Chapter 1021: Exposed!

Above the heavenly screen of the Spirit Luxuriant World…

“They should have already shattered the heavenly screen and entered the Azure Flame World. From how things should be playing out, they should have surrounded the Elysium…” Yang Taihe received the transmission from Kou Chongxue and he relayed the news to the others.

“Isn’t that a little too fast? Could they be walking into some sort of trap?” Li Jidao frowned and muttered in disbelief.

Instead of explaining, Yang Taihe simply handed the report over to Li Jidao. It stated a general outline of what happened during the battle above the heavenly screen and how they injured Yuan Cangming.

After reading the report, Li Jidao turned extremely serious. He then handed it over to Zhang Xuansheng while maintaining an uneasy expression on his face.

Liu Jingsheng didn’t doubt the authenticity of the report at all and neither did he pester the rest to give it to him. Instead, he chuckled, “With how aggressive they’re being, we better speed up our plan. It won’t look good on us if we’re the burden in the expedition…”

Zhang Xuansheng handed the report back to Yang Taihe after reading it and muttered in a low voice, “We need to increase the number of experts around the Three Unity Island. I suspect that the Star Origin City has already detected something…”

Shaking his head, Yang Taihe sighed, “We have to go all out if we’re acting against the Azure Flame World alone. There is no way for us to conceal our movements from Star Origin City. If I’m not mistaken, the moment we send the first batch of experts over, they would definitely be able to track our spatial tunnels and determine the coordinates of the Azure Flame World in the vast sea of stars.”

“Do you mean to say that the Star Origin City also has a Stargazer?” Li Jidao asked suddenly.

“Is it really surprising? The Star Origin City definitely has a Star Observatory too…” Yang Taihe didn’t seem too disturbed by the discovery.

Zhang Xuansheng finally added, “The key to all of this is that the Star Origin City might be able to connect the assassination to us. That would give the Star Origin Guards an excuse to interfere. We need to understand that the experts of the Tongyou Institution truly embarrassed the Star Origin Guards by assassinating someone they chose to protect…”

“Even if they know it’s us, we didn’t leave behind any evidence during the assassination. The Star Origin Guards can’t make things difficult for us since they will seem like they’re no longer staying impartial.” Liu Jingsheng answered.

Li Jidao quickly added, “But they can use the excuse to enter the battle in the Azure Flame World. After all, it’s a fact the experts of the Azure Flame World found the Land of Star Origin. The Star Origin Guards might not have any evidence to say that we’re the ones who carried out the assassination, but we don’t have any idea how much information they revealed!”

“Compared to the Star Origin Guards, what I wish to know is what reason they would give if they wanted to protect the Azure Flame World. They can’t possibly deploy their forces just based on the fact that they were embarrassed by an assassination, right?” Yang Taihe mumbled.

In response, Zhang Xuansheng chimed in, “All of us have seen how powerful the Star Origin Guards are. I always had a question in mind, and that’s how their experts managed to enter the Martial Void Realm. The Land of Star Origin isn’t a world, and it can’t even be considered a Barbaric World. However, the Star Origin Guards possess multiple True Immortals. Would that mean that a world exists out there that allows them to make the advancement?”

A deep frown formed on Liu Jingsheng’s face after hearing what he said. “True Immortal Zhang, what has that got to do with True Immortal Yang’s question? Do you think that the Star Origin Guards wish to use the Azure Flame World to break through…?”

𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Li Jidao continued, “Isn’t the allure of taking over a world enough to force the Star Origin Guards to make a choice? The Azure Flame World only has a single True Immortal. If they decided to go all out and eliminate the world before we realized what happened, who would know that the Star Origin Guards were the ones who did it? No one would be able to say that the Star Origin City failed to remain neutral in that case…”

“There has to be something we don’t know yet. Perhaps we should inform those 3 out there. If the Azure Flame World truly has something special, it would most likely be contained in the Elysium. They should try their best to ensure it’s not completely destroyed…” Yang Taihe muttered.

However, his suggestion was quickly rejected. “That’s not possible. In order to conquer the Azure Flame World, we have to destroy their Elysium. As the matter concerns his life, Yuan Cangming will definitely go all out. How many treasures do you think will be left after 4 True Immortals go all out in a massive brawl?”

With a helpless sigh, Yang Taihe continued, “Whatever it is, we should just let them know. They can decide how they wish to go from there.”

“What about sending our experts over to the Azure Flame World? Should we follow the plan?” Liu Jingsheng suddenly asked.

After thinking for a second, Yang Taihe made up his mind. “Since they already have their eyes on us, we’ll delay it for a little while. When we are more prepared, we can try sending everyone over in 1 huge batch. That way, the other worlds and the Star Origin City might not be able to react in time and we would be able to make the most out of it.”

When he was done, Yang Taihe turned to Zhang Xuansheng. “True Immortal Zhang, what do you think?”

“We can’t delay it for too long either. Don’t forget, the Star Origin City has a Stargazer and a Star Observatory. We have no idea how many clues the cultivators of the Azure Flame World left behind. If they manage to locate the Azure Flame World soon, we’ll be on the back foot…” Zhang Xuansheng carefully evaluated.

Nodding slightly, Yang Taihe wondered, “Do you think we will make our move within half a year?”

Slightly surprised, Zhang Xuansheng shook his head and sighed, “Forget it. Let’s move out in the next 3 months!”

