Splitting the Heave

Shang Xia’s face turned extremely pale as his inner qi gushed out of his dantian like water out a broken dam. 

Luckily, Shang Xia could react quickly. When he noticed that he was the one supplying the energy to maintain the four screens, he caused three of them to crumble with a single thought. The only one that remained showed the region he was the most familiar with, the Mountain and Sea Fantasy Spiritual World.

The strain on his inner qi instantly lessened. He realized that he could see everything in the special region as long as he willed it.

Since he knew the Mountain and Sea Fantasy Spiritual World pretty well, he quickly changed the view to look at the core region. A scene of devastation greeted him.

Shang Xia gasped in shock. He tried to find the cause of the destruction, and he quickly locked on to a female expert who seemed to have gone crazy. She held a long sword in her hand as she smashed anything that was intact. He recognized her eventually. In fact, she was someone Shang Xia had seen before. Ran Biluo, one of the Martial Extermination Realm experts of the Four Spiritual Peak!

Even though he couldn’t see the battle between the Martial Extermination Realm experts during the war on the Tongyou Peak, he saw her when she first appeared.

The Ran Biluo he saw now as a walking disaster. She was thrashing wildly in the Mountain and Sea Fantasy Spiritual World, and everywhere her sword light passed, destruction followed.

From what he could tell, she was trying to vent her anger on something.

At the rate she was going, even if Chu Jia was there to hold the fort, the protection formation would be shattered in a matter of time.

When Shang Xia left, Shang Ke had only started his breakthrough. As such, he had no idea if his grandfather had already entered the Martial Extermination Realm.

From the looks of things in the Mountain and Sea Fantasy Spiritual World, Shang Xia estimated that his grandfather hadn’t broken through. 

How could he know that Shang Ke managed to seriously injure Sima Luxing with a sneak attack before being injured by Ran Biluo?

Just as Shang Xia was wondering how he could help, Ran Biluo turned to stare into the air above her. 

“Which sneaky asshole is spying on your grandma over here?!” Ran Biluo yelled and her sword sliced towards the space she found fishy. 

The instant she attacked, Shang Xia felt her gaze on him and thought that he had been discovered. 

When he was about to release the screen, the image inside turned blurry. Shang Xia only managed to recover from his fright after some time.

He discovered that Martial Extermination Realm experts were able to notice his spying, but their attacks were unable to break through space to arrive at the place he was in.

After thinking about it, Shang Xia changed the angle of the screen to look at the core region in the Mountain and Sea Fantasy Spiritual World.

Very quickly, the blurry image disappeared. As the angle got closer to the protection formation, Shang Xia no longer hesitated. He screamed, “There’s a rank five undead corpse out there!” 

As soon as the words left his lips, the image turned blurry again.

He wasn’t shocked this time as he already expected Ran Biluo to discover his presence. Since he had done whatever he could, he decided to leave it at that for now.

Another screen appeared beside him and it showed the situation in the Unstable Region.

Shang Xia started to search desperately for his target now that he had a god-like wall hack system in front of him. He didn’t forget about Dongfang Mingyu. The man’s sword technique was something Shang Xia coveted, and since they had already formed a grudge against each other, Shang Xia wasn’t going to let him off easy.

Looking for someone in such a massive region wasn’t easy. He quickly discovered a massive disturbance in the distance while looking for Dongfang Mingyu. It was a battle between two Martial Extermination Realm experts, and they were destroying giant islands one after another around the core region.

Shang Lubing was fighting another Martial Extermination Realm expert, and even though the two of them possessed similar cultivation levels, Shang Lubing was much more experienced. His opponent only managed to fight evenly with him with the help of many lower leveled cultivators.

The two of them were clearly not as strong as Ran Biluo as they didn’t notice his spying. 

Shang Xia wanted to remind both of them of the existence of a rank five undead corpse, but Shang Xia discovered that there wasn’t much of a point doing so as that might be what the Rose Party was after. He couldn’t possibly transmit the information to Shang Lubing without being discovered by the other side.

Whatever. If things get ugly, Shang Lubing can just make his escape. He’s the only expert from the Tongyou Institution there, and if the rank five undead corpse really goes on a rampage, he could leave the members of the Rose Party behind as a distraction. Shang Xia could only focus on other regions.

Realizing that there was no time for him to look for Dongfang Mingyu, Shang Xia decided to achieve his goal of reminding those of the Tongyou Institution about the rank five undead corpse before anything else.

The screen showing the situation in the Unstable Region disappeared and another appeared in its place.

