Chapter 554: Returning Home

Zhao Hongxiu didn’t hesitate to choose to become an Eminence’s disciple. When Gao Fang saw this, he could only frown and say, “I’ll give you ten minutes. Hurry up and make your arrangements. Then, leave with me to meet Master.”

After Zhao Hongxiu stood up, she sent a voice transmission to a subordinate.

“It’s done. Let’s go.” Zhao Hongxiu was straightforward.

Gao Fang immediately soared into the sky, and Zhao Hongxiu followed.

Pang Ming Reaml’s two most dazzling Supremacies silently left Pang Ming Realm and headed to the outer realm to follow Meng Chuan, a Tribulation Eminence.

…

“Master, Zhao Hongxiu is here.” Gao Fang flew to Meng Chuan and bowed respectfully.

Zhao Hongxiu instinctively felt fear when she saw the white-haired man standing in the void. This shocked Zhao Hongxiu. She had seen more than one Tribulation Eminence when she went to the outer realm’s trading grounds. However, none of them could exert this mysterious master’s terrifying pressure.

“Greetings Master, I’m Zhao Hongxiu.” Zhao Hongxiu knelt in the void and was extremely respectful.

It was already a huge blessing for a Supremacy to become a Tribulation Eminence’s disciple.

Meng Chuan looked at her and nodded slightly. “My name is Eastcalm. From today onwards, Gao Fang is your senior brother. You will be his junior sister.”

“Yes,” said Zhao Hongxiu respectfully.

“I’ll bring the two of you to my homeworld’s Three Bay River System, which is in the G.o.ddess River Zone. It’s very far away from here,” said Meng Chuan indifferently. “I can send you back if you want to return in the future, but I can only send you back once.”

“Okay.”

“Okay.” Gao Fang and Zhao Hongxiu replied obediently.

The two of them had already done everything they could in the secular world. They didn’t have much attachment to it. Now, they wanted to have great accomplishments in cultivation.

How could they miss out on such a great opportunity of having an Eminence as their master? It was a dream come true.

For example, Emperor Roc was a mighty Third Tribulation Eminence, yet he became one of Palace Lord Snowjade’s followers. Firstly, it was to be protected by him. Secondly, he hoped that Palace Lord Snowjade would occasionally give him some pointers. To become his disciple? Palace Lord Snowjade thought little of him. The higher one’s status was, the more cautious they would be when recruiting disciples.

Whoosh.

Meng Chuan waved his hand and stored the two of them into his grotto-heaven treasure. Soon, he entered the River of s.p.a.cetime and headed for his homeworld.

…

A towering white-haired man walked through the River of s.p.a.cetime.

As a Fifth Tribulation Eminence who had grasped paramount speed laws, he could be said to be the fastest among Fifth Tribulation Eminences. At the very least, he was comparable to a Sixth Tribulation Eminence when it came to traveling through the River of s.p.a.cetime.

Whoosh.

Meng Chuan stepped through the endless darkness and arrived at a river zone.

If river systems were distributaries, then river zones were vast drainage basins. There were many obstacles between the different zones. Only Tribulation Eminences could break through these obstacles and reach another river zone.

On the third day after leaving Heaven Peak River System, Meng Chuan arrived at the G.o.ddess River Zone.

G.o.ddess River Zone.

Meng Chuan crossed the endless darkness and looked at the ma.s.sive river zone formed by countless distributaries.

This basin was the G.o.ddess River Zone, his homeworld’s river zone.

G.o.ddess River Zone…

This basin was given this name because a female Eminence had descended to G.o.ddess River Zone and lectured here billions of years ago. This female Eminence was an Eighth Tribulation Eminence! Therefore, the cultivators in the River of s.p.a.cetime called this zone ‘G.o.ddess River Zone.’

Ancestral Master Archean Eon had investigated the matter, but he failed to find out who the female Eminence was. He only knew that she was an Eighth Tribulation Eminence from the marks left behind by her during the lectures.

Whoos.h.!.+ Whoos.h.!.+ Whoos.h.!.+

Meng Chuan walked through the River of s.p.a.cetime. After another hour, he finally arrived at Three Bay River System.

I’m home.

Meng Chuan had already arrived at Archean Eon Realm.

There were two inhabited worlds in this area. One was about 50,000 kilometers in diameter, while the other was about 150,000 kilometers in diameter. They looked like binary planets.

Meng Chuan glanced at the Demon Realm.

He immediately split out an Essence Soul avatar.

Swoos.h.!.+ Swoos.h.!.+

The Essence Soul avatar left quickly with some treasures, including the grotto-heaven treasure that Gao Fang, Zhao Hongxiu, and Supremacy Qing Gu was inside. After becoming an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence, Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul avatars could roam the universe freely. They could also absorb energy from the outside world to survive.

His true body flew into Archean Eon Realm.

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I’m finally back.

His outer realm true body silently arrived at Archean Mountain and came to Heaven and Earth Great Hall to meet his true body that resided in his homeworld.

I need to choose suitable treasures if I want to establish myself as a strong force in Three Bay River System.

Suitable Tribulation treasures would allow him to unleash greater strength.

With his strength at the Fifth Tribulation realm, he could take up to 300,000 Outer Realm Essence Crystals worth of treasures from Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s treasure vault. That was indeed a lot. As long as he wasn’t greedy, he would have enough resources to break through to the Sixth Tribulation realm. It would be even easier if he only used his quota to strengthen himself.

