After leaving the Ji Family, Meng Chuan took his "treasure trove" of group friends to look around the Forbidden Zones, then out into the starry universe, all the way to the Cosmic Frontier, and even into a stretch of chaos.
Every so often, Meng Chuan also thanked the bastards for their tips.
In less than a day, Meng Chuan had taken them around some of the places worth seeing.
Zhang Sanfeng: Only today did I truly understand how vast the universe is.
Ancient One: The Great Emperor's universe is much larger than the one I'm in now.
That was Ancient One's most immediate impression. Although both Meng Chuan's world and hers existed as universes, this visit had shown her that, whether in size or in strength as determined by her analysis, Meng Chuan's universe far surpassed her own.
Daigu Madoka: Little Meng said that this world of yours was even vaster in the previous era and the era before that, Great Emperor. I wonder what it looked like.
Meng Qi: If you count the Realm Sea and Above the Heavens, the level of the Great Emperor's world definitely isn't below mine.
Zhang Sanfeng and the other two fell somewhat silent. They all knew how vast Meng Qi's world was. Besides the Real World, there were the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, an infinite number of universes. Had they not seen it with their own eyes in Meng Qi's Fate Instance, they would never have believed such a vast world could exist!
"All right, all right, none of that has anything to do with us right now!" Watching the scrolling comments, Meng Chuan interrupted their discussion. Those things were far too distant.
"By the way, Daigu, when do you think things will start over there?" Meng Chuan asked. He didn't want to miss this Final Sacred War.
Daigu Madoka: The captain and the others have been inside the R'lyeh ruins for several days now. I think it'll be soon.
Daigu Madoka: I'm planning to head over to the ruins in a bit and keep an eye on the captain. It'd be awful if something unexpected happened.
Meng Chuan nodded. Megumi had survived in the original story, but this was a real world now. Who knew what might happen!
Meng Qi: Remember to livestream it!
Zhang Sanfeng: I've never actually seen Ultraman!
Ancient One: I've seen him on television.
Daigu: Hehehe.
Daigu: Ah! Lina's calling me to dinner. I'm logging off now, everyone! See you all!
Zhang Sanfeng: ???
Meng Qi: Are we not good enough for you anymore?
Ancient One: Mr. Daigu really loves Lina.
"The sour stink of romance!" Meng Chuan looked at Daigu's now-gray avatar, then at the few people still online in the group, and felt a little better.
After all, Daigu was the only one who had betrayed the revolution so far. That was still within acceptable limits!
"How is your Shrouding Method cultivation going, Perfected Zhang?" As Meng Chuan asked, he sent Zhang Sanfeng a targeted Red Envelope containing a hundred thousand jin of divine source.
There was one free opportunity each month, and Zhang Sanfeng was the best choice for a divine source Red Envelope.
"Little Meng, Grandmaster, I can't send you two Red Envelopes this time."
Ancient One: Perfected Zhang needs it more. I can look for resources in different dimensions.
Meng Qi: It's fine. You've already given us so much, Great Emperor!
"To think I'd actually hear something nice come out of your mouth..." Meng Chuan shed tears.
Meng Qi: You ungrateful Great Emperor! You weren't like this when I was risking my neck and spilling my blood to get you secret manuals!
Zhang Sanfeng first found a place to claim Meng Chuan's Red Envelope, then thanked him.
Zhang Sanfeng: Many thanks, Great Emperor. You've always looked after me. This old Daoist is rather ashamed.
Meng Chuan: Why are you standing on ceremony now, Perfected Zhang?
Zhang Sanfeng: ...
Zhang Sanfeng: I've already reached the Other Shore.
Then Zhang Sanfeng immediately added another message.
Zhang Sanfeng: The Other Shore stage of the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm, not the one in Little Meng's world.
"You're cultivating that fast, Perfected Zhang? How long has it been since your last breakthrough?" Meng Chuan was surprised. Zhang Sanfeng probably hadn't even turned a hundred yet. Barely any time had passed since his last breakthrough, and he had already leaped straight past the Divine Bridge Realm?
