Ninth In the World

Boom! Boom! Boom! More than 10 thunder streaks landed on Di Jiu’s body. Di Jiu, who was already burnt by the flame, could no longer feel any pain. However, he could hear the sounds of his bones cracking.

Di Jiu suddenly collapsed on the floor. The frightening thunder streak attacks started to ravage him. When his spine was broken, the rest of the bones in his body also started to break.

Di Jiu’s heart sank before he frantically started circulating the Galaxy Art to attain the Essence Soul Realm.

He knew very well that he could die there. However, he would still have a chance of surviving if he broke through to the Essence Soul Realm in time. Meanwhile, Di Jiu craved for a body-tempering cultivation technique even more. He would not have been in such a sorry state if he’d had one.

The Essence Soul Realm barrier vibrated continuously under Di Jiu’s relentless attacks. Before Di Jiu could manage to break through to the Essence Soul Realm completely, a second wave of thunder streaks was generated in the sky. Soon, it landed.

More than 10 thunder streaks engulfed Di Jiu once again. Di Jiu lifted his head and looked at the thunder streaks in despair. He had never seen a thunder streak before, so he did not know if the Thunder Tribulation of the Essence Soul Transcendence was this scary.

However, he was certain that even if he survived being burned by the Golden Core Quintessential Flame, he would most likely not be able to survive these terrifying thunder streak attacks.

Little Tree trembled as it looked at the thunder streaks. Although it had seen people undergo an Essence Soul Tribulation Transcendence before, it had been a nebulous big tree back then.

Based on its memories, no one’s Tribulation Transcendence had been as scary as Di Jiu’s. It suddenly recalled that those had been 3-9 or 4-9 Thunder Tribulations, which meant that there had been nine thunder streaks at a time with three to four times average. It had even seen a 1-9 Thunder Tribulation, which meant that things had been alright after nine thunder streaks had landed.

On the other hand, Di Jiu’s Thunder Tribulation included 18 thunder streaks at a time. One time was already 2-9, so two times would be 4-9. What was this Thunder Tribulation? Little Tree would definitely not be able to survive if it faced this type of Thunder Tribulation when it advanced to level-four.

Actually, if Big Brother was killed by the Thunder Tribulation, it would not even get a chance to attain level-four.

Di Jiu took out and swallowed two Soul Origin Fruits. Then, he circulated the Galaxy Art and slammed against the Essence Soul Realm barrier even more urgently. There was no question about it. If he failed to break through, he would die.

Although these fruits were no Condensing Soul Elixir, they contained dense amounts of Heaven Earth Law Spirit Qi. Along with the Qi Circulation of the Galaxy Art, this Spirit Qi was the most suitable option for Essence Soul Realm Cultivation. The Spirit Qi slammed against the Essence Soul Realm barrier.

Crack! A minute cracking sound was heard. Di Jiu was so excited that he almost shouted. As the second wave of thunder streaks engulfed him and started to shatter his flesh and bones, he broke the Essence Soul Realm barrier.

The boundless Quintessential Essence Spirit Qi within his starry sky meridian had found a way out!

Di Jiu’s cultivation and aura both soared rapidly. The destruction caused by the second wave of Thunder Tribulation weakened as his cultivation increased.

Crack! Crack! Crack! The sounds of bones cracking were heard once again. However, Di Jiu was reassured. The fact that he was alive implied that he had survived the attacks of this Thunder Tribulation Wave. As for the flame within him, he would find a way to get it.

As soon as he attained the Essence Soul Realm, his Quintessential Essence started to increase rapidly. His Spiritual Sea also expanded, and his Spiritual Force increased multifold.

The limitless Spirit Qi within the blue spirit meridian was taken away by Di Jiu before it dissolved. The Spirit Qi surrounding Di Jiu almost took form.

Di Jiu’s Spirit-Binding Array had long since disappeared. It was fortunate that this was a relatively remote area. Although the density of the Spirit Qi was shocking, no one would find this place anytime soon.

Even though the second wave of Thunder Tribulation had injured him further, his healing capabilities had increased multifold after he had attained the Essence Soul Realm. Other than the increase in his Quintessential Essence and Spiritual Force, the recovery speed of his broken bones had also increased. Di Jiu was even more pleased when he discovered that the Golden Core Quintessential Flame was being suppressed by the Thunder Tribulation.

When the third wave of Thunder Tribulation landed, he remained calm. He had survived two terrifying waves of Thunder Tribulations when he had been at the Golden Core Realm, so he would definitely be able to survive a third Thunder Tribulation wave now that he had attained the Essence Soul Realm. His severe injuries would not stop him.

Boom! Boom! Amid the sounds of roaring thunder, the third Thunder Tribulation wave maintained more than 10 thunder streaks.

Before the third wave of Thunder Tribulation could land completely, the fourth and fifth waves had also landed.

