Chapter 1136: Infiltrating the Land of Star Origin

Above the heavenly screen above the Jiao Continent, the True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World might have come up with many conjectures about what happened to the Star Origin Guards; they couldn’t verify anything due to their lack of information channels. They were only guessing around, and they could only promise to support each other in case anything happened before returning to their respective factions.

When Kou Chongxue returned to the institution, he summoned the various deputy patriarchs and gave them some instructions before heading off to meet his clone.

After he was done, he entered the Tongyou Elysium to cultivate in seclusion.

As soon as he locked himself in, he sneaked out of the world and rushed to the location Shang Xia indicated in the transmission.

Obviously, the transmission didn’t just contain information on Wen Juxiang and the combined strike.

He made a bold guess at the end about what happened and told Kou Chongxue that he would need to infiltrate the Star Origin City in order to verify his guesses.

Since Kou Chongxue could connect the dots when he wasn’t even a part of what happened, as someone who actively participated in the cause, Shang Xia had a pretty good guess about what happened.

The reason he told Kou Chongxue to meet up with him was because he wanted to prevent any accidents from happening when he infiltrated Star Origin City.

Right... At the same time, there was something else. Shang Xia used up a Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman during the battle and he wanted to ask Kou Chongxue for his in order to prepare for any unexpected surprises.

At Shang Xia’s current level, there were actually very few experts out there who could threaten him. Unless he ran into a high-level True Immortal, there would be no need to escape desperately. In the case he ran into one, using the Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman would be the best way to run!

That was something he learned after he encountered Wen Juxiang.

Also... Other than the escaping functionality of the Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman, it would allow him to silently infiltrate any place protected by a spatial barrier.

As for why Kou Chongxue seemed to be in a rush to look for Shang Xia... He learned that Shang Xia was still recovering from the battle with Wen Juxiang and was afraid that the youngster hadn’t discovered the changes within Star Origin City!

Kou Chongxue felt that if Shang Xia were to infiltrate the city that very moment, he would be walking straight into a trap!

Shang Xia managed to recover a lot earlier than expected because of the portable Five Element Spirit Gathering Formation Chu Jia made for him. As long as he threw a bunch of high-grade essence crystals into it, he would be able to create a space with heaven and earth qi and world origin as dense as an Elysium.

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𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

When they finally met, Shang Xia was surprised Kou Chongxue arrived so early. However, he soon learned the news from the patriarch.

“Star Origin City sealed off all connection to the other worlds and they might have also locked down the city. I tried personally to enter the Star Relay through our spatial tunnel but to no avail. It’s as though the coordinates of Star Origin City had disappeared...” Kou Chongxue relayed the news as soon as they met.

He wasn’t done. He also handed Feng Ziying’s last report to Shang Xia which described everything that happened.

Shang Xia’s guess was pretty much spot on...

The next moment, Shang Xia couldn’t help but sigh softly and felt as though a long time had passed since he left to investigate the matter.

Only after some time did he snap back to reality. “Patriarch Kou, do you think Wen Juxiang has anything to do with the changes that happened to Star Origin City?”

“Hmm...” Kou Chongxue mumbled in a soft voice, “It’s not impossible. Especially considering how it was a joint attack sent out by multiple True Immortals. If we also consider the secret Formation Talisman you crafted for Tong Yutang...”

Shang Xia nodded slowly. “The strike that came for us seemed to be an experiment they were doing. However, it might also be used to silence someone. After all, I could tell that the attack wasn’t actually aimed at the four continents of the Spirit Faith World. Instead, it was aimed at me!”

Kou Chongxue followed his line of reasoning and continued, “Since they failed to kill you the first time with their combined strike, Wen Juxiang hid at the location where it originated from to try to kill you again. However, they failed because they underestimated your strength. After it happened twice, even if you were stupid, you should have connected the dots. They probably locked down the city in order to prevent news of it from leaking!”

“Wen Juxiang is a True Immortal from the Essence Hong World. There seems to be someone pulling the strings from behind and we need to know who they are...”

Was there anyone else in the city that was worth Tong Yutang colluding with an expert from an Essence World?

