Chapter 564: Backlash!

By the time everyone else realized that the Manyu Continent was crumbling, it was too late for the other powers to separate themselves from the mainland. The first thing they had to endure was the final backlash of the world as they forcefully maintained their landmass with their grand formation.

Fortunately for the Tongyou Stronghold, they separated themselves in the nick of time and could avoid the final backlash of the Manyu Continent.

Their floating island was practically the exact structure they planned for. No unnecessary losses were suffered.

The other powers weren’t so lucky.

Thousands of miles in a certain direction from the Tongyou Island, a cultivator wearing a silver crown on his head sat in the middle of the territory controlled by the Divine Capital Sect. He exuded an air of elegance as he directed the experts of the Divine Capital Sect to deal with the cracks in their landmass caused by the destruction of the Manyu Continent.

As everyone ran around to deal with the issues that were arising, one of the Martial Extermination Realm experts from the Divine Capital Sect approached the silver crowned cultivator and muttered softly. He failed to hide the panic in his voice. “Senior Brother Chen Yu, we might be pushing it too far. Even though our sect is powerful, we won’t be able to make up for our losses if we keep up the consumption…”

Chen Yu hesitated slightly and the other expert quickly added, “From the time we entered the Manyu Continent, Senior Brother Chen Yu, you have taken charge of the situation and you have outstanding achievements. You don’t have to try so hard to obtain more merits. Sometimes, you should quit while you’re ahead. Otherwise, the mistakes you make might cause some blemishes to your record.”

Seeing as Chen Yu was starting to nod slightly, he continued with his advice. “Now that the Manyu Continent is crumbling, the final eruption of world origin is about to happen. If Senior Brother Chen exerts too much energy because of what is happening right now, it might affect your fight for world origin that is bound to happen later…”

The final reason seemed to convince Chen Yu. The person in charge of the experts of the Divine Capital Sect in the Manyu Continent rose to his feet and arranged the silver crown on his head before growling, “Junior Brother Chen Hai, tell everyone to shrink our territory by 500 miles. At the same time, let the aboriginal cultivators of the Manyu Continent who chose to submit know that if they wish to establish themselves on the Azure Origin World, they should do their best to assist our Divine Capital Sect!”

Chen Hai cupped his fist and received Chen Yu’s order before turning to leave.

A soft sigh escaped Chen Yu’s lips as a trace of reluctance flashed across his face. Eventually, he regained his calm before leaving the hall with an expressionless face.

Staring into the distance, he noticed that the skies were in chaos. Shattered fragments of the Manyu Continent started to fall in different directions. When meteorites traveling through the sea of stars slammed into the earth, they burst into flames. Burning chunks of earth fell like rain but when they approached 600 to 700 miles of the Divine Capital Sect’s territory, they would be stopped by an invisible barrier.

The barrier started to tremble violently when it was struck, and it seemed like it would break the next second. Before that could happen, the barrier started to shrink at a rapid pace. Because of Chen Yu’s command earlier to shrink their territory so as to save energy, a huge number of aboriginals who chose to side with the Divine Capital Sect found themselves outside the protection formation.

Almost all of them were powerless to deal with the chunks of flaming earth falling from the heavens and they didn’t even have time to beg for help from other experts. They suffered huge losses and miserable screams filled the air.

Since the Divine Capital Sect withdrew their territory, everything that wasn’t protected by their grand formation started to break down along with the rest of the Manyu Continent.

Of course, the protection barrier that was no longer needed to protect such a huge area immediately solidified and became a lot stronger. No more threats could affect the stability of the barrier as it held steady even as chunks of flaming earth pelted it constantly.

…

Amidst the loud rumble caused by the destruction of the continent, the experts of the White Deer Paradise made the same decision as those of the Divine Capital Sect.

“The backlash from the world is much stronger than we expected!”

“Those assholes from the Spirit Abundance World are to blame for this! They used live sacrifices to obtain world origin from the Manyu Continent and enraged the World’s Will!”

“Hmph, they won’t be doing too well either because of their actions. They will have to suffer the backlash from the World’s Will directly and they should suffer a fate far worse than ours.”

“Enough of that! What are we going to do now? During the early phase of the Manyu Continent’s destruction, we’ll definitely suffer losses to our territory because of the constant collisions from the crumbling land mass… We expected as much, but…”

“Do you mean…”

“Senior Brothers, Junior Brothers, please ensure that you remain safe. We have to give it our all during the battle of world origin that is soon to come. Our White Deer Sect isn’t lacking territory at the moment. What we need is another Martial Dipper Realm expert!”

“Alright. Gather our experts and get them to protect the core region. After shrinking our protective formation, those left outside shall be left to fend for themselves.”

Loud explosions tore through the skies once again and the landmass that the White Deer Paradise controlled which was slightly more than 2000 miles suffered another serious blow. The landmass shook violently and a report came from the Formation Grandmaster of the White Deer Paradise the next moment. According to the report, a chunk of earth that was 500 miles large detached from the island. The spiritual veins that were used to connect the multiple formations around the landmass turned unstable and it wasn’t difficult to determine that they were going to lose even more territory in the near future.

