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Chapter 703: 703

His Essence Soul transformed into a painting . Above the scroll, water swirled around the Chaos Hole’s core .

In the early stages of painting, one aimed for form, mind, and heart .

Painting wasn’t a complete replication of reality . Instead, it was a fusion of the features and charms extracted from reality with the painter’s internal understanding .

Paintings originated from reality, but they also transcended reality .

It was the same for cultivation . As a cultivator, Meng Chuan observed the operations of the world and comprehended everything in the universe . He used his heart as a painting and extracted his own understanding from everything before condensing his understanding into laws .

My cultivation path is also the path of painting . In the early days, I painted the world . Now, I paint everything in the universe . Meng Chuan came to a realization . To this day, I only paint space and Chaos Holes .

His true path wasn’t Boulder and Water, nor was it internal indestructibility in the face of infinite calamity and changes according to the situation externally .

Instead, it was painting—painting of the world .

Boulder and Water was only the result of his 7,000 years of painting the world . What if it was 70,000 years or even longer? The paintings he produced would be much more vast and beautiful .

I shall call my Essence Soul formulation ‘Painting World . ’ Meng Chuan smiled .

Painting World was to paint everything he saw . When Meng Chuan was young, he painted People Resonance . After winning the war in Archean Eon Realm, he painted Backbone . During his growth, he had painted numerous paintings .

After his Essence Soul transformed, Meng Chuan felt that his Essence Soul was especially bright .

Perhaps he still had many doubts about everything in the universe, but he no longer had any doubts about his cultivation path . His mind and will had also transformed .

Compared to the Chaos Hole Essence Soul that he had previously comprehended, the current painting Essence Soul didn’t seem to have offensive traits, but it was more inclusive and vast .

The size of one’s heart determined their Essence Soul World’s size .

After condensing an Essence Soul from the painting, Meng Chuan’s mind became much more vast .

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After creating an Essence Soul formulation, his most important goal before transcending the tribulation had been completed . In Archean Eon Realm, Meng Chuan leisurely flipped through the manual filled with 3,000 illusory arrays .

One required a long period of time to comprehend the 3,000 illusory arrays; it was very difficult for even an Eighth Tribulation Eminence to crack them all . Thus, Meng Chuan wasn’t in a hurry .

Time passed quickly . On the 79th year since Meng Chuan grasped the Chaos Hole law—

In a courtyard pavilion on Archean Mountain .

Meng Chuan leisurely sat in the pavilion with a black book in his hand . He suddenly looked up, and his gaze traversed spacetime and landed on an ancient planet in a distant river zone .

This grandson of mine really has quite some luck with opportunities . Meng Chuan smiled . His homeworld’s true body had the Spacetime Token, the silver cube combination treasure, and the many treasures left behind by Ancestral Master Archean Eon . Be it monitoring spacetime or sending an Essence Soul avatar across spacetime, it was very easy for him .

…

Heavenly Cycle River Zone, Seven Star River System .

On a nameless ancient planet, the void distorted as five figures appeared . They had different auras, and the weakest among them was a black-robed youth . This black-robed youth—Meng Yu—was only at the Third Tribulation realm . The other four were at the Fourth Tribulation realm .

“Everyone, let’s part ways here,” said Meng Yu with a smile . His brows were filled with delight; he had gained too much this time .

“Brother Meng, I owe you a favor this time . In the future, you have to visit me often,” said a fat elder .

“Definitely, definitely,” replied Meng Yu warmly .

“Let’s leave quickly . Something might happen if we delay,” said a purple-robed, middle-aged man . He was about to leave with Lesser Void Transference . He was rather good at spatial manipulation, but he had failed this time . The purple-robed man’s expression changed . “Not good . ”

The other Tribulation Eminences, including Meng Yu, realized that something was amiss . However, the strongest amongst them was only at the Fourth Tribulation realm . Some of their homeworlds only had one or two Void Transference Talismans, so their outer realm true bodies didn’t carry any Void Transference Talismans with them .

They were prepared to abandon their outer realm true bodies when carrying out operations outside the safety of their homeworlds . After all, it was a trivial matter to reconstruct a body, while obtaining Void Transference Talismans was far harder .

But this time, the five of them were willing to pay a Void Transference Talisman in exchange for a chance to escape .

“Haha…” A deep laugh sounded .

A figure dressed in armor appeared, and his aura enveloped the entire ancient planet . The terrifying aura caused Meng Yu and company’s hearts to turn cold .

