Ninth In the World

Was this a level-eleven Spiritual Sea or level-one Golden State? Whether or not it was a level-eleven Spiritual Sea, Di Jiu knew that his Spiritual Force had experienced concrete advancements in comparison to the past.

As the Thunder Tribulation continued, Di Jiu wanted to absorb even more Spirit Qi and break into the second-stage True Form Realm.

However, it felt as if the Thunder Tribulation knew what Di Jiu was thinking, as it disappeared right after Di Jiu’s cultivation was stabilized at the first-stage True Form Realm.

Without the Thunder Tribulation streaks, Di Jiu knew that his cultivation level would not advance any more in the near future just by relying on the thunder streaks brought about by the Primeval Thunder Rock.

Di Jiu did some calculations and realized that it was almost time to leave the Small Central Planet. After he left the Primeval Thunder Rock, he used the Transference Array and directly transferred the Primeval Thunder Rock into his own Small World. The Primeval Thunder Rock was definitely a priceless treasure. However, his current Dao fire could not melt it yet.

Once Di Jiu took the Primeval Thunder Rock, the thunder streaks in the sky instantly dissipated. In an instant, Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force found Geng Ji in the distance. When he saw Geng Ji’s cultivation level, he was elated.

It had taken him nearly seven years, but thanks to the help of the Thunder Canyon and the Golden Dao Law in his Spiritual Sea, he had advanced from the fourth-stage Life Tribulation Realm to the first-stage True Form Realm. His expectations had been met.

On the contrary, in the span of these seven years, Geng Ji had advanced from the first-stage Pioneer Sea Realm to the fourth-stage Life Tribulation Realm. In terms of improvement pace, Geng Ji had improved much faster than him.

“Brother Jiu, I am at the fourth-stage Life Tribulation Realm now.” With a stretch of his body, Geng Ji landed in front of Di Jiu, his tone betraying his extreme excitement and agitation.

During the past few years, he had been constantly cultivating like crazy. He was also aware that he had offended somebody that he shouldn’t have. However, thanks to the top-notch elixirs and supreme-grade spirit meridians Di Jiu had given him, as well as the boundless Thunder Origin, he had improved rapidly. What he was most thankful for was the section of Thunder Profound Meridian that Di Jiu had given him.

“Not bad, you’ve advanced by two stages! Your Spiritual Force escape technique is not bad either. Which stage is your body-tempering at now?” Di Jiu was very pleased with Geng Ji’s progress.

Geng Ji landed in front of him in a flash, which was an obvious indication that he had reached a certain stage of the Spiritual Force escape technique.

Geng Ji scratched his head and replied, “I have reached the Soul Realm of the Three-Monarch Realm. I think that this body-tempering cultivation technique was made for me. If I was not concentrated on increasing my cultivation level, I might have broken through to the Monarch Realm already.”

“Body-tempering is a slow process, there is no need to rush. I have decoded the supernormal ability on that Thunder Hammer. It is called the Primeval Thunder Pattern. This jade slip contains my cultivation insights. Please take it.” Di Jiu handed the Primeval Thunder Pattern jade slip that he had acquired based on his cultivation experience to Geng Ji.

However, Geng Ji didn’t accept it. “Brother Jiu, I will keep trying to gain more insights into the supernormal ability on the Thunder Hammer. I think that cultivating according to the pictorial figures is more suitable for me. If I changed my cultivating method, it might not be as smooth as it is now.”

Di Jiu was moved. Although that Octagonal Copper Hammer was, in fact, a Thunder Hammer, it wasn’t clear who had left it behind. He personally believed that the correct method to cultivate was by combining the words with the pictures. However, Geng Ji wasn’t wrong either—the most suitable method was the best method.

“Okay, then go ahead and cultivate according to your way of thinking. I will help you refine a gigantic ax. You can collect all the Heavenly Purple Thunder Rocks here.” Di Jiu didn’t try to persuade Geng Ji.

“The Heavenly Purple Thunder Rocks?” Geng Ji looked at Di Jiu doubtfully.

Di Jiu pointed at the purple Thunder Rocks all over the ground and said, “Those are Heavenly Purple Thunder Rocks. In a while, I will also use the Heavenly Purple Thunder Rock in combination with the Geocentric Pattern Gold to refine a supreme-grade Spirit Weapon for you.”

