Chapter 877: 80 Percent, Returning.

When the Celestial Remains opened up in the past, more than 40 Martial Dipper Realm experts from the various factions of the Azure Ascension World entered. Counting the Martial Extermination Realm cultivators, they numbered in the 150s.

With Kou Chongxue and the other peak-tier experts providing support, the number of experts of the Azure Ascension World who managed to return to the Yanlin City seemed extremely pitiful compared to the experts who were brought over. There were 26 Martial Dipper Realm experts, and there were barely 70 Martial Extermination Realm cultivators.

They were only able to keep so many Martial Extermination Realm cultivators as the Martial Dipper Realm experts pushed themselves to their limit on the frontlines to provide cover for all of them.

The situation in the Yanlin City wasn’t exactly the best. Other than Kou Chongxue who was an unbeatable existence in the Martial Dipper Realm after entering the grand completion stage and Shang Xia who didn’t take part in the battle as he was drawing world origin into the cauldron, no one managed to retain their peak combat strength. Every other Martial Dipper Realm expert had their cultivation regressed to some point because of all the injuries or Fate Dipper Clones they sacrificed.

“Can they really not hold out anymore?! If we only rely on the grand formation, we won’t be able to hold out for long. The beast tides in the city seem disorganized, but there are too many of them! There are quite a few rank five beasts among them...” Huang Jinghan’s gaze was on the beast tides as he muttered softly. His complexion looked alright, and he didn’t seem to be in dire straits.

In the great battle earlier, he had to sacrifice a Fate Dipper Clone to live, but it didn’t affect him much as he didn’t suffer many injuries otherwise. He was well known to possess sturdy life force anyway, and he had the Yuanchen Sword in hand. It was a powerful divine weapon that allowed him to maintain his combat abilities despite what happened.

Kou Chongxue shook his head and explained, “We have suffered grave injuries and a lot of us have reached our limits. Right now, we’re close to storing enough world origin and there is no need for us to risk everyone’s lives anymore.”

After hearing what Kou Chongxue said, Huang Jinghan wasn’t the only one who was surprised. The Martial Dipper Realm experts around him were equally as shocked.

“Is that it? Did we gather enough already?!”

“Are you sure we have enough? How do you estimate the amount of world origin needed anyway?”

“How long has it been? I thought that I would be done for after falling into your trap and getting transported here... I didn’t think that gathering enough world origin would be done so quickly!”

“That little kid is pretty impressive... The Tongyou Institution seems to have already found a successor!”

A strange smile appeared on Kou Chongxue’s face as he mumbled, “I didn’t think that he would be able to gather so much world origin so quickly. Right now, we can leave anytime we wish. There’s no point risking our lives any longer, but for every second we manage to hold off, we will be able to gather more world origin. We won’t lose much anyway!”

“Of course, of course!”

Many Martial Dipper Realm experts heaved a sigh of relief and they quickly agreed with Kou Chongxue. After all, he reached the grand completion stage of the Martial Dipper Realm and was basically an unbeatable existence on the Azure Flame World. Who else were they going to suck up to?

Lu Wuzi glanced at Kou Chongxue and muttered, “Patriarch Kou, this time we return, the ascension of our world is basically guaranteed. Now that your cultivation has reached the grand completion stage of the Martial Dipper Realm and you refined the Origin Holy Artifact, I believe the Tongyou Institution will benefit greatly once you go back... If there is any leftover world origin after our world’s ascension, your Tongyou Institution will most likely be able to advance further and become an Elysium once the world recognizes your contributions. When that happens, Patriarch Kou, you should be able to step into the Sixth Order of the Primary Realm, right?”

The moment the words left his lips, there was a subtle change in the atmosphere.

Kou Chongxue roared with laughter and he didn’t plan on hiding anything. “Even though it’s going to be difficult, if there is an opportunity, I would definitely risk it all and attempt to break through. No matter who is in my place, they wouldn’t give up an opportunity like that!”

Kou Chongxue glanced around him and many people started laughing along. There were also some who congratulated him in advance.

It was then that Huang Jinghan spoke again. “When do you plan on starting the Spatial Transfer to send us back to the Azure Ascension World?”

That was what everyone was concerned about too and the laughter quickly stopped as everything turned to look at Kou Chongxue.

In a low voice, his reply came. “Everyone, do you think the Spirit Abundance World would have received the news of us disappearing and taken the chance to attack the Azure Ascension World?”

