Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1525: The Spirit Tip World’s Conjecture

Inside the West Sea Elysium...

High-level True Immortals from various forces within the Essence Du World respectfully bid farewell to Sage Yan Yu. After leaving the Liuzhang Sect, they seemed to flee from the West Sea Continent.

Sage Yan Yu sat in the main seat as he hid his frustrations, but the experts left in the hall didn’t dare to breathe too loudly.

Everyone present knew that the foreign intruder who had previously infiltrated the Essence Du World had successfully escaped, even with Yan Yu’s intervention.

If the infiltrator was indeed a Sage like Yan Yu, his failure could be understandable.

However, when the intruder clashed with the iron seal thrown by Sage Yan Yu, the True Immortals in the Essence Du World could feel that the mysterious foreigner was merely at the peak of the Martial Void Realm.

That was to say, Yan Yu, a Martial Emptiness Realm Sage, despite having the geographical advantage of his world behind him, failed to capture a True Immortal who was suppressed by the World’s Will.

That made everyone wonder... Was Yan Yu a weak Sage, or was the True Immortal too powerful? Or maybe... It was a combination of both reasons.

Every high-level True Immortal of the Essence Du World had their doubts, but none of them dared to say anything. That was why they left so hastily. The only people left behind were Qiu Zhongyuan, Zhang Zihu, and Su Mou. They squirmed uneasily under Yan Yu’s gaze.

Fortunately, Sage Yan Yu did not let the silence linger too long and directly addressed the issue. "On that day, when you ambushed the cultivator attempting to ascend to the Martial Void Realm in the Qinghuang Continent, what did you obtain from their broken soul?”

"How could we possibly..." Zhang Zihu was about to stand and defend himself when he suddenly felt his robe being pulled from both sides, almost causing him to lose his balance.

Zhang Zihu instinctively turned his head and saw Su Mou subtly signaling him to shut up.

Qiu Zhongyuan then spoke up, "Sage Yan, the treasure protecting the soul was shattered by us from afar, and we only managed to obtain some tiny fragments."

After he spoke, the fourth tier True Immortal didn’t hesitate to hand over a fragment of the copper paperweight they obtained from the World Origin Source of the Qinghuang Continent.

Su Mou did the same and presented another fragment.

Zhang Zihu hesitated slightly, but quickly produced a fragment he had obtained and offered it to Sage Yan Yu.

The three pieces of copper seal paper floated in front of Yan Yu, who glanced at them and scoffed coldly, "Soul anchoring and calming vessel... A delusional junior.”

With a wave of his hand, the fragments flew back to the three high-level True Immortals.

After collecting the fragments, Su Mou bravely asked, "May I inquire, Sage Yan, what exactly is a soul anchoring and calming vessel?”

Sage Yan Yu glanced at them before explaining casually, "It's nothing more than a fanciful idea proposed in the past by those aiming to forge Divine Weapons or Holy Artifacts. They have been proven to be nothing more than foolish fantasies. It's just that I wonder where this person got such a secret technique, thinking of it as some incredible heritage."

His tone was dripping with disdain.

The high-level True Immortals agreed with him, but having experienced the protective power of the complete artifact for the cultivator’s soul, they couldn't help but doubt Sage Yan Yu's dismissive comments, although they dared not show it.

Unfortunately, although the artifact had been shattered, the largest fragment had been lost to the depths of the World Origin Source during the last moments of the cultivator’s life. Because of the turmoil in the World Origin Source, it would be impossible for them to retrieve it.

Naturally, the high-level True Immortals were fools. They knew that Sage Yan Yu wouldn’t ask about the failed ascension of a mere Martial Dipper Realm expert without reason.

Su Mou cautiously asked, "Sage Yan, do you suspect that this person's artifact came from the foreign intruder?”

Qiu Zhongyuan followed up, "But what could his purpose be?"

Zhang Zihu looked at the other two in confusion. "Isn't it obvious? To cause chaos, facilitating his actions in the Qinglan Continent to steal world origin. Isn’t this a classic case of subterfuge?"

The others quickly turned away, preferring not to look at an idiot like that.

If only it were that simple!

Moreover, if it were really a case of diverting their attention, the best time would have been when the World Origin Source theft from the Qinghuang Continent hadn’t been exposed, not after!

