Ninth In the World

Qu Hen did not answer. He just took out a jade box and handed it over to Di Jiu. Di Jiu took it and immediately opened it. There was a talisman with Dao runes circulating in it.

Di Jiu also knew how to refine some low-level talismans and had used the Plane Rift Talisman before. The talisman in his hands was of a higher level than the ones he had used before.

Upon seeing the surprise and thirst in Di Jiu’s eyes, Qu Hen laughed. “Protector Di, you can have this.”

“Thank you, Guild Master Qu.” Di Jiu was sincerely grateful. He planned to think of a way to make a trip back to Earth after he became an Immortal Emperor.

As for the pressure of the law, Di Jiu believed that, with his Ninth Dao Law, he could avoid being suppressed by the Heaven Earth Law as long as he went to a low-level plane.

Qu Hen gestured with his hands. “Brother Di, without you, I would still have been refining pills for other people and would have eventually died feeling aggrieved. There is no need for such formalities between us.”

Chen Zishun, who stood aside, also said, “Yes, Brother Di. There is no need for such formalities between the three of us anymore. Qu Hen and I are just a few years older. Why don’t we address each other as brothers?”

“Alright, I won’t treat the two of you as outsiders. After I leave the Thunder Court Immortal Continent this time, I would like to go out and handle some matters. The Gigantic Tripod Elixir Association and my hotel will be left in your care,” Di Jiu said with cupped fists.

He had decided to enter seclusion in Dai He Hall for some time. He was now a grade-eight Immortal Alchemy Supremacy so he should be able to open Dai He Hall’s fourth level.

Opening the fourth level required entering seclusion and breaking through to the Immortal Emperor Realm.

Becoming an Immortal Emperor was Di Jiu’s priority. He would be able to face ordinary Immortal Emperors and would only make use of the Confinement Array for an expert like the Thunder Emperor. If he met someone as formidable as the Thunder Emperor, he would only wait for death without even having the time to set up large arrays.

Inevitably, no experts went to find him after the Primeval Thunder Rock was revealed.

“Brother Di, don’t worry. As long as both of us are in the Gigantic Tripod Immortal City, the Peace Hotel will be fine,” Qu Hen said with certainty.

Di Jiu did not say anything. Qu Hen, who controlled the flying Dharma treasure, started to break Li Lei’s ring.

The restriction on Li Lei’s ring was indeed strong, but it was nothing for Di Jiu. In half an hour, he was able to break it open.

It contained another Small World whose law was nearly up to par with that of the Quintessential World. Among the many rings Di Jiu had seized, the Small World in his hands had the highest class after Ye Xi’s Quintessential World.

There were all kinds of high-level immortal spiritual herbs growing in the Small World. The immortal spiritual herbs at and below level seven were extremely precious, and the majority of them were immortal spiritual herbs at and over level seven.

A pile of thunder-element materials was accumulated on one side. There were at least five supreme-grade immortal spirit meridians without any high-grade immortal spirit meridians. Di Jiu was pleasantly surprised at the sight of a supreme-grade thunder-element immortal spirit meridian. As for the high-grade immortal crystals, there were around a billion.

There was a dazzling lineup of all kinds of elixir pills, Dharma treasures, and cultivation techniques. However, Di Jiu was not very interested in them. His gaze fell on a black array flag. Based on his intuition, he knew that this was very likely the array flag to break open the Thunder Court Immortal Continent’s Defense Array.

Di Jiu immediately took it in his hands and his Spiritual Force permeated it. He very quickly refined the first layer of the restriction. It turned out that this was the Thunder Court Immortal Continent’s control array flag.

After Di Jiu refined all the restrictions of this control array flag, he sensed the whereabouts of the Thunderclap Pearl.

He sighed silently. If this array flag had landed in the hands of Tie Beishan, he was certain that Tie Beishan would have taken away the Thunderclap Pearl ultimately.

The Thunderclap Pearl was under the Two-Realm Valley. Di Jiu wondered whether Li Lei had shifted the Thunderclap Pearl over here on purpose. If the Thunder Court Immortal Continent had been destroyed, Li Lei would have taken the Thunderclap Pearl and left through the Two-Realm Valley.

It was hard to say whether Li Lei had not been able to leave the Two-Realm Valley alone or use the Thunderclap Pearl.

Once the Thunderclap Pearl was taken away, the Thunder Court Immortal Continent would be just like the Square Immortal Continent. The Thunder Court Immortal Continent’s cultivators should be glad that the array flag that controlled the Thunderclap Pearl and the Thunder Court Immortal Continent’s Defense Array was in his hands.

“How is it?” Qu Hen hurriedly questioned Di Jiu the moment he came out.

Di Jiu chuckled. “No problem. I’ve obtained the Thunder Court Immortal Continent’s Defense Array. Later on, we’ll open the Defense Array in the Two-Realm Valley and leave the Thunder Court Immortal Continent.”

