Chapter 1530: Dual World Ritual

"If a world is incorporated into the Heavenly Field that was created by a stronger world, that would mean that the limit of their world would be set in stone. They would also have to relinquish their autonomy."

As Guan Ziqing put it, "If the Spirit Tip World is incorporated into the Essence Du Heavenly Field, then there will be no possibility for the Spirit Tip World to ascend to an Essence World. The experts of my world will also never be able to reach the Martial Emptiness Realm.”

"Not only that, as Sage Yan Yu gains further control over the Heavenly Field, it is possible that he could directly manipulate the world origin to feed into his Essence Du World. He can even interfere with the promotion of experts into the Martial Void Realm and he can control the number of True Immortals we have.”

"If the Essence Du Heavenly Field advances further, whether the Spirit Tip World can also progress depends on whether the Essence Du World is willing to lift these restrictions."

The same principle applied not just to the Essence Du World and the Spirit Tip World. The other Heavenly Fields worked the same.

Shang Xia made a brief stop outside the heavenly screen of the Spirit Tip World, where he had a lengthy conversation with Guan Ziqing.

Although Shang Xia was ahead of Guan Ziqing in martial cultivation, he was far behind in terms of experience and knowledge of certain past secrets.

This long conversation not only informed Shang Xia of many secrets about the Heaven Observation Sect and the Star Origin Lord from over 1,000 years ago but also deepened his understanding of the structure of Heavenly Fields and even the cultivation methods of Martial Emptiness Realm Sages.

Several days later, Xin Lu returned from the Spirit Tip World, and Shang Xia bid farewell to Guan Ziqing, who accompanied him with several high-level True Immortals from the Spirit Tip World to the edge of the stable space leading to the Heaven Observation Field.

Watching the ships from the Spirit Luxuriant World entering the chaotic streams, 2 other fifth tier True Immortals that didn’t show themselves earlier appeared beside Guan Ziqing and the other high-level True Immortals of the Spirit Tip World.

"How is it, any significant moves from the Essence Du World?" Guan Ziqing, knowing who had arrived, asked without turning around.

One of the newly arrived fifth tier True Immortals, a middle-aged martial artist with an elegant appearance, replied, "There has been no further action. It seems that Sage Yan Yu's appearance was indeed just a whim of his own. The other powers from Essence Du World did not follow his lead."

Guan Ziqing nodded. "True Immortal Cai, thank you for your efforts. It would be best if they didn’t move out!"

Another True Immortal, True Immortal Kuai, also reported, "The Dual World Ritual has been range tested and the results are even better than we expected. That Stargazer named Xin Lu is probably someone extraordinary who received the true inheritance.”

Guan Ziqing mumbled, "Ever since the Heaven Observation Sect was besieged by various forces in the sea of stars, their inheritance has become fragmented, with possibly only the Heaven Observation Field retaining a relatively complete inheritance. In any case, we owe a debt of gratitude because of this."

Guan Ziqing's position and prestige in the Spirit Tip World were evidently very high. Even though True Immortal Cai and True Immortal Kuai were both fifth tier True Immortals and had a lot more potential, they always maintained the respect of a junior in front of him.

"By the way, how much closer has our world been pulled towards Essence Du World due to Sage Yan Yu's visit this time?" Guan Ziqing suddenly asked.

True Immortal Kuai answered, "According to the results from the Dual World Ritual, the impact of Sage Yan Yu's arrival this time is almost negligible."

"Amazing!" Guan Ziqing sighed lightly, then said, "This time, I almost misjudged; True Immortal Shang is clearly much more formidable than I anticipated. This is the first time in over 100 years that we managed to gain an upper hand in an exchange with the Essence Du World."

True Immortal Cai, who had not met Shang Xia before, couldn’t help but ask after hearing such high praise from Guan Ziqing, "Is he really as strong as you say?"

For the first time, Guan Ziqing turned to look at him. He wore a serious look and growled, "Remember this, if this person passes through our world again in the future, you must only make friends with him, and never offend him lightly!"

Pausing for some time, Guan Ziqing eventually sighed, "Of course, it's more likely that when he arrives around our Spirit Tip World again... He might already be a Sage.”

...

Guided by Grand Stargazer Xin Lu, the Star Ships from the Spirit Luxuriant World passed through the chaotic streams and headed straight for the gap in the Star Curtain.

As they were traveling, Song Zhen and Xin Lu went to look for Shang Xia.

"Uh, I've revealed some things when helping the Spirit Tip World... They might be able to guess that I have already become a Grand Stargazer.” Xin Lu, having traveled in the Chaotic Sea of Stars for so long, was well aware of the importance of keeping the true extent of her stargazing skills hidden.

Shang Xia, who was carving out a small Talisman Seal that was 5 inches wide, paused and started to nourish it with his Six Direction Qi. Turning to look at her in shock, he asked, “You were never one who liked to show off... What did the members of the Spirit Tip World invite you to do?"

Xin Lu replied, "They asked me to perform precise measurements of the distance between Essence Du World and the Spirit Tip World with a complex and large-scale array system they constructed. They also turned it into a system that could be activated anytime.”

"Measurements?" Song Zhen frowned at the side.

