Chapter 1645: Transformation and Blockade

From the very start, Shang Xia had been pushing the world ascension process and hadn’t started his breakthrough to the Seven Star Realm.

Compared to his personal cultivation, the transformation of the world would take a much longer time.

Also... In the advancement formula produced by the Crimson Soul Tablet, Shang Xia needed to wait for the world to become an Essence World before starting the breakthrough.

Strictly speaking, Shang Xia should only start his ascent after the transformation was complete.

However, he had clear intentions on initiating his breakthrough process in the midst of the Spirit Luxuriant World’s transformation, which was a highly risky move.

Because of that, Shang Xia didn’t see a need to rush his breakthrough. He planned to only do so after the ascension process of the Spirit Luxuriant World was fully on track. That would allow him to maximize the power of the world ascension and receive the full support from the Spirit Luxuriant World’s Will.

Although Shang Xia was eager to accelerate the transformation... He didn’t expect it to happen so swiftly even if they made enough preparations.

Everything happened when he injected a strand of world origin from an Essence World into the World Origin Source of the You Continent. He only planned to see if he could slightly accelerate the transformation of the filled World Origin Source, and he didn’t actually expect it to work.

However, the result greatly exceeded his expectations. After strands of world origin from different Essence Worlds fused into the World Origin Source, they quickly formed a unique power that started to spread to the various continents.

After his initial surprise, Shang Xia soon realized that everything seemed too easy and suspicious.

As such... He activated the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet to retrieve the fused world origin from the Essence Worlds before analyzing it properly.

Soon... he discovered a strangely familiar aura within the fused world origin. It felt like something he had felt before in the Essence Ping World.

More precisely... It was the same feeling as when he refined the world origin in the southern continents of the Essence Ping World that was controlled by the native World’s Will. Even though it didn’t feel exactly the same, it felt as though they came from the same place.

He had a feeling that if the Spirit Luxuriant World completed its transformation and was drawn to the Essence Ping World... Both worlds would be able to fuse together in a seamless integration process.

The realization made Shang Xia break out in a cold sweat.

The world origin that he infused into the World Origin Source came from the Essence Xing World, Essence Du World, and Essence Ping World. World origin from the Essence Ping World came from continents controlled by both the Star Origin Lord and the World’s Will. Even so, it felt too similar to that of the Essence Ping World.

Was there some sort of strange arrangement from the very start?

Who’s the person behind it?

Is the Star Origin Lord trying to do something?

Even though the Star Origin Lord was the strongest of all the Sages Shang Xia had encountered, to think that he was behind the assimilation of the Spirit Luxuriant World was hard to believe.

If the Star Origin Lord was truly capable of something like that, why would he be trapped in the Essence Ping World, attacked by forces both inside and outside the Heaven Observation Field?

Yet... If the Star Origin Lord wasn’t capable of doing it while being at the peak of the Martial Emptiness Realm... Could it possibly be the world of existences beyond the Seventh Order?!

That would mean that experts in the Eighth Heaven was behind what was going on.

Shang Xia didn’t even know what the realm was called, much less the extent the power they wielded.

Moreover... Why was the similar world origin only between the Spirit Luxuriant World and the Essence Ping World?

Shang Xia clearly didn’t believe in such coincidences; he preferred to suspect that perhaps every world in the Heaven Observation Field shared the same source as the Essence Ping World.

If that were indeed the case, the implications would be terrifying.

Thinking back to the Spirit Abundance World that actively drew world origin from the Essence Ping World in an attempt to ascend, many questions appeared in Shang Xia’s mind.

If they actually succeeded, the resulting Essence World would be even closer to the Essence Ping World. When they get infinitely close, their worlds would merge.

Given that the Essence Ping World was hidden in the void around the Spirit Abundance World, the moment the Spirit Abundance World completed their ascension, both worlds were bound to be attracted to each other given that they shared the same origin.

With that, the most important question arose. Was the Star Origin Lord aware of it?

Shang Xia felt that it was highly likely the Star Origin Lord did. After all, even a junior like Shang Xia who had yet to enter the Martial Emptiness Realm was able to discover the irregularities. As a Sage at the peak of his realm and had controlled the Star Origin Dao Field for close to 1,000 years, how could the Star Origin Lord not notice?

If he knew about the complications... That would mean that things were even more serious than they appeared.

Was the World’s Will really still in control of the southern continents? Or was the Star Origin Lord intentionally allowing it to maintain control? He might be truly unable to overpower the World’s Will at the moment, but it was possible he had already laid down his schemes and planned to turn the situation into something he could take advantage of in the future.

If that was the case, the Spirit Abundance World would truly be in danger. All their carefully laid out plans might just end up benefiting the Star Origin Lord.

When Shang Xia was still shocked by the state of the transformation, he felt abnormal yet powerful fluctuations coming from the World Origin Sources connected to the other continents.

The transformation of the World Origin Sources connected to the other continents around the You Continent suddenly faced resistance! Extending his divine soul, Shang Xia quickly discovered what had happened. The resistance was forming a blockade around the You Continent and their surrounding continents, effectively limiting the transformation of the World Origin Source to the You Continent, Bing Continent, Liao Continent, and Ji Continents.

By the time he located the source of the resistance, he discovered that it mainly came from the Northern Sea Continent, Yong Continent, and Yu Continent. They were the territories of the Northern Sea Mystic Sect, Eternal Palace, and Divine Capital Sect.

Naturally, there were several Holy Lands also resisting the transformation both secretly and openly, but compared to the 3 great Elysiums, their efforts were insignificant.

It was then that Shang Xia understood the true extent of the 3 great Elysiums’ foundations.

He also knew that the True Immortals controlling the 3 great Elysiums hadn’t violated the oath they made outside the Spirit Luxuriant Hall as they were indeed using the energy contained in their Elysiums to nourish the World Origin Source.

The only thing they were doing was to manipulate the direction of the world origin they were supplying. They poured it into the World Origin Source connected to the continents around the You Continent, forming a scene that blocked the World Origin Source’s transformation from spreading to the rest of the world.

The state was not sustainable, and this type of resistive blockade would only deepen the transformation level of the World Origin Source connected to the 5 continents, the moment they completed the transformation and the world origin reached the other continents, the entire world would transform even faster.

However... They had to admit that at least in the short term, the 3 Elysiums had limited the World Origin Source’s transformation to the 5 continents.