“Not bad.” The turtle-shelled elder smiled as he walked over from the distant entrance. With a single step, he arrived beside Meng Chuan. “The Nine Trials Pagoda’s first trial is very difficult for Sixth Tribulation Eminences. For you to clear it… it means that your cultivation foundation is considered one of the best at the Sixth Tribulation realm.’
Meng Chuan turned his head and said, “That pressure tests one’s defensive abilities. Most top Sixth Tribulation Eminences probably can’t withstand it.”
The turtle-shelled elder nodded. “When cultivating in the outside world, defensive means are more important than offensive means.”
“There’s also the attack that affects one’s willpower…” Meng Chuan sighed. “Only when one’s willpower reaches the Physical Body Seventh Tribulation realm’s threshold can one withstand it,” said the turtle-shelled elder. “The first trial doesn’t require you to have a high cultivation realm. If your mind can’t reach the Seventh Tribulation realm’s threshold, how can you possibly have a chance of reaching the Seventh Tribulation realm?”
Meng Chuan nodded. One’s mind was fundamental. Only with a powerful mind would one’s realm, body, and Essence Soul matter.
“You have cleared the first trial. The second trial is next.” The turtle-shelled elder smiled as he pointed at the hill-like furnace in front of him. He pointed at the huge rotary disk on the furnace’s main body. “That rotary disk is the entire furnace’s valve. Clearing the second trial entails spinning open the rotary disk valve.”
“As long as I spin open the valve?” Meng Chuan looked up. The rotary disk valve on the pill furnace was octagonal. Each side had the same length-160 feet.
Although Ancestral Master Archean Eon had general records regarding the Nine Trials Pagoda, he didn’t mention the details of each trial. Those who could be invited to the Nine Trials Pagoda didn’t need to know the details of each trial. Those who weren’t qualified didn’t need to know the details.
“That’s right. As long as you open the valve, the entire pill furnace will ignite with raging flames,” said the turtle-shelled elder wistfully. “When the time comes, you will follow the wind tunnel and directly fly into the furnace’s interior. You will then be tested by the furnace’s flames. If you survive it… you will have survived the third trial. It’s fine if you can’t.”
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The third trial is inside the pill furnace. I’ll be refined by the furnace? Meng Chuan secretly muttered to himself.
At his current realm, Meng Chuan could still discern the truth behind this furnace. Meng Chuan could vaguely sense the profundities of the runes on the furnace’s surface. In fact, he was vaguely certain that the furnace’s might would far exceed his imagination if it was completely unleashed. He had a feeling that his Lepton Undying Body was like dust in front of the furnace’s might. It would dissipate with a single blow.
Even a hundred of him would be annihilated.
Just slightly sensing it makes me instinctively feel terrified. I definitely can’t survive the third trial. Meng Chuan knew his limits.
It was normal.
For example, top Seventh Tribulation Eminences like Guild Master Fiend Eye and Ancestral Magus King could instantly kill him. However, they could only clear up to the third trial.
“Don’t even think about the third trial. Becoming a Seventh Tribulation Eminence is the most basic requirement to clear the third trial,” said the turtle-shelled elder with a smile. “Furthermore, there are other tests. Half of the Seventh Tribulation Eminences typically can’t withstand the third trial.”
Meng Chuan smiled when he heard that. His senses were right. Once the furnace was ignited, its might was far beyond what he could withstand.
The second trial.
Meng Chuan’s Power of Essence Soul spread out and enveloped the pill furnace’s rotary disk valve.
It’s complicated as expected. Meng Chuan sensed the rotary valve and discovered a vast number of runes inside. There were a total of nine layers of countless runes from the bottom.
The nine-layered runes connected the entire furnace.
The nine-layered runes on the rotary valve were a catalyst, a key. It was the key to activating the entire pill furnace’s core array formation.
I can’t understand the entire pill furnace array formation. However, the rotary valve is only a catalyst. The nine layers of runes are much easier to understand than the entire pill furnace array formation. At the very least, I can figure out some clues. Meng Chuan sensed and pondered carefully.
He immersed himself in his thoughts and combed through the vast nine layers of runes. Only when he vaguely understood their overall composition did Meng Chuan snap out of his adrift thoughts.
Meng Chuan realized that the turtle-shelled elder had already fallen asleep and was snoring.
