Ninth In the World

Panda Novel

Di Jiu left the cave abode with Mo Yuxuan after he advanced and became a Perfected Immortal. He needed to find a place to reside in as he was converting his Quintessential Essence into Immortal Essence.

Di Jiu knew that, after he attained the Perfected Immortal Realm, there was no point in cultivating anymore. Thus, he spent all his effort on finding a place where he could convert his Quintessential Essence to Immortal Essence.

Di Jiu was currently standing in the middle of a torn-up swamp as his Spiritual Force kept spreading out into the distance. He had a feeling that the place he was looking for was near. However, he hadn’t been able to find it, even after so many days.

Suddenly, Mo Yuxuan, who had been lying on Di Jiu’s back, opened her eyes. Although she looked dazed, she didn’t struggle.

Di Jiu felt Mo Yuxuan wake up. He quickly put her down as he said, “Fairy Mo, you…”

Di Jiu knew that he didn’t need to continue speaking. Although Mo Yuxuan had woken up and become mobile, her heart and soul hadn’t completely recovered yet.

“Forget it. Just stay with me from this day onwards. If we ever get separated, remember not to let any strangers come near you or trust a stranger’s words.” Di Jiu could only say this much.

Anything could happen in the Sunset Immortal World. If he and Mo Yuxuan ever got separated in the future, such a reminder could give Mo Yuxuan a chance at survival.

Mo Yuxuan actually nodded. Then, she followed Di Jiu silently.

In the beginning, Mo Yuxuan only followed Di Jiu and did whatever Di Jiu taught her to. After some time, she could do some things within her ability without Di Jiu having to ask her.

There were many places that Di Jiu couldn’t ascertain if they were suitable for establishing the Immortal City. Thus, he needed to set up Dharma Arrays at those places. Mo Yuxuan had been able to follow Di Jiu’s instructions and help out.

Di Jiu was very happy to see Mo Yuxuan get better day by day.

There was only one thing he couldn’t do anything about. Every time he was trying to convert Quintessential Essence into Immortal Essence and arranged for Mo Yuxuan to stay in another room, she would automatically come over and sleep in the room he was in.

As time passed, Di Jiu didn’t bother getting Mo Yuxuan to another room anymore.

“Senior! Senior…” A hurried scream was heard just as he put away another array flag in disappointment.

Di Jiu had already detected the person within his Spiritual Force. It was the person who had secretly left after witnessing his Tribulation Transcendence in the past. He wasn’t sure why this cultivator had bothered to return.

Di Jiu put the array flag away in his ring, turned and asked gently Qu Tong, who was rushing over, “Weren’t you afraid that I would kill you? Wasn’t that why you left secretly last time? Why did you return to get killed now?”

Qu Tong quickly bowed as he replied, “I trust that you are not someone who kills the innocent without reason, Senior. If you had wanted to kill me, you could have chased after me last time.”

Di Jiu laughed. “Maybe I didn’t want to go to that trouble. Isn’t it nice now that you have come on your own?”

Qu Tong sighed. “I have nothing to say if you really wish to kill me.”

Qu Tong had returned because after he had left, he had felt more and more intensely that it would be futile if he tried to escape from Di Jiu. Di Jiu was just too powerful. However, Di Jiu hadn’t actually chased after him.

This made Qu Tong feel that he had been wrong about Di Jiu initially. Now, he thought that the cultivator that he had seen experiencing Tribulation Transcendence wasn’t someone who would kill the innocent.

In his opinion, Di Jiu’s strength was too shocking, whereas he was too weak. If he wanted to make great achievements, his efforts would be in vain if he didn’t get help from experts like Di Jiu. However, he would only have himself to blame if Di Jiu really wanted to kill him.

In fact, it didn’t make much difference to Qu Tong whether or not he would be killed now that he was in the Sunset Immortal World.

“Tell me! Why are you looking for me?” said Di Jiu as he nodded. He didn’t sense any evil-boding Qi or bloodlust aura on Qu Tong. This meant that, even though Qu Tong was a Perfected Immortal, he didn’t refine by using other cultivators’ Blood Essence.

Qu Tong was elated when he heard Di Jiu. He immediately knew that he hadn’t been wrong about him. Di Jiu wasn’t the sort of person who would kill the innocent without reason.

Then, Qu Tong replied agitatedly, “Senior, everyone in the Immortal World thinks that the time of the sunset has come, but I don’t. I feel that the Immortal World can return to its original state.”

Di Jiu looked puzzledly at Qu Tong and asked, “Why do you feel this way?”

