Ninth In the World

An ordinary writing brush appeared within Di Jiu’s Spiritual Sea. It also contained a vast amount of information on the Dao runes of the universe’s civilization.

Di Jiu was ecstatic, for he had finally refined the Heaven-Opening Writing Brush. From now on, no one could steal it from him, including Shang Huijue. That was unless Shang Huijue possessed a treasure on par with the Ninth World, which could isolate his Spiritual Force.

Di Jiu opened his palm and the Heaven-Opening Writing Brush appeared on it. Then, the brush drew several Dao runes in the air, forming the word “life” with huge letters.

He had tried his best to mute the Dao rune aura of this word, but its aura was simply too powerful, as though it could pulverize everything that Di Jiu wanted. The life of everything seemed to be determined by this word, thus allowing Di Jiu to gain control of the entire universe and void.

As expected, the Heaven-Opening Mantra needed to be written using the Heaven-Opening Writing Brush. The tip of the brush changed direction and the Dao runes of the word “life” suddenly dimmed. Then, a faint deathly aura circulated in the air, domineering everything, including the void and its laws.

The word “death” hung in the air in huge lettering. Everything had transformed from alive to dead, as the second word’s Dao runes controlled all the laws.

A fine line separated life and death and was determined by the change in direction of the Heaven-Opening Writing Brush. The death of everything seemed to be determined by this word.

Dao runes condensed around the Heaven-Opening Writing Brush once again. Only one stroke of the word “ten” was made before the brush stopped and the Dao runes dissipated.

Pa! With a twist of his wrist, the Heaven-Opening Writing Brush returned to him and all the “death” Dao runes disappeared. He was very satisfied that he had been able to write the words “life” and “death” when he had just refined the Heaven-Opening Writing Brush. His delight was not dampened by the knowledge that his success was largely attributed to the Reincarnation Bridge.

Following the appearance of this claw, the entire space was immediately filled with a violent aura. This claw seemed to swallow everything. Even Di Jiu was shocked, as he had not known that Lightning possessed such powerful capabilities. At the same time, he finally understood why Lightning’s claw had seven appendages: to control all Dao rune laws of the surrounding space.

This was definitely an innate supernormal ability.

The culprit had a burly built and was surrounded by bloodlust and some form of ancient Dao rune aura. Di Jiu had seen this aura many times before in the Lost Dao World.

However, compared to the cultivators from the Lost Dao World, whose life-force was very weak, this cultivator possessed a flourishing life-force. He seemed to exude an invisible power that could rip apart everything in this universe.

This man was definitely an apex expert, and Lightning was certainly not his match. This would pose a challenge even for Di Jiu himself.

When had such an expert appeared in this universe? Di Jiu took a deep breath before his Spiritual Force locked onto the Heavenly Aqua Saber. He would slash down without hesitation once Lightning showed any sign of being in danger.

Boom! Di Jiu was surprised when this burly man did not take out a Dharma treasure and punched Lightning’s claw instead.

Bam! Crack! Lightning shrieked and was sent flying backward. Evidently, its claw was shattered by the force of that punch.

Meanwhile, the restrictions imposed on the Heaven Earth Laws of this space disappeared. That man looked at Lightning in surprise. “Eh? A Kun Peng descendant…”

At that moment, he dared not make a wrong move. He was not concerned about Lightning but was worried about the person who had reared Lightning as their beast companion.

“Old man, you are dead. The Head will come out and kill you, I swear!” Lightning, which was embarrassed and enraged, took out a jade talisman and activated it.

Di Jiu knew that Lightning had suffered a great loss despite activating the jade talisman.

This time, before Di Jiu could head out, a calm voice spoke. “I am the person you are looking for. Why are you taking your anger out on people’s stores?”

“Not bad, Jing Xihua. You were able to escape for many years. Unfortunately, I still managed to find you. Let me see where else you will escape to now.” Upon seeing Jing Xihua walk over, the man blocked his escape route without hesitation.