Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1383: Worth of the Stargazing Art

The chaotic streams around them had weakened and the experts on the Spirit Ark and the Wanyun Association were able to explore around to pick up valuable treasures from time to time.

It seemed as though Shang Xia’s interaction with the Twin Star Pirates was about to come to an end.

The Ying brothers recovered a lot near the end because of Shang Xia’s protection, and they revealed a lot of information regarding the Chaotic Sea of Stars and various Heavenly Fields, teaching him a lot.

To Shang Xia, the most important thing he had to do was to complete the deal for the world fragment.

The Twin Star Pirates had been trying to explain the matter with the Azure World for some time.

“... It’s something we discovered by accident. However, the world barely ascended past a Barbaric World and even though there were many tribes on them, they hadn’t developed too much past their savage nature.” Ying Lianquan gave him a basic introduction.

Shang Xia gasped, “Barely ascended? Are the tribes in the world powerful?”

Ying Lianquan chuckled in a hoarse voice, “Our targets aren’t those tribes. After all, they’re the foundation of our integration into the world. What we need to do is to take care of the spiritual beasts. There are rank four, rank five, and even rank six spiritual beasts thriving in that world.”

“Oh?!” Shang Xia couldn’t help but ask, “I didn’t think that there would be worlds like that in the vast sea of stars...”

“There is nothing impossible in the vast sea of stars... We just haven’t discovered them yet.” Ying Lianquan muttered suddenly.

Shang Xia nodded. “Indeed... I haven’t seen much of it.”

Shang Xia’s origin from the Heaven Observation Field was no longer a secret. As such, Shang Xia didn’t have to pretend like he knew everything. He could express his doubts freely.

Ying Lianquan chuckled bitterly, “Conquering a world like that might be difficult even with the full strength of our Twin Star Pirates, but it’s not like we couldn’t have tried. However... True Immortal Shang, you’ve seen the state we’re in. With our current strength, we won’t be able to take over it alone. However, those who died left behind a lot of dependents and we have no choice but to hasten the takeover of the Azure World...”

Ying Lianquan then introduced the current state of the Twin Star Pirates to Shang Xia and continued, “As for why we wish to invite you to help us... The first reason is naturally because we saw you when you were fighting for the Wanyun Association. Be it your cultivation, combat abilities, or secret techniques, they leave us in awe. The Wanyun Association was a fool to betray you without trying other methods. Also... to be very honest, with the state of your Heaven Observation Field, you won’t be able to mess with us because you will be dealing with your own problems in the foreseeable future. As such, we won’t be threatened by you. As for the possibility of the location of our world being exposed, all we need you to do is to swear that you won’t leak it to others.”

Shang Xia thought for a second and answered, “If that’s the only requirement, I will gladly accept the deal. As for how I’m supposed to transport the world fragment back to the Heaven Observation Field, I will call over my Spirit Ark. I will also need the help of those the Wanyun Association abandoned. As such all of us will have to board your Spirit Ark...”

“It’s not impossible...” Ying Lianquan nodded.

However, Shang Xia simply continued, “However, to obtain the world fragment from you guys with a deal like that, I will be taking advantage of you. I don’t wish to do so and I do not want to owe you guys anything. Please tell me if you need help on any other matters.”

A world fragment that consisted of 3 continents of a Spirit World at a state of perfection for the help of a fifth tier True Immortal, Song Zhen, a second tier True Immortal Shang Xia would call over, along with the several odd Martial Dipper Realm and Martial Extermination Realm experts abandoned by the Wanyun Association, was really too much. No matter how they looked at it, the Twin Star Pirates were taking a huge loss.

“If I’m not mistaken, you guys not only wanted to conquer the world. You wanted to hasten its growth with the world fragment you obtained, right?” Shang Xia continued.

The Twin Star Pirates fell silent.

Just as Shang Xia was wondering what they were about to say, Ying Lianquan spoke, “Indeed. There is something we will need help with.”

