Chapter 974: True Immortals!

When the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar shrank and became a long stone rod, Shang Xia suddenly had a premonition that the more he infused his Five Element Origin into the weapon, the thinner it would become. It might even transform into a staff that he could swing around like a weapon!

The more he thought about it, the stranger the entire situation felt.

What the fuck! Is the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake the Ruyi Jingu Bang used by Sun Wukong?! Didn’t he get it from the bottom of the ocean from the Dragon King of the East Sea?!

Oh, wait a second... The Heavenly Lake might not be the East Sea, but this place is still considered underwater...

Shang Xia shook his head to get rid of his useless thoughts as he continued to refine the treasure.

The Crimson Soul Tablet in his sea of consciousness didn’t stop devouring world origin in his surroundings either.

Everyone in the Heavenly Lake Elysium wasn’t paying attention to the world origin in their surroundings as there was too much going on. Otherwise, they would have discovered that the density of world origin was falling at a terrifying pace. The world origin that surrounded the 3 Holy Artifacts was also draining rapidly.

The strain he caused to the Crimson Soul Tablet when he came up with his rank five martial intent had long since been restored. The tablet had also recovered to a certain extent. With the strong connection he had with the Crimson Soul Tablet, he could tell that its curiosity for the world origin of the Spirit Abundance World had disappeared some time ago. If not for him actively controlling it to absorb world origin, it would have stopped long ago.

Shang Xia wasn’t forcing it to absorb more world origin for fun. Instead, he was preparing for the future. He didn’t forget how one of the conditions of his rank six advancement formula consisted of sufficient world origin!

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The Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake could seal itself off because of the presence of the Heavenly Lake Elysium where they were drawing their energy to power their grand formation, and the Heavenly Lake Elysium’s foundation was made up of the 3 great Holy Artifacts!

With the Holy Artifacts falling into different hands, the usage of the power of the Elysium was no longer coordinated! As it grew weaker and weaker, the Heavenly Lake Elysium also started to suffer. The world origin that Shang Xia was absorbing on a large scale made it even worse and the grand formation around the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake was weakening with each passing second!

For experts of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake, they didn’t have the luxury to pay attention to such matters. Moreover, most of them didn’t have the qualification to come into contact with the Elysium or the protection formation to notice the change.

Fortunately, even experts who have been paying attention to the Five Links Ridge couldn’t discover what was happening easily... Unless someone tried forcing their way into the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake at the moment, or if a True Immortal paid attention to the matter personally, they wouldn’t discover the changes happening within!

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“I didn’t think that those little rats from the Emptiness Drifting Mountain not only forced their way into the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake, they even managed to make it into the Heavenly Lake Elysium. They even caused the grand formation to weaken to this point. Looks like your younger sister here has underestimated them and True Immortal Chong Shan’s methods!” A soft sigh came from the void somewhere inside the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake.

A gentle female voice replied, “Do not underestimate any True Immortal, especially one that comes from a background with extensive history. Who would have thought that the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake would suffer such a huge loss to several Martial Dipper Realm juniors even after sealing off their sect?”

The person who spoke earlier chuckled in response, “That only proves how far True Immortal Chong Shan planned it. His schemes started dozens of years ago and placed a spy in the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake many years ago. Well... Whatever it is, that’s almost the extent of whatever he could do. Didn’t Senior Sister Su uncover them a long time ago? No matter what, you’re still better than him.”

‘Senior Sister Su’ sighed softly, “Junior Sister Tang Yu, since you have already entered the Martial Void Realm, that would mean that you have gained the qualifications to become a true player in our Spirit Abundance World. Even so, you can’t judge someone just by a single instance of defeat or victory. Any plan that an expert at our level can come up with will be full of tricks and deceit. Everyone is planning ahead. What can a single victory mean in the larger scheme of things? For example, True Immortal Chong Shan seems to have made many preparations for this while paying a huge price. However, can you be sure of his intentions? Do you really think it’s just to produce another True Immortal among his descendants?”

True Immortal Tang Yu muttered in a strong tone, “Is that not the case? Senior Sister Su, didn’t you say that True Immortal Chong Shang is reaching the end of his lifespan? He plans to create another True Immortal for his faction without weakening the foundations of the Emptiness Drifting Mountain to protect the Lou Family... Moreover, that will greatly benefit the Emptiness Drifting Mountain while they’re at it!”

Instead of responding immediately, True Immortal Su thought for a second before muttering, “Let’s wait and see... I’m afraid it won’t be long before we will need you to personally make a trip over.”

