Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1276: Level of Dao Union, Kou Chongxue!

Yin Jingxu didn’t enter seclusion in the Star Observatory. Instead, he went back to the Heavenly Star Holy Land in the Yi Continent.

After he emerged from seclusion, he listened to whatever information the rest of the higher-ups of the Heavenly Star Palace managed to piece together and revealed a solemn expression.

Ha Deqing always knew how scheming their Heavenly Star Palace Master was, and the only reason they had their current achievements was because of Yin Jingxu’s schemes against the other great powers of the Spirit Luxuriant World.

Seeing the strange expression on Yin Jingxu’s face, Ha Deqing couldn’t help but ask, “Senior Brother Yin... Why does something seem strange here?”

No matter what, Yin Jingxu was someone who took part in the battle personally. He could pretty much discern the truth in the information they gathered.

Actually, Ha Deqing was slightly confused when he was ordered by Yin Jingxu to gather information about the War of the Spirit Tinkle World while the Palace Master was rushing to enter seclusion.

Yin Jingxu’s gaze sank and he shook his head and mumbled, “Something doesn’t seem right here... How did the Spirit Tinkle World fall into such a massive conspiracy without noticing anything wrong? The high-level True Immortals of their world aren’t that stupid! There are also the Star Origin Guards... Their grand battle formation hadn’t been broken for hundreds of years... Now that the Spirit Mammoth World and Spirit Abundance World worked together, they managed to destroy it so easily and kill all the Star Origin Guards who are under the Martial Void Realm. Is that even possible?”

“Could it be because Tong Yutang just took up his post and is unable to properly control the battle formation?” Ha Deqing guessed.

To that, Yin Jingxu only shook his head and sighed, “Tong Yutang was able to bide his time for so many years and scheme against Zhuge Xiang... We cannot underestimate his true strength. His mental resilience is also top-notch and so is his intelligence. How can he not work on a weakness like that the moment he becomes the Star Origin Guards Commander?”

Ha Deqing lowered his gaze awkwardly and mumbled, “So... Why would that be...”

“We have another guess, but there are many factors that cannot be properly explained. However... For the Star Origin Guards to use their grand battle formation to tear open a massive hole in the Spirit Tinkle World’s heavenly screen accidentally and their sixth tier True Immortal hiding in the Star Origin Lord Manor to coincidentally absorb world origin from the Spirit Tinkle World to reach the grand completion stage... The timing of everything that happened is too perfect!” Yin Jingxu said while shaking his head.

Ha Deqing was thinking about the possible implications of what was happening when Yin Jingxu continued, “Has there been anything new happening in our world recently?”

Caught off guard by the question, Ha Deqing was slightly astonished but he quickly regained his composure and made the report. “After our expedition was stopped by the Star Origin Dao Field, the various powers had been in low spirits. With the news of a massive war happening in the Spirit Tinkle World coming right after that, no one dares to make any strange moves. The only thing we received was a piece of interesting news. Other than the Northern Sea Mystic Sect, Eternal Palace, and Divine Capital Sect whose disciples were planning to attempt a breakthrough to the Martial Void Realm, there seem to be several other Holy Lands who are planning to do the same.”

“Oh?” Yin Jingxu shot Ha Deqing a look of surprise. “It’s not surprising that the other Elysiums would attempt a breakthrough. However, for Holy Lands to get their hands on rank six advancement formulas or advancement medicine... Looks like there are quite a few hidden dragons among the smaller factions of our Spirit Luxuriant World!”

Ha Deqing hesitated slightly before he asked again, “Senior Brother... Do you think that there are other powers in our world backing them up? Or are foreign factions trying to plot against our world?”

Yin Jingxu thought for a moment before he muttered, “There might be someone behind the scenes, and they should be using those smaller factions as tools to mess with their enemies. If we were in the place of their hidden backers, we would only provide incomplete rank six advancement formulas. They wouldn’t know that those advancement formulas are incomplete and should be fighting head over heels for them. If they manage to break through with some luck, we would be able to confirm the validity of our advancement formulas. There wouldn’t be much losses in any case. After all, those who died weren’t from our Heavenly Star Palace.”

