Chapter 2019: Can’t Even Compare To A Beast Pt.4

The connection between Shang Xia’s inheritance and the stars sparked a heated discussion inside the Star Observatory among the two major factions of Stargazers. The Stargazing Hall of the Tongyou Institution and the Heavenly Star Palace. Even Yuan Qiuyuan could not resist voicing his opinion.

What had begun as a casual conversation gradually turned into a debate among Stargazers about their arts and even their cultivation.

The debate finally paused only when several transmission talismans arrived in the hands of some senior Stargazers.

"Four beast kings from the Spirit Frost World and several True Immortals from the various worlds are now quarreling over the final ownership of the void imprint inheritance. Neither side will yield. The situation is very tense, and a fight can break out at any moment.”

After reading the message, Xin Lu relayed the news to everyone with a smile.

"So what should we do? Do we need to intervene and stop the conflict? After all, we are closest to them here." Zhang Yusheng turned his eyes to Yuan Qiuyuan, waiting for orders.

Yuan Qiuyuan shook his head calmly. "Few among us are skilled in combat. Besides, that Giant Ape King is not to be provoked. All we need to do is guard the Star Observatory and make sure it does not suffer any accidental damage."

A Stargazer from the Heavenly Star Palace voiced his concern. "The beast kings of the Spirit Frost World must have drawn the ire of many. And they are, after all, outsiders. Even if they are strong, they are outnumbered..."

Xin Lu, however, laughed and interrupted, "That’s because you’ve never witnessed the Giant Ape King’s might. Let me put it this way, within our Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field, as long as no Sage take action, the Giant Ape King may well be invincible!"

Seeing their skeptical expressions, Xin Lu added with a grin, "And this isn’t just what I’m claiming. It’s something Sage Shang himself once said."

With the revelation, everyone put aside their doubts.

But soon another voice expressed worry. "If a real fight breaks out, and the Giant Ape King loses control..."

Yuan Qiuyuan interjected, "I’ve already received word. Sage Shang and Patriarch Kou should be returning soon. Perhaps they’re back already."

Everyone relaxed visibly.

"Oh, then it’s fine."

But the next moment, a Heavenly Star Palace’s Stargazer seemed to recall something. He quickly changed the subject. "By the way, Stargazer Yuan mentioned that high-level Stargazers can definitely resonate with the void imprints and obtain part of Sage Shang’s movement art. If those four beast kings touched the imprints, what would happen?"

Before anyone could respond, spatial ripples suddenly spread across the void, seizing everyone’s attention.

"They’ve really started fighting?!" Zhang Yusheng cried out in surprise. They were in the void around the Essence Luxuriant World. Though not within the world itself, it was still the very core of the Heavenly Field. If True Immortals clashed recklessly, the destruction would be enough to trouble both Sages.

"No. If it were a large-scale battle, the commotion would be far greater. This must be a one-on-one duel. Both sides have kept their wits, they won’t and don’t dare to let things get out of hand." Yuan Qiuyuan immediately judged the situation. His cultivation had already reached the third tier of the Martial Void Realm, and he was not far from breaking through to the fourth tier to become a high-level True Immortal.

While the Stargazers discussed the Big Dipper Star Shift Steps inheritance, the battle for the fading imprints had already begun between the four beast kings of the Spirit Frost World and the True Immortals of the other worlds.

Though Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue never showed themselves, neither side dared to fight recklessly in the space around the Essence Luxuriant World.

After a brief negotiation, both parties agreed to decide the next four chances to be decided through four matches. Naturally, the beast kings of the Spirit Frost World would each step forward, while the Spirit Ruling World, Spirit Qing World, Spirit Cheng World, and the Essence Luxuriant World would each send out a True Immortal of comparable strength. The winners would earn a chance to attempt to receive the inheritance. The losers would concede without complaint.

Of the four beast kings, aside from the Giant Ape King, who was at the grand completion stage, the others were the Blue Eagle Kin,g comparable to a second tier True Immortal, the Azure Bear King, comparable to a third tier True Immortal, and the Giant Crocodile King, comparable to a fourth tier True Immortal.

The first to step forward was the weakest, the Blue Eagle King. Its opponent was a second tier True Immortal from the Spirit Ruling World.

Although the Spirit Ruling World had the Ying Brothers as their trump card, in truth, aside from their native beast kings, the number of True Immortals they could send out was pitifully small. The Ying Brothers were still at the 4th Starsea Market, helping Sun Haiwei’s Invincible Pirates stabilize the situation.

The Spirit Ruling World’s inheritance revolved around twin cultivation, which made their individual True Immortals generally weaker than their peers. The second tier True Immortal, however, was one of the few who did not practice the special twin secret art. In fact, he was not even native to the Spirit Ruling World. He had joined during the Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field’s expansion, and had yet to be fully accepted by the Spirit Ruling World’s Will.

As the surrounding cultivators cleared space in the void and other True Immortals shielded the fading void imprints, the man and the beast exchanged no words and neither tried to probe each other. They clashed instantly at full force, entering a white-hot battle from the very first exchange.

The void trembled violently and repeatedly, proof of how fierce their struggle was.

At first, their strength appeared evenly matched. Both pressed the attack, making the duel look dangerously intense. Yet both were veterans of countless battles. Though their exchanges seemed perilous, every strike revealed astonishing precision, and many experts watching could not help but marvel in excitement.

But after the initial flurry, as the fight dragged on, it settled into a tug-of-war.

Eventually, the situation turned against the True Immortal of the Spirit Ruling World.

They might be comparable in strength, but the Blue Eagle King’s endurance clearly outclassed its enemy.

Soon, although the fight remained undecided, it became obvious to any observer that the outcome had already been decided.

Yet since neither side could afford to truly break off their relations with each other, they had to keep the duel restrained. Thus, after two failed counterattacks, the True Immortal of the Spirit Ruling World decisively admitted defeat.

Having secured the qualification to inherit the Big Dipper Star Shift Steps, the Blue Eagle King rested briefly, then, with a nod from the Giant Ape King, approached the imprints.

Before the eyes of countless high-level cultivators, the Blue Eagle King soon resonated with the imprints. Guided by one imprint after another, it swiftly walked through the first nine steps. Without long, it advanced steadily, taking 36 steps. But when it attempted the 27th step, it was suddenly forced out of its strange connection with the void imprints.