Beat the Hell Out of Them

After leaving the Ji Family, Meng Chuan took his fellow Chat Group members—his "treasures"—to see a forbidden zone. Then they ventured into the starry universe, out to the Cosmic Frontier, and even reached a stretch of chaos.

Every so often, Meng Chuan thanked those rascals for their generous tips.

In less than a day, Meng Chuan had shown them some of the sights worth seeing.

Zhang Sanfeng: Only today do I truly understand how vast the universe is.

The Ancient One: The Great Emperor's universe is much larger than mine.

That was The Ancient One's most immediate impression. Both Meng Chuan's world and hers existed as universes, but after analyzing them, she found that his far surpassed her own in both size and strength.

Daigu Madoka: Little Meng said the previous two epochs of the Great Emperor's world were even more expansive. I wonder what they were like.

Meng Qi: If you count the Boundary Sea and Above the Heavens, the Great Emperor's world is definitely no lower in level than mine.

Zhang Sanfeng and the other two fell silent. They knew how vast Meng Qi's world was: beyond the Real World lay countless worlds and infinite universes. If they had not seen it with their own eyes in Meng Qi's fate record, they would never have believed a world could be so vast!

"All right, all right. None of that has anything to do with us right now!" Meng Chuan watched the messages scroll by and cut off their discussion. Those things were too far away.

"Oh, right, Daigu. When do you think things will start on your end?" Meng Chuan asked. He did not want to miss that final battle.

Daigu Madoka: The captain and the others have been inside the R'lyeh ruins for several days. I think it'll be soon.

Daigu Madoka: I'm going over to the ruins in a bit to 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 start a livestream!

Zhang Sanfeng: I've never seen an Ultraman in person!

The Ancient One: I've seen one on television.

Daigu: Heh heh heh.

Daigu: Ah! Lina's calling me to dinner. I'm heading off, everyone! See you!

Zhang Sanfeng: ???

Meng Qi: Are we not good enough for him anymore?

The Ancient One: Mr. Daigu really loves Lina.

"The sour stink of romance!" Meng Chuan looked at Daigu's grayed-out icon, then at the others who were still online, and felt a little better.

After all, Daigu was the only one who had betrayed the revolution so far. That was still within tolerable limits!

"How is your cultivation of the Shrouding Method going, Master Zhang?" Meng Chuan asked as he sent Zhang Sanfeng a designated red packet containing one hundred thousand jin of Divine Source.

He had one free chance each month. When sending a red packet of Divine Source, Zhang Sanfeng was the best choice.

"Little Meng, Master, I can't send you two red packets this time."

The Ancient One: Master Zhang needs it more. I can search other dimensions for resources.

Meng Qi: It's fine. You've already given us so much, Great Emperor!

"I can't believe I heard something nice come out of your mouth..." Meng Chuan shed a tear.

Meng Qi: You've got some nerve, Great Emperor! When I was risking life and limb to get cultivation manuals for you, you weren't like this!

Zhang Sanfeng first found a place to claim Meng Chuan's red packet, then thanked him.

Zhang Sanfeng: Thank you, Great Emperor. You've always looked after this old Daoist. I'm rather ashamed.

Meng Chuan: Why are you being so formal, Master Zhang?

Zhang Sanfeng: ...

Zhang Sanfeng: I've reached the Other Shore now.

Zhang Sanfeng immediately added a clarification.

Zhang Sanfeng: The Other Shore stage of the Sea of Bitterness, not the Other Shore in Little Meng's world.

"You've cultivated that quickly? How long has it been since your last breakthrough?" Meng Chuan was surprised. Zhang Sanfeng was not even a hundred yet, and it had not been long since his last breakthrough. Had he already leaped past the Divine Bridge Realm?

Zhang Sanfeng: One of the special rewards last time was a Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram. I've figured out a little of what it does. It can speed up my cultivation and help me absorb Divine Source faster.

Zhang Sanfeng: So my cultivation has advanced a bit more quickly.

Zhang Sanfeng: Besides the Shrouding Method you gave me, Great Emperor, I've also made progress in my own martial arts.

Zhang Sanfeng: I used to be at the grandmaster level, but I believe I've surpassed it now.

Meng Qi: Master Zhang, you've been working out new martial arts realms yourself on top of cultivating the Shrouding Method?

Zhang Sanfeng: Yes.

Meng Qi: Monster!

The Ancient One: Monster!

Even Meng Chuan did not know what to say. Sure enough, some people did not lack talent. Their worlds were what held them back.

With Meng Chuan's current knowledge, working out the realm beyond martial arts grandmaster would be easy.

But what realm was Meng Chuan in, and what realm was Zhang Sanfeng in?

"How is your cultivation of the Shrouding Method going, Master?" Now that Meng Chuan knew just how monstrous Zhang Sanfeng was, he no longer worried that Zhang Sanfeng would fall hopelessly behind the other administrators. He might advance slowly, but he would not stop.

The Ancient One: I'd count as a Half-Saint now.

The Ancient One: I could already become a Saint, but there are shortcomings I still can't identify, so I've stopped cultivating for now.

This time, Meng Chuan remained calm. It was only natural for The Ancient One to cultivate quickly. In her universe, she played with time.

"What problem did you find, Master?"

The Ancient One: There are no heavenly tribulations here!

The Ancient One: I haven't undergone a single heavenly tribulation since the Four Extremes stage. That will clearly hinder my later cultivation.

The Ancient One: Once the Chat Group enables travel between worlds, I plan to visit yours, Great Emperor, and make up for what I'm missing.

Cultivating the Shrouding Method without undergoing heavenly tribulations would leave it incomplete. Meng Chuan agreed on that point.

"You'll certainly be welcome! I've wanted to meet you for ages, Master!" Meng Chuan said with a smile.

Zhang Sanfeng: If that feature really opens up, I'd like to impose on you for a while too, Great Emperor.

"Not a problem at all. When the time comes, I'll put you in different eras. One of you can become the Taiji Great Emperor, and the other the Time Great Emperor!" Meng Chuan spoke as if joking, but his words planted a seed in Zhang Sanfeng's and The Ancient One's hearts.

No one in the group would look down on anyone else for having a lower cultivation level, but who did not want to become strong?

Even The Ancient One, who had always wanted to retire, was cultivating diligently now!

System notice: Administrator The Ancient One sent a designated red packet to Administrator Meng Chuan.

The Ancient One: Great Emperor, these are roughly seventy percent of the Dimensional Demons, hellish devils, and similar beings that wanted to invade Earth.

The Ancient One: I also collected some cultivation methods. I found the qi cultivation methods of my world's Eastern Kunlun rather profound. I already tipped you with those during your livestream.

Meng Chuan claimed the red packet and brightened at the sight of the Dimensional Demons' corpses. They possessed all kinds of attributes—ice, wood, even space and time, along with many combinations. They could give him plenty of inspiration!

"Thank you, Master!"

The Ancient One: We help each other. It's only right.

Zhang Sanfeng: Everyone, it looks like people from the Five Great Sects have arrived. No, not just the Five Great Sects. There are smaller sects too.

Zhang Sanfeng: I can sense them making their way toward Wudang Mountain.

"So your birthday banquet is today, Master Zhang?" Meng Chuan asked.

Zhang Sanfeng: No, it's tomorrow.

Zhang Sanfeng: The Five Great Sects and those smaller sects probably mean to rest near Wudang for the night and put some pressure on us while they're at it.

Meng Qi: Beat the hell out of them!

The Ancient One: Beat the hell out of them!

"I let my guard down. I didn't get the first reply." Meng Chuan smiled, then continued, "Still, beat the hell out of them!"

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