Ninth In the World

“You’re suicidal!” The ninth-stage Essence Soul Realm cultivator was furious that Di Jiu had killed a fourth-stage Essence Soul Realm cultivator of the Qi Family. Meanwhile, Di Jiu was still battling with him.

Boom! Boom! Boom! When his metal pagoda finally collided with Di Jiu’s Gathering Peaks, a boundless mist of Quintessential Essence was scattered around and the entire Qi Family’s Commercial Building was leveled.

Qi Zhiyi spat out a mouthful of blood as he retreated frantically. He was shocked that Di Jiu’s Quintessential Essence and Spiritual Force seemed to be more condensed than his. How could this be possible?

Although he could not sense Di Jiu’s cultivation level, he deduced that Di Jiu was at best at the first-stage Essence Soul Realm. How could a first-stage Essence Soul Realm cultivator have such a dense Quintessential Essence and condensed Spiritual Force?

Di Jiu did not care about the life or death of the cultivators working for the Qi Family’s Commercial Building. Thus, he slashed with his saber again, using the Split-Wave Saber Move.

Saber waves rolled out continuously, ripping apart Qi Zhiyi’s defense. As he sensed death approaching, Qi Zhiyi lost his willpower to fight and developed the intent to retreat.

He was certain that he was no match for Di Jiu. Ever since the start of their battle, he had not gotten a chance to retaliate. If Di Jiu had not wanted to kill the Qi Family’s fourth-stage Essence Soul Realm cultivator, he would have been severely injured.

He had to escape! Once Qi Zhiyi thought of escaping, the idea grew in his mind. However, before he could really retreat, the saber wave of the Split-Wave Saber Move landed on him.

Qi Zhiyi turned and left. He had only retreated several meters when the saber intent exploded in his body.

…

Almost all the Qi Family’s experts were inside the meeting hall of the Qi Family’s Commercial Building in the Thorn Ocean City. Among them were two Void Spirit Realm Cultivators, Qi Chenxiang, Qi Qi, and seven Essence Soul Realm experts. Qi Zhishang was also there, as his broken arm had recovered by now. However, due to his cultivation level, he was sitting in the back.

The Qi Family’s experts had not gathered there because they had heard that Di Jiu had destroyed their branch in the Sky Market City.

Qi Qi, who was the head of the Qi Family, scanned the remaining people with his eyes as he said calmly, “This time, my family has been given an opportunity and gained two Void Spirit Realm Cultivators and four Essence Soul Realm cultivators. We now have a total of 10 Essence Soul Realm cultivators and two Void Spirit Realm Cultivators. Unfortunately, Zhiyi failed to attain the Void Spirit Realm, so I’ve decided to step down as head of the family and give this position to him. In a few days, Zhiyi will leave the Sky Market City and return to the Thorn Ocean City.”

Everyone understood what Qi Qi meant. Qi Zhiyi, who had failed to break through even after using a Void Lattice Elixir for the first time, would most likely be stuck at the ninth-stage Essence Soul Realm. In that case, he would be the best man to take over as family head.

“Besides this change, there are still a few more issues we have to discuss,” Qi Qi added. “After the closing of the Sky Screen, some sects obtained many treasures. It’s extremely likely that these sects will produce Void Spirit Realm Cultivators, which will not be beneficial for the Qi Family. An expert with unfathomable cultivation has also appeared in the Polar Night Continent. Even Pioneer Sea Realm cultivators are no match for him. This expert does not seem to be a friend of ours. Even though the Qi Family has been given some great opportunities this time, we are still far from domineering the Polar Night Continent.”

After pausing for a while, Qi Qi said, “We also need to talk about the Book of the World, which was taken by someone in the Sky Screen. This is not a good development. Chengxiang’s decision to reduce the Galaxy Sect to ruins was also reckless. Let’s discuss these issues one at a time.”

Qi Chenxiang snorted. “A disciple of the Galaxy Sect robbed some of our branches, killed the Qi Family’s main branch members and chopped off Zhishang’s arm. I am no coward, so I will not tolerate this.”

