Splitting the Heavens - Chapter 1040: Tongyou Elysium

In the 8th year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar, the Spirit Luxuriant World was destined to not have a peaceful day.

After getting rid of the True Immortals of the various worlds, the Spirit Luxuriant World started to digest the gains they received from the Azure Flame World.

Every single continent experienced disturbances to different degrees. If some of the sects were unable to react in time, volcano eruptions and massive tsunamis would wreck their continent.

Fortunately, their world had tons of cultivators and it was a supernatural world. Natural disasters of that scale could easily be quelled by powerful cultivators. As such, not too much chaos was caused.

However, that only applied to cultivators. No one knew how many mortals were affected by those outbursts, and among them were the mortals of the Azure Flame World. They were scattered around the various continents, and they were left to fend for themselves.

There was also one more thing. Even though it sounded pretty amazing, other than the mortals the experts of the Spirit Luxuriant World managed to save with their Star Ships, a good portion of mortals scattered around the continents managed to live!

It was due to the presence of the True Immortals who held the continent in place as they returned to the Spirit Luxuriant World, allowing them to stay alive.

With the separation of the continents, they were also scattered about the Spirit Luxuriant World.

Currently, the Spirit Luxuriant World could truly be considered to be sparsely populated!

When the Azure Origin World and Azure Spiritual World fused back then to form the Azure Ascension World, there were many continents that hadn’t been fully developed. After they ascended to the Spirit Luxuriant World, the continents grew wider and stronger. With the assimilation of the 3 great continents of the Azure Flame World, every continent grew larger, but the population remained about the same.

The perfect example of it was the You Continent.

The Tongyou Institution might have been trying to attract people over after their establishment, but they were unable to greatly increase the population of the You Continent no matter how hard they tried.

With the constant expansion of their territory, the You Continent also had to migrate a portion of their members over. The You Continent that was already lacking in population became even more sparsely populated.

The reason why they brought back as many mortals as they could was to make up for the expanded land mass, and the You Continent was the most enthusiastic when it came to doing it.

The land they took from the Eastern Nuanyuan Continent around the Cangming Elysium was the most densely populated region. After several generations, the descendants of those from the Azure Flame World would finally be integrated into the Spirit Luxuriant World and when that happened, they would be able to cultivate normally.

Even though the 6 great powers of the Spirit Luxuriant World split up most of the benefits, the leftovers were enough to bring about a good surge of benefits to the other powers. Everyone experienced a collective rise in strength.

The Tianya Pavilion that once worked with the Tongyou Institution also made use of the opportunity to gain a round of benefits.

After splitting up the essence of the Azure Flame World, almost everyone was looking at the core regions of the continents. However, a good portion of the Azure Flame World’s essence was contained in the countless islands that existed on the seas in those continents.

Madam Yu, the Tianya Pavilion Master, managed to obtain the help of the institution when everyone still had their eyes on the main continents to obtain several valuable islands. They managed to gather a bunch of them and with the assistance of the underwater volcanoes and their years of accumulations, they eventually managed to establish their Holy Land around an underground volcano!

Even though their Holy Land was pretty unconventional to be established around a volcano, the appearance of the Tianya Holy Land solidified its position as one of the powers of the Spirit Luxuriant World.

One had to say that they were just following the general improvement of the Spirit Luxuriant World as it grew stronger.

Any power that managed to establish their Holy Land after the Spirit Luxuriant World took shape would be considered a Sect with a Holy Land.

After the transformation and 3 experiences of fighting True Immortals of another world, the importance of True Immortals was clear for all to see.

That was precisely why powers that had True Immortals, would be considered great powers of the Spirit Luxuriant World. Other than the 4 Elysiums, the Ice Essence Sect, and Tongyou Institution were included in the rankings of great powers.

Factions that hadn’t reached that level but established their Holy Lands would be considered first-rate factions…

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If they had to pick a faction that caused the greatest waves in the 8th year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar, everyone would agree that the Tongyou Institution would take the top spot.

With powerful spatial fluctuations coming from the Tongyou Institution that lasted for a long time, even the World Origin Source of the world was affected. Kou Chongxue joined hands with Shang Xia to integrate the Tongyou Paradise into the Cangming… No, Heaven Observation Elysium.

When they completed the integration, the Tongyou Institution obtained their Elysium. The number of Elysiums in the Spirit Luxuriant World increased to 5!

