Chapter 2096: Chu Jia’s Discovery

In the 34th year of the Essence Luxuriant Calendar, after Shang Xia crafted his rank seven Talisman Seed from the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman, Star Origin Talisman, Emberkindled Legacy Talisman, Golden Sun Talisman, Origin Shattering World Talisman, Heavenly Peak Suppression Talisman, and the Winding Stream Diversion Talisman, he placed them in the World Origin Source of the Essence Luxuriant World.

Once he was done, he went to seek out Kou Chongxue to mention leaving the Heaven Observation Star Region for some time.

“Your goal is to seek out the void currents in the Flood Star Region?” Kou Chongxue already knew what he was planning.

Shang Xia replied, “I tried marking the void currents before. If I can find it, I’ll attempt to trace it to its source and draw out the origin qi from the other Star Field.”

Kou Chongxue nodded, but then suddenly instructed, “Before you leave, there’s something you must do. Right, only you can do it.”

Shang Xia grunted softly. “You mean the Void Mirage?”

Kou Chongxue nodded. “You already noticed the problem. We all know the invasion by the Illusory Sea of Stars is inevitable, but we must delay it as long as possible. This time, take Chu Jia with you. See if she can reinforce the seal on the grand formation. Since she became a high-level True Immortal, her understanding of the dao of formations grew once again.The rapid establishment of the Azure Yue World back then was also largely thanks to her!”

In the Heaven Observation Star Region, an Azure Ark sped through the void.

In the main cabin, Chu Jia leaned casually on a couch as she watched Shang Xia, who sat cross-legged nearby. “You should know... If even Sages can’t detect the flaws in the seal, I might not be able to find it or fix it either.”

Shang Xia thought for a moment before muttering, “You might not sense it with your divine soul, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find flaws in the formation itself. Even if you don’t, with your current mastery, you can at least reinforce and perfect the formation you laid years ago.”

Chu Jia frowned. “Since even the Star Origin Lord openly admitted he was the one who caused it, why not summon the Sages of the Heaven Observation Star Region to fix it together? Why must we do it alone?”

Shang Xia shrugged and answered helplessly, “Perhaps they aren’t eager to deal with it. Some might even prefer it to happen sooner.”

Chu Jia’s eyes widened and revealed an expression of disbelief. “Why? Don’t they know the invasion threatens every Heavenly Field here?”

Shang Xia raised an eyebrow and muttered softly, “Maybe the experts of the foreign Star Field will go straight to the Star Origin Lord. Or maybe they already infiltrated... Who can say for sure? Besides...”

“What?!” She pressed immediately when she saw his hesitation.

Shang Xia smiled. “Besides, in recent years, the Heavenly Fields, other than the Six Essence Heavenly Field, have subtly shifted further away. Now the Six Essence Heavenly Field sits exposed, directly in front of the Void Mirage.”

“Huh?! Why didn’t I know this?” Chu Jia was visibly shocked. She truly hadn’t heard of it.

Shang Xia chuckled, “Only Patriarch Kou, myself, and a few Stargazers know. Patriarch Kou himself forbade anyone to reveal the information.”

Chu Jia quickly realized the patriarch’s intentions. “Wait. If everyone else doesn’t care about the invasion, and the Star Origin Lord messed up the seal, why must we fix it?”

“Because all of our Heavenly Fields are still growing stronger. We need to delay the invasion as long as we can...”

As they spoke, their Ark arrived at the region of space around the Void Mirage.

When Chu Jia stepped out, she glanced around the void before looking back at him. “I believe you now. It really is taking longer from the Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field to reach this place.”

Shang Xia grunted once. “And? Can you detect flaws in the formation?”

Chu Jia rolled her eyes and sighed, “I just got here. If I can already sense the flaws so easily, wouldn’t that make the Star Origin Lord’s tricks laughably clumsy?”

“Right...” Shang Xia gestured politely for her to proceed, following closely behind her laughter as her protector.

Around the formation, Chu Jia inspected several parts while asking, “You once said the Illusory Sea of Stars not only eroded the seal with their origin qi, but may have even infiltrated the Chaotic Sea of Stars... If that’s so, why haven’t their experts destroyed the formation?”

Shang Xia paused for a moment before speaking of his analysis. “Perhaps hiding their presence is exactly what they excel at.”

Chu Jia’s eyes flashed and she stopped moving suddenly. “Wait... Illusory?”

Knowing her well, Shang Xia immediately spread his divine soul around her. He asked in a low voice, “What did you find?”

Chu Jia didn’t answer. Instead, she swiftly formed complex handseals. With her inner qi fluctuating wildly, Shang Xia clearly sensed the grand formation around them changing.

At the same time, Chu Jia’s face turned grim. With a wave, dozens of formation artifacts flew from her spatial artifact, scattering across the void and quickly vanishing from sight.

Shang Xia noticed them clearly. Most fused seamlessly into the formation, yet a few distorted strangely. One shifted positions, another seemed to split into two, and another disappeared entirely.

Shang Xia could clearly tell something was wrong by that point.

“As expected!” Chu Jia sneered, pushing more handseals out into the void. The normal tools triggered changes in the formation, while also forming a formation within the formation. The void rippled, revealing multiple cracks, each leaking faint traces of the Illusory Sea of Star’s origin qi.

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

What was more, the temporary formation seemed to reflect the void itself, allowing Shang Xia to clearly see the trickle of origin qi converging above the seal, shaping into a faint, illusory gate.

“A spatial gate! Hah! As expected, the Illusory Sea of Stars has already infiltrated!”

Though he had anticipated it, Shang Xia could not suppress his fury when he saw the spatial gate.

Chu Jia added, “Their methods are clever. The origin qi is so subtle it goes unnoticed, and even when found, you dismissed it as something too trivial. After long enough, the accumulation would be enough to maintain a spatial gate, but only enough for one person to pass before dispersing again. That way, even frequent inspections by our Sages would hardly ever reveal it.”