Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1218: 3 Great Dynasties, 12 Elysiums

Shang Xia also concurred with Liu Zhiyuan’s evaluation of the Soul Nourishing Art, and that was why he didn’t hesitate to exchange it with Gong Zhuo. However, he still had to properly explain the flaws it contained. “The secret art is able to allow one to quickly nurture an artifact spirit, but it has also been modified to become an offensive ability that uses one’s soul. As such, it has high requirements, and cultivators under the Martial Dipper Realm cannot utilize it.”

Liu Zhiyuan replied quickly, “Of course. Those under the Martial Dipper Realm won’t be able to use it anyway. Other than you, who managed to use a divine weapon in the Martial Extermination Realm, even several Martial Dipper Realm experts of our institution don’t have high-grade weapons. There are even fewer high-grade weapons in the institution that can be brought to the level of a divine weapon!”

Liu Zhiyuan’s excitement wasn’t unfounded. After all, the lack of progress by the Weapons Hall brought endless desperation to the high-level experts of the institution. Now that they gained a way to upgrade their high-level weapons into divine weapons... Anyone would jump for joy.

After Yun Jing and Ji Wenlong heard Shang Xia’s introduction to the Soul Nourishing Art, they were also happy that the standard of artifacts in the Tongyou Institution would be able to reach a new level. However, they were more focused on the information regarding the Essence Xing World.

“Dynasty? The Essence Xing World actually possesses 3 Dynasties!” Ji Wenlong gasped and continued, “Many great Elysiums are under the jurisdiction of a Dynasty...”

It was difficult for them to believe that for a world that was as powerful as the Essence Xing Word, their Elysiums would still bow down to other powers.

Yun Jing muttered softly, “Unless the Dynasty possesses terrifying strength, there is no way for this to happen...”

“This is an Essence World! Do you think that there are Seventh Order existences backing up the 3 great Dynasties? That is the only way for this to happen...” Ji Wenlong mumbled in shock.

From the information Gong Zhuo provided, he didn’t mention Seventh Order existences. It might be due to some sort of restriction that stopped him from talking about it, or he didn’t wish to tell Shang Xia and the rest in the first place.

Whatever it was, the Tongyou Institution wasn’t as clueless as they once were. They easily made the connections between a Dynasty and a Seventh Order expert.

The only question they had was if an Essence World could support the presence of 3 existences at the Seventh Order, or if there was more.

In that case, how long Seventh Order experts would the Essence Hong World and Essence Ming World possess?

Liu Zhiyuan was still stuck in a daze due to the Soul Nourishment Art, and hearing Ji Wenlong and Yun Jing’s doubts, he didn’t think too much and muttered, “Doesn’t the Spirit Abundance World also have the Dajun Dynasty? The Royal Xiong Family that controls the Dajun Dynasty worked with the members of the Mi and Xiang bloodlines to control 5 continents south of the Spirit Abundance World. They are said to be the strongest faction there... Do they also have a Seventh Order expert?”

“The limit of a Spirit World is the Martial Void Realm, and it’s impossible for the Dajun Dynasty to possess a Seventh Order expert. However, it doesn’t mean they don’t have experts at the peak of the Martial Void Realm...” Shang Xia muttered,

Yun Jing carefully read through the information regarding the 3 Dynasties of the Essence Xing World and grunted once before she summarized, “On the surface, the strongest experts in those dynasties are fifth tier True Immortals who have reached the level of Extreme Harmonization. However, those dynasties are also split into different levels. The Dachen Dynasty which controls the largest territory has the longest-standing True Immortal who reached the level of Extreme Harmonization. They have 2 other fifth tier True Immortals at the level of Returning to the Origin. One of them is Chen Di, and the other is True Immortal Wang.”

“As for the other Dynasties, they are comparable in strength, and other than their ancestor who reached the level of Extreme Harmonization, only their emperors have reached the level of Returning to the Origin.” Yun Jing concluded.

Ji Wenlong seemed to be in deep contemplation and he muttered, “What about the Spirit Abundance World, do they also have experts at the level of Returning to the Origin?”

Before anyone could respond, Liu Zhiyuan continued to ask, “Other than the 3 great Dynasties, how many great powers with True Immortals do they have?”

Looking through the information again, Yun Jing replied without raising her head, “An Essence World can hold 36 continents, but the Essence Xing World only holds 33 continents at the moment. Of the 3 great Dynasties, they control 6, 7, and 9 continents respectively, making them control a collective 22 continents. As They have 12 Elysiums, and of those, 11 of them belong to great powers. 6 of those Elysiums have also fallen under the control of the Dynasties. Of the other 5 that belong to great powers, 2 of them are located in distant and desolate continents and 3 of them are out at sea. Those Elysiums do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Dynasties and control a total of 7 continents. Even though they are not controlled by the dynasties, they would offer tribute to them. Hm... The Wanyun Association Little Shang came into contact with, controls an Elysium and is a vassal of the Dachen Dynasty. The Qingling Palace controls an Elysium in the Northwestern Snowy Peaks...”

