Chapter 1623: A Sage's Scheme

After escaping the entanglement of the sixth tier True Immortal and the other high-level True Immortals of the Spirit Light World to hesitate, thus losing their last chance to encircle him together, Shang Xia seized the moment to flee deeply into the void.

Seeing their actions, the sixth tier True Immortal immediately rebuked, "What are you hesitating for? Do you think you can solve any problem by refusing to chase him?"

The faces of the 3 high-level True Immortals of the Spirit Light World instantly showed a mix of realization, annoyance, astonishment, and desolation. However, they eventually decided to continue cooperating with the sixth tier True Immortal to pursue Shang Xia.

With the roar of the sixth tier True Immortal earlier, the high-level True immortals of the Spirit Light World reached an understanding. They had long since become a part of the Essence Chong Heavenly Field. The infusion of the Sage’s soul into their World Origin Source was no longer important. They didn’t have room for resistance and no matter what they liked to believe, they were driven by the will of the Essence Chong World.

They were taken aback by Shang Xia’s appearance and might have found his words hard to believe, causing them to lose the initiative to hunt him down, but with the sixth tier True Immortal giving them orders, if they refused to give chase, it would be clear they were fools unwilling to give in to their circumstances.

Unfortunately… They wouldn’t be able to catch up due to their initial failure.

If all 3 high-level True Immortals weren’t caught off guard in the beginning, they might be able to catch up to the foreign expert who had been suppressed by the World’s Will. However, since Shang Xia left the range of the World’s Will, catching up would be completely impossible.

Even so, the sixth tier True Immortal led the way. With the 3 of them following closely behind, they kept up the chase.

They couldn’t hide their movements from Shang Xia, and the first thing he thought of wasn’t how they were overestimating themselves by chasing him. Instead, a chill ran down his spine.

Why would the other party give chase despite knowing it was impossible to catch up to a sixth tier True Immortal?

That could only be because there was someone out there waiting to intercept him!

𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

As for who would be confident of obstructing him despite the strength he had shown…

Shang Xia couldn’t think of anyone else who could stop him other than the Sage from the Essence Chong World!

After he thought about it, Shang Xia started to gather the Six Direction Qi in his body as he started to communicate with the Crimson Soul Tablet. He prepared to summon its projection at any second.

As the buffer zone between himself and the chaotic streams grew closer, Shang Xia stopped abruptly even though he had been rushing at top speed.

A seemingly ordinary figure had already appeared in the void ahead, watching Shang Xia with indifferent eyes as he approached.

However, Shang Xia's halt was not because he was surprised that the suspected Sage was standing in his way. Instead, it was because he was starting to store his energy for the decisive strike!

Seeing his strange stance, the Sage finally felt something was amiss.

Shang Xia didn’t hesitate to summon the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet and he poured all his energy and focused completely on swinging it at the unassuming figure!

“You damn rat, how dare you!” The figure, who was suspected to be a Martial Emptiness Realm Sage, could no longer maintain his indifferent demeanor as the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet. More crucially, he discovered that the person wielding the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet wielded strange power that was unlike other True Immortals.

Realizing that he might have underestimated his opponent, the Sage was surprised but wasn’t too worried. He didn’t believe that a mere True Immortal from a foreign land could get the better of him.

“Shame… My soul mark on the World Origin Source of the Spirit Light World had been wiped away. Otherwise, I might be able to draw even more power from the Spirit Light World!”

A thought flashed through the Sage’s mind, but he didn’t remain idle. A double pronged spear appeared in his hand before stabbing into the void, striking accurately at the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet.

The strike that had condensed all of Shang Xia's inner qi and concentration deflated like a balloon that had been popped. The projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet became blurry as it started to scatter.

Shang Xia’s heart sank, but he didn’t hesitate. The more critical the situation, the more he knew he had to remain calm.

Shang Xia withdrew his inner qi to leave behind a trace of energy to run as he poured the world origin he absorbed from the Spirit Light World into the Crimson Soul Tablet.

At the same time, he started to retreat rapidly. He narrowly avoided the encirclement of the high-level True Immortals before making a detour around the Sage as he charged at the chaotic streams.

Under normal circumstances, the Sage only needed to block casually to intercept Shang Xia and force him into the trap laid by the sixth tier and 3 other high-level True Immortals of the Spirit Light World.

However, to the surprise of the True Immortals, the Sage didn’t extend his hand to stop the fleeing expert. In fact, he seemed to be stuck in a strange state as he stood completely still in place. His ordinarily perfect aura became distorted and the void tens of thousands of miles around started to surge with terrifying might, striking fear into the hearts of the True Immortals.

What the hell happened?!

Is the strange foreign expert really a True Immortal?!

With their hearts pounding in fear, the high-level True Immortals of the Spirit Light World weren’t the only ones who hesitated. Even the sixth tier True Immortal didn’t chase after Shang Xia immediately.

Just like that, a Sage and 4 high-level True Immortals watched as Shang Xia’s figure gradually distorted as he crossed the buffer zone until he completely disappeared into the chaotic streams.

Glancing at each other, the high-level True Immortals didn’t dare to say a word. All of them subconsciously kept their distance from the location of the Sage.

Not long after, a sound like a whale drawing water resounded through the void. The chaotic aura around the Sage was swiftly reined in, returning to the seamless state it had been initially.

The high-level True Immortals still hesitated to approach. Only after some time did the sixth tier True Immortal reluctantly take the lead to approach the Sage of his world.

“Come over here.” The calm voice clearly resonated in everyone’s ears. “I just completed the transition to a second star Sage with the help of the Spirit Light World Origin Source. I was in a critical period of stabilizing my cultivation but unexpectedly, a thief from the outside took advantage of the situation and used the world origin of the Spirit Light World to attack me. I nearly lost control of the Origin Star in my dantian and almost fell back to a first star.”

The Sage explained the cause of his momentary lapse, revealing his vulnerabilities in cultivation and even stating outright that he had left his mark in the Spirit Light World specially to advance to the second star of the Martial Emptiness Realm. In fact, he even succeeded.

Whether it was the sixth tier True Immortal or those from the Spirit Light World, none dared to make a move under the indifferent gaze of the Sage.

After some time, the sixth tier True Immortal finally mumbled, “Sage Pei Yuanji is the foundation of our Essence Hong Heavenly Field. Please take care of yourself and ensuring your safety is the most important thing. As for that foreign clown, he’s hardly a concern…”

“Heh, that person is not so simple.” Pei Yuanji chuckled, interrupting the sixth tier True Immortal before he continued, “However… If he thinks he can retreat from the Heavenly Field unscathed, he has another thing coming. How can it be that easy to take advantage of me like this? Speaking of which, I need to thank him. The reversal of world origin was dangerous, but he managed to allow me to consolidate my foundations and condense my second Origin Star.”

The sixth tier True Immortal looked up at Pei Yuanji in surprise, but from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a figure abruptly splitting off from Pei Yuanji’s true body before rushing into the chaotic streams.