Chapter 1970: Origin Shattering World Talisman

Strictly speaking, the Essence Luxuriant World’s development did not end with the mere construction of a Heavenly Field composed of a few auxiliary Spirit Worlds.

The growth of auxiliary worlds, especially Spirit Worlds, directly affected the integrity and expansion of the Heavenly Field. In turn, the growth would reflect back on the Essence Luxuriant World that stood at its core, and ultimately influence the cultivation level of the Sages who partially controlled the World’s Will and even portions of the Heavenly Field’s Will.

Therefore, within a Heavenly Field, it didn’t mean the more Spirit Worlds, the better.

If the growth of their auxiliary Spirit Worlds was poor, it would equally hinder their development altogether!

That was something that Kou Chongxue, Shang Xia, and the upper echelon of the Essence Luxuriant Hall had long understood.

During the early establishment of the Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field, apart from the Essence Luxuriant World itself, they only had the Spirit Qing World and the Azure Cheng World.

The Heavenly Field was extremely fragile!

Under such circumstances, Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue had naturally prioritized strengthening the internal structure of the Heavenly Field.

The situation was completely different now. The Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field possessed a main Essence World four auxiliary Spirit Worlds. There are a total of five of them, and the Heavenly Field was solid and stable. It nearly rivaled the ancient Heavenly Field of the various Star Regions in the Chaotic Sea of Stars. With a high-level Sage and another about to become a mid-level Sage, it was only natural that more attention would be given to internal development.

At the same time, Shang Xia discreetly encouraged sects within the Essence Luxuriant World to establish Elysiums in their auxiliary Spirit Worlds. Doing so would relieve internal competition among the powers of the Essence Luxuriant World, reduce the pressure on the Tongyou Institution as a common enemy, and also promote the growth of the Spirit Worlds, a triple win!

Shang Xia had no idea what kind of ripple effects his suggestion would cause inside the Essence Luxuriant World, or how it might influence the Spirit Worlds. In truth, even if he had known, he likely would not have cared.

As for why only the Spirit Qing World, Spirit Cheng World, and Spirit Ruling World... The other factions would probably understand the reason Shang Xia left out the Spirit Frost World.

After Ren Huan took his leave from his temporary residence, Shang Xia officially began preparations to craft rank seven talismans.

This time, there were only 20 rank seven talisman paper, jades, or plaques available. There were only six types he could craft. He could craft a Formation Talisman, the Origin Star Talisman, the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman, Reignition Talisman, the Guardian-Ward Sword Talisman, and the Origin Shattering World Talisman.

If distributed evenly, he would only be able to attempt each four times. Even with Shang Xia’s current success rate, such a small number left no room for stability or certainty.

In the end, he decided to leave the Formation Talisman aside for the time being.

𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Although Chu Jia had previously asked him to craft several rank seven Formation Talismans for the post-construction enhancement of the Dao Field and to support higher-grade formation research, Shang Xia decided to leave it aside for the time being.

In the past, Shang Xia would never have dared delay such a request. But during his previous expedition from the great spatial vortex to locate the Spirit Ruling World and Spirit Frost World, he already created several rank seven Formation Talismans from solidified origin qi.

While using precious solidified origin qi to craft Formation Talismans was clearly overkill, bordering on wasteful, since they were already made, it would be unwise to destroy them. He could simply hand them over to Chu Jia.

As for the Guardian-Ward Sword Talismans, they were not urgently needed at the moment, so Shang Xia had no reason to make them for now.

Thus, Shang Xia was left with four types of rank seven talismans to craft. He had five attempts each.

Following his usual strategy of tackling the easier ones first, Shang Xia began with the Origin Star Talisman, which used to be the inheritance of the Heaven Observation Sect.

Though its difficulty was on par with the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman, and even slightly harder than the Reignition Talisman, Shang Xia chose it first because it was the one he understood best. He studied it the most thoroughly, and it was the talisman he had the most experience making.

His results confirmed the correctness of his choice. On his very first run, he succeeded three out of five attempts.

Three Origin Star Talismans were completed. Whether they would be of much use to him since he became a high-level Sage was unclear, but they would surely provide a power boost to Kou Chongxue when he advanced to the fourth star.

After a period of rest, Shang Xia moved on to the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talismans.

This time, aided by his superior crafting skills and a bit of good fortune, he succeeded four out of five times.

Next came the Reignition Talisman. On top of the Heart Lamp Sect’s legacy, Shang Xia also integrated ideas from crafting his rank six Heaven Liberation Talismans, slightly enhancing their quality. The difficulty turned out to be lower than the previous two, and he managed three successful creations relying on his skills alone.

Finally, the Origin World Shattering Talisman... It was a newly acquired rank seven talisman inheritance he had never crafted before.

In fact, most of his time had been spent studying and simulating the crafting of that very talisman.

Dipping his divine brush into rank seven talisman ink, Shang Xia paused briefly to concentrate, then confidently placed the tip onto the talisman paper.

What followed were fluid, unbroken strokes. The brush never once lifted from the surface.

Line after line of runes emerged on the paper, runes appearing as the brush glided across its surface.

Unfortunately, as expected of a first attempt, it ended in failure.

Shang Xia was unfazed. He was used to crafting new talismans by then and didn’t feel any emotional setback. After a moment of reflection, he began his second attempt.

This time, he made it about two-thirds through before failing again.

Undeterred, Shang Xia moved on to a third attempt. With his previous experience, he worked for several days. Despite occasional mishaps, breaking the connection between runes but quickly filling them in, his strokes distorting, and his flow of inner qi faltering, he persisted and completed the talisman.

After the usual review, Shang Xia immediately started a fourth attempt, which failed early on due to a small mistake he made.

Fortunately, he made good use of his final chance and succeeded in crafting a second Origin World Breaking Talisman.

The second was of much higher quality than the first, and more importantly, Shang Xia had clearly become much more proficient when crafting it.

With that, all 20 rank seven talisman papers and plaques had been used. He completed 12 successful creations from 20 attempts, achieving a 60 percent success rate. It was enough to let Shang Xia stand proudly in the Chaotic Sea of Stars as a mighty rank seven Talisman Grandmaster.

Still, he couldn’t help feeling a bit regretful. Over the past two years, he had crafted more than 100 rank six to rank seven talismans. Yet the extraordinary stroke of luck he once enjoyed, when fortune favored him and boosted his success rate, never came again.

It made him wonder if the change had something to do with severing his karmic bonds to the Essence Luxuriant World and retrieving his soul from the World Origin Source connected to the You Continent.