Chapter 556 (1/2)

In a cave abode’s hall.

Gao Fang, Zhao Hongxiu, and Supremacy Qing Gu were reverent.

“I’ll be going out for a while,” said Meng Chuan indifferently. “I’ll leave my Essence Soul avatar to preside over Thousand Mountain Star. However, from today onwards, the three of you are not to leave it.”

“Yes,” Gao Fang, Zhao Hongxiu, and Supremacy Qing Gu obediently replied, not daring to disobey.

Meng Chuan nodded slightly.

His Essence Soul avatar had the absolute advantage with Thousand Mountain Star’s array formation. Even if several Fifth Tribulation Eminences joined forces, they wouldn’t be able to break through Thousand Mountain Star’s defenses.

However, his Essence Soul avatar would be weaker away from Thousand Mountain Star. This was because up to now, Meng Chuan had only refined one World Treasure. It was carried by his outer realm body. The cost of refining a World Treasure was too great. It cost more than 3,000 Outer Realm Essence Crystals alone.

Physical Body Tribulation Eminences spent most of their Outer Realm Essence Crystals on their bodies! The price of cultivating their bodies to match powerful treasures was more than ten times higher than refining treasures.

Essence Soul Tribulation Eminences would spend most of their wealth on World Treasures.

In the Physical Body Fifth Tribulation realm, one could cultivate an extremely powerful body. At the very least, it cost 2,000-3,000 cubes of Outer Realm Essence Crystals with no definite upper limit.

Meng Chuan used an Imperial Lord-level paramount technique as his foundations. He could also directly devour Primordial Stones to improve his body. Together, his true bodies in his homeworld and the outer realm spent more than 5,000 cubes. On average, each of his true bodies used over 2,000 cubes. It was considered a small price.

For example, Patriarch Black Dragon and company had to pay a huge price to cultivate their powerful bodies because they took many detours.

Although a Fifth Tribulation Eminence can be said to be virtually impossible to kill, the price of losing an avatar is immense.

His true body in the outer realm consisted of his body, Essence Soul treasures, Thirteen Universe Beads—a Seventh Tribulation treasure—Bloodblade Disc, several other Sixth Tribulation treasures, a piece of flesh from a Seventh Tribulation Dark Peac.o.c.k, thousands of Outer Realm Essence Crystals, and Void Transference Talismans. If he died in battle, he would lose about 20,000 cubes.

However, it was difficult for an enemy to kill him.

As an expert that reached both the Physical Body Tribulation realm and Essence Soul Tribulation realm and had Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s treasures, Meng Chuan was definitely one of the strongest Fifth Tribulation Eminences when it came to life-preservation means.

Time to go!

Swoosh.

Meng Chuan left Thousand Mountain Star. He quickly entered the River of s.p.a.cetime and headed straight for Snowjade Palace.

Moments later—

Meng Chuan arrived in the void where Snowjade Palace was. He looked at the empty void in front of him. Snowjade Palace is no longer here. Has Palace Lord Snowjade left with his cave abode?

From the looks of it, it’s indeed as I’ve guessed. Palace Lord Snowjade left Three Bay River System with his subordinates, including Imperial Lord Roc. Meng Chuan followed the karmic connection and locked onto Emperor Roc’s location. They have arrived at Yufang River System?

His figure moved. He immediately walked through the River of s.p.a.cetime and headed for Yufang River System.

…

Palace Lord Snowjade had reached Yufang River System more than half a year before Meng Chuan became an Essence Soul Fifth Tribulation Eminence. Yufang River System was within G.o.ddess River Zone.

Two figures stood side by side in the silent void.

Palace Lord Snowjade was dressed in a light-blue robe. His face was ice-cold, and he naturally emanated a cold aura around him. Beside him was a grinning hunchbacked elder with gray eyes; a formless black fog surrounded him.

Most Supremacies and Imperial Lords had their own domains! As Fifth Tribulation Eminences, Snowjade and the hunchbacked elder naturally had their own domains.

For example, when Meng Chuan reached the Primordial realm, his Chaos Hole domain had also transformed into the stronger Primordial domain.

This was the case for those that followed the physical body lineage. Their bodies were akin to the core of a world. They naturally projected a domain that influenced their surroundings. An Imperial Lord’s domain typically spanned 500 kilometers. A Physical Body Tribulation Eminence’s domain could span thousands of kilometers to tens of thousands of kilometers. Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s domain only had a 30,000-kilometer range; it was relatively small.

An Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence’s Essence Soul World could cover a much larger area.

“Brother Snowjade, did you divine the location of the cave abode wrongly? We’ve been waiting here for half a month, but there has been nothing.” The hunchbacked elder frowned slightly. He held an incomplete token and carefully inspected the surrounding void.

“I’ve divined it at least ten times. There’s no mistake,” said Snowjade indifferently. He was filled with confidence.

“Then why can’t we find the cave abode?” asked the hunchbacked elder.

“This cave abode is located in a different s.p.a.cetime dimension. It will only appear here at specific moments,” said Snowjade indifferently. “The cave abode will appear soon. Furthermore, it will stay here for a year. Just wait patiently.”

The hunchbacked elder couldn’t help but smile when he heard that. “Brother Snowjade, you are the best.”

Snowjade couldn’t be bothered to speak any further. If the other party didn’t have half the token, he wouldn’t have allowed the other party to enter.

As the two sides waited patiently, a figure suddenly appeared in the void and flew over.

“Oh?” The hunchbacked elder and Snowjade’s expressions changed slightly.

“You leaked the information?” Snowjade frowned as he stared at the hunchbacked elder.