Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1511: Spirit Calming Vessel Pt.2

Chapter 1511: Spirit Calming Vessel Pt.2

In a sense, the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar that was currently supporting the process of Azure Ruling World's elevation to a Spirit World, which was also Shang Xia’s weapon, became the Spirit Calming Vessel as described on the Crimson Soul Tablet.

As the weapon most suited for Shang Xia after his advancement to the Six Direction Realm, which he has repeatedly refined with his own inner qi over the years, embedding his soul into it was naturally effortless.

Previously, to use his martial intent, Six Harmony Supporting the Heavens, through the heavenly screen, Shang Xia had already embedded his soul into the Holy Artifact.

Of course, using his own favored weapon as a Spirit Calming Vessel was really too costly. The description on the Crimson Soul Tablet did not necessarily require such grand arrangements.

However, now that things have come to this point, it was not likely for Shang Xia to ignore the damage to the entire plane world and remove the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar. He decided to maximize the value of it at the moment. After all, the ultimate goal was for the pillar to aid his advancement to the Seven Star Realm.

However, to achieve this goal, it was not only necessary for Azure Ruling World to quickly ascend to a Spirit World, but also for the continent to reach a state of perfection and for the World Origin Source to be filled to the brim with world origin.

As Shang Xia planned to venture into the spatial void of the Spirit Frost World with Song Zhen, besides wanting to eliminate the severely injured Ape King once and for all, another purpose was to see if he could carve a piece from the Spirit Frost World to expedite the transformation process of the Azure Ruling World.

However, Shang Xia felt as though he had fallen into a great pit for the Azure Ruling World!

In the subsequent period, everyone in the Azure Ruling World from fifth rank spiritual beast kings and Martial Dipper Realm experts or higher, entered a state of calm.

In the previous battle where the Spirit Frost World invaded, although the Azure Ruling World ultimately repelled the enemy, it was also greatly weakened. Including their strongest ally, Shang Xia, everyone had been weakened to a certain extent.

As Song Zhen and Zhu Nang had been controlling the Star Ships, they suffered a little less than the others. However, instead of being able to free themselves from their responsibilities, they were busier than ever. They were spinning around like tops.

Zhu Nang needed to prepare various preparations for further deep exploration into the Azure Ruling World, including selecting personnel, preparing materials, and collecting information about the surrounding regions.

Song Zhen was also selecting members while repairing the slightly damaged Star Ship to prepare to follow Shang Xia to the Spirit Frost World.

As for Shang Xia himself... He finally had the time to enter seclusion to recover the energy he used up by using his martial intent to push the Azure Ruling World into a state of fake ascension.

At the same time, he was also multitasking, thinking about how he could use the Spirit Calming Vessel.

According to the deductions given by the Crimson Soul Tablet, Shang Xia needed to place a Spirit Calming Vessel in the World Origin Source connected to a continent in a state of perfection in a Spirit World or higher. That would mean that he would require 6 more Spirit Calming Vessels.

Naturally, the next 6 couldn’t be Holy Artifacts like the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar.

Even though he had fortuitous encounters and deep foundations, he was not yet at the stage where he could carelessly dispose of Holy Artifacts.

While thinking, he was playing with a copper paperweight in his hand. Usually, it was used to press down the paper during his talisman-making process. It also served the purpose of suppressing and restraining the energy that might burst out when he failed the process. It was equivalent to a high-rank weapon.

As he played with it, he started to infuse Six Direction Qi while refining it.

Although a high-rank weapon could not possess its own artifact spirit, it was able to carry a strand of his soul after a long period of refinement.

However, embedding the soul into it would not be as easy as with the Stone Rod, and the soul it carried might not be preserved for as long.

The process of splitting off a portion of his soul might be extremely difficult for other experts, but it had long been a routine operation for Shang Xia.

Shang Xia had been practicing his Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter for decades. His soul was much stronger than that of experts at the same level. Splitting off a few strands would not affect his foundations.

Moreover, since Shang Xia managed to comprehend a way to create an External Avatar that possessed strength comparable to high-level True Immortals, splitting off a portion of his soul became even easier.

After he completed the sixth move of his Six Harmony Rod Technique, Heaven Liberation, he managed to split off and retrieve the portion of his soul with even greater ease.

Since Shang Xia fled from the Essence Xing World and left the Essence Xing Heavenly Field, nearly a year had passed. The 34th year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar had already rolled about.

It had been so long and the communication between Shang Xia and the Spirit Luxuriant World had basically ceased. He could only vaguely judge the situation happening through a vague sensing with his high-level True Immortal External Avatar within Star Beast Nest No.2. He could tell that the situation in the Spirit Luxuriant World was also still in a pretty acceptable range.

Of course, he made his conjecture because of the state of his External Avatar. He could tell that it hadn’t run into any danger. The true state of the world might be different from what he was thinking.

Yan Ming, Xin Lu, and other high-level experts of the Tongyou Institution were eager to return, and no matter whether they managed to achieve their goals in the Spirit Frost World, they would have to return to the Heaven Observation Field as soon as possible.

After about a month of recuperation, Song Zhen tested the defensive formation on the Star Ship several times and found no problems. He finally brought the crew he selected back on board and the ship soon rose above the heavenly screen.

When Song Zhen saw Shang Xia again, a 5 inch long, 3 inch tall copper paperweight, meticulously carved with exquisite patterns, was slowly rotating around Shang Xia. During the process, the aura it emitted was in harmony with his.

This was an indication that a Divine Artifact had been refined to a very deep level.

However, the copper paperweight, in terms of quality, could barely be considered a high-rank weapon. It wasn’t a good one either. For Shang Xia, a mighty sixth tier True Immortal to be using something like that seemed too shabby. It was truly beneath his status.

If it hadn't been for understanding Shang Xia's resources and wealth, Song Zhen might have been tempted to offer him another weapon.

"Is everything ready?" Seeing Song Zhen approaching, Shang Xia stopped refining the copper paperweight with his inner qi and asked casually.

Song Zhen stepped forward and reported, "All personnel arrangements have been made according to the minimum requirement to operate the Star Ship. Xin Lu and Yan Ming will also be following us. However... The Ying Brothers hope that 1 of them will stay behind.”

Shang Xia naturally knew the intentions of the Ying Brothers. After thinking it over, he was not inclined to refuse and asked, "Who do they have in mind? What do Xin Lu and Yan Ming think?"

Song Zhen smiled. "They understand that Young Lady Xin’s status and position have changed since she became a Grand Stargazer. They are mainly hoping that Young Lady Yan will stay behind. However, Young Lady Yan wants to know if you will return to the Azure Ruling World after our exploration of the Spirit Frost World before making her decision.”

Shang Xia nodded. "Of course, I need to return since we need to travel through the spatial vortex to return.”

Song Zhen nodded, "Understood!"

"What goes around comes around, since that's the case, let's go to the Spirit Frost World and see what they can offer us.” With that, Shang Xia suddenly stood up, and his vast and immense aura burst forth. The aura of a sixth tier True Immortal at the grand completion stage surrounded the Azure Ruling World.