Ninth In the World

Di Jiu knew that he could not let his Spiritual Sea shatter totally, or he would die for sure. He also did not count on the Small Gray Stone in the Spiritual Sea, as he could not ask it to do anything. The only thing he could depend on was the Forging Spiritual Art.

The Forging Spiritual Art circulated furiously, drawing out waves after waves of cooling aura from the Spirit Baptism Pith. This aura worked very hard to prevent the Spiritual Sea from shattering even more, all the while repairing his Spiritual Sea.

The aura squeezed out of the Spirit Baptism Pith through the Forging Spiritual Art could indeed slowly repair the cracks in Di Jiu’s Spiritual Sea. However, the speed of reparation was way slower than the speed at which it was shattering.

Di Jiu could only use the Qi Circulation of the Galaxy Art to draw out the terrifying burning aura and transfer it to the galaxy meridian network.

Di Jiu did not care whether the Starry Sky meridian would collapse as a result. If his Spiritual Sea shattered, it would not matter whether he was dead or alive.

Thanks to the continuous circulation of the Forging Spiritual Art and the Galaxy Art, Di Jiu’s Spiritual Sea finally stopped cracking. When it did, the Spiritual Force started to increase and condense.

After an unknown period of time, Di Jiu felt a roar explode out of his Purple Palace. A light golden aura spread out from the middle of his Spiritual Sea, while the shattered Spiritual Sea was repaired almost instantly. What followed was an expansion of the Spiritual Sea and the increment of the Spiritual Force.

Boom! An explosion rang out like a thunder strike in the spring within his Spiritual Sea. As it expanded even more rapidly, the Spiritual Force grew even faster. Di Jiu knew that his Spiritual Sea was going to level up. Although the growth of the Spiritual Sea seemed to be somewhat terrifying, Di Jiu had no time to observe it. He wanted to upgrade his Spiritual Sea and break through to the Pioneer Sea Realm. Thus, he had to grab this opportunity. All he did at that point in time was circulate the Galaxy Art to pound the Pioneer Sea Realm.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Just three Qi circulations later, Di Jiu’s cultivation level had reached the perfected stage of the Void Spirit Realm. Then, his Quintessential Essence touched the barrier of the Pioneer Sea Realm.

When the seventh wave of the Thunder Tribulation struck him, Di Jiu had already broken through the first level of the Pioneer Sea Realm and reached the second level.

Suddenly, Di Jiu could feel all the benefits of the Thunder Tribulation. The eighth wave was going to be weaker, so Di Jiu cast the level-seven Sky Screen Saber Array immediately. He knew very well that the Thunder Tribulation wanted to kill him badly before he broke through the bottleneck of his cultivation. Once he had successfully broken through, however, his cultivation level increased and the force of the Thunder Tribulation weakened.

A few thousand sabers shot out with a boom, shredding the thunder streaks all around him.

Di Jiu’s actions infuriated the Thunder Tribulation greatly. The eighth and ninth wave almost landed on Di Jiu at the same time. Thick, continuous thunder streaks fell on him, as if they would not stop unless Di Jiu was killed.

That was what Di Jiu had been waiting for. He did not have any time to think about how easily he had cast the level-seven Sky Screen Saber Array, as he was busy circulating the Galaxy Art and Colossal Kun Body-Tempering Art to the maximum.

Boom!

Even though Di Jiu had entered the level-two Pioneer Sea Realm and could absorb lightning source now, the terrifying, concentrated thunder streak attack broke his bones once again. The Colossal Kun Body-Tempering Art caused his bones to vibrate with a buzzing sound, followed by a mysterious, esoteric aura. Di Jiu’s broken bones started to reform yet again.

Bam! The last few thunder streaks blasted the reconstructed body. However, they only caused a few superficial cuts.

Quintessential Essence exploded outwards with a boom, while Di Jiu’s cultivation level reached level three of the Pioneer Sea Realm.

The space quietened as Di Jiu stood up silently, peaceful as a pine tree.

Di Jiu stopped cultivating and tempering his Spiritual Force and body. He merely sensed the changes inside him quietly.

His Spiritual Sea was as vast and endless as the ocean. Di Jiu was certain that even if he stood in front of the Principal Spirit shadow and let her attack his Spiritual Sea with the condensation of a Spiritual Force sword, his Spiritual Sea would definitely remain unmoved.

The gray patterned circles inside his Spiritual Sea disappeared and got replaced by golden patterned circles. Di Jiu had never envisioned such a vast, endless Spiritual Sea before he achieved it. Now his Spiritual Sea was not just several times stronger than it had been at level nine. It actually had a completely different nature.

This was the real level-ten Spiritual Sea, or rather, a higher-level Spiritual Sea. The Principal Spirit shadow that had attacked him must also have had a level-ten Spiritual Sea. However, Di Jiu was certain that her level-ten Spiritual Sea could not compare to his level-ten Spiritual Sea.

Given the state of his Spiritual Sea now, even a level-nine array would be nothing to him, let alone a mere level-seven saber array full of supreme-grade spirit weapons.

Compared to breaking through to the level-ten Spiritual Sea, Di Jiu thought that breaking through to the third level of the Pioneer Sea Realm was not even worth mentioning. On the other hand, his body had broken through to the Three-Deity Realm due to the abuse of the Thunder Tribulation. Compared to the Three-Monarch Realm, this also had a qualitative change.

The destruction of the Spirit Baptism Pith pool and the fact that the remaining supreme-grade spirit meridian was broken into multiple pieces did not cause Di Jiu any pain. What was the use of cultivating resources? Was it not to help one become stronger?

After nearly three years in seclusion, he could finally go out now.

The first thing Di Jiu was going to do when he left was visit the Herald Night Lake. He would not have broken through to the tenth level without the Roast Divine Herb.

However, the green and half-red Roast Divine Herb had no effect on him anymore. Only the red and legendary black Roast Divine Herb would be useful to him.

Thanks to his level-ten Spiritual Force, he believed that he should be able to acquire some black Roast Divine Herb now.

Before he left, he would throw all the geocentric pattern gold, the broken spirit meridian and the spirit meridian that had been shredded by his level-seven saber array into his Small World.