A trace of excitement seemed to form in True Immortal Tang Yu’s heart as she became a lot more interested after hearing that she might be able to get involved in the matter. “Senior Sister, didn’t you say that you were better than True Immortal Chong Shan and wanted to be the fisherman who swoops in at the last moment to grab all the benefits? Who would have thought that you would also have your spy among them who hid even deeper?! Looks like when I head over to the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake, I will need to clean house from top to bottom... I hope you won’t mind my recklessness... Hehe...”

True Immortal Su maintained her gentle deposition and muttered, “The position of the 9 great powers of the Spirit Abundance World cannot change. I would rather you take charge of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake and fill up the space of the missing True Immortal than to let them be wiped off the map completely. In the future, you can deal with all matters regarding the faction!”

The excitement True Immortal Tang Yu was feeling fizzled out slightly and a trace of anxiety started to form in her heart.

True Immortal Su from the Heaven Embroidery Palace raised an eyebrow and muttered, “From what we know, the world origin stored in the Heavenly Lake Elysium should be more than enough for the junior from the Lou Family to make the breakthrough. Even if the birth of a True Immortal will affect the World Origin Source of the world, it shouldn’t be so intense... Did something strange happen within?”

True Immortal Tang Yu stared at the Heavenly Lake Elysium as she slowly calmed herself. “Senior Sister Su, did you discover something strange?”

True Immortal Su didn’t respond and she seemed to have fallen deep in thought.

The World Origin Source trembled violently the next second. True Immortal Tang Yu muttered, “I didn’t think that the junior of the Lou Family would possess such strong foundations! From the looks of it, if we don’t hurry up and interfere, he will most likely be able to complete the advancement process!”

True Immortal Su nodded in response. “He should be at one of the Holy Artifacts of the Elysium. We can’t wait any longer. Junior Sister Tang Yu, please head over and stop it before it’s too late. If you feel anything off, you can retreat at any time. I will be ready to assist you.”

“Hehe... Many thanks, Senior Sister Su!” True Immortal Tang Yu giggled. After she spoke, the space around her started to turn gloomy as all the light around her was swallowed up by something. The entrance to the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake that was protected by a powerful grand formation was revealed to the rest of the Heavenly Lake as a giant mirage filled the skies. However, it was quickly shrouded into the void again.

However, its reappearance for a split second already alerted the various powers who had their eyes on the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake. No one knew how many secret transmissions were sent out in that instant.

However, with at least 2 True Immortals present in the Heavenly Lake Continent, it would be difficult to say if the other powers would make it in time to interfere with whatever was happening there.

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In the Heavenly Lake Elysium... Lou Zhe, Huang Yu, and Shan Yunchao faced the battle formation of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake made up of dozens of experts in the Martial Extermination Realm realm and above as their backs were on the Origin Holy Artifact. They felt their scalp going numb in the face of so many experts. They were at a loss for what to do for a second.

Even though the True Immortal of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake was slain along with a batch of their strongest Martial Dipper Realm experts, those left weren’t exactly useless. As the remaining Martial Dipper Realm experts gathered the rest of their strength, they could bring out a good portion of battle strength.

Huang Yu held his spear in front of him as he faced several opponents. As he swung his spear while moving with his special footwork, he managed to avoid being thrown into their battle formation. Shan Yunchao and Lou Zhe were experts at the fourth element of the Martial Dipper Realm and they could hold their own. However, as the number of experts increased, the battlefield shrank rapidly and they were unable to unleash their full advantage.

Every time Shan Yunchao made his move, a powerful gale would arrive and it had the ability to flip the heavens over. He tossed out 2 rank five talismans at the perfect time and managed to catch his opponents off guard as he tried to tear their battle formation open. Unfortunately, his talismans were nullified with the help of the grand formation. None of the experts of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake messed up their battle formation and tried to rush their targets. Neither did any cower and stay behind.

At that moment, the experts of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake were of one mind. They displayed the might of an Elysium that was one of the 9 great powers of the Spirit Abundance World!

Shan Yunchao was forced to retreat again and again, and he depleted a good portion of his inner qi earlier when trying to break out of the battle formation. When he landed, his legs wobbled slightly.

“We can’t keep this up. Senior Brother Shan, if we really can’t hold them off any longer...” Lou Yi, whose attention was mostly focused on Lou Zhe, could still tell what was happening outside. He wanted to say something to Shan Yunchao and Huang Yu, but he felt a sudden disturbance in the world origin he was absorbing through the Origin Holy Artifact.

Lou Zhe reacted as well, and so did the other 2 beside him. They stared in a certain direction in the distance.

The next moment, the void above the Heavenly Lake Elysium was torn open. A sorry figure who was hugging a massive stone tablet fell from the skies and landed close to them.