Chapter 1966: Tongyou Dao Field Pt.3

Inside the Tongyou Elysium, Hai Yuanyuan gathered the three who had cultivated Shang Xia’s World Establishing Art and handed each of them a Heaven Liberation Talisman.

“This is a rank six talisman. Be extremely careful when using it. You must only activate it once you’ve reached the planned location and identified the optimal site for expanding the Elysium!” Hai Yuanyuan earnestly reminded the others.

“Senior Sister Yuanyuan, is this talisman really as mystical as you say? Will it really let us witness the true World Establishing Art?”

One of the others, a second tier True Immortal who had entered the institution around the same time as Hai Yuanyuan but reached the Martial Void Realm over a decade later, fiddled with the talisman in disbelief.

“Exactly! If you ask me, the pinnacle of the World Establishing Art lies with Chief Hai herself. I haven’t seen anyone else in the institution display this art more skillfully than she does. Even a high-level True Immortal like True Immortal Ge once admitted he was slightly inferior to her.” The other First Tier True Immortal spoke. He had entered the institution a few years after Hai Yuanyuan.

When he first entered the Outer Division, Hai Yuanyuan had already entered the Upper Division and was a powerful figure across the institution. Her brilliant presence captivated many young students.

“You’ve never seen it because only a handful of us in the institution even cultivate the World Establishing Art. Most don’t even have the opportunity to do so. Otherwise, the task of expanding the Elysium wouldn’t fall on just us.” The second tier True Immortal, despite his restraint, couldn’t hide a sense of superiority.

“You frogs in a well!” Hai Yuanyuan jabbed her fingers at the two one after the other, almost poking holes in their foreheads. She snapped with irritation, “Do you even know what the true World Establishing Art is? Have you seen it with your own eyes? Don’t spout nonsense when you’re clueless. And don’t go telling others you know me!”

The newly advanced first tier True Immortal looked uncertain and asked cautiously, “Chief Hai, did we say something wrong?”

Hai Yuanyuan had intended to explain, but when the words reached her lips, she found herself at a loss and simply waved them off in frustration. “Scram! Just seeing you two annoys me!”

Rather than being upset, the two of them actually seemed pleased by her reaction, laughing as they headed off in different directions within the Tongyou Elysium. There wasn’t a shred of True Immortal dignity left in sight.

Hai Yuanyuan, still uneasy, yelled after them, “You’re holding a rank six talisman, make sure you pay attention when activating them so you can comprehend everything properly!”

By now, the two figures were already far away. Whether they took her reminder seriously was anyone’s guess.

Once their silhouettes had vanished completely, Hai Yuanyuan turned her gaze toward another direction in the void and said sharply, “Eavesdropping isn’t behavior befitting a proper instructor, wouldn’t you agree, Instructor Ge?!”

As she growled, Hai Yuanyuan couldn’t hide her frustration.

A ripple shimmered through the nearby void, and Ge Qingzhu’s figure appeared. He smiled and explained, “I have only just arrived. Watching your little squabble brought back memories of my youth.

Ah...

It must feel good to be young!”

Hai Yuanyuan curled her lip and snorted, “So you came here just to reminisce about your past?”

Ge Qingzhu smiled but didn’t pursue the topic. Instead, he praised, “To have discovered me so quickly within the Elysium means you’re not far from advancing to the level of Dao Harmony soon. It won’t be long till you become a high-level True Immortal.”

Hai Yuanyuan responded indifferently. “Ever since Teacher brought back the Spirit Ruling World and Spirit Frost World, along with fragments of the Essence Chong World, becoming a high-level True Immortal in our world just isn’t that impressive anymore.”

Ge Qingzhu couldn’t help laughing, but he still chided her, “That almost sounds like an insult...”

“I wouldn’t dare...” Hai Yuanyuan replied lazily. “Anyway, if you have anything to say, please go ahead.”

Knowing her temperament, Ge Qingzhu didn’t press the matter and simply said, “Sage Shang will be sending his External Avatar into the Tongyou Elysium to personally perform his martial intent, the Six Harmony Supporting the Heavens. He wanted me to tell you it might be a good chance for you to break through!”

...

Once Ge Qingzhu and the others had returned to the Tongyou Elysium, Shang Xia summoned his External Avatar, which had sealed his own cultivation in the Six Direction Realm.

This External Avatar was crafted with Shang Xia’s instructions, meaning his cultivation and combat power could be adjusted at will.

What made his External Avatar truly formidable wasn’t just that he had reached the Seven Star Realm and possessed combat power close to a third star Sage. It was that he maintained independent consciousness while remaining entirely subordinate to Shang Xia.

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Sealing his cultivation only suppressed his inner qi, but to possess the abilities of a Sage, he would have undergone transformations on many levels. Neither him nor Shang Xia could completely suppress every trait of a Sage.

Thus, Shang Xia personally applied further seals in his External Avatar’s dantian, holding his cultivation at the peak of the Six Direction Realm, the best he could.

For most cultivators, their clones couldn’t perform their martial intent. Even the lowest-tier martial intent required the integration of their soul and martial will. An ordinary clone wouldn’t be able to do it.

But Shang Xia’s External Avatar was an exception. So long as Shang Xia permitted it, his External Avatar could draw upon his strength to perform his martial intents remotely.

Shortly after entering the Tongyou Elysium, Kou Chongxue suddenly said, “Once the Tongyou Dao Field is fully formed, I’ll enter it for secluded cultivation to advance to the fourth star. I don’t know how long it’ll take, so you’ll need to hold the fort in our Heavenly Field for some time.”

Shang Xia nodded. He wasn’t surprised at all.

Kou Chongxue was about to say more when he suddenly sensed a transmission talisman tearing through the void.

Grabbing it, he scanned its contents with his divine soul before passing it to Shang Xia. “Huang Jinghan has broken through. He’s now the next fifth tier True Immortal nurtured from our world after the two of us...”

“Oh?” Shang Xia raised his brows as he read the transmission and said with some regret, “I thought Instructor Ge would be the first native cultivator to break through. Looks like the Yuanchen Sect got there first.”

Kou Chongxue said, “With the expansion of the Heavenly Field and the growing number of continents in our world, this is a rare opportunity for all factions. More and more high-level True Immortals will emerge.”

Shang Xia remarked calmly, “Even so, compared to ancient Heavenly Fields like the Essence Ming Heavenly Field and the Essence Ling Heavenly Field, we barely caught up in terms of mid to high-level cultivators. Even then, we’re counting those who just joined our Heavenly Field! Some of them aren’t even human!”

Kou Chongxue nodded, then seemed to recall something. He pulled an item from his sleeve and handed it to Shang Xia.

Shang Xia looked at the inheritance jade slip in surprise. Sweeping it with his divine soul, he exclaimed, “A rank seven talisman inheritance? Where did you get this?”

“Traded it from Sage Shi Guan of the Essence Jing Heavenly Field.”

Kou Chongxue smiled proudly and continued, “Did you think we were doing nothing all those years trapped around the Void Mirage? At first, everyone was wary, but as time passed, we grew familiar. As long as we avoided crossing certain lines, us Sages would frequently communicate and even trade among each other. Honestly, the reason I could improve my cultivation so rapidly without any signs of instability is largely due to those exchanges.”