Chapter 1803: DOWN BITCH Pt.2

"These 10 continents from the Spirit Tip World... Do you think they can become a standalone Spirit World?”

After finishing his exchange with Kou Chongxue, Shang Xia’s first priority was to determine the true value of the world fragment.

"I'm afraid not. However, it should be able to remain as an Azure World." Chu Jia, being one of the key participants in the splitting, severing, and final towing of the world fragment, had an assessment that was essentially conclusive.

Although the result was slightly disappointing to Shang Xia, he was merely trying his luck in the first place.

"A standard Azure World only requires 12 continents that are 3,000 miles wide. To reach a state of perfection, they need 18 continents that are 5,000 miles wide. Once they reach that level, they will be able to ascend to become a Spirit World. Of these 10 continents that we obtained, 6 of them are 10,000 miles wide. The others are 6,000 to 8,000 miles wide. In order to forcefully remain at the level of the Spirit World, we don’t have enough landmass. At the same time, we need to construct a proper heavenly screen... It will require too much world origin that the fragment doesn’t have.” Chu Jia quickly broke down the situation of the world fragment. She was clearly very familiar with the state of the fragment they carved out.

Helpless, Shang Xia could only sigh, "So for now, we can only maintain them as an Azure World? What about the floating continents, Earth Stars, and the other Barbaric Worlds we gathered across the Heaven Observation Field? Can’t we use them?”

"Those will take time to integrate. And judging by the current foundation of these ten continents, we can at most reconfigure a 16 continent Azure World. Even then... It’s not really realistic.” Chu Jia explained.

"Why not?" Shang Xia frowned. "Is it due to the lack of world origin?"

After all... The 10 continents Kou Chongxue sliced off were the more barren ones. Though they made up 40 percent of the landmass, they had less than 35 percent of the World Origin Source. Moreover, after the split, vast amounts of world origin was lost to the void. Although the experts of the Essence Luxuriant World acted swiftly to preserve the rest of it, less than 30 percent of the World Origin Source remained. It was clearly not enough to support a Spirit World.

"The shortage of world origin is the root cause, but it’s not the only one." Chu Jia’s answer surprised Shang Xia further. "As I mentioned earlier, since these continents were split from the Spirit Tip World, reconstructing a new world requires rebuilding the heavenly screen, opening up the void, and reorganizing the chaotic streams. All of which consume the foundations of the continents.”

"On top of that, there are 2 Elysiums and 5 Holy Lands on the World Fragment. With the Spirit Tip World's division now irreversible, most native cultivators, led by those 7 great factions, chose to submit. But they also hope to safeguard their sect's interests, especially the secret regions realms that are the core of their heritage." Chu Jia sighed, "It’s almost certain that this world fragment will end up as an Azure World. The Elysiums will need their continents to remain largely intact to preserve their Elysium and the 5 Holy Lands also hope to control a continent each.”

"As such, even forming a complete Azure World will leave us with at most 13 or 14 continents...”

"Once we return to our Heavenly Field and integrate a few Earth Stars or floating continents, we might be able to scrape together a few more continents. Still... That would leave at least 4 to 6 continents short of reaching a state of perfection. There’s still a long road ahead before we can attempt an ascension."

Chu Jia's explanation left no room for ambiguity; every part of the world fragment’s future was already neatly planned.

Shang Xia opened his mouth slightly but didn’t say more about the matter. Instead, he asked, "What about those native forces?"

This time, it was Huang Jinghan who answered him. Among the True Immortals of the fleet, Gao Qin, Huang Jinghan, and Song Zhen had been tasked with subduing the native experts. Huang Jinghan took the lead and if it was necessary, he would have exterminated any sect that showed signs of fierce resistance.

However, once the world had been split, the 2 Elysium-level powers were ironically the first to surrender. With Kou Chongxue, a Sage, personally present, they had subdued the native cultivators across all 10 continents without bloodshed.

"The two Elysiums have 4 True Immortals. Their Elysium True Immortals are of the second and third tier respectively, and their Free True Immortals are second tier True Immortals. Additionally, there are 2 True Immortals among their Holy Lands. Both of them are first tier True Immortals, but one of them just broke through and the other is at the peak of the first tier. That makes a total of 6 True Immortals.”

Shang Xia was somewhat surprised. "I thought the Spirit Tip World had over 20 True Immortals? Even after Guan Ziqing’s fall, there should have been 4 or 5 high-level True Immortals... I didn’t expect these 10 continents to be so lacking. There are only 6 True Immortals among them, and not a single one is a high-level True Immortal!”

Huang Jinghan coughed awkwardly. "Well, there was actually 1 high-level True Immortal. But he took part in the attempt to suppress you, and he’s probably homeless now...”

“Oh?!” Shang Xia gasped once before asking, “Who is it?”

"He’s called Li Zheng, a newly promoted fourth tier True Immortal of the Qulin Sect, one of the 2 Elysiums. Supposedly, he's an acquaintance of yours. They have a second tier True Immortal and a second tier Elysium True Immortal now. The other Elysium is the Shangyuan Sect, and they have a third tier Elysium True Immortal and a second tier True Immortal.” Huang Jinghan muttered.

Shang Xia laughed. "What a coincidence. But I doubt Li Zheng will be able to catch up now. Neither the other Spirit Tip World cultivators nor those from the Essence Du World will let him leave.”

Song Zhen suddenly spoke up. "This man may become our pawn in the future, but now’s not the time to contact him. Who knows how many eyes are watching him right now?"

Song Zhen’s words reminded Shang Xia of something. He turned to Gao Qin and the other True Immortals who had entered the Spirit Tip World earlier and asked, "When the power of the Heavenly Field fluctuated earlier, did you learn what caused it?”

This time, it was Gao Qin who answered. "It happened because the Yulin Sect was exterminated."