Upon hearing that, Qu Hen and Chen Zishun were overjoyed. With the Thunder Court Immortal Continent’s Defense Array flag, no one would need to be detained there. They still had a pile of things to attend to in the Elixir Association.

Ever since Di Jiu had killed Ye Xi and swept the Brilliant Lake Palace, the Gigantic Tripod Elixir Association’s development had changed rapidly each day.

As for the Thunder Court Immortal Continent’s Defense Array flag, which was in Di Jiu’s hands, Qu Hen and Chen Zishun were not worried about it at all. They believed that Di Jiu would not do what Li Lei had done. The three of them, who were relaxed, started to talk about the Alchemy Dao.

Di Jiu was only a grade-eight Immortal Alchemy Supremacy, but his experience exceeded the two Guild Masters’ experience. The three of them all gained something during the discussion.

Three days later, the flying boat landed on the Two-Realm Valley.

Di Jiu did not immediately open the Thunder Court Immortal Continent’s Defense Array, but he found the Thunderclap Pearl and discovered a different Spiritual Force lingering inside it.

Di Jiu believed that Li Lei had left this behind. He had really wanted to take it away.

Now that he had discovered the Thunderclap Pearl, he stripped off all the Spiritual Force aura on it without the slightest hesitation. He did not even leave his Spiritual Force on it.

The Thunderclap Pearl was the Thunder Court Immortal Continent’s, not just anyone’s possession. Not only would it disappear with the loss of the pearl, but the cultivators who wanted to ascend to the Thunder Court Immortal Continent’s Cultivation World would also be left with no way out.

After stripping off the Spiritual Force on the Thunderclap Pearl, Di Jiu started setting up nomological array flags and hid the pearl in the Thunder Court Immortal Continent’s void by using the nomological technique.

From that day onwards, nobody would be able to take away the Thunderclap Pearl even if they destroyed the Thunder Court Immortal Continent.

Di Jiu was in control of the Thunder Court Immortal Continent’s Defense Array flag and he very soon opened the passage out. Di Jiu had some doubts as he left the Thunder Court Immortal Continent with Qu Hen and Chen Zishun and landed in the void.

“Brother Di, it will take years to travel to the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City. Since you have something to do, let’s part ways here,” Qu Hen said once they left the Thunder Court Immortal Continent.

Di Jiu revealed the doubts he had. “Brothers, I sense something strange. Why did the Thunder Court Immortal Continent not establish a void pier to enter the void directly? This way, they would still be able to go out even if they wanted to leave the Thunder Court Immortal Continent to go to the void for training.”

At the same time, he thought of the Square Immortal Continent, which was also an immortal continent without a void pier.

Stronger cultivators could use the Teleportation Array to leave the immortal continent while weaker cultivators could only stay for a lifetime. When it came to a place like the Thunderous Floating Island, not everyone could get through.

Qu Hen frowned, as he had not thought of this problem either. Each immortal continent did not have such a void pier. Unless…

The three of them thought of the same place simultaneously and looked at each other in dismay without saying a word. Unless someone did not want the Four Major Immortal Continents’ cultivators to leave at will… Even if someone left, there would only be a small minority of cultivators with very high positions.

Di Jiu, who knew more about this, did not continue asking questions. He took out a ring, handed it over to Qu Hen, and said, “Brother Qu, leave this ring to Xie Huang, who is my friend. If he comes to the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City in the future, please pass it to him on my behalf. I’ll take my leave first. Let’s meet in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City.”

“Don’t worry. The Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City will be fine with us around.” Qu Hen knew that Di Jiu was different from them. There would not be a huge change in their cultivation level regardless of whether they went out or stayed in the city. However, Di Jiu was still young and he had a lot of resources. His growth would be restricted if he stayed in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City.

…

Di Jiu was much faster with his Spiritual Force escape technique than Qu Hen and Chen Zishun. His Spiritual Force had surpassed level-nine immortal force and, in only ten days, he once again arrived in Dai He Hall.

The array flag surrounding Dai He Hall was long gone. Even if someone knew this was Dai He Hall, they would not find the entrance.

Di Jiu was very grateful for Dai He Hall. His cultivation level would not have improved so much without it.

Di Jiu’s array formation level rose. After amending the void array door outside, he stepped into Dai He Hall.

Di Jiu went straight to the third level. Di Jiu wanted to open the elixir door of the third level to enter the fourth level for cultivation.

When he arrived at the third-level elixir door of Dai He Hall, he took out the Gigantic Cosmic Cauldron and set up dozens of array flags.

Di Jiu was somewhat stunned when he saw the words on the third-level elixir door of Dai He Hall. “Refine a cauldron of grade-nine nine-patterned immortal pills within two hours and put it on the elixir door. Come again next year if you fail.”

There were six slots under it.

Upon seeing the line of words, Di Jiu, who had been prepared to refine a cauldron of grade-eight immortal pills, was taken aback. This did not make sense. Didn’t grade-eight immortal pills follow after grade-seven immortal pills? How come it had been changed to grade-nine immortal pills?