Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1586: News of the Star Devouring Silkworm

"Patriarch Kou, True Immortal Zuo, True Immortal Shao... True Immortals of the 3 World Alliance, we pay our respects.”

The ship from the Star Origin Dao Field stopped hundreds of miles away and after Feng Ziying and Feng Ziyuan disembarked, they bowed in unison.

Zuo Li was the first to speak, "Camp Commanders Feng of the Star Origin Guards... What brings you here?”

Feng Ziying stood half a step behind Feng Ziyuan, indicating that she was taking the lead.

Feng Ziyuan smiled and replied, "We are here on Sage Zhuo’s orders. We have come to invite fellow True Immortals of the 3 World Alliance to attend a gathering in the Spirit Observation World in 3 days.”

After speaking, Feng Ziyuan took an invitation from Feng Ziying before slowly sending it to Zhuo Li.

Taking the invitation, Zuo Li glanced at it before handing it casually to Kou Chongxue beside him. After handing it over, Zuo Li muttered, “We’re not the only ones invited, right?”

Feng Ziyuan nodded with a smile, "Correct, besides you guys, the True Immortals of the Spirit Mammoth World and Spirit Abundance World have been invited. Even the True Immortals of other Azure Worlds will attend.”

After briefly scanning the invitation, Kou Chongxue handed it to True Immortal Shao before raising his head to look at the Camp Commanders. “Gathering in the Spirit Observation World? All of us are foreign experts who will be rejected by the World’s Will.”

Feng Ziyuan replied with a restrained smile, "You misunderstand, Patriarch Kou. The gathering will be above the heavenly screen of our world and because of Sage Zhuo, our World’s Will will not reject outsiders.”

Kou Chongxue and Zuo Li exchanged a glance. They were surprised by the revelation of Zuo Gudao’s control over the World’s Will and the ability to manipulate it to such an extent sounded a lot like something the Star Origin Lord was doing to the Essence Ping World.

Looking at his fellow True Immortals of the 3 World Alliance, Zuo Li noticed that all of them had reached a decision. Eventually, he replied, “Our 3 World Alliance will surely attend.”

Since they achieved their goal, Feng Ziyuan bade everyone farewell and left with Feng Ziying, who had been silent the entire time.

Seeing that they had left, the True Immortals of the 3 World Alliance started to guess what the purpose of the gathering would be about. They prepared for all sorts of contingencies before dispersing.

Once they were a sufficient distance from the others, Shang Xia couldn't help but ask curiously, "He must have left something behind, right? Exactly how did you communicate?"

Shang Xia was certain that Feng Ziying, who had always been at Feng Ziyuan's side, had no opportunity for direct communication with Kou Chongxue. There was no way to gesture or signal each other through their gazes, let alone whispering. Not to mention Shang Xia, the strongest of them all, was watching them intently.

Even so, Shang Xia was absolutely certain Shang Xia was equally sure that there was some exchange of information between Feng Ziying and Kou Chongxue, given that communications between Tongyou Institution and Star Origin City had been cut off for a long time since the Star origin Dao Field merged with the Azure Sea World and Azure Star World. Since Feng Ziying came, he wouldn’t miss an opportunity to pass on some information to the patriarch.

Kou Chongxue chuckled in response, “What’s the rush? We can talk later. Leaving now might cause unnecessary misunderstandings.”

Shang Xia nodded. "As expected, experience counts!"

Kou Chongxue didn't elaborate but they eventually chose a random asteroid that was floating in the void to cultivate. He laid down several simple formations to serve as a warning for when he was cultivating.

As an expert at the peak of the fifth tier of the Martial Void Realm, he was only lacking a suitable opportunity to reach the level of Extreme Harmonization.

Shang Xia didn’t plan to interrupt his cultivation. Choosing another fragmented land mass, he went to cultivate as well. However, he placed most of his attention on preparing for his ascension.

As time passed, Shang Xia quickly noticed a clone hiding its aura and sneaking around Kou Chongxue’s cultivation grounds. The clone smiled in Shang Xia’s direction before vanishing into the void.

Expanding his soul to ensure no one had noticed, Shang Xia returned to his cultivation.

2 hours later, Kou Chongxue's clone returned, but Shang Xia didn't immediately head over.

After about a day, both of them emerged from seclusion. Only then did Shang Xia head over to where Kou Chongxue was.

"This gathering initiated by Zhuo Gudao should be safe, and he truly intends to unite the experts of the worlds in the Heaven Observation Field to face the changes in the Essence Ping World and the Star Origin Lord.”

Having expected it, Shang Xia nodded slowly. Of course, receiving confirmation on the matter was also important.

However, given Kou Chongxue and Feng Ziying's special communication channel, the news he gathered after such a long period of silence should be much more.

As expected, Kou Chongxue continued, "The True Immortals of the Star Origin Dao Field are currently transplanting their souls into the Spirit Observation World’s World Origin Source. Feng Ziying is doing the same.”

Shang Xia immediately asked, "According to the news from Xiong Xin and Yuan Chan, the True Immortals of Star Origin City have their souls branded in the Star Core that is suspected to come from a world that surpassed the level of an Essence World. For them to do this... Is Zhuo Gudao clearing away the burden of the mysterious Star Core?”

Kou Chongxue nodded. "It's possible, but Feng Ziying's cultivation is the second tier of the Martial Void Realm and his knowledge and authority is limited. The transfer of his soul also affected his cultivation. Even though his foundation is fine, he might need a lot more time to reach the third tier. For so many people to remove their souls from the mysterious treasure, Zhuo Gudao will definitely grow stronger.”

Shang Xia nodded thoughtfully as he sank into thought.

Kou Chongxue quickly added, "He said that transferring their souls isn't easy. So far, only new True Immortals have been doing it or those who hadn’t reached the level of External Harmony. He seems to have heard grumbling from the Star Origin Lord Manor that the high-level True Immortals are reluctant to transfer their souls, but no one knows why.”

"It's likely related to concerns about cultivation potential and personal combat power." Shang Xia mumbled.

Nodding slowly, Kou Chongxue suddenly shook his head but he didn’t continue to speak of the matter.

Shang Xia glanced at him and noticed his abnormal reaction. He couldn’t help but ask, "Is there any other news, patriarch?"

Kou Chongxue grunted and took some time to organize his thoughts before he spoke again, "There's also news about the Star Devouring Silkworm. The Star Origin Lord Manor indeed controls the breeding of the silkworms and they've started building a special mulberry forest in the Spirit Observation World to expand the breeding scale of the Star Devouring Silkworm. This matter is highly confidential, supposedly overseen by Zhuo Gudao himself. Feng Ziying knows nothing more. The location of the mulberry forest located within the Spirit Observation World remains unknown to anyone else."

Kou Chongxue had not finished speaking when Shang Xia suddenly looked up.