Ninth In the World

The Book of the World was boundless. When Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force entered it, it was engulfed by its limitless content. Fortunately, Di Jiu knew what he wanted. Now was not the right time to analyze the Book of the World. He would have a lot of time to do so once he left the Sky Screen.

His Spiritual Force immediately landed on the flame, as he wanted to know how he could collect it. How could he possibly collect the flame, when he could not even get close to the flaming mountain?

Di Jiu was lucky. He found the flame introduction quickly.

However, he was a little shocked when he read it. Simply looking at the various names of flames was quite an unpleasant experience. There were at least 100 million different flames.

Di Jiu did not understand. If there were so many flames in the universe, why were they still so rare?

He finally understood why when he continued reading. Although there were a lot of flames in the universe, valuable flames were few and far between, amounting to less than 1,000 types.

The most representative flames among them were the 108 types of Heaven Earth Flames, including the Big Dipper Flame that ranked 36th and the Earth Fiend Flame that ranked 72nd.

When he reached this point, Di Jiu really wanted to know what kind of flame the blue flame floating on the mountain peak was. There were several flames among the 108 different kinds of flames that were blue in color. He had to obtain the flame before he found out what it was exactly.

Di Jiu was more concerned about whether it was an upgradable flame, for only then would any flame possess the possibility to become the most powerful flame. This included the flame called Dao fire.

The term ‘Dao fire’ was just an umbrella term. It was actually not one of the 108 kinds of Heaven Earth Flames. This type of flame was a product of the cultivator. The Dao fire was related to the cultivator’s body, potential and Dao force. Henceforth, the strength of one’s Dao fire would differ. Cultivators with higher potential and a more powerful Dao would condense more powerful flames.

Every cultivator could condense their own flames when their cultivation reached a certain height, such as the Internal Flame at the Qi Refinement Realm, the Foundation Establishment Quintessential Flame at the Foundation Establishment Realm, the Golden Core Quintessential Flame at the Golden Core Realm, and the Essence Soul Quintessential Flame at the Essence Soul Realm…

The Dao fire was different from the Quintessential Flame of a cultivator, yet the Dao fire formed had to be combined with the cultivator’s Quintessential Flame.

The flame condensed from the combination of one’s Dao force and Quintessential Flame was the Dao fire.

According to the Book of the World, the most dangerous part of Dao fire condensation was the Dao nirvana. 90 percent of cultivators who had condensed a Dao fire would die after the Dao nirvana. The most common way of death during the Dao fire condensation was burning to death.

After the Dao fire was formed, it could be given a name by the cultivator. Good Dao fires would upgrade very fast, while the Dao fire could engulf all other types of flames in the universe to upgrade.

Di Jiu was excited. Although the Book of the World did not mention how high one’s cultivation had to be so they could form their own Dao fire, he felt an intense desire to condense his own Dao fire.

The Book of the World also failed to mention how one could condense a Dao fire. However, this did not prevent Di Jiu from being determined to condense his own Dao fire.

Dao fire condensation was a very risky endeavor. Banking on the gray stone he possessed, Di Jiu decided to take a risk and try it. The moment there was any danger, he would ask for help from the gray stone by communicating with his Spiritual Force. Broken meridians could be automatically healed, so he refused to believe that a Dao fire condensation would take his life away. It might be risky for other people, but not necessarily for him.

Di Jiu retracted the Spiritual Force from the Book of the World. After warning Little Tree not to disturb him, he sat carefully on top of the blue spirit meridian.

He had never condensed a Dao fire before, so this would be his first attempt. He had thought of all possible scenarios and had decided to sit on top of the blue spirit meridian because he was worried that the Spirit Qi would be insufficient.

There was a vague galaxy in his starry sky meridian and nine twinkling stars in the galaxy. His Golden Core Quintessential Flame was condensed by these nine stars.

A ball of light red flame floated in Di Jiu’s starry sky meridian. The flame looked gentle. Di Jiu started to slowly circulate the Galaxy Art in an attempt to make the Quintessential Essence formed from the Qi Circulation touch the Golden Core Quintessential Flame.

This was only an attempt on his part, as he did not know how to condense a Dao fire.

After several Qi Circulations, there was no reaction from the Golden Core Quintessential Flame within his starry sky meridian. Di Jiu frowned. He knew that it must be too early for him to be condensing a Dao fire at this cultivation stage.

The reason the Dao fire was called this way was naturally because it was a flame that merged with one’s Dao. He had yet to even come in contact with his own Dao, so it would be difficult for him to condense a Dao fire.

Even after more than 10 Qi Circulations, there was still no reaction. Di Jiu attempted to send his vague understanding of the Dao law into his Golden Core flame.

