Splitting the Heave

Just like that, the chaotic battle that was bound to happen broke out with fierce intensity.

That was exactly what Shang Xia wanted. The messier the situation, the better!

When the 5 Martial Extermination Realm experts of the Divine Capital Sect entered the Abyssal Secret Region, they only served to add to the chaos. 

As the battle raged on, the other peaks started to crumble. Even though the inheritance light balls that emerged from them weren’t as plentiful as those that came from the Divine Weapon Peak, there were still quite a few. It greatly benefited those who were in the proximity.

Not too long after the members of the Divine Capital Sect entered the Abyssal Secret Region, the experts from the other continents also managed to charge their way in.

The Martial Extermination Realm experts who entered this time had no idea who had the divine weapon. With countless inheritance light balls flying all over the place, their eyes went red with greed the next moment. None of them paid attention to the youngster who had already kept the Abyssal Blade as he blended in with the others who were fighting for inheritance light balls.

Everyone seemed too busy to realize that the greater the number of people who entered the Abyssal Secret Region, the more that indicated that the secret region was about to fuse with the Azure Origin World.

Rocks and debris that rolled off the Divine Weapon Peak because of Shang Xia’s slash earlier fell through the void that finally started to stabilize and they crashed into the Cloud Water Gorge below.

Looking down, the endless abyss that contained chaotic space was nowhere to be seen. The Cloud Water Gorge could clearly be seen below. 

Shang Xia managed to hide in the falling debris as he shot straight down to the Cloud Water Gorge. When everyone had been busy getting their hands on inheritance light balls, Shang Xia hid his presence to the best of his abilities before making his way over to the Divine Weapon Peak.

He didn’t wish to continue fighting for treasures because he was feeling a faint trace of danger that he couldn’t quite put his finger on. Initially, he thought that the threat came from the experts who had surrounded the Cloud Water Gorge. However, the strange feeling in his heart didn’t disappear even after those Martial Extermination Realm experts appeared in the Abyssal Secret Region. Instead, it grew even stronger.

That was why he wanted to take the chance to flee from the chaotic battle before anything unexpected happened.

Naturally, he wouldn’t leave empty-handed. Other than the 2 inheritance light balls he grabbed before everyone started pouring into the secret region. He also obtained a clump of world origin around the same time. When he was making his escape, he managed to grab another ball of light that flew past him.

There might be hundreds of inheritance light balls that were flying through the Abyssal Secret Region, but they were also split into treasures of different grades. That wasn’t all. Most of the treasures were flying through spatial cracks or chaotic space that existed all around them.

Other than those inheritance light balls that appeared not too far away from them, those Martial Extermination Realm experts would find it difficult to get their hands on the others.

The inheritance light balls didn’t only fly upwards. Some of them tore through the confines of the Abyssal Secret Region and entered the depths of the Taihang Mountains. Of course, those constituted a minor number of the light balls that escaped. A huge portion of them was either collected or flew into chaotic space before disappearing from sight.

Those that entered chaotic space would either be destroyed by the distortion of space, or they would fly beyond the heavens. Perhaps, they might appear in some random location in the Azure Origin World to become some random expert’s fortunate encounter.

No matter what, the number of inheritance light balls in the air decreased rapidly. There were close to 20 Martial Extermination Realm experts flying through the Abyssal Secret Region at the moment, but most of them managed to grab 2 to 3 light balls on average.

According to Shang Xia’s plan, he would be able to leave the mess that the Abyssal Secret Region had turned into without being detected by anyone. However, someone else in the crowd had other plans.

Just as Shang Xia’s figure was about to fly past a layer of storm to enter the Cloud Water Gorge, a damaged silver hammer appeared on his right and a roaring fist intent came from above.

“Where the hell do you think you’re going?!” 

“Leave the Abyssal Blade behind!” 

Shang Xia sneered after extending his divine perception to detect the both of them. As long as he wasn’t surrounded by a bunch of Martial Extermination Realm experts like before, there was no need to be afraid! Especially when it was only the two of them. 

The only thing he was slightly concerned about was his consumption of inner qi. After all, it hadn’t been long since he entered the Martial Extermination Realm.

Swinging his blade behind him, he shattered the fist intent instantly. However, he didn’t do the same to Tao Mosheng’s hammer. Instead, he gave it a palm strike of his own.

Instead of using the divine weapon, Shang Xia used the palm strike he used to shatter the protection barrier around the Jingxiu Peak. It was also the same technique he used to suppress the Abyssal Blade’s weapon spirit earlier.

By the time his palm landed on the hammer, the fist intent that was destroyed by the Abyssal Blade caused a massive shockwave that made the surrounding mountain peaks crumble. With rocks falling everywhere, Shang Xia grunted softly when he felt the massive impact on his palm. He felt as though every bone in his hand was about to shatter.

At that moment, a trace of pure world origin emerged from the Crimson Soul Tablet and filled his body. He didn’t actually need to refine it to transform it into his Four Constellation Qi due to its extreme purity, and it directly went to nourish his nearly dried up dantian.

