Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1321: 58 Variations

Kou Chongxue’s question caused True Immortal Ban to sink into silence. Only after some time did he speak again, “Your guess isn’t exactly unfounded. The Spirit Mammoth World and Spirit Abundance most likely can control Seventh Order energy, and that is also one of the reasons they turned against my Spirit Tinkle World back then. They probably thought that we weren’t qualified to be on the same level as them in the first place...”

True Immortal Ban’s revelation caused everyone to sink into silence.

It didn’t matter if the Spirit Tinkle World’s entry to the alliance between the Spirit Abundance World and Spirit Mammoth World was forced, but everyone could feel the pain of the loss of half their True Immortals.

True Immortal Ban didn’t stop there. He continued, “As for the type of Seventh Order energy those worlds control... I’m afraid only the high-level experts of those worlds would know. Things like these aren’t something they will reveal easily, even to their allies.”

Qu Guan and the other True Immortals of the Spirit Thistle World, along with Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue, nodded slowly in agreement.

As it turned out, True Immortal Ban wasn’t finished. He continued, “However, the Spirit Abundance World and Spirit Mammoth World definitely had interactions with the other worlds outside the Star Curtain. The Spirit Abundance World suffered massive losses because of that, but even so, they probably had close contact with the Essence Ming World and Essence Hong World through the spatial tunnels connected to the Star Relay. As such, the Spirit Abundance World ability to control Seventh Order energy probably has something to do with them.”

Shang Xia sank deep into thought. He learned from Gao Qin that the Essence Refining Void Returning Formation the Star Origin Dao Field possessed came from the Essence Ming World. When Tong Yutang killed Zhuge Xiang, he most definitely colluded with the experts of the Essence Ming World and Essence Hong World. It was obvious that True Immortal Ban wasn’t coming up with random bullshit.

“As for the Spirit Mammoth World... They should be the world in our Heaven Observation Dao Field that is the most successful when it comes to interacting with worlds outside the Star Curtain. They should also be the first world that started doing it. As such, their ability to control Seventh Order energy might come from their achievements and discovery in the sea of stars...” True Immortal Ban concluded.

Once he was done, True Immortal Qu turned to look at Kou Chongxue to ask, “Patriarch Kou, we heard that your Spirit Luxuriant World once had an interaction with the Essence Ming World. Is that true?”

Kou Chongxue snorted in response, “An interaction? More like a run-in with them... We formed a huge grudge and it’s not really possible for us to get any information from them.”

Qu Guan nodded slowly and continued, “Since that’s the case, we can only hope that you continue to take note of them for the time being. After all, we only have a single connection with them at the moment...”

Kou Chongxue didn’t say more. He simply nodded slightly to indicate his understanding.

Shang Xia might have killed a second tier True Immortal of the Essence Ming World and heavily wounded True Immortal Gao Qin, but that didn’t mean that their relationship was at an irreconcilable state.

Moreover, the Spirit Luxuriant World also held the trump card that was Song Zhen. If they really had no other avenues, they would simply interact with the Star Pirates in the Chaotic Sea of Stars. The only concern they would have there was how many hands the information they required would pass through...

It was then that Shang Xia noticed the high-level True Immortals of the Spirit Thistle World interacting with each other. Soon, Qu Guan addressed everyone again. “Let our Spirit Thistle World get to the bottom of the Seventh Order energy used by the Spirit Abundance World.”

They didn’t say how they were going to do so, and the other True Immortals didn’t ask.

After all, the matter seemed to concern the highest-level secrets of the Spirit Thistle World.

Since they mentioned the situation with the other powers, it was time to talk about what they were supposed to do.

As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.

Qu Guan cleared his throat and continued, “Since we are done speaking about the Star Origin Dao Field, Spirit Mammoth World, and Spirit Abundance World, it’s time to talk about what we have to do...”

True Immortal Cao Jian, the fourth tier Elysium True Immortal of the Spirit Thistle World was the first to speak. “We have 7 high-level True Immortals from our worlds, but True Immortal Ban and I wouldn’t be able to take part in the battle. Sending only 5 high-level True Immortals to the Essence Ping World doesn’t seem enough...”

His gaze landed on the third tier Free True Immortals sitting below and he continued, “That is why we gathered all of you for this meeting. Please prepare to join the battle.”

Yang Taihe and Zhang Xuansheng’s clone felt another wave of awkwardness washing over them. As Elysium True Immortals, they were clearly unable to take part in the operation to the Essence Ping World.

Qu Guan quickly picked up where Cao Jian left off. “Well, next comes the main problem we have to face. How are we supposed to wield Seventh Order energy? If we are not able to, we won’t be able to fight against the others...”

As the strongest expert and host of the meeting, True Immortal Zuo Li finally spoke. “Our Spirit Thistle World has many defensive talismans, but all of them are of the sixth rank. However, we do have a special formation that is able to conceal our tracks. The only problem here is that the limitations of laying down the formation are huge and we can’t move about freely when doing so.”

True Immortal Shao, who barely spoke earlier, finally asked, “Is this formation able to help us evade experts in the Martial Emptiness Realm?”

“Where are we going to find Martial Emptiness Realm experts?” Zuo Li laughed.

Slightly taken aback, True Immortal Shao’s lips trembled slightly but she no longer spoke.

Shang Xia understood Zuo Li’s concern when mentioning the formation earlier, and he shook his head while sighing, “Impossible. Grandmaster Chu is only at the Martial Dipper Realm and she will not take part in this operation.”

Sighing softly, Zuo Li could only mumble in resignation, “That’s a shame.”

“However...” Shang Xia continued suddenly, “If your Spirit Thistle World trusts me, you can try to let Grandmaster Chu modify the formation and we might be able to learn another easier way of deploying it on the battlefield.”

Zuo Li gasped suddenly, “What do you mean?”

Shang Xia replied placidly, “It’s simple. Grandmaster Chu can pass me her Formation Divine Artifact and I will be able to make use of it after the formation is modified.”

“Oh!” Zuo Li yelled in shock, but he didn’t agree immediately. Instead, he exchanged glances with the other high-level True Immortals of the Spirit Thistle World before finally replying, “This isn’t something I can make the decision on right now. Please wait for a few days... I will give you a reply as soon as possible.”

Shang Xia nodded. Seeing how seriously they took the matter of the formation, Shang Xia understood that the formation wasn’t going to be ordinary. As such, he started to anticipate its actual power.

With the members of the Spirit Thistle World done, everyone turned to the high-level True Immortals of the Spirit Tinkle World.

True Immortal Ban hesitated slightly before he mumbled, “If I’m not guessing wrongly, all of us here have tried to look into the Star Origin Guards’ battle formation, right? Should we share what we know about it?”

Kou Chongxue cast a glance at Shang Xia before asking, “True Immortal Ban, what do you mean?”

“Patriarch Kou, do you really not know? Well, it’s fine. It’s not like this is a huge secret anyway. I believe our fellow friends of the Spirit Thistle World have also discovered the uniqueness of the Star Origin Guards’ battle formation. In a single camp, all 49 of them can use join forces to deploy 49 different battle formations in total depending on the number of experts on their side. When broken up into 7 squads, they can use 7 different variations of their battle formation. There is also a grand battle formation involving every single Star Origin Guard, and there is also another variant of their battle formation that can be used when 7 Camp Commanders gather. In total, they have 58 variations of their battle formation!”