“You’ve been looking at it for more than a year. How’s it going?” The turtle-shelled elder was still snoring a moment ago, but the next moment, he opened his eyes and looked at Meng Chuan. He yawned and asked, “Figured it out?”
I’ve been looking at it for more than a year?
Over the past year, many of Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul avatars had spent all their effort on figuring things out, especially the one in Earth Cloud Mystic Realm-which had more than half of his Essence Soul Origins present. In reality, due to the ten-fold faster time flow, it took him more than ten years to comb through everything. “Senior Bei, there’s no time limit in the Nine Trials Pagoda, right?” asked Meng Chuan.
“As long as your avatar is alive, there’s no time limit,” said the turtle-shelled elder with a smile. “If your avatar dies, it means that you have failed. The next time you come, it will be at least 10,000 years later.” Meng Chuan nodded. “The array formation contained in this rotary valve is complicated. I need more time to activate it.”
“It’s good that you are confident. Take your time; I have plenty of time.” The turtle-shelled elder chuckled and closed his eyes again. He continued sleeping soundly. Meng Chuan smiled and continued studying the nine-layered runes on the rotary valve. Comprehending the nine-layered runes broadened my horizons greatly. The moment I figure it out is also the moment I grasp the spatial law. Meng Chuan already understood that the key to the second trial was the spatial law.
Everything depended on the existence of space.
The spatial law was one of the two major foundations in the River of Spacetime. Its importance wasn’t only reflected by it being the strongest Sixth Tribulation law.
Grasping a spatial law was one of the thresholds to spinning open the valve. It was only natural.
Meng Chuan sat cross-legged in front of the pill furnace and studied the nine-layered runes on the rotary valve while the turtle-shelled elder slept beside the pill furnace. In the blink of an eye, 15 years had passed. The actual time Meng Chuan spent cultivating was a lot longer.
The Valley of Spacetime had 15 layers. White Avian Hall occupied the larger four layers. In one layer of spacetime, an array formation enveloped the area. In one region, spacetime trembled slightly and distorted. A flower vaguely took form.
Huh?
Two figures arrived almost instantly. They were White Avian Hall’s Sixth Tribulation Eminences—who were in charge of guarding this layer of spacetime.
The pudgy figure’s eyes were very small, but his entire body was like a moving world. The pressure he released was immense. He stared at the vaguely discernible flower. He could distinguish the three leaves and the flower’s appearance. “It’s the Void Trileaf Flower.” The pudgy figure’s eyes burned.
“The Void Trileaf Flower will completely bloom an hour after it appears. It has to be consumed within a day. Otherwise, it will wither and return to spacetime.” Another cyan-clothed female Eminence stared at it with burning desire as well. She had come to the Valley of Spacetime for the Void Trileaf Flower. “By the way, according to the order, who does this Void Trileaf Flower belong to?”
The pudgy figure thought for a moment. “It’s Eastcalm’s turn.”
“Him?” The cyan-clothed woman raised her eyebrows. “Back then, City Lord Eastcalm managed to enter the Valley of Spacetime because of his relationship with Hall Lord Blazing Sun. This caused many to be displeased.”
“That’s right. Even I was pushed back a spot,” said the pudgy figure with a smile. “Despite being a newly-advanced Sixth Tribulation Eminence who hasn’t done anything for White Avian Hall, he was able to enter the Valley of Spacetime early. Many Sixth Tribulation Eminences were envious and somewhat indignant. However, I never expected that a newly-advanced Essence Soul Sixth Tribulation Eminence could defeat Black Fiend Hall’s Lord of Scarlet.”
“That’s right. That battle really gave me a fright. This Eastcalm actually silently reached the top echelons of the Sixth Tribulation realm. Furthermore, he defeated Lord of Scarlet,” said the cyan-clothed woman.
Many Eminences in Black Fiend Hall knew about Meng Chuan. This information naturally spread among the various factions in the River of Spacetime. Ordinary intelligence revealed that Meng Chuan had become a top Sixth Tribulation Eminence and defeated Lord of Scarlet. Detailed intelligence included detailed information on Meng Chuan’s strength. It would even include Meng Chuan’s means, such as his Essence Soul mystic technique-Pupil of Darkness—and many other aspects. “The Void Trileaf Flower will bloom in an hour. Report to Mountain Lord Moxie first,” said the pudgy figure.
