Chapter 1104: Familiar Task

Thousands of miles away from the Star Beast Nest...

True Immortal Zhu was hurrying back to the Spirit Faith World. After all, Lan Zhengfeng managed to escape and that meant that the news of the Ascendant Faction’s plan would be revealed. Their rebellion would begin immediately!

However, when he left, he didn’t forget that he would soon receive reinforcements from the Spirit Luxuriant World.

Because of their own schemes, Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue didn’t head for the Spirit Faith World immediately. Instead, they used the excuse of strengthening their spatial tunnel to stay around the Star Beast nest.

They promised that they would head to the Spirit Faith World in 2 days to assist the Ascendant Faction in their rebellion.

As for the calvary from the Spirit Luxuriant World, with the exception of the True Immortals, they would need 3 or so days to arrive if they didn’t make any detours when traveling through the spatial tunnel...

Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue didn’t make false promises. They didn’t say who would arrive in the Spirit Faith World in 2 days, and they actually only referred to the True Immortals!

Actually, the Spirit Luxuriant World didn’t need to strengthen the spatial tunnel. Even if they did, they wouldn’t need 2 days!

After all, there was a certain Formation Grandmaster in the Spirit Luxuriant World who had the Five Element Ring, a Formation Divine Weapon!

When Chu Jia first became a rank five Formation Grandmaster, she relied on the Five Element Spirit Gathering Formation and Five Element Transfer Formation. All of them came from Shang Xia’s theory of the five elements.

After Shang Xia entered the Six Direction Realm, she used the theory of the five elements as a basis for modification of the Five Element Ring and transformed it into a Formation Divine Weapon! Not only did it allow her to draw on its ability to possess terrifying might comparable to a rank six Formation Grandmaster, her ability to strengthen her Five Element Formations also reached a horrifying level!

For example, even with Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue making the excuse that they needed to strengthen the spatial tunnel, the massive Star Ships of the Spirit Luxuriant World were already loaded up with high-level experts and on their way!

...

After some time...

Other than Shang Xia, Kou Chongxue, Huang Jinghan, and Lu Wuzi whose true bodies were present in the Star Beast Nest, the clones of Yang Taihe, Zhang Xuansheng, Li Jidao, and Liu Jingsheng were present. The only person who didn’t come was the first tier Elysium True Immortal, Zhang Jianzi.

“The 4 of us can’t go too far and we can only protect this spatial tunnel. We can borrow the power of our world through the tunnel and should be able to hold the enemies back if we have no other choice.” Yang Taihe chuckled.

Back when the Spirit Luxuriant World devoured the 3 main continents of the Azure Flame World, Yang Taihe and Zhang Xuansheng detonated their clones in the end to disrupt their pursuers. Shang Xia and the others managed to return unharmed.

To be honest, Shang Xia really admired the efforts of Yang Taihe and the other Elysium True Immortals. Of course, they were helping because they didn’t want Shang Xia and the rest to reap all the benefits.

However, to be able to detonate their clone and cause their cultivation to suffer in order to hold their enemies back for a fellow expert... Not everyone could do that!

Looking at the clones of the various Elysium True Immortals, Shang Xia replied hastily, “I made a hasty decision on all your behalf, troubling all of you...”

Zhang Xuansheng’s clone grunted, “We pretty much heard what happened from True Immortal Huang. Even though this is a risk, it’s also a good opportunity. The key to the entire matter is whether the experts of the Ascendant Faction can hold back the first round of retaliation. Only if they are confident to hold back the fourth tier True Immortal will our entry prove to be of use!”

Zhang Xuansheng was originally ahead of Yang Taihe in terms of cultivation and was supposed to enter the third tier first. However, because of Lu Wuzi messing around, causing Zhang Jianzi to become the second Elysium True Immortal of the Northern Sea Mystic Sect, Zhang Xuansheng took a huge hit, and his cultivation was stuck at the peak of the second tier.

Even though everything seemed rushed, if they managed to gain something from it, Zhang Xuansheng might just be able to take the final step and break through to the next level.

As such, even though he was a little annoyed that Shang Xia made the decision on everyone’s behalf, he was more than comfortable to go along.

After a quick discussion regarding their strategy, the Star Ships of the Spirit Luxuriant World had already mostly arrived. The Star Beast Nest has already become a massive stronghold.

After they were done, Shang Xia finally found Kou Chongxue to have a private chat.

“Once you leave this time, Chu Jia probably has to maintain the spatial tunnel above the heavenly screen... Will anything go wrong in the Elysium?” Shang Xia wondered.

The last time, their Tongyou Elysium was infiltrated by a fourth tier True Immortal of the Essence Hong World. The scar it left in Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue’s hearts was too deep. As such, Shang Xia would always ensure the safety of the Elysium.

Kou Chongxue laughed in response, “Relax. I left a clone back there. If anyone enters, my clone will detect them immediately. Yang Taihe and the others are also patrolling the space around our world to prevent any foreign cultivators from entering...”

