Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1251: Three Lights Water and The Star Origin Lord Robe

Time flowed quickly as Shang Xia was fully focused on his tasks.

In the blink of an eye, the 17th year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar passed and the later half of the 18th year arrived.

During that time, Shang Xia completed 2 cycles of talisman commission for the Dachen Dynasty and the Qingling Palace. He made a total of 20 talismans, and the trust both sides had for each other increased accordingly.

Shang Xia tactfully declined their request to craft even more talismans on the basis that he couldn’t delay his cultivation.

Actually, as soon as the 18th year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar arrived, Gong Zhuo came to the Star Beast Nest with Shen Chongshan.

It might be due to the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman being of great help to the Wanyun Association, or something might have changed in them after they survived the great sect-ending calamity, but other than requesting for Shang Xia to craft more talismans, Gong Zhuo voluntarily revealed more information of the Essence Xing World. Naturally, the information was focused around the situation of his Wanyun Association.

Despite having prepared himself, Shang Xia tried to give his wildest predictions, but he didn’t expect a powerful Essence World that had 3 Seventh Order Ancestors to be thrown into such chaos!

Even though it was said that all big problems accumulated over time, Shang Xia concluded that the spark was actually the Wanyun Association escaping from the claws of the Dachen Dynasty.

The 3 Dynasties of the Essence Xing World were no longer holding back. They were assimilating or conquering factions left and right, and even the great powers that had their Elysiums weren’t spared! It didn’t matter if they had high-level True Immortals holding the fort… No one was safe!

As for the smaller powers, they naturally wouldn’t sit still and be conquered without a fight. There were many alliances and powers that existed in remote regions that weren’t really accessible. It was a shit show, to say the least.

“What is all this for? Why don’t the Seventh Order Ancestors behind the dynasties do anything?” Shang Xia wondered.

It was what he was most curious about. Since the dynasties had Seventh Order supreme experts supporting them, he couldn’t understand why the other powers would be able to go against the dynasties in the first place!

Even if the dynasties weren’t moving according to their ancestors’ will, those supreme experts ought to have been alerted to the massive commotion they caused with things in their current state.

However… Reality showed that those Seventh Order Ancestors weren’t doing anything!

Gong Zhuo chuckled slowly and clearly had no intentions of going deeper into the matter.

Why… Why is he even telling me all these?

Shang Xia thought to himself. As a high-level True Immortal of a foreign world, he should be the spokesperson of the Essence Ping World in the eyes of the experts of the Essence Xing World!

Shang Xia wondered if Gong Zhuo wasn’t worried that his Essence Ping World would try anything funny with the revelation…

Or maybe… That was his intention all along!

Shang Xia’s mind spun rapidly, but his train of thought was interrupted by Shen Chongshan.

“True Immortal Shang, the reason we came here is naturally to request more Myriad Tinted Cloud Talismans. Here are 5 special sheets of talisman paper! Also… We have 10 sheets of ordinary rank six talisman paper for you, along with a bunch of spiritual treasures and essence crystals. We hope that we can obtain 3 True Space Restriction Palm Talismans, 3 Ice Ruins Talismans, and 4 Abyss Prison Emptiness Talismans…”

Shen Chongshan handed multiple sealed spiritual cases to Shang Xia, among them were Golden Crow Blood and Emperor Flow Liquid which he urgently required.

Golden Crow Blood and Emperor Flow Liquid might be rank five spiritual treasures, but one would only be able to gather Golden Crow Blood when they were close to the sun. Unless one was a True Immortal, they wouldn’t be able to get close enough to gather them. That was why the collection speed was extremely slow. As for Emperor Flow Liquid that would appear during the full moon, they would need to deploy many people in order to increase their odds of finding any.

Shang Xia looked at the treasures he was given and muttered, “It will take half a year… 10 rank six talismans and a Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman… I’ll need half a year in order to craft them and you can come and collect them when the time comes.”

After agreeing on a timeline, Gong Zhuo and Shen Chongshan of the Wanyun Association left.

Shang Xia seemed to have thought of something and he asked casually, “Is it really easy to collect Golden Crow Blood and Emperor Flow Liquid in the Essence Xing World?”

To Shang Xia, collecting either one gave him a massive headache.

However, he seemed to have been given them from every single faction…

He couldn’t help but feel a little curious. That was why he would pop the question.

