Chapter 1522: Sage Yan Yu

Just as the theft of the Qinghuang Continent's source sea was exposed, Shang Xia's true body entered the Qinglan Continent beside it.

However, he kept a watchful eye on everything happening in the Qinghuang Continent.

An External Avatar at the peak of the Martial Dipper Realm had been obliterated, but in exchange, he managed to embed the copper paperweight containing his soul into the depths of the Essence Du World.

Although only 40 percent of the World Origin Source connected to the Qinghuang Continent remained, it was still an Essence World. It had much more world origin than the Stone Rod Shang Xia left in the Azure Ruling World. Moreover... The quality of world origin was also much higher.

Furthermore, with such severe effects on the Qinghuang Continent, how could Sage Yan Yu, who was compelled to intervene, simply stand by and watch them suffer from rapid loss in world origin that would cause much of the continent to collapse?

With Sage Yan Yu's direct intervention, the Qinghuang Continent, which felt as though its entire landmass was about to overturn, was immediately stabilized.

However, that was only a temporary measure. The loss of the Qinghuang Continent’s World Origin Source had long-lasting effects and Sage Yan Yu couldn’t suppress it forever.

With a gesture from Sage Yan Yu, extremely rich and dense world origin started to emerge from the West Sea Continent. It entered the World Origin Source connected to the Qinghuang Continent, quickly filling the gap. The World Origin Source increased by 10 percent in an instant, enlarging the area it could support. However, it was far from enough to support the 18,000 miles of the Qinghuang Continent.

"The deficiency in the Qinghuang Continent's World Origin Source will definitely harm our world. The 3 of you can’t go overboard!” Yan Yu's voice rang only in the ears of Qiu Zhongyuan, Zhang Zihu, and Su Mou, the three high-level True Immortals. He didn’t reveal to the rest of the world that their Elysiums were behind the theft of the Qinghuang Continent’s World Origin Source.

Qiu Zhongyuan seemed to want to argue, but Zhang Zihu, who had been most insistent on stealing world origin from the Qinghuang Continent quickly agreed. "Sage Yan Yu, you are right. To compensate for the loss in the Qinghuang Continent’s World Origin, you even drew on the world origin of your West Sea Continent. Your actions are exemplary, and you are a model for us all! Our Origin Returning Valley is willing to contribute half the world origin in our Elysium to the Qinghuang Continent.”

Sage Yan Yu’s earlier words were meant for just them, but Qiu Zhongyuan spoke aloud, allowing his voice to carry as far as possible, as if afraid that others might not hear.

As Zhang Zihu finished speaking, Qiu Zhongyuan and Su Mou caught on and followed suit, declaring that they would contribute half the world origin in their Elysium to the Qinghuang Continent.

The Qinghuang Continent which recovered 40 percent of their World Origin Source quickly grew stronger. Around two-thirds of its full capacity was restored with the infusion of world origin from the 3 Elysiums.

"You still need to save yourselves!" Sage Yan Yu’s voice again echoed to all the mid to high-level experts of the Qinghuang Continent. “I will relax the seal on your world origin source after 3 days.”

While the World Origin Source’s recovery could allow them to maintain most of their landmass, the Qinghuang Continent’s border regions would still suffer significant damage.

Although Sage Yan Yu gave Qinghuang’s warriors 3 days to prepare, it was largely symbolic and would, at best, prevent only some superficial losses.

While the members of the Qinghuang Continent were preparing for disaster, Qiu Zhongyuan, Zhang Zihu, and Su Mou gathered above the heavenly screen. This time, they weren’t alone. They bowed respectfully to a figure with his hands behind him. His appearance was also indistinct.

𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Greetings, Sage!"

The 3 high-level True Immortals were very respectful.

"You should no longer intervene in the matters of the Qinghuang Continent. Consider this chapter closed!" The figure standing with his hands behind him did not turn around. Sage Yan Yu’s voice sounded exceedingly calm.

The 3 True Immortals dared not relax and while they were inwardly relieved, they responded in unison, "We will heed the Sage's command!"

Sage Yan Yu then asked, "What's the deal with that cultivator who nearly advanced to the Martial Void Realm?”

Exchanging looks, Su Mou, the most senior among them, carefully began, "Sage Yan Yu, we do not know where they came from. However, from what we gathered, even the local experts do not know much about him. It’s like he appeared out of nowhere...”

Qiu Zhongyuan added, "After this person failed his advancement and perished, he was completely assimilated into the World Origin Source. Moreover, everything in the spiritual land where he secluded himself, including the formation, vanished after his failed attempt."

Zhang Zihu quickly added, "This person’s identity must be unusual; otherwise, our operations..."

"Ahem...” Su Mou quickly coughed, interrupting Zhang Zihu, while Qiu Zhongyuan also hurriedly tried to signal him with his eyes.