"There’s a new player in the game and he’s most likely from the Spirit Tip World.” Sage Yan Yu's tone was grave as he looked down at the three. "This matter might be more complicated than we thought. Keep a close watch on the Qinghuang and Qinglan Continents!"

After the three high-level True Immortals left, Yan Yu raised his hand, and a rusty square iron seal appeared in his palm. "All it took was several breaths of time and a third of the World Origin Source connected to the Qinglan Continent was sucked dry... How did he do it? What exactly is that projection?”

...

At the edge of the chaotic streams outside the Essence Du World, Shang Xia stood millions of miles away from the Essence Du World after using 2 Six Harmony Teleportation Talismans.

Even though he had initially evaded Sage Yan Yu's pursuit, Shang Xia remained extremely cautious until he reached the edge of the chaotic streams, where he finally felt safe enough to consider recuperating.

"Cough, cough..." Shang Xia spat out a few mouthfuls of blood.

Having faced Yan Yu directly with the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet, and barely forcing him back because of the underestimation, Shang Xia felt lucky he only suffered slight internal injuries.

At Shang Xia's level of cultivation, external injuries were almost impossible to sustain. However, internal injuries were a little more troublesome to deal with.

However, at this moment, Shang Xia was more concerned not about his injuries but whether the Crimson Soul Tablet had absorbed enough world origin.

Shang Xia had isolated one-third of the world origin of Qinglan Continent with the Spirit Abundance Banner, but the Crimson Soul tablet only absorbed nearly two-thirds of that. With what he extracted during the turbulence of the World Origin Source, nearly a third of the World Origin Source connected to the Qinglan Continent had been lost.

Unfortunately, outside the celestial barrier, Shang Xia's risky maneuver to get rid of Sage Yan Yu using the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet and executing his martial intent consumed a lot of energy. A portion of the world origin in the Crimson Soul Tablet was also used up, leaving him with only a quarter of the world origin he absorbed from the Qinglan Continent.

Regardless, the Qinglan Continent was still a landmass spanning 15,000 to 16,000 miles.

Although Shang Xia's gains were far less than what he had extracted from the Essence Xing World, if he only used it to deduce the rest of his advancement formula, it should be enough.

After composing himself at the edge of the chaotic streams, even though Shang Xia had not recovered, he decided to return to track down Song Zhen and the others.

At about the same time, Song Zhen and Xin Lu were commanding a large-scale Star Ship and a Spirit Ark into the space around the Spirit Tip World.

With Xin Lu, a Grand Stargazer, guiding them, both ships weren’t afraid of getting lost or running into any dangers. They even accelerated slightly.

Upon entering the void around the Spirit Tip World, they didn’t hide their presence. They were quickly discovered by the experts patrolling the void and a True Immortal of the Spirit Tip World quickly came to check out what was happening.

After confirming that the newcomers were indeed allies from Spirit Tip World, True Immortal Wu Zhang stared at Song Zhen in shock. "Did you really manage to bring 2 large-scale Star Ships past the Essence Du World while remaining undetected?"

Song Zhen smiled modestly. "I was just lucky."

"They indeed were lucky!" A voice came from behind Wu Zhang in the void, "We just received a message from our spies in the Essence Du World that there has been quite a stir. At least 2 continents had their world origin drained. The major factions are extremely distrustful of each other at the moment. However... They are pinning the blame on our Spirit Tip World and they summoned all high-level True Immortals for a discussion in the West Sea Continent.”

"According to when they appeared... They probably passed through the void as soon as the internal conflict began.” A light descended in front of them all and Yu Tieshan, a fifth tier True Immortal of the Spirit Tip World made an appearance.

Wu Zhang laughed, "I see! But given our relationship with the Essence Du World, being a scapegoat for their problems is nothing new. I wonder who had the ability to steal world origin from 2 continents right under Sage Yan Yu’s nose. However... It’s more likely that someone in their world stole the world origin.”

"Hmm!" Yu Tieshan nodded in agreement, apparently sharing Wu Zhang's suspicion.

However, what neither of them noticed was that during their discussion about the internal chaos and theft of world origin in the Essence Du World, Song Zhen and Xin Lu were covertly exchanging glances, their expressions becoming increasingly peculiar.