Chapter 2103: The Origin Of The Void Currents And The Gathered Sea Of Stars

"Sage Shang of the Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field of the Heaven Observation Star Region...?"

Although Lady Grace made it seem like a question, the look she gave Shang Xia was firm and certain.

Shang Xia was a little surprised. "Oh? My name has spread so widely already? Even Lady Grace, far away here in the Towering Star Region, knows of me?"

Lady Grace covered her mouth with a soft laugh, which tugged at her injuries. She chuckled softly, "Lady Grace was just a title I used when we temporarily joined forces to explore the Spatial Vortex. My true name is Mei Jingya."

"Sage Mei." Shang Xia nodded to her.

Mei Jingya chuckled softly again, "The Chaotic Sea of Stars is vast, divided roughly into eight major Star Regions. News rarely travels easily between them. But since the Heaven Observation Star Region is the newest one to appear, it naturally draws the attention of all of us present, especially because it is closely tied to the former Heaven Observation Sect."

Shang Xia merely nodded, not caring much about her explanation. After all, when he went to the Floating Star Region, the Sages there had been unfamiliar with him at first.

Mei Jingya seemed to notice his indifference and went on. "Of course, there’s a more important reason. Not long ago, the Essence Zhen Heavenly Field was suddenly destroyed by the void currents. It has been proven that one of the culprits was none other than the former Heaven Observation Sect survivor, the Star Origin Lord, who rules over the Five Essence Heavenly Field! Because of this, our Towering Star Region pays closer attention to your Star Region."

"I see!" Shang Xia’s eyes lit up with realization, then he added, "But you got one thing wrong. The Star Origin Lord doesn’t rule over the Five Essence Heavenly Field."

Mei Jingya’s expression froze with shock, and she heard Shang Xia continue. "After absorbing the Essence Zhen World, it evolved to the Six Essence Heavenly Field.”

"Then doesn’t that mean the Star Origin Lord’s power has grown even greater?" Mei Jingya asked, then pressed further. "I heard that the Star Origin Lord had already reached the grand completion stage of the Martial Emptiness Realm. With the support of the Essence Zhen World, isn’t he going to reach the next level?”

For someone at that level, there was only one goal worth all the scheming and risk. Everyone could guess his goal was to reach the Eighth Order.

Shang Xia shook his head. "Breaking through to the Eighth Order is not so simple. Otherwise, the Star Origin Lord would not have plotted for over 1,000 years. Still, it is true that fusing the Essence Zhen World into his Heavenly Field has given him a great boost in strength."

Mei Jingya stared at him for a good second before she sighed, "I once thought that the grand completion stage of the Martial Emptiness Realm is the final step before the Eighth Order. I didn’t think there was such a huge chasm to cross even at that level. No wonder Sage Shan Lao mentioned he was still far from the Eighth Order even after comprehending his martial intent. It thought it was mere humility, but it seems he truly meant it."

Shan Lao was the strongest expert of the Towering Star Region, and he hailed from the Essence Shen Heavenly Field.

It was also then that Mei Jingya realized that the two of them were still floating in the void. She glanced at the foreign expert Shang Xia had captured alive and quickly said, "Forgive me... Please, come inside and speak further!"

Shang Xia smiled. "Indeed, this is no place for an interrogation. I’ll borrow Sage Mei’s world for a while, to probe the truth about these outsiders hiding in the void currents."

Under her lead, Shang Xia soon passed through turbulent chaotic streams into the space around the Essence Mu World.

As an expert at the grand completion stage, Shang Xia’s presence alone pressed heavily upon the Essence Mu World the moment he arrived.

Mei Jingya, as the guardian of her world and with the ability to wield the power of her World’s Will, glanced at him in surprise. She discovered Shang Xia wasn’t just able to capture the foreign expert because of their injury.

She couldn’t tell exactly how strong Shang Xia was, but she could only guess that he was leagues ahead of her. She failed to pierce his concealment, not knowing the monstrous existence before her was at the same level as Shan Lao.

Leading him to a floating continent where her secluded residence lay, she allowed him to use it as he pleased. Allowing another Sage to the void around her world was already the utmost courtesy she could extend. The world itself could hardly bear the weight of two Sages, let alone someone of Shang Xia’s strength.

"By the way..." Shang Xia asked casually once they entered. "From which Star Field do these intruders come?"

"The Gathered Sea of Stars." Mei Jingya answered. "They occupy the origin of the void currents. Though our experts joined hands to keep them there, we failed to stop the void currents themselves. They were able to slip in along the currents.”

"But because our defenses are strict, lone infiltrators rarely stir trouble. The only time we failed to contain the damage was when the Star Origin Lord colluded with them. Together, they guided the chaotic currents to destroy the Essence Zhen Heavenly Field, tearing open a breach in our defenses."

Shang Xia listened intently, his interest piqued when she mentioned the origin of the void currents. Once she finished, he asked eagerly, "The origin of the void currents? Where is it?"

Mei Jingya shot him a strange look before responding, "In the past, its location shifted each time it appeared. But later, with the united effort of our Towering Star Region, we managed to pin it down. The nearest place to it was where the Essence Zhen Heavenly Field once stood."

Shang Xia was startled. After a short moment of confusion, he frowned. "So with the Essence Zhen Heavenly Field destroyed, the anchor of the void currents is gone?”

"That’s right." A serious reply came. "Without the Essence Zhen Heavenly Field to bind it, the origin of the void currents is once again fading into the void. When it reappears in another part of our Star Region, the invasion by the Gathered Sea of Stars will begin!”