Ninth In the World

“Thank you, Zihen. I’ll leave first.” Di Jiu cupped his fists and put away the wine Du Zihen had given him before he hurried to the top of the Mountain Gaze.

He had listened to Du Zihen’s words, but his view was exactly the opposite of Du Zihen’s. Since he was here, he naturally needed to look for the best. Du Zihen had not been to the Mountain Gaze Peak. In that case, how could he know that the Mountain Gaze peak was not suitable for his Dao Integration?

Nevertheless, the feelings of others were always separate. From Di Jiu’s perspective, that was just advice. Since it concerned him, he needed to confirm it on his own. Besides, wasn’t this his Dao? How could he listen to other people’s suggestions and not go to the Mountain Gaze Peak?

“You can’t go up to the Mountain Gaze…” Before Du Zihen could finish his sentence, he stopped helplessly. Di Jiu had vanished. He’d wanted to tell Di Jiu not to go up to the Mountain Gaze in a hurry but slowly climb up. Who knew that Di Jiu would go so quickly?

Di Jiu sensed an aura that cleansed the body and Principal Spirit in the rich Divine Spirit Qi that swept over. He had seen such an aura before: the Creation Aura.

Di Jiu was secretly pleasantly surprised. This was the foot of the mountain. How rich would such an aura be at the top of the mountain? Even though Di Jiu could reach the Dao Integration at any time, he had no intention of doing so.

A huge misty floating lake appeared in front of him, making him stop subconsciously. A futon was suspended above the floating lake. Without needing to ask, Di Jiu knew that this was the Creation Dao Rune Lake that Du Zihen had mentioned.

According to what Du Zihen had said, he should cultivate in this Creation Dao Rune Lake and make use of it to reach Dao Integration. It would be best not to give up the benefits in front of him, or he could lose much more by continuing to look for them.

However, Di Jiu ignored this Creation Dao Rune Lake. He headed to the Mountain Gaze Peak at his fastest speed. In just half a day, Di Jiu saw a second Creation Dao Rune Lake. What puzzled him was that this Creation Dao Rune Lake had a weaker Dao rune aura than the first one.

Di Jiu was confused. Theoretically, there should be richer Creation Dao Runes in the Creation Dao Rune Lakes toward the top of the mountain. Why were they getting weaker?

When Di Jiu went up again and saw the third and fourth Creation Dao Rune Lakes, he completely understood what Du Zihen had meant.

The Creation Dao Runes of the first Creation Dao Rune Lake that every cultivator who went up to the Mountain Gaze encountered would be the richest. The Creation Dao Runes would constantly weaken toward the top.

After Di Jiu crossed the 108th Creation Dao Rune Lake, he did not see any more Creation Dao Rune Lakes. The 108th lake had almost no Creation Dao Runes. Even if he encountered the 109th lake, he would not stop. He was not a person who was fond of regrets. Since he had decided this, he would do it firmly by following his own conscience.

The nomological escape technique had been used to its extreme, and Di Jiu was almost constantly teleporting toward the Mountain Gaze.

What shocked him was that after ten years, he was still moving about. He looked up, yet there was still no trace of the Mountain Gaze Peak.

After understanding the direction of his Dao, he had reached the foot of the Mountain Gaze with one step. Now that he hadn’t reached the top after moving about for ten years on the Mountain Gaze, would he have to understand a new Dao?

Di Jiu stopped. He had yet to reach Dao Integration. Except for encountering many Creation Dao Rune Lakes, he hadn’t sensed any new Dao laws on the way.

Di Jiu knew that Du Zihen had not told him many things. If Du Zihen had been clearer, he would have understood these things in advance.

However, Di Jiu didn’t care. Du Zihen was not petty and did not hide things. Some things should just be taboo. In that case, it would not have been good if he had asked. The two of them considered each other friends. He should not demand too much from his friend, or they would not be friends.

At this thought, Di Jiu once again hurried to the top of the mountain.

This time, he had made long-term preparations. While he was moving, he started setting up his orders.

He had understood that if he wanted to advance further on his Nomological Dao, he would have to give up the Nomological Dao that he was currently cultivating and understand his own Nomological Dao.

He couldn’t cut off the Nomological Dao he cultivated now. In that case, he might be crushed to death by the Dao runes before he took a step forward. He wanted to first establish his own Nomological Dao before he slowly gave up his previous Nomological Dao.

Di Jiu had been cultivating the Nomological Dao for many years and had realized the endless Foundation Orders. Now that he had decided to establish his own Laws of the Universe, it would not be that hard. He easily used the Ninth World to establish his first Foundation Order, which had nothing to do with the vast Five-Element Universe. He established that with his own Ninth World.

When Di Jiu was about to establish the second Foundation Order, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

The Ninth World had been constructed by his Spiritual Sea, Spiritual Force, Ninth Dao Law, Sacred Yin Pearl, and some other things.

Although the Ninth World was completely his, could he finally surpass the Five-Element World with the Foundation Orders established by the Ninth World?

Di Jiu shook his head without needing anyone to give him an answer. A world constructed like this was, at the very most, a Five-Element World or the Ninth World. It was even inextricably related to the Five-Element World. If he made use of such a thing to achieve his Dao, he was afraid that he would at best only be on equal footing with Du Bu.

It was more likely that he would not be as good as Du Bu.

Di Jiu was a very straightforward person. At the thought of not being able to rely on the Ninth World to construct laws, he did not hesitate to cut off the law that he had constructed just now. Then, a brand new order was constructed. This order had not existed in this universe at all before, but it had now appeared thanks to Di Jiu.

When this order was constructed, joy filled Di Jiu’s heart. Di Jiu felt as if his mouth and nose had been covered all year round and he had difficulty breathing. Then, he tore off the cover on his mouth and nose and breathed in the fresh air. That kind of carefreeness could not be put into words.

When this order appeared, Di Jiu saw a faint, light yellow bud in front of his eyes.

He let out a roar. He had understood his path and seen his own Dao, so he had a clear direction.

The orders were constructed one after another by Di Jiu, and that bud thrived rapidly. When the first law of Di Jiu was constructed by countless orders, Di Jiu felt some kind of enlightenment in his heart. He vaguely sensed that he had broken away from the shackles that had locked him ever since he’d started the Dao cultivation. That day, he had been constructing his own Laws of the Universe before he had qualified to slowly break away from this chain.

Would Di Jiu still care if he was at Dao Integration? He frantically constructed his own Foundation Orders one after another…

After a long while, a powerful aura filled Di Jiu’s body and mind, his Principal Spirit, his soul, and even his spirit.

Di Jiu roared and opened his eyes. He then saw a brand-new world and a brand-new universe.

“From this day onward, I, Di Jiu, will undergo Dao Integration!

“My Dao will not rely on the Laws of the Universe!

“My Dao will construct orders by itself!

“My Dao will construct the Heaven Earth Law by itself!

“My Dao will construct the Dao Law of the Universe by itself!

“My Dao will integrate, integrate, integrate…”

Boom! Boom! Boom! A series of explosions smashed down from the void. At that moment, the entire Mountain Gaze was affected by this explosion. Both the cultivators cultivating in the Creation Dao Rune Lake and the cultivators in the Dao Abyss stopped cultivating. Each of them looked up in shock at the vast void, where continuous explosions were taking place.

Every cultivator seemed to have heard the roar of the explosion. It seemed as if a new god had suddenly descended on Earth and even the universe was shaking now.