Yun Jing handed a portion of the information to Ji Wenlong and Liu Zhiyuan as she spoke.

Ji Wenlong was in no rush to read through the information and he simply looked at Shang Xia’s clone to ask, “Are you planning to share the information you brought back with the other Elysiums?”

“We can’t possibly maintain the Star Beast Nest alone. Since we need their help, we have to show some sincerity...” Shang Xia’s clone chuckled.

Yun Jing frowned and asked with concern, “You can’t possibly stay in the Star Beast Nest forever, and without Patriarch Kou, our Spirit Luxuriant World doesn’t even have a second tier True Immortal... How can we properly defend the Star Beast Nest?”

Shang Xia’s clone smiled. “My true body thought of a plan, and he sent me back to help set everyone’s mind at ease. Also, my true body will remain there for a few years and we’ll still have more time to work on things here...”

“Do we really not need to report this to Patriarch Kou?” Ji Wenlong asked with concern.

Shang Xia’s clone sighed, “My true body’s intention is not to disturb Patriarch Kou. Of course, we should still tell his clone what is going on...”

...

After half a month of brainstorming, the True Immortals of the various factions finally gathered above the heavenly screen above the Jiao Continent again.

Among them, Yin Jingxu was usually the first to arrive due to where he was situated.

Li Jidao was the next to arrive and he quickly greeted, “True Immortal Yin, have you thought of an idea of how we should deal with the Star Beast Nest?”

Yin Jingxu sighed softly in response, “My Heavenly Star Palace has shallow foundations and we don’t have much to contribute. All we can do is to listen to what ideas all of you may have and provide manpower where necessary...”

“True Immortal Yin, you’re too humble... Every time your Heavenly Star Palace comes up with something, it never fails to shock us. From the Star Observatory, to producing Stargazers, to a unique rank six inheritance...” Li Jidao smirked.

Yin Jingxu wanted to say more, but Yang Taihe and Zhang Xuansheng, the 2 third tier Elysium True Immortals made their appearance.

Glancing at the rest, Yang Taihe smiled and asked, “What’s the matter? Where’s the Tongyou Institution?”

“Apologies, because of your concerns, I had to report something to the deputy patriarchs of the institution and came a little late. Please don’t take offense.” A voice rang in their ears as they were wondering where Shang Xia was.

The next second, a figure appeared in the distance before he started to take a few steps. Every step he took crossed thousands of miles and he appeared before them in the next second.

“This...” Zhang Xuansheng had a strange look on his face when he saw Shang Xia’s clone.

Yang Taihe was similarly shocked, but he quickly regained his composure. He couldn’t help but sigh, “In the past, True Immortal Little Shang’s clone was only at the peak of the first tier... It has only been half a month and it reached the second tier!”

“I’ve embarrassed myself... I’m just an empty husk in the second tier. I can only be considered extremely weak in the second tier of the Martial Void Realm...” Shang Xia’s clone chuckled.

Shang Xia left a clone in the institution when his true body left for the first time, like what Kou Chongxue did. After the clone he sent back merged with the clone in the institution, it reached the second tier of the Martial Void Realm.

The expressions of the True Immortals above the heavenly screen were pretty unsightly at the moment. One had to know that among the True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World, there weren’t many experts who surpassed the second tier of the Martial Void Realm.

However, a mere clone from Shang Xia already reached that level...

A dry cough came from Yang Taihe to draw everyone’s attention back to him before he continued, “Everyone, let’s talk about how we should manage the Star Beast Nest first. Since we aren’t willing to give it up so easily, I believe all of us should have already come up with an idea of how to deal with it.”

Right after the words left his lips, Shang Xia’s clone spoke before anyone else. “Fellow True Immortals, my true body has already received some information regarding the Essence Xing World. Let me share what we have learned in order to give everyone a better understanding of them so we can make our preparations lest you feel like I’m hiding something after we make our decision.”

After he spoke, he handed the information he had recorded to the other True Immortals.

“33 continents with all of them larger than 10,000 miles... 3 Dynasties, 12 Elysiums, and more than 50 True Immortals... They have at least 14 experts at the level of Dao Union or higher...”

Almost everything they learned caused them to suck in a cold breath.

They not only took control of a Star Beast Nest under the nose of such a terrifying existence, but they even wanted to operate it and pretend to be an Essence World of equal strength to the Essence Xing World to establish relations with them!