Chapter 2090: It’s Time

Although Shang Xia’s struggle with the Star Origin Lord had always unfolded within the void currents, the space itself was being driven farther and farther from the Five Essence Heavenly Field under the Star Origin Lord’s expulsion.

Shang Xia had already perceived the Star Origin Lord’s intent, yet he did not seem to be in a hurry.

He was more interested in prying more secrets from the Star Origin Lord about invasions from foreign Star Fields, especially when its connection to a breakthrough to the Eighth Order became clear.

At first, the Star Origin Lord treated Shang Xia’s deductions with aloof indifference. Even when Shang Xia reasoned out truths, he did not care. After all, even if those secrets were exposed, he wasn’t threatened.

But when Shang Xia guessed the true origin of his Star Core, the Star Origin Lord could no longer mask his shock.

At that moment, realizing he could extract no more information, Shang Xia finally struck back.

With his Seven Star Mace in hand, he didn’t unleash his martial intent. Instead, he used the seventh form of his Seven Star Mace Technique, Shifting Dipper!

In the void, several stars shifted slightly, in nearly imperceptible ways.

Had a Stargazer been observing them, he might have erred in subtle calculations, producing wildly wrong conclusions. Only the most skilled among them might notice and correct it.

The Star Origin Lord, with his strength, immediately sensed what had happened the second Shang Xia unleashed Shifting Dipper. He even caught faint traces of the movement of the stars.

Thus, when Shang Xia suddenly vanished from his perception, the Star Origin Lord instinctively reinforced the barriers in the region to prevent Shang Xia from escaping the void currents.

It was a shame that Shang Xia’s technique was not as simple as it seemed. With its extraordinary might, it allowed him to pass through those barriers and when he reappeared, he was already outside the void currents.

Where he reappeared used to float a super Star Ship, but when Shang Xia showed himself again, the super Star Ship and everyone on board was nowhere to be seen.

“Oh no!” The Star Origin Lord immediately tried to unravel the spatial barrier he had just strengthened.

It was too late. In the blink of an eye, space rippled violently.

With a deafening roar, a super Star Ship materialized, slamming against the reinforced spatial barrier.

Even the barrier bolstered by the Star Origin Lord’s strength couldn’t withstand the impact from a super Star Ship. The void tore apart as half the vessel was lodged within.

Creaks split the silence as the trapped starship tilted and cracked. Its prow, pinned in the spatial barrier, sheared away.

A super Star Ship that was strengthened enough to sail through the dangers of the void currents, was utterly ruined.

From its wreck stumbled the Chen Dynasty Emperor, whose true name was Chen Xing. His eyes seethed with venom as he stared at the familiar figure in the distance.

Just as he opened his mouth, blood sprayed from within.

“Shang Xia!”

Sensing something, Shang Xia turned, glancing thousands of miles into the void. He saw no figure, only the shattered vessel, from which a few badly injured cultivators crawled free.

But they, too, vanished at once, snatched away by the Star Origin Lord’s palm back into the Five Essence Heavenly Field.

The Star Origin Lord’s formidable strength and cunning had so far been breathtaking. Yet, the battle neared its end.

While Shang Xia was trapped in the void currents by the Star Origin Lord, the Star Origin Lord was still capable of suppressing Gu Yi.

Shi Guan and Kou Chongxue, though working together, were barely held off by the mid-level Sage of the Essence Zhen World who was supported by his world.

And where Shang Xia had hoped the lower-leveled Sages like Zhuo Gudao, Sage Jin, and the rest would be able to break the stalemate, he was wrong. The first star Sages of the Five Essence Heavenly Field held them back with the aid of their super Star Ships.

Though Gu Yi and the rest seemed to press the advantage, there was no decisive edge. With the support of the Five Essence Heavenly Field, the Essence Zhen World crept ever closer to integration.

Once it merged fully, the Star Origin Lord’s scheme would succeed, and they would become the Six Essence Heavenly Field!

At the critical moment, Shang Xia’s Shifting Dipper broke the deadlock.

Though he escaped the void currents, the Star Origin Lord quickly saved his experts before holding Shang Xia down. Even with the Star Origin Lord focused on many things, Shang Xia failed to gain the upper hand in their battle.

The void currents weakened Shang Xia earlier, but the Star Origin Lord was also unable to send the full extent of his strength to fight Shang Xia. Now that both were free, the battle between them grew fiercer, pushing it to a whole new climax.

Even though there was no clear outcome, Shang Xia could clearly move around with greater ease.

From their last exchange, the Five Essence Heavenly Field lost a super Star Ship, and with Chen Xing crippled, three super Star Ships and three first star Sages remained. They were barely holding on previously, and now, they wouldn’t be able to stop their enemies.

The tide of the battle turned instantly. Zhuo Gudao, with Sage Jin’s aid, crippled another super Star Ship before joining Shi Guan and Kou Chongxue in striking the Essence Zhen World. Their mid-level Sage, who was battered by three foes, was quickly wounded.

The heavenly screen that was barely repaired after Shang Xia shattered it earlier was ripped open by Zhuo Gudao once again, and the battle formation formed by the True Immortals collapsed beneath the assault of several Sages. As they fell back into their world, no one knew how many still lived.

With that, calamity descended on the Essence Zhen World.

With a powerful sword strike, Kou Chongxue’s sword qi split the world as their World’s Will wailed.