I’ll absorb Primordial Stones first.

Meng Chuan didn’t think further. He entered a chamber and began absorbing Primordial Stones. He raised his Primordial realm (Imperial Lord realm) body to a higher level.

…

Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul avatar carried many treasures and rushed to a mysterious place in Three Bay River System.

This is it.

The black-robed, white-haired Meng Chuan stood there. Although he was only an Essence Soul avatar, his Essence Soul avatar’s combat strength was in no way inferior to his true bodies’.

This was an advantage unique to Essence Soul Tribulation Eminences.

This is the Thousand Mountain Star recorded in Ancestral Master’s dossiers in the treasure vault?

Meng Chuan used the distant stars as references and nodded slightly.

The location is correct. Even after more than a million years, there won’t be many changes to a Grand Yang Star and Grand Yin Star’s positions.

Thousand Mountain Star was an outer realm encampment built by one of Three Bay River System’s Sixth Tribulation Eminences in history.

Although Sixth Tribulation Eminences were extremely rare, Three Bay River System had a long history. It had even given birth to one Seventh Tribulation Eminence; therefore, it was only natural that hundreds of Sixth Tribulation Eminences rose to prominence here. Of course, they pa.s.sed away over time.

Almost all these Tribulation Eminences had established an outer realm cultivation base.

Some carried their bases with them. For example, Palace Lord Snowjade’s Snow Mountain was a Tribulation treasure. It could be shrunk and brought along. The owner could go anywhere with the cave abode on his body. Even if he was close to the end of his lifespan, he could send it back to his homeworld first.

As for Black Dragon Planet, it wasn’t a Tribulation treasure. It couldn’t be brought into an inhabited world; it could only stay in the outer realm.

Ancestral Master Archean Eon discovered more than ten well-hidden bases in Three Bay River System. This Thousand Mountain Star is one of them. The array formation set up is mainly based on the time lineage laws. It’s quite suitable for me.

The black-robed, white-haired Meng Chuan stood in the void. His accomplishments in the time lineage far exceeded his accomplishments in the void lineage.

Whoos.h.!.+

With a thought, the painting world appeared and enveloped the surrounding 1.5 million-kilometer void.

Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul World had the best reconnaissance ability. Within the Essence Soul World, Meng Chuan was lord of the world. Nothing could escape his detection.

Found it.

The black-robed, white-haired Meng Chuan smiled.

A hidden star appeared in the void. This was a star with a diameter of 1.95 million kilometers. There were many mountains on the star. Every mountain was part of an array formation. At the same time, he could see a majestic city that was ten times larger than Black Dragon Planet’s Black Dragon City. The buildings were all extraordinary.

At a glance, the entire star seemed to twist and distort, as though it was illusory and unreal.

Swoosh.

Meng Chuan’s Power of Essence Soul rapidly seeped into the star.

Ancestral Master Archean Eon had recorded the method of cracking these bases’ array formations in a dossier. Once one was at a particular realm, one would be able to crack these array formations after some time. Having chosen this base, Meng Chuan naturally had the confidence to crack it.

It took him two days.

Rumble!

The entire Thousand Mountain Star trembled as the mountains and cities emitted light.

It’s finally been cracked. That array formation is really complicated.

Meng Chuan heaved a sigh of relief and smiled. He immediately transformed into a stream of light and flew into Thousand Mountain Star.

Although he had control over Thousand Mountain Star’s array formation, he still needed to make some changes so that it matched his preferences. He needed time to refine and control all the array formations completely.

His true body that usually resided in his homeworld was very safe. On the contrary, it was easy for his base in the outer realm to be attacked. It required more effort and thought.

…

Half a year after Meng Chuan returned to Three Bay River System.

Three Bay River System, Snowjade Palace.

“Palace Lord.” A green toad, Emperor Roc, a snake-tailed woman, a golden-haired man, and others—a total of nine Tribulation Eminences—bowed respectfully.

Standing in front of the palace was a light-blue-robed man. His skin was crystalline, like jade, and his face was covered in light-blue mystic runes. There was a soft feeler on both sides of his forehead. He was Palace Lord Snowjade, Three Bay River System’s strongest expert! He was a rather famous expert in the entire G.o.ddess River Zone.

Palace Lord Snowjade looked into the distance and said softly, “It’s time. Follow me.”

“Yes,” responded the nine Tribulation Eminences in unison.

They knew that their lord was plotting something important. They had long been waiting for orders in Snowjade Palace.

Swoosh.

Snowjade extended his hand, and the towering snow mountain rapidly shrank before flying into his palm. The nine subordinates didn’t resist at all as they were stored in his cave abode.

Following that, he left Three Bay River System through the River of s.p.a.cetime.

…

Oh?

Meng Chuan had three Essence Soul avatars spread across Thousand Mountain Star. They were busy refining and modifying the array formations.

The refinement and modification process was also a form of cultivation.

At that moment, the three Essence Soul avatars looked at Snowjade Palace from afar. Through karma, Meng Chuan could sense that Emperor Roc was rapidly moving.

Emperor Roc left Snowjade Palace?

Meng Chuan’s eyes lit up, but he was puzzled.

However, it shouldn’t be capable of traveling so quickly.