The expression of those around him changed once again. After all, the thought had been buried in their minds for some time. Kou Chongxue wasn’t the only one who could think of something like that.

A question quickly followed, “It hasn’t been long since we arrived, and there were no signs of our actions before we were transported over. It should be less than 2 months since we left the Azure Ascension World... Is it really possible for the Spirit Abundance World to take action so quickly?” [1]

Jiu Du’s expression was solemn as he replied, “Don’t underestimate the determination of the Spirit Abundance World to take over our world. That’s a Spirit World we’re talking about and the strength and foundation they possess far surpasses us.”

Seeing as the mood was turning weird, Kou Chongxue quickly interrupted with a light chuckle, “Well, the reason why I brought it up in the first place is to remind everyone to take the chance to recover the best you can before we leave. The moment we return, we might be thrown into battle immediately!”

A pointed laugh escaped Yifeng’s lips. “What the hell are we supposed to do in such a short amount of time? Unless you can send all of us into the Origin Holy Artifact to absorb...”

𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Before he could finish, he was unceremoniously interrupted by Kou Chongxue. “That’s exactly what I meant. As long as you’re willing, all of you can enter the space within the Origin Holy Artifact and absorb the world origin in there to restore your cultivation or recover from your injuries. When we start the transfer back, I will be able to save a lot of effort to control the rampaging world origin within the cauldron. However, if there is something you need to be concerned about...”

“Hehehe, the moment we enter the cauldron, you will be able to control our fate, right?” Yifeng also interrupted Kou Chongxue before he could finish. He didn’t beat about the bush and spoke about the problem immediately.

Kou Chongxue was taking in the changes in expression of everyone around him, but he didn’t seem concerned about it as he continued, “That’s exactly what I meant. Anyway, if you choose to enter the cauldron, you will be able to restore your injuries by absorbing world origin and lessen the burden you feel during the Spatial Transfer. However, to tell you guys the truth, our Azure Ascension World might be able to ascend to a Spirit World at any time, but I have no idea how much world origin is needed. I can only make a conservative estimate. Under such circumstances, all the world origin contained inside the cauldron counts. After all, the world origin that was used to send all of us here was a terrifying amount!”

Everyone fell silent after hearing Kou Chongxue’s explanation. All of them were starting to weigh the risks of entering the cauldron.

Yifeng’s brain worked differently from the others and he quickly asked another question. “Oh? From what you’re saying, your Origin Holy Artifact can contain quite a few people! How large is the space inside?”

“Huh?” Even Kou Chongxue, who had seen his fair share of weirdness, couldn’t fathom how Yifeng’s brain worked. He was confused about the random question thrown his way.

“What I’m saying is... There are more than 100 cultivators in the city at the moment. Can your Origin Holy Artifact house so many of us?!” Yifeng continued.

He didn’t seem conflicted at all to enter the Origin Holy Artifact even though it meant that Kou Chongxue would be able to control his fate to a certain extent. Instead, he seemed pretty excited to do so.

Kou Chongxue responded immediately. “Of course it can house so many of us. However, those of us with higher cultivation levels might have to give up the empty space within and stay submerged in the sea of world origin. After all, our Martial Extermination Realm cutlivators might not be able to withstand the assimilation of world origin if they come into contact with the sea of world origin directly. As such, we will leave the empty spaces to them and those of us who suffered heavy injuries.”

“We have to be submerged in the sea of world origin?” Yifeng wasn’t the only one who looked excited after hearing what he said. Huang Jinghan, Jiu Du, and the other stronger experts seemed to have their interests piqued, it was especially so for Lu Wuzi whose injuries were the worst among those present. His combat abilities suffered the most compared to the rest and he needed a large amount of world origin to recover.

As they were concluding their discussion, none of them showed any repulsion to the idea of entering the Stellar Cauldron any longer.

The next second, a loud rumble came from the Azure Flame World once again. This time, it sounded like the world was ending. The entire world seemed to turn a little murky.

Even though the city contained abundant world origin and heaven and earth spiritual qi, everyone present knew that the density of world origin and heaven and earth spiritual qi in the Azure Flame World dropped once again.

Within the Yanlin Holy Land, the Stellar Cauldron was 80 percent filled!

1. yeah, thats the timeskip when Shang Xia was refining his fate dipper essences and how long it took for the Azure Flame World to gather their troops ?