Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1236: New Talisman!

The history of the Spirit Thistle World was far longer than the Spirit Luxuriant World and their foundations were much stronger. They had more than a single high-level True Immortal among them.

That was why even though the Spirit Thistle World had been excluded from the alliance of the other Spirit Worlds and had no choice but to ally with the Spirit Luxuriant World, the higher-ups of the Spirit Thistle World actually looked down on their new allies.

However… Their sense of superiority disappeared after hearing what Kou Chongxue shared with them.

Instead, whatever emotions they were feeling changed to one of endless shock. That was the reason the True Immortals of the Spirit Thistle World left in such a hurry.

Fuck! The Star Origin Lord already controlled an Essence World!

The moment he devoured and replaced the World’s Will, his cultivation would soar once again! Having already been in the upper stages of the Seventh Order, the Star Origin Lord would definitely reach an unbelievable level of cultivation!

When that happened, the Star Origin Lord would be unstoppable. As long as he devoured every other world one by one, he would be able to complete his ascension.

The Spirit Mammoth World, Spirit Abundance World, and Spirit Tinkle World’s haste to transform into an Essence World wasn’t for fun. It wasn’t just to resist the influence of the great worlds outside the Star Curtain. They were probably trying to stand against the Star Origin Lord and the Essence Ping World!

Even though the meeting looked like it ended haphazardly, they had already reached an initial agreement. In the future, the Spirit Luxuriant World and Spirit Thistle World would only grow closer when their members interacted more.

Shang Xia received news about what happened from the Tongyou Institution, but there were also 2 other pieces of news from the Eternal Palace and Divine Capital Sect respectively. As it turned out, they had experts preparing to enter the Martial Void Realm!

Actually… Kou Chongxue intentionally specified that the news be brought to him.

Shang Xia’s expression changed slightly. From the looks of it, Kou Chongxue and Shang Xia’s advancement impacted the Elysium True Immortals too heavily…

As the 3 longest standing Elysiums in the Spirit Luxuriant World, the Northern Sea Mystic Sect, Divine Capital Sect, and Eternal Palace used to be the leading authority of cultivation in their world.

However, the rise of the Tongyou Institution was unstoppable with Kou Chongxue reaching the third tier of the Martial Void Realm and Shang Xia becoming a high-level True Immortal. They basically became the only decision makers due to their ability to leave the world at will. The influence of the Elysium True Immortals took a nosedive with them in the way.

The changes weren’t just experienced by the Elysium True Immortals of the great powers. Even cultivators of other levels were impacted and in recent years, the 3 ancient Elysiums were showing signs of decline.

In the eyes of everyone in the Spirit Luxuriant World, the Tongyou institution was the greatest faction at the moment and the Yuanchen Sect was ranked number 2! Even though the Northern Sea Mystic Sect also had 2 True Immortals with Zhang Xuansheng being a mighty third tier True Immortal, they could only rank behind the Yuanchen Sect.

Shang Xia wasn’t surprised by the news. However, he understood why Kou Chongxue intentionally directed the information to him.

The birth of a new True Immortal would mean more competition, and the respective sect’s desire for territory would only increase before the ascension process.

They wouldn’t expand for the sake of having more land. After all, having more land would mean that they would control a greater portion of the World Origin Source and could have an easier time branding their souls into the world.

Actually… The battle for territory had already started a long time ago.

For example, the current situation with the Tongyou Institution… Shang Xia ascended with the spirituality of the You Continent, and Kou Chongxue used the spirituality of the Jiao Continent. They still had the Tongyou Elysium which could support the birth of an Elysium True Immortal, and that would mean that they had another slot to produce one.

With that exception, Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue were also holding on to the Hai Continent. That would mean that the Tongyou Institution also had another slot to produce a Free True Immortal.

Kou Chongxue’s intention was also to tell Shang Xia that their plan to develop the Hai Continent could no longer proceed slowly.

The reason was simple. With the Tongyou Institution’s foundations with a third tier True Immortal and a high-level fourth tier True Immortal, it was the best time for them to establish dominance and reign supreme over the Spirit Luxuriant World.

With their current prestige and unstoppable might, it was the best chance for them to develop their influence in the Hai Continent.

If they continued to drag things out and the second True Immortal of the Divine Capital Sect and Eternal Palace were produced, even though Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue were the strongest experts in the world, they would lose their supremacy.

Other than those 2 pieces of news, there was another important thing he had to take note of. It was the fact that Chu Jia was preparing to deploy the Five Element Teleportation Formation to the first Star Beast Nest.

