Chapter 1453: Mutual Destruction

Shang Xia had already prepared to run away the moment things went wrong.

As such, he had been observing his surroundings while absorbing world origin through the Crimson Soul Tablet. He was also holding the Six Direction Teleportation Talisman in his other hand, ready to activate it the moment he smelled trouble.

He didn’t think that he would be able to remain hidden for so long. He was even starting to suspect that the Sages had already discovered his presence and was letting him run free intentionally and absorb the world origin before stepping in at the very last moment.

He soon dispelled his worries. With the status of the Sages, they could do whatever they wanted. They didn’t need him to do their dirty work for them.

With the restoration of the Crimson Soul Tablet, his connection with the treasure strengthened. He was able to gain a blurry feeling from it that no one had noticed his presence.

He continued to absorb world origin without any worries.

Speaking of which, he found something strange. At the speed he was absorbing world origin, he should have already emptied the World Origin Source connected to a continent in a Spirit World!

One had to know that when he infiltrated the Essence Xing World and stole world origin from the Tong Continent back then, he managed to absorb a third of the World Origin Source connected to it.

Because of the trouble he caused back then, he basically poked a hole in the heavens. The Qi Dynasty Emperor, who had been keeping a low profile, exposed his cultivation to be at the grand completion stage of the Martial Void Realm. Many Holy Lands and Elysiums were also dragged into the chaos.

The Tong Continent back then had a size of 18,000 miles, and its foundations could be considered average among the continents of the Essence Xing World.

He was absorbing the world origin from all 3 dynasties at once, and he found it hard to believe no one had noticed he took so much!

Even with the flow of Qi Jing’s energy returning to the world, Shang Xia knew that he absorbed too much. He might not have been discovered, but he felt like stopping already.

The only thing was that he hadn’t received Gong Zhuo’s transmission, which could only mean that the battle outside the Qi Dynasty Dao Field wasn’t over. There was even a possibility the conflict might grow even further. Otherwise, there shouldn't be no news from Gong Zhuo, a fifth tier True Immortal.

Shang Xia also felt that it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to leave without bidding Gong Zhuo goodbye at the very least.

As he continued to absorb world origin, the Crimson Soul Tablet slowed down greatly compared to the time he just started. However, the energy that was provided to him after refinement by the tablet didn’t weaken by much.

Shang Xia, who had just broken through to become a sixth tier True Immortal not too long ago, experienced yet another leap in cultivation in the short time he was in the Essence Xing World. In fact, he wasn’t too far away from the large completion stage of the Six Direction Realm.

Because of the sheer amount of world origin the Crimson Soul Tablet absorbed, which surpassed what could be contained in the World Origin Source connected to any continent, the energy that was provided to Shang Xia wouldn’t stop anytime soon. He estimated that it would continue for at least a year.

That was also why he felt that it was time to stop.

2 more days passed and he still failed to receive a transmission from Gong Zhuo. He was too afraid to absorb any more world origin and had already stopped.

That was because even though the fluctuations were intense, Shang Xia could tell that the World Origin Source was about to regain its original calm.

He might not know the reason, but he forced himself to stop allowing the Crimson Soul Tablet to absorb more energy in case he caused some sort of irregular change that he didn’t want to happen.

Before he could figure out what was happening, he detected a massive blast with his divine soul. Even though there was no sound produced, he seemed to experience a massive impact that caused him to fall into a trance.

The Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter he had practiced for many years showed its value at that moment. With his strengthened soul, he discovered that something was wrong and forced himself to snap awake instantly.

“That’s not Seventh Order energy. There’s no way a Sage made a move. Could that be some sort of martial intent that affected my soul?” Shang Xia frowned. The thought flashed in his mind the moment he was awake, but he quickly discovered the energy around him being sapped dry as they were drawn to the northeast! It moved towards the Chen Dynasty!

For something like that to happen, Shang Xia knew that it had something to do with an ascension process.

The heavens and earth shifted, as a mighty tornado that connected the heavens and earth appeared in the northeastern direction. The tornado wasn’t just made up of water and wind. It was created by a region of collapsing space!

“It is a rank six martial intent...!” Shang Xia gasped as a light flashed in his eyes. He looked excited to observe what was happening.

He was at least 3 continents away from where the Qi Dynasty was located at the moment. There was a distance of tens of thousands of miles between them and it’s not something he could see clearly easily. Ordinary people wouldn’t be able to see what was happening either, but Shang Xia managed to catch a glimpse of what was happening with his divine soul.

Beneath the tornado, space wasn’t just shattering. It was as though some sort of world barrier was being twisted as dense world essence poured out from within, destroying the spatial tornado that was created earlier.

This... Did they just fuck each other over?