Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1524: Stealing, Exposed, Seal, Running

When Qin Changyi barged into the Iron Flag Gate, guns blazing, an intense battle didn’t break out immediately. Instead, both sides released their domains in an attempt to suppress each other. The conflict was enough to cause the skies to change. The World Origin Source also started to fluctuate with greater intensity.

In an instant, the cultivators of the Qinglan Continent turned to stare in the direction of the Iron Flag Gate.

When everything was happening, Shang Xia abandoned the opportunity to continue absorbing world origin. Instead, when everyone lost track of what was happening, he reached his hands out to reveal the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet. Tapping the void before him, it entered the depths of the World Origin Source.

At the same time he plunged it into the World Origin Source, Shang Xia’s Spirit Abundance Banner trembled slightly and split the World Origin Source into 2 layers.

The upper layer churned wildly, with massive tsunamis tearing through the World Origin Source. The senses of the mid to high-level cultivators of the Qinglan Continent were immediately obscured.

The lower layer experienced something completely different. It collapsed in an instant, with world origin absorbed by the Crimson Soul Tablet at a terrifying speed.

When Shang Xia created the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet, Sage Yan Yu, who was in the West Sea Elysium at the moment and was meeting the high-level True Immortals of the Essence Du World, turned to stare at the Qinglan Continent.

Sage Yan Yu's sudden action caused the high-level True Immortals who had come to visit him to fall silent, their expressions filled with confusion. Yet, they dared not act out of turn in front of a Martial Emptiness Realm Sage, and could only wait quietly for him to clarify their doubts.

However, Sage Yan Yu soon turned his gaze away and continued the conversation with the high-level True Immortals as if nothing had happened. Even though he looked nonchalant, fifth tier True Immortals noticed his figure turning slightly blurry as though something had separated from him.

In the skies above the Iron Flag Gate of the Qinglan Continent...

Qin Changyi held his ground against the 2 True Immortals there without falling to a disadvantage.

This level of confrontation soon attracted the intervention of another True Immortal from the Flourishing Creek Sect.

By the time the 2 True Immortals from the Flourishing Creek Sect arrived, Qin Changyi, although resentful and aware that his seclusion had been disturbed by both factions, also realized that he could not contend against 4 True Immortals from both of them by himself. In the end, he chose to beat a tactical retreat, distancing himself from the other two parties.

The arriving True Immortals from the Flourishing Creek Sect did not stand with the Iron Flag Gate. Instead, they maintained a safe distance from the others. It became a strange standoff.

With signs indicating that Qin Changyi was on the verge of ascending to a high-level True Immortal, the True Immortals from the Iron Flag Gate and the Flourishing Creek Sect were forced to band together.

However, since Qin Changyi had not yet completed his ascension, the cooperation between the Sixth Realm True Immortals from the Iron Flag Gate and the Flourishing Creek Sect naturally fizzled out.

Although the direct confrontation among the True Immortals paused for a moment, they each intensified their covert preparations. As for calming the tsunami-like turbulence in the source sea... Who had the time for that now?

Of course, Shang Xia noticed their careful confrontation. He knew that it would be unlikely for them to break out into conflict again and they would throw threats around at best.

With that, the illusion of Qin Changyi’s ascension to the level of Dao Union would soon be debunked. They would soon realize there was another hidden instigator behind the stirring up of the World Origin Source. Shang Xia knew that his tracks would soon be exposed.

Naturally, this brief period would be enough for Shang Xia.

Previously, Shang Xia had isolated about one-third of the world origin in the lower layer.

With the Crimson Soul Tablet operating without restraint, it had nearly absorbed two-thirds of everything in the lower layer when things started to go south. After all... things would rarely go as planned.

Just as the True Immortals in the Qinglan Continent began to realize that there was another hidden player behind the scenes, the heavens changed before they could start their investigation.

To be more exact, a portion of the World’s Will descended on the Qinglan Continent at that very moment.

