Chapter 1126: 33 Slots

Of course, the growth of the Spirit Luxuriant World didn’t stop with the Martial Void Realm True Immortals. With the strengthening foundations of the 23 continents, it wasn’t as though all of them were garbage. Some of them just grew faster than the others.

Before the Spirit Luxuriant World took shape, there were only 13 factions with their respective Holy Lands among the Azure Origin World and Azure Spiritual World.

Of course, that didn’t include the Northern Sea Mystic Sect, Eternal Palace, and Divine Capital Sect that already possessed an Elysium.

Along the way, the Yuanchen Sect managed to establish their Xiangyang Elysium, and the Tongyou Institution also evolved to produce the Tongyou Elysium during the world ascension.

With that, the 5 great Elysiums were formed.

Even with 2 factions with Holy Lands growing to an Elysium, the number of Holy Lands didn’t drop! Instead, it grew to an impressive 16!

There were also approximately 90 cultivators who managed to reach the Martial Dipper Realm, increasing the number of experts at that level to more than 200!

One had to know that that was also after the Spirit Luxuriant World had been through several great battles and lost many Martial Dipper Realm experts. Otherwise, they would have even more!

Even though so much had happened, it had only not even been 14 years since the Spirit Luxuriant World took shape.

“In order to become an Azure World, one needs at least 12 continents. They also need to be filled with the world origin of an Azure World. To become a Spirit World, one needs 18 continents at the very least, and most of them need to complete their transformation. As for Essence Worlds... A world needs at least 24 continents and all of them have to reach a state of perfection in order to possess a strong foundation to advance...” Kou Chongxue muttered as he stared at the heavenly screen in the distance.

He continued, “Of course, it might not be a hard requirement. When the Azure Spiritual World collided with us in the past, they probably had less than 10 continents. However, they can be considered a peak-tier Azure World due to the Northern Sea Continent storing most of their world essence...”

“Of the 23 continents our Spirit Luxuriant World has, the strongest continents have been growing too rapidly and their growth is much more obvious than the barren continents like the Bing continent...” Kou Chongxue sighed.

Shang Xia couldn’t help but ask, “How is the Bing Continent considered barren?”

“Huh...? Even if they aren’t barren, they’re pretty close to being considered one. After the formation of our Spirit Luxuriant World, our institution has been fighting the Divine Capital Sect within the borders of the Bing Continent. Since we can’t be sure who will be able to gain control of it, do you think either side will pour resources into the Bing Continent to grow it? In fact, it didn’t even manage to gain much from the many events that transpired.”

Shang Xia continued to ask, “We have 23 continents at the moment, and the Spirit Abundance World also seems to have 23 continents. Since the minimum requirement to become an Essence World is 24 continents, is it a coincidence for us to possess the same number of continents?”

“Actually... In the time you had been in seclusion, the various powers have been fighting non-stop about the 24th continent...” Kou Chongxue hesitated slightly before replying.

“Why?”

Kou Chongxue eventually explained, “The Northern Sea Mystic Sect actually hopes to split the Northern Sea Sect in half. Zhang Xuansheng even proudly proclaimed that even with the split, both continents would remain in a state of perfection. With that, our world would possess 24 continents! Naturally... Lu Wuzi wouldn’t agree to that!”

“The Eternal Palace and Divine Capital Sect also seem to be willing to split the Yong Continent in half. Liu Jingsheng is also entertaining the idea of separating his Jing Continent. However, he hopes that I will split off a portion of the essence contained in the Jiao Continent after the separation.”

“Heh... The Yuanchen Sect has great schemes...” Shang Xia snorted once before he continued, “Actually, I pretty much understand the situation. This is probably so that they can obtain another continent for members of their later generations to rely on to ascend, right?”

Kou Chongxue nodded in response. “Now that our world has a greater understanding of what it takes to become a peak-tier Spirit World, we are viewing things with the perspective of one. A Spirit World can contain 9 Elysiums at most and 24 continents! That would mean that the maximum number of True Immortals in a Spirit World wouldn’t exceed 33 after counting Elysium True Immortals!”

One couldn’t see that the Spirit Luxuriant World only had 10 True Immortals... 5 of them were Elysium True Immortals and they were far from reaching the limit.

Also... If an expert wished to break through to the Martial Void Realm in a certain continent, it wasn’t going to be easy if it contained a faction that possessed its own Holy Land!

The reason was simple. Any power that possessed a Holy Land would be able to disrupt the expert when they were trying to brand their origin soul into the world by relying on the spirituality of the continent. Once that happened, failure was assured!

Because the Holy Land’s foundation was built on the foundation of the world, they could communicate with the World Origin Source to a certain extent. As such, even if a power that possessed a Holy Land didn’t have an expert who had a True Immortal, they would still be considered half a master of the continent. They wouldn’t be considered completely unstoppable, but they could foil the plans of anyone who wanted to use the continent to advance!

