Chapter 1790: Essence Luxuriant Era

Strictly speaking, not only had the 40th year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar already passed, but it had also nearly been a full year since the Essence Luxuriant World came into being. Kou Chongxue’s so-called start of the Essence Luxuriant Era was only a month or two away from becoming history. The second year was already arriving.

Yet in just the brief span of over a year, the Essence Luxuriant World had gone through a series of monumental events. They ascended to an Essence World, the Star Curtain that protected the Heaven Observation Field fell, and they successfully established the Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field.

Now, their Heavenly Field not only had 2 Sages to hold the fort, but Shang Xia’s cultivation had also skyrocketed. He reached the peak of the third star of the Seven Star Realm and stood at the entrance of becoming a mid stage Sage.

The benefits of the world ascension hadn’t ended when another wave of blessing from the World’s Will came again with the formation of their Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that, in the past few thousand years across the sea of stars and the surrounding Heavenly Fields, no world managed to do what the Essence Luxuriant World did. The cultivators of the Essence Luxuriant World received benefits no one would be able to replicate. In just under a century, they had witnessed the transition of an ordinary Azure World to an Essence World, before immediately forming their Heavenly Field.

The repeated blessing of the world on a single generation of cultivators allowed them to benefit greatly. It went a long way in fixing the problem of their lack of high-level experts and weak foundations.

At the very least, with the opportunities brought by the completion of the Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field, several True Immortals were sure to emerge. Additionally, many True Immortals experienced a surge in cultivation. Even if no one broke through immediately, they laid solid foundations for their future cultivation.

Actually, before the Azure Qing World became the Spirit Qing World, Shang Xia had already issued a directive to the various sects that they should prioritize stabilizing their foundations instead of pursuing rapid progress. The results showed that most had really heeded his warning.

That said, many cultivators who knew what they were doing also realized this need for caution without Shang Xia’s reminder.

As for Kou Chongxue... Having just completed his breakthrough, he still needed time in seclusion to consolidate his cultivation and become familiar with the transformations brought about by entering the Martial Emptiness Realm.

That might be the case, but Shang Xia was already impatient to head out to mess around. He had been kept in the Essence Luxuriant World for too long.

Given the current situation, even if he left in full view of the various Heavenly Fields, it was unlikely anyone like Gu Yi would dare to confront him again.

With the Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field in place, their advantage would only grow more apparent over time. Even if Kou Chongxue had just broken through, the Sages of the other Heavenly Fields wouldn’t dare to barge into their space easily.

"So, what do you plan to do once you leave?" Kou Chongxue asked upon hearing Shang Xia’s intentions.

Shang Xia thought for a moment and replied, "I plan to visit the Spirit Abundance World first. I keep getting the sense that the relationship between the 3 worlds there is extremely delicate. Especially since the Star Origin Lord clearly has plans for the Essence Ping World. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have allowed Sage Jin and Zhuo Gudao to strip away 5 continents without so much as a reaction, or at least not as passively as it appeared."

Kou Chongxue considered for a moment before he muttered, "Then be cautious. Don’t venture into the Essence Ping World lightly. With its original World’s Will gone, it has effectively become the Star Origin Lord’s territory."

Shang Xia nodded. "I know. The Star Origin Lord is certainly more than he appears. Otherwise, Zhuo Gudao and Sage Jin wouldn’t tread so carefully around him."

Before Kou Chongxue could respond, Shang Xia added, "After I get the answers I want from the Spirit Abundance World, I’ll travel through the original territory of the Heaven Observation Field to identify the coordinates of each Heavenly Field that infiltrated.”

Kou Chongxue gave an approving nod.

"And then, I’ll make a trip to the Spirit Tip World. Some things need to be settled."

Kou Chongxue chuckled. "I thought you’d hit the Essence Xing World before running over to mess with the Essence Ming World...”

Shang Xia broke out laughing. "To be honest, I was surprised the Essence Ming World and Essence Xing World joined forces. But now that they know you became a Sage, they’ll be expecting me. I won’t be surprised if their Sages are already lying in wait for me.”

They then discussed the future progress of the Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field and outlined some long term strategies. They also exchanged pointers on cultivating as a Sage, sharing experiences and difficulties. While both of them benefited, Kou Chongxue clearly gained more from Shang Xia’s experience.

Time quickly passed and the second year of the Essence Luxuriant Calendar arrived.

The Essence Luxuriant World’s fleet continued its exploration around the original Heaven Observation Field and returned with a Barbaric World, 3 Earth Stars with life and acceptable resources, and several floating continents. All of them were capable of supporting life.

While their finds were far from enough to forge a new Spirit World, they would nonetheless serve as valuable reserves for the Heavenly Field’s future expansion.

It was especially considering that the Essence Luxuriant World and the newly ascended Spirit Qing World were still vast and underpopulated. Much of their wilderness remained undeveloped, serving as breeding grounds and hunting fields for spiritual beasts.

During Shang Xia’s tenure guarding the Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field, he had already sensed 3 or 4 spiritual beasts breaking through to the sixth rank. One of them was actually the Lightning Bird that had maintained a good relationship with the institution. Also, there were at least 5 rank five Mutated Rain Swallows among them.