Chapter 589: We're Better Than You Babyy

More and more islands arrived in the region of space where the Great Sun that was the source of the Manyu Continent’s World’s Will was located. Rather than saying they were splitting up the world origin, it was more accurate to say that they were fighting a tranquil battle over who could obtain more of it.

The seemingly harmonious atmosphere where everyone was sucking world origin from the Great Sun hid the horrifying tension that existed.

Also, as the various islands absorbed world origin from the Great Sun, it was starting to shrink and it was starting to reach a pretty critical state.

No one knew what would happen after the Great Sun had been sucked dry, but all of them knew that they had to make preparations for the worst-case scenario.

The Northern Sea Island might have arrived later than the Eternal Sect and Divine Capital Sect, and they even suffered way more from the looks of it. However, their speed of absorption surpassed either 2 sects.

As the vortex above the Northern Sea Island trembled slightly, the light pillar that connected them to the Great Sun was at least 30 percent more eye-catching than the Eternal Sect and the Divine Capital Sect.

At that moment, the Northern Sea Island displayed their reputation and foundation as the strongest faction in the Azure Spiritual World!

The moment their light pillar connected to the Great Sun, it started to shrink at a visible rate. The entire sun became smaller by one size.

Everyone might know that the Great Sun would turn smaller and smaller as everyone absorbed world origin to the best of their abilities. It was something they knew couldn’t be avoided. However, the speed at which the sun was shrinking was too obvious and overly frightening. Many experts threw their glances at the light pillar above the Northern Sea Island the next moment.

Even though the voice of reason in their minds told them that the sudden change had nothing to do with the Northern Sea Island, the commotion they caused when they appeared was just far too large. Despite the shrinking of the Great Sun having something to do with the absorption by the rest of the islands, everyone turned their focus to the Northern Sea Island.

The coincidental timing when the Great Sun shrank the moment the Northern Sea Island’s light pillar connected to it also played a part.

The actions of the Northern Sea Island that drew the attention of everyone else away allowed the experts on the Tongyou Island to heave a sigh of relief. They felt lucky that they were no longer the center of attention.

Compared to the terrifying rate of absorption by the Eternal Island, Divine Capital Island, and the Northern Sea Island, the Tongyou Island’s sudden increase was nothing.

Now that the 3 great sects were showing off their peak-tier accumulations and strength, they managed to suppress the Tongyou Institution in every aspect possible.

When the situation was turning more chaotic as the Great Sun shrunk rapidly, Shang Xia arrived at the most critical moment of refining his extermination origins.

How long has passed?

That was a question Shang Xia had no time to care about as he was immersed in his half-forced state of seclusion.

The Crimson Soul Tablet seemed to know the limits of world origin Shang Xia’s body could take, and the moment he started on the final phase of his refinement and had no way to pay attention to anything else, it automatically increased the power of absorption.

Even more world origin poured into the Tongyou Island and most of it was stored by Chu Jia with the help of the grand formation. Only a small part went to supplement Shang Xia’s refinement of his extermination origins and no matter how little it was, it was more than enough for Shang Xia to cultivate in peace.

The sudden rush of World’s Will brought a surprising benefit to Shang Xia. Unlike what Shang Bo and the others thought, it allowed Shang Xia’s divine perception to expand greatly once again.

When the World’s Will clashed with one’s divine perception, it greatly tempered the soul.

Since Shang Xia could withstand the effects, his soul naturally grew stronger, and so did his divine perception. The expansion of his divine perception was the most obvious, but he could feel everything it covered with greater detail.

His unexpected gains with the strengthening of his soul allowed Shang Xia to achieve an unprecedented level of control over his extermination origins and extermination qi. The increase in command he had of his strength also allowed him to increase his secret art a little further. And because of that, his efficiency of cultivation rose proportionally.

Everything was progressing in the right direction for Shang Xia!

In his state of cultivation, he couldn’t feel the changes happening in the outside world. He didn’t know how far the Crimson Soul Tablet had pushed the absorption of world origin.

He might not know, but it was happening regardless. The change not only attracted the attention of the other factions… Even the experts of the Tongyou Institution were completely flabbergasted.

Chu Jia, who was controlling the grand formation and the vortex above the island that created the light pillar, received the greatest shock among all of them.

Unlike the others, she knew exactly what, or who, was causing the change… Shang Xia!

Yun Jing’s weary voice rang in her mind suddenly. “Little Chu, can you still hold on?”

“Yes, I can!” Chu Jia’s voice was steady and she sounded very sure of it. However, if one paid attention, they would be able to realize that she wasn’t really paying attention to whatever Yun Jing said.

“Fourth Brother, how are things on your side?” Yun Jing asked again. This time, her voice was directed at Shang Bo who was in the hidden cultivation chamber under the core region.

“I’m great!” Shang Bo sounded really steady and it might be because of the way he conversed, but as someone who had fought by his side for tens of years, Yun Jing could hear the confidence and resolution that was hidden beneath his calm tone.

She was completely assured after hearing the confirmation from the usually prudent and cautious Shang Bo. After all, the rank five inheritance that the Tongyou Institution possessed wasn’t a secret to people of their status.

Regardless of whether it was Ji Wenlong or Shang Bo, they were basically replicating what Kou Chongxue did in the past.

The price of doing that was astronomical, but Ji Wenlong managed to scrape by and succeed. But because of the chance he took, the Tongyou Institution bet everything they had back in the War of the Tongyou Mysterious World.

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If he failed, the Tongyou Institution would fall with him!

Now that Shang Bo was attempting to break through to the Martial Dipper Realm, he was doing so in a battlefield in space where there were other factions fighting for world origin. The Tongyou Institution sent almost all their high-leveled cultivators over and they seemed to be staking it all once more.

Shang Bo’s failure would basically spell the destruction of the Tongyou Institution.

Whatever the case, world origin was the key to his breakthrough. If he wanted to copy what Kou Chongxue had done, he didn’t just need some world origin. He needed a shit ton of it.

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Shang Bo returned to whatever he was doing after saying 2 short words. Both Chu Jia and Yun Jing could tell that he had already isolated his secret chamber from the outside world and that could only mean one thing. It had reached the critical moment when he had to attempt his breakthrough to the Martial Dipper Realm.

Without fear of disturbing him, Yun Jing and Chu Jia could finally speak freely.

“How the hell did he actually do this?! Is the simultaneous refinement of 4 extermination origins really so mystical?” Yun Jing seemed to be asking a question and muttering to herself at the same time.

Chu Jia couldn’t help but laugh. “Who cares? Whatever the case, I retained a huge portion of the world origin he drew over. We managed to obtain all the good stuff!”

Yun Jing seemed to heave a silent sigh of relief and she became a lot more relaxed. “At the end of the day, our foundations are far too lacking… I’m afraid this will exceed the limits of what our island can hold…”

“Relax!” Chu Jia pointed at the jade formation disc before her. “Have you forgotten where this came from? We’re the ones that can’t unleash the disc’s full potential! It is far from reaching its limit.”