Ninth In the World

It had been 11 days since Di Jiu had entered the bottom of the snowy mountain. He did not know any earth escape techniques and the earth escape talisman he possessed was not high-grade. It was just something he had obtained from the Qi Family’s Commercial Building. The best talisman he possessed was a Level-Three earth escape talisman that had been rendered useless two days after he had entered the bottom of the snowy mountain.

Di Jiu was currently solely relying on his powerful physical body and his condensed Quintessential Essence and Spiritual Force to burrow into the ground.

Every time he was extremely tired, he would enter the Small World to rest for a while. 11 days passed. Di Jiu’s cultivation remained at the second-stage Void Spirit Realm, but his Quintessential Essence did grow significantly stronger.

It was fortunate that he possessed a Dao fire. The snowy mountain might be humongous, but he would not lose his direction as a result.

On the 15th day, Di Jiu stopped borrowing. He had spotted a Level-Nine large array, which was also an array chain.

This Level-Nine array chain included an Illusion Array, a Spirit-Binding Array and a Defense Array. That was not all, though. Behind the Defense Array was a Level-Nine killing array.

Di Jiu grew a little uneasy. He had thought that the reason this place made his Dao fire pulsate was because there was a natural heaven-earth flame hidden in the recesses. After seeing the sheer amount of Level-Nine large arrays around him, Di Jiu realized that this would most likely be the cave abode of an apex expert.

If this expert was still alive, coming here would be a suicide mission.

To enter or not to enter?

In order to restore the Heaven-Earth Dao Law of the Night Star Continent, one needed to search for experts from the Immortal World.

He wanted to head to the Immortal World and spread the news of the Night Star Continent’s ruin. In the long history of the Night Star Continent, the continent had produced numerous experts. Perhaps when some of the experts who had stayed in the Night Star Continent before discovered that the continent had been shattered, they would come over to help repair the Night Star Continent.

Although Xian Ze was a True Form Realm Cultivator, he was well-aware of his capabilities. He would most likely remain stuck at the early-stage True Form Realm in this life. Therefore, he was searching for a genius so that he could support that genius with all his might and attain the True Form Realm before heading to the Small Central World.

Over the past few years, he had not encountered any cultivators that could catch his eye, much less any geniuses. Now that Di Jiu had appeared, he would naturally want to find him with all his might. In the end, he had not found Di Jiu. Instead, he had found a bunch of Di Jiu’s friends.

When he heard Jing Moshuang’s plea and looked at the few young cultivators there, Xian Ze sighed. “I’m willing to help, Moshuang. However, it would be meaningless for me to do so.”

“Senior Xi, so long as the Defense Array of the Galaxy Sect is reconstructed, we could slowly cultivate here and accumulate. The day when the Galaxy Sect’s glory is restored would eventually come. Plus, aren’t you looking for Big Brother Di?” Ceng Beizi asked doubtfully. “He could be in seclusion somewhere. Once he leaves seclusion, he might come back.”

Ceng Beizi only said this because she and Yu Jie were both at the mid-stage Foundation Establishment Realm. Jing Moshuang was a Golden Core Realm Cultivator. The Qi Family’s Commercial Building had been exterminated by Di Jiu, so they qualified to rebuild the sect given their current strength.

Xian Ze shook his head. “Rebuilding a sect is not as simple as you guys think. Do you even have any spirit meridians? What about large amounts of Spirit Stones? Rebuilding a second-rate sect like the Galaxy Sect would require at least several hundred millions of high-grade Spirit Stones…”

Before Xian Ze could finish his speech, Jing Moshuang and company drew a cold breath. spirit meridians were a thing of legends. Several hundred millions of high-grade Spirit Stones? That number sounded extremely scary.

When he saw that the few of them were shocked by his words, Xian Ze said once again, “I also don’t recommend rebuilding the Galaxy Sect here.”

Jing Moshuang bowed and said, “Sir, I owe a debt to the Galaxy Sect. Now that the sect has been exterminated, it is my duty to rebuild it.”

