Shang Xia had 2 goals for entering the Essence Ping World. The first was to steal world origin, and the second was to place his Spirit Calming Vessel to serve as a pivot for his future ascension to the Seven Star Realm.0

As for investigating the internal situation of the Essence Ping World and testing the current state of the Star Origin Lord, these were merely secondary for Shang Xia.0

Thus, the moment Shang Xia arrived in the Essence Ping World, his first task was to search for traces of the World Origin Source in order to establish a connection with it. Obviously, that required time.0

However, the sudden appearance of the Star Origin Lord's clone still surprised him even though he was already expecting it.0

His arrival...0