Kou Chongxue and Shang Xia weren’t fools. With things in their current state, they could tell that the situation in Star Origin City had exceeded everyone’s expectations. The outcome would very well be catastrophic!

Be it Shang Xia or Kou Chongxue, neither would sit still and wait for death to come. Rather than wait for the situation to clear up, they would rather take the initiative and launch their own countermeasures.

Shang Xia chuckled in response, “Patriarch Kou, not only did you fail to persuade me not to do anything stupid after rushing all the way here... You only made me more determined to head over to the Land of Star Origin.”

“You inexperienced fool. Let me do this!” Kou Chongxue chuckled in response.

However, he was quickly met with a round of laughter. “Patriarch Kou, if we’re talking about the ability to conceal ourselves and escape... You’re not my match!”

Kou Chongxue snorted instantly, “How much do you think you can do alone?!”

Slightly taken aback, Shang Xia quickly heard Kou Chongxue adding, “We should head over together.”

“What about the institution?” Shang Xia gasped.

As the only True Immortals of the Tongyou Institution, they always had a tacit understanding that one of them would remain in the institution in case anything happened. No matter what, they would be able to possess the strength of a True Immortal.

Of course, the operation to the Ruined World was an exception...

Kou Chongxue chuckled, “You better just start worrying if your Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman would be enough to locate the Land of Star Origin...”

Both of them had an experience of infiltrating the Land of Star Origin, but that was when its coordinates were known and it was revealed in the vast sea of stars.

Now that the Land of Star Origin had hidden itself in the void, they obviously erected a spatial barrier. Under such circumstances, they could only enter the Land of Star Origin through their classic sneaky methods.

Of course, everything relied on the Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman being able to get them in.

As they traveled through the void, they eventually arrived at a spot close to the original location of the Land of Star Origin.

After confirming their rendezvous spot in the city, they activated their Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman in unison.

The next instant, they seemed to discover a secret region that possessed a spatial barrier far stronger than any Elysium.

“I didn’t think that the Land of Star Origin would actually be a complete secret region and isn’t just hidden by some strange formation!” Shang Xia mumbled to himself. The pitch-black spatial gate soon formed behind him to swallow him whole.

The same thing happened to Kou Chongxue, and they disappeared into the void at the same time.

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The sea of stars above the Land of Star Origin seemed slightly illusory, and starlight that fell would be slightly twisted. A dark crack in the void opened up and the space around it started to bend unnaturally. The next second, a figure started to emerge.

Shang Xia heaved a sigh of relief after emerging as he looked at the spatial crack behind him disappearing slowly.

Even though the Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman was special, every time he used it, he would feel as though there was an urge in him to remain in the void, merging himself with the space around him. It even left a trace of lingering fear in his heart.

Shang Xia eventually understood that the Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman could only be used by True Immortals or above. If weaker cultivators were to use the talisman, something bad might happen to them.

Anyway... Tossing all the irrelevant thoughts out of his mind, Shang Xia determined his current location and knew that he had arrived on the Land of Star Origin.

However... With the starlight falling from above...

He couldn’t help but raise his head to look but realized that everything above seemed similar to when he was in the Star Observatory in the Tongyou Elysium.

Back there, he had to be inside the Star Observatory if he wished to see such a clear view of the sea of stars. However, it was everywhere above him now, even if he was only in the wilderness.

He could clearly feel that Star Essence was falling from above, and it might not be as concentrated as that in the Star Observatory, but it could still be used to cultivate.

One had to know that when a Star Observatory was activated, it would use up the power contained in the Elysium. However, the Star Essence landing in the wilderness was actually supplementing the heaven and earth qi there.

Shang Xia could be sure that the Land of Star Origin was definitely no Elysium. It wasn’t just because it was many times larger than one. It was also because it wasn’t connected to a world and it was a mere secret region in the vast sea of stars...

However... He wanted to know what was sustaining the massive Land of Star Origin in that case!

Feeling a slight tremor somewhere in the range of his divine soul, Shang Xia knew that his appearance actually alerted the Star Origin City. He stowed his thoughts away and quickly concealed his presence. He avoided the experts who came to check the spot he appeared in and took a massive detour while heading to the city.