Fifth Tribulation Eminence? Meng Yu and company knew that things were going south .

With his excellent sword technique, Meng Yu could fight a Fourth Tribulation Eminence despite them being a realm higher than him . However, the gap grew with each increment in cultivation realm . The difference between a Fourth Tribulation Eminence and a Fifth Tribulation Eminence was huge!

A Fifth Tribulation Eminence could easily crush the five of them . There wouldn’t be any accidents .

“I heard that you discovered a Seventh Tribulation Eminence’s cave abode?” The armored figure’s voice spread throughout the planet . “Your luck sure is good . ”

There’s a traitor .

Meng Yu and company were alarmed as they immediately realized that a traitor had appeared amongst them .

Before their team explored the ruin, they didn’t know about the ruin’s true situation . After exploring, they were pleasantly surprised to discover that the ruin was actually where a Seventh Tribulation Eminence lived in seclusion . Although there weren’t many treasures left behind by the Seventh Tribulation Eminence, and there wasn’t a single Eighth Tribulation treasure, the ordinary treasures used in daily life made ordinary Tribulation Eminences like them envious .

For example, the most precious item was nine Heart Calming Beads embedded in the roof of a chamber . Each bead was worth about 10,000 cubes . Back then, they had been fanatical . There were dozens of treasures in the cave abode, worth about 200,000 cubes .

The five of them had become wealthy during their reconnaissance . However, they were ambushed the moment they came out of the cave abode . The other party even claimed that it was a Seventh Tribulation cave abode . Nobody had known that it was a Seventh Tribulation cave abode before they explored it .

“There’s no need to try escaping; I’ve already set up an array formation,” said the armored figure leisurely . “As long as you hand over all your treasures obediently, I promise to let you leave safely . ”

“Separate and flee . ”

“There’s only one of him . Let’s split up and flee; there’s a chance of escaping!”

“Flee!”

Everyone, including Meng Yu, fled without any hesitation .

Gathering together? Ignoring the fact that there was a traitor among them, even if the five of them joined forces, they would be wiped clean by the Fifth Tribulation Eminence . Only by fleeing separately did they have a chance of escaping . After all, there was only one Fifth Tribulation Eminence .

It was impossible for them to allow themselves to be captured . For the sake of the treasures in their hands, they would do their best to seize any chance of escaping .

Most of the treasures I obtained in the cave abode are cultivation artifacts . The alchemy furnace should be rather precious, but there’s no way to use it to escape . Meng Yu determined a direction and fled quickly . At the same time, he felt rather vexed . That divine sword is quite valuable, but I have no hope of fighting a Fifth Tribulation Eminence with it .

If I had earned the treasures earlier, I would’ve long exchanged for a Void Transference Talisman .

Meng Yu was anxious .

Void Transference Talismans were life-preservation treasures for ordinary Tribulation Eminences, but he was too poor . Ever since he came out of his homeworld—Earth Cloud Mystic Realm—he had never had the chance to obtain a Void Transference Talisman . He had relied on his sword techniques to roam the world .

The reason why he was so accomplished in sword techniques was that he had spent almost all his energy on the Meng family’s ultimate technique—Immeasurable Sword Heart . As he cultivated, he realized how brilliant Immeasurable Sword Heart—which his grandfather had given him—was . At the very least, he had never encountered an ultimate technique more powerful than the Immeasurable Sword Heart in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm .

“No—” As a gray-robed man fled, he was the first to be intercepted by the armored figure . The gray-robed man raised his head in despair and stared at the armored figure . He had obtained the equivalent of 30,000 cubes this time . It was several times more than what he had accumulated over the years . How could he be willing to be robbed?

Boom!

The armored figure enveloped him with a palm strike, freezing the gray-robed man completely . The treasures were easily plundered .

“Next . ” The armored figure phased away and chased after Meng Yu .

Meng Yu transformed into a sword beam . Even though he had to resist the array formation’s obstruction, his escaping speed was still extremely fast . However, the armored figure was already chasing after him speedily .

The armored figure wasn’t affected by the array formation, and his realm was extremely high . Every step he took allowed him to traverse over five million kilometers as he constantly approached Meng Yu .

What should I do? What should I do? Meng Yu was extremely anxious . The rare treasure I obtained in the outer realm is about to be snatched away?

Meng Yu watched as the armored figure approached him . However, he felt powerless . The difference in strength was too great; there was no way to put up a fight .

“Grandson, don’t panic . ” A familiar voice suddenly sounded in Meng Yu’s mind .