Chapter 1134: Crimson Soul Tablet’s Reaction

Spatial fluctuations appeared in the asteroid belt hundreds of thousands of miles away from where Wen Juxiang destroyed Shang Xia’s clone. A spatial gate started to take shape as a sorry figure tumbled out from within.

“Blegh...” Shang Xia stabilized his body before spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Due to the exertion earlier, his blood seemed to flow in reverse and after spitting out the mouthful of blood, even though he was looking a little pale, he felt a lot more energetic than before. In fact, there was a trace of excitement in his eyes.

It wasn’t Shang Xia’s first time crossing paths with a fourth tier True Immortal, but it was his first time fighting one head-on!

Actually, it was his second time crossing paths with Wen Juxiang. However, the first time was when the fourth tier True Immortal was hiding in the Spirit Luxuriant World and was greatly restrained by the World’s Will. Also, he was surrounded by the True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World and he was trying to escape. Shang Xia didn’t manage to exchange blows with him. That was his first run-in with a fourth tier True Immortal.

The second time was against Yan Huayi of the Spirit Faith World, but he had Kou Chongxue’s assistance back then. Yan Huayi was also greatly worn out by Yun Hu and the others, and his Void Origin was affected by the Spirit Emptiness World’s Will... His combat strength wasn’t too much stronger than Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue when they joined hands.

Because of those experiences, Shang Xia seemed to forget who he was dealing with and the strength of a fourth tier True Immortal. He thought that after entering the third tier, he would be able to retreat safely even if he couldn’t defeat them.

That was why Shang Xia didn’t run away immediately after splitting off his clone. He wanted to try launching a sneak attack.

It was a shame he couldn’t do anything to Wen Juxiang who was at his peak state. He showed off the true might of an expert at that level!

In several short exchanges, Shang Xia held the initiative of battle, but he failed to gain the slightest advantage. He was even injured in the last clash and had to flee!

Wen Juxiang, a fourth tier Free True Immortal from the Essence Hong World, was actually as strong as Yan Huayi who drew upon the power of his world and the power of his Elysium!

In the end, Shang Xia chose to run.

After getting away, he started to reflect on what he just did. He didn’t downplay his abilities and instead, he started to objectively assess the difference in strength between himself and a fourth tier True Immortal!

He carved a cave in the giant asteroid he appeared on that was comparable in size to an Earth Star. As he started to recover and restore his lost energy, he was certain that even if he ran into Wen Juxiang again and got into another fight, he would fare a lot better. At the very least, he was confident he could escape unscathed.

That was because during the final exchange earlier, he managed to test out the strike he had come up with since reaching the level of External Unity.

Even though the technique wasn’t perfect yet, it basically took shape. He even came up with a name for it a long time ago. He decided to name his third move in his Six Harmony Rod Technique Void Emptiness!

During the final clash, Shang Xia actually pierced through Wen Juxiang’s domain with brute force!

That was also the reason Wen Juxiang didn’t manage to react immediately to continue chasing after Shang Xia.

Being distracted by his final strike was one thing, but the power contained in Shang Xia’s third move was something that already struck fear into his heart!

Of course, the rank six Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman was also another reason why he failed to catch Shang Xia’s tracks at the very end. As soon as it was activated, Shang Xia traveled hundreds of thousands of miles away.

When he activated the talisman earlier, perhaps it had something to do with its properties that allowed him to pass through space easily, but he managed to sense the presence of a massive spatial barrier in the void somewhere far away.

As soon as he felt its presence, the Crimson Soul Tablet started to thump in his sea of consciousness.

With his past experience of using the Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman, he could tell that the presence of the spatial barrier actually pointed to the fact that there was another world nearby. After all, the spatial barrier around an Elysium wasn’t as large or sturdy as the one he discovered.

Due to his injuries and need to get away from Wen Juxiang, Shang Xia wasn’t able to properly explore the void and get a better feel for the spatial barrier. Back then, he gave it a hasty evaluation as he ran and thought that it belonged to the Spirit Abundance World.

After finally emerging from the spatial tunnel and carving out a space in the asteroid to recover, Shang Xia started to arrange his thoughts. He discovered that he had been mistaken. He had been to the Spirit Abundance World in the past, and he even pretended to be a native expert there to avoid the suppression of the World’s Will. He should be familiar with the aura of a spatial barrier belonging to the Spirit Abundance World, but he didn’t feel any resonance with the spatial barrier he just discovered.

More importantly, the Crimson Soul Tablet didn’t show much reaction when Shang Xia entered the Spirit Abundance World in the past.

One had to know that after the ascension of the Azure Ascension World back then to the Spirit Luxuriant World, the Crimson Soul Tablet absorbed a large amount of world origin and turned dormant. There wasn’t much that could cause it to react.

Even with Shang Xia’s many adventures and expeditions to attack other worlds, he discovered that the Crimson Soul Tablet would barely bother to absorb world origin from foreign worlds and it only did so because it belonged to a new place.

Shang Xia was even starting to suspect that after the Crimson Soul Tablet recovered to its current state, world origin from a Spirit World was no longer able to help it much.

That was precisely why Shang Xia felt a lot more interested after he realized the Crimson Soul Tablet was starting to react.

If it isn't the Spirit Abundance World... And the spatial barrier is so close to it... Where else can it be?

Shang Xia couldn’t help but think back to the frost wave that originated from the north of the Spirit Abundance World when he was causing trouble back then. He heard from the cultivators of the Spirit Abundance World that a world of ice might exist in the depths of space beyond the Spirit Abundance World.

𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

With how things were looking... It seemed as though those rumors weren’t baseless!

The more he thought about it, the more tempted he became. He couldn’t help but want to head over to the spatial barrier to start his investigations immediately.

Of course, he was no fool. He knew recovering was his top priority, and he also needed to quickly relay the news of Wen Juxiang being the culprit, or a part of them, back to the Spirit Luxuriant World. He quickly focused on restoring himself to his peak state and planned to work on the third move of his Six Harmony Rod Technique while he was at it.