Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1340: Method of Returning to the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake

Shang Xia might not be considered a scheming bastard who thought about every move he made and the implications it would have, but he was still pretty prudent.

During his first infiltration of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake where he stole the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar, he left many different hidden markings in the Elysium.

Even though he didn’t know if he would return to the Spirit Abundance World back then, or the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake even if he did, leaving behind those hidden markings didn’t cost him anything anyway.

Now that he returned, he discovered that he had been thinking too simply about matters back then.

Originally, he thought that he only required a Five Element Teleportation Talisman to sneak into the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake as a Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman might be overkill. Also, he became a high-level True Immortal and felt that with his cultivation, it would be a piece of cake to infiltrate the Elysium.

When he arrived, he discovered he had underestimated the grand formation around the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake.

Normally, most grand formations would be able to protect against external threats while still possessing some slight capabilities to deal with problems if anything happened within. However, the old grand formation of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake only defended against external threats. That was why Shang Xia could escape without the slightest resistance with his Five Element Teleportation Formation back then.

However... Things were different. The Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman might be an improved version, but the grand formation received an upgrade and there was also an Elysium True Immortal in the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake. Infiltrating wouldn’t be that easy.

It was also why Shang Xia traveled to the Five Links Ridge on foot back then.

Halfway up the mountain, Shang Xia’s attention was drawn over by a sudden battle.

Actually, a battle of that level shouldn’t have caught his attention normally, but he seemed to be in a special mood recently. It was a battle between cultivators in the Martial Extremity Realm and Martial Intent Realm, and even though it was intense, everyone fighting seemed to restrain themselves to a certain extent. They would immediately back off if they injured their opponent, and those who were injured would retreat and stop fighting.

It seemed more like a competition to settle some sort of dispute.

When he finally arrived, Shang Xia stared at the battle happening at the side and quickly understood what was going on.

It seemed to be a battle between the cultivators of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake. On one side were those who learned the original inheritance and the other trained in the new inheritance.

Tang Yu, the current Elysium True Immortal of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake, was considered an outsider. That being the case, the creation of a cultivation system had never been a 1 man operation. Tang Yu was able to reach the Martial Void Realm because she received the teachings of those before her. There were many people who gave her pointers along the way. She would always gather a lot of people around her to settle many miscellaneous matters regarding her cultivation. They would even collect treasures she required to cultivate. As she grew stronger and her position in the Spirit Abundance World rose, the number of people around her grew along with it.

She might have been a wandering cultivator, but she managed to receive huge support from the Heaven Embroidery Palace when entering the Martial Void Realm. Even though the relationship between both sides broke down because of the matter with the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake, there were still many close allies who supplied her with a large number of resources after she took control of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake.

All of them helped her at some point and in order to properly control the Solitary Peak Heavenly Peak, she needed everyone to be of a single mind. She also needed a batch of trusted members.

Other than that, her cultivation system and ideology were completely different from those used in the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake and since she was going to become their Elysium True Immortal, she naturally had to pass down her inheritance.

Be it her followers entering the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake with her, or the passing down of her inheritance, they would definitely clash with those who followed the original teachings.

The clash would be a little more restrained among the higher-ups of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake, but lower-leveled cultivators wouldn’t bother holding themselves back.

Because True Immortal Tang Yu handled things fairly, the cultivators of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake would still show her enough respect not to fight under her nose. They would look for secluded regions around the sect when they challenged each other, and the middle of the mountain was one of those places.

Shang Xia managed to bump into such an interesting show when he approached the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake.

The chaotic battle was already entering its last stages and because both sides were holding back, no one suffered heavy injuries. However, Shang Xia still felt that it was a great opportunity he could make use of to muck his way into the sect.

Of course... The level of chaos was far from enough from what he was expecting.

With a light wave of his sleeves, strands of heaven and earth qi gathered into the battlefield. At the same exact moment, a Martial Intent Realm cultivator discovered a small opening and sent a punch flying at his opponent’s ribs. Ordinarily, the punch would shatter a few ribs, but that was it. However, with Shang Xia’s interference, his punch dropped slightly from its original trajectory and smashed directly into his opponent’s kidneys.

Due to the power it contained, his opponent’s kidneys were immediately crushed.

“ARGH! Pfft...”

A miserable cry left his lips, and he spat out a mouthful of blood below falling into a coma.