That was also why Kou Chongxue chose the Jiao Continent when he broke through back then. With the Tongyou Institution in place, they already had control of the You Continent. As such, he could leave it for someone else when they advanced in the future.

Going by the same logic, the Tongyou Institution would rather completely destroy the Bing Continent in their conflict with the Divine Capital Sect than pour their resources into it. They also wanted to prevent the Five Mountains Alliance who had basically gained the upper hand with their support from establishing a Holy Land.

A similar situation played out with the Liang Continent where the Eternal Palace had set their eyes on, the barren Sha Continent the Northern Sea Mystic Sect wanted to build their foundations on, and why those factions were willing to break off a part of their continent just to gain another region of land.

Shang Xia reacted quickly. He noticed that the True Immortals from 7 different factions basically joined in the discussion of the 24th continent, but Kou Chongxue didn’t mention anything about the Heavenly Star Palace or the schemes of their institution.

They could put the Heavenly Star Palace aside for the time being. Yin Jingxu barely broke through to the Martial Void Realm, and he relied on the Earth Star that was eventually integrated into the Yi Continent to advance.

The Yi Continent was far from a state of perfection, and it couldn’t even be considered a pseudo-perfect continent. They were barely doing better than the Ice Essence Sect as things stood, and there was no way they could split off their land. Moreover, the borders of the Yi Continent pushed against other continents and they couldn’t expand easily.

As for the Tongyou Institution... With Shang Xia’s understanding of Kou Chongxue, there was no shot they weren’t planning anything. It clearly wasn’t Kou Chongxue’s style.

“So... What are you planning to do?” Shang Xia asked.

With a smile slowly forming on his face, Kou Chongxue chuckled, “Looks like you’re starting to understand the way I do things.”

Shang Xia pressed his lips together and really wanted to mock Kou Chongxue. However, he managed to hold his intrusive thoughts in.

Looking at Shang Xia with slight surprise, Kou Chongxue didn’t expect him to remain quiet at that. Eventually, he laughed and explained, “I was planning to split off a portion of the world essence contained in the Jiao Continent and fuse it with the islands off the coast of our You Continent. I will call it the Sea Continent after it forms. What do you think?”

Shang Xia was slightly taken aback. “Sea Continent? The Tianya Pavilion repaired their Holy Land and Lady Yu isn’t an easy person to deal with.”

Kou Chongxue merely smiled without saying anything else.

Seemingly having thought of something, Shang Xia turned to look at Kou Chongxue in shock. “You didn’t set your sights on the Tianya Pavilion, right?! The Hundred Weapons Mill have already joined them and they have at least 2 Blacksmith Grandmasters there. They also have a near-perfect smithing inheritance and our institution has been falling behind in recent years... Hehe... Looks like you’re planning to hit many birds with one stone! I really have to give it to you... Your schemes are truly amazing!”

Kou Chongxue burst out laughing in an exaggerated manner after hearing what Shang Xia said. However, he raised his brows and snorted casually, “I really have a scheme against the Tianya Pavilion. It would be best if they agree with my plan and go along with it. However, it’s fine even if they don’t. As long as someone from our institution needs to rely on the Sea Continent to enter the Martial Void Realm in the future, all will be well as long as they don’t interfere.”

“What are you relying on to convince them? You can’t possibly be threatening them, right?” Shang Xia gasped.

“To be able to combine the islands into a single continent, the Tianya Pavilion will benefit big time from our actions. At the very least, their Holy Land will be able to patch up their greatest weakness with a complete continent and it greatly helps with their progress. Also, with their current foundations... How are they supposed to find a disciple with qualifications to break through to the Martial Void Realm?” Kou Chongxue dismissed Shang Xia’s concern.

However, Shang Xia wasn’t planning to let the matter end there. He continued, “How can anyone be sure of what will happen in the future? They might agree to not interfere if we use the Sea Continent to produce another True Immortal for fear of our overwhelming strength, but grudges will definitely form. When that happens, it might lead to a disaster in the future!”

“Heh.” Kou Chongxue snorted before he added, “In the future? Without our support, the Sea Continent wouldn’t exist! What future can they have?”

A grin also appeared on Shang Xia’s face. “Yeah, that’s true!”

Seeing as Shang Xia had agreed with his schemes, Kou Chongxue quickly explained, “Right... Then again, we need to give them enough hope. There can only be 33 True Immortals in our Spirit Luxuriant World, but what happens when we ascend to become an Essence World? The number of True Immortals might not be limited then! When that happens, our Tongyou Institution would be more than capable of supporting the Tianya Pavilion to reach the next level and obtain their own rank six inheritance!”

Shang Xia nodded slowly. He could see that with the empty promises the Tongyou Institution would be making, the Tianya Pavilion would most likely agree to their terms while also siding with them.

With that, the You Continent, Jiao Continent, Sea Continent, and the Tongyou Elysium would be able to produce True Immortals! Before the Spirit Luxuriant World ascended to an Essence World, the Tongyou Institution would already be able to possess 4 True Immortals!