“Yes... That’s right.” Ha Deqing chuckled in response.

“How has Jingzi been recently?” Yin Jingxu seemed to have thought of something and asked.

Raising an eyebrow, Ha Deqing responded, “She has been in seclusion most of the time and she would head out to explore our world whenever she has the time. She would interact with cultivators of other powers and she would occasionally head out to hunt spirit beasts. Sometimes, she would head out to the sea of stars to make her rounds. Her life is really disciplined and her cultivation is slowly rising.”

Yin Jingxu fell silent for some time before he finally spoke again. “No... She’s still too slow.”

Ha Deqing was shocked by his response and wanted to say something else, but he didn’t know why the words failed to leave his lips.

Yin Jingxu didn’t care about Ha Deqing’s expression and started to mutter to himself, “Call her back and let her enter seclusion. There is still a good portion of world origin we obtained from the Spirit Tinkle World within and let’s hope she can quickly reach the fifth element of the Martial Dipper Realm.”

“Senior Brother, isn’t this a little too rushed?” Ha Deqing frowned.

“Rushed?” Yin Jingxu looked at the experienced elder of the Heavenly Star Palace and sighed softly, “Kou Chongxue is about to enter the fourth tier of the Martial Void Realm soon and the only 2 high-level True Immortals of our world are from the Tongyou Institution. Do you know what this means?!”

Ha Deqing’s eyes widened in shock as he didn’t expect to hear such an important piece of news. “What?! Kou Chongxue is about to break through again? When did this happen?”

He realized his lack of decorum as soon as he spoke and he hastily apologized to Yin Jingxu.

Waving his hands, Yin Jingxu didn’t seem to care too much. Instead, he mumbled, “You should understand why I am in such a rush to nurture a second True Immortal now, right? The times are moving too quickly and we have to keep up! Moreover, the threat from other worlds in the sea of stars... There are some things you will only understand after you reach a certain level. Anyway, now you should understand why no one came out to stop True Immortal Little Shang when he established the 24th continent, right?”

Ha Deqing looked at Yin Jingxu all of a sudden and asked, “Oh yes, Senior Brother, for you to enter seclusion...”

Yin Jingxu knew what he wanted to ask and nodded before he finished the question. “I gained quite a bit in the Spirit Tinkle World and am not far from the second tier of the Martial Void Realm.”

“Congratulations, Senior Brother Yin!” Ha Deqing grinned immediately.

However, Yin Jingxu only shook his head while remaining extremely calm. “There are 2 important things we need to do now. The first is to move the Star Observatory back to our Yi Continent, and the second is to complete the ascension of our Heavenly Star Holy Land to the Heavenly Star Elysium. We have an Origin Holy Artifact now and we only need a Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar and an Elysium Boundary Marker.”

His pupils constricted suddenly and he glanced towards the southeast. His gaze seemed to pass through everything.

“Senior Brother Yin, this...”

Before allowing the confused Ha Deqing to finish, a powerful heavenly phenomenon appeared in the skies in that direction, drawing the attention of every high-level cultivator in the Spirit Luxuriant World.

“Dao Union with the Jiao Continent... Kou Chongxue succeeded...” Yin Jingxu’s voice rang clearly in Ha Deqing’s mind.

The second high-level True Immortal of the Spirit Luxuriant World was born!

At almost the exact same time Kou Chongxue became a fourth tier True Immortal and reached the level of Dao Union, a loud blast came from the distant sea. Soon after, the Spirit Luxuriant World seemed to resonate with it.

Ha Deqing might be in the Martial Dipper Realm, but he could feel the heaven and earth qi around the Yi Continent boiling over. It was as though the entire world was responding to the blast from before.

Yi Jingxu turned to look in the direction of the commotion and walked out of the hall, with Ha Deqing following closely behind. “Senior Brother Yin, should we head over?”

Without turning his head, Ha Deqing muttered, “Kou Chongxue completed his ascension and the new continent has been established. The True Immortals of the Tongyou Institution acted at the same time... We should know our place and it’s time to move the Star Observatory back...”