On a deserted asteroid, Joe Di felt the barrier to the Immortal King realm without even using the Aurora Pill.
After just three cycles of the Rule Cycle technique, his immortal essence crashed against the Immortal King barrier. At the same moment, nine thick arcs of lightning thundered down.
Zhong Ao stared in awe at Joe Di undergoing his tribulation. In his hazy memories, he had witnessed countless geniuses, but never one like Joe Di. He knew clearly that Joe Di hadn't used any pills, yet he had already drawn the Immortal King Lightning Tribulation.
What left him speechless was that only after the Immortal King Lightning Tribulation descended did Joe Di finally take out a few pills and toss them into his mouth. His divine sense swept over them—they were King's Liora Pills.
Ordinarily, cultivators use pills first and then draw the lightning tribulation. Joe Di did the opposite: he summoned the lightning tribulation first, then used the pills.
Anyone could guess that Joe Di wasn't using the King's Liora Pill to break through his bottleneck—it was merely to replenish his energy.
But even that seemed off. This so-called Immortal King Lightning Tribulation was just the Seven-Nine Lightning Tribulation, yet Joe Di's first wave of lightning arcs was the Nine-Nine, and immediately after came the second wave.
Crucially, these two waves of lightning only left some heavy wounds on Joe Di's body surface, far from causing any serious injuries to his bones or tendons.
To be able to trigger the Immortal King Lightning Tribulation so easily, and to pass through it just as effortlessly, Zhong Ao was certain Joe Di was also a top-tier body cultivator.
With such talent, he was even more formidable than Li Tu the Young King...
Hmm, who is this Li Tu Little King? Why did that name suddenly pop into my head? Zhong Ao rubbed his hair, completely forgetting about Di Jiu's tribulation.
During the fifth wave of tribulation, Di Jiu broke through to the Immortal King realm. He could only sigh at how weak his tribulation was. Or rather, it wasn't that his tribulation was too weak—it was that his body refinement was simply too excessive.
He was only at the Immortal King stage, yet his body refinement had already reached the late stage of the Immortal God Body. Most Immortal Emperors' physical bodies weren't as strong as his.
Boom! As the ninth wave of tribulation crashed down, Di Jiu's sea of consciousness erupted with thunderous roars, expanding to more than twice its previous size, and his spiritual sense grew several times stronger.
Di Jiu was overjoyed. Breaking into the Immortal King realm was no pressure for him; instead, as he stepped into the Immortal King, his spiritual sense advanced to Ninth Grade, bringing him a pleasant surprise.
His spiritual sense was far more refined than that of ordinary cultivators, making every advancement extremely difficult. Now, taking advantage of his breakthrough to Immortal King, his spiritual sense had also advanced a grade—how could he not be delighted?
Di Jiu briefly stabilized his cultivation, tidied up, and prepared to hurry back to Daihe Hall to cultivate. The rules in the void were blurred, and the immortal spirit energy was severely lacking—cultivating here was simply a waste of time.
"What are you doing?" Di Jiu noticed Zhong Ao rubbing his head in the distance.
Startled by Di Jiu's shout, Zhong Ao looked at him blankly for a long moment before saying, "I just remembered the name Li Tu Little King. It seems to be connected to my past memories."
Di Jiu walked over to Zhong Ao, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Old Zhong, thinking about these things won't help. I'll help you in the future. But if you mess up your mind, let me warn you now—I don't have the ability to save you, and you'll be in a miserable state."
"Big Brother, you're finally back!" As soon as Di Jiu entered Daihe Hall, Shu Di leapt over in delight.
Mo Yuxuan, who was cultivating, also stood up excitedly. Her cultivation had already reached the fourth level of Greater Yi Immortal. Even with the excellent cultivation resources here, it was clear how powerful her Immaculate Spirit Root was. Shu Di, on the other hand, hadn't made much progress and was still a third-grade Immortal Demon.
"Senior Brother..." Mo Yuxuan looked at Di Jiu with excitement. She had been the most worried after Di Jiu left, and only now, seeing him safe and sound, did she finally relax.