“Because I discovered two things. Firstly, you have been able to experience Tribulation Transcendence here…”

Di Jiu immediately sighed when he heard this. He had been able to experience Tribulation Transcendence because he possessed the Golden Dao Law. Moreover, the strength of the Thunder Tribulation during his Tribulation Transcendence probably wasn’t that of the Perfected Immortal Thunder Tribulation of the Immortal World. Therefore, the fact that he could experience Tribulation Transcendence here had nothing to do with whether the Immortal World could be restored.

Then, Di Jiu asked with waning enthusiasm, “What is the second thing that you discovered?” He didn’t believe Qu Tong’s words, because he had been searching for a place to set up the Five-Element Array to gather and ensure that the light from providence continued to shine for many years, but he hadn’t been able to.

Although Qu Tong could feel that Di Jiu’s interest was waning, he said very seriously, “Senior, the second thing I discovered is a spring. According to my observation, that stream of spring water is growing wider. The spring water is cool, tastes sweet and has a unique Immortal Spirit aura that can allow one to cultivate…”

“Did you say that you saw a spring?” Di Jiu became agitated too as his eyes filled with happiness and desire.

He hadn’t seen water here ever since he had arrived in the Immortal World many years ago. There were no rivers, lakes or seas either.

Di Jiu hadn’t wasted his time during all these years while he had been searching for a place to set up the Five-Element Array. He had been researching the causes and effects of the dissipation of the light from providence.

Normally, every world would contain treasures that were mostly natural and would ensure that the light from providence shined on them. Such treasures were unobtainable, even if one refined an entire world. A portion of the worlds also contained light from providence, which was ensured through human intervention. This was often the case in large planes.

If a plane lost its light from providence, then it would be filled with murder and evil intentions. Eventually, all water sources would dry up.

Where there was water, there would eventually be a drought. Where there were spiritual plants, there would be withering. The ordinary weeds would wither after all the water ran dry and the spiritual plants withered.

When all the weeds had withered, then the laws of that world would degenerate.

Everybody knew very well that a world would be completely destroyed after its laws degenerated.

Since the treasure that ensured the light from providence was gone, there could not be any water. Thus, according to the Book of the World, if water appeared in the Immortal World, it would mean that there was still some light from providence hidden underneath the water. Otherwise, the spring water would not have existed.

“Yes. I have indeed seen spring water and even tasted it,” said Qu Tong agitatedly. “I later realized that I could not handle it on my own as the spring became wider and wider. Therefore, I had to seek help from you, Sir.”

“Where is it?” asked Di Jiu. He was even more agitated than Qu Tong had been. He knew more about the significance of this stream of water after all.

If someone with an ulterior motive found out about the spring, there would only be two possible scenarios: either that person would secretly cultivate on it until all the spring water was used up, or they would dig to take away what little light from providence remained.

Numerous selfish people existed in the Immortal World. They were as many as a school of carps moving down a stream. He had to quickly fence up the area, set up the Major Five-Element Array before anyone else got to it, and build a real Immortal City.

If he set up the Major Five-Element Array to ensure that the light from providence could shine, then the Immortal World would one day have its light from providence restored.

“It is at the river bed of the Sky Bamboo River…”

…

Within a few breaths, Di Jiu had arrived at the river bed of the Sky Bamboo River along with Qu Tong and Mo Yuxuan.

Qu Tong was right. There was not just a stream of spring water here. The start of the spring also had the thickness of a little finger. However, regardless of how much spring water surfaced, it would quickly permeate the ground and disappear. This was because the river bed had been dry for too long.

Suddenly, Qu Tong got more agitated. He pointed to the spring water and said, “When I first saw it, it was only a fine stream. Now, it is already as thick as a finger!”

Di Jiu grabbed a few array flags to hide the stream of spring water. Then, he patted Qu Tong on the shoulder and said, “Daoist Qu, I had been looking for a place to restore the light from providence all these years. Although I have limited strength, the Sky Bamboo River is undoubtedly the best place for the light from providence. If you are willing to help me, I will first build an Immortal City here. Then, I will set up a Major Five-Element Array to ensure that the light from providence can shine. I believe that the light from providence will be restored to the Immortal World sooner or later.”

Di Jiu didn’t mention that the spring water existed because there was some remnant of the light of providence here. Neither did he speak of his plans to use the Floating Flame Flag to help the light from providence shine.

“Senior…”

“My name is Di Jiu,” said Di Jiu, who interrupted him. “Let’s address each other as Brothers in the future. I have another friend who has been searching for a place to build the Immortal City like me. There will be more people like us in the near future.”

“Okay, Senior Brother Di. I am willing to follow you and contribute what little I have to the Immortal World.” Qu Tong was still very agitated.

What he wanted was not a selfish Immortal City full of murder. He needed a real Immortal City to exist in the Immortal World.