Splitting the Heavens-Chapter 2218: Retreating Unharmed

When the clones of the Star Origin Lord pressed forward, carrying the combined might of six entire worlds, the pressure upon Shang Xia reached its peak in an instant.

Yet even in the face of such overwhelming danger, Shang Xia remained calm. He merely struck the space beneath him with the mace transformed from the Crimson Soul Tablet, producing a deep blast that reverberated through the void.

At the point where his weapon met space, boundless starlight blossomed outward, spreading into a luminous current that coiled and wound around the surrounding void like a flowing river of stars.

Wherever the starry stream passed, violent distortions of space and time radiated outward, warping everything within reach.

The Star Origin Lord’s clones paused when they saw the starry current. Their advance stopped abruptly, and the unified suppression they had been applying to Shang Xia faltered instinctively.

“The power of space and time... The Star River!”

The Star Origin Lord’s cold, disembodied voice came from one of his clones. "I didn’t expect your understanding and control of the Star River to reach such a high level. But if you think you can rely on this trick to stop me, you’re far too naive. This is my Heavenly Field. This is my territory!"

As his words faded, an even greater surge of power swept forth. His six clones stepped forward in unison from all directions, even attempting to stride directly into the river of starlight itself.

But at that moment, the river surrounding Shang Xia abruptly recoiled inward. On the surface, it seemed to retreat to avoid their advance, but in truth, it was the power of space and time within the river that was being forcibly compressed, shrinking the space that Shang Xia could control.

And yet, the instant the clones took their next step, they suddenly realized something strange. The river had already withdrawn, yet they somehow found themselves standing back in their original positions, as if time itself had looped.

"Temporal Reversal!"

The Star Origin Lord immediately understood what had happened, and his clones reacted at once. The combined prison of the power of all six worlds contracted sharply, compressing toward Shang Xia’s position.

But just then, Shang Xia’s voice echoed from outside the encirclement. "I already said, Senior Star Origin Lord, your Essence World Clones are far from perfect. Not only can they not trap me, but they might also even backfire and slow your path to ascension."

Almost simultaneously, the six clones sensed the distortion of space and time, and each strengthened themselves with their Worlds’ Will.

Before Shang Xia had finished speaking, he raised his mace above his head. The deep void above grew darker and deeper still, and dim stars turned faint. They darkened until the farthest depths of the void, and a river of stars abruptly shimmered into existence. Within that galactic expanse, several radiant stars flared to life, gathering into a single column of blinding starlight that pierced through countless layers of void, then tore directly through the turbulent barrier surrounding the Six Essence Heavenly Field.

"How dare you!" A furious roar erupted throughout the Heavenly Field, this time not from one clone alone but from all six simultaneously. The Star Origin Lord clearly knew what Shang Xia had done. By drawing upon his Dipper Star Formation within the Star River and channeling that pillar of starlight into the Heavenly Field, the next step was obvious.

But Shang Xia paid no heed to the wrathful shout. The mace in his hands, guiding the descending beam, did not waver in the slightest. As the light column pierced through the void and entered the Six Essence Heavenly Field, it began to destabilize, its concentrated brilliance scattering slightly, its downward trajectory bending as if pulled aside by external force.

Even so, Shang Xia’s expression never changed. He continued to channel his full strength, guiding the stellar beam precisely toward its target.

The six clones gathered their power once more, unleashing the combined might of their worlds to strike at Shang Xia, hoping to force him into the defensive and disrupt his control of the starlight column.

Yet, at the very moment their attack reached him, their power suddenly diverted, as if attracted by another river channel. Instead of striking Shang Xia, it merged directly into the starry pillar flying at the Essence Mammoth World.

Seventh form of the Seven Star Mace Technique, Shifting Dipper!

The unique nature of Shang Xia’s inner qi, especially after its fusion with the origin qi of the eight Star Fields, gave it an extraordinary ability to assimilate and command foreign energies. Even under the combined pressure of six Essence World Clones, he only felt the strain of near-overload, but his body did not crumble.

The consequence was devastating. The gathered power of six clones had been partially absorbed into the stellar beam, greatly amplifying it. As the pillar of light, drawn down from the Dipper Star Formation, pierced through the defenses of the Six Essence Heavenly Field, it smashed cleanly through the heavenly screen of the Essence Mammoth World below. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The beam tore through the continents, shearing away the entire northern region in a single strike.

That severed region covered nearly a quarter of the world, an area equal to six or seven perfected continents of an Essence World.

Worse still, the World Origin Source connected to the severed lands was completely annihilated. Their world origin dissipated into the surrounding void, though a considerable portion was quietly absorbed by the Crimson Soul Tablet in Shang Xia’s hands.

Even the remaining continents of the Essence Mammoth World suffered enormous loss. The continents along the severed edge saw their world origin wither drastically.

Only the desperate efforts of the Star Origin Lord’s clone stationed there prevented the world’s total collapse. Had he not intervened, Shang Xia’s strike would have destroyed half of the Essence Mammoth World.

Of course, some of the damage was also due to the strength wielded by the six clones being partially diverted by Shang Xia’s technique.

Shang Xia’s mighty blow nearly destroyed a third of the Essence Mammoth World!

It was a staggering feat, yet compared to Shang Xia’s past accomplishments, it could only be considered average at best. After all, not long ago, he had single-handedly shattered a Heavenly Field within the Illusory Sea of Stars.

But as always, victory depended on who the opponent was. The Illusory Sea of Stars was not the Chaotic Sea of Stars, and an ordinary Heavenly Field from there could never compare to the Star Origin Lord’s meticulously cultivated Six Essence Heavenly Field.

Even Shang Xia himself felt the immense pressure within, realizing that the strength he could exert within the Six Essence Heavenly Field was far less than what he could unleash back in the Illusory Sea of Stars.