Chapter 2232: Eight Trigram Immortal Golden Pill

At the very moment when Shang Xia began his advancement toward the Eight Trigram Realm, the Star Origin Lord had also completed the unification of his Seven Essence Heavenly Field, making use of the transformation of the newly born Ninefold Star Field. Without delay, he too launched his own assault toward the Martial Eternity Realm.

Yet as his marital will rose through the seven Essence Worlds of his Heavenly Field, he suddenly sensed another presence, a cultivator extremely close to him in both distance and cultivation realm, who was also advancing toward the next level...

Moreover, that existence might have already taken the lead.

The Star Origin Lord knew... The only presence who could compete with him was Shang Xia!

Thus, while his soul underwent metamorphosis using an Eternity Treasure and the combined foundation of the Seven Essence Worlds, several Sage-level Starlight Clones burst out from the Seven Essence Heavenly Field, rushing through the void toward Shang Xia’s location.

At the same time, across the Ninefold Star Field, eight enormous Eternal Golden Boats suddenly emerged from the void, each appearing where the eight foreign Star Fields had connected to the Chaotic Sea of Stars. Beneath their hulls flowed radiant rivers of starlight, carrying within them faint traces of the power of space and time from the Star River.

Had Shang Xia been present, he would have recognized it instantly, the eight of them had opened channels from the tributaries of the Star River!

Their appearance instantly strengthened the stability of the Ninefold Star Field. Moreover, these same ships, once controlled by the Star River Stowaways, had been instrumental in merging the eight Star Fields into the Chaotic Sea of Stars.

Due to their influence, they were naturally attuned with the newly birthed Ninefold Star Field.

The drifters aboard the eight Gold Ships seized this moment as well, beginning their own attempts to ascend to the Eighth Heaven.

Beyond Shang Xia, the Star Origin Lord, and the eight Star River Stowaways, many other Sages who were powerhouses from the other Star Fields or Star Regions of the Chaotic Sea of Stars, also felt the mysterious pull of destiny and the chance to break through.

One after another, some swiftly and some cautiously, they joined the surge toward the Eighth Order.

Among them were even several Star River Stowaways who, at the final moment, had managed to locate and breach through the coordinates of the Star River itself.

Though these latecomers lagged somewhat behind, they were not too far off. Whether they would succeed in reaching the Martial Eternity Realm would ultimately depend on their preparation and their fate.

But while those supreme beings at the very peak of the Ninefold Star Field were ascending together, the Heavenly Fields were far from peaceful.

Within the Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field, deep inside the Tongyou Dao Field, Kou Chongxue, who had long been in profound meditation, also received a fateful opportunity as the Star Field completed its transformation.

His injuries had long healed and when the fusion completed, he was struck by sudden enlightenment. As if blessed by providence, he easily crossed the threshold before him, his cultivation soaring into sixth star of the Martial Emptiness Realm.

Just like that, the next high-level Sage of the Essence Luxuriant Heavenly Field was born.

Moreover, thanks to the depth of his foundation, his progress within his cultivation realm was already substantial.

Cases like Kou Chongxue’s were not unique. Many cultivators across the vast Ninefold Star Field experienced similar fortunes.

Yet for every success, there were also disasters. Numerous high-level cultivators who were in seclusion at that very moment suffered a clash in their inner qi and the transformed origin qi of the new Grand Star Field. Some merely endured severe injuries or regressions in cultivation, while the more serious cases saw their cultivation shattered due to qi deviation as they died instantly.

Worse still, the upheaval of the Ninefold Star Field’s birth ignited conflicts among worlds, between Heavenly Field, Star Regions, and even factions that had once belonged to entirely different Star Fields. Many who bore grudges against each other started a reckless assault on their enemies.

The heaviest invasion was faced by the Heavenly Fields who were once part of the Chaotic Sea of Stars. They were attacked by multiple enemies from foreign Star Fields, forcing their Sages to carry out a relocation of their Heavenly Fields to where the former Heaven Observation Star Region stood.

Thus, paradoxically, the completion of the Ninefold Star Field’s birth only plunged the entire region into greater turmoil.

Meanwhile, Shang Xia, immersed wholly in his breakthrough, remained oblivious to everything.

But nearly 10,000,000 miles away, his External Avatar intercepted one of the Star Origin Lord’s Starlight Clones.

Neither side spoke a single word. The second they noticed each other, they knew each other’s intent. Without hesitation, they clashed at full force.

The collision shattered the surrounding void across a million mile radius, reducing it to fragmented chaos.

One had to remember that they were no longer in the old Chaotic Sea of Stars, but in the newly ascended Ninefold Star Field.

The void was far more resilient than before. Where once even Martial Dipper Realm cultivators could easily tear open space and travel through it, the same experts could barely crack it. To traverse the void itself required strength of a True Immortal.

Likewise, battles between Sages which had once shaken entire Star Regions, now rarely spread beyond hundreds of thousands of miles.

Yet the clash between Shang Xia’s External Avatar and the Star Origin Lord’s Starlight Clone alone was powerful enough to rend and collapse space across a million miles, proving that both of them possessed power far beyond an ordinary high-level Sage.

Just as their battle raged fiercely, several streaks of light bypassed the combat zone, flying straight toward Shang Xia’s distant location.

A thunderous roar shook the void as the Giant Ape Emperor smashed through the spatial barrier with a single punch. Its massive frame forced its way in, arms spreading wide as though to seize all the space before it. Along that region of space, it trapped two of those streaks of light.

However, those beams suddenly erupted, blazing with searing radiance and waves of heat like twin solar stars captured between its arms.

The golden fur along the Giant Ape Emperor’s forearms was instantly scorched black. Pain tore through its flesh and bone, forcing a ferocious roar. But rather than retreat, the agony only stoked its fury. With a wild bellow, it clenched both fists and smashed them down upon the beams of light.

Boom! Boom!

The void shattered.

Blood splattered as crimson mist billowed through the ruins of space, and a sharp stench of scorched flesh filled the air. The raging light dispersed into fragments, flaring before fading into the trembling void.

The Giant Ape Emperor stood amid the chaos, baring its teeth through the pain. With charred palms, it beat its chest with booming thuds that echoed across the void. Before it stood two of the Star Origin Lord’s Starlight Clones from the Seven Essence Heavenly Field.

"You can’t stop us all!"

"Another two rounds of this, and you’ll lose your arms!"

The Giant Ape Emperor’s wide mouth curled into a savage grin. "Really? Your grandpa ape here just wants to stop you even more then!"