Ninth In the World

After Di Jiu left, the news of the Abstruse Fire Sect’s extermination spread across the entire Yalun Continent like wildfire.

Very few people knew that the extermination of the Abstruse Fire Sect had been a result of Di Jiu’s revenge. Most people believed that the reason behind its extermination was the top-notch Earth Fire Vein within the Abstruse Fire Sect. The Earth Fire Vein had been coveted by an expert, which was why the Abstruse Fire Sect had been exterminated.

Only Star Everlasting Guild Master Hai Hong guessed that the culprit of this incident was Di Jiu. Di Jiu, who had come from the Small Central World, actually originated from the Yalun Continent. The possibility of him exterminating the Abstruse Fire Sect was thus extremely high. He and everyone else believed that the reason behind this was the Earth Fire Vein.

…

After leaving the Abstruse Fire Sect, Di Jiu was in no hurry to travel to his next destination. He took out a flying Dharma treasure and slowly headed in the direction of the Star Everlasting Cultivation City, all the while imparting the Galaxy Art to Di Di.

Di Jiu had originally intended to help Di Di like he had helped Geng Ji, provided that Di Di possessed a Spirit Root. In that case, he would lend the golden lighting within his Spiritual Sea to help Di Di open up a galaxy meridian.

What astounded Di Jiu was that the very first time Di Di completed a Qi Circulation, she stimulated the Spirit Qi in the surrounding air and started to absorb Spirit Qi.

When he saw that Di Di could start cultivating so easily, Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force hastily landed on the Book of the World in search of some answers. What Spirit Root did Di Di possess that made her so heaven-defying?

The Book of the World was simply too big. Even though Di Jiu had read it a few months ago, his understanding of it remained at best fundamental.

Fortunately, when the Book of the World automatically entered and stayed within his Spiritual Sea with the gray stone, he could quickly check on the information he needed by using his Spiritual Force. In just a few seconds, he found some information on the Sacred Spirit Eyes.

The Sacred Spirit Eyes had been born from the Heaven Earth Dao Runes. The Spirit Root of the cultivators with Sacred Spirit Eyes could be categorized into only three types: Earth Spirit Root, Heaven Spirit Root and Sacred Spirit Root.

When he reached this point, Di Jiu took a breath of cold air. Even the worst Spirit Root, the Earth Spirit Root, was much more powerful than a pure mutated Spirit Root.

After his own Spirit Root, whose category he had no idea about, Di Di’s Spirit Root was definitely the best Spirit Root he had encountered so far.

It was evident that Liang Lu could not have possibly merged with the Sacred Spirit Eyes, even if Di Jiu had not come to Di Di’s rescue.

The Book of the World stated that the Sacred Spirit Eyes had a special characteristic. Once the cultivator started cultivating, the aura of the Sacred Spirit Eyes would be completely obscured by the cultivating Spirit Qi. If Di Di had started cultivating back in Pearl City, her Sacred Spirit Eyes would not have been discovered.

Di Jiu threw out a huge pile of middle-grade Spirit Stones beside Di Di. In just half a day, her cultivation level had reached the first-stage Qi Refinement Realm. Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force was far too powerful. He had already seen very clearly that, even though he had not interfered with Di Di’s cultivation, the absorbed Spirit Qi had taken the form of a galaxy spirit meridian.

In other words, even without Di Jiu’s help, Di Di’s cultivation of the Galaxy Art had automatically formed a galaxy meridian.

Di Jiu did not disturb Di Di’s cultivation. Instead, he took out Liang Jueren’s ring. According to Ge Yi, Liang Jueren had discovered the existence of the ancestral expert of the Di Family in a mystic area. Later on, he had sent Sang Li to the Di Family and exterminated the entire family in search of the ancestral item.

Therefore, the item Sang Li had taken from the Di Family was definitely stored in Sect Master Liang Jueren’s ring.

There were several million high-grade Spirit Stones and some spiritual herbs of relatively good quality in Liang Jueren’s ring. The last item, which left Di Jiu speechless, was a book on the Di Clan’s Seven Sabers.

The Di Family’s extermination would have been completely in vain if the Abstruse Fire Sect had thought that the Di Family’s ancestral cultivation treasure was this book on the Di Clan’s Seven Sabers. Di Jiu possessed the original book. This book was merely a copy.

After flipping through the book in his hand, Di Jiu shook his head and threw the book into his ring.

…

Five days later, when they reached the outskirts of the Star Everlasting Cultivation City, Di Di was already at the third-stage Qi Refinement Realm. This was the fastest cultivation speed Di Jiu had ever come across.

“Where are we, Jiu? This city…” Di Di, who had been awakened by Di Jiu, was stunned by the cultivation city before her eyes when she followed Di Jiu out of the flying boat.

She had never seen a grandiose city like the Star Everlasting Cultivation City before. The biggest city she had seen was the Pearl City. Although she was unable to truly perceive how big the Star Everlasting Cultivation City was, she had a feeling that the Pearl City could not hold a candle to the city before her.