“Okay.” Although Geng Ji didn’t know anything about the Heavenly Purple Thunder Rock, he trusted Di Jiu unconditionally.

A few days later, Di Jiu completed refining a 12-feet long gigantic ax for Geng Ji. The entire gigantic ax was purple, and there were numerous patterns on the blade. This was obviously a top-notch, supreme-grade Spirit Weapon.

Geng Ji didn’t need to carry the Heavenly Aqua Saber on him like he usually did. The gigantic ax was bigger. Thus, when it was activated, its aura would be even more majestic.

“Good ax.” Geng Ji fell in love with this ax the moment he got it. He shoved the ring, which was full of Heavenly Purple Thunder Rocks, at Di Jiu, impatient to try out the ax.

Di Jiu only needed to take one look at Geng Ji’s ax strike to tell that this ax was really suitable for him. He had been about to suggest that Geng Ji try out the Octagonal Thunder Hammer, but since Geng Ji was so well-suited to the ax, he shouldn’t be made to change his Dharma treasure.

“Brother Jiu, please help me choose a name for this ax. With this weapon, I would even dare take on a first-stage True Form cultivator.” Geng Ji was even happier after trying the ax.

“You do not have to attempt to beat a True Form Realm Cultivator. The True Form Realm and the Life Tribulation Realm are two different concepts. Even though you have the galaxy meridian, you will have to wait till the later stages of the Life Tribulation Realm to fight against a True Form cultivator. This ax was refined with the Geocentric Pattern Gold and the Heavenly Purple Thunder Rock, so let’s call it the Thunder Pattern Ax,” Di Jiu advised Geng Ji.

He had come from the Life Tribulation Realm, so naturally he was well aware of how huge the difference between the Life Tribulation Realm and the True Form Realm was.

“Okay, Thunder Pattern Ax it shall be.” Geng Ji, who couldn’t bear to put away his ax, continued holding it in his hands.

Di Jiu believed that the Small World Planet was about to close, so he thought that he might as well stay with Geng Ji in this Thunder Canyon and discuss cultivation techniques. Meanwhile, he handed some Roast Divine Herbs to Geng Ji and taught him how to advance his Spiritual Sea.

Geng Ji was at the fourth-stage Life Tribulation Realm, but his Spiritual Sea was already at the eighth stage. Although he had achieved this with the help of the Forging Spiritual Art, he was still considered a genius.

More than a month’s time passed quickly. The time the Small World Planet would close came. Di Jiu and Geng Ji were both whirled by the five-colored flare of light over to the square below the Small World Planet.

The people on the square below the Small World Planet were even more now than when the Small World Planet had opened. All types of commercial boards had been set up. The whole Small Central Planet knew very well that every time the Small World Planet closed, countless top-notch spirit herbs would appear.

“Di Jiu, how was it?” Huan Mingzi and Xian Ze landed beside Di Jiu in an instant and asked the same question almost at the same time.

Di Jiu’s improvements on the Small Central Planet were directly related to their plans. If Di Jiu made limited improvements on the Small Central Planet, he might not get the chance to take part in the True Dominion Genius Tournament.

“Ah… That kid has reached the fourth-stage Life Tribulation Realm…” Xian Ze stared at Geng Ji, as if he had discovered a new opportunity.

He knew very well that when Geng Ji had first entered the Small Central Planet, he had only been at the early-stage Void Spirit Realm. However, in a very short time, Geng Ji had managed to reach the fourth-stage Life Tribulation Realm. How heaven-defying of a feat was that?

Huan Mingzi was shocked by Geng Ji, and so was Xian Ze. He had placed his stakes on Di Jiu, yet only now did he discover someone more gifted than him— someone who could advance to the fourth-stage Life Tribulation Realm after merely 10 years on the Small Central Planet.

“You have to take part in the True Dominion Genius Tournament!” Huan Mingzi said excitedly, grabbing hold of Geng Ji.

“I’ll listen to Brother Jiu. He will tell me whether or not I should go to the Genius Tournament,” Geng Ji muttered.