His understanding of the Dao law mostly came from the gray stone. It was because of the gray stone that he had captured a bit of the law aura. As a result, his Split-Wave Saber Move, Sky Screen Saber Move, Gathering Peaks and Furious Waves had become great magic techniques that surpassed the techniques of average cultivators.

Di Jiu suspected that these four techniques had exceeded the capabilities of magic techniques and were almost the equivalent of divine powers.

Di Jiu had only read about divine powers on some jade slips.

The vague Dao law he had comprehended thanks to his insight permeated the flame and made it grow a little stronger. Di Jiu was pleased. He realized, however, that once he removed this Dao law, the flame would remain a Golden Core flame.

After attempting this several times to no avail, Di Jiu started to separate the saber intent and the fist intent. He then pushed the saber intent and fist intent into the Golden Core Quintessential Flame multiple times. After many tries, Di Jiu was dispirited. He had unfortunately discovered that he was not able to condense his Golden Core flame into a Dao fire, no matter which method he used.

Although it looked simple, it was very hard to accomplish. Di Jiu felt dejected. He had never even heard of Dao fire condensation before, nor would it be possible to find any introduction jade slips in this area. This meant that he had no means of referencing this or gaining experience.

He was back at square one again. He had to search for a body-tempering cultivation technique before he headed to the flaming mountain to refine the blue flame.

Perhaps the Dao law he sensed was too vague. Unwilling to give up, Di Jiu used his Spiritual Force to communicate with the gray stone once again. In the gray stone was a Golden Dao Law whose origins Di Jiu had yet to understand. He sensed that if he merged this Golden Dao Law with his Golden Core Quintessential Flame, they could form a Dao fire.

When Di Jiu forcefully pushed the Dao law aura within the gray stone into his starry sky meridian, an even clearer Dao law appeared. The Galaxy Art had just completed a Qi Circulation, so the Dao aura it created came in contact with the Dao law aura of the gray stone.

In an instant, Di Jiu saw a vast, boundless galaxy and came into contact with the Essence Soul Realm he had been unable to reach previously. The Essence Soul Realm was actually very simple. It only required the formation of a complete galaxy within his starry sky meridian…

Shortly after he sensed the true essence of this galaxy, his own galaxy started to form.

Di Jiu felt hot-blooded and suddenly stood up. His Quintessential Essence and Spiritual Force slammed against the barrier obstructing his cultivation to the Essence Soul Realm relentlessly. He had a premonition that he would gain a clear insight on that vast, boundless galaxy once he attained the Essence Soul Realm.

His excitement made him forget that his Golden Core Quintessential Flame was still inside his starry sky meridian.

The moment his Dao force formed and broke through the Essence Soul Realm barrier, his Golden Core Quintessential Flame and the newly-formed Dao force collided.

Boom! It sounded like a pail of oil had splashed against a flaming mountain with a burst of fire.

Di Jiu screamed in pain. He could not endure the flame that had exploded within his starry sky meridian, even though it had originally been his own Golden Core Quintessential Flame. He suddenly understood what a Dao nirvana was. He was certain that the Dao nirvana only led to death.

Desperate and frantic, Di Jiu hurriedly activated the gray stone by using his Spiritual Force. He wanted to use the gray stone to heal his injuries faster. Otherwise, his starry sky meridian would be split open by the flame and he would die.

Di Jiu was alarmed when the gray stone did not save him. It refused to move, thus allowing the flames inside to continuously explode.

Di Jiu, who was anxious, quickly decided to keep circulating the Galaxy Art with increasing speed. Then, he attempted to break through to the Essence Soul Realm.

Meanwhile, he moved the frosty blue pearl into his starry sky meridian.

The moment the blue pearl entered, he sensed waves of frost travel from his starry sky meridian and make that terrifying burning sensation lessen.

Boom! The circulation of the Galaxy Art caused Di Jiu’s Quintessential Essence Spiritual Force to slam into the Essence Soul Realm barrier.

The barrier did not seem to move. Di Jiu might have come into contact with it, but it was still not easy to break through to the Essence Soul Realm.

Di Jiu grew more anxious. Although the blue pearl was in the starry sky meridian, it did not extinguish the flames. His Golden Core Quintessential Flame continued to grow increasingly stronger.

Violent, boundless flames suddenly engulfed Di Jiu. Little Tree, which stood some distance away, was shocked. It had never seen anyone cultivate until they were engulfed by flames. Qi Deviation did not happen this way either.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Almost simultaneously, more than 10 thick streaks of thunder landed. The various Defense Arrays Di Jiu had set up inside the cave abode were like paper against these thunder streaks.

Shocked, Little Tree quickly rushed out of the cave abode. It would be committing suicide if it stayed there, regardless of whether these were the flames of the Thunder Tribulation.