Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1580: Retaliation from the World’s Will

Above the heavenly screen, both Martial Emptiness Realm clones that were engaged in combat with the battle formation of the Spirit Mammoth World seemed to transform. Even though the aura they exuded remained relatively the same, a strange light appeared in their eyes. Their original coordination that seemed a little rigid started to flow naturally, nearly crushing the battle formation in the blink of an eye.

As for the True Immortals of the Star Origin Lord Manor... They were even more unfortunate. The clone they were fighting also awakened. It seized the opportunity where a True Immortal made a reckless move to strike. At the cost of having a portion of his body destroyed, the clone crushed a third tier True Immortal and destroyed the battle formation.

That wasn’t all. The clone didn’t continue to attack the other True Immortals of the Star Origin Lord Manor. Instead, it turned to the battlefield where the Spirit Mammoth World was fighting 2 clones. He flew over to join the battle. The clone that retreated under the heavenly screen because of the 3 World Alliance’s retreat also reappeared before rushing in the same direction.

The high-level True Immortals of the Spirit Mammoth World and their backers had already been pushed to their limits when fighting 2 clones. The moment the other arrived, the 7 of them would probably find it difficult to escape!

Their so-called grand battle formation made up of only high-level True Immortals became a burden then. Sticking together would only make it impossible for everyone to escape.

In the face of imminent disaster, the 7 high-level True Immortals naturally displayed their unique skills to escape!

The first to suffer were the high-level True Immortals who came to help the Spirit Mammoth World.

It's unclear whether they were simply unlucky, or if the Star Origin Lord's clones had an innate repulsion and disdain for cultivators outside the Heavenly Screen. The fourth tier True Immortal quickly ran into a Martial Emptiness Realm clone.

Following a series of resounding explosions and void rendering, fragments of divine weapons and burnt talisman paper ended with a miserable scream of the fourth tier True Immortal. The next second, a burst of energy filled the void.

The fifth tier True Immortal not from the Spirit Mammoth World was also hunted down by a Martial Emptiness Realm clone. However, he was much stronger than a fourth tier True Immortal even though they were only a small realm apart.

In a situation where he nearly exhausted all his skills and treasures, the fifth tier True Immortal managed to distance himself from the clone. Zou Shanhai, the sixth tier True Immortal of the Spirit Mammoth World suddenly appeared, throwing a scroll that brought both of them away. The void didn’t seem disturbed at all, but they were nowhere to be seen.

The clone, unable to trace their presence or energy, eventually turned back to the heavenly screen and joined the others.

With what just happened the other True Immortals of the 3 World Alliance no longer harbored any grudges against Kou Chongxue and Shang Xia. As they left, the last thing they saw was the 4 clones merging into 1. Their aura increased greatly and the final clone that emerged seemed to have reached the third star of the Martial Emptiness Realm.

This newly advanced clone then approached the part of the heavenly screen being eroded by the frosty white light before turning into streams of starlight that entered the heavenly screen to drive the frost away.

Unfortunately... The frosty light was barely taken over before it returned with greater momentum. This time, the frosty light covered an even greater area.

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"What exactly did he do?"

After the True Immortals of the 3 World Alliance escaped, Zuo Li couldn’t help but ask Kou Chonxue in a low voice.

Kou Chongxue's gaze remained fixed on the surrounding void. Because the sudden change caused the Spirit Mammoth World and the Star Origin Lord Manor to suffer a heavy loss while they escaped unscathed, everyone knew that they would have known something in advance.

Perhaps because the change happened too quickly, the members of the other factions didn’t come to demand accountability.

Hearing Zuo Li’s question, Kou Chongxue shook his head and sighed, “I don’t know either. The talisman was just for us to signal to each other. There was no content in it.”

Qu Guan gasped in shock, "From the reaction of that Star Origin Lord clone... Did the Star Origin Lord’s consciousness descend?”

Before anyone could respond, Zuo Li shook his head in denial, "Absolutely not! If the Star Origin Lord's soul had descended, even through a clone, more than a third tier True Immortal and a fourth tier True Immortal would have died.”

Kou Chongxue agreed. "That’s right, don't forget the final fate of those clones. The starlight and frost on the heavenly screen should signify the battle between the Star Origin Lord’s soul and the World’s Will. The initially cornered frosty light started to expand, pushing back the starlit sky. That would mean that the Star Origin Lord’s consciousness should be fully engaged to counter the World’s Will counterattack. He probably has no time to personally descend. The sudden awakening of those clones should probably just be a few more strands of the Star Origin Lord’s soul...”

True Immortal Shao asked, "Does this mean that True Immortal Shang did something to harm the Star Origin Lord when he infiltrated, causing the World’s Will to be able to counterattack?”

Qu Guan chuckled along, “Oh yeah, we’ll find out when we see him anyway.”

The 7 True Immortals no longer spoke further. Under Kou Chongxue's lead, they traveled tens of thousands of miles in a certain direction and happened to meet Shang Xia coming towards them.

"True Immortal Shang, what exactly did you do inside the Essence Ping World to awaken the Star Origin Lord?" Qu Guan couldn't wait to ask upon seeing Shang Xia.

Shang Xia was slightly startled, then smiled and roughly recounted his experiences in the Essence Ping World.

The other True Immortals, shocked that Shang Xia had actually crushed a Martial Emptiness Realm Star Origin Lord clone, finally understood the cause of the dramatic changes inside the Essence Ping World.

"So it means that the Star Origin Lord left a thread of consciousness in the World Origin Source connected to the continents he control... Not only did you draw more than half of the world origin contained in the World Origin Source connected to a continent, but also annihilated a large part of the Star Origin Lord’s soul strand. That’s why the Star Origin Lord weakened in his conquest of the World’s Will, giving it a chance to strike back...” Kou Chongxue summarized the results of Shang Xia's foray into the Essence Ping World.

Shang Xia grunted once. "Although there are various coincidences and accidents involved, but... Yeah, that’s about it."

As for how Shang Xia managed to crush the Star Origin Lord's clone and how he could draw more than half of the world origin of a continent... That was Shang Xia’s secret. No one would dare to probe further.