Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1054: Essence Hong World

Shang Xia’s excitement after causing grave injuries to a fourth tier True Immortal was wiped clean by the fact that a foreign expert infiltrated the Tongyou Elysium without him noticing.

After descending below the heavenly screen, his expression was gloomy as he restrained his aura slightly as he returned to the Tongyou Elysium.

At that moment, the Tongyou Institution… No, the entire You Continent was on high alert after witnessing what happened earlier.

Everyone was afraid, but no one knew what happened.

The deputy patriarchs of the Tongyou Institution, along with the higher-ups, seemed to have disappeared and no one knew where to direct their questions.

However, because of the teachings and conditioning Kou Chongxue and the rest of the institution had imparted, the Tongyou Institution gradually possessed the stature and majesty of an Elysium. Even though they were shocked and afraid, no one panicked.

Fortunately, it didn’t take long for Shang Xia to return. He might have restricted his aura, but he didn’t intentionally hide from everyone. When he passed through the skies of the You Continent, his powerful aura covered the lands, bringing relief to the many experts present.

The True Immortal of the Tongyou Institution was still present, and the backbone of the You Continent had not fallen!

Many cultivators of the Tongyou Institution were no strangers to Shang Xia and they recognized him immediately.

Shang Xia couldn’t bother himself with the chaos that broke out in the city and outside the institution. The second he entered the Tongyou Elysium, he discovered multiple auras rushing at him. All of them contained the determination to fight to their last breath.

However, they quickly discovered that the person who returned was Shang Xia and they heaved a sigh of relief. Their readiness to do battle dissipated as they welcomed him.

“What exactly happened? Did a foreign True Immortal really infiltrate our Tongyou Elysium?” Yun Jing asked the moment she arrived.

She was in charge of the institution and strictly speaking, in the absence of Kou Chongxue, she could be considered the city lord whose position was even higher than a deputy patriarch of the institution.

When everything was happening, Yun Jing had been in seclusion in the Tongyou Elysium. She managed to break through with the support of the Tongyou Paradise back then and even if she couldn’t be compared to an Elysium True Immortal, she had a pretty strong connection to it.

Even so, she failed to notice anyone hiding in the Tongyou Elysium. Only when Shang Xia returned was the intruder alerted and exposed.

Shang Xia shook his head in response. “Let’s talk about this later. Did we lose anything in the Elysium?”

Shang Xia wasn’t directing his question to Yun Jing alone. He was asking the other Martial Dipper Realm experts if they noticed anything. After all, some of them used the support of the Elysium to advance and they had a better connection with it.

Everyone, including Ji Wenlong, shook their heads slowly.

A frown appeared on Yun Jing’s face. “That’s something I find strange. We looked everywhere in the Elysium and we failed to notice anything missing.”

“Do we know when that person managed to infiltrate us?” Shang Xia asked again.

Everyone present shook their heads.

Eventually, Yun Jing muttered, “When was the last time you entered the Elysium?”

Shang Xia was surprised but he understood what Yun Jing meant. He nodded slightly. “Looks like he entered the Elysium when I left the previous time. However, that’s 3 months ago at the very least.”

3 months… It was more than enough for a True Immortal to flip the Elysium around.

Ji Wenlong couldn’t help but ask, “What is the other party’s motive?”

That was also what Shang Xia wanted to know.

However, that was a fourth tier True Immortal they were talking about! If he really wanted to do something in the Elysium, it would be too easy! Shang Xia couldn’t stop him if he tried!

Yun Jing turned to Shang Xia and sighed, “Looks like you have to take a look for yourself. We don’t have the ability to find traces of things done by a True Immortal…”

Nodding slowly, Shang Xia asked, “Do you have a way to contact Patriarch Kou in case of an emergency? Can we call him back right now?!” Shang Xia had some resentment in his voice when he spoke.

Yun Jing chuckled in response, “I already called him back. However, the sea of stars is vast and no one knows when he will return.”

Actually, the True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World only had 2 great questions after learning about the infiltration. The first was how the other party managed to enter the Spirit Luxuriant World undetected by the powerful Yang Taihe and how they managed to avoid the rejection of the World’s Will. The second question was their true motive and the power they served.

Shang Xia carefully inspected everything in the Tongyou Elysium over the span of 3 days and noticed that everything was as Yun Jing and the others had said. Nothing was broken or lost.

