Splitting the Heavens-Chapter 1654: Fucking Up Real Bad

Earlier, Gu Yi realized that Hou Xingfeng’s physical body was no longer able to bear the weight of his descent. He acted decisively, abandoning the body of the sixth tier True Immortal. Before he separated his soul and energy, he messed up the dantian, starting the self-detonation process. With the explosion, he ripped an opening in Shang Xia’s domain, allowing his soul to rush at Shang Xia. He intended to take over Shang Xia’s body and soul.

The method was commonly known as ‘soul snatching’, and it was a method Gu Yi planned to use to turn Shang Xia into a puppet clone of his own.

Should Sage Gu Yi's plan succeed, he would first use a small part of his energy to continue the breakthrough process, allowing him to obtain a puppet clone with the strength of a Sage. Naturally, its strength would surpass a clone of the same level and it had a lot of potential for further development.

Moreover, by leveraging Shang Xia's unique identity, Sage Gu Yi could cleverly avoid the suppression and rejection of the Spirit Luxuriant World’s Will, which was in the process of ascension. He might even inherit the world's favoritism towards Shang Xia, using the special phase to take control of the world.

Once he realized his plans, Gu Yi would be more than qualified to interfere with the matters regarding the Heaven Observation Field. Moreover, the Essence Ming World would also gain a huge advantage in the division of the Heaven Observation Field with the collapse of the Star Curtain.

Well… Everything was dependent on Gu Yi being able to suppress Shang Xia’s soul and replace it with his own.

Despite only sending a strand of his soul and a trace of his inner qi, Gu Yi felt that his means far surpassed Shang Xia. No matter what, the quality of energy of someone in the Martial Emptiness Realm was different from that of a True Immortal.

Furthermore, Shang Xia's soul was in the process of ascension. It was actually in a state of weakness during the transformation process, reducing his defenses.

Thus, before Sage Gu Yi's soul invaded Shang Xia's mind, he was confident that he would succeed and be one step ahead of other Sages. He would be able to establish his strategy to gain the greatest advantage in the Heaven Observation Field, reaping the greatest benefit after the Star Curtain collapsed.

However, Sage Gu Yi, who had calculated nearly every possibility, had not accounted for the unique nature of Shang Xia’s soul…

He was someone who was living his second life at the moment, and his soul was much stronger than experts at the same level. Years of practicing the Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter strengthened his soul even more. With his experience fighting Sages, Shang Xia wasn’t as helpless as Gu Yi had thought. Not to mention Gu Yi had invaded the territory of the Crimson Soul Tablet.

The moment his soul entered Shang Xia’s mind… Gu Yi discovered he fucked up. He realized that annihilating the young cultivator’s soul wasn’t going to be easy.

Although Shang Xia's soul was relatively weak during his state of ascension, Gu Yi merely managed to suppress it, and eliminating it instantly was impossible.

Even if things seemed slightly beyond his expectations, Gu Yi's soul still felt it could maintain control of the situation, at least for the moment, and keep an upper hand in the contest.

Meanwhile, Gao Qin was stopped at the border of the You Continent and was no match for Shang Xia’s External Avatar and the combined efforts of the True Immortals of the Tongyou Institution.

Yet, at a certain moment, Shang Xia’s External Avatar who had been exerting the greatest pressure on Gao Qin gave the others some hurried instructions. Ignoring their shocked expressions, he left.

Ge Qingzhu and the others immediately ceased their pursuit of Gao Qin and retreated back into the You Continent.

Seeing their reaction, Gao Qin realized that Sage Gu Yi's actions against Shang Xia must have been effective. Shang Xia’s External Avatar had a connection with his true body and had to return to protect it when it was in danger.

Logically, that was the moment for Gao Qin to take advantage of the situation to break through the stalemate of the You Continent. She would be able to apply strong suppression against Ge Qingzhu and the others of the institution.

Surprisingly, Gao Qin hesitated.

It wasn't just because she was severely injured and her strength had and diminished significantly. She didn’t have the Black Cloud Sail, and she was suppressed by the World’s Will. She felt that she didn’t possess the ability to overpower Ge Qingzhu and the others who had the assistance of the world.

