Ninth In the World

Thunder streaks crashed continuously against Di Jiu’s body. Ιt took only a short while before Di Jiu’s clothing was torn up into tatters as a bloody mist spurted.

Di Jiu was surprisingly very happy about it. He discovered that the thunder streaks not only allowed him to temper his body, but also enabled him to absorb the Thunder Origin used for cultivating.

Di Jiu’s Tempered Body had almost been ripped apart by the spatial blade flares previously. His Spiritual Sea had also been torn apart before. Compared to the pain he had experienced on those occasions, the benefits of using the thunder streaks to temper his body were far greater than before. The only exception was the torture it caused to his body, which he didn’t mind.

In the beginning, Di Jiu was still trying to pay attention to where he was standing in the midst of the lightning and thunder. However, by the time his body attained the late-stage Nirvana Immortal Body, he had already completely forgotten where he was standing.

Boom! A thick thunder streak pillar that carried with it a piece of Thunder Net crashed against the top of Di Jiu’s head. Di Jiu woke up only after he crashed to the ground.

He had already reached the border of the Thunderous Floating Island. His Tempered Body had also reached the perfection of the Nirvana Immortal Body.

A small island floating in mid-air was only three steps in front of him. It floated about ten feet above the ground. Huge pieces of Thunder Nets, as well as thunder streak pillars thicker than an arm, crashed endlessly against the small island. The nearer the thunder streaks were to the heart of the island, the thicker they were. However, the small island remained standing firmly in place, even though the frightening thunder streaks were bombarding it.

When Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force landed on the small island, he was sure that there wasn’t any soil on the island. Instead, he felt something he couldn’t identify.

No wonder Lu Xikun had gotten himself seriously injured. Based on Lu Xikun’s cultivation level, he could at most stand where Di Jiu was standing now in the face of these thick, frightening thunder streaks. Lu Xikun must have wanted to see if he could hold off the thunder streak pillars and enter the heart of the island. The result was obvious—he hadn’t managed to do so.

Lu Xikun couldn’t have gone far into this small island. While there were such frightening thunder streak pillars and dense Thunder Nets around, one could never make it out if they went too far in.

Despite where Di Jiu was standing, huge Thunder Nets and thunder streaks crashed against him all the same. However, he had perfected the Nirvana Immortal Body, so those thunder streaks could no longer hurt him. They at most created some blood stains, but actually didn’t affect him much.

After standing at the same spot for one hour, Di Jiu took a deep breath and stepped into the Thunderous Floating Island.

He believed that the passageway in the Immortal World that led to the void was in the heart of the Thunderous Floating Island. He was now only a ninth-stage Perfected Immortal. Thus, he had no means of entering the heart of the Thunderous Floating Island based on his strength. His only possible chance was to condense his body and force his way through to the heart of the Thunderous Floating Island by virtue of its strength.

Bam! Bam! Bam! Three frightening thunder streak pillars crashed against Di Jiu’s body the minute he crossed the border of the Thunderous Floating Island. He spurted out a mouthful of fresh blood as he stepped backward like crazy.

Di Jiu fell down again on the Thunderous Floating Island. His shoulder felt like it had been split in half by the thunder streaks. His chest also caved in and formed a burnt, black cavity.

The Colossal Kun Body-Tempering Art and the Galaxy Art worked continuously to heal Di Jiu’s injuries and increase the strength of his body.

Di Jiu lay outside for 10 whole days due to his serious injuries, spending time under thunder streaks and Thunder Nets that were slightly weaker.

This wasn’t the first time that Di Jiu had run into such a situation. He dashed up the Thunderous Floating Island again as soon as he had mostly recovered from his injuries after 10 days.

Boom! Boom! Boom! A few thunder streak pillars crashed against Di Jiu again and drove him out of the Thunderous Floating Island once more.

This time around, Di Jiu only spent nine days before he attempted to dash up the Thunderous Floating Island again for the third time. Then, for the fourth time, the fifth time…

Only Di Jiu could do such a thing in the Thunderous Floating Island of the Newborn Immortal Protectorate. Even before the Immortal World had gone into sunset, there had already been very few cultivators with Tempered Bodies in the Immortal World. Di Jiu could attempt to re-enter the Thunderous Floating Island so many times because he had the Nirvana Immortal Body, as well as the Colossal Kun Body-Tempering Art, a cultivation technique which could transform the Thunder Origin within a very short span of time.

Boom! Crack! When Di Jiu dashed up the Thunderous Floating Island for the 10th time, his entire body cracked up like a river overflowing its embankments as the Colossal Kun Body-Tempering Art tore the thunder streaks away from the Thunder Origin.

Di Jiu was elated. His body had broken through to the Immortal Spirit Body Realm! Finally, he didn’t get blasted out of the Thunderous Floating Island this time, as he stood firmly on the edge of the Thunderous Floating Island.

Boom! Boom! A few thick thunder streak pillars and Thunder Nets swept in again. Di Jiu took out the tattered low-grade immortal spirit meridian and threw it out without hesitation. Boundless Thunder Origin Spirit Qi and Immortal Spirit Qi mixed together. Di Jiu finally broke through the cultivation shackles and attained the Golden Immortal Realm.

