If Meng Chuan had not barged into the story, there would have been a Forbidden Sea at the Kunpeng Nest.
That sea held many secrets stretching from ancient times to the present.
A Ghost Ship drifted upon it. The ship was no ordinary vessel; it had drifted from the future into the present.
And the ship was the work of the Ruthless Great Emperor.
But it would only have existed if Meng Chuan had not barged in.
Meng Chuan was no longer sure whether a Ghost Ship made by Ruthless would still appear.
Even so, he had to go and see for himself.
If there was no Ghost Ship bearing Ruthless's plea for help, so much the better.
Meng Chuan did not want to see a plea from her, either.
After all, what it signified was probably nothing good. If it could be avoided, then it was best avoided.
But if there was one...
Then Meng Chuan wanted to see which faction of Weird Race had swallowed a bear's heart and a leopard's gall and dared to attack someone from his Dao Realm.
Once he got back, he would twist the heads off those Weird Race members himself.
And if there really was a signal from Ruthless asking for help, then certain things would be worth pondering.
Because of Meng Chuan, Ruthless had cultivated far faster than she had in the original story.
At this point in the original story, she was only in her fifth or sixth lifetime. Now she had reached her Eighth Lifetime.
Ye Fan, Wushi Azure Emperor, and the new generation of the Shrouding the Heavens trio had also advanced at an astonishing pace.
With strength like theirs, even if Meng Chuan had yet to Return in the future...
They should not have been beaten as