Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1147: Shang Xia’s Decision

After hearing how the Star Origin City had been stealing world origin from the various worlds, Shang Xia was completely stunned.

Like what Xiao Shengyi revealed, be it Kou Chongxue, Shang Xia, or the other True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World, none of them discovered a thing!

When Shang Xia first heard Xiao Shengyi’s explanation, he even doubted his words. He was confident in his abilities and thought that it was impossible for anyone to steal world origin from right under his nose! However, after he heard the explanation and thought about the might of the Star Origin Lord, he realized that it was truly possible.

Thinking about how the Star Origin City had been stealing world origin from them, anger started to boil in his heart.

If he had to say that he felt a little guilty for stealing the power of starlight earlier, all that feeling of guilt disappeared in an instant. He felt that it was time to ignore everything and take all he could.

The next second, Shang Xia heard Captain Fang’s voice through his divine soul. “What about now? Our Dao Field has sealed off the spatial tunnels to the various worlds and we hid ourselves in the void. Wouldn’t that mean that we are unable to absorb world origin from them to replenish our reserves?”

Xin Lu was also curious and she asked, “Senior Brother, after all you said, is that the true reason behind the sudden disruption of the grand formation over the prison?”

Captain Fang was shocked, and he turned to look at Xiao Shengyi.

Nodding slowly, he maintained a serious expression on his face. “Exactly. That is because our Star Observatory is the third most important part of our Dao Field! Moreover, with the Star Origin Lord’s disappearance and us sealing off the spatial tunnels, the Star Observatory is the only way for us to replenish our energy!”

“Ah!” Xin Lu gasped, “Are you talking about the power of starlight after it had been absorbed and purified? It's no wonder that once the Camp Commander left, the Stargazers in the Star Observatory turned their focus to gathering the power of starlight. It’s actually used to replenish the energy we’re using! I thought that we threw too many people into the prison and we needed more energy to suppress them...”

Xiao Shengyi nodded slowly and continued, “The power of starlight used to suppress those prisoners are merely stories cooked up to lie to the outsiders. Actually, a good portion of the power of starlight has been gathered straight into our Dao Field!”

“Grandmaster Xiao, are you suspecting that the sudden disruption to the grand formation has something to do with the fact that we overdrew on the power of starlight?” Captain Fang asked.

Xiao Shengyi sighed, “I’m afraid Liu Jiuzhen also understood what was going on...”

Hesitating slightly, Captain Fang mumbled, “He...”

Xiao Shengyi didn’t care about him as he wondered out loud, “Be it Zhuge Xiang or Tong Yutang... No matter what, we need a new Guards Commander to appear! After all, the Guards Commander is the only person who has the qualification to gain a portion of the authority the Star Origin Lord left behind.”

Captain Fang blurted in shock, “Could it be that Commander He Yingrui wouldn’t be able to take the place of the Guards Commander? Her cultivation is the strongest in the city at the moment...”

Xiao Shengyi shook his head in response, “The position of the Guards Commander has always been reserved for someone who has become a high-level True Immortal. It’s not without reason. Even if He Yingrui is willing to take on the position, her cultivation is only at the third tier of the Martial Void Realm. There’s a limit to what she can do.”

Captain Fang and Xin Lu were shocked and speechless.

They had arrived at the exit of the prison as they conversed, and Xiao Shengyi seemed to think of something the next second. He turned to Xin Lu and instructed, “When you get back, recall our Stargazers. I’m afraid we will need to focus all our might on gathering the power of starlight.”

As the Stargazers left with the rest of the Star Origin Guards, the prison returned to its original calm.

In a certain cell on the second floor, a light flashed in Shang Xia’s eyes after he heard the secret of Star Origin City.

He was pissed that they had basically targeted the Spirit Luxuriant World for their schemes, and he was thinking of a way to retaliate. He wanted to teach the Star Origin City a good lesson, but he also needed to be able to split off those who deserved to be punished and those who didn't. He didn't wish to harm innocents or to cause destruction to those who didn’t deserve it.

He had been in seclusion in the cell for close to 10 days at that point, and he hadn’t contacted Feng Ziying or Kou Chongxue.

He suspected that neither of them could do anything at the moment with him locked under the Star Observatory, but it wasn’t as though he was wasting his time doing nothing. He was gaining quite a bit from absorbing the power of starlight. Also... If he wanted to leave, nothing was standing in his way.

However, he was clearly not in a rush to leave. From what he heard from Xiao Shengyi, they would be pouring their efforts into absorbing the power of starlight the next moment. It was going to be the best shot he was going to get to feed the Crimson Soul Tablet!

Since they wish to suck world origin from the various worlds to strengthen themselves... They can’t blame me for sucking them dry!

Of course, there was another reason Shang Xia was going to continue absorbing the power of starlight from them. It was because he wanted to know what happened earlier for the grand formation to be disrupted completely.

Shang Xia felt that the Crimson Soul Tablet was definitely behind it, but because of the brief interlude by Xiao Shengyi and the Star Origin Guards, he was distracted and too busy to check the tablet.

Now that they were gone and the power of starlight returned, he felt that it was time to get to the bottom of the matter.

With his experience of the past few days, Shang Xia was a lot more adept at absorbing the power of starlight from his cell.

Back then, he caused the runes all around his cell to activate when absorbing the power of starlight. It didn’t matter as he was in the prison and no one could see what was happening. However, if he tried to expand his range of absorption, he would most likely be discovered immediately!

What he had to do was to find a way to extend his range of absorption without alerting anyone!

The wider the range, the more power he could absorb.

It was a pity Shang Xia was no Stargazer. He wasn’t a Formation Grandmaster either! Even after trying multiple times, he wasn’t able to increase the range of the absorption without causing a huge disturbance.

3 days passed in a flash and Shang Xia didn’t know what else he could do. Eventually, he chose a time when most people would be resting and silently sneaked out from his room. He carefully headed towards the third floor to look for a formation node that would contain a lot more power of starlight.