So what if Huan Mingzi was powerful? He would only go if Di Jiu let him. Geng Ji was well aware of how he had managed to attain the Life Tribulation Realm in only 10 years. The credit belonged to Brother Jiu, not to him.

Before meeting Brother Jiu, he had been cultivating for a few years but had still been revolving around the Void Spirit Realm. He had finally managed to break through to the Pioneer Sea Realm because he had occasionally had a Spiritual Sea Fruit. When he had met Brother Jiu, Brother Jiu had directly given him 10 supreme-grade spirit meridians and all kinds of advancing spirit elixirs.

However, all these things were not the main reason he had been able to advance so quickly. The main reason was that Brother Jiu had given him a section of the Thunder Profound Meridian, which had been his killer cultivating weapon. Unfortunately, there had been too little Thunder Profound Meridian. If there had been more, Geng Ji could even have broken into the True Form Realm.

Di Jiu was about to speak when he suddenly saw Ceng Beizi and Yu Jie. What shocked him the most was that Ceng Beizi was missing an arm.

After 10 years on the Small Central Planet, Ceng Beizi’s cultivation level was still pacing around the Essence Soul Realm. On the other hand, Yu Jie’s cultivation had already reached the seventh-stage Void Spirit Realm.

“Big Brother Di…” Ceng Beizi’s eyes turned red when she saw Di Jiu coming over.

The Small Central Planet had always been an unrivaled sacred cultivation ground. Although she had been on it for such a long time, she not only hadn’t managed to improve her cultivation much, but she had also lost an arm.

Once a cultivator lost an arm, their strength was reduced greatly, even if they recovered by using spirit herbs. How many years would it take to regain it? Plus, she couldn’t afford to buy spirit herbs to repair her body. Even if she could afford to, there was no way she would actually buy any.

“What’s the matter? Where are Wei Shanshan and He Tai?” Di Jiu had just finished his sentence, when his Spiritual Force picked up Wei Shanshan and He Tai, who were quickly running over.

“Brother Jiu, if somebody hadn’t helped us, Shanshan and I would have died on the Small World Planet… Beizi, what’s the matter with your hand?” He Tai asked frantically. He had barely finished speaking when he noticed that Ceng Beizi was missing an arm.

He had been in the Cultivation World for many years, so he naturally knew what losing an arm meant for Ceng Beizi.

“Beizi’s arm was cut off by someone. They wanted to snatch her ring, so they just cut off Beizi’s arm. Beizi had gotten an Ice Vine.” Yu Jie held her fists tightly as she spoke bitterly.

The Ice Vine was so valuable that any sect would have fought like crazy over it.

“Then how did the two of you escape?” asked Di Jiu. He was sure that if there had been an Ice Vine, the other party would have silenced them after getting it.

“Beizi and I saw a skeleton with a ring on its finger. We found two level-seven Wind Escape Talismans in the ring. If it had not been for the Wind Escape Talismans, Beizi and I would not have been able to come out.” Yu Jie and Ceng Beizi had strong ties. Both of them came from the Fairy Planet. Ever since they had reached the Polar Night Continent, they’d only had each other and had braved life and death together on many occasions.

Ceng Beizi’s cultivation level had always been higher than Yu Jie’s. However, when Ceng Beizi’s arm had been cut off, her cultivation speed had slowed down immediately.

Di Jiu looked at Ceng Beizi and said, “You don’t have to worry. Many level-nine spirit herbs have appeared on the Small Central Planet this time. I believe that there should be an Embodiment of Truth Fern Fruit around. If an Embodiment of Truth Fern Fruit appears, I will certainly find a way to help you buy it and regain your arm.”

The Embodiment of Truth Fern Fruit was a level-nine spiritual fruit. Although it was sold at a shocking price, it could repair a cultivator’s broken limbs and mangled body. It was only second to the Scorpio Flower in the Cultivation World. The best treasure for repairing the flesh and body, which was the Scorpio Flower, had been extinct for a long time.

After he consoled Ceng Beizi, Di Jiu turned to Yu Jie. “Do you know who snatched Ceng Beizi’s ring and cut off her arm?”

“Yes, I do,” Yu Jie replied. “That man said that we were unlucky to meet him. His name was Ji Rui.”