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.

Qi Zhiyi, who was still in mid-air, fell to the ground. Before his body could touch the ground, Di Jiu took his metal pagoda and ring.

“You are the only one left.” Di Jiu looked back at the second-stage Essence Soul Realm cultivator, whose eyes were filled with terror. This time, Di Jiu was too lazy to even take out the saber. He just lifted his hand and punched out.

The second-stage Essence Soul Realm cultivator did not even bother blocking the punch. He only muttered, “The Qi Family is done for. I knew it right from the start…”

Bam! As the cultivator turned into a mist of blood, Di Jiu rushed into the Qi Family’s Commercial Building.

The building was now in ruins thanks to his Wind-Rustling Move, so Di Jiu took all the items inside without hesitation.

The surrounding spectating cultivators dared not make any noise. Di Jiu had suffered no injuries while killing the ninth-stage Essence Soul Realm cultivator called Qi Zhiyi. These cultivators knew that, given Di Jiu’s strength, the Qi Family’s Commercial Building would most likely be wiped away.

Indeed, it would be best to not exterminate anyone’s sect. As the saying went, one should not burn down all bridges. The Qi Family had done extreme things, so now it was their turn.

After Di Jiu left, even more cultivators rushed into the Qi Family’s Commercial Building. Di Jiu had only taken the most valuable items. Most worthless elixirs and Dharma treasures had been scattered away, so he had not bothered looking for them. This was the best time to seize these items.

…

Three minutes later, Di Jiu reached the Sky Market City’s teleportation array while carrying the Heavenly Aqua.

“Where are you heading to, sir?” the cultivator responsible for the teleportation array asked respectfully when he saw Di Jiu heading in his direction.

The other cultivators getting ready to be teleported moved out of the way when they saw Di Jiu coming over.

The news that Di Jiu had repaired the Night Star Continent and exterminated the Qi Family’s Commercial Building had already traveled across the entire Sky Market City.

“How many Spirit Stones to get to the Thorn Ocean City?” asked Di Jiu coolly.

“Please head up, sir. You have helped the Night Star Continent. How could we ask you for any Spirit Stones?” said the Essence Soul Realm cultivator responsible for the teleportation array as he bowed hurriedly.

Di Jiu knew that the reason he did not have to pay any Spirit Stones was not because he had repaired the Night Star Continent. It was because he had exterminated the Qi Family’s Commercial Building in the Sky Market City. He must have a foul reputation now, so this cultivator was worried that he would seize the teleportation building in a fit of anger.

He was too lazy to explain himself, as he was currently racing against time to exterminate the Qi Family’s Commercial Buildings completely before the main branch heard the news.

The cultivator wiped off his cold sweat when Di Jiu was teleported away.

A spectating cultivator sighed. “The Qi Family’s Commercial Building is done for.”

Everyone knew very well why Di Jiu was heading to the Thorn Ocean City. The Thorn Ocean City was in the southern province, which was also where the main branch of the Qi Family’s Commercial Building was located in the Polar Night Continent. Unlike the North Ridge City branch, which Di Jiu had already exterminated, the Thorn Ocean City was the real lair of the Qi Family.

…

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.