Ninth In the World

“I want to go out an take a look,” Bei Yingshu suddenly announced.

Di Jiu smiled. “That’s very simple. Follow me.”

Bei Yingshu’s cultivation should have recovered a little. In Di Jiu’s opinion, this recovery was with its limits and Bei Yingshu should at most be only at the Primordial Dao Realm. However, Bei Yingshu’s cultivation was simply corroded by the fire poison and his cultivation recovery should not be that difficult.

When they entered the Solitary Buddha Lava once again, Bei Yingshu saw that Di Jiu did not even use his array flags. Yet, the restriction arrays surrounding them repeatedly formed and shattered. He was taken aback by how powerful Di Jiu’s Array Dao was.

Unlimited amounts of natural restriction Dharma fragment resided within the Solitary Buddha Lava, and they continuously formed Confinement Killing Divine Arrays. Nonetheless, Di Jiu was capable of moving freely amongst these arrays. The fact that these Divine Arrays repeatedly shattered was a clear indication of how powerful Di Jiu’s Array Dao was.

These Confinement Killing Divine Arrays did obstruct Di Jiu’s path. Even so, he only took a few days to lead Bei Yingshu out of the Solitary Buddha Lava.

The level-nine Confinement Killing Divine Array set up outside was mad-made. Di Jiu did not even bother to take out array flags to split the array open, choosing instead to cut it with a saber swing.

A crack appeared on this level-nine Divine Array. Then, Di Jiu’s Heavenly Aqua Saber transformed into a saber screen that landed on the array.

In less than half an hour, this top-notch Confinement Killing Divine Array started emitting cracking sounds.

Tears started streaming down Bei Yingshu’s face when his Spiritual Force permeated through the array and he saw the expansive sky again. How many years had it been? He had finally came out from the Solitary Buddha Lava.

…

Nuo La, who was standing outside the Dao Lord Valley, had been staring at the changes happening inside the valley. She could clearly sense the continuous fluctuation of Dao runes and the spatial vibrations within. However, the Dao Lord Valley had always been enveloped with a Dao runes mist, which Spiritual Force could not permeate through. Therefore, she did not know what was happening.

She was relieved as 10 years were going to be up. Yet, such a situation occurred just as she was getting ready to leave, thus causing her to feel anxious.

Her seven-color glaze belt was out, as she stared unblinkingly at the Solitary Buddha Lava. She would attack Di Jiu the moment he appeared.

That was an impossible notion to her but she needed to plan for the worst case scenario.

Bam! There was an explosion and then she saw two figures rushing out. Nuo La was stupefied and all her thoughts were in a mess. Unhesitatingly, she attacked the figure in front with her seven-color glaze belt.

She believed that she saw Di Jiu as the one in front. The worst case scenario had turned into reality and Di Jiu was still alive, reappearing when 10 years were almost up. She had completely ignored the fact that Di Jiu went in alone but two people came out.

Di Jiu snorted. Leaving the Heavenly Aqua Saber in its sheath, following the eruption of his domain, the trajectory of the seven-color glaze belt’s Dao runes became apparent. Di Jiu extended his hand out and grabbed hold of a section of the seven-color glaze belt. Then, he kicked out with a huge footprint.

Nuo La’s surroundings froze. She despaired. Before she could resist, this huge footprint had already bypassed the spatial distance and landed on her chest.

Pew! Blood spurted out. Nuo La felt as though her entire body was burning as a result of that kick, and she was sent flying backwards uncontrollably.

Bam! Her body smashed against a mountain, which collapsed from the impact, before she landed amidst the rubble.

Only then did Di Jiu and Bei Yingshu land on the ground. Bei Yingshu was filled with mixed feelings. Di Jiu’s cultivation level was definitely below the Dao Integration Realm, at the Primordial Chaos Realm, but one kick from him could send a late-stage Dao Integration female cultivator flying. This strength…

Bei Yingshu believed that he might not be Di Jiu’s match even if his own cultivation level was at the Dao Integration Realm. That would perhaps be possible only when he attained the third-step. As for overpowering Di Jiu completely, even that would posed some difficulties.

Di Jiu was the most formidable Primordial Chaos cultivator he had ever seen. There would be no one capable of controlling someone like him when they attained the third-step.

