Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1346: Gathering Information

Chapter 1346: Gathering Information

To say that Kou Chongxue wasn’t anticipating the growth of the Spirit Luxuriant World would be a massive lie. However, he didn’t believe that the Spirit Luxuriant World would be able to ascend into an Essence World in the ten or so years before the Star Curtain crumbled.

The thought might have flashed through his mind, but the logical part of his brain suppressed it.

It had been more than 20 years since the Spirit Luxuriant World came into existence, and even if they counted the time it took for the Star Curtain to shatter, they would barely be 40 years old.

Using 40 years to grow from a Spirit World to an Essence World... If they truly achieved something like that, wouldn’t that mean that the Spirit Abundance World and Spirit Mammoth World which used more than a thousand years to reach their current level should just slam their heads into a wall and die for all the time they had been wasting?

Essence World?!

Nah... Naaah...

Kou Chongxue didn’t even dare to think about it.

However, when faced with the look of anticipation in Shang Xia’s eyes, he didn’t know what to say.

Perhaps feeling that he wasn’t looking as good in front of a disciple of the Tongyou Institution, he coughed softly and continued, “Even if we manage to reach the standard of a peak-tier Spirit World, that doesn’t mean that we would be able to ascend to an Essence World. There are many powers in the Heaven Observation Field and those in the sea of stars outside who have their eyes on us. They won’t allow us to complete the ascension so easily. When the time comes, we won’t be able to avoid a massive battle. Our Spirit Luxuriant World is still too weak at the end of the day. Just the number of True Immortals we have is far too lacking. Our collective strength isn’t good enough either...”

The collective strength of the world and the individual combat strength of their high-level experts was the hardest problem to solve.

The Spirit Luxuriant World had 15 True Immortals at the moment, and their average cultivation level was pretty shit to be honest. Kou Chongxue and Shang Xia were basically outliers in terms of cultivation of True Immortals in the Spirit Luxuriant World.

They didn’t even need to compare themselves to the Spirit Mammoth World or Spirit Abundance World. They couldn’t even match up to the Spirit Thistle World and Spirit Tinkle World.

The True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World weren’t all from the Tongyou Institution anyway. Everyone had their own way of thinking. Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue might want to raise the world into an Essence World as soon as possible, but that didn’t mean the other True Immortals felt the same way.

Even if they were forced to agree, along with everyone’s increased cultivation realm, they would probably come up with other plans.

A runway of slightly more than 10 years was just too short. The Spirit Luxuriant World couldn’t complete their accumulations by the time it was done and if they were to force the ascension, they could only make use of extreme methods of devouring multiple worlds. During the entire process, the Spirit Luxuriant World would definitely pay a huge price.

Looking at Kou Chongxue, Shang Xia eventually muttered, “Patriarch Kou, I still wish to give it a shot!”

Seeing the resolute look on Shang Xia’s face, Kou Chongxue couldn’t help but chuckle. Shaking his head, he mumbled, “Fuck, I’m actually going crazy. I’m actually going to go along with this... Alright, tell me... After the establishment of an Elysium in the Jiao Continent, who’s going to be the Elysium True Immortal there? Are you going to let your Grandpa Bo do it?”

Shang Xia smiled initially, but he sighed softly when he heard the later part of Kou Chongxue’s question. “I’m afraid it’s going to be difficult for Grandpa Bo to take on the position. He might have fought for a good portion of the World Origin Source connected to the Ji Continent, but he failed to take the last step even with the blessing of the world. That’s a sign his potential to cultivate is already exhausted...”

Compared to the rest, Shang Bo had completed the refinement of his 4th fate dipper a long time ago. He planned to make use of the blessing of the world to refine the 5th, but he failed. The thing he gained was a slightly stronger inner qi.

Fortunately, the other mid to high-level cultivators who followed Shang Bo managed to raise their cultivation realms with the blessing of the world. The entire operation was still considered a success.

Speaking of which, among those heavily nurtured by the institution, Shang Bo was no longer the only one who was at the fourth element of the Martial Dipper Realm.

With the expansion of the You Continent, the World Origin Source connected to it grew stronger and more abundant. Along with the increased density of heaven and earth qi in the region, the You Continent slowly grew to become one of the greatest blessed lands in the Spirit Luxuriant World. Talents were being born every day and there was a batch of youngers who reached an impressive cultivation level and they were still growing stronger.

Kou Chongxue sighed, “I’m really gratified you can think that way. Fourth Brother Shang gave it his all when establishing the Tongyou Institution with me. Even though the new replacing the old is just what happens normally, I don’t wish to leave behind regrets like this and let the members of my generation be at a disadvantage. However, if we create another Elysium now... It might remain empty for a good amount of time.”

Currently, the Tongyou Institution has 4 great True Immortals. Ge Qingzhu was an Elysium True Immortal and couldn’t leave the Tongyou Elysium, and Sun Haiwei was stuck dealing with the harassment of the sea spiritual beasts. The Tongyou Institution planned to let disciples train themselves there to gain battle experience and cultivation resources, and Sun Haiwei remained in the Hai Continent the entire time to prevent any accidents from happening.