The Qinglan Continent seemed to become sealed off at that moment and a mighty will descended from tens of thousands of miles away. At the same time, it detected Shang Xia who was hidden by the Spirit Abundance Banner.

"How dare you?!"

A thunderous roar that should shake the soul of high-level True Immortals rang through the air. Sage Yan Yu was confident that it could affect his target

Unfortunately, Shang Xia was an exception.

With a sharp tilt of his head as if struck by a heavy blow, blood trailed from his nostrils. However, Shang Xia remained clear-minded with a brilliant light shining in his eyes. There were no signs of a shaken soul.

Yet he also knew he could not linger and needed to withdraw immediately!

With a swift motion, he retracted the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet along with the Spirit Abundance Banner from the World Origin Source. Holding the projection, he slashed forward with his fifth move, Breaking World. He forced an opening through the sealed Qinglan Continent that led straight out of the world.

Wrapping himself up with the Spirit Abundance Banner, Shang Xia leaped into the separate space before turning around to destroy his tracks. He crushed the void around where he passed before restoring it with practiced ease.

Even after it happened, the True Immortals of the Qinglan Continent were still reeling in shock.

Outside the heavenly screen of the Essence Du World, Shang Xia staggered slightly before rushing off to fly through the void.

A terrifying aura quickly came from behind him as the void around him started to compress and twist violently. He didn’t dare to activate a Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman and could only hope to shake off the suppression of the world the best he could so as to use the greatest extent of his combat strength in the upcoming confrontation.

Inside the Elysium of Liuzhang Sect in the West Sea Continent, Sage Yan Yu, who had been jovially conversing, unexpectedly paused his conversation again and shifted his focus to those present.

Amid the curious and astonished looks of the several high-level True Immortals present, Yan Yu snorted coldly and suddenly rose from his seat.

The high-level True Immortals, including the head of Liuzhang Sect, stood up as well. Their expressions were filled with uncertainty.

"Very well, I never expected that I would be mistaken!" Sage Yan Yu said with a mix of anger and laughter, then, to everyone's shock, he took off a weathered iron seal from his waist and hurled it out of the Elysium.

In the void tens of thousands of miles away from the Essence Du World, Shang Xia, who had been desperately fleeing, suddenly stopped.

The deadly threat from behind prompted him to turn decisively and face it head-on.

Fleeing from a Sage was clearly not the best strategy!

Tens of thousands of miles ahead, the void was being compressed layer by layer, and the force continued to escalate with each layer of compression. Before the real terror even appeared, tremendous pressure pressed down on Shang Xia.

If he had continued to flee, the force from the compressed void behind him would have grown stronger, and because the void was being compressed layer by layer, he would eventually have no escape. Once the accumulated force exploded in its entirety, Shang Xia would be ripped apart by the fluctuations.

At the very last second, he chose to confront the attack. It looked reckless on the surface, but he rushed at the seal before the power reached its peak, giving Shang Xia a chance to fight back.

As the compressions started to press against him, Shang Xia summoned the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet once again. His Six Direction Qi poured into the projection as he lightly pressed the projection into the void.

Since he was far enough, the suppression of the world was no longer effective and after recovering to his peak state, Shang Xia unleashed his martial intent, Six Harmony Supporting the Heavens!

With the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet in hand and the usage of his martial intent, that strike took up everything he had.

As layers of void started to split apart, the sound of metal clinking against each other filled the void. The projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet disappeared, but the iron seal also started to fly back to where it came from.

As his Six Direction Qi started to scatter, it restored the void around him as Shang Xia activated a Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman. He appeared a million miles away from the Essence Du World the next instant, but he wasn’t done. Activating another Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman, he moved another million miles.

In order to infiltrate the world, Shang Xia’s Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman would only allow him to travel a hundred thousand miles or so. However, once he was no longer restrained by the World’s Will, it allowed him to move a million miles in one go. The further away from the world, the greater its range.