Ninth In the World

The intense power of his level-eight immortal flame, Luminous Starry Sky, fully manifested at this moment. The Zenith Divine Metal fused with the Heavenly Aqua Saber in no time. Di Jiu didn’t even need to put his smithing skills to work. He could already sense the Heavenly Aqua Saber advancing to the next level.

Violet Aqua Sand was indeed a top-notch treasure. Otherwise, he would have had to melt the Heavenly Aqua Saber and re-craft it in order to upgrade it.

The Zenith Divine Metal gradually disappeared as the Heavenly Aqua Saber vibrated and flashed constantly. Its aura also surged rapidly. After a single day, Di Jiu heard a sharp buzz coming from the Heavenly Aqua Saber before a light blue saber floated in front of him, exuding an almighty aura.

Judging by the Heavenly Aqua Saber’s aura, Di Jiu knew that it had advanced to a high-grade immortal weapon. It didn’t shrink in the process. Instead, it remained three feet and nine inches long.

Di Jiu raised his hand and the Heavenly Aqua Saber appeared in his palm. He was extremely satisfied when he felt its mighty aura.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t carry the Heavenly Aqua Saber on his back anymore after getting out of this place. Otherwise, the Heavenly Aqua Saber’s level would advance even faster.

Given what he had done in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City, Di Jiu could easily figure out that those people knew that he was the one who had purchased the Time Crystal.

He placed the Heavenly Aqua Saber by his side and took out a jade box.

The box contained the Time Crystal, which he had yet to open since he had purchased it. The jade box was covered with all kinds of restrictions, so Di Jiu carefully removed the restrictions and opened it.

He needed to ask where this Time Crystal had been obtained from and find more Time Crystals. A single one wasn’t enough for him.

Previously, he had only known that the law of time was frightening, but now he was very aware of how frightening it was.

Di Jiu had originally planned to find a way to extract the Grayish-Purple Lattice from the Heavenly Purple Lattice before leaving Dai He Hall. However, he now wanted to leave immediately to find out where that Time Crystal had come from.

It was too important to him.

“Big Brother, when you struck with your saber just now, I felt everything in front of the saber flash pause for a moment. Was that an illusion?” Xie Huang was the first to ask a question.

While Di Jiu had experienced a moment of enlightenment, Xie Huang and the others had all woken up and witnessed Di Jiu’s move with their own eyes.

Di Jiu nodded and replied, “Yes, that is an extremely powerful technique. It’s a pity that I failed to comprehend it. I have to leave this place, but you guys can continue cultivating here.”

“Big Brother, should I send a message to my father?” Xie Huang actually wanted his father to take care of Di Jiu.

Di Jiu sneered as he said, “If you want to get me in trouble, you can send your father a message now. While I was escaping from the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City, your father was one of the people that came after me. If I had been any slower, your father and those Immortal Emperors would have ended my life already.”

“Ah…” Xie Huang exclaimed in surprise, not daring to say another word.

He wouldn’t doubt Di Jiu’s words. After all, if his father could lock his mom up in an underground prison, how could he possibly care about his friend?

“Look out for yourself. We’ll continue to train hard in this place.” Mo Yuxuan knew that she would be burdening Di Jiu if she followed him out. The only thing she could do was work hard to improve her cultivation level in this place.

Di Jiu took out another ring and passed it to Mo Yuxuan while saying, “This contains cultivating resources for you guys. When I am capable of defending myself, I will come back and take you to the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City.”

Di Jiu couldn’t bring Mo Yuxuan and the others with him. He had a decent Quintessential World, but the environment here was much better than his Quintessential World when it came to cultivation.

If he brought Mo Yuxuan and the others with him, what would they be able to do apart from staying in the Quintessential World?

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Boom! Boom! Boom! A total of 81 lightning streaks descended during the sixth wave. Immortal Essence filled Di Jiu’s entire body like hot, boiling oil, but the Tribulation Thunder still wasn’t powerful enough for his Tempered Body to advance to the next level.

His cultivation had been completely stabilized at the first-stage Zenith Heaven Immortal Realm, but his Spiritual Force somehow didn’t break through this time. It remained at the peak of the sixth stage.

That made Di Jiu a little anxious. Based on the level of his cultivation, his Spiritual Force should break through to the next level whenever his cultivation made a significant jump. If his Spiritual Force couldn’t advance to level-seven Immortal Force, it would be extremely dangerous for him to set foot in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City.

There was a huge difference between level-seven and level-six Immortal Force. He couldn’t get away from an Immortal Emperor by using the Spiritual Force escape technique if his Immortal Force was at level six. However, if it was at level seven, the average Immortal Emperor would no longer be able to catch up to him.

Di Jiu, who wasn’t in a hurry to leave, took out several Heavenly Purple Lattices and started extracting the Grayish-Purple Lattice again.

He hadn’t found a way to completely extract the Grayish-Purple Lattice, yet he had just broken through to the first-stage Zenith Heaven Immortal Realm and his Spiritual Sea was still growing. Thus, his Immortal Force could very likely advance to level seven with the help of the Grayish-Purple Lattice.

After Di Jiu extracted a drop of Grayish-Purple Lattice, he put it in his mouth immediately, as he wasn’t capable of storing it at the moment. It would dissipate in mere seconds.

Boom! A violent aura exploded in Di Jiu’s Spiritual Sea and expanded rapidly. The Dao engraved in his Spiritual Sea vibrated incessantly.

Since there were no signs of his Immortal Force breaking through to the next level, Di Jiu extracted the second drop of Grayish-Purple Lattice without any hesitation…

Then, he extracted the third drop and the fourth drop…

When Di Jiu swallowed the tenth drop of Grayish-Purple Lattice, he spewed out a mouthful of blood. His face was as pale as a sheet.

He couldn’t continue swallowing Grayish-Purple Lattice anymore. Without any medicinal herbs to counteract its effects, his Spiritual Sea might collapse instead of leveling up if he continued.

Di Jiu circulated the Spiritual Force Training Art like mad. His Spiritual Sea was roaring continuously as if it had exploded, and blood was coming out of both his ears and eyes.

Di Jiu, who was daunted, realized that he was being too hasty. Cultivation was meant to progress at a natural pace. No matter how much he wanted to improve his strength, he shouldn’t have acted so forcibly.

At the moment, Di Jiu didn’t dare think of improving the strength of his Spiritual Force anymore. If he hadn’t known the Spiritual Force Training Art, he would only have awaited the impending collapse of his Spiritual Sea.

The Spiritual Force Training Art was like a gigantic grinding disc. Every time it performed a full rotation, it brought his Spiritual Sea back from the verge of collapse a little.