Splitting the Heavens

By the time the Tongyou Institution’s fleet prepared to face the invasion, Shang Xia had already charged into the pack.

He could tell that the rank six Star Beasts were far stronger than the one he dealt with in the past.

Ripples would appear in space when those rank six Star Beasts moved, and the void around them seemed to be squeezed tightly together. The next moment, they would appear thousands of miles away.

What was more, the 2 rank six Star Beasts looked extremely relaxed as they traveled through space. It was obvious they hadn’t used much effort and they were probably traveling slowly to match with the pace of the pack.

The moment Shang Xia appeared, he was discovered by the rank six Star Beasts.

He didn’t bother concealing his aura either, and the moment he appeared in front of them, there was no point if he tried either.

For the first time, the aura of a high-level True Immortal of an expert from the Spirit Luxuriant World was revealed. Its might caused powerful shock waves to spread across the void and they eventually slammed into the rank six Star Beasts, creating spatial cracks around them.

“Annng…”

“Annnng…”

Strange cries came from the Star Beasts, but it didn’t seem to cause too large of a commotion due to where they were at.

However, they weren’t yelling for nothing. The strange sound waves they produced crashed straight into Shang Xia’s divine soul.

That was what the beasts were going for in the first place.

“Hmph…” Shang Xia released his divine soul and grunted once in response.

The space around him seemed to shatter with the yell and the soundwaves produced by those Star Beasts crumbled before it could reach him. Naturally, it couldn’t spread past Shang Xia to cause further damage.

Star Beasts weren’t foolish creatures. Once they determined that Shang Xia wasn’t an easy target, their bodies started to move as they quickly pincered him in order to place more pressure on their formidable enemy.

At the same time, streams of starlight poured in from both directions to bind Shang Xia.

A sense of danger started to rise in his heart. He quickly discovered that those streams of starlight seemed to have already locked onto him and no matter how he tried to dodge, they still flew at him.

He could tell those streams of starlight could actually injure him if they were allowed to land.

Well… He wouldn’t sit by idly to allow them to hit him.

His formless domain started to expand out of his body and Shang Xia started to circulate his inner qi to do battle for the first time after breaking through to the fourth tier of the Martial Void Realm. Reaching out both his hands to tap at the void, 2 powerful streams of lightning tore through the void to stop the streams of starlight.

With Shang Xia’s Six Direction Lightning rushing to meet those streams of starlight, they started to eat away at the energy contained in each other. At the same time, brilliant streaks emerged during their collision and it seemed as though a giant sun had appeared in the void. Not only was light produced, but a searing heat could also be felt.

The Star Beasts didn’t look like they could believe their eyes as the human standing before them who wasn’t even large enough to fill the gaps between their teeth actually managed to possess so much power. He actually resisted their innately powerful offensive abilities and could even cause them so much discomfort with his counterattack. They even had no choice but to change their course in the void during their exchange with him.

What they didn’t notice was that under the blinding rays that emerged during the clash, a Stone Rod had already appeared in the hands of the human.

Swinging the once Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar around, Shang Xia swung it left to right and his oppressive Six Direction Origin emerged. Creases formed in the void due to how powerful his inner qi was and when the spatial folds reached an extremely high concentration, they crashed into the Star Beasts.

Along with 2 startled cries, they lost control of their massive bodies as they tumbled through the void.

Shang Xia coughed lightly once before keeping the Stone Rod. Turning to the side, he rushed in the direction he flung them away and quickly disappeared.

Losing their leaders, the Star Beast pack fell into disarray. They were unable to quickly gather themselves, and those rank five Star Beasts even seemed to be in conflict as some of them slammed into each other.

Not giving them any chance to reorganize themselves, dozens of Star Ships of the Tongyou Institution surrounded them and 3 figures rushed out from the Tongyou Institution’s Star Ships at the very front. A spear, a sword, and several rays of frosty light flew at 3 rank five Star Beasts…

Since the Tongyou Institution made their move before anyone else, they were barely leaving the Spirit Luxuriant World when the battle started. The True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World also appeared above the heavenly screen above the Jiao Continent.

They stared into the void where the Star Beast pack was.