“The production of flying ships will have to increase in that case. We shouldn’t care about wasting resources any longer and just go all out in crafting them. After all, we’ll earn it all back after we take over the Azure Flame World. Also, we need to shift a portion of the production of flying ships back into our world, under the heavenly screen. It will prevent detection to a certain extent. Of course, we can’t completely stop building flying ships above the heavenly screen either…” Liu Jingsheng added.

Li Jidao continued, “Since they might have already guessed that we’re the invaders, the various worlds should be waiting for us to send out experts over to the Azure Flame World to reveal its whereabouts. Whatever it is, we should just close off the spatial tunnel to the Star Origin City for now.”

“Well, since our cards are on the table and everyone is watching us closely anyway, let’s do that.” Yang Taihe snorted once before chuckling softly.

…

“3 True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World haven’t been seen in a long time and the others who are constrained to their Elysiums haven’t been appearing above the heavenly screen for some time now.”

“The construction of large-scale flying ships is still happening above the heavenly screen of the Spirit Luxuriant World and those ships will be able to withstand a Spatial Transfer by resisting the twisting of space…”

“The Spirit Luxuriant World’s construction of their defensive formations around their asteroid belt has paused. We suspect that they shifted away a large amount of resources.”

“The speed at which they’re constructing flying ships above the heavenly screen isn’t too fast. Their inheritance to craft flying ships should be pretty complicated and they hadn’t fully fused the methods of production. They’re also sorely lacking in Formation Masters, Artifact Masters, and Talisman Masters…”

“...”

News related to the Spirit Luxuriant World poured into the Star Origin Guards one after another.

At the same time, the various worlds were observing the Spirit Luxuriant World closely. It seemed as though they also obtained some intelligence…

“How many years has it been since the Spirit Luxuriant World completed their ascension?! They already produced 7 True Immortals!” Liu Jiuzhen, the captain of the second squad of the First Camp gasped. There were traces of praise in his voice.

“We are almost sure that the world that discovered the Azure Flame World and is planning to conquer them is the Spirit Luxuriant World!” True Immortal He Yingrui, the Second Camp Commander, chuckled softly. “The Spirit Luxuriant World truly is lucky… They managed to discover a lone Azure World in the sea of stars so quickly!”

True Immortal Tian Moran, the captain of the second squad of the Second Camp, muttered without a change in expression. “Devouring the Azure Flame World themselves is another story altogether. Don’t you know how many eyes are on them right now? With 3 True Immortals who barely ascended… Do they really think they can take over an Azure World that has the protection of a True Immortal with the support of an Elysium?”

Shaking his head suddenly, Tian Moran clearly wasn’t optimistic of the Spirit Luxuriant World’s plan. “Don’t forget how many powers from the various worlds took part in the destruction of the Azure Oddity World.”

True Immortal He Yingrui also seemed to agree with him. “No matter what, they’re a newly ascended Spirit World. They’re no Spirit Abundance World or Spirit Mammoth World… Their foundations are shallow and from how slowly they’re building flying ships, we should know their limits. Even their resources can’t keep up with their consumption. By the time they prepare themselves, Camp Commander Xing might have already discovered the Azure Flame World’s coordinates.”

Zhuge Xiang, who had been listening at the side the entire time, finally spoke up. “In principle, our Star Origin City and our Star Origin Guards need to be neutral. We cannot interfere in the disputes of other worlds. However, the matter regarding the Heaven Observation Elysium is too important. If the Elysium in the Azure Flame World truly is one of the Elysiums left behind by the Heaven Observation Elysium, we’ll step in no matter what.”

…

Outside the Cangming Elysium in the Eastern Nuanyuan Continent…

Kou Chongxue and the rest already knew that it would be difficult to deal with a True Immortal of an Elysium, but they didn’t expect it to be so difficult!

They dealt heavy injuries to Yuan Cangming above the heavenly screen and used less than a single day to arrive at his Elysium. Even though they used some time to fly through the Azure Flame World, they didn’t waste too much time!

It had already been 5 days since then, but the 3 of them were unable to destroy the defenses of the Cangming Elysium no matter how hard they tried. They couldn’t even get rid of the grand formation around it!

“I’m afraid this is why it’s difficult to deal with a True Immortal who has the support of their Elysium. Against experts of the same level, they wouldn’t be at a disadvantage!”

Shang Xia finally understood how dangerous their operation back in the Spirit Abundance World was to infiltrate an Elysium. They were extremely fortunate there wasn’t a True Immortal in there!

In fact, even entering the Elysium shouldn’t be as easy as it looked. They definitely received some help from either True Immortal Chong Shan or True Immortal Su Kun! It might just be that Shang Xia and the others were too weak back then to discover traces of help from another True Immortal.

It was no wonder the various worlds gathered 6 True Immortals to attack Meng Yuanxiu’s Elysium back in the Azure Oddity World!

Back then, Shang Xia thought that it was difficult because Meng Yuanxiu was a rank six Formation Grandmaster. From what he was experiencing now, the defenses of an Elysium also played a huge part!

The only question he had was how did the Elysium contain the existences of both Meng Yuanxiu and Yu Ji…

“If this keeps us, we will need at least a month in order to grind away at the defenses of the Elysium!” Lu Wuzi sighed. He stared at Kou Chongxue and Shang Xia with a profound look in his eyes. Even if he used his toes to think, he knew that both of them were still hiding their abilities.

Shang Xia simply tossed a report he received to Lu Wuzi. “Take a look at this. We just received news from above the heavenly screen. Those fellows back there need to delay the entire invasion for 3 months…”

“Haah?”