Chapter 1710: Maybe Not?

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar had not expected to hear such a secret from Guan Ziqing, nor had he expected him to reveal such a secret so casually.

One had to know that the Spirit Luxuriant World was currently in a crucial period of ascension to an Essence World, a situation that seemed to mirror the Spirit Lyric World before it collapsed.

Guan Ziqing was undoubtedly aware of this, and thus he would also understand that Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar's presence in the Spirit Luxuriant World was surely aimed at the ruins.

However, once Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar, a Sage, got involved, along with Chu Jia, a rank six Formation Grandmaster, along with Grand Stargazers like Xin Lu and the Five Element Movement Art expert Hai Yuanyuan took part, the exploration of the ruins of the Spirit Lyric World would likely advance significantly.

Consequently, the Spirit Luxuriant World’s gains would increase drastically.

Since the gains there were limited, the more the Spirit Luxuriant World gained, the less the Spirit Luxuriant World would get...

Moreover, the situation that Spirit Tip World was facing was not simple. With Sage Yan Yu and the Essence Du World aggressively encroaching on them, even though the Spirit Tip World and the Spirit Luxuriant World were allies, Shang Xia wouldn’t be able to help them all the time to stop Yan Yu.

If he did... It would no longer be called an alliance. It would be more like protection instead.

If the protection continued for a long period, the status between the worlds would inevitably change, with the Spirit Tip World effectively becoming subordinate to the Spirit Luxuriant World.

Given such an outcome, why would Spirit Tip World continue to pay such a heavy price to resist the invasion of the Essence Du World?

What difference would it make if they joined the Essence Du World if they were going to be integrated into another Heavenly Field anyway?

Although Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar remained expressionless, his mind raced with countless thoughts.

"True Immortal Guan, how is the current state of the ruins? How far have your people explored it now?" After much thought, Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar shifted the topic, asking about the current progress of Spirit Tip World's exploration.

Guan Ziqing just shook his head with a bitter smile. "It's embarrassing to say! Originally, our world discovered the Spirit Lyric World ruins earlier than yours, started exploration earlier, was better prepared, closer in distance, and committed more personnel. However, our depth of exploration into the ruins is only slightly ahead of the few True Immortals your world sent...”

"Now with Sage Shang’s clone and the assistance of Grandmaster Chu... I fear it won't be long before your exploration progress surpasses ours."

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar was actually not interested in that aspect, but as soon as Guan Ziqing finished speaking, he suddenly asked, "Regarding the excavation of the ruins outside the Spirit Lyric World, besides us, are there other powers involved?"

Guan Ziqing looked deeply at Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar and sighed, "I fear the matter of the Spirit Lyric World can no longer be kept secret. Sage Yan Yu's frantic assaults on our world these past 2 years are probably because he has sensed something."

He then looked at Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar and continued, "As Sage Shang knows, our world has been entangled with the Essence Du World for hundreds of years, and the degree of mutual infiltration between us is very deep. It's not easy to keep the secret of the Spirit Lyric World ruins."

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar nodded instinctively; he had personally witnessed the extent of Spirit Tip World's infiltration by the Essence Du World.

In their centuries-long confrontation with the Essence Du World, the Spirit Tip World had always been at a disadvantage.

If the Spirit Tip World could already form such a huge intelligence network in the Essence Du World... There was no way the degree of the Essence Du World’s infiltration would be weaker.

It was not until then that Guan Ziqing revealed part of his true intention. "Sage Shang, the reason I told you this is so you can be prepared. The moment Sage Yan Yu locates the ruins of the Spirit Lyric World, he could very well bypass my Spirit Tip World and use it to push himself to the second star of the Martial Emptiness Realm. Moreover... Him discovering the Spirit Lyric World is only a matter of time."

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar did not stay outside the Spirit Tip World's heavenly screen for long before he bid farewell to Guan Ziqing and headed for the ruins of the Spirit Lyric World.

On the way, Chu Jia, who had been silent during their conversation, finally could not help but growl, "What was that old man from Spirit Tip World's purpose in saying all that? No matter how I look at it, he seems like he’s up to no good!”

Shang Xia smiled and said, "The Spirit Tip World certainly has their schemes, and so does Guan Ziqing. However, as long as there’s room for cooperation between us, they won’t break off all pretense and let things get ugly between us.”

Chu Jia was taken aback and said, "Who does he think he is?!"

Shang Xia shook his head and mumbled softly, "How would they reveal their trump cards to me? But since the Spirit Tip World is unwilling to be a vassal of the Essence Du World, they also cannot accept a change in the status of mutual assistance among allies. Fortunately, our Spirit Luxuriant World is located within the Heaven Observation Field, and the Star Curtain should maintain the equilibrium for now. Unfortunately for him, my appearance spells the end of any luck he plans to rely on.”

Chu Jia snorted in discontent, "No matter what, your arrival this time relieved the Spirit Tip World from certain trouble, and I heard that you also helped them repel Sage Yan Yu last time as well! They’re going too far by scheming against you!"

Shang Xia just smiled wryly in response. "Everyone has their own stance, and it's often hard for words to represent personal thoughts; don't worry too much about it!"

Chu Jia coldly huffed, "What do I have to worry about? You should be careful! That old man said that the infiltration between his world and the Essence Du World is very deep and the ruins of the Spirit Lyric World might soon be exposed. With your arrival... That old man might even give up that information to the Essence Du World voluntarily!”

Shang Xia chuckled in response, "You're right, it probably won't be long before people from the Essence Du World appear around the ruins of the Spirit Lyric World."

After leaving the Spirit Tip World, they soon arrived in a dangerous region of the void filled with asteroids of various sizes flying everywhere. Space was fragile, and there were almost imperceptible spatial distortions, faults, and vortexes all over the place.

While navigating, there were even parts where Shang Xia’s Origin Star Avatar, an expert with the strength of a Sage, found challenging.

"How did Xin Lu and the others ever get through here?" Chu Jia carefully followed behind Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar. Of course, she ran into no danger at all. It might be difficult for Shang Xia’s Origin Star Avatar, but they were never in any real danger. He neutralized everything before it could pose a threat.

"We might be approaching the ruins of the Spirit Lyric World!" Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar suddenly spoke up.

Chu Jia peeked her head out from behind him and asked, "How do you know?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Jia suddenly felt as if her inner qi was being suppressed by an invisible force. She found it difficult to circulate her inner qi, causing her combat strength to drop significantly.

Moreover, the surrounding void seemed to come alive, expressing some kind of repulsion toward her.

"Is this... Is this a suppression from the World’s Will?” Chu Jia couldn't help but exclaim, "Could it be that the Spirit Lyric World's Will hasn’t depleted?”