“They... They went all out! They’re no longer holding back!” A furious scream came from the side which immediately ignited the tense situation. Everyone’s emotions were already heightened from the battle, and with someone suffering heavy injuries, the intensity of the battle grew even stronger.

Shang Xia, who was standing at the side, concealed himself before approaching close to the grand formation around the sect.

The battle that was rapidly growing in intensity was quickly discovered by the higher-ups of the sect and a bunch of Martial Extermination Realm and Martial Dipper Realm experts rushed out, without discovering the hidden Shang Xia next to them.

Despite the barrier opening slightly, Shang Xia didn’t rush in immediately. Instead, he continued to wait quietly at the side.

Chu Jia once explained to him in detail how it would be difficult for anyone to enter the grand formation when it was opened from the inside compared to when it was opened from the outside. Even though he didn’t quite understand the principles behind it, he only needed to conclude the fact that going in with them would be much better.

With the higher-ups of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake making an appearance, the battle quickly ground to a halt. Because several disciples suffered heavy injuries in the process, those who arrived couldn’t be bothered finding fault with the rest at the moment and simply grabbed the injured for emergency treatment.

When they opened the protection formation again, Shang Xia immediately activated a Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman. When he reappeared, he was already at the peak of the mountain.

Surprisingly enough, his use of the Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman was still detected by the experts of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake as it happened precisely when they opened a gap in the formation and everyone was paying attention to it. Formation Masters of the Solitary peak Heavenly Lake detected the slight disturbance and quickly reported it to the experts of the sect.

Those who received the report weren’t fools either. They knew that the person who infiltrated their sect was no ordinary expert if they could still remain hidden despite being detected and they quickly alerted Tang Yu.

They might have discovered his actions, but since he infiltrated their sect, Shang Xia no longer had a need to conceal his presence.

The only reason he couldn’t enter the Elysium directly was because of their multiple layers of protection and he couldn’t feel the presence of the markers he left behind in the past. Now that he had passed through their protection formation, he could feel several markers he left behind and he quickly activated his 3rd Six Harmony Teleportation Talisman that led straight into it.

At the same time it happened, Tang Yu, who just received the report from the members of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake, chuckled in a low voice. “Heh... I didn’t get rid of the markings you left on purpose. I didn’t think that someone would still come over despite knowing it's a trap!”

“Hehe... How dare you...” Tang Yu continued without a trace of panic on her face. Instead, there was a look of mockery that was clear for anyone to see. “Barging into an Elysium that holds an Elysium True Immortal... Even if you’re a high-level True Immortal, nothing will change.”

Opening her arms, the energy contained in the Elysium started to boil. She looked like the godly ruler of the Elysium who controlled everything with a single intention and she wanted to deal a heavy blow to whoever had entered the Elysium.

After discovering those markings that were left behind, Tang Yu left behind countless formations around them, waiting for a day for someone to try using them to infiltrate her Elysium.

Along with the void being torn open, Shang Xia’s figure emerged.

As soon as he appeared, everything around him seemed to grind to a halt. Even raising his hand became difficult.

“Hehe... Just a first tier True Immortal and you dare to try infiltrating my Elysium. Who the hell do you think you are?” Tang Yu snorted as the power of her Elysium turned into countless chains that wrapped around him.

“Oh? You’re a foreign True Immortal?! Let me take a look at which crazy fool dares to come here.” Tang Yu chuckled coldly and stretched her hand out slightly. A streak of red light emerged from her sleeve and she wanted to capture the trapped Shang Xia.

The next second, the figure that was bound by the chains created by the energy in the Elysium started to become a little blurry.

“It’s just a clone?! Oh no!” Tang Yu’s expression changed.

An intense fluctuation appeared from another direction in the Elysium as another spatial tunnel opened around another marking.

“Hmph!” A cold snort left her lips as she glanced at the clone that had been captured before taking a step to arrive at the second location. When she left, she placed a clone to watch over the clone that appeared in the Elysium.

She had already reached the second tier of the Martial Void Realm and creating a clone was nothing special.

When she arrived at the second spatial tunnel, she sneered, “Creating a diversion? It’s a shame I hadn’t been wasting my time this whole time!”

Looking at the spatial tunnel and feeling the aura that was several times stronger than the clone that appeared before, Tang Yu drew more power from the active formations and waited for Shang Xia to walk straight into her trap.