Chapter 654: Reaching the Second Step
Di Jiu silently found this a pity. If he had obtained the Heaven Essence Fruit, he might really have been able to refine a cauldron of Heaven Essence Dao Pills in the future.
Right now, he wanted to attain the Primordial Dao Realm and was a step away from it. If he had the Heaven Essence Dao Pills, he could almost ensure that he would attain the Primordial Dao Realm.
Luan Wenxing clearly had not considered her mentality. If he ended the conversation on the Heaven Essence Fruit, Ji Lingzhu would perhaps search for a chance to apologize to him.
Unfortunately, he continued. “We’re now at the perfected Dao Transformation, but we don’t have the Heaven Essence Fruit anymore. If we want to attain the Primordial Dao Realm, it’ll take many years…”
He sounded disappointed and lost.
Ji Lingzhu’s anger once again rose. “Luan Wenxing, what do you mean by that? How have I let you down? Are you saying that one Heaven Essence Fruit lasts for two lifetimes? Many people cannot obtain a Heaven Essence Fruit in their lifetime, but they still can attain the second-step Dao Validation, right? You’re such a useless person…”
Luan Wenxing was disappointed by the antic.i.p.ation of reaching the second-step Dao Validation. The moment he heard Ji Lingzhu, he subconsciously retorted, “Tell me then, who wouldn’t use the Heaven Essence Fruit to reach the second-step Dao Validation? Besides, other people make use of other things to reach the second step even if they don’t use the Heaven Essence Fruit.”
“Back then, did Sacred Emperor Ye make use of the Heaven Essence Fruit to reach the second step? You’re just useless.” Ji Lingzhu was enraged. Luan Wenxing was still constantly thinking of a mere Heaven Essence Fruit. Where had their love gone all these years? She suddenly felt sad and could no longer stay on the flying boat. Thus, she rushed out and instantly disappeared in the distance.
Luan Wenxing immediately snapped out of his disappointment. He hurriedly rushed out of Di Jiu’s flying boat and chased after her. Before he left, he thanked Di Jiu for his Dao fruit wine and told him that they would meet again if they were fated.
As if Di Jiu had not seen Luan Wenxing and Ji Lingzhu leave, he kept thinking of what Ji Lingzhu had said.
Could he reach the second step without the Heaven Essence Fruit?
According to Ji Lingzhu, Sacred Emperor Ye had not used the Heaven Essence Fruit to reach the second step. If he could do so, why couldn’t Di Jiu too?
He cultivated the Nomological Dao and condensed the Ninth World. How could he be inferior to someone else? Moreover, when he had advanced to the perfected Dao Transformation earlier, he had gained an increasingly deep understanding of the void. If he made use of the supreme-grade Dao meridian and Chaos Qi on him, he might reach the Primordial Dao Realm.
Why did he have to think about going to the Void City to obtain the Heaven Earth Essence Energy and reach the second step? From the Dao Modeling to the Dao Birth and then to the Dao Transformation, had he used any Dao pills or Dao fruit? If his Nomological Dao also required using Dao fruits, that would simply be an insult to it. Dao fruit was formed by the condensation of the Heaven Earth Law and Heaven Earth Essence Energy. These things had helped him have a rapid recovery and restored his Divine Essence among other things. However, they should not be used to break through his Dao cultivation realm.
At least, he should not antic.i.p.ate this. Ever since he’d started cultivating the Nomological Dao, he should have stopped regarding himself as an ordinary cultivator.
Besides, the Void City had Primordial Chaos Sacred Emperors, unlike the Dark Red Sacred Dao City. Di Jiu might encounter what Luan Wenxing had said.
Upon thinking of this, Di Jiu turned the flying boat in the opposite direction of the Void City.
“Brother Di, we’re not going to the Void City?” Ding Chi hurriedly inquired when he saw Di Jiu turn the flying boat around.
Di Jiu answered, “We’re going to the Void City, but not now. I need to reach the second step before going there.”
On the journey, Di Jiu had encountered an abandoned Star Continent and he planned to reach the second step there.
“Ah…” Ding Chi stared blankly at Di Jiu. After a while, he said, “Brother Di, you’re still not at the second step?”
Ding Chi had always thought that Di Jiu was at the second-step Dao Validation of the Primordial Dao Realm.
Di Jiu chuckled. “If I was at the second-step Dao Validation, would I still be hiding from Jiang Dai? He’s not that bold.”
