Longevity Method

Meng Chuan struck without hesitation, charging straight into the Divine Ruins. The laws of the Great Dao around him erased its formation patterns as he took on four foes alone once more.

A familiar scene unfolded! It was as though history were repeating itself.

The four Supremes immediately entered Ultimate Sublimation. They had seen Meng Chuan's strength with their own eyes. Without it, they might be killed in an instant!

These were four Imperial Dao Figures at their full power. In the past, they would have shaken the heavens and unleashed a boundless calamity across the universe.

Yet before Meng Chuan, they looked utterly helpless.

Imperial Dao experts, helpless? That should have been the greatest joke under heaven. But it was true. After his transformation, Meng Chuan's Heavenly Emperor level combat power put a gulf like the Heavenly Abyss between him and these ordinary Imperial Dao Supremes. At the very least, four of them could not even hurt him.

Splat!

Meng Chuan crushed the Beast God underfoot, then turned and drove out his Emperor Fist, blasting the Spirit Emperor into a mist of blood. The Lord of the Divine Ruins and the remaining Supreme felt their hearts and livers tear with fear. He was a monster!

At last, they understood why the four Supremes from beyond their domain had tried to flee. An opponent like this drove them to despair!

Even at their own peaks, they had never possessed such power!

In the end, the Lord of the Divine Ruins and the remaining Supreme spilled their blood across the stars. The Divine Ruins became history!

"From this day on, the Divine Ruins are no more!"

Meng Chuan's Great Dao's Voice spread throughout the universe. Countless people who knew the truth of the Dark Turmoil wept. Some even knelt and bowed, grateful for what he had done.

"The title of Heavenly Emperor suits him." Ji Lianxing watched Meng Chuan and suddenly broke into a smile. Looking at her, Jiang Daoran abruptly thought Tiger Girl was a tiny bit pretty.

An illusion. It has to be an illusion. Jiang Daoran shuddered. How could he find Tiger Girl pretty? Meng Chuan's feat must have shocked him into seeing things.

Then he stole another glance at Ji Lianxing and told himself several more times that it was an illusion.

"What a tremendous feat. Eight Supremes and a Saint Spirit, all killed by Meng Chuan today." Qingyue's voice sounded distant. In an age without an Emperor, even one Supreme emerging meant a Dark Turmoil!

"Hmph!"

In the distance, the Great Dao evolved within Meng Chuan's eyes as his gaze pierced through the ages. He saw Five-Colored Immortal Light flickering in a region of spacetime before it vanished without a trace. With a cold snort, he withdrew his gaze. If someone had not been waiting in the wings to profit from the fight, matters would not have ended so easily today!

"How impressive you are, Heavenly Emperor!"

Ji Lianxing came up beside Meng Chuan and teased him, as loud and easygoing as ever.

"Hahaha, you flatter me! I owe it all to the Supremes for making me look good!" Meng Chuan laughed as he looked at Tiger Girl.

Ji Lianxing rolled her eyes. She had seen through Meng Chuan long ago. She knew what hid beneath that dignified exterior.

"But thank you, Meng Chuan, for putting an end to an entire forbidden zone." Ji Lianxing suddenly grew solemn and bowed to him.

Hearing those words from Ji Lianxing left Teacher Meng ill at ease. Why did "thank you" sound so strange coming from Tiger Girl?

"I'm not used to you being so formal, Tiger Girl!" Meng Chuan suddenly reached out and patted Ji Lianxing's head. Her hackles rose at once, and she lunged at him with claws bared.

"Hahaha! What are you thanking me for? Aren't we friends? It's a pity I couldn't take down the Undying Mountain too, but next time. Definitely next time!"

Meng Chuan vanished on the spot. He had no wish to face a furious Tiger Girl. He left only a few words ringing in the three of them's ears.

"Come to Beidou for a get-together later!"

Meng Chuan: The Heavenly Emperor has returned!

Meng Qi: Oh.

Zhang Sanfeng: Oh.

Bibi Dong: Mm-hmm.

Meng Chuan: Come on, everyone. Give me a little respect.

Meng Qi: I don't want to waste words on you. All nine of you are getting muted today. (Note: From the Great Emperor's Quotations.)

