Chapter 1177: Will’s Descent

Shang Xia and Hua Jianlou already found the large disturbance extremely strange.

When they approached the region that was filled with lightning, a voice came from within and surprised Shang Xia, but Hua Jianlou didn’t hesitate as he raised his weapon and charged into the chaotic region.

Even though the endless lightning disrupted Shang Xia’s senses, he could still vaguely see a blurry figure within holding off the falling lightning bolts while suppressing 2 other figures who were weaving their way in and out of the lightning rain.

Even under such circumstances, the power of the stars was gathering rapidly as it entered the blurry figure in the middle. With each passing second, the blurry figure started to grow more solid.

Seeing the figure that resembled Zhuge Xiang, Shang Xia thought that the Guards Commander managed to use some secret technique that allowed his clone to come back to life.

However, his eyes widened in shock after hearing the enraged cry.

Star Origin Lord… Dissipating clone… Restoring itself… Descending of the Star Origin Lord’s will… Seventh Order energy…

Shang Xia connected the dots and many things became clear the next moment.

As it turned out, the Star Origin Lord of the legends was right there in the Essence Ping World! He seemed to need Zhuge Xiang’s clone in order to contain his will, and it was clear that he was currently stuck in a strange situation where he couldn’t personally appear.

Shang Xia felt the power of the stars gathering and felt something click in his mind.

The only thing he didn’t quite understand was why Hua Jianlou would help the other 2 without hesitation. Was it just to prevent the descent of the Star Origin Lord’s will?

𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

One had to know that when Shang Xia was speaking to Hua Jianlou earlier, Hua Jianlou mentioned confidently that the reason Gao Qin and Wen Juxiang were planning to obtain the Star Origin Lord Robe was so that they could invade the various worlds connected to the Star Origin Dao Field.

Shang Xia was sure Hua Jianlou hadn’t lied to him.

At the same time, he could guess that the reason the Essence Hong World and Essence Ming World didn’t dare to invade was because of the threat the Star Origin Lord posed.

For Hua Jianlou to rush in to help them showed that he didn’t wish to let the Star Origin Lord appear in such a manner. He realized that he couldn’t even allow the Star Origin Lord to project his will onto Zhuge Xiang’s clone and that his choice might not be his own. It might contain the will of the Spirit Abundance World!

Even Tong Yutang and the other True Immortals of the various worlds who took part in the siege against Zhuge Xiang’s true body seemed to have reached a tacit understanding. Not only did they want to prevent the invasion of the Essence Worlds, they had to prevent the Star Origin Lord from reappearing in the world.

When Shang Xia was experiencing his information overload, another change happened on the battlefield below.

With Hua Jianlou joining the battle, Wen Juxiang and Gao Qin managed to catch their breath.

After all, they were also being suppressed by the World’s Will of the Essence Ping World at that moment.

Even though they also had some secret art on them that could allow them to maintain their combat abilities in the Martial Void Realm, and they were also stronger than Hua Jianlou and Shang Xia at the moment, they weren’t exactly in the best of states. After all, Wen Juxiang had even been seriously injured by Shang Xia before entering the Essence Ping World.

Along with the restoration of Zhuge Xiang’s clone, the descent of the Star Origin Lord’s will made it even stronger. It was growing by the second and it easily surpassed the limit of what a mere clone was capable of.

Hua Jianlou might have alleviated the pressure slightly, but he was also quickly suppressed, and the situation within didn’t really change.

Even though the restoration of the clone seemed to be slowing down, it didn’t stop completely. If it continued to drag out, the battle would eventually shift to favor Zhuge Xiang’s clone that contained the Star Origin Lord’s will.

“Fellow True Immortal, why aren’t you making your move yet? Are you really planning to wait for the Star Origin Lord to awaken and devour all your worlds?” Gao Qin yelled when she saw that Shang Xia was still hovering around outside the battlefield.

Her voice was distinct and everyone could recognize that she was a female cultivator, but her way of fighting seemed rather barbaric. She was the main force who took on the brunt of the blows, and even Wen Juxiang and Hua Jianlou were merely assisting her from the side.

The reason Wen Juxiang hadn’t said anything was that he was mortal enemies with Shang Xia to begin with. Shang Xia ran away when they fought for the first time, and during their second meeting, he suffered heavy injuries and was forced to run for his life. He clearly wouldn't be inclined to talk to someone like that.

Shang Xia, a new third tier True Immortal of the Spirit Luxuriant World, was already a well-known figure among the many worlds.

Even though they were calling for Shang Xia to take action, Hua Jianlou understood that it wasn’t that Shang Xia wasn’t willing to make his move. Instead, he probably didn’t know why he should interfere!

After Gao Qin yelled at Shang Xia, everyone saw him hesitate slightly and Hua Jianlou couldn’t help but continue, “The Star Origin Lord used himself as the medium to try to replace the Essence Ping World’s Will. He’s stuck in a deadlock at the moment and can’t appear in battle personally. However, he plans to raise his cultivation to the peak of the Seventh Order before using the Star Origin Dao Field as the core of his operation and the Essence Ping World as his starting point to devour every single world connected to the Star Origin Dao Field. When that happens, he would be able to step into the Eighth Order!”

After the short explanation, Hua Jianlou couldn’t help but urge Shang Xia on again, “The moment the Star Origin Lord awakens from his slumber when contending against the Essence Ping World’s Will, he will be able to destroy any world he wishes just by sending a Seventh Order clone. No… Even if it’s just a Sixth Order clone, as long as he has the Star Origin Lord Robe, he will be able to sweep away any world connected to the Star Origin Dao Field!”

Hua Jianlou barely completed his sentence when a True Space Restriction Palm entered the lightning prison and slammed directly into Zhuge Xiang’s clone.

The clone might have stepped into a level where it could contend with high-level True Immortals with the assistance of the Star Origin Lord’s will, but its rate of energy consumption managed to stay slightly below its rate of energy absorption. However… With Shang Xia’s True Space Restriction Palm, the flow of energy was greatly disrupted and for the first time, his consumption of energy surpassed his rate of absorption.

“True Immortal Hua, how did you learn of this secret? Don’t tell me those 2 of them informed you of it.” Shang Xia maintained his True Space Restriction Palm outside the lightning prison, and he worked with the 3 within to restrain the clone. However, he didn’t rush into the battle directly. Even so, his interference was enough to tilt the tides of battle in their favor.

Shang Xia had a very precise control over how much the battle favored them, and he intentionally kept it that way.

His true goal was to dig out more secrets from the 3 of them and it didn’t matter what it was about. It could be about the Star Origin Lord, Star Origin Dao Field, or even the other worlds.

Even though his method wasn’t exactly the most honorable, he would rather keep the initiative than to join a messy battle.

Hua Jianlou sent a strand of sword qi to help Gao Qin and he tore a screen of starlight apart before he yelled loudly, “My Spirit Abundance World, the Spirit Mammoth World, and the Spirit Tinkle World had reached the limit of a Spirit World years ago! Even the Spirit Thistle World ascended hundreds of years ago and is closing in to our level… True Immortal Shang, have you ever been curious why there haven’t been any high-level True Immortals in our worlds despite our years of heritage?"