Chapter 712: Tongyou Paradise, Get!
Shang Xia knew that the creation of any holy land required the acknowledgment of the world itself.
However, the birth of a holy land was also extremely beneficial to the world they were in.
Throughout the process of its creation, they would need a large amount of world origin to drive its growth. In order to obtain such a huge amount of world origin, one would have to obtain it from the world itself.
Without acknowledgment and support from the world, a holy land would never be able to take shape.
Also, the easiest way for a holy land to be created was for it to fix some sort of weakness in the world.
That was something Shang Xia had learned from his conversations with Kou Chongxue in the past. He knew that every holy land could be considered a vassal of the world, and they were layers of protection.
It wasn’t as though Shang Xia never thought of the weakness the Tongyou Paradise was fixing when they ascended into a holy world, but that was probably one of the most guarded secrets in the institution. Shang Xia might have the qualifications to learn about it at his current level, but he didn’t plan on prying if Kou Chongxue and the others hadn’t said anything about it.
There was also something he didn’t expect. After the ascension of the Tongyou Mysterious World into the Tongyou Paradise, the weakness of the world they were making up for was actually located right under the pavilion beside the Void Abyss!
Shang Xia had always thought that the pavilion was just a gathering point the institution used in the Beyond Heavens Pavilion. In the past, he even mocked how stingy the institution had been for building a mere pavilion there.
Thinking back to the many times he had been there, he realized that the pavilion was never once empty. There was always a Martial Dipper Realm expert stationed there. It was either Kou Chongxue, or Ji Wenlong. When they weren’t able to be present, Kou Chongxue’s Fate Dipper Clone would take on the role of keeping watch over it.
Who would have thought that the weakness of the world would be concealed under the simple-looking pavilion?!
It seemed to prove the point that the more dangerous a location was, the easier it was to hide whatever it was they were hiding.
In the Tongyou Paradise, Shang Xia was experiencing the final phase of transformation.
If he were to compare the Tongyou Mysterious World to the new Tongyou Paradise, the Tongyou Mysterious World was like a pool of stagnant water. It might contain a large amount of world origin and could support the cultivation of several cultivators, but the world origin was something the institution absorbed from the Origin Tide back then. Every bit counted. It wouldn’t cause any strange transformations, and they would have to replenish it whenever possible.
With the speed of the Tongyou Institution’s expansion back then, the world origin stored in the Tongyou Mysterious World was truly unable to keep up with the ever-increasing number of Martial Extermination Realm experts.
That was why the Tongyou Institution wanted to upgrade the Tongyou Mysterious World to the Tongyou Paradise as soon as possible.
Now that it completed the transformation, world origin seemed to come alive. The transformation wasn’t just because of the much larger space a holy land contained compared to a mysterious world.
The core region of the holy land was actually connected to the world origin produced by the world itself. It could replenish exhausted world origin continuously and that wasn’t all. The Tongyou Paradise resembled a living creature as it started to ‘breathe’ using some sort of profound method.
Every time the holy land absorbed world origin from the world, it seemed to give something back with each ‘exhale’. There seemed to be some sort of exchange going on. Moreover, the channel at which that was taking place seemed to be high in the air within the holy land.
Shang Xia stared at the Nine Blossom Jade Formation Disc thoughtfully as that seemed to be the treasure used to make up for the weakness in the world.
Whatever it was, the Tongyou Paradise could absorb world origin in an endless cycle and turn into a blessed land for real.
The implications were huge as now, the Tongyou Paradise possessed the ability to nurture some rarely seen, unusual treasures. After all, a blessed land didn’t just nurture random spiritual herbs and plants.
The greatest example of those unusual treasures was of course, an Origin Dipper!
That was the true strength of a holy land and it was why all of them could be classified as a sacred land for cultivation! They could produce Origin Dippers one after another, and it could ensure that Martial Dipper Realm experts from their faction never died out. Their inheritances would be passed down forever.
Now that the Tongyou Institution finally possessed their own holy land, they would finally enter the ranks of the sacred land of cultivation for the new world.
Shang Xia thought of something and he waved his sleeves. Several rays of light shot towards different locations in the Tongyou Paradise.
“Hey, what are you doing?” Chu Jia, who was controlling the grand formation, noticed everything in the Tongyou Paradise. Shang Xia’s movements couldn’t escape her eyes.
Without even raising his head, Shang Xia replied, “These are several fate dipper essences Patriarch Kou and I gathered. We can’t use any of them at the moment and with the completion of our ascension, there are many transformations that happened. We can’t control all of them, but we can try to use them to hasten the production of Origin Dippers with these fate dipper essences.”
“You’re right. The holy land has already started to nurture some rank five spiritual treasure…” Chu Jia replied.
