Chapter 1735: Sharp Increase In Cultivation

Back in the space around the Spirit Luxuriant World...

Shang Xia had once again entered a meditative state of cultivation, only to be abruptly awakened by an unexpected occurrence.

This time, however, it wasn't because his Origin Star Avatar faced danger requiring urgent support from him. Instead, a vast amount of energy poured into his body through the connection with the 7 suns. However, before he could absorb any, they were devoured by the Crimson Soul Tablet.

Even though they were still separated by the Star Curtain, Shang Xia understood that they succeeded.

“I didn’t expect my avatar to think of using the opportunity to summon the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet to carry out a reverse transfer... And although the essence that just surged was fleeting, it definitely contained a substantial portion of the characteristics of an Essence World. It’s like the Spirit Luxuriant World that is undergoing ascension...” While Shang Xia could not directly contact his Origin Star Avatar and others, he could infer some of their experiences.

The partial qualities of an Essence World were all too familiar to Shang Xia, especially since the transformation of the Spirit Luxuriant World was always under his supervision and control.

“They were probably in a pickle because of their lack of an Ark to drag whatever they needed... Who would have thought that the world ruins came from a world that collapsed during its ascension?”

The world essence transmitted through the void continued to flow endlessly, only to be completely consumed by the Crimson Soul Tablet.

However, Shang Xia could feel that the Crimson Soul Tablet wasn’t particularly fond of the energy even though it wasn’t rejecting it. The Crimson Soul Tablet that absorbed world origin from Essence World more than once, had very high standards. World origin from Spirit Worlds with slight properties of Essence Worlds was no longer appealing.

But Shang Xia understood the intent of his Origin Star Avatar; this absorbed world essence wasn’t for the Crimson Soul Tablet to repair itself. He was using the Crimson Soul Tablet as a relay station with the ultimate goal of injecting it into the Spirit Luxuriant World to compensate for the depletion caused by its forceful ascension. Shang Xia knew that whether the Spirit Luxuriant World could complete its ascension to an Essence World was intimately linked to his own cultivation level and future martial achievements.

Just as Shang Xia prepared to infuse this absorbed world essence into the Spirit Luxuriant World, he suddenly discovered something interesting. As soon as he touched the world essence from the Spirit Lyric World, his inner qi circulation started to speed up.

Shang Xia was somewhat surprised by the phenomenon, which felt almost identical to his experience near the Essence Ping World when he tried to sense his Spirit Calming Vessel.

He hadn’t placed a Spirit Calming Vessel in the Spirit Lyric World, and since the world was destroyed, there was no way to place one even if he wanted to!

Despite his confusion, he didn’t mind trying something new after sensing the response from his dantian.

Thus, a strand of world essence from the mini Spirit Lyric World was forcefully extracted by Shang Xia into his dantian. As it nourished his Big Dipper Star Origin, he discovered that not only did his circulation of inner qi speed up, the rate at which he refined the world essence was surprisingly fast. Even his cultivation grew slightly.

The discovery delighted Shang Xia and he started to extract more world essence that flowed into the Crimson Soul Tablet.

Compared to the continuous stream of world essence, the amount he was taking was basically negligible.

After drawing enough world essence to support his cultivation, he didn’t mess around any further. He directed it into the World Origin Source of the Spirit Luxuriant World, naturally choosing the You Continent he was most familiar with to begin the infusion.

Since the amount of world essence wasn’t too significant, the World’s Will didn’t react immediately. Only as the infusion continued was the World’s Will finally moved. With the descent of the blessing of the world, Shang Xia discovered that comprehending his rank seven martial art became a little easier.

This wave of world essence infusion continued for nearly a month. By then, the 39th year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar had already started.

According to the calculations of 3 Grand Stargazers of the institution, it would be less than a year before the Star Curtain fell.

In the short month that passed, Shang Xia’s gains in cultivation were equivalent to the progress made since his advancement to the Seven Star Realm.

If Shang Xia were to inspect his dantian, he would discover that the brightest of the 7 stars was nearly half as bright as his Big Dipper Star Origin!

It was a clear indication that he was halfway to the second star of the Seven Star Realm.

Yet unbeknownst to Shang Xia, his gains were far from over. Outside the Heaven Observation Field, in the ruins of the Spirit Lyric World, an Ark they called ‘Jiuyin’, was completely filled and was returning to the Spirit Luxuriant World. The True Immortals who were sent out, along with the survivors of the Spirit Lyric World, and the various Formation Grandmasters and Stargazer were about to return.

In their month of travel, about a quarter or more of the essence of the mini Spirit Lyric World had been lost.

What others didn’t know was that most of it had been absorbed by Shang Xia’s Origin Star Avatar through the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet and transferred to his true body.

Although some losses were inevitable in the process, his Origin Star Avatar estimated that the actual loss was less than 10 percent.

With their preparations finally complete, the Star Ship and Ark didn’t set off immediately. After the situation stabilized, they rested for another month before embarking on their return journey.