This Time, Wasn't He Cheating?

Meng Chuan's story was simple. He was no invincible hero, and his ending was painfully ordinary.

The Meng Chuan in the story had exactly the same beginnings as the current Meng Chuan. Both started in a minor faction, cultivating from the incomplete Sea of Bitterness volume of the Dao Scripture that everyone in the Eastern Wasteland seemed to own.

It was worth mentioning that Meng Chuan had an Innate Dao Embryo. Both versions of him did.

But after Meng Chuan crossed over, his talent and comprehension had somehow received an epic boost.

Meng Chuan crossed over just as he was about to leave for a holy land to cultivate. That was where their paths diverged.

The Meng Chuan in the story entered the holy land and began to shine. He gradually became its strongest young cultivator, a figure who stirred up storms among Beidou's younger generation. After bloody battles with all manner of kingly physiques, he emerged victorious and set foot on the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

After more than a hundred years of battle, Meng Chuan had made quite a name for himself on the ancient road.

As time passed, the struggle along the Emperor Path grew ever more brutal. The bones and blood of prodigies from across the universe paved the ancient roads of every race.

By the time many prodigies had stepped into the Quasi-Emperor realm, everyone believed a Great Emperor would be born in that age. Then tragedy struck.

The Dark Turmoil!

Without the slightest warning, the Dark Turmoil erupted. Forbidden Zone Supremes emerged to harvest the living as their great medicine.

There was no Great Emperor in that age, and its many prodigies had only just become Quasi-Emperors. How could they possibly stand against the Supremes?

Cries of grief filled the universe, blood ran in rivers, and countless stretches of the starry sky were stained red.

The Dark Turmoil ended only because the Forbidden Zone Supremes chose to stop. They had already devoured the vast majority of Quasi-Emperors and prodigies of the Saint realm.

Unfortunately, the original Meng Chuan was among them. He had wanted to protect the lives on an ancient star, but he could not withstand even one finger strike from a Supreme.

The story ended there. It was clear that the author had wanted to portray the myriad lives of the universe beneath the Dark Turmoil.

After everyone finished reading Meng Chuan's account of his fate...

Zhang Sanfeng: Even after seeing it with my own eyes, I can hardly believe there are people who feed on all living beings.

Daigu Madoka: That world is truly too tragic.

The Ancient One: Fortunately, the Great Emperor crossed over. Everything changed.

Meng Qi: Great Emperor, you died so miserably! Someone poked you to death with a single finger!

Meng Chuan: ...

Meng Chuan: Are you insulting me?

Zhang Sanfeng: But Great Emperor, after you crossed over, did you never encounter the Dark Turmoil?

Meng Chuan: By the time the Dark Turmoil broke out in the original story, I had already become a Great Emperor.

Meng Qi: Great Emperor, how did you advance so much faster? Do you have another Golden Finger?

Meng Chuan: As you all know, I have an Innate Dao Embryo. But after I crossed over, my talent and comprehension grew explosively. Ancient scriptures, divine arts—I learned them all at a glance. Even casual cultivation carried me forward a thousand miles a day.

Meng Chuan: Before the Life Forbidden Zones could react, I had already attained the Dao. Naturally, they wouldn't emerge to unleash the Dark Turmoil.

Meng Chuan: Because I suspect the Dark Turmoil broke out so suddenly in the original story not because a Supreme desperately needed life essence to prolong his life.

Meng Chuan: Most likely, one happened to wake up, saw there was no Great Emperor in the world, and acted on a whim.

At Meng Chuan's final words, the group fell silent. A Supreme had simply woken up, noticed some food moving around the universe, and decided to have a meal.

The thought chilled them to the bone.

Meng Qi: If I ever reach the Great Emperor's world, I'll sweep the forbidden zones clean! Every day those things, neither human nor ghost, remain in the world is another day of calamity!

The Ancient One: Great Emperor, I'll gather what I can here. I hope it helps you set foot on the Red Dust Immortal Path soon.

Zhang Sanfeng: I only hate that this old Daoist's strength is so meager.

Daigu Madoka: Great Emperor, you have to do your best to stay alive.

Meng Chuan: I'll remember everyone's kindness. Don't worry, all of you!

