Meng Chuan left the floating island. The ruins occupied by the Undying Netherworld Emperor were famous, but they were of no use to him.
No ruins or treasures could directly help a World-Class Origin Lifeform break through to become a Lord. At least, nothing of the sort had ever been discovered.
And when Meng Chuan crushed the Undying Netherworld Emperor to death, someone elsewhere died at the same instant.
It was the Undying Netherworld Emperor's clone.
Most high-level Cultivators in Hunyuan Space had a few life-saving tricks up their sleeves.
Clone techniques were fairly ordinary, yet still precious; then again, plenty of people knew them.
The Undying Netherworld Emperor was one of them.
Since Meng Chuan had decided to kill him, he would wipe him out completely.
With Karma tracing them down, his clones could not survive either.
Given Meng Chuan's strength and mastery of Karma, that was not difficult.
When Meng Chuan returned to the Three Realms Origin World, Yuan was still there. His surprise at seeing Meng Chuan's True Body went without saying.
Yuan looked from Meng Chuan to his Other Self. With a Hunyuan Lord's breadth of experience, he naturally understood what was before him.
"A clone that's effectively an independent living being, yet can still combine its strength with yours?" Yuan asked.
It seemed astonishing, but Infinite Hunyuan Space was vast, and Yuan had lived for an age beyond counting.
There was little he had not seen.
Innate Origin Lifeforms came in all manner of strange shapes and forms, with every kind of talent imaginable.
By tracing things back to their source, he could make out the general picture.
"More or less." Meng Chuan nodded.
"Marvelous." Yuan did not hold back his praise. "That both your True Body and your clone have reached this point is