Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 694: Obtaining the Yi Wood Fate Dipper Essence

Chapter 694: Obtaining the Yi Wood Fate Dipper Essence

They stared at the Starry Tree before them as starlight pulsated around it every time it seemed to take a breath. Unlike Kou Chongxue’s Clone’s fixation with the tree itself, Shang Xia was more interested in the fate dipper essences that were swirling about the tree’s crown.

“Fate dipper essences! There’s more than one of them!” Shang Xia didn’t say more as he made his move and tried to reach for them.

There was more than one fate dipper essence swirling about the crown of the tree and they weren’t of the same type. There was a good possibility that one of them was the Yi Wood Fate Dipper Essence Shang Xia needed to advance into the Martial Dipper Realm.

Before he could make his way forward, Kou Chongxue’s Clone reached out to stop him.

Shang Xia turned to stare at the clone and a curious light flashed in his eyes.

He was met with a warning from Kou Chongxue’s Clone. “Be careful. Take a look at what’s under your feet…”

Shang Xia thought that the clone was referring to the Star Essence that would have gathered around but when he lowered his head to take a look, he discovered that the tree was surrounded by a pool of water.

“Is this the source of the starlight stream we saw earlier?” Shang Xia seemed to have understood something.

However, Kou Chongxue’s Clone shook his head as his expression turned serious. “Where do you think this water came from?”

Squatting down, Shang Xia carefully tapped at the water’s surface and ripples started to spread in every direction. The moment it did, a wave of starlight fell from the tree and reflected off the surface of the water. A resplendent scene appeared before Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue’s Clone.

“This…” Shang Xia gasped at the sight and couldn’t help but ask.

“This is Star Water!” Kou Chongxue’s Clone explained. “To maintain the growth of the Starry Tree, the starlight that is gathered is essential, but it also requires something else. Star Essence was probably produced after the pool of Star Water was full. The Star Energy you felt when absorbing world origin probably came from the pool of Star Water…”

Shang Xia nodded slightly. Actually, the Crimson Soul Tablet already identified the treasure the moment he touched the water earlier. “Starlight Water. Rank five spiritual treasure.”

Starlight Water seemed to be a different name from how Kou Chongxue’s Clone identified it, but it was probably just a difference in name…

“Patriarch Kou, are there other uses for Star Water other than to nourish the Starry Tree? Also, what can the Starry Tree be used for? It’s also a rank five spiritual treasure and can it compare to the Ten Thousand Needle Pine we found back then?” Shang Xia asked. However, he didn’t remain idle as he brought out a jade bottle while planning to collect the Star Water beneath his feet.

Seeing what he was doing, Kou Chongxue’s Clone reminded him in haste, “Don’t take too much of it! We need to leave the liquid to nurture the Starry Tree!”

Shang Xia nodded in acknowledgement and opened his jade bottle. A stream of Starlight Water started to flow into it.

As he was collecting the liquid, Kou Chongxue’s Clone spoke up again. “Also… There’s no need to compare the Ten Thousand Needle Pine with the Starry Tree. You were wrong when you evaluated it earlier. The Starry Tree isn’t a rank five spiritual treasure. It’s a rank six spiritual herb.”

“WHAT?!” Shang Xia’s hand trembled and the collection of Starlight Water was nearly interrupted. He couldn’t help but ask, “Is it really a rank six spiritual treasure?! Can we not take this with us when we leave?!”

Kou Chongxue’s Clone shook his head and sighed. “Even if we could bring it away, where should we place the Starry Tree? Only by leaving it here will it be able to continue growing. Hmm… Actually, it might not have reached the sixth rank. You might be right… It’s still at the fifth rank right now but even so, you can’t compare the Ten Thousand Needle Pine to it.”

Finally filling up the bottle, Shang Xia discovered that he absorbed close to a third of the pool of liquid.

Also, there was no need to guess as the jade bottle in his hand could contain a lot more liquid than it looked to be able to. How else would it be able to absorb more than a third of the pool of Starlight Water?

“What can it be used for anyway?” Shang Xia asked.

