Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1555: Jackpot?

Shang Xia felt that it wouldn’t be long before he would be able to summon the actual Crimson Soul Tablet from his sea of consciousness.

Perhaps after successfully advancing to the Seven Star Realm, he would find the rare opportunity to do so!

Despite the ongoing communication and interaction with the Crimson Soul Tablet, which revealed that it had not yet fully completed its restoration, Shang Xia's travels through various worlds over the years had at least brought it to a state near completion.

According to Shang Xia, the remaining damage probably required world origin from a world of a higher quality than an Essence World! It was either that or world origin alone wouldn’t be enough to bring it back to its original form.

Speaking of the Crimson Soul Tablet, it was impossible not to mention the set of 6 rank six talismans he casually retrieved from the World Origin Source of the Essence Xing World.

As one of the top grandmasters in the art of talismans, although Shang Xia had never encountered such a complete set of talismans, he had concluded what they were used for.

Simply put, the set of rank six talismans that were nurtured by the World Origin Source would eventually be turned into a Talisman Seed. The Talisman Seed was the core inheritance of the Secret Talisman Gate.

That was because the expert who crafted the talismans would be able to comprehend their martial intent after reaching the level of Extreme Harmonization. With that, they would step into the grand completion stage immediately.

Even if they failed to grasp their martial intent, with the Talisman Seed, they would still be able to step into the grand completion stage.

That was why the fifth tier True Immortal of the Secret Talisman Gate chased after Shang Xia despite knowing he was completely outmatched.

Creating a set of talismans like that and utilizing the World Origin Source to nurture a Talisman Seed was no easy task. Other than the secret inheritance of the Secret Talisman Sect, they had to create all 6 different rank six talismans. They couldn’t be commissioned to another rank six Talisman Grandmaster either!

It was amazing for a rank six Talisman Grandmaster to master a couple of rank six talismans. With that, they would already gain a reputation as a supreme master. Being able to craft 6 different rank six talismans was way more impressive.

Even the patriarch of the Secret Talisman Sect who was a rank six Talisman Grandmaster, only mastered 4 types of talismans, far from the 6 required.

Those were Shang Xia’s conclusions. Naturally, his achievements in the art of talismans had far surpassed the other party giving him the ability to make the judgment.

From what he could see, 4 of the 6 talismans in the set were perfectly crafted. They were created in 1 perfect sitting.

The remaining 2, though seemingly from the same creator, were evident they were created with external assistance. Otherwise, it would be a little difficult to explain how those runes weren’t perfectly integrated with each other.

Fairly speaking, the patriarch’s mastery of 4 types of rank six talisman would make him an impressive expert. He was most definitely a grandmaster of the art.

Of course... He couldn’t compare himself to a certain somebody...

Since Shang Xia had long since comprehended more than 6 rank six talismans, he would be able to craft a set of talismans like that to nurture a Talisman Seed even if he was already at the grand completion stage of the Six Direction Realm.

Since the Talisman Seed was a type of treasure, it wouldn’t affect his cultivation realm at the grand completion stage of the Six Direction Realm.

After understanding the function of the set of talismans and the ability of a Talisman Seed, Shang Xia was resolved to make 1 of his own!

The only issue he had wasn’t just crafting the talismans on his own. He needed to nurture them with the World Origin Source. During the process, he definitely needed the secret art of the Secret Talisman Sect to prevent the talismans from clashing in the World Origin Source.

Initially, Shang Xia thought the chances of nurturing a Talisman Seed were slim, and he even planned to covertly contact the patriarch of the Secret Talisman Sect to trade the set of talismans for the secret art of Talisman Seed cultivation.

However, he soon found a turning point.

While looking through the items he brought back from the Lord’s Manor in Guanxing City, he discovered that the second tier True Immortal carried around a whole lot of records concerning the creation of a Talisman Seed.

There was no doubt about it. The second tier True Immortal in the Lord’s Manor was supposed to guard and protect the Talisman Seed that was being nurtured.

He might have received some guidance and promises from the patriarch to do so, and with his ability in both the art of talismans and the art of formations, he had a promising future. That might be why even though his cultivation was far from satisfactory, he had already started to plan for the future.

It was a shame all his efforts went to benefit Shang Xia.

As for the set of talismans nurtured by the world origin contained in the Crimson Soul Tablet... Shang Xia decided not to destroy them. Instead, he would try to nurture the Talisman Seed.

Even if the Talisman Seed forms and he might not be able to use it, it might prove useful in the future...

After emerging from seclusion from the Talisman Pagoda, almost everyone discovered the disturbance and the Talisman Masters of the institution immediately went to greet him.

After addressing many of the difficulties encountered in the talisman crafting process and providing viable suggestions, Shang Xia chose not to hold a lecture. Instead, he handed over the records from the second tier True Immortal of the Secret Talisman Gate from the Essence Xing World to the deputy hall masters for organization.

The second tier True Immortal had a profound mastery of the art of talismans. Shang Xia briefly scanned through his notes and saw that even though they were very fragmented and contained lots of useless information, they detailed his journey from a Talisman Apprentice all the way to a peak tier rank five Talisman Grandmaster.

For the Talisman Hall, they basically obtained another complete inheritance. All the talismans the second tier True Immortal knew up to the sixth rank was recorded, and there were also 2 types of rank six talismans in there. Unfortunately, it seemed as though they had never actually created a rank six talisman so his records were useless.

The reason the patriarch of the Secret Talisman Gate stationed him in Guanxing City might also be because he wished to use the process of nurturing the Talisman Seed to strengthen his mastery. That would probably allow him to craft those rank six talismans.

Once he did, the Secret Talisman Gate would gain another rank six Talisman Grandmaster!

Moreover, an unexpected bonus was that besides the complete inheritance he had, the second tier True Immortal also had considerable expertise in talisman formations which Shang Xia experienced for himself.

Actually... Had he not been distracted by the art of formations, he might have already become a rank six Talisman Grandmaster.

There wasn’t a need to mention how excited the deputy hall masters were when they received the inheritance.

Once he handed it over, Shang Xia left the Talisman Hall and hurriedly went to the Tongyou Elysium where Ge Qingzhu was waiting.

"What’s so urgent?" Upon seeing Ge Qingzhu, Shang Xia did not bother with pleasantries.

"The Star Origin Dao Field is moving," Ge Qingzhu quickly led Shang Xia towards the Star Observatory as he continued, "They’re starting to move in the void and they’re accelerating as we speak. They should be headed for the Essence Ping World!”