With his expression turning serious, Shang Xia probed, “What is it?”

“It’s the Stargazer inheritance!” Ying Lianquan paused for a second before adding hastily, as if afraid Shang Xia would misunderstand, “We need a rank five Stargazer inheritance!”

The Twin Star Pirates had Stargazers among their ranks, and they used to be a pair of True Immortal twins. In the various Heavenly Fields, they were considered to be of extremely high rank.

The Twin Star Pirates were feared because of their existence.

However, the inheritance they used was incomplete and there wasn’t even a need to mention if they had a rank five Stargazer inheritance. The one they used was so incomplete that they relied on luck in order to reach their current level.

Now that they had lost 1 of the twins, their Stargazing art that was accompanied with the use of their secret twin cultivation art couldn’t be unleashed.

The reason why the Twin Star Pirates would request the inheritance from Shang Xia was because they knew that as someone from the Heaven Observation Field, he would only be able to find his way out with the help of a Grand Stargazer...

Shang Xia understood the reason behind their request. However, it seemed as though he had still underestimated the value of the inheritance!

After staying silent for a moment, he agreed readily.

“I am able to make the decision to pass on the inheritance to become a rank five Grand Stargazer, but that’s the limit. Also, your Stargazer has to swear an oath to never pass on the secret art to reach the fifth rank to others without my permission.”

Shang Xia didn’t stop them from passing on the rest of the art of Stargazing to their disciples. He only prevented them from passing on the arts of the fifth rank.

The Twin Star Pirates made up their mind quickly and Ying Lianxi’s response soon came. “Deal!”

...

After passing through the streams of chaotic space, a Spirit Ark and battered Star Ship emerged into a foreign region of space.

The Stargazer from the Twin Star Pirates calculated the general direction and they quickly continued on their journey, arriving at an asteroid belt where it would be easy to hide their tracks.

With the information provided by the Twin Star Pirates, Shang Xia learned that it had been more than 5 months since he joined the Wanyun Association on their conquest and the 27th year of the Spirit Luxuriant Calendar had already arrived.

In the time that passed, they spent more than a month wandering around the chaotic streams before they found the Twin Star Pirates.

The time that passed would be more than enough for the Wanyun Association to return to the Essence Xing World. If everything went smoothly, they would have established their 34th continent and an invasion of Star Beast Nest No.2 might be underway.

Realizing he couldn’t waste more time, he left a clone on the ship to maintain contact with the Twin Star Pirates before grabbing a simple Star Chart of the Chaotic Sea of Stars and leaving.

Be it the survivors who had been abandoned by the Wanyun Association or the Twin Star Pirates, they all needed to recover. They were heavily injured and would be staying in the asteroid belt for the time being. Without them to drag him down, he was able to travel much more quickly than before.

From Song Zhen’s introductions back then, along with his interaction with the Twin Star Pirates, Shang Xia realized that the Chaotic Sea of Stars could be considered to be anywhere outside the Heavenly Fields.

They were currently in the Chaotic Sea of Stars, and Shang Xia was able to follow the Star Chart he had taken to determine the general direction he should be traveling in.

He didn’t plan to return to the Essence Xing Heavenly Field. Instead, he rushed in another direction and flew at top speed.

At the same time, he brought out an exquisitely crafted Star Ship to take a break while traveling.

Approximately 20 days later and after passing through 2 Heavenly Fields without alerting anyone, while also passing through 2 different fleets of different sizes, the obstruction of a Star Pirate group, and the pursuit of 2 rank six Star Beasts, Shang Xia arrived at a place called the Ruined Market of the Sea of Stars.

It was a place where dragons and fishes gathered, and it was where members of the Chaotic Sea of Stars gathered to trade.

According to Song Zhen’s report, he had already gathered another small merchant fleet and used the Ruined Market of the Sea of Stars as his foundation. They also managed to establish several posts there that could be used to communicate with Shang Xia and the others.