A fire lit up in the eyes of the clone and he explained, “It’s rumored that the Starry Tree produces a Starry Fruit, and anyone who consumes it will be able to comprehend the mysteries of the Sixth Order of the Primary Realm. It might not be an advancement medicine that allows one to break through to the Sixth Order of the Primary Realm, but it’s extremely useful when it’s used during the advancement process.”

“What?!” Shang Xia gasped involuntarily. He staggered slightly and quickly started to look around for Starry Fruits.

“Don’t bother looking…” Kou Chongxue’s Clone waved his hands to stop Shang Xia. “Right now, the tree is merely a rank five spiritual treasure. There’s no way it can produce a rank six Starry Fruit. We have to wait for the tree to grow a little more and become a spiritual treasure of the sixth rank before there’s any hope.”

Shang Xia followed up with another question, “Is there a way to hasten the process? Can we make the tree grow faster?”

Kou Chongxue’s Clone chuckled bitterly while shaking his head. “I don’t know? Maybe with more Star Energy or Star Water? I have limited knowledge of treasures of the sixth rank… We can only wait and let time do its thing…”

Shang Xia couldn’t help but be disappointed. He stared at the tree and muttered, “Wouldn’t that mean that we came all the way here for nothing?! Who knows how long it will take before the Starry Tree becomes a treasure of the sixth rank. If we have to wait till the Starry Fruit to fully mature, we might not be the ones to get our hands on it…”

Kou Chongxue’s Clone chuckled. “Stop being ungrateful. Do you know how much the bottle of Star Water is worth?! It doesn’t just have the ability to extend one’s lifespan when ingested. It also has the ability to hasten the growth of many spiritual herbs and plants. Also… Take a look at the pool of Star Water.”

Shang Xia glanced at where the pool of Star Water once was and he noticed that after he collected a portion of it, grains of Star Essence were revealed under where the water used to be.

Collecting them all, Shang Xia discovered that he managed to fill 3 whole spirit cases! In fact, there was even more Star Essence under the pool of Star Water that was left!

“Look. With the Star Essence you collected, you definitely have enough to repair your divine weapon.” Kou Chongxue’s Clone smiled.

Shang Xia responded with a grin, “Of course! I won’t complain if there’s more of it either. The more the merrier!”

He might be excited about obtaining a huge amount of Star Essence, but his attention was still placed on the fate dipper essences.

“Relax. You can bother with those after you harvest the leaves of the Starry Tree.” Kou Chongxue’s Clone understood what Shang Xia was thinking and quickly reminded.

A light lit up in Shang Xia’s eyes, but he asked, “Can we actually pick those leaves? What use do they have anyway?”

Shang Xia was no fool. He understood that the leaves and branches of spiritual herbs were pretty useful. However, he also knew that he shouldn’t pick them off the main plant as it might harm its growth.

Kou Chongxue’s Clone chuckled, “It shouldn’t be a problem for you to pick 3 to 5 of the largest leaves. Those leaves have been nourished by star energy for a long time and they’re basically half-complete talisman papers in your eyes. At the very least, they will be much easier to turn into rank five talisman paper than skin from a rank five spiritual beast…”

Shang Xia skirted around the pool of Star Water and muttered, “What are we waiting for?”

When they arrived close to the tree, they managed to pick out 5 leaves that were the size of their face. At the same time, Kou Chongxue’s Clone managed to retrieve 3 fate dipper essence and a complete Origin Dipper!

There were 2 different fate dipper essences of the 3 that were retrieved, and that was shocking enough. Neither of them expected for there to be an Origin Dipper to be hiding beneath the crown of the tree.

“If we were merely wondering if anyone came here in the past, we can be completely sure no one has been here for quite some time. At the very least, no one has been here for the past 500 years…” Kou Chongxue’s Clone explained while handing everything over to Shang Xia to see if he could make use of any one of them.