Zhang Sanfeng: Today I'll mute only Meng Qi! If the rest of you want to help him, think carefully about whether your permissions are higher than mine! (Note: From the Great Emperor's Quotations.)

The Ancient One: Great Emperor looks down on you.JPG

What a pack of troublemakers! Meng Chuan was furious. Making reaction images of him was one thing, but they had even collected his quotes!

Meng Chuan: Look at this, everyone.

Meng Chuan: [Image]

In the image, two enormous words had been spelled out with endless rivers of stars: ADMIN PRIVILEGES.

Every group member online fell silent. Then a heated discussion erupted in the chat.

Meng Qi: Great Emperor—no, Heavenly Emperor—your divine might is unmatched! I'm so wet—no, so stunned I can't look away.

Bibi Dong: Filthy, filthy, filthy!

Zhang Sanfeng: Watch yourself. This isn't a respectable place, you know. @Meng Qi

Zhang Sanfeng: But the Great Emperor really is incredibly strong now.

Yan Chixia: Oh? Are you saying the Great Emperor wasn't strong before?

Zhang Sanfeng stared at Yan Chixia's message. He had never expected that thick-browed, bearded man to turn traitor too!

He was so angry that he crushed his teacup, leaving the Wudang Seven Heroes below him speechless. Ever since their master had grown strong beyond their understanding, everything had been fine—except for his sudden fondness for crushing things. Teacups, tables, chairs, stones, ancient trees, Wudang's main hall, a small mountain at Wudang...

The Ancient One: The Great Emperor's combat power now far surpasses the normal Heavenly Emperor level. How far has he advanced?

Fei Peng: I want the Great Emperor to give me some pointers more and more.

Meng Chuan considered The Ancient One's question.

Meng Chuan: I think I've set foot on an unconventional Red Dust Immortal Path.

Zhang Sanfeng: You think? Unconventional?

Meng Chuan: My current state is a little unusual. I don't think living nine successive lives in the Mortal World is the only way to become an immortal. If I can undergo nine transformations like this one, I can ascend to immortality directly.

Meng Chuan: Even if I don't research a Longevity Method and only keep transforming during my first life, I can still become an immortal. Of course, that's almost impossible.

Meng Chuan: It's hard to say how difficult this method of becoming an immortal is, but it would take much less time than living nine successive lives in the Mortal World—the orthodox Red Dust Immortal Path.

The Ancient One: The Great Emperor's Immortal Path seems more like forcing his way to immortality through supreme combat power. Every transformation brings a huge leap in strength, without researching a Longevity Method. Isn't that a little like a Battle Immortal?

Meng Chuan: It's different. The Battle Immortal path is too violent. Even if heaven and earth placed no limits on me, I'd struggle to accumulate enough to become one directly.

Meng Chuan: Although I don't need to research a Longevity Method in every life, my transformations don't come from nothing. I still have to accumulate enough before I can ignite the Dao Fire.

Fei Peng: Then does each transformation increase your lifespan, Great Emperor?

Meng Chuan: To put it somewhat imprecisely, each transformation is like someone on the Red Dust Immortal Path living out a new life. I don't need to worry about my lifespan.

Zhang Sanfeng: Then isn't your path a combination of the Battle Immortal and the Red Dust Immortal?

Becoming a Battle Immortal was impossible even before considering the state of heaven and earth. Your own conditions would never be enough. How many years had the Great Emperor lived across his two lives? And how much combat power would becoming a Battle Immortal require?

To gain more combat power, you had to research a Longevity Method and live into your next life. But by the time you kept living through enough lives, you would already be a Red Dust Immortal. What would be the point of becoming a Battle Immortal then?

If one of Meng Chuan's transformations was compared to one life on the Red Dust Immortal Path, the order for a Red Dust Immortal was this: research a way to live another life, accumulate power in that next life, then continue researching a way to live yet another. Along the way, your strength would naturally increase.

First you stayed alive, then you increased your combat power.

Meng Chuan's transformations worked the other way around: ignite the Dao Fire, improve himself, gain supreme combat power, and force his way into another life. Then he would accumulate more, ignite the Dao Fire again, and repeat the cycle.

It was more like increasing combat power first, then staying alive!

Meng Chuan: You could put it that way, Master Zhang.

Meng Chuan: The Dao Fire Furnace is my Longevity Method!

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