!"

After forming the serpent ring, blood mist rose, and countless patterns on its scales glowed brightly. The colossal serpent ring transformed into a dark abyss, generating a terrifying suction that drew all energy and matter within the Space Prison into it. Although Meng Chuan immediately reverted his creation blades back into 'chaos holes' and the Myriad Tribulations Chaos Hole Array protected his surroundings, he still couldn't resist. In an instant, he plunged into the endless darkness formed by the serpent ring. At that moment, the intelligence report from Qianyuan Mountain regarding this great serpent flashed through Meng Chuan's mind: "Ouroboros, Ring of Space-Time, Devouring Heaven and Earth, Reopening the Universe!"