Ninth In the World

Xu Baishang was indeed the Mountain Master of the Void Mountain. The Void Mountain he was on was fake, however, for the real one was in Di Jiu’s possession. Moreover, Di Jiu owned many quality items.

Originally, he’d wanted to recover his strength before capturing Di Jiu. He had not expected Di Jiu to actually come to the Dao World or to even dare to destroy Jiang Dai’s nest. Di Jiu was as arrogant as ever.

However, how had Di Jiu managed to arrive at the Dao World? It was impossible for one to arrive at the Dao World from the realm between the two worlds. Given the cultivation level Di Jiu had, how had he achieved it?

The black-robed lady replied respectfully, “Yes, this person came to the Dao World slightly over 100 years ago. The moment he entered the Dao World, he offended a Dao Transformation cultivator and a Primordial Dao cultivator. Later on, somehow, he joined the First Evolution Dao Sect and became an outer sect disciple of the sect. He helped the First Evolution Dao Sect make the Top 50 at the Great Age Elixir River Competition and he entered the Top 20 in the individual category. Then, he offended Jiang Dai and was assassinated repeatedly by the latter for more than 100 years…”

“So you’re saying that Jiang Dai tried to assassinate Di Jiu for more than a century to no avail? In the end, it was Di Jiu who managed to destroy Jiang Dai’s Dai He Hall?” Xu Baishang asked, thinking that this was more like something Di Jiu would do.

It seemed that Di Jiu had been captured by Jiang Dai. Back then, Xu Baishang had been trapped in the realm between the two worlds because of the Void Mountain. He knew better than anyone else how terrifying Jiang Dai was. He had ranked fourth among the Ten Major Geniuses, and Jiang Dai had only ranked sixth. However, he knew very well that he might not have been able to hold his own against Jiang Dai.

During the years he had been trapped in the Void Mountain, his cultivation level had not increased at all. He had heard that Jiang Dai was already at the Primordial Chaos Realm, so the other man should be stronger than him. Nonetheless, he would never give up on getting the Void Mountain back. He needed to head out and get it back. The Void Mountain was the only thing he would never give up on.

At the same time, he still had a sliver of hope that Di Jiu had not refined the Void Mountain and that the Void Mountain was still in the realm between the two worlds. This was because he could not sense his Blood Essence aura, which signified that Di Jiu had not refined the Void Mountain.

The black-robed lady replied, “That is right. Jiang Dai provoked the Vast Pure Sacred Sect. Unexpectedly, the Vast Pure Sacred Sect had a Dao Integration expert, so Jiang Dai escaped with severe injuries. Meanwhile, Di Jiu destroyed the Dai He Hall and Jiang Dai chased after him despite his injuries. Jiang Dai should still be chasing after Di Jiu at the moment.”

There was still a Dao Integration cultivator in the Vast Pure Sacred Sect? This alarmed Xu Baishang. However, he knew that this was something he should not concern himself with at the moment. Immediately, he said, “I’m leaving the Void Mountain under your jurisdiction. I need to make a trip…”

By the time he said his final word, Xu Baishang had already left the Void Mountain.

…

Di Jiu was having an increasingly difficult time, as he could now clearly sense Jiang Dai’s aura. He now knew that Jiang Dai should be severely injured, or Jiang Dai would have caught up with him long ago.

The only thing Di Jiu could do currently was frantically execute his nomological escape technique while trying his best to not create any fluctuations in space as he fled.

This seemed like a simple feat, but accomplishing it was very difficult.

One month later, Di Jiu was still running and Jiang Dai was still chasing him. During this one month of anxiously escaping, Di Jiu’s understanding of the nomological escape technique had deepened.

At first, he had only been seeking speed. Later on, not only did his speed increase, but the spatial fluctuation created became smaller as well.

One month later, there was virtually no fluctuation of spatial laws when Di Jiu moved. The reason Jiang Dai did not lose Di Jiu was only because he relied on his intuition.

Di Jiu’s speed increased with time, and the spatial fluctuations he created became increasingly weaker. Sometimes, there were even no spatial fluctuations. During this month, Jiang Dai’s injuries had been slowly recovering as well. He owned too many quality items, so in order to get back his Yin-Yang Taijitu, Jiang Dai splurged on consuming the healing items he owned.

As his injuries slowly disappeared, Jiang Dai’s speed similarly increased with time.

After swallowing another drop of First Evolution True Dew, Di Jiu scolded silently. Jiang Dai was a bastard. He should have done something more damaging than destroying Jiang Dai’s Dai He Hall. In the future, when he returned from the Void Ocean, he swore he would destroy the Dai He Hall one more time when Jiang Dai reconstructed it.

“Di Jiu, leave my taijitu behind and I will spare your life.” To Di Jiu’s astonishment, he heard Jiang Dai speak.

However, Jiang Dai had not entered his Spiritual Force range. This showed that it would only be a matter of time before Jiang Dai caught up with him.

