Cold came and heat departed; the passing years knew no spring.
Shaken deep into a dimensional fissure by the arrival of the stellar mothership, the White Tiger Secret Realm had become a secluded paradise, utterly cut off from the world.
Meng Chuan and his master, Luo Guanyun, cultivated in seclusion to escape the calamity, unaware that three years had passed outside.
Because the planets rotated and orbited at different speeds, three years in the Mountains and Seas World amounted to roughly one year in the human world.
During this time, Meng Chuan returned to his previous routine of intensive cultivation.
He slept only once a month. Every week, the Nine Mysteries Ancestor personally guided him through various secret arts of the Tiger Gate, steadily expanding his repertoire. Meng Chuan also visited his master every week to teach Old Luo the Evolution Method. Immersed in fulfilling study and cultivation, he hardly noticed how swiftly time passed.
After incorporating the remaining fragments into Destruction, his technique reached 95% completeness. Meanwhile, [Star Convergence] stabilized completely, and its proficiency passed the 10% mark.
At the same time, he slowly accumulated mental power through the [Infinite Ultimate Intent Art]. His intent could barely sketch a hazy outline of the Mother River within his inner world. The support of this visualization practice was the fundamental reason behind his modest progress in Star Convergence.
Furthermore, under his occasional guidance, Old Luo's cultivation of the Evolution Method underwent a tremendous transformation!
One day, boundless, uncanny lightning spread across the sky above Jianbing Divine Lord's Dojo. Amid thunder and flashing lightning, demonic clouds gathered into a sea.
Meng Chuan leaped into the air. Destructive energies naturally swarmed toward him, and his broad, powerful figure gradually blurred within the clouds. He sat cross-legged among them, personally standing guard over his