Chapter 1756: Rapidly Increasing Strength of the Essence Luxuriant World Pt.2

Although the ascension process had been forcibly initiated by Shang Xia from the very beginning and its stages exhausted the potential of their world, under the tireless effort of the Tongyou Institution and Shang Xia, they managed to succeed.

First came the integration of world fragments, followed by world essence from outside the Heaven Observation Field. Finally, Shang Xia, along with his Origin Star Avatar, and Kou Chongxue, who drew on the power of the Elysium Grand Formation, destroyed 4 clones in total from the very first battle when they just started the world ascension to when the Jiuyin Ark returned, supplementing the foundation of the world.

When the world essence of the Spirit Lyric World was fully integrated, there was still some leftover energy to allow them to continue the expansion of their continents.

Other than the You Continent that reached a size of 20,000 miles, the Northern Sea Continent closed in on 18,000 miles. The Jiao Continent surpassed 15,000 miles while the Bing Continent closed in on 15,000 miles.

The other continents that had reached the bare minimum standard of 10,000 miles expanded to 12,000 to 13,000 miles in size.

Continents with stronger foundations like the Yong Continent, Yu Continent, Jing Continent, and Yu Continents reached around 15,000 miles in size.

Even the newly added Yin and Yue Continents managed to ride the momentum of the world ascension, not only successfully connecting to the World Origin Source but also expanding by roughly 1,000 miles each.

Beyond those visible changes in continental size, World Origin Source, and the heavenly screen, the most noticeable effect of the Essence Luxuriant World’s birth was the collective breakthrough for most cultivators.

Aside from the lower-level cultivators, nearly everyone in the Martial Extermination Realm and higher experienced a sharp increase in cultivation.

As the only Sage in the Essence Luxuriant World, Shang Xia’s soul could sweep across the entire world.

Almost the second the World’s Will transmitted its new name, Shang Xia sensed wave after wave of breakthroughs. It wasn’t just minor improvements. There were many experts stepping into the next cultivation level.

Almost every day, there would be multiple Martial Dipper Realm experts appearing.

Of course, there were also many who failed to condense their fate dippers. Many people died during their failed attempts.

Nevertheless, compared to the past, the success rate was considerably higher.

Similarly, many experts at the peak of the Martial Dipper Realm attempted breakthroughs to the Martial Void Realm.

While fewer in number, those advancements happened at many times the frequency as seen in the previous years.

By Shang Xia’s count, in the first day after the world ascension, at least 5 people attempted a breakthrough to the Martial Void Realm.

Naturally, becoming a True Immortal wasn’t something that could be achieved overnight. It would take some time for them to know the final outcome.

Still, every few days or weeks, Shang Xia sensed new attempts to anchor their soul in the World Origin Source, joining the wave of breakthroughs to the Martial Void Realm.

The difficulty of reaching the Marital Void Realm was obviously much higher than reaching the Martial Dipper Realm.

Even with the blessing of the World’s Will from the world ascension, becoming a True Immortal was far from guaranteed.

Previously, those who had reached the peak of the Martial Dipper Realm but knew that they lacked the foundation would never dare to attempt a breakthrough unless forced by their ending lifespan. Many of them even gave up entirely.

However... Everyone cast aside their hesitations as they were inspired by the world ascension and the flood of world origin.

All of them understood that it would be the best chance... Or only chance they would get to become a True Immortal!

Anyone with unresolved ambition would take the chance to make their move. If they missed it, they might never find the courage to challenge the Martial Void Realm again.

For that reason, this surge in attempts to enter the Martial Void Realm didn’t actually yield a very high success rate. If they took into account those who entered the Martial Void Realm in the past, the success rate might be much lower than before.

Among those joining the tide of breakthroughs to the next level were Shang Xia’s grandfather, Shang Bo, and his granduncle, Shang Ke!

Unfortunately, Shang Ke had long neglected his cultivation due to his focus on the Shang Clan. His martial will wasn’t strong enough, and neither was his soul. He failed to enter the Martial Dipper Realm, and his vitality ran out.

Shang Bo, too, had little hope of reaching the Martial Void Realm. He declined the institution’s previous plans to gather resources to assist him. However, with the world ascension that happened in under 40 years, and a dire lack of high-level experts in their world, Shang Bo, the grandfather of the strongest expert in the Essence Luxuriant World, drew renewed hope.

With Shang Xia’s careful guidance, Shang Bo successfully anchored his soul in the World Origin Source located in the Ji Continent, becoming the 7th True Immortal of the Tongyou Institution. He was the first to complete the breakthrough after the world ascension.

Both Shang Bo and Hai Yuanyuan had their souls anchored in the Ji Continent. But at the very end, Shang Xia noticed that his grandfather’s success was a close call. Had he not personally forced the Ji Continent’s World Origin Source to calm down through the manipulation of the World’s Will, Shang Bo would have failed at the very end.

Anyway, before Shang Bo’s success, 4 new True Immortals had been born in the Essence Luxuriant World.

Among them, only 1 came from the Heavenly Star Palace in the Yi Continent. The other 3 weren’t from major factions. 2 were even believed to be wandering cultivators.

More True Immortals were expected to appear in the near future, although in limited numbers.

Even with Shang Xia’s prior warning to the institution that the number of souls a continent could support was limited, even the Elysiums and powerful Holy Lands didn’t rush for the breakthrough wave.

At the very least, the experts of the institution were preparing carefully before making any attempt. The most notable figures in the institution who were doing so were CHu Jia, Tian Mengzi, Yan Ming, and Ren Huan.

Beyond the rush of breakthroughs, the existing True Immortals of the Essence Luxuriant World also grew a lot stronger.

𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Although the higher one’s cultivation, the harder it was to progress, high-level cultivators had played a more active role during the ascension process and received a greater blessing from the World’s Will.

First tier True Immortals like Dou Zhong, Lu Bailu, Lu Xueji, and Zhang Jianzi reached the second tier. That was also because the first 3 were Free True Immortals. As an Elysium True Immortal, Zhang Jianzi was said to be close to reaching the third tier.

Meanwhile, former second tier Elysium True Immortal Liu Jingsheng, and Ge Qingzhu reached the third tier. Second tier Free True Immortal Yifan, Fei Xuzi, and Sun Haiwei also reached the third tier.