Ninth In the World

Yue Jian, who could clearly hear his body breaking apart, was filled with terror and regret. He felt that it was not because of his cultivation that he’d lost to Di Jiu, but because of the huge differences in their Spiritual Force. Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force most likely surpassed level ten… His thoughts stopped completely at this point, and his Principal Spirit descended into darkness immediately thereafter.

Di Jiu grabbed Yue Jian’s ring. However, when his Spiritual Force landed on it swiftly, it failed to break it open.

Di Jiu was not alarmed. He actually felt pleased. His Spiritual Force could easily break apart the restrictions on the ring of any True Form Realm Cultivator. If he could not break the restrictions on this ring, this implied that he needed to spend some time refining it, which meant that it was highly possible that this ring was the Quintessential World that Principal Spirit female cultivator underneath the Slanted Grace Snow Mountain had mentioned.

A Small World was trash compared to a Quintessential World. Even though they were uncommon, there was still a number of Small Worlds in the Cultivation World. Quintessential worlds, on the other hand, were as rare as phoenix feathers.

Di Jiu did not refine the Quintessential World. Instead, he turned his eyes to the battle between Chang Xiao and Ju Miu. Ju Miu’s strength was below Chang Xiao’s, and he had also sustained some more severe injuries. He was currently being oppressed by Chang Xiao. Di Jiu guessed that the battle would be over in a few seconds.

Indeed, just as Di Jiu thought of this, Chang Xiao’s Myriad Heft Whip wrapped around Ju Miu’s Dharma treasure and tore Ju Miu into half. Chang Xiao was experienced in fighting. Thus, he did not even wait for Ju Miu’s Principal Spirit to leave the body. He just slashed out with his whip again. Ju Miu’s soul was vanquished without being given a chance to beg for mercy.

“Thank you for helping, Young Master Red Embellishment.” Chang Xiao did not take Ju Miu’s ring immediately. Instead, he cupped his fists before Di Jiu.

Di Jiu also cupped his fists and said, “You’re being courteous, Pavilion Lord Chang. I should be thanking you. I would have had to escape if you had not taken action out of the blue.”

Di Jiu was not lying. It might have appeared like he had killed Yue Jian easily, but it was only because Yue Jian had been injured and he had failed to expect that Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force was beyond level ten. That was the only reason Di Jiu had succeeded. If Yue Jian had been aware of the level of his Spiritual Force, it would have taken Di Jiu an even longer time to finish Yue Jian off.

As soon as he said that, Di Jiu’s gaze landed on the young man and the middle-aged man he had pinned onto the archway. The middle-aged man had been paying attention to them this whole time. When he saw Di Jiu look over, he said anxiously, “Pavilion Lord, that lady…”

Di Jiu, who naturally would not let him complete this sentence, threw out two flares. The middle-aged man stopped speaking before his soul was vanquished. The young man was also killed by one of the flares.

Chang Xiao’s expression turned frosty. Di Jiu’s flare could directly kill Principal Spirits. Was it true that Di Jiu had let Yue Jian’s Principal Spirit flee because he possessed insufficient battling experience?

“That was a manager of the Prophecy Pavilion. I intended to ask him some questions,” Chang Xiao said in a troubled tone before he sighed. Actually, he was completely enraged. That manager had evidently wanted to say something, yet Di Jiu had not given him an opportunity to do so.

Di Jiu, who could hear Chang Xiao’s displeasure, sneered silently. He was truly not afraid of fighting with Chang Xiao one-on-one. Thus, he said frostily, “This person kidnapped my elder sister Di Di and my Uncle Tian and brought them to the Prophecy Island, where he imprisoned them. If you are dissatisfied with the fact that I killed him, I will accept anything you throw my way.”

Chang Xiao was stunned. He had never expected that Di Jiu would change his tune instantly. He had also not expected that the two people Di Jiu was taking away was his elder sister and his uncle. He had originally wanted to make an excuse and retain the two of them there. However, this would not work now.

Chang Xiao quickly regained his composure. “What’re you talking about? I still need to thank you for your help. That hasn’t changed.”

Di Jiu smiled. “I have only met a few people who repaid good with good, but I have met a number of turncoats with no sense of gratitude. You should not take this gratitude to heart, Pavilion Lord Chang. Let’s go, Di Di, Uncle Tian.”

As soon as he said that, Di Jiu took out a flying boat and led Di Di and Tian Ku aboard. The flying boat transformed into a beam of light, pierced the Prophecy Island’s Defense Array and disappeared instantly.

Chang Xiao looked coldly in the direction where Di Jiu had disappeared in shock. Di Jiu was definitely a Level-Nine Array King. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to ignore this Defense Array.

Di Jiu had said that Yue Jian had taken the ring and fled. However, Cheng Xiao still had his doubts about that claim. Although it was possible, the probability of it happening was not very high.

If he’d had any confidence about taking on Di Jiu, he would definitely not have let Di Jiu walk away. He would search again for the Young Master Red Embellishment when his injuries were fully healed.

…

“Ah Jiu, what’s your cultivation level now?” asked Di Di, who had seen Di Jiu kill Yue Jian with her own eyes. Although she did not know Yue Jian’s cultivation realm, she could guess that Di Jiu’s current strength was not ordinary. That was why she asked this question so eagerly the moment the flying boat left the Prophecy Island.

Tian Ku looked at Di Jiu as well. He had discovered that the universe still kept numerous secrets after he had started cultivating. He would never have thought of these secrets back when he had still been a war general guarding the borders.

“I’m currently at the first-stage True Form Realm. My strength is still considered weak. Senior Huan Mingzi will be helping me build a Galaxy Sect here. When that time comes, Uncle Tian and you will have to stay in the sect and focus on improving your cultivation realms. I need to take a trip to the True Dominion.”

Di Jiu took out two rings and gave one to both Di Di and Tian Ku. “Inside these rings are various cultivating resources. Don’t let anyone know about them.”

“I understand. Where are we headed to now?” Di Di did not ask where the True Dominion was. She assumed that it was also a distant planet realm. Ever since she had stepped into the Cultivation World, she had realized that she could not remain the way she had been in Pearl City. No matter how far away her family was, it had to be within her reach.

It was only after she advanced her cultivation realm that she would be able to go wherever she wanted, as well as minimize the distance between her and Di Jiu.

“Let’s return to the Galaxy Sect,” answered Di Jiu.

Before heading back to the Galaxy Sect, he decided to first refine the Quintessential World. Once the Quintessential World was refined, he would give the Small World to Di Di and let the two of them enter the Quintessential World.

He would get the chance to head to the Five Continent City and take a look only when Di Di and Tian Ku had both entered the Quintessential World. He wanted to head over to the city sneakily, with the intention of testing out if he could use the Golden Dao Law in his Spiritual Sea to enter the Five Continent Dao Pagoda before everyone else.