Chapter 1747: 1 Wave, 1 Clone

Before the Star Ship and the Jiuyin Ark entered the Star Curtain, Shang Xia had already communicated with Huang Jinghan, Sun Haiwei, and the other Free True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World. To prevent any accidents, he informed them to gather a batch of elite cultivators to quietly bring the institution’s Spirit Ark into the chaotic streams.

Thanks to the cooperation between the Grand Stargazers of the institution and those of the Heavenly Star Palace, there was no chance of the Ark ever getting lost. In fact, they easily located the Jiuyin Ark.

By then, Kou Chongxue and others had already formulated a strategy with Shang Xia through his Origin Star Avatar. After the ships regrouped, they began to act according to the plan. Kou Chongxue entered the institution’s Spirit Ark to personally take charge. He would be responsible for bringing it out of the chaotic streams right after the Star Ship, serving as a real decoy to divert the attention of the Sages.

Their tactic proved extremely effective. They instantly drew the attention of 3 Sages.

However... Their move also allowed them to understand that the situation they were facing was much more dangerous than they anticipated.

Because the number of Sages from outside the Star Curtain paying attention to what was happening there was more than what Shang Xia and the rest anticipated. After all, Gu Yi of the Essence Hong World, Sage Jin who was supporting the Spirit Abundance World, and Zhuo Gudao hadn’t even appeared! Even the Star Origin Lord’s clone had yet to show himself.

...

In terms of cultivation and personal combat strength, Kou Chongxue was far above Guan Ziqing of the Spirit Tip World.

At the same time, the Spirit Luxuriant World that was in the process of ascension was also far above the Spirit Tip World in terms of the energy it could provide.

When those 2 factors combined, Kou Chongxue's strength not only instantly surpassed the threshold of the Martial Emptiness Realm, but it even reached a pretty high standard even in the first star.

It was known that Guan Ziqing, while stationed in Spirit Tip World and benefiting from the support of his World’s Will, could hold back Yan Yu, a Sage at the peak of the first star. He had been doing it for hundreds of years!

Now, bolstered by the energy of his world and the help of the World’s Will, Kou Chongxue's horrifying sword qi shattered the void. It slashed at the clones of the 3 surrounding Sages. His sword intent that had the ability to harm their soul, scared them off and they didn’t dare to meet it head-on.

The next second, the other Ark was discovered. Well... It wasn’t as though those outside the Star Curtain were stupid...

"There's another one! This isn’t good, it’s also an Ark!"

"Why is there another one? Weren't there supposed to be only 2 ships? The Spirit Luxuriant World only has 1 Star Ship and 1 Ark...”

"No, this is another Ark. The Spirit Luxuriant World’s Spirit Ark never left the Heaven Observation Field!”

This realization not only alarmed the Sages outside the Star Curtain who were still watching, but those who were about to surround the Ark with Kou Chongxue.

Sage Yuan Ping who just arrived also stopped to watch what was happening.

𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

However, how could Kou Chongxue, who was already ready to fight, let the 3 of them leave to surround the other Ark, risking the loss of the mini Spirit Lyric World?

Kou Chongxue leaped out of the ark he was on. The sword intent that was sweeping recklessly around transformed into a rain of sword qi, sealing the space tens of thousands of miles around him. Alone, he stopped all 3 clones in his sword domain.

Such audacity!

Merely borrowing external power to possess combat strength in the Martial Emptiness Realm, yet daring to face 3 Sages alone... Who do you think you are?

Yet, in the next moments, the expected scene where the clones tore through the sword domain didn’t happen. The rain of sword qi trapped them firmly in place.

At the same time, the Spirit Ark Kou Chongxue had been controlling, though battered by the aftermath of the battle, stubbornly sailed out of Kou Chongxue's sword domain, wobbling toward the Spirit Luxuriant World’s heavenly screen.

And just as Kou Chongxue's sword domain intercepted the Sages, the Jiuyin Ark also accelerated to its maximum speed.

But under such circumstances, the actions of those Sages to prevent the Spirit Luxuriant World's ascension were even faster!

Sage Yuan Ping, who had been a step late, ironically became the first to appear in the path of the Jiuyin Ark.

Meanwhile, from various directions in the deep void, those Sages started to move again. They were ready to enter the fray, confident that the Spirit Luxuriant World could not have another Ark to muddle the waters even more.

Just as Sage Jin from the Spirit Abundance World moved, Sage Gu Yi’s blood desccendant, Zhuo Gudao, and a Star Origin Lord’s clone who clearly possessed a lot more consciousness, arrived. However, as soon as they appeared, boundless starlight fell on the Jiuyin Ark and the stars deep in the void started to twinkle with brilliant radiance.

The next moment, another Sage who was clad in the Origin Star Robe, bearing great resemblance to Shang Xia, stepped out from the Jiuyin Ark while holding a mace-like weapon. Without hesitation, he swung it at Sage Yuan Ping.

"Peak of the first star?!”

"Is that a Holy Artifact?”

"Incredible, he actually reached the peak of the first star!”

"Sage Yuan Ping is finished!”

Voices of shock and schadenfreude rang in the void.

How could Sage Yuan Ping imagine she would be so unlucky for her opponent to immediately burst forth with the strength of a Sage? Much less at the peak of the first star.

Since Sage Yuan Ping only sent a clone over, she only had the strength of an initial first star Sage and lacked any sort of defensive or offensive artifacts.

Her fate was pretty much sealed.

Despite doing her utmost to respond to Shang Xia’s Origin Star Avatar’s strike, a sea of duckweed filled the void around her clone. It started to turn into a powerful shield to protect her, but under the horrifying might of the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet, her hastily constructed defenses crumbled in an instant. Her clone was destroyed along with it!

In the battle to prevent the Spirit Luxuriant World's integration with the mini Spirit Lyric World, Sage Yuan Ping, who had just entered the fray, was taken out instantly. She was disqualified from the battle, becoming the first Sage-level expert to fall.

With her death, those inside and outside the Star Curtain were shocked by the sudden change in the situation.