Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1638: Doing Whatever He Wants

Shang Xia truly had no idea about everything that was happening inside the Spirit Luxuriant Hall, even though his divine sense could cover the entire heavenly screen of the Spirit Luxuriant World in an instant!

The moment he returned to the Spirit Luxuriant World through the Five Element Teleportation Formation, his cultivation level instantly triggered all the preparations he had made for ascending to the Seven Star Realm, absorbing all his attention.

Moreover, realizing that it was inappropriate to start ascending to the Seven Star Realm at this time, he diverted all his energy to fighting and breaking free from his innate tendencies of cultivation and the world, leaving no room to care about what was happening inside the Spirit Luxuriant Hall.

Otherwise, the representatives of the various factions of the Spirit Luxuriant World would not have been so embarrassingly suppressed by his fully unleashed aura. Even the True Immortals found it difficult to maintain their posture, let alone move.

As for the 4 Elysium True Immortals inside the inner hall, their situation was somewhat better. However, at this moment, Zhang Xuansheng and Yang Taihe would have preferred not to be there at all!

The second he arrived at the Spirit Luxuriant World, the energy in his body started to bubble with activity, and the World’s Will also pushed for his ascension to the Seven Star Realm. However, Shang Xia understood that no matter what, he couldn’t recklessly begin the process.

Despite everything looking ready, Shang Xia restrained himself, forcing everything that was about to begin to stop.

As Shang Xia gradually reined in his aura, the Six Direction Qi in his dantian was forcefully suppressed. The integration with the World’s Will was also forcefully severed. The flickering stars in the sea of stars above started to dim as parts of his soul that he had anchored in the World Origin Sources of various worlds started to calm down once again.

That moment, Shang Xia once again returned to being an expert at the grand completion stage of the Six Direction Realm.

Only after some time did Shang Xia have the leisure to check the current state of the Spirit Luxuriant World. When he extended his divine soul across, a strange look appeared on his face and he grunted once before looking curiously at the Spirit Luxuriant Hall.

His return seemed pretty timely…

The True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World, now led by high-level Elysium True Immortals Zhang Xuansheng and Yang Taihe, along with the representatives of the various factions, quickly emerged to welcome him.

The smiles on their faces were extremely forced. Even though they were trying their best to express the joy and surprise they felt at Shang Xia’s return, the atmosphere was incredibly awkward.

To that, Shang Xia seemed not to notice anything strange. He started to exchange pleasantries with the True immortals who emerged before nodding slightly to the representatives of the various factions. He completely ignored Ge Qingzhu and Dou Zhong’s attempts to signal him.

"The various forces are gathering around the Spirit Abundance World. There are Sages from the powers outside the Heaven Observation Curtain intervening. The moment our Star Curtain falls, how will our Spirit Luxuriant World protect ourselves? True Immortal Shang, with your extraordinary talent, you should lead our world. Our safety rests on your shoulders. We hope True Immortal Shang can complete the ascension to the Seventh Order and protect us all!” Yang Taihe declared solemnly.

"According to the instructions you gave before you left, all 24 continents of our world have completed the transformation and reached a state of perfection. From how the World’s Will reacted to your return, we believe it’s time to press on. All of us are ready to unite behind you to support your ascension to the Martial Emptiness Realm! My Northern Sea Mystic Sect is also willing to return all excess world origin to our world with just enough to maintain our Elysium so as to support the world ascension. We only hope that True Immortal Shang is able to complete the breakthrough along with our world to become a Sage!” Zhang Xuansheng spoke while sounding as sincere as possible.

Li Jidao immediately chimed in, "My Divine Capital Sect is also willing to contribute 60 percent of the energy contained in our Elysium back into the World Origin Source. We hope that our world and True Immortal Shang will be able to succeed in the ascension process!”

Yang Taihe added, "My Eternal Palace will do the same. We congratulate True Immortal Shang in advance for becoming a Sage.”

Liu Jingsheng, although looking a little dumbfounded, followed suit after a moment's hesitation. “My Yuanchen Sect concurs.”

Zhang Jianzi couldn’t help but add at the side, “Our Heavenly Star Palace will do the same.”

Lu Wuzi glanced around at the other Elysium True Immortals before following their lead. “My Ice Essence Sect will follow the Tongyou Institution’s lead.”

Lu Bailu, seeing no other choice, sighed with resignation, "My Jianmen Gate has limited resources, but we are willing to contribute what little we can.”

In an instant, aside from Tongyou Institution itself, every faction in the Spirit Luxuriant World who had a True Immortal at their helm expressed their full support for Shang Xia’s attempt to break through.

The representatives of the various smaller factions who had been fiercely arguing for their interests in the outer hall stared at each other silently before a smarter expert started the ball rolling. “We are also willing to contribute what little we can!”

As soon as the first person spoke, everyone started to yell about how they were willing to do the same.

Shang Xia was deeply moved and he quickly cupped his hands gratefully. “Many thanks to everyone. I am at a loss for how to repay you. If I succeed in the future, I will do my utmost to protect our world and live up to your expectations today. I shall allow the heavens and earth to hear my oath today!”

Even before Shang Xia began to speak, Ge Qingzhu and Dou Zhong realized that something was amiss. They tried to speak up despite the surrounding crowd. However, the second they tried to open their mouths, they felt the void constricting around them. Not only were they unable to utter a single word, but they couldn’t move either. Their inner qi was sealed and their dantian became a pool of dead water. They could only watch helplessly as Shang Xia made his oath.

After he was done, the void around them relaxed. However, the blood on their faces hadn’t returned and they were deathly pale.

Clearly, anyone who could have suppressed them to such an extent was Shang Xia himself!

They couldn’t understand why Shang Xia chose to jump straight into their obvious trap.

But by then, it was useless for them to try to warn him. All they could do was stand silently and watch Shang Xia and the others flattered each other until everyone gradually dispersed.

"Before you came back, that’s not what those clowns said! Heh… The change in their attitude is seriously disgusting!” Dou Zhong snapped indignantly. The next second, he couldn’t help but ask, “Why didn’t you let us speak? I don’t believe you can’t see their sinister intentions…”

Shang Xia smiled in response. “I don’t care about those. I only care what happens at the end.”

Ge Qingzhu, being somewhat more seasoned, noticed that Shang Xia didn’t seem overly concerned. He couldn’t help but ask, “How confident are you?"

However, Shang Xia did not answer Ge Qingzhu's question. "I don't know how they suddenly became so familiar with the ascension to the Martial Emptiness Realm, but they made a fundamental mistake…"

"What mistake?" Dou Zhong frowned.

Shang Xia chuckled lightly in response, "My way of ascending to the Seven Star Realm might be completely different from what they are familiar with!"