The first Star Beast Nest led to the Spirit Faith World, and in order to distinguish it from the Star Beast Nest Shang Xia was in, the members of the Spirit Luxuriant World named them Star Beast Nest No.1 and Star Beast Nest No.2.

After verifying that the Five Element Teleportation Formation would leave no traces in the void and having seen it operate for some time, the great powers of the Spirit Luxuriant World finally decided that it was a viable option as a super long range transfer formation for the Star Beast Nests.

Star Beast Nest No.1 wasn’t large at all and its worth couldn’t be compared to Star Beast Nest No.2. Even with Lu Wuzi’s cultivation level, he could take care of it all on his own.

However… Because of the run-in with the Essence Ming World, Lu Wuzi had been strongly pushing for the first Five Element Teleportation Formation to be established in Star Beast Nest No.1 after watching the exchange between Shang Xia and Gao Qin.

He received no small shock when they clashed back then…

As for Star Beast Nest No.2… They actually established a small teleportation formation to the You Continent, but it was mainly used to send information and some small pieces of equipment over.

They managed to set up the small teleportation formation as the Tongyou Institution sent 2 Formation Grandmasters among the first 50 experts of the Spirit Luxuriant World to head over to Star Beast Nest No.2. They completed the formation with Chu Jia’s guidance…

One had to say that ever since Chu Jia completed the rank six grand formation around the Tongyou Institution and retrieved the Five Element Ring, her accomplishments in the dao of formations seemed to have reached a whole new level.

Shang Xia even felt that she had already reached the level of a rank six Formation Grandmaster, but she had been denying it, saying that she was still lacking in a certain aspect.

After reading all the information sent from the Tongyou Institution, Shang Xia finally returned to his Talisman Pagoda. He used 2 days to meditate and reach his peak state while recording his thoughts on the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman so that future Talisman Grandmasters of the institution had something to reference in the future.

After he adjusted his condition, he planned to start crafting the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman.

Even though he had received the inheritance on how to craft the talisman from Shen Chongshan, Shang Xia studied and thought over it for a month before attempting anything. After all, reading how to do something and actually doing it was completely different.

Actually, Shang Xia was wondering how the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman could be used when he first thought about it.

When Shen Chongshan showed Shang Xia the inheritance, he didn’t reveal its effects.

Even though Shang Xia had his guesses, he couldn’t verify them unless he actually tried crafting the talisman.

Of course, the most direct method would be to use the talisman after it was created, allowing him to observe its effects firsthand.

However, he had already promised Shen Chongshan to produce the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman and he couldn’t mess around until he had the promised number.

The runes used in the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman were completely different from those used in talisman crafted in the Spirit Luxuriant World, but after reaching his current state, Shang Xia understood that different methods all led to the same result. What was more, the foundation of most runes was the same.

From his initial research, Shang Xia felt that the talisman wasn’t used in frontal combat. Instead, he even managed to deduce that the talisman was useful when it came to escaping and concealment.

However… After testing it out a little, his Silver Branch Star Splendor Brush drew countless runes that interacted beautifully with each other and from his experience, he discovered that the talisman should possess mighty defensive capabilities.

No… Actually…

Shang Xia started to doubt his judgment after some time. It wasn’t just defensive properties. It was also great when it came to escaping and concealment.

That was a talisman of different properties, but its defensive might seemed to be even stronger than what he expected! The other properties merely provided assistance to its main function.

Perhaps… It wasn’t accurate to call it a talisman with mixed properties. It should be called a compound talisman where the properties melded well with each other.

It was a pity… Because Shang Xia was slightly distracted, he made a mistake when drawing one of the runes, and the talisman paper he was using crumbled.

He barely crafted a quarter of the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman, but he realized that it actually surpassed his Six Direction Teleportation Talisman in terms of complexity.

Using another 7 days to ponder over his mistakes, he finally started his second attempt.

He ran through the crafting process in his mind several times, especially the part he failed earlier. He eventually reached a conclusion. He might have prepared himself for the difficulty of crafting the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman, but it seemed as though he had still underestimated it.

The talisman seemed like it was mainly used to defend the user, while also possessing escaping and concealment functions, but there might be others he hadn’t noticed yet.

On his second attempt, Shang Xia completed the first phase in 2 days. The next 2 days also went smoothly and he seemed to complete a third of the talisman in one go.

When he was about to continue, a rune that didn’t seem too important resonated with his inner qi and started to show signs of transformation.

Caught off guard, Shang Xia’s inner qi that was flowing into the talisman paper through his Silver Branch Star Splendor Brush fell into disarray, ending his second attempt.