Shang Xia was shocked and he couldn’t help but ask, “How did it happen so quickly?”
“It might have something to do with how we just completed the transformation. Our connection to the world was pretty intense and some of the transformations were truly hard to control. They might have caused the acceleration of the production of those treasures.” Chu Jia explained.
Shang Xia thought about it for a second and he continued, “Actually, the Worlds’ Will don’t seem to be fully fused together. That might have brought about a great opportunity for us. Of course, you might be right too…”
When he was speaking, his gaze darted around and landed on the spots where he sent the fate dipper essences. He could tell that the world origin in those areas were circulating much faster than other regions and they seemed to be converging together.
A large amount of origin essence would pour out during the fusion of worlds, and since the Tongyou Institution chose to establish their holy land the same time the fusion was happening, it was indeed possible for them to absorb origin essence that had emerged.
Looking at how they made use of the astronomical amount of world origin that emerged during the Origin Tide to greatly expand the space in the Tongyou Paradise, and how a bunch of spiritual treasures were being nurtured, one could see that the institution managed to seize a good time to make the upgrade.
“It’s a pity we don’t have more fate dipper essences. Especially those related to the 5 elements. Otherwise, I might be able to make them grow faster and complete the formation of my fate dippers…
Shang Xia allowed his imagination to run wild, even though he knew it wasn’t quite possible for any of that to happen.
Of course, the desire to grow stronger had spouted in his heart after thinking about fate dipper essences. As such, the sense of urgency to complete his rank five arts also reached new heights.
Only by completing his rank five arts would he be able to get rid of the shackles where he had to refine the same fate dipper essences. Once he could refine any fate dipper essence related to the 5 elements, the difficulty for him to increase his cultivation level would drop greatly.
He also needed his rank five martial arts in order to achieve his full combat capabilities in the Martial Dipper Realm. If he wasn’t able to circulate his inner qi effectively, he wouldn’t be able to last for long in any fight among Martial Dipper Realm experts.
“Also… the moment I manage to develop my rank five martial arts…” A faint flash of five colored light appeared and covered the space around him. Everywhere it passed, world origin converged and Shang Xia was able to control them however he wished.
During the exchange he had with Yun Lu earlier, Shang Xia seemed to display perfect control of world origin. He felt that he could use the principles of controlling world origin as his foundation of his rank five arts.
When he was still thinking about the development of his rank five art, he seemed to recall something he had neglected for a long time.
Raising his head to look at the highest point of the Tongyou Paradise, he asked, “Didn’t the Nine Blossom Jade Formation Disc absorb a lot of world origin back in the Manyu Continent? Why didn’t we use any of it during the ascension of the Tongyou Mysterious World?”
With his exquisite control of world origin, he didn’t notice a third source of world origin.
Chu Jia’s reply didn’t come immediately. She seemed to be occupied with something else and she only spoke after some time. “We have other uses for the world origin from the Manyu Continent. It’s not the time to put it to use.”
Shang Xia’s thoughts then turned to the Tongyou Island that was still hovering somewhere around the Beyond Heavens Pavilion. “Are we going to use it when we integrate the Tongyou Island into our world?”
Chu Jia’s reaction was even more delayed and she only replied after some time, “Yeah, if everything goes smoothly, that’s when we’ll have to use it.”
A frown formed on Shang Xia’s face and with a single step, he arrived at the spot where the Nine Blossom Jade Formation Disc was. He didn’t see Chu Jia anywhere.
Slightly surprised, he quickly thought of something else. He raised his head to look at the formation disc itself. The next moment, he leaped into the air while aiming straight for it.
The next second, a strange ripple appeared in the Nine Blossom Jade Formation Disc that was currently acting as the dome of the Tongyou Paradise. When he came into contact with the strange rippling surface, his figure disappeared.
When he reappeared, he was in the Beyond Heavens Pavilion. Standing in the pavilion, he discovered Ji Wenlong and Chu Jia.
Because of the birth of the Tongyou Paradise, the pavilion was in a much higher spot than before. Staring in the direction where the Void Abyss used to be, he discovered that it was no longer there. Even with his divine will, he couldn’t feel any trace of it.
“Where’s my grandpa?”
The moment Shang Xia appeared, he could feel that Ji Wenlong and Chu Jia were enduring some sort of massive pressure. However, his first thought was about his grandfather.
Of course, he didn’t leave them out to dry. While waiting for an answer, he reached out and casually pressed his hand on one of the supporting beams of the pavilion. A ray of five colored light entered the pillar and the pavilion sank heavily.
Chu Jia gave a huge sigh as she became a lot more relaxed.
“Deputy Patriarch Shang went over to the Azure Spiritual World to help the Changbai Sect. They’re about to fight against the Triple Frost Palace.”
“Huh?”
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