However, there was no way to leave absolutely no trace behind. Even if a high-level expert like the intruder had been as careful as possible, with Shang Xia’s powerful divine soul, he still managed to find traces of how the intruder moved and guesses of their true purpose started to form in his mind.

2 more days passed and Lu Wuzi returned from Star Origin City. He also brought back what he learned from Zhuge Xiang. In the past 2 years, the spatial tunnel connected to the Superior Worlds was opened twice. The Essence Hong World and Essence Ming World didn’t just send a single True Immortal. However, no one knew where they went after they arrived.

Another 2 days passed and Shang Xia’s grandfather, Shang Bo, also returned from Star Origin City with news that after a powerful True Immortal from the Essence Hong World arrived in Star Origin City, he paid a visit to Guards Commander Zhuge Xiang.

There was no doubt about it. Shang Bo’s news came from Huang Yu.

As the Spirit Luxuriant World acted too quickly back then, the Star Origin Guards failed to interfere in the matter regarding the Azure Flame World. During that time, no one knew what method Huang Yu used, but he managed to weasel his way into the Star Origin Guards.

Both sides might not have said anything about the true identity of the expert who infiltrated the Spirit Luxuriant World, it was clear all of them were pointing towards the Essence Hong World.

An Essence World was a world that had ascended past a Spirit World. Disregarding everything else, from the looks of the experts around, the peak level of cultivation of a Spirit World shouldn’t surpass the Martial Void Realm. However, an Essence World would definitely possess an expert in the Seventh Order of the Primary Realm. Moreover, there should be more than one.

Several more days later, news of Huang Jinghan’s return rang through the Spirit Luxuriant World. He also came back from Star Origin City, and it was said that the news of a foreign expert infiltrating the Spirit Luxuriant World had already spread. Huang Jinghan returned hastily after hearing the news, but there was still nothing on Kou Chongxue at the moment.

When half a month had finally passed, the Tongyou Elysium was opened once again.

Shang Xia, who made multiple searches, felt that there was no point in going further. He left the secret region that contained the Elysium but didn’t head back to the Talisman Pagoda. Instead, he looked for a spot outside the entrance of the secret region that contained the Tongyou Elysium and started to cultivate. Naturally, he was preventing anyone from sneaking into the Tongyou Elysium again.

That was the difference between an Elysium True Immortal and one who wasn’t. An Elysium True Immortal ascended with the support of the Elysium, and they would be able to remain as long as they wanted in the Elysium.

It wasn’t the case for other True Immortals. If they stayed for too long, their Void Origin might show signs of being assimilated into the Elysium. If they couldn’t free themselves fast enough, they might be swallowed and turned into an Elysium True Immortal.

That was also why True Immortal Chong Shan and True Immortal Su Kun blocked the entrance to the Heavenly Lake Elysium back then. Even if True Immortal Tang Yu refused to become one with the Elysium, she would be swallowed by it eventually.

Actually, from the moment True Immortal Tang Yu stepped into the Heavenly Lake Elysium, she fell for their ploy. Even if Shang Xia didn’t steal the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar, she would have been trapped in there all the same.

Of course, being in the Elysium for half a month wouldn’t affect Shang Xia.

The only thing was that Shang Xia wasn’t willing to stay in the Elysium for long. He discovered that when he remained there, the Tongyou Elysium wasn’t the one swallowing him. His Void Origin would absorb the origin source of the Elysium instead which gave him no choice but to leave.

Shang Xia felt extremely uncomfortable when it happened and he wasn’t willing to stay in the Elysium for too long.

Another month or so passed and Kou Chongxue finally returned. He looked a little anxious when he came back from the vast sea of stars.

That was right. He didn’t return from Star Origin City. Instead, he opened a spatial tunnel in the vast sea of stars and came back himself.

“Did you come back after hearing the news?” Shang Xia asked.

When he saw how anxious he was acting, Shang Xia wondered if he heard what happened to them from the rumors going around in Star Origin City.

Who would have thought that Kou Chongxue would look stunned as he mumbled, ‘What news? What happened?!”

Slightly taken aback, Shang Xia thought of something and mumbled softly, “Did you actually discover something outside? Is that why you were in such a rush to return?”