Xian Ze smiled. “It’s not that I’m not allowing you to rebuild the Galaxy Sect. I simply don’t recommend rebuilding the sect here. Do you guys know about the five continents? What about the Small Central World?”

When he noticed that Jing Moshuang and company were looking at each other, Xian Ze explained about the five continents and the Small Central World. In the end, he added, “Hence, I believe that you could head to the Small Central World and rebuild the Galaxy Sect if you wish to once we find Di Jiu.”

In Xian Ze’s opinion, given Di Jiu’s potential, he would definitely be able to enter the Small Central World’s Dao Roll. Once that happened, he would have the qualifications to build a sect in the Small Central World.

“How could we head to the Small Central World, sir?” Jing Moshuang silently clenched her fists.

She had originally thought that the Essence Soul Realm was very impressive. She had been extremely excited when she had first attained the Golden Core Realm. After hearing Senior Xian Ze’s words, she now knew that cultivators at the Essence Soul Realm did not even qualify to enter certain sects and become inner sect disciples in the Small Central World. A mere Golden Core Realm Cultivator like her would have no chance.

“This is why I am trying to find Di Jiu,” Xian Ze said solemnly. “I know of a place known as the Dusk Star Ruins, which is most likely where the Teleportation Array to the Small Central World lies. Unfortunately, now that the Night Star Continent shattered, the geography of the entire continent has changed a lot. I do not know the current location of the Dusk Star Ruins.”

“Over these past few years, I have been traveling everywhere and circling the entire Polar Night Continent. However, I’ve failed to find the Dusk Star Ruins. I’ve heard that the Qi Family once found a mystic area, which I suspect might be the Dusk Star Ruins. However, the Qi Family was completely exterminated by Di Jiu… How could he be able to cultivate to the Essence Soul Realm at such a young age?”

Xian Ze stopped speaking and looked at a tall man rushing over.

“Senior Sister Moshuang!” the newcomer called out in surprise before he could land on the ground.

Jing Moshuang took two steps forward in pleasant surprise. “Are you Geng Jihua?”

The man, who was indeed Geng Ji, said excitedly, “I could not find Brother Jiu, no matter where I looked. Hence, I decided to come back and wait and see. I didn’t expect to see you here…”

Geng Ji was no longer the honest, burly man of the past who never schemed. He started watching his words as soon as he saw that there were other people beside Jing Moshuang. When his Spiritual Force scanned Xian Ze, he became anxious, as he could not see through the short man’s cultivation level. If such an expert was around, he would definitely not say that he had some news on Brother Jiu.

“You’re not bad. You have cultivated to the second-stage Essence Soul Realm despite your young age.” Xian Ze looked at Geng Ji and nodded his head. Excluding Di Jiu, whom he had never seen in real life before, Geng Ji was the cultivator with the highest potential he had ever met.

“Junior Brother Geng, this is Senior Xian Ze. Senior Xi saved us…” Jing Moshuang said hastily.

Then, she introduced everyone else.

When Jing Moshuang said that He Tai, Yu Jie and Ceng Beizi all came from the same place as Di Jiu, Geng Ji walked over hurriedly and bowed, calling them all Senior Brothers and Sisters.

Geng Ji was an Essence Soul Realm cultivator. He Tai, Yu Jie and everyone else came from Earth, so they truly felt that everyone was equal. However, after staying in the Polar Night Continent for so many years, they knew that there was no such thing as equality in the Cultivation World. The few of them denied their titles and bowed before Geng Ji. They all knew about Geng Ji’s background. He was a powerful man who had fought against the Qi Family’s Commercial Building with Di Jiu while he had only been at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

When he heard Jing Moshuang’s words, Geng Ji was relieved. “I just received some news about Brother Jiu,” he said. “Coming here was a coincidence. I never expected that I’d encounter you guys here.”

“You have some news about Di Jiu?” Xian Ze took a step forward excitedly and grabbed hold of Geng Ji.