Di Jiu’s expression changed. Although his cultivation had improved significantly, this Thunder Tribulation was too abnormal. How had other cultivators attained the Essence Soul Realm if Thunder Tribulations were always so abnormal?

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Fountains of blood left Di Jiu’s body as his newly-healed bones started to break again. Even though he was at the Essence Soul Realm, his body suffered even more injuries as it faced the concentrated attack of the thunder streaks.

Fortunately, after breaking through to the Essence Soul Realm, he no longer ran the risk of dying.

Di Jiu took out the remaining cyan life-force and swallowed it. The sixth, seventh and eighth Thunder Tribulation streaks landed while his bones were healing.

Di Jiu relaxed even more after experiencing five Thunder Tribulations. Three Thunder Tribulations actually landed one after the other. He had found a way to deal with this, even if he obtained more injuries.

The more than 10 thunder streaks were unable to cause him more damage after he had attained the Essence Soul Realm. Instead, they could only shatter his newly-healed bones to a greater extent. However, his healing capability was so impressive that he would heal very fast.

So long as his flesh remained intact, Di Jiu would not die.

Several dozens of thunder streaks engulfed him, splattering blood around once more. Di Jiu’s skin was eroded quite a bit by the Thunder Tribulation, while the rest of his bones were mostly broken. Although his state seemed alarming, his Essence Soul Realm was more condensed now, so even though his injuries appeared to be worsening, they actually were not.

The Spirit Qi of the blue spirit meridian was endlessly being absorbed by Di Jiu as his aura continued to rise.

Boom! A ninth Thunder Tribulation wave landed, hitting Di Jiu with nine thick thunder streaks. Di Jiu’s Essence Soul cultivation was very strong now. Therefore, besides breaking two of his shoulder bones and making him spit a fountain of blood, they did not cause much damage to him.

Di Jiu let out a sigh of relief. He had predicted that when this Thunder Tribulation ended, this inhumane torture would finally stop. Despite being covered in injuries and having 70 percent of his bones break, he was still alive.

Di Jiu frantically circulated the Galaxy Art to stabilize his cultivation and heal. Meanwhile, rays of Spirit Rain gathered on top of Di Jiu and landed on him.

The healing capabilities of this Spirit Rain were more effective than any Spirit Elixir. Di Jiu’s skin healed rapidly and his bones reconnected. He recovered as fast as he had gained these injuries during the Tribulation Transcendence.

Two hours later, Di Jiu’s injuries had fundamentally been healed. Suddenly, Di Jiu was shocked to discover that the Golden Core Quintessential Flame engulfing him had disappeared.

In its place was a cooling sensation that helped his bones and injuries heal through the Galaxy Art.

As a black flame floated in his starry sky meridian, Di Jiu felt happy. Could this be a Dao fire? Had he unintentionally condensed a Dao fire? The color was not right, though. There had been no black flame mentioned in the jade slip. However, there was a tinge of blue in the center of his black flame.

This was not right. Where was the frosty blue pearl?

Di Jiu discovered that the blue pearl he had sent into the starry sky meridian had disappeared. He quickly guessed what had happened. The blue pearl must have merged with the flame. Otherwise, the black flame in his starry sky meridian would not have had a tinge of blue and frost.

When he stretched out his hand, a flame appeared on his palm once more. This flame, which was red and significantly weaker than the black flame in his starry sky meridian, was his Essence Soul Quintessential Flame.

The black flame within his starry sky meridian was undoubtedly a Dao fire. Di Jiu put away his Essence Soul Quintessential Flame as the black flame appeared on his palm with a mental order.

This flame belonged to Di Jiu. He could clearly sense that the black flame contained a boundless galaxy aura that had to be a result of his Dao Art. Although he had cultivated the Galaxy Art, his insides had transformed into a galaxy. He could not be wrong. This had to be the Dao fire he had condensed.

His Thunder Tribulation seemed to comprise of two Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulations, so it was highly likely that one of them was related to the Dao fire. His Dao fire was newly-condensed, which was why he had suffered through one Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation. Fortunately, he had managed to break through to the Essence Soul Realm in time. Otherwise, he would have died.

Although this Dao fire was a trap that had almost killed him, he had finally obtained a flame that belonged to him.

As he looked at the flame in his hand, Di Jiu suddenly remembered that he was supposed to come up with a name for it.

Black flame, black starry sky…

Other flames brightened up the world by creating light, yet his flame was black in color. How could he create light?

The line of a poem suddenly emerged from his memories: The dark night gave me black eyes, but I use them to seek the light

The Dao fire he had condensed was indeed black in color, but this would not prevent him from creating a world of light by using it. Perhaps one day his flame would transform into a vast, boundless starry sky. From now on, this flame would be called Luminous Starry Sky.