Chapter 1272: Giving Up

“What’s happening?!” Shang Xia asked the True Immortals of the Spirit Thistle World nearby.

𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Qu Guan didn’t forget to continue absorbing world origin as he explained, “The True Immortals of the Star Origin Dao Field failed to find the culprit.”

“Oh?” Shang Xia gasped in ‘shock’ and continued, “That’s the power of the Seventh Order... They still failed to find their target? Also... Is everyone really no longer afraid of them?”

Shang Xia might be asking, but he didn’t forget to release his domain to continue absorbing the world origin from the exposed continents of the Spirit Tinkle World along with everyone else.

The True Immortals of the Star Origin Dao Field seemed completely indifferent to what they were doing at that point.

Qu Guan seemed to notice some strange treasure while he was absorbing world origin and fought with someone else for it. After sending out a single strike, he managed to obtain his spoils and he revealed a contented look. He revealed a smile after he was done and continued, “Of course not. After you entered the heavenly screen, the fifth tier True Immortals of the Spirit Mammoth World and Spirit Abundance World seemed to have discovered Zhuo Gudao wouldn’t be able to send a clone out of the Star Origin Dao Field and were no longer afraid. With nothing holding them back, they called over the experts on their side and started to shatter the continents to absorb more world origin.”

“Aren’t they killing their golden goose then?” Shang Xia frowned. However, he recalled that the True Immortals of the Spirit Thistle World also seemed to be doing the same and he quickly changed the topic. “How are the True Immortals of the Spirit Mammoth World and Spirit Abundance World sure that Zhuo Gudao wouldn’t be able to make an appearance? Didn’t the True Immortals of the Star Origin Dao Field do anything to prevent the situation from getting worse?”

Zuo Li replied, “The reason the sixth tier True Immortal of the Star Origin Dao Field cannot appear might be because he’s consolidating his foundations, but it’s even more possible that Zhuo Gudao has branded his soul into the core of the Star Origin Dao Field and become an existence similar to that of an Elysium True Immortal.”

“Aren’t the souls of all the True Immortals of the Star Origin Dao Field branded into their Dao Field?” Shang Xia gasped.

“That’s why I said the core of the Star Origin Dao Field.” Zuo Li chuckled.

“Oh...” Shang Xia seemed to have thought of something else and he continued, “Wait a second... If Zhuo Gudao is able to brand his soul into the core of the Star Origin Dao Field, would that mean that others wouldn’t be able to do so?”

Qu Guan and Zuo Li exchanged a glance while smiling to each other. They seemed to be in awe of Shang Xia’s keen senses.

Qu Guan eventually explained, “That might be the real reason behind Zhuge Xiang’s death... Of the experts who took part in killing him, other than Tong Yutang who entered the fourth tier of the Martial Void Realm secretly, the others came from the Spirit Abundance World, Spirit Mammoth World, and Spirit Tinkle World. The experts of the Star Origin Lord Manor didn’t make a move, but they were definitely supporting Tong Yutang. One has to know that the Star Origin Lord Manor has at least 3 experts at the fifth tier of the Martial Void Realm. Killing Zhuge Xiang wouldn’t be too difficult for them... However, they still chose to get outside help.”

Shang Xia mumbled in response, “Do you mean to say that the True Immortals of the Star Origin Lord Manor are unable to take action and kill Zhuge Xiang such that they had to get outside help? They didn’t even hesitate to reveal the secret of the Star Origin Guards battle formation... As it turned out, the sixth tier True Immortal wanted to brand his soul into the core of the Star Origin Dao Field after getting rid of Zhuge Xiang...”

When they killed Zhuge Xiang that day, everyone noticed how the attackers used the battle formation of the Star Origin Guards. Shang Xia saw it with his very own eyes. It was also no secret to experts at Shang Xia’s level.

Zuo Li knew what Shang Xia wanted to ask, and he simply continued speaking, “According to the fifth tier True Immortals of the Spirit Mammoth World and Spirit Abundance World, Zhuo Gudao had been stuck in the fifth tier for a very long time. From the time he was the Star Origin Guards Commander... His lifespan should be reaching its end. He might have branded his soul into the Star Origin Dao Field to reach the sixth tier while extending his lifespan and quickly reaching a state where he was able to start comprehending his martial intent. The only price he had to pay was that he wouldn’t be able to leave the Star Origin Dao Field...”

