Chapter 1300: Nearly 3 Years

With Song Zhen’s pointers, Shang Xia gradually got used to controlling the Spirit World Ark.

Also, after Shang Xia explicitly promised that he wouldn’t kill Song Zhen, the Fourth Chief of the Piercing Cloud Bandits started to become extremely enthusiastic when assigned tasks by Shang Xia.

The Spirit World Ark didn’t pass through the chaotic space where Shang Xia first emerged. Even if his brains were a little spoiled, he could tell that the members of the Dachen Dynasty, Qingling Palace, and Wanyun Association would send their members to take note of everything happening there. He didn’t wish for his journey to be discovered by them.

Actually, Shang Xia took a huge detour when he first left. Because he left behind anchoring formations in the Star Beast Nest, he wasn’t afraid of getting lost.

From what Song Zhen had explained, the ark used to be able to travel through chaotic space. After all, the main job of a Star Pirate was to explore dangerous regions through chaotic space, and look for worlds or distant ruins that could produce rare treasures because of their unique climate.

However, Song Zhen was the only person operating the ark and no matter how good he was at it, he had no crew! Traveling through chaotic space would prove to be difficult.

In the end, Shang Xia decided to learn how to use the ark.

With the coordination of a second tier True Immortal and a high-level True Immortal, the Spirit World Ark traveled into chaotic space. There were several close calls along the way, but Shang Xia resolved everything with brute strength.

As time passed, Song Zhen found it hard to hold on.

Fortunately, Shang Xia could tell that they weren’t far from the Star Beast Nest. He didn’t plan to drive the ark directly over to the Star Beast Nest. Instead, he parked it in the regions of chaotic space nearby. He ordered Song Zhen to remain there as he hurried back.

It wasn’t that he was intentionally keeping the existence of the ark a secret. After all, the various powers would know the moment he brought it back, seeing as it also contained a Spirit World fragment. He just didn’t wish for the news to spread immediately. Also, such a massive ark wouldn’t be able to return to the Spirit Luxuriant World through the Five Element Teleportation Formation they established anyway.

Even though the possibility of the experts of the Essence Xing World discovering the ark was small, it wasn’t zero. He had to race back to the Star Beast Nest to grab a bunch of people to operate the ark with him and Song Zhen. They would have to travel through chaotic space for a long time before they could return to the Spirit Luxuriant World...

As soon as he entered the Star Beast Nest, news of his return traveled back to the Spirit Luxuriant World. Kou Chongxue quickly arrived through the formation to find him.

Actually, when Shang Xia returned to the Star Beast Nest to look for Hai Yuanyuan, he was shocked. He learned that the 24th year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar had already arrived and he had been missing for 2.5 years!

When he left, it was only the latter half of the 21st year. He had been traveling for several months, and it also only took less than a month for him to drive the Spirit World Ark back. That would mean that he entered seclusion in the ruins of the Azure Parasol World for more than 2 years!

The moment Kou Chongxue arrived, he laughed, “Damn brat, you went missing for so long! If not for your clone being perfectly alright in the institution, I would have charged into the Essence Xing World to look for you!”

As soon as he spoke, his eyes widened in shock and he gasped, “Shit, your cultivation seems a little strange... Don’t tell me you managed to step into the next...”

Shang Xia smiled and explained, “I didn’t step into the Essence Xing World this time. In fact, I don’t even know where they are! However, I wasn’t too unlucky. I found a good opportunity to cultivate. Even though I have yet to reach the level of Returning to the Origin to reach the fifth tier, all I have to do is to return to the Land of Origin to complete the transformation.”

The Land of Origin Shang Xia was referring to was naturally the You Continent where he broke through.

Soon after, he spoke of his experience, including how he broke through, the situation in the Essence Xing World, the Star Pirate groups in the Chaotic Sea of Stars, and how he obtained a Spirit World fragment and a Spirit World Ark.

Even with his wealth of experience, Kou Chongxue was greatly taken aback by half the things he revealed. However, he was still fully pumped up by the time Shang Xia finished his explanation. “Good, this is great! Your breakthrough came at the perfect time. As for the Spirit World fragment... I’ll need to come up with a plan for it. It’s good you didn’t bring it back immediately...”

Shang Xia seemed to have heard the hidden meaning behind his words. After the members of the Tongyou Institution who rushed over after being summoned left, he asked, “Did anything big happen in our world when I was away?”

“Well, nothing too big. After the War of the Spirit Tinkle World, the various worlds have been recovering. Right before you left on your adventure, the Eternal Palace and Divine Capital Sect produced their first Free True Immortals. In the 2 years since then, based on some incomplete information we gathered, there were at least 4 attempts to enter the Martial Void Realm. Those only make up the numbers of those who managed to reach the last step where they would try to brand their soul into the world. No one knows how many people failed and only 1 of them succeeded in the end.”

Shang Xia raised an eyebrow and guessed, “Is he from the Northern Sea Mystic Sect?”

Kou Chongxue chuckled softly before nodding.

Shang Xia couldn’t help but gasp, “The Northern Sea Mystic Sect truly deserves its reputation as the sect with the richest history in our world. After Zhang Xuansheng came Lu Wuzi, and Zhang Jianzi broke through back then. With this...”

Kou Chongxue interrupted him before he could finish, “The new True Immortal is called Fei Xuzi. Actually, he was bestowed his name after ascending...”

“... Alright, with Fei Xuzi, the Northern Sea Mystic Sect produced 4 True Immortals! This is the true might of the actual strongest power in our Spirit Luxuriant World!” Shang Xia sighed.

In reality, before Lu Wuzi, the Northern Sea Mystic Sect produced another True Immortal. It was said that Zhang Xuansheng was behind his death, which led to Lu Wuzi leaving the sect and establishing the Ice Essence Sect. That would mean that they produced even more True Immortals!

Whatever it was, the Spirit Luxuriant World had 13 True Immortals at the moment and were starting to grow stronger.

Shang Xia couldn’t help but ask, “Those who failed probably didn’t come from the 6 great powers, right? Where did their advancement formulas come from?”

Kou Chongxue shook his head in response. “1 of them came from the Yuanchen Sect, but he failed. Of the others, 2 of them caused the World Origin Source connected to the Ji Continent to shake, while the other probably tried to advance in the Xu Continent. However, the Triple Frost Palace and Zhenyang Gate denied that their experts attempted a breakthrough.

Shang Xia snorted coldly in response.

“As for the matter of their advancement formulas... Other than the great powers who have their own, they most likely bought them from the Star Origin Dao Field. In recent years, in order to restructure the Star Origin Guards, the Star Origin Dao Field paid a lot in order to purchase a large amount of resources from the various worlds.” Kou Chongxue concluded.