Chapter 1531: Returning to the Spirit Luxuriant World

With lots of experience crossing the Star Curtain, Shang Xia and Song Zhen moved with practiced ease.

What made everyone on board even more eager was that during the crossing, Shang Xia would summon the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet to absorb the essence of the Heavenly Field.

Although the process was brief, it was a rare feast of enlightenment for all the cultivators on the Star Ships.

Shang Xia did not disappoint everyone, especially now that summoning the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet had become much easier for him, and his control over it had improved greatly.

Using the flow of the spatial streams, the Star Ships quickly returned to the chaotic streams around the Heaven Observation Field.

This time, however, Shang Xia did not circle around the chaotic streams to hide their tracks. He chose to travel straight back to the Spirit Luxuriant World, passing through the Azure Hai World in the process.

Shortly after their large-scale Star Ship and the Spirit Ark entered the void, several mid and small-scale Star Ships responsible for patrolling approached from different directions. Shang Xia also sensed another Star Ship hidden in the distant void, likely ready to rapidly return and call for help in case anything happened.

There were some still differences between the control the Spirit Luxuriant World had over the void around their world and the Spirit Tip World, but from the last time he was back, there had been considerable progress.

Given that there were no direct threats from more advanced worlds at the moment, the speedy response was enough for them to handle the majority of forces in the Heaven Observation Field.

Naturally, Shang Xia’s presence wasn’t needed to deal with them. Song Zhen and Xin Lu quickly identified themselves.

Although the patrolling ships had verified their identities and even though there were experts of the Tongyou Institution among them, they didn’t dare to let them pass easily. 2 large-scale Star Ships entering the space around their world was a major event and a True Immortal from the Spirit Luxuriant World quickly rushed over.

As soon as he arrived, the True Immortal revealed a look of joy. Even though he was still nearly 1,000 miles away, his voice already crossed the void and reached the ships.

“True Immortal Shang, are you finally back?!”

In the distant void, a middle-aged cultivator with white, flowing sleeves, and no beard rapidly closed the distance between himself and the Star Ships.

“Huh? True Immortal Lu Bailu from the Jianmen Institution?” Shang Xia appeared on the deck and looked at the approaching figure with wide eyes.

The middle-aged cultivator soon approached. After seeing Shang Xia, he bowed with a smile. “Indeed. It's been years since we last met. I heard True Immortal Shang went to the sea of stars outside our Heaven Observation Field. Has your journey been smooth?”

Shang Xia looked at the noticeably plumper figure of the patriarch of the Jianmen Institution and laughed, “Thanks to your blessings, there were no major incidents. But Patriarch Lu, you’ve changed quite a bit, almost didn’t recognize you.”

Lu Bailu laughed, “After advancing to the Martial Void Realm, I indeed have been quite lax these past few years. I gained quite a bit of weight and embarrassed myself in front of all of you...”

During their cordial exchange, other True Immortals from the Spirit Luxuriant World arrived. Yifan of the Eternal Palace and Fei Xuzi of the Northern Sea Mystic Sect rushed over after hearing the news. They had already become second tier True Immortals and were considered pillars of the Spirit Luxuriant World.

Seeing Shang Xia, all three appeared energized. The return of the strongest expert in their world greatly enhanced their security.

Of course, another reason might be the worrying situation among the major worlds in the Heaven Observation Field. Shang Xia’s return could directly change the unfavorable situation the Spirit Luxuriant World was facing.

Thus, after their greetings, although Shang Xia could still learn about recent events from the institution after returning to the You Continent, he still asked the 3, “How has our Spirit Luxuriant World been in recent years? Also, what about our Heaven Observation Field?”

By the time he returned, it was already in the latter half of the 34th year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar.

The True Immortals exchanged glances, and Yifan, the oldest among them, spoke, “Our world is still pretty stable. Right now, with the Spirit Luxuriant Hall coordinating the various powers within our world and with the birth of another True Immortal, we are doing quite alright. However, the person who advanced wasn’t from any powerful faction. Instead, she’s a wandering cultivator.”

“A wandering cultivator?” Shang Xia asked with some surprise.

His tone wasn’t out of any prejudice towards wandering cultivators, among whom there were certainly exceptional talents. However, after he reached his current cultivation, he knew how difficult it was for wandering cultivators to cultivate.

Nurturing any expert required resources, support, inheritances, and might. Otherwise, even with something as heaven-defying as the Crimson Soul Tablet, it would be impossible to cultivate to his current level without a couple hundred years of accumulation.

The others nodded in agreement.

Yifan explained, “It must have been during the campaign against the Yuhai Sect when she obtained a great opportunity from the remnants of the destroyed Elysium of the Spirit Dawn World. She somehow managed to find a way to brand her soul in the world through the Sha Continent.

Shang Xia asked, “Has this person joined the Spirit Luxuriant Hall?”

Fei Xuzi replied, “Of course she has. She’s very active. We didn’t keep the situation in the Heaven Observation Field a secret to high-level experts and she definitely understands the stakes involved.”

Shang Xia nodded. “That’s good. Compared to the Spirit Mammoth World and Spirit Abundance World... Even the Spirit Thistle World. We’re hundreds of years behind. Having another True Immortal means that we grew a little stronger.” Pausing slightly, Shang Xia added, “Is she the only new True Immortal?”

The 3 of them stared at him with peculiar expressions.

Producing a new True Immortal in 2 years... How is that still too slow?

Shang Xia then asked again, “What about those who grew stronger in recent years?”

Glancing at each other, Lu Bailu eventually spoke for the rest, “Yifan, Jiu Jing, Fei Xuzi, and True Immortal Ge of your Tongyou Institution have already reached the second tier. True Immortal Li from the Divine Capital Sect has also entered the third tier. Patriarch Kou managed to reach the level of Returning to the Origin and become a fifth tier True Immortal, becoming a peak-level expert in our Heaven Observation Field.”

Grunting once, Shang Xia didn’t show any emotions. However, he still felt disappointed.

When he left, their advancements were already certain.