As it turned out... Everything happened because Zhuo Gudao was afraid to die!

Shang Xia’s doubts were greatly cleared up.

Of course... While listening to the explanation, the True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World didn’t remain idle. They also started to shatter the 6 continents like the others to plunder more world origin.

Suddenly thinking of something else, Shang Xia frowned and asked, “Wait a second. Since they hadn’t been able to find the mysterious expert who was stealing their world origin, why don’t they continue to absorb world origin?”

The Star Origin Dao Field’s weakness might have been exposed and True Immortals of the various worlds were starting to plunder world origin without holding back, but the threat of the Star Origin Dao Field was still present. Even without Zhuo Gudao, they had the Seven Stars Seven Tribulation Formation, and would be enough to threaten any major power!

Even so... The True Immortals of the Star Origin Dao Field seemed to have restrained themselves. They no longer tried to cover all 6 continents. Instead, they focused on holding down 2 continents at the side.

Different from what happened earlier, with their reduced range, the curtain of starlight they created was much stronger and no one was able to break it. Even if they did, they didn’t dare to try pissing the Star Origin Dao Field more than they already had.

The Star Origin Dao Field wasn’t able to plunder as much world origin as before, but they were able to maintain around 50 percent of their original amount.

Qu Guan spoke suddenly, “Maybe the mysterious expert is also afraid of the Star Origin Dao Field. After all... The sixth tier True Immortal did use Seventh Order strength... Or maybe they obtained enough and didn’t wish to make things difficult for the Star Origin Dao Field any longer...”

Shang Xia nodded and agreed. “Yeah, that makes sense!”

After he spoke, he seemed to no longer care as he strengthened his domain and smashed his Stone Rod into a continent below, blowing a massive hole into it.

He started to absorb world origin like Qu Guan and Zuo Li.

It might be because he was too excited, or he might be feeling safer since he was with his allies, but in the eyes of many True Immortals, Shang Xia expanded his domain to also cover Kou Chongxue and Yin Jingxu!

Shang Xia looked like he was extremely interested in absorbing world origin, but he was paying attention to what the Star Origin Dao Field was up to.

Only after he noticed that they didn’t seem to have set any traps did he activate his Crimson Soul Tablet again. This time, he snatched 60 percent of their world origin.

Of course, it was much less than he took earlier because of the Star Origin Dao Field’s weakened stream, but that was almost all he could do. It wasn’t that he didn’t wish to take more. However, with the Seven Stars Seven Tribulation Formation controlling a smaller area, he wasn’t able to go all out like before.

Even so... With 60 percent of whatever they were taking disappearing, the True Immortals of the Star Origin Dao Field flew into a rage once again.

They thought that the mysterious faction or powerhouse who was stealing world origin had already been scared off by Zhuo Gudao. They didn’t expect the crazy asshole to return again!

The disturbance at their side quickly alerted the True Immortals present. Those with sensitive divine souls discovered that the stream of world origin the Star Origin Dao Field was drawing from the Spirit Tinkle World had weakened by 60 percent and started to gloat about their misfortune. However, they couldn’t help but wonder who had such a huge grudge against the Star Origin Dao Field that they would risk it all to come back to cause more trouble.

Strangely enough, the True Immortals of the Star Origin Dao Field didn’t rage for long. They quickly calmed down and tried to increase their control of their stream of world origin.

They discovered that they were able to contend with the mysterious expert in terms of how much world origin they could retrieve. The only problem was that they couldn’t discover the other side because of their masterful control.

Exerting all their effort, they managed to retain 50 percent of world origin they could draw.

While fighting with them, Shang Xia thought of something.

If the Seven Stars Seven Tribulation Formation allows them to utilize pseudo-Seventh Order energy, I can challenge them with the Crimson Soul Tablet... Would that mean that the tablet is a rank seven treasure?

Of course, the Crimson Soul Tablet hadn’t been fully restored despite all his efforts. The cracks inside the tablet still existed, and Shang Xia knew that it would only grow stronger once it was fully repaired.

He had a strange feeling that after he entered the Seventh Order, the secrets of the Crimson Soul Tablet would be revealed to him.

... The True Immortals of the Star Origin Dao Field seemed to have accepted their fate after stopping the mysterious expert from taking more than 50 percent of their world origin.