The moment the image appeared on the screen, all Shang Xia could see was a flash of bright light before everything became blurry.

A trace of joy appeared in his heart when he realized that the flash of light seemed to resemble the glow of fireflies. He changed an angle and was greeted by a sight worse than that in the Mountain and Sea Fantasy Spiritual World.

That was the core region of the Willow Forest, and it had already been turned into a wasteland.

Three Martial Intent Realm experts clashed with each other violently, and the skies were filled with different colored lights. Shang Xia couldn’t even see who were the ones exchanging blows. However, he knew one thing. One of the three was his grandfather, Shang Bo!

Just as he was thinking about how he should reach Shang Bo, a grunt escaped Shang Bo’s lips. A ray of light emerged from his Nine Firefly Lance and struck the space where Shang Xia was observing them.

Shang Bo’s actions were too quick and Shang Xia couldn’t even react in time. He could only yell loudly, “Grandpa!” 

Right before the image was destroyed, Shang Xia saw the ray of light trembling slightly. 

It seemed as though Shang Bo was able to hear him!

Unfettered joy blossomed in Shang Xia’s heart! If Shang Bo was able to hear him, he wouldn’t have to bear everything alone! He quickly looked for another angle to stare at the battle between the three experts.

Indeed. The moment a new image appeared on the screen, Shang Bo released a wave of energy to push the other two back. A frown formed on his face as he stared at the space Shang Xia was looking at them from.

Through the screen, Shang Xia could tell that Shang Bo was staring right at him. “Grandpa, it’s me!” 

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Shang Bo remained indifferent and he muttered, “Are you in the manor? Is there anyone with you?” 

Shang Xia was taken aback slightly, but he quickly regained his composure. As a higher-up of the Tongyou Institution, Shang Bo probably had a lot more information on the Coral Forest.

Like what Zhu Ying said previously, the Tongyou Institution had their eyes on the Zhu Family’s inheritance for a long time. Without Liu Jitang’s hasty actions, they might have started their mission to take over the Coral Forest. 

Under such circumstances, for Shang Xia to be able to contact him through space, there were only two possibilities. Either he had some super expert helping him to tear through space to reach another core region in the Coral Forest, or he was currently at the core region of the Zhu Family Manor. He might even have obtained the key to the entire region!

Shang Xia replied hastily, “I’m in the manor right now and there’s no one with me…”

Pausing for a second, Shang Xia moved his point of view on the battle and noticed the two other Martial Extermination Realm experts were nowhere to be seen. “Grandpa, can you come over quickly? I’ll give you directions…” 

Shang Bo seemed to have felt Shang Xia’s anxiety, but he remained calm all the same. “Brat, didn’t I receive news that you managed to get your hands on a Vermillion Plaque?” 

“Yeah…” Shang Xia raised an eyebrow in surprise.

“It’s extremely difficult for you to control the key to the entire Coral Forest with your cultivation. Since you’re able to communicate with me, you should be able to send me your Vermillion Plaque.” Shang Bo analyzed.

With no idea how to do it, Shang Xia did the only logical thing any cultivator would do. He poured his inner qi crazily into the tiny mountain in front of him. A sudden stroke of inspiration struck him when he did that. He tossed his Vermillion Plaque towards the screen.

Turning into a flash of light, the Vermillion Plaque entered the screen easily. The next thing he knew, Shang Bo reached out his hand to grab the Vermillion Plaque he tossed over.

What the f…?

Before Shang Xia could truly express his surprise, he saw two streaks of light appearing behind Shang Bo. They charged at the old man from two different directions.

Shang Bo didn’t seem surprised at all. After holding the plaque, he casually slashed the air before him. A spatial door was revealed and he casually stepped through it. A smile could be seen on his face.

“Grandpa, be careful! Behind you!” Shang Xia yelled in fright.

However, his worries were unfounded. Shang Bo stepped directly through the spatial door and arrived before the bronze gates. He waved his hand to close the spatial door behind him and the rays of light aimed at him were nowhere to be seen.

When the attacks struck the space Shang Bo was standing in previously, the image on the screen turned blurry again. A frightening amount of power tried to cross the space to attack the person on the opposite side of the screen, but Shang Bo erased any trace of their power with a flick of his sleeves.

Shang Xia finally relaxed.

Shang Bo swept his gaze across his surroundings before finally staring at the tiny mountain hovering beside Shang Xia. A sharp light flashed through his eyes and a look of joy was barely concealed within. “Hahaha! It really is the Coral Command!”