…

In the territory controlled by the Zhongxuan Gate, Hu Molin, their person in charge, stared at the various experts before growling in a low voice, “Our Yan Continent lacks land and our foundations are poor. That is also a reason we’re greatly restricted in everything we do. As such, we cannot give up any more of the landmass we control!”

“Senior Brother Hu, if we go all out to preserve the land we planned for, we will have to pay a hefty price…”

𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

“The protection formation has already stretched to its limit. The area we control now is close to 2500 miles in diameter and the formation masters are finding it extremely difficult to keep everything in check. They’re enduring a massive amount of pressure as we speak!”

Hu Molin’s expression changed slightly but he eventually sighed heavily, “We have no choice. Every single Talisman Master of our Zhongxuan Gate who reached the Martial Extermination Realm has been sent to the Manyu Continent. Do you still not understand the intentions of our Ancestors?”

“In that case…”

Hu Molin raised his finger to interrupt the person who was about to speak. “I made up my mind. No matter what happens next, I’ll bear the consequences. I hope that all of you can lend me your strength and bring this landmass back to the Yan Continent!”

During their conversation, several resplendent streaks of light appeared in the air above them.

The reactions of Hu Molin and the various experts before him weren’t slow by any means. They rose into the air in unison and shattered the meteors that were about to smash into the protection barrier.

Unfortunately, their efforts were limited. Several chunks of rocks sailed past them before hitting the protection barrier around the Zhongxuan Gate’s territory.

After some shaking and flickering, the barrier returned to normal and the heavens seemed to calm down. Hu Molin and the others returned to the confines of their protection barrier but they kept their guards up nonetheless. When they returned, they learned that 2 Formation Masters were injured from the impact earlier.

Hu Molin’s expression sank as he knew that that wasn’t the last threat they would be facing. No one knew how long those Formation Masters could last under the constant pressure.

…

The Martial Extermination Realm experts of the Changbai Holy Land felt their hearts pounding in their chests as worry threatened to overwhelm them.

“The destruction of the Manyu Continent came a lot earlier than expected…”

“Hehe, everyone out there has their own plans. All of us are plotting against each other and the members of the Spirit Abundance World even made their way here. They used some sort of strange art to suck away world origin from the Manyu Continent, speeding up the destruction process. It’s not strange for everything to progress so quickly.”

“Hmm… Unfortunately, we haven’t completed our preparations. We can’t carry out the plan we came here with, otherwise, our chances of success would be much higher than it is currently.”

“What a joke. If we’re unable to complete our preparations, what makes you think every other faction out there managed to finish theirs? All of us are going to have to play it by ear.”

“Now that we look at it again, our Ancestors are wise indeed. They chose to work with Kou Chongxue, greatly increasing our chances of returning with the landmass. We were fools to question the Ancestors’ decision to work with our enemy…”

“So what? Even if we look like we have 4 Martial Dipper Realm Ancestors helping us because of the cooperation, the Tongyou Institution will have to care about themselves once the Manyu Continent crumbles. When that happens, Kou Chongxue and the other Martial Dipper Realm Ancestor of the institution will have to deal with things on their side. At the end of the day, the situation remains the same.”

“Junior Brother, that’s where you’re wrong. With the Tongyou Institution’s foundations, how large do you think their landmass can be?”

“Oh yeah… They might not need so much help to direct their smaller landmass when the time comes and we should be able to borrow the strength of their Martial Dipper Realm Ancestor when the time comes! Even if we disregard Ji Wenlong, Kou Chongxue’s strength is nothing to scoff at. He’s too damn strong!”

“Wouldn’t our Changbai Holy Land be the only ones benefiting from the cooperation if that’s the case? Why would Kou Chongxue agree to an alliance in the first place?”

“Hehe, it’s simple. If Kou Chongxue didn’t agree to it, the Tongyou Institution wouldn’t be able to benefit from the Manyu Continent at all! Of course, that works both ways… If our Ancestors didn’t agree to the cooperation, Kou Chongxue could easily force them to remain in the Beyond Heavens Pavilion when the time comes. After all, our worlds are merely separated by the Void Abyss. With his strength, he would be able to stop our Ancestors from helping us.”

“Enough of this talk. How much land do you think the Tongyou Institution can bring away?”

“Right, don’t forget, they were plotted against by those aboriginal experts of the Manyu Continent…”

“Hehe, they should be able to maintain a landmass of a thousand miles or so. With the strong backlash from the world, they wouldn’t be able to last as long as us! I refuse to believe that their preparations can be better than our Changbai Holy Land. After suffering the recoil from the World’s Will, they would be lucky if they maintain a landmass of 800 miles.”

…

With Shang Xia’s timely warning, the Tongyou Landmass detached itself from the Manyu Continent before its destruction, becoming the Tongyou Island. Aside from Chu Jia who was controlling the formation back in the core of the Tongyou Island, everyone else flew above the island to ensure its safety.