"Yes," Xin Lu continued, "According to True Immortal Kuai, who oversees the formation system, the distance between Essence Du World and the Spirit Tip World is actually shrinking, and what they wanted me to do was to allow them to monitor the distance between the two worlds at any time using the formation system. They call the setup the Dual World Ritual which makes it sound a little more mystical...”

Before Shang Xia could respond, Song Zhen asked, "Besides measuring the distance between Essence Du World and the Spirit Tip World, does their Dual World Ritual have any other functions?"

Xin Lu shook her head. "I only have a rudimentary understanding of formations. Such a large and precise system is beyond my comprehension. However, because it involves the art of stargazing, I was able to sense that the experts of the Spirit Tip World would be able to use the formation system to resist the pull from the Essence Du World, especially during Sage Yan Yu's attacks. Massive amounts of world origin would be drawn into it and manipulated and I think Guan Ziqing was able to resist Sage Yan Yu because of it.”

Song Zhen commented, "Did they really come up with such an impressive formation system on their own?"

At this, Shang Xia put down the half-finished Talisman Seal he was working on and pondered out loud, "Guan Ziqing once told me that they invited you over because they wanted to find an ancient ruins..."

Xin Lu raised an eyebrow in surprise. "True Immortal Kuai didn't mention anything about the ruins to me, although he did mention that there would be further use for the Dual World Ritual once it was completed. However, he didn’t bring it up again.”

Shang Xia found it somewhat strange.

However, Song Zhen seemed to have figured something out. "It might be related to your sudden arrival from the Essence Du World."

After saying this, Song Zhen briefly explained how they had come to the Spirit Tip World first to avoid revealing Shang Xia's whereabouts, only mentioning that someone from their world would come from Heaven Observation Field to meet them.

"The other party probably believed it at first and thought of using Young Lady Xin to find that Ruins, but then, not only did you come from the Essence Du World, but you also demonstrated the power to confront Sage Yan Yu. Hey, if I were them, I would also be wary of your presence. Guan Ziqing can fight against a Sage with the support of his world, but if they really found the ruins, they might not be able to keep it safe with us breathing down their necks. They obviously prefer to delay the exploration of the ruins rather than have you involved."

Shang Xia shrugged indifferently. "It's only natural."

Song Zhen was clearly somewhat annoyed to let the matters of the ruins go and he mumbled, "Considering that a sixth tier True Immortal like Guan Ziqing would like to explore it... It has to be an extraordinary ruins! Lord, what do you think...”

Shang Xia smiled, "Let's drop it, we don't have the time or energy, at least not for now."

After Song Zhen and Xin Lu left, Shang Xia's attention quickly returned to the half-finished Talisman Seal in his hands.

The talisman was made from a fragment of an Elysium Boundary Marker.

Shang Xia’s Impaled Stone might be large, but it had nearly been used up because of the various experiments by Shang Xia over the years.

The piece in Shang Xia's hands came from the Elysium that used to be occupied by the Vine King in the Azure Ruling World.

That Elysium was very likely established by the owner of the Twin Star Pirates’ inheritance. In order to hasten the ascension of the world, the Vine King sacrificed the Elysium.

The Ying brothers later entered the ruins of Elysium to pick up the fragments of the 3 Holy Artifacts scattered within. The piece he was holding was one of the best preserved pieces.

Shang Xia's research on talismans had never stopped, but after successfully creating a rank four Talisman Seal, he hit a bottleneck. He hadn’t been able to craft a rank five Talisman Seal even after so many years.

Shang Xia gradually realized after long experiments and contemplation that rank five Talisman Seals were different from the rest. The quality needed to be comparable to Divine Artifacts.

An important feature of a Divine Artifact was an artifact spirit!

The rank five Talisman Seals Shang Xia tried to carve did not possess any spirituality. Even when he forcibly stamped the seal onto the talisman paper with his own inner qi, the talisman paper would simply explode. Any rare survivors wouldn’t possess the might of a rank five talisman either. They were basically meaningless scribbles.

Creating a Talisman Seal with a spirituality was an extremely difficult and uncertain task.

At least in recent years, as Shang Xia's own cultivation level soared, he never successfully made one.

He never knew anything about helping a Divine Artifact birthing an artifact spirit until he obtained the inheritance of his Spirit Calming Vessel in his Seven Star Realm advancement formula. He realized it was possible for him to work in that direction.

Although the Spirit Calming Vessels would be immersed in the World Origin Source of different worlds after he sealed his soul within, once his advancement to the Seven Stars Realm was successful, those Spirit Calming Vessels might not be irretrievable. They might even undergo some unexpected transformations due to the elevation of his cultivation level.

The only thing that slightly disappointed Shang Xia was that during his stay outside the heavenly screen of the Spirit Tip World, he clearly sensed that it might not be possible to place the Spirit Calming Vessels into the World Origin Source of the Spirit Tip World.

The reason was the same as the Spirit Frost World. It was considered to be in the same Heavenly Field as the other world.

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

The Spirit Frost World was too close to the Azure Ruling World where his Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar was. The Spirit Tip World was too close to the Essence Du World he had plotted against.

Thankfully for him, the Talisman Seal in his hand wasn’t completed. Otherwise, he might have had to stay in the Spirit Tip World for a few more days.

As Shang Xia was contemplating which world would be appropriate to place his next Spirit Calming Vessel, Song Zhen came looking for him again. He yelled with excitement, “Lord, we arrived in the gap of the Star Curtain!”