Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1350: We’ll Go

The sea spiritual beasts around the Hai Continent killed a third element Martial Dipper Realm expert of the institution and Shang Xia noticed the intense fluctuation at the exact time it happened. Because he was familiar with the person who died, he went to ask the deputy patriarchs about what happened.

Just a casual question from him actually allowed them to discover something really suspicious and Liu Zhiyuan quickly laid down the order to gather all information regarding sea beast tides and the death of any Martial Dipper Realm expert in the Spirit Luxuriant World because of those beasts.

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It didn’t take long for him to receive the list and reports and he gasped in shock, “Shit... There might really be a problem!”

Everyone in the hall looked at the report and Ge Qingzhu, who heard that something was happening, had also rushed over to the Tongyou Hall.

Even though the Spirit Luxuriant World had 15 True Immortals, those True Immortals had exalted status. Martial Dipper Realm experts were the ones maintaining the communication between the various factions.

They were the true backbone of the various factions!

The death of any one of them would affect any faction. Even superpowers like the Tongyou Institution and the Northern Sea Mystic Sect... As such, they had to get to the bottom of the matter.

Since sea spiritual beasts started growing active in the 22nd year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar, 3 years had passed. Other than those who were killed during the initial sea beast tide, 1 Martial Dipper Realm expert would die every 2 to 3 months.

Those who were killed were besieged by sea beasts, or they went too deep into the sea while chasing their target.

“Without a doubt, those sea spiritual beasts are killing Martial Dipper Realm experts in some sort of systematic way. It has been 3 years since the sea beast tide started, and other than those who were killed during the initial chaos, more than 10 experts have been devoured by them so far.” Liu Zhiyuan spoke with a solemn expression.

The higher-ups of the Tongyou Institution also had similarly serious expressions.

They condoned the threat of the sea spiritual beasts initially as they wanted to use them as a way to train their disciples.

However, with the death of more than 10 Martial Dipper Realm experts whose deaths were because they had been plotted against by those creatures, the various powers felt as though their faces had been slapped really hard.

Liu Zhiyuan glanced at everyone before he continued, “In the past, we didn’t discover what was happening. No one paid much attention to it because the Martial Dipper Realm experts were from different factions. They were from the Northern Sea Mystic Sect, Eternal Palace, Divine Capital Sect, Three River Sect, and even wandering cultivators from the Shu, Mo, Yi, and other continents. None of them were from the same faction.”

Ji Wenlong growled, “From the looks of it, those beasts aren’t just killing Martial Dipper Realm experts randomly. They seem to know which faction their target hails from!”

If anyone were to say the deaths of those Martial Dipper Realm experts were accidents, they would be utter fools.

Even Shang Xia didn’t think that something like that would happen.

Everyone also started to believe what Shang Xia suspected.

“Perhaps, there really is a rank six sea beast commanding them... Otherwise, it’s too difficult to justify their actions.” Shang Bo was the first to agree with his grandson’s conjecture.

Yun Jing added, “This is a lot more complicated than it seems. If there really is a rank six sea beast, how did it get in here? If it was a rank five sea beast and grew stronger, it wouldn’t have been able to avoid being detected by our True Immortals. If it had been hiding in the remains of the Spirit Dusk World...”

Shang Xia shook his head immediately. “Impossible. Before splitting up the world fragment, I checked thoroughly. If three really was a rank six sea spiritual beast, Patriarch Kou and I would have noticed.”

“Hm...” Yun Jing frowned. “That would mean that the beast probably entered our world without being detected by anyone. That would either mean it’s an extraordinary beast, or someone helped it to hide from everyone. That also proves why it’s able to control other sea beasts to kill Martial Dipper Realm experts.”

Ji Wenlong gasped suddenly, “If there really is a rank six sea spiritual beast... No, if there really is more, do you think they would be rejected by the World’s Will?”

“Of course!” Liu Zhiyuan replied immediately.

“What if the rank six beast has been hiding for a long time? What if it infiltrated our world when we just ascended back then? It should have been able to adapt after such a long time and will be able to unleash a certain amount of strength. It’s especially so since our world has grown a lot since then and if it had been here all along, the World’s Will might not reject it at all... That is probably why it started to mess around now.”

Everyone in the hall fell silent. They were clearly shocked by Ji Wenlong’s conjecture.

A moment later, Ge Qingzhu looked at Shang Xia and broke the silence, “Little Shang, do you think it’s possible?”

Shang Xia forced a smile. “That’s something I don’t know. However, no matter what it is, it’s no longer a problem we have to solve on our own.”

Yun Jing agreed with him. “I was just about to say that we should share this information with the other factions. From the looks of it, we’re going to have to form a massive alliance against the sea spiritual beasts. If there really is a rank six beast...”

She couldn’t help but look at Shang Xia as she said that.

Before Shang Xia could reply, Ge Qingzhu responded, “Leave this matter to me and Haiwei. If there really is a rank six sea beast, the other first tier True Immortals of our world wouldn’t sit by and watch.”

There were 7 Elysiums in the Spirit Luxuriant World and they had 7 first tier True Immortals. Among them, other than Lu Wuzi and Zhang Jianzi who had deeper foundations, the others had recently ascended. They hadn’t fought experts of the same level before.