Zhang Sanfeng: The special reward last time also gave me a Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram. I've figured out some of its uses. It can increase my cultivation speed and accelerate my absorption of divine source.
Zhang Sanfeng: That's why my cultivation has progressed a little faster.
Zhang Sanfeng: Besides the Shrouding Method you gave me, Great Emperor, my own martial arts have also improved.
Zhang Sanfeng: I used to count as a grandmaster, but now I believe I've surpassed that level.
Meng Qi: Perfected Zhang, besides cultivating the Shrouding Method, you're also developing martial arts realms yourself?
Zhang Sanfeng: Yes.
Meng Qi: Freak!
Ancient One: Freak!
Meng Chuan hardly knew what to say. Sure enough, some people weren't lacking in talent—their worlds had shackled them.
With Meng Chuan's current breadth of vision, deducing the realm beyond a martial arts grandmaster was still quite easy.
But what realm was Meng Chuan in, and what realm was Zhang Sanfeng in?
"How is your Shrouding Method cultivation going, Grandmaster?" Now that Meng Chuan knew what a freak Zhang Sanfeng was, he no longer worried that Zhang Sanfeng would fall hopelessly behind the other administrators. He might move slowly, but he wouldn't stop.
Ancient One: I should count as a Half-Saint now.
Ancient One: I can already attain sainthood, but I discovered some shortcomings and stopped cultivating.
Meng Chuan was quite calm this time. No matter how quickly Ancient One cultivated, it was perfectly normal. She played around with time in her universe, after all.
"What problems did you discover, Grandmaster?"
Ancient One: There are no heavenly tribulations here!
Ancient One: From the Four Extremes until now, I haven't undergone a single heavenly tribulation. That clearly isn't good for my future cultivation.
Ancient One: Once the chat group unlocks world travel, I plan to visit your world, Great Emperor, and make up for what I lack.
Cultivating the Shrouding Method without undergoing heavenly tribulations was incomplete. Meng Chuan very much agreed with that.
"Of course you're welcome! I've wanted to meet you for ages, Grandmaster!" Meng Chuan said with a smile.
Zhang Sanfeng: If that feature really opens up, I'd also like to impose on the Great Emperor for a while.
"No problem at all. When the time comes, we'll put you in different eras. One of you can attain the Dao as the Tai Chi Great Emperor, and the other as the Time Great Emperor!" Meng Qi said jokingly, yet his words planted a seed in the hearts of Zhang Sanfeng and Ancient One.
Although nobody in the group would look down on someone for having a low cultivation level, who didn't want to become strong?
Even Ancient One, who had only wanted to retire, was now working hard at cultivation!
System notification: Administrator Ancient One sent a targeted Red Envelope to Administrator Meng Chuan.
Ancient One: Great Emperor, these are about seventy percent of the Dimensional Demons, Hell devils, and other beings that wanted to invade Earth.
Ancient One: There are also the cultivation methods I've collected. I feel that the methods for cultivating qi in Kunlun in the east of my world are rather profound. I already sent them to you as tips during your livestream.
Meng Chuan claimed the Red Envelope, and delight lit his face as he looked at the corpses of these Dimensional Demons. They possessed all sorts of attributes: ice, wood, space, even time, as well as many composite attributes. They could provide him with a great deal of inspiration!
"Thank you, Grandmaster!"
Ancient One: We help each other. It's only right.
Zhang Sanfeng: Everyone, the people from the Five Great Sects seem to have arrived. No, it's not just the Five Great Sects. There are other smaller sects as well.
Zhang Sanfeng: My spiritual awareness detected them making their way toward Wudang Mountain.
"So your birthday banquet is today, Perfected Zhang?" Meng Chuan asked.
Zhang Sanfeng: No, it's tomorrow.
Zhang Sanfeng: The Five Great Sects and those smaller sects probably intend to spend the night near Wudang and put pressure on us while they're at it.
Meng Qi: Just beat the bastards!
Ancient One: Beat the bastards!
"I let my guard down. I didn't snag the first comment." Meng Chuan smiled, then continued, "Still, beat the bastards!"
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