“Patriarch Kou, how can you be so sure? Even though we ran into many dangers while breaking through layers upon layers of restrictions, that doesn’t mean that others can’t do the same. Moreover, you said that it won’t be possible to bring the Starry Tree away from this place. Anyone who locates the tree will probably leave it so that more Star Essence and treasures can be nurtured…” Shang Xia muttered. Even though it wasn’t easy for them to reach where they were, it didn’t mean others couldn’t do the same. Moreover, Kou Chongxue’s Clone was still a clone at the end of the day and Shang Xia was at the Martial Extermination Realm. If he felt that they were the only ones who could locate the Starry Tree, he might truly be underestimating the experts of the Azure Origin World.

“That’s because this is your first time in the Ruined Observatory and you have no idea how difficult it was to make our way around the Ruined Observatory in the past.…” Kou Chongxue’s Clone explained suddenly.

Shang Xia gasped in shock. “Do you mean… Do you mean that the restrictions in the area have already been weakened? Is that why we were able to come so far?”

Nodding slowly, Kou Chongxue’s Clone stared at the space outside the spatial barrier once again and said softly, “Something might really have happened due to the change our worlds are experiencing.”

“Do you mean that it’s caused by the fusion of our Azure Origin World and the Azure Spiritual World?” Shang Xia’s heart trembled slightly.

Kou Chongxue’s Clone sighed, “That’s most likely what is happening, and it might also be why the Yuanchen Sect is in such a hurry to enter the Celestial Remains. They might have already discovered something we hadn’t!”

Shang Xia nodded in acknowledgment. Even though he was listening to Kou Chongxue’s Clone, his attention was placed on the treasures he got his hands on.

“I recognize 2 of the 3 fate dipper essences and Origin Dipper we obtained. One of them is the Longevity Star Suspension Fate Dipper Essence and the other is the Vital Jade Marrow Fate Dipper. I have no idea what the other ones are.” Kou Chongxue’s Clone added.

His explanation didn’t really matter as the Crimson Soul Tablet gave Shang Xia the evaluation he needed.

“Longevity Star Suspension Fate Dipper Essence. Jia Wood Fate Dipper Essence.”

“Vital Jade Marrow Fate Dipper. Yi Wood Origin Dipper.”

“Primary Star Void Fate Dipper Essence. Starlight Fate Dipper Essence.”

There were 2 Primary Star Void Fate Dipper Essence among the 3, and the other fate dipper essence was of the Jia Wood Element. Shockingly, the complete Origin Dipper was of the Yi Wood Element Shang Xia required.

He was elated, but he quickly felt a sense of apprehension. “Patriarch, is it possible to separate a strand of fate dipper essence from an Origin Dipper? Will it damage the Origin Dipper if we do so?”

Kou Chongxue’s Clone chuckled softly as he asked, “So… You need the Vital Jade Marrow Fate Dipper?” A smile slowly appeared on his face and he explained, “It’s possible. However, you’re right. We will damage the Origin Dipper when doing so and it will take a large amount of world origin to restore it.”

Shang Xia heaved a sigh of relief. Learning that it could be restored with world origin, that would mean that separating a strand of fate dipper essence from the Vital Jade Marrow Fate Dipper wasn’t impossible. He kept it well before handing the other fate dipper essences to Kou Chongxue’s Clone for safekeeping.

With everything he obtained after entering the Celestial Remains, Shang Xia was lacking a final Gui Water Element Fate Dipper Essence.

He couldn’t help but turn to look at the Starry Tree again and muttered with some reluctance, “Are we really going to leave like that?”

“We can’t bring it away… Are you planning to ruin the tree?” Kou Chongxue’s Clone sighed helplessly.

Shang Xia mumbled, “It’s not a great feeling to leave it here. We were able to hide the Ten Thousand Needle Pine, but we can’t do the same for the Starry Tree! Someone else will definitely find this place when they enter again, and the secret of the Starry Tree will be revealed to the world!”

Kou Chongxue’s Clone wanted to say something else, but a loud hum filled the Celestial Remains again. His expression changed drastically and he yelled, “Oh no! We have to go! My main body seems to have run into some sort of trouble. We have to meet up with him as soon as we can!”