Chapter 1728: Winner Takes All, Bitch!

As the final victor, naturally, the winner takes all, reaping all the remaining fruits of victory from the ruins of the Spirit Lyric World.

However, Song Zhen's remarks instilled a sense of regret among those present.

Their expedition to the Spirit Lyric World was conducted on a Star Ship, capable of carrying a significant amount of material resources. Still, it could not compare to the arks specifically designed to carry world fragments.

Shang Xia’s Origin Star Avatar couldn’t help but chuckle wryly. "We don't even know what we'll end up harvesting, and we're already worried about not being able to take it back?"

Song Zhen laughed along with the others, but added, "Sage Shang, you might not know, but in our previous explorations, we've nearly filled half the space in the Star Ship. If our haul is too large, we'll have to abandon some less valuable materials."

Initially, the Tongyou Institution was not concerned about excessive gains; they could have stored part of the materials in the Spirit Tip World since they were allies.

However, now that Guan Ziqing had returned defeated at the hands of Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar, the alliance between both worlds had already fractured. The treasures they planned to leave in the Spirit Tip World to be retrieved another time had to be hauled back.

Before Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar could respond, Youshang spoke up. "It's probably not feasible. The ark is too large a target, and with our world currently under the watchful eyes of many beings, bringing it out would definitely attract the attention of other Sages interested in the Heaven Observation Field."

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar nodded, agreeing with Youshang’s analysis.

With a frown on her face, Hai Yuanyuan suddenly asked, "Teacher, why would True Immortal Guan of the Spirit Tip World make such a choice? To so easily betray an ally... Isn't he afraid of our retaliation?"

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar revealed a meaningful smile. "Perhaps from True Immortal Guan's perspective, allying with Jiu Yin was a shortcut to maximizing the Spirit Tip World's benefits."

Hai Yuanyuan raised an eyebrow curiously, "What benefits?"

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar patiently explained, "Perhaps to revive the Spirit Lyric World, so that Jiu Yin no longer needs to cling to life; to elevate the status of the Spirit Tip World, allowing True Immortal Guan to escape his fatal situation."

"How is that possible?" Hai Yuanyuan, experiencing the world ascension process of their Spirit Luxuriant World firsthand, knew the difficulty and immediately shook her head.

Zhu Nang, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up. "It might not be impossible, like integrating the Spirit Tip World with the ruins of Spirit Lyric World, allowing the Spirit Tip World to absorb and merge with the residual World’s Will of the Spirit Lyric World. Since the Spirit Lyric World collapsed at the final moment of ascending, perhaps its last essence could also induce a transformation in the Spirit Tip World. At the same time, Jiu Yin could regain his Martial Emptiness Realm status by leveraging the merging of both worlds, and True Immortal Guan might even recover to his peak state by facilitating the ascension of the Spirit Tip World. Not only would he save his life, but he might also be able to step into the Martial Emptiness Realm.”

Hai Yuanyuan was momentarily stunned before turning to Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar. "Is that even possible?"

Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar smiled. "Don't forget, our Spirit Luxuriant World was formed by merging 2 Azure Worlds. Today, the Spirit Abundance World is attempting something similar by absorbing the World’s Will of the Essence Ping World.”

"All this guessing is quite vexing. Since we're the only ones left here, why not go and take a look ourselves?" Chu Jia, unapologetically interrupting everyone's discussion, reached out, grabbed Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar, and headed for the Star Ship.

Among everyone from the Tongyou Institution, perhaps only Chu Jia would be able to act so brazenly. Even Hai Yuanyuan didn’t dare to be so reckless and grab her teacher.

While much of the Spirit Lyric World ruins were obliterated, everything that remained, along with the formations that protected them, were significantly weakened during the clash of the Sages.

The ensuing exploration was made much easier.

In fact, aboard the Star Ship were Grand Stargazer Xin Lu, the rank six Formation Grandmaster Chu Jia, and Hai Yuanyuan, who could move through formations unimpeded with her mastery of her Five Element Movement Art, along with Shang Xia’s Origin Star Avatar. They were pretty much unstoppable in the ruin even before its destruction with such an extravagant lineup, much less now that it was greatly weakened.

As they traveled through the ruins, uncovering remnant formations wherever they went, they quickly filled up the other half of the Star Ship’s storage.

Moreover, everyone on board made full use of their personal spatial artifacts, filling them with valuable smaller treasures.

Although their finds were valuable by any standard, almost none caught the eye of Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar. There wasn’t a single treasure like the Void Lotus in his chest.

In fact, the finds along the way that impressed Song Zhen, Hai Yuanyuan, and others were few and far between.

In contrast, the 20 or so elite institution’s cultivators on board were jubilant, frequently cheering at their finds, all energized by the adventure.

Throughout the process, Shang Xia's Origin Star Avatar spent most of his time in meditation. His body was bathed in starlight where his Origin Star Robe refined its power to replenish the avatar’s inner qi.

Even though Shang Xia had the last laugh, he nearly drained his true body of inner qi. Shang Xia was no longer able to support his Origin Star Avatar for the time being and his avatar had to recover by himself. It was a process of low efficiency but necessary replenishment.

As for Shang Xia... He managed to increase the efficiency of restoration of his inner qi from the conversion of energy through his Big Dipper Star Origin. Of course, the greatest gain from the battle was the condensation of Star Fire.

It was an essence fused from the origin lights of the 7 suns.

At the start, Shang Xia thought that it should be called the True Sun Flame, but the tiny fire didn’t burn as ferociously as the sun. It possessed a gentleness more akin to starlight under the night sky.

However, no one should underestimate the tiny flame. It had the ability to burn everything!

Yan Yu's descendant had his inner qi consumed by the Star Fire, and had he not reacted quickly, his vessel and even his soul might have been extinguished.

Now, he finally had another means to confront other Sages.

As they navigated through the ruins, the Star Ship came to a halt again and Shang Xia’s Origin Star Avatar slowly opened his eyes.

Song Zhen entered his cabin the next moment and muttered, "Sage Shang, we've reached the core region of the Spirit Lyric World ruins. It's best if you come and see for yourself!"