Chapter 1980: It’s Over Pt.2

The Essence Ling Heavenly Field actually possessed its own Essence Ark!

The moment the Essence Ling Heavenly Field’s Essence Ark appeared, not only did Shang Xia, who had just arrived, pause in surprise, but several other Sages who were actively participating in the division of the Essence Xing World also simultaneously halted their actions and turned their gazes toward the void in the northwestern direction.

Though the Essence Ling Heavenly Field had a long-standing heritage, Yuan Ling himself had not been particularly outstanding in his early years. The Essence Ling Heavenly Field’s overall strength had long ranked in the mid-to-lower tier among the Heavenly Fields of the Chaotic Sea of Stars.

Otherwise, back when the director of the Wanyun Association fought to gain a territory, he would not have colluded with the Twin Star Pirates to target the Essence Ling Heavenly Field’s auxiliary Spirit Worlds.

However, everything changed after Yuan Ling mysteriously vanished for a time before reappearing.

Originally only a third star Sage, Yuan Long actually advanced to the fourth star shortly after his return, officially becoming a mid-level Sage. Then, in a meteoric rise, he ascended to the fifth star within just a few decades. On the eve of conquering the Essence Xing World, he broke through once more and reached the sixth star.

Those familiar with the power structure of the Chaotic Sea of Stars knew that Yuan Ling must have obtained a tremendous opportunity during his disappearance. And now, seeing the Essence Ark, whose design clearly clashed with the Essence Ling Heavenly Field’s traditional martial heritage, it likely came from that very fortuitous encounter.

Splitting two continents away from the world, Yuan Ling swiftly drew them into the Essence Ark.

The Essence Du Heavenly Field’s Spirit Ark also arrived, and with the assistance of Yan Yu, their cultivators had successfully separated a single continent from the Essence Xing World and were attempting to store it.

Spirit Arks were normally incapable of carrying fragments of Essence World. However, through the use of secret arts, they had temporarily expanded the space the Ark contained.

Several True Immortals had been stationed on board to maintain the expanded space through the use of formations, making it barely possible to contain a single continent of an Essence World.

Even so, the Essence Du Heavenly Field’s efficiency was significantly lower than that of the Essence Ling Heavenly Field.

By the time the Essence Ling Heavenly Field’s Essence Ark had carried away two continents and left for their world, the Essence Du Heavenly Field’s Spirit Ark had only just managed to take in about half of one.

Furthermore, using such secret arts to forcefully carry fragments of an Essence World caused severe damage to the Spirit Ark. Even with multiple True Immortals stationed aboard for support, the method could only be used two or three times before the Spirit Ark would be completely ruined.

Additionally, an Essence Ark could carry a larger load and travel much faster.

By the time the Essence Du Heavenly Field finally managed to load a single continent into their Spirit Ark, the Essence Ling Heavenly Field’s Essence Ark had already returned to the Essence Xing World after delivering the two fragments back to their world.

Far off in the void, distant even from the disintegrating chaotic streams around the Essence Xing World, Shang Xia silently observed the internal collapse of a world whose heavenly screen could no longer be sustained.

"It seems the construction of our Essence Ark must be accelerated. Forcibly transporting fragments of Essence Worlds with Spirit Arks leads to severe loss of world origin...” Shang Xia murmured to himself as he sensed the world origin of the Essence Xing World dissipating into the void.

Although both Heavenly Fields controlled at least 12 continents, the fierce battles had drained those lands of their world origin.

The Essence Ling Heavenly Field’s Essence Ark might have carried off two continents, but after their eventual integration, they would likely only establish a single continent that was 10,000 miles in size.

As for the Essence Du Heavenly Field... The loss of world origin was even greater. Even after the continents were integrated, they might not even be able to establish a continent of 10,000 miles.

And as time passed, the increasingly ruined Essence Xing World would bleed world origin even faster.

From that perspective, neither the Essence Ling Heavenly Field, the Essence Du Heavenly Field, or any of the other Heavenly Fields joining the fray, could compare their gains to the Wanyun Continent or the regions the Chen Dynasty Emperor took.

According to what Shang Xia knew, when the Wanyun Continent departed from the Essence Xing World, both their World Origin Source and Elysium had been saturated with world origin. In fact, it might even be in an overloaded state.

That was why, after the Wanyun Continent began its integration into the Essence Luxuriant World, Shang Xia had always believed that its near 20,000 mile size wouldn’t shrink significantly.

If the Wanyun Continent was like that, then the two superior landmasses taken by the Chen Dynasty Emperor were undoubtedly even more so.

Gong Zhuo had once mentioned to Shang Xia that even before the Wanyun Association resolved to defect to the Essence Luxuriant World, there had already been large-scale turbulence across the World Origin Sources connected to the Chen Dynasty and Yu Dynasty.

Back then, although several True Immortals from the major Elysium-level powers had noticed the fluctuations, the presence and shielding of both Sages made it impossible for them to understand what was really happening.

But now it seemed evident that the dynasties had been preparing in advance, readying the Chen Dynasty Emperor for his escape along with the landmasses that had been imbued with the concentrated world origin after the Essence Xing World’s fall.

Though several former continents remained and were divided by various foreign Heavenly Fields, the world origin that remained in them might not be much better than the twelve war-torn continents seized by the Essence Ling Heavenly Field and Essence Du Heavenly Field.

And, just as Shang Xia predicted, once those continents were split from the collapsing Essence Xing World, their nearly depleted World Origin Sources immediately triggered curses from multiple Sages.

They might need several continents to barely establish a continent that spanned 10,000 miles wide.

To make matters worse, most Heavenly Fields didn’t even have Essence Arks to transport the fragments. They could only rely on forcefully cramming them into Spirit Arks.

As mentioned... Using the method repeatedly would cause a Spirit Ark to collapse after two or three trips.

To add just one 10,000 mile continent to their Essence World, they would need to ruin a Spirit Ark. They would also have to mobilize a dozen or more True Immortals to protect the transportation and to maintain the spatial channels. They would need to spend years nurturing the new continent with their world origin...

The cost was so steep that it left many Heavenly Fields feeling like they were losing out big time even though gaining the land of the Essence Xing World.

And yet, among all the Heavenly Fields participating in the division of the Essence Xing World, a second Essence Ark suddenly appeared. This time, it was from the Essence Ming Heavenly Field. What was even more shocking was that Gu Yi had personally arrived.

The moment Shang Xia laid eyes on Gu Yi, he was certain that the shit stirrer was not far from breaking through to become a high-level Sage.