Chapter 2108: One Man’s Trash, Another’s Treasure

Shang Xia had always been curious about the true nature of the void currents and how it had come into being.

A faint understanding formed in his mind now that he discovered the origin of the void currents in the Towering Star Region.

When he secretly tracked the long shuttle, he sensed a vast ‘lake’ within the secret region.

However, he didn’t dare to probe too closely with his divine soul. From the strength of the void currents there, he could tell it had the ability to corrode his divine soul.

As he approached the corner of the lake, he saw from afar that the shuttle had plunged straight into the void currents before rushing to the other side.

Staring at the strange phenomenon, Shang Xia reached an understanding. The so called lake and the void currents were nothing less than the pure collusion of two Star Fields! It was the effect created from the Chaotic Sea of Stars and the Gathered Sea of Stars grinding against each other!

The origin of the void currents was the point of impact of both Star Fields!

That would mean that one side belonged to the Chaotic Sea of Stars, while the opposite belonged to the Gathered Sea of Stars.

From the intelligence he gathered before, he knew that the Gathered Sea of Stars occupied the origin of the void currents. Now it seemed to him that it was became they had mastered the method of crossing the lake. They could enter the Chaotic Sea of Stars at will, but the Sages of the Towering Star Region couldn’t do the same. Facing such opponents, the experts of the Towering Star Region could only defend passively.

It was no wonder their Star Region had woven together such a massive defensive network to deal with the outsiders.

It was not foresight or caution. Rather, it was forced by necessity by the dominance of the Gathered Sea of Stars.

But... Is this lake of chaos really impossible to cross?

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Shang Xia stared at a strange spherical mass that was floating in the secret region he entered that was supposed to be the origin of the void currents, he could tell that it was actually a strange mass pressed between the spatial barriers between both Star Fields. Staring at it, he had a sudden urge to pass through to the other side, to see what the Gathered Sea of Stars looked like.

Of course, it was only a thought.

Without absolute certainty of survival or knowledge of the other side, he would never rashly leave the Chaotic Sea of Stars to another Star Field.

Just as he edged closer to the suspended lake, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from the other side. In an instant, a powerful divine soul emerged to search the area.

Shang Xia had already reacted the moment the aura appeared. He suppressed his inner qi and divine soul. However, he didn’t retreat. Instead, he dove into the vast lake of chaos itself that made up the origin of the void currents.

The expert who released his divine soul was clearly an expert from the Gathered Sea of Stars, and from it, Shang Xia deduced that they were a high-level Sage.

Even though he wasn’t afraid, he knew that if his presence was revealed, he would be instantly surrounded by enemies. After all... There was no way a high-level Sage was the only expert in charge of protecting such a key region between two Star Fields.

His boldness in diving into the lake of chaos came from experience. He had once fought within the raging void currents itself, and even ventured beyond the Chaotic Sea of Stars to the boundless void and returned alive. Compared to that, the chaos between two Star Fields was nothing dangerous!

The expert from the Gathered Sea of Stars could not accept that the hidden expert who barged into the region escaped under his nose as he started to sweep the region again and again with his divine soul. Too bad for him, he failed to detect anyone even after a long time searching.

Suspicion gnawed at him as he thought that the intruder had leapt into the chaos? His eyes passed over the lake more than once, and he even felt the impulse to dive in himself.

However, he wasn’t foolish. He knew his limits and he held himself back. The chaos there was unlike the void currents that were produced. Compressed by two worlds, they could crush even his body, while the fused origin qi of two Star Fields could pollute his dantian.

Without proper preparation, not even he could last long.

In order to cross the lake, the experts of the Gathered Sea of Stars needed a specially made ‘Evasion Shuttle’. They were originally forged to cross the Star River, but it failed to provide enough protection. It failed to withstand the corrosion of from the Star River, but it was enough to traverse the origin of the void currents with ease.

Lingering there for a moment, the high-level Sage reasoned with himself that even if someone had hidden in the lake, the mysterious expert would soon be devoured by the chaos. Waiting for what he thought was enough time for someone at his level to be destroyed, he eventually departed.

Yet long after he left, Shang Xia still did not emerge. It seemed as if he had drowned forever in that lake of chaos.

What no one knew was that even though the void currents tore at him and the pressure of two Star Fields pressed down against him, his plight wasn’t as dire as anyone would have imagined.

As for the corruption of his dantian by the origin qi of both Star Fields... It wasn’t a threat for Shang Xia at all! Rather, he welcomed it with open arms!