Kou Chongxue and Shang Xia, the 2 high-level True Immortals and the only ones at their cultivation realms in the Spirit Luxuriant World were barely back in the Spirit Luxuriant World.

Shang Xia thought for a second and frowned. “If we are really out of choice, we should let the Formation Hall lay down a rank six grand formation there and I’ll station my clone there...”

“Yeah, that’s the only thing we can do.” Kou Chongxue nodded helplessly. However, he thought of something next and asked, “Right, how many second tier True Immortal clones can you create now?”

Normally, a True Immortal would be able to create a clone after reaching the second tier of the Martial Void Realm. As they grew stronger, the clones they created would be stronger and they could make more of them. However, the limit of any clone was the first tier of the Martial Void Realm. Shang Xia was the only person who could create a clone with second tier True Immortal combat strength.

After hearing the question, Shang Xia seemed to know what Kou Chongxue was asking and he replied, “2 clones with the strength of a second tier True Immortal is the most I can create. You should know the limits of them as well... They will be the weakest second tier True Immortals out there.”

“Even so, it’s enough.” Kou Chongxue nodded. “When the time comes, you can leave behind a second tier clone and I’ll leave behind a clone of mine to prevent any accidents.”

Pausing slightly, Kou Chongxue eventually continued, “Your actions in the Spirit Abundance World have already touched the nerves of many factions. Any Elysiums in the various worlds will definitely strengthen their defenses. Since you were able to infiltrate a world, enter an Elysium, and kill an Elysium True Immortal without being detected, it’s difficult to ensure no one else has the same ability! Even if experts in our Heaven Observation Field can’t do the same thing as you, we can’t ensure those outside the Star Curtain don't. We still need to be careful.”

Since Kou Chongxue said it, Shang Xia didn’t have any objections.

What they needed to do next was to secretly channel the resources from the You Continent to the Jiao Continent.

Currently, the Tongyou Institution controlled the You, Bing, and Jiao Continents. They also controlled most of the Hai and Ji Continent, and their territory was vast. The resources they controlled definitely ranked at the very top of the Spirit Luxuriant World. Not even the Northern Sea Mystic Sect could compare to them!

Since they made up their minds to create the second Elysium, Kou Chongxue and Shang Xia didn’t waste any time and they personally dealt with matters regarding the movement of resources. They quickly reorganized the strength of the Tongyou Institution on the 24th year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar, but no waves were raised in the process.

In the following half a year, Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue would frequently head to the Spirit Thistle World to meet with the rest. Even True Immortal Shao, True Immortal Qu Guan, and other third tier Free True Immortals also came up with a battle formation that focused on defense. The battle formation gave them enough confidence to stay alive when faced with attacks containing Seventh Order energy. Of course, that was provided a Marital Emptiness Realm Sage wasn’t personally controlling it.

Throughout the process, only Zuo Li didn’t show his face as he was stuck in seclusion.

Actually, other than the first meeting, Zuo Li never appeared before the rest.

The alliance of the 3 worlds knew that Zuo Li was making his preparations to enter the fifth tier of the martial Void Realm, and his advancement would prove to be a great asset to the alliance.

If he succeeded, the alliance wouldn’t suffer too many losses when up against the 2 great Spirit Worlds or the Star Origin Dao Field.

Also... Because of the matter in the Spirit Abundance World, they revealed a lot of trump cards to the various worlds and the Star Origin Dao Field. As such, everyone’s attention was placed on studying the Spirit Abundance World’s ability to control Seventh Order energy.

Everyone learned more about the Spirit Abundance World, but not much was known about the Spirit Mammoth World. The Spirit Mammoth World still had several spatial tunnels that led out of the Star Curtain, and they had always been focused on matters outside. In fact, they had always maintained contact with at least 3 different worlds outside.

From what they knew, other than the fact that the Spirit Mammoth World also had an Elysium Grand Formation like the Spirit Abundance World, they might have more than 2 fifth tier True Immortals. In fact, there might even be an existence at the level of Extreme Harmonization in their ranks!

That was something everyone was guessing and had no evidence to prove but believed anyway.

Other than fifth tier True Immortals, the Spirit Mammoth World also had 4 fourth tier True Immortals. There were also 20 or so more True Immortals, and it was safe to say that they had more than 30 True Immortals. They were truly reaching the limit of a Spirit World.

No matter how they looked at it, the Spirit Mammoth World surpassed the Spirit Abundance World in strength. At the very least, the number of True Immortals in the Spirit Abundance World who stood against everyone was less than 30 in number, and they even lost a second tier Elysium True Immortal. A third tier True Immortal also suffered heavy injuries.

No one could rule out the fact that there were still hidden experts in the Spirit Abundance World, but that wouldn’t put them ahead of the Spirit Mammoth World.

...

The latter half of the 24th year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar, with the strong support of the Northern Sea Mystic Sect and the help of other smaller factions, the Heavenly Star Elysium was established and the 7th great Elysium of the Spirit Luxuriant World was born!