Yan Yu did not seem to care about Zhang Zihu’s slip of the tongue but asked in a straightforward way, "Who do you think would do this?"

Zhang Zihu was about to speak but Su Mou interjected, "We only have some suspicions. We are not sure. Of course, it’s entirely possible for them to be a reclusive cultivator who never appeared in public.”

Sage Yan Yu suddenly asked, "Could it be the work of the foreigner who infiltrated our world?"

The three exchanged glances again. This time, Zhang Zihu held back, allowing Qiu Zhongyuan to speak. "The Qinghuang Continent’s World Origin Source is strange. Uncovering its secrets will not be easy. A foreign expert would find it even more difficult to do so unless they already knew something was up.”

The implication was that their arrangements in the Qinhuang continent’s world origin source were undetectable, even to many true immortals in their world. How could a foreign expert who recently infiltrated discover the intricacies of the Qinghuang Continent so easily?

Su Mou also denied it while coming from another angle. "Even if that foreigner had discovered something, it still doesn’t explain why the Martial Dipper Realm expert nearly broke through. Discarding and abandoning a clone at the peak of the Martial Dipper Realm is possible, but the key is that during his advancement, many experts of the Qinghuang Continent witnessed it. His aura couldn’t be faked and he wasn’t subjected to the suppression and rejection of our World’s Will.”

After Su Mou spoke, Qiu Zhongyuan and Zhang Zihu nodded repeatedly.

If indeed a foreign expert had intervened, it was something that couldn’t be explained.

They were more inclined to believe that some other power within their world had long been plotting against them. They might even be looking at the person behind it all.

Otherwise, why would Sage Yan Yu suggest pushing the blame onto the foreign infiltrator?

If it really is the work of the foreign expert... Can you really not detect it as a Sage?!

"Of course, what the Sage says is also possible!" This time, Zhang Zihu finally spoke wisely under the watchful eyes of the other two True Immortals, "Perhaps it's the Spirit Tip World pulling strings behind the scenes!"

Qiu Zhongyuan and Su Mou finally withdrew their scrutinizing gazes.

The figure standing with his back to them did not know the numerous glances they exchanged. However, even if he knew, he probably wouldn’t care.

However, this time, Sage Yan Yu seemed to pause for a moment, letting the three high-level True Immortals gradually feel somewhat apprehensive before finally speaking calmly, "The matter of the Spirit Tip World cannot be delayed any longer; it must be resolved within 5 years!"

The True Immortals’ expressions changed as they communicated rapidly with their gazes once again.

Finally, Su Mou cautiously spoke, "Sage, 5 years isn’t a lot of time, and the Spirit Tip World is not weak. Now that they are defending their world, if we do not proceed cautiously, we might suffer a huge setback!"

Zhang Zihu quickly agreed, "Yes, Sage! This doesn’t seem like what we planned to do. Why the sudden change?”

Qiu Zhongyuan also added, "Sage, should this matter be communicated to other factions within our world?"

The figure standing with his hands behind him shifted slightly. He looked like he was about to turn around, causing the three high-level True Immortals to bow even lower.

"Sigh..." A soft sigh came again, Sage Yan Yu's voice echoing in their minds, "There are things you do not know. After 5 years, there might be major changes to the Sea of Stars. If our Essence Du World does not possess the power to protect ourselves by then, we might suffer from a major calamity.”

Alarm was evident on their faces.

This time, however, the three did not respond submissively. Su Mou immediately asked, "Sage Yan, are you referring to the re-emergence of the Heaven Observation Field?"

Qiu Zhongyuan followed up, "Could it be that even the Sage cannot protect our world?"

Zhang Zihu stammered, "This, this..."

However, Sage Yan Yu did not directly respond to the 3 this time. He composed himself and sighed, "Due to your cultivation realm, there are things you don’t know the details of. However, you need to be aware of some things... Whatever it is, we need to call for a discussion.”

...

In the Qinglan Continent, separated from the Qinghuang Continent by the Qinghe Continent, although Shang Xia successfully placed the copper paperweight into the World Origin Source of the Essence Du World, he didn’t leave immediately.

Despite being a continent away, Shang Xia could feel the strength of Sage Yan Yu when he suppressed the World Origin Source of the Qinghuang Continent. He also felt a terrifying divine soul sweeping through the continent several times.

His action was clearly unnecessary. Sage Yan Yu evidently had a deeper intent. He probably believed that the incident in the Qinghuang Continent was deliberately orchestrated. Moreover, for a Sage to pay attention to such matters meant that he believed it was related to the foreign intruder.

If Shang Xia chose to leave the Essence Du World that very moment, his tracks might be exposed and he would fall into the opponent’s schemes.

Moreover, apart from depositing the Soul Calming Vessel into the World Origin Source, Shang Xia needed to carry out another important task. That was to absorb as much world origin as possible in order to continue the deduction of his advancement formula.