That was not right. If Jiang Dai was about to catch up with him, why would he be so kind as to warn Di Jiu?

Di Jiu had just thought of this when a vast body of water appeared in the range of his Spiritual Force.

He had arrived at the Search Lake! No wonder Jiang Dai would want to warn him. He was worried that Di Jiu would dash into the Search Lake.

Of course, Di Jiu took no heed of Jiang Dai’s words. He elevated the nomological escape technique once more and dashed into the Search Lake.

As soon as Di Jiu entered the Search Lake, Jiang Dai stepped into the lake as well.

Jiang Dai was really panicked by this point. He simply could not understand why Di Jiu would not use the Five-Element escape technique. According to his theory, Di Jiu was the person who had obtained the treasure he had left at the Immortal World’s Dai He Hall. In other words, Di Jiu would definitely have obtained the Five-Element escape technique.

Jiang Dai believed that one had to be crazy to not use the Five-Element escape technique despite obtaining it. The truth, however, was that Di Jiu had yet to use the Five-Element escape technique during this entire process.

He could not comprehend this. Which escape technique was more powerful than the Five-Element escape technique? However, Di Jiu’s escape technique was indeed more powerful.

Jiang Dai had only managed to catch up with Di Jiu because of the difference in their cultivation levels. He would not have been able to catch up if Di Jiu had been using the Five-Element escape technique.

He did not know that, other than the nomological escape technique, Di Jiu owned another escape technique that was a little superior to the Five-Element escape technique: the Spiritual Force escape technique.

The name of the Search Lake originated from the fact that one would easily lose their way in the lake. Despite being at the Primordial Chaos Realm, Jiang Dai dared not enter the Search Lake without a reason.

He would have given up if Di Jiu had not taken his Yin-Yang Taijitu. Now that he had, he could only grit his teeth and chase Di Jiu into the Search Lake.

Di Jiu was just as panicked. Upon entering the Search Lake, he frantically executed the nomological escape technique. A day later, Di Jiu was pleased to discover that he could no longer sense Jiang Dai’s threat.

The Search Lake was indeed a wonderful place.

Jiang Dai had already stopped in his tracks. When he had first entered the Search Lake, he had still made out Di Jiu’s shadow. Half a day later, he had completely lost sight of Di Jiu.

Jiang Dai, who was fuming, stood on the lake. He was almost going crazy. It did not seem good that he had completely lost track of Di Jiu after entering the Search Lake. Even he could no longer return to the shore if he wanted to.

There was only one way out for him now: He had to seek an opportunity to attain Dao Integration in the Search Lake and then slowly search for Di Jiu. The Yin-Yang Taijitu was something he would never give up on.

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Although he no longer sensed Jiang Dai’s threat, Di Jiu was still anxiously running. He would most likely not have stopped if a violent funnel whirlpool had not suddenly appeared on the surface of the lake.

That funnel whirlpool almost sucked Di Jiu into it. This woke Di Jiu up from the daze he had been in, making him realize that he was in the Search Lake.

The Search Lake was a Lost Lake. He would die if he dared to continue running in such a frenzy before Jiang Dai could catch up to him.

Di Jiu dared not come close to the violent funnel whirlpool, even though it was exuding extremely dense Heaven Earth Elixir Qi. He guessed that underneath was a land of treasure similar to the Great Age Elixir River, but only death would await him should he approach the whirlpool.

Di Jiu took out a flying boat, slowed down, and expanded his Spiritual Force to its maximum range.

It was only then that he understood why Jiang Dai had lost sight of him. The Search Lake was a very queer place. His Spiritual Force did not seem to be oppressed, yet he still could not sense the space around him.

In any case, Di Jiu dared not touch the surrounding space either. In fact, he was silently congratulating himself for not falling into these spaces in the many days he had been escaping in the Search Lake.

Fortunately, Di Jiu possessed a Dao eye, which was extremely useful in this place.

Using the Dao eye, Di Jiu finally saw clearly what the spaces that the Spiritual Force could not touch were. There was a spatial dislocation that could only happen within a plane.

This information shocked Di Jiu. Was this truly a huge lake?

A clear sound rang out before the shadow of a flying Dharma treasure flew past the border of Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force. This flying Dharma treasure seemed to be chasing after something.

After hesitating for a short moment, Di Jiu put away his flying boat and chased after it.

He had entered the Search Lake blindly and could now no longer differentiate between East and West. The Search Lake was indeed a place he had intended to enter, but he had been chased here by Jiang Dai before he could complete his preparations.

The nomological escape technique Di Jiu executed was something not even Jiang Dai could catch up to. Even on the Search Lake, the nomological escape technique was formidable. Half an hour passed before the flying boat appeared in his line of sight.

The cultivator on the flying boat had evidently discovered Di Jiu, who had been rushing in their direction, and thus stopped the boat.