As Shang Xia and the experts of the Tongyou Institution engaged the enemy when they were still within 100,000 miles of the Spirit Luxuriant World, the Elysium True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World could interfere if they wanted to. After all, it was within the range of their influence.

However… Be it the Elysium True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World or the Free True Immortals, none of them seemed to plan to lend a hand.

Those who appeared weren’t even their true bodies if they could help it.

“Is this the combat strength of a high-level True Immortal?” Lu Wuzi coughed softly while looking a little sad for himself.

“It’s no wonder they didn’t notify us all and chose to take on the Star Beast pack alone…” Li Jidao grunted, and he didn’t sound happy in the slightest. In fact, there was a trace of animosity in his tone.

Zhang Jianzi, who rarely took part in gatherings like that, muttered, “No matter what, the Star Beast pack came because of the starlight they drew over and they are responsible for it.”

“From the looks of it, True Immortal Kou might not be around. No matter how I look at it, this doesn’t look like the way he would deal with matters like this…” Liu Jingsheng frowned. When he saw how Shang Xia sent those Star Beasts flying, his eyes widened in shock. However, his tone never faltered.

As soon as he spoke, a cold sneer came from Li Jidao, “How do you know Kou Chongxue wasn’t forced to handle matters the way he did in the past? Perhaps… He might feel that the Tongyou Institution isn’t what they once were. As the strongest faction in our Spirit Luxuriant World, who’s stopping them from acting more tyrannically?”

Liu Jingsheng laughed coldly in response. “Kou Chongxue headed out to the Spirit Faith World… He hasn’t come back.”

Zhang Xuansheng looked at Liu Jingsheng and raised a brow in surprise, “What’s Kou Chongxue planning to do there? True Immortal Liu, do you have any idea?”

“Nope. Junior Brother Huang might have been taking charge of matters in the Star Beast nest there, but Kou Chongxue had already left the Star Beast Nest and his range of detection for more than 4 years now. He hadn’t shown up even once since he left…”

Yang Taihe sighed with envy, “Clearly… He ran into some strange opportunity when he was out exploring again. I wonder how strong he’ll be when he returns.”

Kou Chongxue disappeared for 4 whole years! There was no way a True Immortal of the Spirit Luxuriant World would leave for such a long time, especially after what happened over at the Star Origin Dao Field. Only under very specific circumstances would they not return.

“Say… Do you think Patriarch Kou might have… Disappeared?” Yin Jingxu of the Heavenly Star Palace asked suddenly, throwing a bomb no one expected.

“How did you reach that conclusion?” Li Jidao quickly asked.

Looking at the massive battle that had started without turning away, Yin Jingxu continued, “Now that the Tongyou Institution took the initiative to expose their strength, all of us would know that they have their own Star Observatory. For things to reach this point… That would mean that they also have Stargazers. Why would they keep everything hidden for so long and only reveal their cards now?”

“Are you saying that Shang Xia’s decision to take on the Star Beast pack alone has something to do with Kou Chongxue’s disappearance?” Li Jidao quickly followed up.

Yin Jingxu mumbled, “Any Star Observatory that is operated by a Stargazer would be used to lock on to positions in the vast sea of stars and guide high-level experts to opening spatial tunnels to their desired locations…”

Yang Taihe couldn’t help but interject, “Do you mean to say that Kou Chongxue is currently lost in the sea of stars, and after the Tongyou Institution learned of the fact, they had no choice but to reveal the existence of their Star Observatory and Stargazer in order to attempt to locate Kou Chongxue? By doing so, they drew too much starlight over and brought the Star Beast over because of it?”

Yin Jingxu chuckled to himself. “I have to mention… This is just my guess.”

Zhang Xuansheng suddenly reminded all of them, “I feel like we should take note of the battle rather than discussing random matters right now. The way the Tongyou Institution uses their Star Ships is rather interesting. Could it be some sort of battle formation?”

The True Immortals who weren’t paying attention quickly turned to stare into the void.

“Compared to the way they deployed their Star Ships, I’m more interested in those who had the guts to rush out of their ships to face the rank five Star Beasts.” Yang Taihe mentioned suddenly.

Liu Jingsheng added, “True Immortal Yang, are you talking about the fourth element Martial Dipper Realm experts?”

“No… They’re not the only ones!” Yang Taihe shook his head slowly in response.

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