Shen Chongshan was about to respond when Gong Zhuo beat him to it. A soft chuckle escaped the high-level True Immortal’s lips. “No matter what, our Wanyun Association’s foundations in the Essence Xing World stretch back a long time. Now that we managed to escape from our predicament, we would naturally be able to bring out treasures like this.”

Shang Xia nodded without a change in expression. “Looks like I wasn’t looking deep enough…”

After sending them off, Shang Xia didn’t enter seclusion right away. Instead, he sat quietly in his courtyard as he thought of something.

Hai Yuanyuan popped out of nowhere all of a sudden and pounced at the treasures and started scanning through them.

Glancing at the mischievous and daring little lass, Shang Xia muttered, “Haven’t you prepared all the fate dipper essences you would need to advance?”

“Hehe…” Hai Yuanyuan giggled and replied, “Yeah… I even gathered the required spiritual treasures to craft my advancement medicine. With my contributions to the institution and the essence crystals I provided, while also owing many favors because I had to get what I needed… I should be able to advance successfully. However… The moment I succeed, I’ll probably have to spend some time repaying them all! Well if I fail… There’s nothing much to do then…”

Shang Xia could obviously tell what she was thinking of and he snorted with amusement. “Don’t place your hopes on me returning those favors for you. Do you really think those favors are going to be easy to repay? Hehe… Anyway, I am already very gratified that you managed to gather all the resources you need.”

Hai Yuanyuan revealed a proud look and snorted, “Of course I know! Fortunately, many people agreed to help the moment I looked for them. Well, it’s clearly because of you that they agreed to help, but come on! Your great successor is broke here… Are you really not going to help your niece out?!”

Shang Xia started rubbing his fists together, and Hai Yuanyuan knew better than to stay. She giggled and ran to the far end of the courtyard.

Looking at the bunch of treasures in front of him, Shang Xia noticed several missing sealed spiritual cases before glancing at Hai Yuanyuan. “By the way, inform Yuan Qiuyuan to continue making Three Lights Water. He doesn't have to supply them to the patriarch for the time being. Send everything to me.”

Hai Yuanyuan poked her head out from the end of the courtyard and mumbled, “Oh? That isn’t too good, is it? What happens if the patriarch gets angry?”

“Heh. That old man reached the peak of the third tier of the Martial Void Realm. Three Lights Water will only go to waste if he uses it!” Shang Xia snorted.

…

A month later… Yuan Qiuyuan used the Golden Crow Blood and Emperor Flow Liquid Shang Xia sent back, along with the Star Essence Liquid from the Star Observatory to produce another batch of Three Lights Water. This time, there were 5 drops and he sent them all to Shang Xia in Star Beast Nest No.2.

Shang Xia immediately started cultivating the moment it arrived. He swallowed a drop and used 2 drops on the Star Origin Lord Robe right before he entered seclusion.

Several days later… Shang Xia emerged from seclusion with an ugly expression on his face.

“The effects of Three Lights Water are actually growing weaker!” Shang Xia mumbled to himself as he went to check on the Star Origin Lord Robe. He discovered that the drop of Three Lights Water only managed to give him 11 months worth of cultivation. In the past, the effects produced were about a year of cultivation!

With a deep frown on his face, he finally arrived at where he stored the Star Origin Lord Robe. After using 2 drops on it, the tear was less than an inch.

He didn’t hesitate to use the final 2 drops on the robe. If there were no accidents, the Star Origin Lord Robe would be fully restored then.

Using another month or so and 4 sheets of special talisman paper, Shang Xia completed another Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman.

By then, the Star Origin Lord Robe had already absorbed the final 2 drops of Star Origin Liquid and the tear was basically gone.

He then allocated another 2 months to craft a good number of talismans for the Dachen Dynasty, Qingling Palace, and Wanyun Association before he received the next batch of Three Lights Water from the institution.

There were also only 5 drops, and from the looks of it, that was Yuan Qiuyuan’s limit.

Shang Xia placed 1 drop on the Star Origin Lord Robe that may or may not be fully restored. After all, he felt that there might still be hidden defects that needed to be repaired.

After that, he swallowed a drop of Three Lights Water and continued to cultivate. He could clearly feel its weakened effects then, and he only gained about 10 months of cultivation.