That was the real reason Shang Xia’s External Avatar withdrew.

Under Sage Gu Yi's personal intervention, Shang Xia, who was in a vulnerable state during his ascension, should have been easily killed.

And once the true body died, his External Avatar would also have perished instantly.

How could Shang Xia's External Avatar still manage to return to help him?

Even after she and Hou Xingfeng had been thoroughly defeated in the You Continent, Gao Qin had never felt so powerless.

For the first time, Gao Qin felt that perhaps her confidence in Sage Gu Yi was unfounded. In fact, she had no desire to stop in the You Continent again.

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Returning to the skies above Tongyou City, Shang Xia’s External Avatar turned limp at his feet. The strand of his soul returned to Shang Xia, giving him all the help he could get.

The second it happened, Gu Yi had a feeling the situation was starting to go out of control. It might be worse than he imagined.

It wasn’t just because Shang Xia’s External Avatar returned to make his soul a little stronger. It was because he discovered no matter how he tried to attack or suppress Shang Xia’s soul, all his methods were countered.

It had to be noted that this was the locus of a martial artist's soul. Once subjected to an invasion, unless preemptive protective measures were in place, the victim would easily fall prey. They would only be able to resist the invasion of their mind through their instincts.

However, Shang Xia was clearly not so easily overwhelmed. He seemed to have other methods that ensured his soul remained clear even when attacked, suppressed, or even partially seized. Gu Yi was completely confused, and he started to feel uneasy for the first time.

He first realized that if he wanted to completely annihilate Shang Xia's soul, he might need to first sever those means that maintained his clarity of consciousness!

Making up his mind, Gu Yi relaxed his suppression of Shang Xia's soul and started to circle around it, trying to find the root of his ability to resist.

It didn’t seem to take much time, as Sage Gu Yi quickly discovered a ghostly chain extending from Shang Xia's soul into a nebulous fog.

"Could it be because of this chain?" Gu Yi's soul strand quickly climbed onto this chain and attempted to sever it.

However, the moment he touched the chain, the previously hazy space that bore Shang Xia’s consciousness, started to clear.

And at that moment, Gu Yi suddenly discovered that there wasn’t just 1. There were 7 chains that extended in different directions.

Moreover, perhaps because Gu Yi had relaxed its suppression of Shang Xia's soul, or perhaps because he tried to sever the extending chain, the already clearer consciousness became profoundly unfathomable again. A fierce brilliance suddenly fell from above, causing Gu Yi's soul strand to start dissolving and evaporating like snow under boiling water.

A wretched scream emerged from his lips, accompanied by a mix of fearful curses and swears. Unfortunately, no matter how much he screamed, nothing could get him out of his predicament.

Gu Yi's soul strand tried to evade, but there seemed to be no room to dodge. The fierce brilliance falling from a distant and lofty place had already filled Shang Xia’s sea of consciousness.

Gu Yi's soul strand tried to flee and escape, but by then, the defensive and offensive situation had already reversed. Shang Xia, who held the supreme advantage in his sea of consciousness, couldn’t possibly allow the severely damaged soul strand of a Sage to leave so easily!

Seemingly realizing that he was in an unavoidable predicament, the decisive Gu Yi immediately decided to cut his losses. He chose to detonate his soul strand in Shang Xia’s sea of consciousness, ready to abandon it while dragging Shang Xia with him.

But just as this thought emerged, Gu Yi seemed still to feel some reluctance. At the very least, he felt like he had to know what illuminated Shang Xia’s sea of consciousness to destroy his soul strand.

In the last moment, Gu Yi instinctively made his soul strand trace the source of the light. Before he could determine its origin, he discovered a massive tablet standing tall in the middle of the 7 chains extending into the strange blurry space.

Just as his consciousness focused on the giant tablet, Gu Yi's soul strand was completely frozen. His consciousness was destroyed in an instant, leaving behind a strand of pure energy used to nourish Shang Xia’s soul.