A really small portion of the world origin rushed into his hand that came into contact with Tao Mosheng’s silver hammer and the throbbing pain he was feeling quickly subsided.

Tao Mosheng’s silver hammer wasn’t the Abyssal Blade. Facing such a terrifying strike, it wobbled violently in an attempt to fly away. It was too bad Shang Xia wasn’t planning to let him succeed. His divine perception emerged smashed against the hammer in a tyrannical manner.

Ordinarily, Shang Xia’s divine perception wouldn’t be able to break apart Tao Mosheng’s connection with his silver hammer even if it was 3 times stronger than the other party’s. However, Shang Xia’s palm strike greatly eroded the connection Tao Mosheng had with his hammer. With the sudden intrusion of Shang Xia’s divine perception, he quickly achieved the impossible.

“No!” Tao Mosheng screamed miserably and everyone could hear the pain he felt. His silver hammer far surpassed ordinary high-level weapons and with the connection between them cut, it fell powerlessly into the Cloud Water Gorge below. No one knew if he would ever be able to locate it again.

After dealing with the two clowns who were obstructing his way, Shang Xia’s figure continued to rush down into the Cloud Water Gorge.

As he was making his escape, the feeling of danger he felt earlier grew ever stronger. He couldn’t help but slow down. He had to ensure he could deal with any unexpected matter that might arise. When he flew past the remains of a huge boulder, Shang Xia felt a strange sense of familiarity with it. 

“Huh?” he felt as though he had seen it somewhere before.

Looking a little closer, Shang Xia saw a thin line extending down the middle of the boulder and something clicked in his mind. The gap that existed in the middle of the boulder was extremely smooth and from the size…

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Shang Xia looked at the Abyssal Blade in his hand and made the connection.

Is this the boulder that trapped the Abyssal Blade on the Divine Weapon Peak?!

Back when the blade emerged, a portion of the rock was damaged. However, the boulder itself remained somewhat intact. When Shang Xia first entered the Abyssal Secret Region, he observed that the boulder was as tall as an adult male and nearly 3 feet across. 

Now, it was barely two thirds of what it used to be. Cracks filled one of its surfaces but even so, the stone looked pretty smooth and glossy otherwise. 

If not for the fact that the boulder contained the remnant aura of the Abyssal Blade, Shang Xia would have mistaken it for an ordinary rock that fell from one of the various peaks.

It went without saying that a boulder that could trap the Abyssal Blade for countless years wouldn’t be an ordinary piece of rock. Not to mention it was used as the core of the formation used to maintain the secret region…

On the off chance that it was really a piece of ordinary rock to begin with. The nourishment from the divine weapon and the formation on the Divine Weapon Peak would ensure that it turned into some sort of precious treasure.

Back when Shang Xia grabbed the Abyssal Blade, he thought of bringing the boulder away. It was unfortunate the situation back then didn’t allow Shang Xia to do as he wished. Obtaining the Abyssal Blade was already a massive blessing and he was immediately attacked on all sides the moment he did. He obviously couldn’t bother himself with the boulder. There was also the fact that the boulder was too massive back then. He would have to empty out an Embroidered Cloud Case if he wanted to bring it away and that was simply not happening.

Now that the boulder was much smaller than before Shang Xia didn’t have to worry about where to store it. Moreover, he felt that the essence of the boulder had been preserved perfectly.

Shang Xia swung his arms once, and the Auspicious Cloud Cape behind him covered the boulder entirely. Shang Xia casually looked down only to discover he was pretty close to entering the Cloud Water Gorge.

His taut nerves finally settled down slightly. 

When he raised his head to look at the chaotic battle taking place in the skies above, all the relief he felt earlier was washed away. Something was definitely wrong…

When the hell did the skies above the Taihang Mountains become so weird? 

The outline of a massive pavilion could be seen in the skies above, and it resembled an immortal realm. There was no way it was caused naturally by the fusion of the Abyssal Secret Region and the Azure Origin World.

Is that… Is that the Beyond Heavens Pavilion?!

The thought barely appeared in Shang Xia’s mind when he confirmed it. There was no way it could be anything else!

The descent of the Abyssal Secret Region actually attracted the Beyond Heavens Pavilion… Shang Xia finally understood where the feeling of danger he felt came from.

It was true that a mere secret region along with its inheritance was nothing much to those ancestors in the Martial Dipper Realm. However, that only applied to ordinary inheritances. When the origin dipper emerged from the Divine Weapon Peak earlier, it alerted the Beyond Heaven Pavilion to what was happening. Its appearance caused them to suspect that there might be a rank five inheritance left behind by the Abyssal Sect. A rank five inheritance was enough to change their stance entirely.

A strange wind tore through the air as a giant palm appeared in the skies above the Cloud Water Gorge. It ignored the spatial cracks and chaos that was going on and closed its palm, grabbing more than a dozen inheritance light balls in an instant.

With the appearance of the Beyond Heavens Pavilion, Martial Dipper Realm ancestors finally made their move!