Ninth In the World

Di Jiu looked at Nie Changping and asked coldly, “Nie Changping, do you have a son called Nie Qianchi? He kidnapped my friend, Cai Ji.”

Nie Changping was dumbfounded, as he had never expected that he would be killed because of a weakling.

That was right. In his eyes, Cai Ji was a weakling or perhaps even less than that. That weakling was friends with such a scary person?

“This place is not bad, Brother Di.” Qian Fuyan had already decided to stay on and cultivate in the Beyond of Heaven and Earth.

“Then you can stay in the Beyond of Heaven and Earth. I will set up a Defense Array here. Many of my friends might come in the future.” Di Jiu understood what Qian Fuyan was trying to say. However, he was not in the mood to enter reclusive cultivation here, as he still had many things to do.

Most importantly, he felt that his strength was still too weak. He could cultivate in the Beyond of Heaven and Earth, but it would not help his strength swiftly increase.

Upon hearing that, Qian Fuyan slapped his chest. “Brother Di, leave this place to me. I promise to help you look after the Beyond of Heaven and Earth well.”

Di Jiu replied helplessly, “The Beyond of Heaven and Earth does not belong to me. However, since we are here, this place will no longer be sealed up like before. From now on, anyone can enter the Beyond of Heaven and Earth. Of course, death will await anyone who stirs up trouble here.”

“I will stay here as well, Big Brother Di.” Yu Xiangbing hesitated, realizing that Di Jiu would leave after settling this matter.

Some cultivators who had sensed that something was amiss bowed in Di Jiu’s direction.

The Great Beginning Realm had built a huge altar there, and many people were aware of the purpose of this altar. Since this was a memorial ceremony for all the living beings in the realm, all the living things in the Beyond of Heaven and Earth would be offered up as sacrifices as the final step.

Di Jiu would definitely destroy the altar. After all, he had killed Nie Changping, which signified that they were safe now.

As they had predicted, the first thing Di Jiu did after making that announcement was destroy the altar on the Beyond of Heaven and Earth’s square. Then, he rebuilt the Beyond of Heaven and Earth’s Defense Array.

Di Jiu left the array flags that controlled the Defense Array to Yu Xiangbing rather than Qian Fuyan.

Nuo La was merely a late-stage Dao Integration cultivator. He would not be here even if she came. However, Nuo La would not be a concern since Qian Fuyan, Yu Xiangbing, and the Defense Array were there.

After all, he had left four Five-Element Flags there.

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The Heavenly Union Planet was relatively easy to find. Di Jiu had found a locale ball for the Heavenly Union Planet inside Nie Changping’s Quintessential World.

The Heavenly Union Planet was a fair distance away so he let Lightning, which had just woken up, control the flying shuttle. Lightning had fallen into a deep slumber after devouring a Dao Integration cultivator and had therefore missed the opportunity to cultivate in the Chaos Lava.

Di Jiu made use of this time to continue researching the Array Dao. There were two reasons behind this decision. One, he had obtained an opportunity in the Land of Seven Chakras and his Array Dao had broken through to the level-seven Divine Array Emperor ranks. Two, Di Jiu was wary of Mo Zhou, who possessed great strength and Array Dao skills. He suspected that Mo Zhou’s Array Dao might have surpassed that of a level-seven Divine Array Emperor’s.

Cultivation knew no time, and this applied even more to Array Dao research. Time flew past.

Qian Fuyan had left behind a pile of Array Dao jade slips and the Chakra-Severing Eye array disc. Therefore, Di Jiu’s Array Dao standard was consistently improving.

Half a year passed as he researched. Di Jiu vaguely sensed that he would be able to join the ranks of level-eight Divine Array Emperors if he gained the opportunity to do so.

Suddenly, the violent shaking motion of the flying boat alarmed Di Jiu and woke him up. He immediately rushed to the deck.

In front of the flying shuttle was a huge void flying boat. Two Primordial Dao cultivators were standing on it, one of them at the Primordial Dao Realm and the other at the late-stage Primordial Dao Realm.

With one glance, Di Jiu could guess what had happened. This void flying boat must have blocked the path of his flying shuttle, an act that Lightning would certainly be able to evade. However, Lightning did not have a mild temper. It had chosen not to evade the boat and had instead controlled the flying shuttle into colliding with the void flying boat ahead.

The void flying boat was very big. The late-stage Primordial Dao cultivator, who was standing at the very front, let out a sigh of relief when he saw Di Jiu come out.

Di Jiu noticed that this man was quite young. Given his age and the fact that he possessed such a good-quality flying Dharma treasure, he most likely did not have simple origins.