Shang Xia nodded and asked something else, “How much of your secret art have you developed?”

Blinking several times, Kou Chongxue chuckled, “I already completed it!”

“Completed it?! That quickly?!” Shang Xia was greatly taken aback at his revelation.

Kou Chongxue continued to laugh, “Damn brat, you’ve been messing around outside for so long! I was left to watch over the You Continent alone! I couldn’t go anywhere, and other than developing my secret art, what else am I supposed to do?”

Shang Xia nearly spat at Kou Chongxue. It hadn’t even been long since he left. Moreover, if they were talking about time spent taking care of the You Continent and Tongyou Institution... Let’s just say that one True Immortal spent a lot more there than the other.

Shang Xia also thought of something else and he asked, “No... wait. You just reached the second tier, but you already completed your secret act? What happens when you reach a higher level? Will it still be of use?”

One had to know that when Shang Xia was in the Four Constellation Realm and the Five Element Realm, he also created his secret art from scratch. However, he perfected it as his cultivation increased and only when he was certain of his path did he fully complete it.

Hearing that Kou Chongxue was already done with it, Shang Xia couldn’t help but shoot him a reminder.

“Is there a problem? If I can’t use it anymore, I’ll just modify it.” Kou Chongxue raised an eyebrow and snorted.

Only someone like him could say something like that. However, Shang Xia also understood that Kou Chongxue was truly capable enough to do something like that. After all, he managed to revise his secret art thrice when he was in the martial Dipper Realm.

The first version was meant for cultivators who stepped into the Martial Dipper Realm. The second version was for experts who reached the second or third elements. The final version was for high-level Martial Dipper Realm experts.

The only drawback was that those who followed his path would have to cultivate 3 different secret arts when they were in the corresponding level. They wouldn’t be able to reach a higher level if they stopped halfway.

Shang Xia’s method was different from Kou Chongxue's. His secret art was for the entire realm and anyone who followed in his footsteps would be able to train in one secret art from the beginning stages to the grand completion stage.

Shang Xia sighed helplessly, “Your secret arts are just too damn intense!”

Kou Chongxue naturally understood what Shang Xia meant. He chuckled, “I know that in terms of secret arts, your method would be more suitable for ordinary people. As long as anyone follows your philosophy of cultivation, they would be able to go all the way without obstructions. However, have you thought of it? Every single expert who manages to reach a high level would have their cultivation philosophy. They might be able to take an easier path with what you left behind, but that would mean that their cultivation would forever be limited by how much you came up with!”

Shang Xia thought for a second and laughed together with Kou Chongxue, “Your method is used to nurture elite cultivators, and mine is great for those who aren’t that great. Your method is saved for geniuses, and mine is more suited for a sect...”

Kou Chongxue slapped his thigh and yelled, “Exactly!”

𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

“Actually... If someone is truly talented, they would have already come up with their own cultivation method...” Shang Xia mumbled suddenly.

Kou Chongxue was slightly taken aback, but he eventually replied, “Everyone is inherently lazy...”

Both of them didn’t harp on the topic for long as they quickly started talking about something else. Shang Xia also handed the True Space Restriction Palm Talisman inheritance and the spiritual materials he received to Kou Chongxue.

...

With Yan Huayi’s enraged cry filling the skies of the Spirit Faith World, the battle between Yun Hu and himself quickly arrived.

Facing Yan Huayi’s questioning above the heavenly screen, Yun Hu snorted coldly, “You thought of everything from your perspective and that’s what you want. Back when our worlds joined hands to exterminate the Spirit Emptiness World, what do you think happened? More than 70 percent of the world origin it contained was snatched up by your Spirit Faith World. Have you thought of giving anything back to our worlds for all the sacrifices we made?”

“A good portion of the Spirit Emptiness World’s world origin had been used up after tens of years of war...”

“Hah!” Yun Hu snorted as though he heard the greatest joke in existence. “I’m too lazy to talk to you about how we split up the Spirit Emptiness World. Let’s just talk about the deal we made back then in order to resist the invasion. We sacrificed ourselves to help your world ascend, and after the Spirit Emptiness World was exterminated, not only did you guys not share the benefits you gained. You even started to suppress us! You forced us to ascend to the Spirit Faith World in order to grow stronger and even want to slowly fuse our world into your own! Heh, our worlds will no longer exist then! How ruthless!”

Yan Huayi growled, “Brother Yun Hu, fellow True Immortals, all of you agreed to this back then!”

“That’s because we couldn’t refuse!” Another voice interrupted.

Meng Han inserted herself into the conversation and she continued coldly, “Back then, there were 5 True Immortals from your Spirit Faith World! You also had 3 Elysiums! Adding up our experts, we barely had 4 True Immortals! The 2 Elysiums we had were connected to your World Origin Source and turned into Elysium Gates! How were we supposed to go against what you and Lan Zhengfeng wanted?!”