Ninth In the World

Di Jiu completely disregarded that Immortal King after he threw him away and welcomed himself into the depths of the array. He wouldn’t have cared about a mere Immortal King even if his cultivation was at its peak. Moreover, he knew that this fellow couldn’t escape and go anywhere else even if he wanted to.

Di Jiu soon discovered that the corrosive toxins were still present in the array, but the concentration was much lower than it was outside.

“Eh, are you a newcomer?” an equally skinny man exclaimed when he saw Di Jiu. Then, he shouted, “Xu Gongli, did you take this guy’s ring?”

“There is another one?” another skinny man responded instead of Xu Gongli.

Di Jiu knew both of them. They were the ones who had charged out of the array to steal the corpses’ rings.

At the moment, Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force had already covered the entire array, except for an area at the center that his Spiritual Force couldn’t permeate. The three skinny men were the only ones alive in the array.

“There are only three of you alive?” Di Jiu asked in a surprised tone.

“Yes, Senior, we are the only ones left.” The skinny Immortal King that Di Jiu had cast aside caught up to him and answered in a bootlicking tone.

When Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force swept past the three of them, he could see clearly that their cultivations weren’t even at one percent of their capacity. Two of them were Immortal Supremacies, while the other was an Immortal King.

“Tell me, what’s going on in this place?” Di Jiu looked at the three skinny men.

He could cultivate in this place, but he didn’t believe that Hu Hou could do the same.

Xu Gongli was worried that he would be considered worthless if he didn’t say anything. Thus, he quickly answered before Hu Hou could speak, “They were looking for antidotes in the newcomers’ rings. Actually, we wouldn’t live much longer, even if you didn’t come here, Senior.”

Xu Gongli was trying to tell Di Jiu that it wouldn’t make a difference if he killed them or not.

Di Jiu nodded and asked, “What’s in the center of this array?”

Hu Hou quickly answered the question before Xu Gongli could say anything, “Senior, the center of this array is an impenetrable zone with a radius of several dozen feet. I have been here the longest, yet I haven’t been able to get inside it either.”

Di Jiu spent a long time questioning them. However, even though he found out that this array had existed for a long time, there wasn’t any other valuable information. He kept the ring he found on the ground and waved his hand while saying, “You can go now. Don’t disturb me.”

“Yes, yes…” Hu Hou and Xu Gongli didn’t dare to waste Di Jiu’s time. Thus, they quickly went away. They would rather be as far away from him as possible.

Di Jiu walked towards the array core. Even his Spiritual Force couldn’t permeate the core, so he kept wondering what it was.

When Di Jiu was several dozen feet away from the array core, he suddenly sensed a familiar aura. ‘Is this the remnant aura of the Sacred Yin Pearl?’

Di Jiu found out soon enough that there was indeed a trace of the Sacred Yin Pearl’s remnant aura in the core. The Sacred Yin Pearl was currently in his Spiritual Sea. If its remnant aura was here, it meant that the pearl had once been in the core.

Other people’s Spiritual Force couldn’t enter the core, and no one could enter the core physically either. However, that didn’t mean that Di Jiu couldn’t do it.

Di Jiu sat at the array core and began circulating his Nomological Qi to capture the nomological aura in the surroundings.

He captured numerous mysterious and esoteric Dao forces. In just a few days, his Spiritual Force could already permeate the core of the array. There was another restriction in the core, and its level was extremely high.

If Di Jiu hadn’t possessed the Ninth Dao Law, he would never have wasted any effort on this unrewarding task. This restriction had definitely surpassed a level-nine Immortal Array. Moreover, Di Jiu would feel extremely dizzy every time his Spiritual Force came in contact with a new Foundation Order.

Di Jiu knew very well why this was happening. It was because the level of the Array Dao laws in this place was too high. Even though he possessed the Ninth Dao Law, his proficiency in the Array Dao and his cultivation level were too low.

While Di Jiu was comprehending the esoteric, complicated array engravings, his proficiency in the Array Dao was progressing rapidly, even though he couldn’t capture a single Foundation Order.

After just half a year, Di Jiu’s proficiency in the Array Dao transcended a level-eight Immortal Array Supremacy and he became a level-nine Immortal Array Emperor. He also captured the first Foundation Order at the same time.

The first step was always the hardest. However, now that Di Jiu had made some progress, he quickly captured the second Foundation Order. Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force permeated the esoteric restriction and found the array foundation just three days after he captured the first Foundation Order.

This restriction was so powerful that, even though Di Jiu had captured the Foundation Order of the array, he wasn’t capable of breaking it open in a short time because he was restricted by his cultivation level.

He could break open the restriction if he spent a lot of time on the task, but he didn’t have the luxury of time.

As long as he knew where the array foundation was, he could break open the restriction by force. No matter how strong the restriction was, it wouldn’t last very long due to the low concentration of Immortal Spirit Qi in the air. Furthermore, Di Jiu had a feeling that this restriction was partially broken, as if someone had torn it open before.

Di Jiu was right. After he started breaking open the restriction by force, it took just a day before it cracked open. Then, Di Jiu was astonished by what he saw.

There was only a dried-up pool of blood and a locked-up skeleton in front of him.

Di Jiu could tell who this fellow was just by taking a quick glance at the skeleton. The person this skeleton belonged to was the weak Principal Spirit that he had run into when he had obtained the Sacred Yin Pearl.