Qi Qi sighed and said, “I’m not saying that you shouldn’t exterminate the Galaxy Sect. I’m just questioning the way you exterminated it. The Galaxy Sect was clever enough to kick Di Jiu and Geng Ji out of the sect, yet you still exterminated the sect without an appropriate excuse. This has incurred the wrath of the masses. Besides, such an action violates our unwritten rules. The Galaxy Sect was not able to take revenge on the Qi Family, but it provided other sects with an excuse to do so in the future. The actions of the Qi Family have been too rash lately. I’m not just referring to the incident with the Galaxy Sect. I will elaborate on this later.”

“Of course, now that the matter with the Galaxy Sect is over, we must think of ways to eliminate the survivors of the Galaxy Sect, especially Geng Ji. Di Jiu died in the Sky Screen, but Geng Ji must still be alive.”

A red sword light suddenly rushed inside the hall and landed in Qi Qi’s hand.

“The Polar Night Sky Market has merged together once again!” exclaimed Qi Qi in surprise.

“Ah…” When the others heard this, most of them stood up. Every time the Polar Night Sky Market merged, large amounts of spirit meridians and Spirit Stones would appear. All they needed was a command from the family head to immediately rush into the Polar Night Sky Market and seize these cultivating resources.

Qi Qi waved his hand, indicating that everyone should sit down. Once they were seated, he said, “This time, the Polar Night Sky Market merged without any prior warning. The time that elapsed since the previous merger was too short. Therefore, even if we rushed over now, it would be too late. Fortunately, Zhiyi was at the Polar Night Sky Market, so there should be no problems. Now, I would like to talk about the most important topic of this meeting…”

Everyone sat up straight. They were aware that this was the main reason this meeting between the Qi Family’s highest members was happening.

Qi Qi’s voice suddenly became strict. “While the Qi Family was exploring the historical ruins, we obtained some quality items and discovered the existence of a Small Central World. In the past, we only knew that when the Sky Screen opened, cultivators outside of the Polar Night Continent could also enter it. However, we didn’t know how to head over to other continents. Now that we have obtained the secret and can head to this Small Central World, this matter is of utmost importance to our family.”

“The cultivation standards of the Polar Night Continent are low, yet that Small Central World is the cultivation continent with the highest cultivation standards. It’s said that the True Form Realm is nothing over there. Anyone who has reached the maximum True Form Realm Cultivation could leave this plane and advance to an even higher galaxy plane.”

“Sir…” Qi Zhishang could not stand this any longer. He wanted to ask some questions.

He had suffered a severe injury at the fourth-stage Essence Soul Realm. Despite having reconnected his arm, his Dao body had suffered some damage. Thus, he would have to make more effort than the others if he wished to reach a higher cultivation. This was why he was the most anxious when he heard about the Small Central World.

Qi Qi lifted his hands and stopped Qi Zhishang. “This time, Chengxiang or I will stay in the Polar Night Continent. Half of you will head over first…”

…

Meanwhile, Di Jiu was standing outside the Qi Family’s Commercial Building. He did not attack immediately, for he was aware of the existence of Void Spirit Realm Cultivators inside the building. This time, he could not let a single expert of the Qi Family escape.

After observing the building for a short period of time, Di Jiu started to take out the array flags. These array flags had been refined by Qian Fenghua, so they were the best materials he could use to set up a Level-Seven killing array.

Di Jiu threw out multiple array flags. When the strangulation array was complete, he set up a confinement killing array.

Di Jiu did not know that almost all of the Qi Family’s experts had gathered there to discuss heading to the Small Central World. However, he knew that the main branch of the Qi Family’s Commercial Building contained most of the Qi Family’s experts and various cultivating cave abodes. Now that he was there, he did not intend to let a single direct descendant of the Qi Family get away.

However, so long as he exterminated the main branch of the Qi Family’s Commercial Building, anyone who slipped through the cracks would be insignificant.