Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1440: Peering into a Rank Seven Talisman

The Tongyou Institution once tried to buy any cloth made from the silk of the Star Devouring Silkworm, but True Immortal Qiu of the Essence Ming World refused to sell any, mentioning how he had no more no matter how hard Shang Xia asked.

He also asked Feng Ziying to think of ideas, as the higher their rank in the Star Origin Guards, the more silk would be used in their robes.

It was a shame the Star Origin Guards maintained strict control over the Star Robes. In the past, many Star Origin Guards suffered heavy injuries and many of them were also killed, but the Star Robes were either brought back or destroyed.

The existence of the Star Devouring Silkworm was one of the most important secrets in the Star Origin Lord Manor and even captains or ordinary commanders of the Star Origin Guards don’t know about their existence. There was no way Feng Ziying would dare to go around looking for the silk they produced.

That was why Shang Xia handed everything he obtained back then to Ren Huan, hoping he would be able to make use of it to craft several sheets of special talisman paper. He also handed the Star Origin Lord Robe to Ren Huan to be used as a reference.

The Star Origin Lord Robe was the highest quality Star Robe in the Star Origin Dao Field. It contained the fusion of 3 Variant Talismans and contained the most silk produced by the Star Devouring Silkworms.

Ren Huan spent several years and pretty much took apart the cloth Shang Xia provided thread by thread, he finally managed to obtain all the silk theft contained. He even went to learn how to spin and weave in the institution in order to improve his chances of making the special talisman paper Shang Xia needed.

In order to better comprehend a method to weave talisman papers, Ren Huan even suggested to Shang Xia to allow him to deconstruct a sleeve of the Star Origin Lord Robe. Naturally, Shang Xia rejected it without a second thought.

Thankfully, his hard work paid off. Because of his maniacal approach that shocked even Shang Xia, he actually managed to create 3 sheets of special talisman paper. Those were all he could make with the silk he obtained.

There was also no doubt that the talisman papers weren’t made fully out of Star Devouring Silkworm’s silk. There were huge amounts of other spiritual treasures that were used and the silk was only used as the foundation building block of the talisman paper.

After handing over the talisman paper to Shang Xia, Ren Huan seemed to have reached a state of enlightenment as all the confusion in his mind disappeared. He had a feeling that the moment he got his hands on more silk, he would be able to make even more talisman paper with greater efficiency!

Shang Xia was no stranger to this feeling. In the past, he also entered an amazing state like that when crafting talismans. Even though it only lasted for a short time, it was good enough.

In Shang Xia’s chamber in his secret courtyard, he spread the talisman paper that contained the least amount of silk before grabbing his talisman brush.

His fingertips barely touched the Greenwood Wolf Bristle Brush when he hesitated slightly. Turning his wrist to the side he went to grab the Silver Branch Star Splendor Brush instead.

As the tip of his brush landed on the new talisman paper, specks of flickering light filled its surface as runes started to take shape with each masterful stroke of the brush. The flickering dots eventually converged to form a single entity, and Shang Xia didn’t look like he was crafting a talisman. He looked like he was creating a Star Map!

Entering a flow state, each movement he made was perfectly in line with what he had come up with after running through the process in his mind countless times. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The first Variant Talisman quickly took shape on the talisman paper, but there was sufficient space for him to fit the second Variant Talisman in. As such the second Variant Taliman was also quickly completed and it resonated easily with the first.

If Shang Xia stopped there the fusion talisman would be completed with 2 Variant Talismans. Also, the quality would be much better than the talisman forcefully completed earlier.

However, Shang Xia was clearly not satisfied as he left enough space to fit a third Variant Talisman. Even though it was difficult to find more space on the talisman paper after fitting 2 Variant Talismans, there was enough space to draw dozens of runes.

After completing and integrating the second Variant Talisman, Shang Xia took a short break and inspected the condition of his body. He discovered that he didn’t use much inner qi and decided to continue making full use of his state of inspiration. He no longer hesitated as his brush landed on the talisman paper again.

The moment he started on the third Variant Talisman, he felt a much stronger pressure than before. Six Direction Qi poured out from his dantian into the talisman paper at a rapid pace.

Creating the third talisman was much more difficult. He was fortunate he had entered the level of Extreme Harmonization and had much larger and stronger reserves of inner qi. If he was any other ordinary Talisman Grandmaster, his dantian would have been sucked dry.

Trying to adapt to the pressure, Shang Xia’s brush continued to flow masterfully on the talisman paper. There were times when the runes he drew weren’t perfect and showed signs of bursting out of control, but he suppressed it with his overwhelmingly powerful soul like what he did to the previous talisman.

Shang Xia forgot the flow of time as he crafted the talisman and only awakened after he completed the final rune. Snapping awake and calculating the time, he noticed that 7 days had passed.

Ever since Shang Xia became a high-level True Immortal, crafting rank six talisman became much easier. Even the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman would only take him 5 days at most and that alone spoke volumes of how much more difficult the fusion talisman was.

Fortunately for Shang Xia, his hard work paid off. He completed the fusion of 3 Variant Talismans and he could feel that once activated, the talisman would be able to amplify his strength in the level of Extreme Harmonization. The only thing he found to be a shame was that fusing 3 talismans was the limit and there was no way the talisman paper could hold a fourth.

With the strange sense of enlightenment still active Shang Xia turned to look at the other 2 sheets sitting nearby.