The Tongyou Elysium was unlike any other Elysiums of the Spirit Luxuriant World. They fused a complete Elysium into their own, and they didn’t have to build it from the ground up. From that point alone, their starting point was far ahead of other Elysiums in the Spirit Luxuriant World.

The fusion process was so intense that it lasted an entire year, and everyone in the Spirit Luxuriant World felt the process.

In terms of foundations, the Tongyou Institution might not be comparable to ancient Elysiums like the Northern Sea Mystic Sect, Eternal Palace, or Divine Capital Sect, but it was definitely leagues ahead of the Xiangyang Elysium of the Yuanchen Sect.

With the complete formation of the Tongyou Elysium, Kou Chongxue and Shang Xia saw streams of dipper qi being nurtured by the Elysium before scattering all around.

They even saw several rank six treasures starting to form…

Of course, they would need a lot more time if they wished to nurture rank six treasures. Even if they were finally produced, they might not be things the cultivators of the institution could make use of.

However, it was enough to signify the importance of an Elysium for the Tongyou Institution.

In a courtyard that stood in a certain spot in the depths of the Tongyou Elysium, Kou Chongxue and Shang Xia stared at the item before them. They were looking at the Elysium Boundary Marker of the Tongyou Elysium, and with it, they would be able to control everything that happened in the Elysium.

At that moment, that was exactly what they were doing. They were looking at everything that happened in the Elysium.

“Now that the Elysium has formed, our Tongyou Institution gained a spot to produce another Elysium True Immortal… Aren’t you afraid that there will be chaos in the institution as people fight for that spot?” Shang Xia asked Kou Chongxue with a trace of caution in his voice.

Kou Chongxue might be the person who established the institution and took charge of its development, allowing him to possess absolute authority, people would always change… It was especially so in the face of a way to enter the Martial Void Realm! Even though they would be restricted to the Elysium, entering the Martial Void Realm meant that they would become a True Immortal!

They would become an existence who could influence the Spirit Luxuriant World on a large scale!

“As of now… Who do you think has the qualifications to become an Elysium True Immortal of our Tongyou Elysium?” Kou Chongxue tossed another question back to Shang Xia.

“Obviously, those who plan on becoming an Elysium True Immortal for the sake of becoming one shouldn’t be chosen… Becoming an Elysium True Immortal should only be a last resort…” Shang Xia didn’t answer the question directly. Instead, he brought up the restrictions of being an Elysium True Immortal.

Falling deep in thought, Kou Chongxue eventually muttered, “I agree… The path of cultivation is arduous but it shouldn’t stop us from pushing forward. If the slot to become an Elysium True Immortal is open, we might destroy their desire to improve. That’s something that will severely impact the progress of our institution. Anyone who is aiming to become an Elysium True Immortal has already lost the qualifications of ever becoming one…”

“What else?” Kou Chongxue raised an eyebrow and continued asking.

Glancing at him, Shang Xia chuckled softly in response. “You definitely know what I’m going to say… Why do you need me to say it out loud?”

“Hehe…” Kou Chongxue laughed under his breath. “You’re a slippery brat…”

“Actually, we aren’t in a rush. As long as you and I exist, the Elysium has already been formed. Why do we need to produce a third True Immortal? After all, there aren’t even many Martial Dipper Realm experts of the institution who are that qualified to step into the Martial Void Realm anyway. It’s still too early to be thinking about the third True Immortal. Even if one of them manages to grow to a point where they get the chance to break through, leaving their chances of success aside, we still need to prepare a lot of resources… It will take a long time anyway.” Shang Xia mumbled.

Letting out a soft sigh, Kou Chongxue muttered, “You’ve been in seclusion for an entire year before we established the Elysium and you might not know what is happening outside… We received news from our sources in Star Origin City. It seems that experts from the Superior World have secretly descended…”

“Superior World?” Shang Xia’s heart sank. “Are you talking about those Essence Worlds?”

Kou Chongxue nodded in response. “The Star Origin City has 2 fixed spatial tunnels to Essence Worlds. All of us have no idea what those worlds contain or represent…”

Shang Xia fell deep into thought. “Are you afraid that the experts of the Superior Worlds came for the Heaven Observation Sect? Oh right… Is the news reliable?”

Kou Chongxue nodded again. “We received the information from Huang Yu, who has already entered the Star Origin Guards.”

“Huang Yu?! Has he already entered the Star Origin Guards?! How did he do it?” Shang Xia gasped.