Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1144: Grand Stargazer

Chapter 1144: Grand Stargazer

The deafening rumbling and loud curses seemed to turn the prison upside down.

Shang Xia, who was still on the second floor, revealed a face full of shock.

What just happened/! Why did the power of starlight that filled the entire prison disappear all of a sudden?

Shang Xia subconsciously raised his hands and pinched his glabella.

Huh? Why did I just do that?!

His actions flowed so naturally, and it was a habit Shang Xia had developed. He would usually do it when the Crimson Soul Tablet activated on its own after discovering something new or when it started to react without control.

Usually, the Crimson Soul Tablet would show signs of emerging from his sea of consciousness when that happened and he would pinch his glabella to attempt to suppress the feeling.

However... He felt that he shouldn’t be doing that now!

Could it be?!

Shang Xia gathered his divine soul and inspected the Crimson Soul Tablet that existed in his sea of consciousness.

Because it absorbed a ton of power of starlight, it seemed content with itself as it entered a state of drowsiness.

This shouldn’t be...

Even though he wasn’t fully focused on controlling the Crimson Soul Tablet earlier as he needed to conceal his cultivation realm, the extent at which he could command the tablet had reached a level at which he was confident he would be able to tell if it absorbed too much power of starlight earlier.

However, he failed to discover it crazily devouring the power of starlight earlier...

Even so, he was sure that everything that happened was related to the Crimson Soul Tablet.

So... What the hell happened?

Shang Xia carefully thought about what happened as he recalled everything he might have missed. From the time he started to absorb the power of starlight, to the time the tablet trembled slightly, until he felt something in his hand...

Right! That’s it!

He was holding something in his hand, and the feeling was so real that he knew he couldn’t have been mistaken! However, he knew that he didn’t bring anything with him he could hold...

Back when he agreed to the plan, he gave Kou Chongxue everything he had to prevent the Star Origin Guards from confiscating anything good on him.

As such... What could he possibly be holding in the cell?

Shang Xia turned his attention back to the Crimson Soul Tablet in his sea of consciousness.

Is it you?!

The next second, sounds of orderly footsteps could be heard above the prison and it seemed to originate from the Star Observatory.

“Silence!” A roar came from the highest level of the prison, and it resounded through the prison, silencing the chaos.

Shang Xia could tell that the person who spoke was the square-faced captain who spoke to Feng Ziying on the day he was brought to the prison.

However, he also noticed that after the suppression disappeared and roars of discontent came from the third floor, no one tried to break out.

He found it strange that no one tried to take the chance to escape.

No... Something was wrong. From the rumbling, it was clear that some people had tried to break out. Unfortunately, it seemed they failed. They didn’t even manage to open their cells!

“Fourth Squad, hold the entrance! The third squad will be responsible for the second floor. Second Squad, follow me to the lowest floor!” The square-faced captain spoke again, and the orderly footsteps got closer.

Shang Xia also discovered what happened. The restrictions in the cells of everyone else should still be active despite the powerful suppression disappearing. Their cultivation should be sealed...

Even their physical bodies should have grown weaker after they had been locked in prison for a long time. That was probably why no one succeeded!

Ever since he was locked in the prison, Shang Xia had never been fully suppressed. He even wiped away the restriction with the help of the Crimson Soul Tablet and as such, his physical body wasn’t affected by the draining effects of the many restrictions.

Because he wasn’t affected, he completely forgot that others weren’t like him!

As the footsteps got closer and closer, a portion of them stopped when they arrived on the second floor. The others rushed towards the third.

With a slight intention, Shang Xia also extended his divine soul down to the third floor along with them.

Since the suppression disappeared, the passageway leading to the third floor naturally couldn’t hinder Shang Xia.

There weren’t any True Immortals among the Star Origin Guards who arrived, and no one would be able to discover Shang Xia’s hidden strength. Also, they couldn’t detect his divine soul. Nothing was stopping Shang Xia from reaching his divine soul over and he quickly discovered the locations of the 21 Star Origin Guards of the First Camp who were locked up there.

Only then did Shang Xia discover that the square-faced captain was actually the captain of the second squad. Captains of the second squad were usually also Deputy Camp Commanders.

Those people didn’t stop after reaching the last floor. Instead, they rushed straight towards the room at the very end. It was clear the person housed within was Liu Jiuzhen.

“I didn’t think that you wouldn’t try to escape. From the looks of it, this shouldn’t be related to matters in the outside world...” The square-faced captain spoke. He looked at Liu Jiuzhen who was sitting quietly in the center of his cell and nodded slowly.

Liu Jiuzhen’s voice soon emerged from the room. “Would that mean that even you guys didn’t know what happened to cause the suppression to lose its effects?”

“With your current cultivation realm, you should still be able to break through the cell and escape with the might of your physical body alone. Even if your cultivation had been sealed, it shouldn’t be difficult to escape.” The square-faced captain spoke.

“From how quickly you reacted, doesn’t it show that you were prepared to deal with me if I tried?” Liu Jiuzhen mocked. However, he quickly changed the topic, “Is Xing Xingtian no longer in the Dao Field?”

“Yeah...” The square-faced captain saw no point in hiding the whereabouts of his commander. Perhaps he also knew that Liu Jiuzhen expected as much, but he didn’t bother concealing the truth.

“He wouldn’t have been able to get far alone. Who else is working with you guys?” Liu Jiuzhen asked. He didn’t waste any time either as he immediately got to the point.

Staying silent for some time, the square-faced captain didn’t reply directly. Instead, he mumbled, “The Camp Commander once said that other than himself, no one in the Star Origin Guards is allowed to take part in it.”

Liu Jiuzhen fell silent at that. He eventually mumbled, “So it was him... I should have thought of it!”

Even more footsteps came from above at the moment and they quickly made their way over.

A moment later, the guards who arrived with the square-faced captain reported, “Captain, Grand Stargazer Xiao Shengyi and Stargazer Xin Lu have come!”

“Please, invite them over.” The square-faced captain muttered.

In his cell on the second floor, Shang Xia was greatly intrigued by what he just heard.

From the Heavenly Star Pavilion, he learned that only those in the fourth rank would be called Stargazers. It seemed as though those who could be called Grand Stargazers were those who had reached the fifth rank or higher!