A number of thunder streaks and thunder streak pillars from the Thunderous Floating Island crashed down. Di Jiu remained still as he looked up at the sky, which was filled with lightning and thunder. He became extremely excited.

Despite all his past cultivation experiences, this was the first time that he had attained the next realm before the Thunder Tribulation came.

The credits obviously went to the Thunderous Floating Island.

The Thunderous Floating Island had repeatedly blasted and wounded his entire body. His body and cultivation had also been continuously condensed during this process.

Just as Di Jiu had expected, the nomological aura in the surrounding space instantly became clear after the Thunder Tribulation fell.

Di Jiu was elated. This was the first time that he had only needed to make use of laws as clear as this to advance his realm. He didn’t need to attempt to break through the bottleneck of the Golden Immortal Realm.

The thunder streaks of the Thunder Tribulation and the Thunderous Floating Island almost drowned Di Jiu. However, he didn’t sense it at all.

His cultivation level and body were both advancing like crazy at this point in time.

First, he attained the early-stage Immortal Spirit Body. Then, he attained the mid-stage Immortal Spirit Body, the first-stage Golden Immortal Realm, the second-stage Golden Immortal Realm…

Just as Di Jiu was about to dash directly to the fourth-stage Golden Immortal Realm by taking advantage of this aura, the cultivation law, which had been clear, became blurry. All that was left was the dense, thick thunder streaks and Thunder Nets of the Thunderous Floating Island.

Di Jiu knew that he could only remain at the second-stage Golden Immortal Realm now that his Thunder Tribulation was over.

One could only hope to get such an opportunity. Therefore, he had to continue cultivating honestly while waiting for the next Thunder Tribulation.

Di Jiu remained very open-minded. He was currently at the second-stage Golden Immortal Realm and had a mid-stage Immortal Spirit Body. As long as he continued working hard, he would be able to make it to the heart of the Thunderous Floating Island eventually.

Time passed by slowly. The Newborn Immortal Protectorate, which already had very few people left, became even more deserted.

Nobody knew or paid attention to Di Jiu, who was body-tempering in the center of the Thunderous Floating Island.

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Another year passed in the blink of an eye. Di Jiu felt a little hopeless as he looked at the heart of the Thunderous Floating Island, which was still more than a few thousand feet away from him. He knew very well that he would never make it there if his cultivation level did not break through to the Great Immortal Realm.

His Tempered Body had remained stagnant ever since he had attained the late-stage Immortal Spirit Body half a year ago. Up until now, his body had made almost no improvements, as it remained at the same state.

If only his cultivation had been a little better, then he would still have inched forward a little and crazily attempted to break through to the perfected Immortal Spirit Body, or even the Immortal Divine Body.

However, his cultivation was insufficient. If he dared to continue moving forward, his body would most likely get crushed.

If he didn’t go forward, but only relied on his current body-tempering pace, it would take him a few dozen years to attain the Immortal Spirit Body. He could afford to wait a few dozen years. However, Mo Yuxuan couldn’t.

Did he really have to return to the Starry Sky Immortal City and cultivate like crazy to attain the Great Unity Immortal Realm before coming back here again?

Even if he returned to the Starry Sky Immortal City and spent a few dozen years there, he might not be able to break through to the Great Unity Immortal Realm. Even if he did, Mo Yuxuan couldn’t wait so many years. He believed that he would be able to reach the heart of the Thunderous Floating Island someday. This day was, however, too distant.

Di Jiu allowed the thick thunder streak pillars and Thunder Nets to crash against his body freely as they whirled faint bloody mists away from him. He had been frowning as he pondered over how to enter the void from this place.

He had the saber array. However, although his Array Dao was good enough, his saber weapons were not. If he flashed the supreme-grade Spirit Weapons that he had used in the Cultivation World, they might not be able to withstand even one wave of thunder streaks before they got crushed.

As far as the rest of the Dharma treasures were concerned…

Suddenly, Di Jiu recalled the Primeval Thunder Rock.

How had he forgotten about the Primeval Thunder Rock? While other things might be afraid of the thunder, the Primeval Thunder Rock definitely wasn’t.

Di Jiu took out the Primeval Thunder Rock excitedly as more than 1,000 array flags landed in his surroundings. He placed the Primeval Thunder Rock above his head.

Both the thick thunder streak pillars and the Thunder Nets crashed against the Primeval Thunder Rock as if they were crashing into the boundless void. They instantly disappeared without a trace.

There was emptiness all around Di Jiu. It was incredible that no thunder stars landed on him.

Di Jiu only took a few steps to cover the distance of a few thousand feet before he reached the center of the Thunderous Floating Island. The thunder streaks were even thicker there, and the Thunder Nets stronger. However, none of this posed a threat to Di Jiu.

Di Jiu became even surer after he reached that place. As long as his Tempered Body didn’t improve and become an Immortal Divine Body, he would not be able to go there, even if he attained the Great Unity Immortal Realm.

The heart of the Thunderous Floating Island was a frightening whirlpool with a circumference of a few dozen feet. Even the thunder streaks would immediately disappear without a trace if they fell into the whirlpool.

As Di Jiu looked at his own body, he began to suspect that the odds would be against him if he entered the whirlpool with the current strength of his Immortal Spirit Body.