“Di Jiu…” Nuo La stood up from the mud, her body trembling, completely ignoring the blood dripping down from the corner of her mouth. She was well-aware that there was essentially no hope of living for her. However, before she died, she wanted to know why and how Di Jiu was still alive despite having stayed in the Dao Lord Valley for 10 years. Wasn’t the Solitary Buddha Lava below the Dao Lord Valley?

She froze after calling out Di Jiu’s name. Shocked, she stared at Bei Yingshu, who was standing behind Di Jiu, and murmured, “Could you be the Dao Lord from the Great Beginning, Supreme Oneness Dao Lord Bei Yingshu?”

Bei Yingshu looked at Nuo La incredulously,”So many years had passed and there is actually someone who could still recognize me?”

“It is truly you, my Lord?” Nuo La suddenly prostrated herself on the floor. “Junior’s name is Nuo La. Right now, I’m trying my best to perfect the Great Beginning Realm. However, my strength is limited and it has not been going well. Since you are here, please take this task over from me. I can then die in peace.”

Bei Yingshu frowned. “Are you the current Dao Lord of the Great Beginning Realm?”

Nuo La weeped and said, “I’m not qualified to be one. It is just that the number of people in the Great Beginning Realm are decreasing and I can only do things within my capability.”

Bei Yingshu recognized that Nuo La was telling the truth, so he looked at Di Jiu. “Little Jiu, can you let this lady off on my account?”

Nuo La was ecstatic as she had been waiting to hear this. She would definitely be able to live on if Dao Lord Great Beginning was protecting her.

Di Jiu ignored Bei Yingshu. Instead, he looked at Nuo La and asked, “Where did you obtain that communication pearl from?”

Nuo La knew what Di Jiu was inquiring about. She hastily replied, “I did not capture Tang Beiwei. It was obtained back when Nie Baichi replicated her communication pearl.”

Di Jiu nodded his head. The Heavenly Aqua Saber suddenly created a beam of saber flare as it slashed down.

Bei Yingshu sighed upon seeing this saber swing. In the end, Di Jiu ignored his plead. If his strength was still at full strength, he might be able to block this saber swing. As it was, he could only watch as Di Jiu killed Nuo La.

“Ahh!” exclaimed Nuo La when she suddenly saw Di Jiu swing his saber. She had thought that Di Jiu would not do anything to him, but failed to expect that Di Jiu would ignore Supreme Oneness Dao Lord’s plead.

Under this saber swing, even Nuo La’s Principal Spirit was directly pulverized.

Then, Di Jiu kept his Heavenly Aqua Saber away before turning to Bei Yingshu and saying, “Old Bei, it is not that I’m looking down on you. Rather, this person had killed too many innocents in the other realms and even built an altar in the Heaven’s Beyond of Heaven and Earth. This was done with the intention of blood sacrificing all living beings in the entire realm. Today, no matter who pleaded me to spare her life, I would still have killed this sorry excuse of a human being.”

To Di Jiu, it was him who saved Bei Yingshu and not the other way around. Therefore, he owned Bei Yingshu nothing.

“Why did she do that?” Bei Yingshu asked, puzzled. He sensed that Nuo La was not a cultivator cultivating any sinister cultivation technique.

Di Jiu replied, “I heard that the Great Beginning Realm shattered during that great war. She wanted to sacrifice the spirits and merge them into the Great Beginning Realm. That realm which was separated out back then had become a complete realm under the efforts of an expert. It is currently flourishing with life.”

“The Great Beginning Realm shattered?” muttered Bei Yingshu, repeating this question multiple times. Then he sighed, cupped his fists at Di Jiu and said, “Little Jiu, there are still many things I don’t understand currently. Therefore, I need to head over and investigate personally. I was the Dao Lord of the Great Beginning Realm. Over these years, I had understood that I’m unable to achieve Dao Validation in this realm. I want to make sense of some things that had happened in the past, so I shall leave my repayment for you saving me to a later date.”

“Old Bei, we are considered friends so there is no need to thank me. There are some matters I would like to settle as well. Let us go our separate ways and we shall see each other again in the future,” Di Jiu responded, cupping his fists as well.