When he had been at the early-stage Dao Transformation, he had dared to wait for Jiang Dai outside the Dark Red Sacred Dao City. After reaching the Primordial Dao Realm, would he still be afraid of Jiang Dai?
So what if he was one of the Ten Major Geniuses? Di Jiu would have called out even Di Xinren if he wanted his life, let alone the Ten Major Geniuses.
Ding Chi opened his mouth in shock. How powerful was he? He could kill someone who was at the Primordial Dao Realm, when Di Jiu was only at the Dao Transformation Realm. n.o.body would believe this, even though he had seen and heard it for himself.
He immediately recalled that he was now at the perfected Dao Birth. After Di Jiu entered seclusion and reached the Primordial Dao Realm, couldn’t he reach the Dao Transformation Realm too?
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Several days later, Di Jiu’s flying boat stopped on the abandoned planet.
Di Jiu started refining the array flags and set up the Defense Array there. Since he had chosen this place to reach the Primordial Dao Realm, he did not want anyone to disturb him.
Di Jiu set up array flags and the Five-Element Flags.
Thanks to the four Five-Element Flags, Di Jiu managed to set up a level-seven Divine Defense Array on this small abandoned planet. Under the level-seven Divine Defense Array, not only did he set up a Spirit-Binding Array, but he also set up an Invisibility Divine Array.
After he had completely set up these Defense Arrays, he immediately took out three supreme-grade Dao meridians and implanted them underneath the planet.
He had obtained seven complete supreme-grade Dao meridians at Jiang Dai’s Dai He Hall and two shattered supreme-grade Dao meridians. He used two of them on the Dao World’s Defense Array. Even though he had been using them for his cultivation, he had five complete supreme-grade Dao meridians left.
As Di Jiu implanted three supreme-grade Dao meridians, Ding Chi s.h.i.+vered excitedly. What was this Divine Spirit Qi? With such a rich Divine Spirit Qi around, Ding Chi could definitely make use of the Purple Heaven Pill to reach the Dao Transformation.
Ding Chi was shocked. Before he could even take out the Purple Heaven Pill, he could once again sense an extremely pure aura. This was…
Chaos Qi? Ding Chi looked at where Di Jiu was cultivating. He knew that he’d really encountered an exceptional opportunity while following Di Jiu. He was not aware of Di Jiu’s background, but this was definitely the fate of the universe. After all, he had the supreme-grade Dao meridian and Chaos Qi.
While Ding Chi was still sighing, Lightning had already tactfully found a place closer to Di Jiu and started swallowing the Heaven Earth Essence Energy.
When Di Jiu took out the Chaos Qi and wrapped himself with it, he started frantically circulating the Nomological Dao. His entire state of mind once again entered the void law.
At that moment, not only was Di Jiu’s Nomological Dao frantically circulating, but his Ninth World also used the Chaos Qi and mixed it with his Dao force.
According to Di Jiu’s Dao, all living things in the universe adhered to laws without an exception. Hundreds of millions of different Foundation Orders formed these laws. Once he circulated the Dao, endless Dao runes of the Foundation Orders started surging, reorganizing, and condensing right where Di Jiu was.
The Chaos Qi that was bound by the Divine Spirit Qi did not reveal Di Jiu’s Defense Arrays. Apart from a little Chaos Qi that was absorbed by Lightning and Ding Chi, most of the Chaos Qi was swept away by Di Jiu before it mixed with his Dao.
The surging Dao runes were condensed by the chaos and bound by Di Jiu. After the Dao coc.o.o.n was formed, it seemed as though a sound of explosion evolved from the coc.o.o.n.
All kinds of nomological fragments constantly revealed themselves outside Di Jiu’s Dao coc.o.o.n. Before they entered the Dao coc.o.o.n, a deep and endless void aura was revealed outside the Dao coc.o.o.n that did not enter it either.
Amid this Chaos Qi, it seemed as though Di Jiu’s Nomological Dao had met soil and water. A faint, soft sound was heard, as if a new sprout was about to come out of the soil. A brand-new nomological aura appeared around Di Jiu. His aura rapidly rose along with the brand-new nomological aura and the Dao runes became more majestic.
The Dao coc.o.o.n, which was formed by the Chaos Qi and Divine Spirit Qi under Di Jiu’s Nomological Dao, gradually dissolved. Then, the majestic Dao rune aura in s.p.a.ce started becoming vaster and vaster.