“This is the Star Everlasting Cultivation City. I need to leave for a while to take care of some things. I can’t bring you along, so you will have to wait for me here temporarily.” Di Jiu wanted to make a trip back to Earth, so the Plane Split Talisman would have to be used. He dared not bring Di Di along. The Plane Split Talisman could rip open realms and space. Therefore, one could be reduced to pieces if one was not careful.

In Di Jiu’s opinion, the Ji Bei Mountain was the perfect place to use the Plane Split Talisman. After all, it was the place where he had travelled to and from Earth in the past.

Before Di Di could reply, Hai Hong’s booming voice was heard. “Ha ha ha! Daoist Di, you are finally here!”

Di Jiu approached Hai Hong, cupped his fists and said, “Guild Master Hai, I will have to trouble you this time.”

Hai Hong waved his hand. “You make me sound like a stranger when you say this. I truly want to be friends with you. If you need any help, you can always tell me directly. If you’re afraid of troubling me, then you’re not treating me as your friend.”

Even Di Jiu himself did not know how he and Hai Hong had gotten so familiar with each other. However, it was most likely because Di Jiu came from the Small Central World.

If Hai Hong was so friendly with him, then Di Jiu did not have to be courteous. “Brother Hai, this is my eighth elder sister, Di Di.”

Di Di, who dared not show the same attitude as Di Jiu, bowed hastily. “Greetings, sir.”

“Please don’t bow. Let’s go. We’ll speak when we’re inside.” Hai Hong stopped Di Di before inviting Di Jiu into the city.

…

Hai Hong was the Star Everlasting Guild Master, so his cave abode in the Star Everlasting Cultivation City was quite extravagant. The abode, which was located beside the Star Everlasting Guild, occupied at least 100 plots of land. A floating garden was obscured by invisibility restrictions, while the entire cave abode was filled with Spirit Qi.

“Nice place.” Di Jiu praised the moment he stepped into the cave abode. The Spirit Qi there was incomparable to that at the bottom of the snowy mountain, yet the density was considered top-notch in the Star Everlasting Cultivation City. After all, every plot of land in this cultivation city was very valuable. Furthermore, the cultivating environment of this place was far superior compared to the bottom of the snowy mountain.

Someone served them spirit tea the moment Di Jiu and Di Di sat down.

Hai Hong immediately asked without beating around the bush, “Tell me what you need, Daoist Di. I will help you to the best of my ability.”

Di Jiu cupped his fist and recounted how the Abstruse Fire Sect had exterminated the Di Family. He even actively admitted that the Abstruse Fire Sect had been exterminated by him. The only thing he kept a secret was Di Di’s Sacred Spirit Eyes.

“I knew immediately that this was your doing as soon as I heard that the Abstruse Fire Sect was exterminated,” Hai Hong said with a sigh. “The Abstruse Fire Sect deserved this for daring to head to a mortal city and eradicate a family.”

Although this was what Hai Hong said, he did not express his true thoughts. The Abstruse Fire Sect had been blind to choose Di Jiu’s family to destroy. If any other ordinary family had been exterminated, nothing would have happened. Cultivators were naturally stronger than mortals after all. There was nothing wrong with an empire, let alone a family, being eradicated.

Di Jiu cupped his fists. “Daoist Hai, I need to travel to a distant place soon. Di Di’s cultivation level is too low, so I wish to purchase a cave abode here and have her stay there to cultivate for a period of time. I will need your help if any foolish people come over.”

Hai Hong waved his hand. “This is not a big deal. Leave it to me. Xun Yi, help Daoist Di find a cave abode near my own abode.”

“Yes!” replied a gray-robed man standing by the entrance before he left quickly.

Di Jiu did not mention anything about payment. The Spirit Stones required to purchase a cave abode were insignificant to a late-stage Life Tribulation Realm Warrior.

“You come from the Small Central World, Daoist Di. Are you aware that the Yalun Continent will be sending five qualified geniuses into the Small Central World through the Teleportation Array in three months?” Hai Hong asked. After helping Di Jiu settle this matter, he got worried that Di Jiu would leave immediately.

Di Jiu shook his head. “I was not aware of this.”

“Every 30 years, five geniuses head to the Small Central World from the Yalun Continent,” Hai Hong explained hastily. “An expert will be coming over from the Small Central World to choose the candidates later. Of course, this will be mainly based on our recommendations. There is actually something I would like your help with.”

Di Jiu cupped his fists and said, “Do tell.”

Hai Hong had just helped him. Usually, one would not ask for a favor to be repaid immediately. This matter had to be extremely important to Hai Hong if he was so anxious for his favor to be repaid.

“Daoist Di, as you know, I have been stuck at the ninth-stage Life Tribulation Realm for many years. If my cultivation level does not advance, I will most likely become obsolete in the Yalun Continent. May I know how you came from the Small Central World? If I want to head to the Small Central World, do you have any way of making that possible?” Hai Hong’s tone was very sincere. He had to head to the Small Central World if he wished to break through to the True Form Realm.