\nSystem notification: All group members have changed their own lines of fate. The Chat Group has begun upgrading.

System notification: Chat Group upgrade complete. Features have been updated.

System notification: All administrators contributed to the Chat Group update and will receive special rewards.

System notification: The chat group store is now open. Items can be uploaded and purchased with points.

System notification: New members will join at random in the future.

Five system notifications arrived in quick succession, instantly sweeping away the gloom in the group.

Meng Chuan: Changing our lines of fate caused the upgrade? I see. Merely seeing our own fate counts.

Zhang Sanfeng: Judging by what Little Meng told us, the group should upgrade again later. I just wonder what the condition will be. Will it also involve every member's line of fate?

Hey, Little Meng, what exactly have you been telling them? Have you been explaining novels to them?

Daigu Madoka: New people will join in the future? I wonder if any monsters will come in!

The Ancient One: These special rewards are a little strange. Are yours the same?

The Ancient One: Reward.JPG

After seeing what was in The Ancient One's picture, Meng Chuan hurried to claim his own rewards.

System notification: World Shackles removed for administrator Meng Chuan.

System notification: Your outstanding contribution to the chat group's upgrade, and the considerable help you provided its members, have increased your Chat Group privileges.

System notification: Your Innate Dao Embryo has evolved. Your affinity with the Great Dao has increased.

The instant the first system notification sounded, Meng Chuan felt his entire body lighten.

As he looked around, information he had never perceived before flooded into view.

Most importantly, he felt he could continue cultivating!

Ever since becoming a Great Emperor, every retreat had been spent contemplating the Heavenly Heart Imprint. He had made progress, but it was the same progress every Great Emperor experienced.

Now it was different. He had a feeling he could become a True Immortal in the Shrouding the Heavens World! Perhaps even a True Immortal would not be the end. The world would no longer limit his advance.

In the current Shrouding the Heavens World, the only way to attain immortality was to defy death through nine lifetimes in the Mortal World and become a Red Dust Immortal. Becoming a True Immortal there was simply impossible.

But that had changed.

As long as he did not fall short, the world's conditions were no longer a problem!

"Countless years from now, when people from the Heavens come to sweep away the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, they'll discover that this tiny universe has an Immortal Emperor who was born, raised, and attained emperorship right here!"

Meng Chuan burst out laughing. His laughter rang across the entire universe. With the World Shackles gone, not only had his limits risen—the power he already possessed manifested far more terrifyingly than before!

Meng Chuan examined his upgraded Innate Dao Embryo more closely and found that it could now strengthen even a Great Emperor!

That alone raised the physique to an entirely new level!

Meanwhile, Zhang Sanfeng claimed his special rewards. The first reward seemed to be the same for everyone: the removal of their World Shackles.

The instant his shackles vanished, the indistinct image of a vast Taiji diagram soared into the sky. Everyone within a hundred miles of Wudang Mountain felt wave after wave of pressure, though none knew what had happened.

Zhang Sanfeng successfully opened his Life Spring, and his talent began to reveal itself in full.

In truth, although the Shrouding Method could be cultivated in their worlds, it had always faced some suppression. Zhang Sanfeng's world suppressed it most severely.

But now, the Great Dao opened a path to the heavens!

In Ultraman Tiga's world, besides the standard removal of the World Shackles, Daigu Madoka fused directly with the First Light. There was now no difference between Daigu Madoka and Tiga himself!

Moreover, through the First Light, Daigu Madoka absorbed all the technological knowledge of the Super Ancient Civilization.

Scientist. Cheat-maker. Daigu Madoka!

The Marvel World.

Besides having her World Shackles removed, The Ancient One received a stone connected to time. Although Meng Chuan and the others saw it in the picture, they really could not tell exactly what it did.

As for Meng Qi—sorry, Meng Qi genuinely could not feel any difference.

After all, he was a weakling at the Qi Accumulation realm, living in a world of such a high level. If he wanted to feel what the removal of the World Shackles was like, he would have to train some more... Thanks to Zuoyou I, Kanjiandewo Qiebiekanle, and book friend 151201104354246 for the recommendation votes. The contract has been sent. Please vote and add the book to your favorites.