Chapter 2087: No Holding Back

Shang Xia followed the void currents as the surging tide carried him forward, breaking through layer upon layer of void barriers in the blink of an eye. With each glance, he only had time to glimpse the shifting void around him before he crossed thousands of miles.

Throughout the process, threads of starlight seeped in from the surrounding void, weaving into a robe around him. With it, he could withstand the power of corrosion around him.

As he traveled faster and faster, he suddenly spotted something ahead. He couldn’t tell its size exactly, and it floated like a lonely island amid the torrent.

“Essence Zhen World?”

Shang Xia’s spirit stirred. But when he tried to peer ahead, the layered spaces corroded by the void currents blurred his vision. Even he struggled to clearly see that island-like mass.

It seemed he had no choice but to close the distance quickly if he wanted to confirm it.

He instinctively extended a hand toward it, circulating his inner qi and unleashing the third form of his Seven Star Mace Technique, Dipper Guidance, to form a connection with the drifting Essence Zhen World.

Of course, he was not foolish enough to try dragging the Essence World himself. Rather, he sought to use Essence Zhen World’s momentum to shorten the distance between them. Despite the power of the stars seeping through the cracks in the void, it was not enough for him to form a proper connection with the Essence Zhen World. Getting closer physically was the only way.

Shang Xia could only accelerate further, chasing the drifting world. At the same time, he noticed it was also speeding up, as though it had sensed his pursuit... Or perhaps, whoever was on it had been warned.

Even so, his speed still surpassed that of the floating world. Soon the distance narrowed again.

Finally, he saw clearly. There were four super Star Ships cleaving the torrent, sailing ahead of Essence Zhen World, dragging the massive world behind them.

And more than that... The world itself seemed to be helping. The void currents ahead threatened Essence Zhen World as much as anything, and within it there were surely high-level cultivators. Both the World’s Will and the experts living on it wished to escape as soon as possible.

What puzzled Shang Xia was how the Star Ships were able to withstand the corrosive might of the void current and sail within it?

He shook his head, setting the thought aside. With another flash, he drew closer still.

But then, the torrent ahead suddenly weakened. Its unstoppable momentum seemed spent. The Star Ships abruptly leapt from the void current, shattering fragile space ahead as though to pull the floating world out of it.

At the same time, Essence Zhen World itself began showing signs of emerging.

Shang Xia instantly realized... They were near the void surrounding the Five Essence Heavenly Field!

He knew there was no time to lose. He rushed closer and used Dipper Guidance once again, locking onto the Essence Zhen World before it fully escaped the void currents.

The overwhelming power nearly shattered his inner source, but he clung tightly to the bond.

Alone against four starships and a world, even at Seventh Heaven great perfection, it was reckless. But the effort was enough to slow Essence Zhen World’s escape.

And as he closed the gap further, his influence only grew stronger. But just then, a mid-level Sage appeared above the Essence Zhen World. With a cold glance toward Shang Xia, he drew upon the World’s Will to sever the connection.

“A mid-level Sage?”

Shang Xia was surprised. The Sage who appeared was clearly a native of the Essence Zhen World. Why would he willingly abandon the Flood Star Region and risk traveling through the void currents to join the Five Essence Heavenly Field?

Could the Five Essence Heavenly Field already support mid-level Sages? He remembered Kou Chongxue had once told him that every Sage born in the Essence Worlds within the Five Essence Heavenly Field was stuck at the first star, and in decades, no one had reached the second.

In the Five Essence Heavenly Field, aside from the Star Origin Lord, no one had advanced further.

Was it truly a coincidence?

With Shang Xia’s connection to it cut, the Essence Zhen World fully detached, rising as the four super Star Ships pulled it free of the void currents toward the Five Essence Heavenly Field.

If he waited longer, he would have to face the Star Origin Lord directly in the Five Essence Heavenly Field.

It was true that one of the Star Origin Lord’s clones at the grand completion stage of the Martial Emptiness Realm was destroyed, but that didn’t mean he was useless! Especially in his territory, he was all the more terrifying!

In the end, Shang Xia reached a single conclusion. He had to stop the Essence Zhen World from escaping the void currents!

Swinging his Seven Star Mace, he unleashed Dipper Vortex once again!

That was the move he used against the Star Origin Lord to counter his control of the void currents earlier. Now, there was no Star Origin Lord. His goal was to seize control of it for himself!

The streams beneath the Essence Zhen World surged, dragging it back into the currents.

The four chains binding it to the super Star Ships went taut. The vessels, already breaking free, were nearly yanked back.

The mid-level Sage appeared again, channeling the World’s Will to sever Shang Xia’s influence.

Too bad for him, Shang Xia had closed the distance. Even with the interference of the void current, Shang Xia’s power far surpassed before.

As the mid-level Sage tried to stop Shang Xia, Shang Xia didn’t hold back as he unleashed Falling Dipper right in his face.

Caught off guard, the Sage faltered. He had not expected Shang Xia, alone within the void current, to wield such might.

At that moment, more high-level cultivators emerged from the Essence Zhen World. None had reached the Martial Emptiness Realm, but dozens of True Immortals, including several Elysium True Immortals, combined their strength with the World’s Will to resist the void current’s pull.

Free from the burden of maintaining the world, the mid-level Sage struck, smashing away the meteors Shang Xia had drawn over.

The Essence Zhen World rose again, escaping faster than before.

Shang Xia knew he could no longer hold it back, not against a united Essence Zhen World.

Instead, he rushed past the drifting world itself and unleashed Shattering Starry Skies, severing one of the chains binding it to the starship Star Ships.

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

With four super Star Ships becoming three, the Essence Zhen World’s escape slowed even more.

Swinging his Seven Star Mace again, it slammed against the second chain.

The mid-level Sage of the Essence Zhen World tried to intercept it, but he didn’t have a Heavenly Field behind him. Without assistance, he was no match for Shang Xia!

Soaring through the void, a loud screech was heard when Shang Xia’s Seven Star Mace slammed into it. The next moment, it snapped.

With two chains severed, the super Star Ships were unable to drag it any further. Dipping into the void currents, the other two Star Ships that were still connected to the Essence Zhen World were also dragged back with it.