Chapter 1655: External Avatar’s Explosive Increase in Strength

What was the impact of the energy sent by a Sage on a Spirit World that was ascending?

This time… Shang Xia was witnessing the benefits firsthand.

After successfully concocting the Seven Stars Spirit Setting Pill with the help of the World’s Will and consuming it, the world origin that had gathered around the You Continent started to disperse again. It started to spread to the World Origin Sources of the various continents around.

Although the 3 great Elysiums didn’t form a blockage this time, the speed of the World Origin Source’s transformation wasn’t as fast as before. The rate of world ascension was also reduced.

The process of crafting Shang Xia’s advancement medicine truly consumed a huge part of world origin in the You Continent.

Fortunately, Hou Xingfeng’s death mitigated some of the impact from the lost world origin. The energy contained in him merged into the World Origin Source of the Spirit Luxuriant World after his death.

Although Hou Xingfeng was no Sage, he was at the peak of the Martial Void Realm and had been specially cultivated by Sage Gu Yi. His foundation was extremely solid and the energy that was released upon his death was comparable to the energy either of the 3 great Elysiums contributed.

Of course… Compared to the energy left behind after the elimination of Gu Yi’s soul, Hou Xingfeng’s cultivation seemed minuscule.

After all, Sage Gu Yi was an expert in the Martial Emptiness Realm. The energy he sent over greatly surpassed the quality contained in the Spirit Luxuriant World. But that didn’t prevent the World’s Will from trying to devour it. As the energy left was assimilated into the World Origin Source, the transformation of the World Origin Source sped up once again.

When it fully merged into the World Origin Source, the speed of transformation eventually accelerated to a point where it was slightly faster than before Shang Xia crafted his advancement medicine.

However… The changes happening in the Spirit Luxuriant World at the moment paled in comparison to the transformation happening to Shang Xia.

Although Shang Xia's experience was fraught with peril, nearly losing in the battle of souls to Gu Yi, he came out on top eventually.

Thanks to his strong foundations and his special method of breakthrough into the Seven Star Realm, along with the help of the Crimson Soul Tablet, Gu Yi’s attempt to wipe away his soul backfired. Not only did he fail, but he left behind all the energy that Shang Xia benefitted from immensely.

After acquiring the soul of a Sage, Shang Xia’s transformation to the Seven Star Realm became mostly complete. He had a foot firmly placed in the Seven Star Realm and it was a matter of time before he officially entered the level.

Above Tongyou City, Shang Xia, who had been meditating with closed eyes, suddenly opened them. His gaze instantly pierced through the Star Curtain and landed on the giant eyeball that had been looking back at him from outside the gap.

The gaze from the eyeball wasn’t as calm as before. It became bloodshot as it stared back at Shang Xia. After a brief standoff, it vanished.

Shang Xia's gaze swept through the gap into the surrounding chaotic streams. Star Beast Nest No.1 had already disappeared.

Shang Xia's gaze returned to his soulless External Avatar lying at his feet.

After a brief contemplation, realizing that separating a strand of his soul would not significantly impact his ascension to the Seven Star Realm, Shang Xia brought it back to life.

Once his External Avatar received a strand of Shang Xia’s soul that was already in the midst of transformation, along with a little more inner qi, his cultivation started to surge. The limits of the fourth tier of the Six Direction Realm were quickly surpassed and he entered the level of Returning to the Origin, with combat strength comparable to a fifth tier True Immortal.

But in reality, neither the soul nor the inner qi contained in his External Avatar could be defined by the standards of a True Immortal anymore.

One thing was certain. If Shang Xia could find higher quality and more suitable spiritual materials, the future potential of his external avatar would undoubtedly be higher.

After awakening, his External Avatar started to stretch and flex in order to adjust to the changes. With the transmission of information through their souls, his External Avatar was aware of what happened. Chuckling, he spoke to his true body, “Since there’s nothing else for me to do here… I shall take my leave.”

Before his External Avatar disappeared, Shang Xia glanced in a certain direction. He looked at the border of the You Continent and muttered, “Go meet up with Instructor Ge. There should be something you need to personally deal with there.”

Understanding his true body’s intentions, Shang Xia’s External Avatar laughed. “I didn’t think that Hall Master Chu’s formation could trap a fifth tier True Immortal! From the looks of it… I really do need to personally deal with it.”

With that, his External Avatar gave him a nod before vanishing amidst the undulating ripples of the void.

After his External Avatar left, Shang Xia's expression became solemn.

Since consuming the advancement medicine, although he had thwarted Gu Yi’s schemes against him and the Spirit Luxuriant World, the actual precarious situation he and the world were facing had not changed. In fact, due to his successive activations of Spirit Calming Vessels from the different worlds during his ascension, he had repeatedly drawn the scrutiny of high-level experts from those laces.

It was especially so for the Spirit Calming Vessels he placed in the Essence Worlds. Those would soon be discovered by the Sages there.

However, it had to be said that it was precisely because of the connections between his soul and the 7 Spirit Calming Vessels that he was able to maintain his clarity when fighting Gu Yi’s soul earlier. He eventually managed to use the power of his origin stars to eliminate Gu Yi’s consciousness.

However, after Shang Xia repeatedly triggered the connection with the suns in the Big Dipper Formation, slight disturbances still appeared in all of them.

Ordinarily, such disturbances would not attract attention, but the existence of the Essence Chong World between the fourth and fifth sun housed Sage Pei, who had just become a second star Sage…

With simultaneous disturbances appearing in the suns around the Essence Chong Heavenly Field, there was no doubt Sage Pei would begin to take notice.

Thankfully, he had just advanced to the second star of the Martial Emptiness Realm. Sage Pei’s abilities were limited and he hadn’t transcended the limits of his Heavenly Field. Shang Xia didn’t need to worry about him in the short term.