Chapter 1608: Faceoff, Departure

After Hai Yuanyuan successfully broke out of the encirclement, she headed towards the location she sensed.

Having grasped her martial intent at the very last snd, howuld she not know that everything was thanks to Shang Xia'svert protection?

Her newly perfected Five Element Movement Art, now even more exquisite, allowed her to traverse nearly half thentinent in no time. It didn’t take long before she sensed Shang Xia’s aura.

The next snd, she stopped suddenly and her expression turned solemn as she stared into the distant void.

On the edge of antinent in the Essence Ping World, Shang Xia stood with his hands behind his back atop a snowy cliff, facing a familiar figure.

"I never thought that the young lady who would find the World Origin Source would turn out to be your junior, True Immortal Shang!” True Immortal Xiong Xin looked at the person blocking his way, his heart filled with resignation, having not expected to eunter Shang Xia under such circumstances.

Shang Xia smiled. "I didn’t expect it to be True Immortal Xiong either! Why is the Essence Ping World so quiet nowadays? How can you run around so happily? Do you really not have anything else to do?"

Hearing the implication in Shang Xia’s words, Xiong Xin revealed a wry smile. "No matter how peaceful it looks, there might be a massive undercurrent flowing. Since you’re interested, why not head to the edge of thentinent to watch it for yourself?”

Shang Xia chuckled in response. "Alright, since I’veme all the way here, I shouldn’t waste my trip. Watching the clash of the World’s Will and the Star Origin Lord’s soul should be interesting. Anyway... What did my junior do for all of you to form such a grand lineup to capture a Martial Dipper Realm expert? Even you showed up...”

Xiong Xin stared at Shang Xia for a good snd. Seeing the honest look on Shang Xia’s face that indicated he really didn’t know anything, he sighed, “Your successor is truly extraordinary. She not only dares to infiltrate my Spirit Abundance World, but she even dared to sneak into the Essence Ping World under our noses. She was even fortunate enough to arrive at the edge of the World Origin Source after arriving. She was hunted down by tens of Martial Extermination Realm and Martial Dipper Realm cultivators of my world but escaped anyway. Even with 2 True Immortals taking part, she managed to evade them for long enough. Only when we sent out hundreds of people and multiple Formation Grandmasters did we manage to trap her. We didn’t think that we would actually catch your attention...” Xiong Xinuldn’t help but chuckle bitterly after he spoke.

Shang Xia frowned slightly upon hearing this, "The World Origin Source? Is your world really going to make such a huge fuss because she found it? Don’t you know how to look for it yourself?”

Xiong Xin raised an eyebrow in shock. "Just the World Origin Source?! Do you not know how difficult finding the World Origin Source of a foreign world is?! Especially that of an Essence World... Wait... Wait a moment! What do you mean?! Do you really know how to quickly locate the World Origin Source?”

As Xiong Xin spoke, he ignored Shang Xia’s slightly stiff expression and hentinued to mutter to himself, "That’s it! No wonder the Spirit Luxuriant World has grown so rapidly. If such a technique exists, it would certainly allow for the maximum retention andntrol of the world originnquests of other worlds. It’s no wonder they managed to reach their level in less than 100 years!”

Shang Xia initially felt he might have misspoken and gave the other side free intelligence, but after hearing Xiong Xin’snjectures, he decided to remain silent. It was the best response.

Noting Shang Xia’s silence, Xiong Xin,nvinced of his own guess, stared at him eagerly, "True Immortal Shang..."

Shang Xia’s gaze shifted and he quickly mumbled, "True Immortal Xiong, my junior has arrived. Let’s leave it at that for today."

With that, Shang Xia turned to leave but was unexpectedly blocked by Xiong Xin. "True Immortal Shang, please wait!"

Shang Xia frowned at the person in front of him, his aura sweeping forward like a tsunami. In ald voice, he growled, "True Immortal Xiong, what’s the meaning of this?”

Xiong Xin earnestly said, "Please don't misunderstand, I have no intention of troubling you. The location of the World Origin Source is very important for our world. Can you please tell us where it is and help us to look for thennection to the World Origin Source in the otherntinents? In exchange, I am willing to facilitateoperation between my Spirit Abundance World and your Spirit Luxuriant World tontrol thentinents in the south of the Essence Ping World together. How about that?”

Shang Xia sneered, disregarding Xiong Xin’s emotions, and spoke bluntly. "Forgive me, but how much influence do you still hold in your world?”

Xiong Xin’s face turned extremely sour.

The scenario where Xiong Xin was isolated by the various powers of the Spirit Abundance World, including his very own faction, the Dajun Dynasty, was still fresh in their minds.

Xiong Xin spoke of fosteringoperation between them, which was clearly something he didn’t have authority over. Moreover, given how the Spirit Abundance World had been plotting for hundreds of years... It was unlikely they’d willingly share with Shang Xia.

Shang Xia was more inclined to believe that Xiong Xin was stalling, waiting for the high-level True Immortals of the Spirit Abundance World to gather before forcing him, a lone True Immortal, to help them. In fact... They might even have intentions of silencing him.

Shang Xia decided not to engage in any more pointless talk, "If True Immortal Xiong truly wishes tooperate with me world you can discuss it with Patriarch Kou. I have never been bothered with these matters. However, ifoperation is to proceed, then the access to and from the Essence Ping World shouldn’t bentrolled by you. It should at least be jointly managed. After all... No one wants their route of retreat to bentrolled by others.”

Without waiting for Xiong Xin’s response, Shang Xia rushed past him and headed towards Hai Yuanyuan, who was waiting nearby.

Xiong Xin remained still, not showing any hostility even as Shang Xia turned his back.

Watching from afar, Hai Yuanyuan was initially worried by the clash of formidable auras but soon saw Shang Xia flying towards her.

Her face brightened as she moved to greet him, but as she began to speak, Shang Xia growled, "Say nothing, let’s go!"

Startled, Hai Yuanyuanuldn’t help but gasp, "Do you still have a Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman?”

"What do you need it for? Use the martial intent you’ve just mastered!"

As Shang Xia spoke, he placed his hand on Hai Yuanyuan’s shoulder and antinuous stream of energy flowed into her body and seamlessly integrated with her dantian.

Hai Yuanyuan immediately felt her aura greatly enhanced, then looked up towards the heavenly screen of the Essence Ping World.

In an instant, a dazzling fivelored whirlpool painted the surrounding void, and when the light dissipated, they vanished.

Shortly after Shang Xia and Hai Yuanyuan left, several figures abruptly appeared around Xiong Xin.

The leading expert, Cang Xuangao swept his divine soul around before frowning to growl at Xiong Xin, "Where are they?!"