If not for always worrying about Di Jiu, with her Immaculate Spirit Root and cultivating with eighteen complete mid-grade immortal spirit veins, her cultivation would probably have already reached the peak of Greater Yi Immortal.
"Big Brother, who is this?" Shu Di asked, seeing Zhong Ao following behind.
"This is Brother Zhong Ao. Why don't I see Hei Huo and Jie Huang?" Di Jiu asked in confusion.
Shu Di snorted, "Xiao Huang couldn't stand the boredom and wanted to go out for a walk. After Hei Huo advanced to sixth-grade Immortal Demon, he felt he was something special and didn't want to stay here taking care of Sister Mo. So he went out with Xiao Huang. Only I stayed here, waiting for Big Brother to return."
Di Jiu frowned. Jie Huang was fine—his father was the Palace Lord of Star Demon Palace, so he'd be safe no matter what.
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But Hei Huo was truly remarkable—being able to tear open space wasn't simple. If Hei Huo followed Jie Huang to a crowded place, Di Jiu was sure trouble would follow.
Wait, something's not right. Di Jiu started to feel suspicious. No matter how reckless Jie Huang was, he wouldn't leave so casually, would he? Di Jiu had told Jie Huang to wait until he returned and reached the Immortal King realm before leaving. Plus, with such abundant cultivation resources here, why would Jie Huang want to go out?
Now that Jie Huang left early, there must be something Shu Di and Mo Yuxuan don't know about.
"Big Brother, are we still staying here to cultivate?" Shu Di asked worriedly, shrinking back into the place to keep cultivating—it was driving him crazy.
Maybe it was precisely because of his restless nature that he stood out from countless ordinary ancient trees and became a tree demon who could move around.
"No, once I open the third level of the hall, we'll go to Great Cauldron Free Immortal City and reopen our shop." As he spoke, Di Jiu waved his hand and collected the eighteen mid-grade immortal spirit veins from the second hall of Daihe Hall.
"Quite creative—using pills to break the array." After Di Jiu collected the eighteen mid-grade immortal spirit veins, Zhong Ao saw a stone door with six pill slots.
Di Jiu took out a pill furnace and quickly refined a batch of Liuluo King Pills. Then, six nine-patterned Liuluo King Pills shot out, landing precisely in the six pill slots.
Others, even if they wanted to open this pill array door, probably wouldn't use such precious pills as Liuluo King Pills. Di Jiu had plenty of Liuluo Immortal Fruits, so he didn't bother to consider if it was worth it.
"You're also an Immortal Pill Emperor?" Seeing Di Jiu casually refine a batch of nine-patterned Liuluo King Pills, Zhong Ao asked in shock.
Di Jiu's cultivation aptitude was definitely the best he'd ever seen. Even while cultivating, he could master pill refinement, and his pill skills were even stronger than his cultivation. Plus, he was a body refinement expert before—how could that not be shocking?
"No, I'm a Seventh Grade Immortal Pill King..." Di Jiu's words suddenly stopped—he was surprised.
A surge of extremely dense immortal spirit energy rushed over. In front of him were thirty-six high-grade immortal spirit veins, and in the middle of these veins was an ancient-looking box.
The second level of Daihe Hall had nothing but mid-grade immortal spirit veins, but now that he'd opened the third level, besides high-grade veins, he saw something else. Maybe it was because he'd used six Liuluo King Pills.
"Good stuff," Zhong Ao couldn't help but say.
Di Jiu chuckled, "Old Zhong, didn't you say these immortal spirit veins weren't worth your attention?"
Zhong Ao replied calmly, "I'm not talking about those spirit veins—I'm talking about the box in the middle."
Di Jiu quickly stepped into the center of the spirit veins, grabbed the box, and opened it. Inside, he saw four words: 'Five Elements Escape Technique.'
To be honest, Di Jiu didn't think this Five Elements Escape Technique was all that precious. The stronger his spiritual sense, the faster he could escape; the Five Elements Escape Technique was more like an added bonus to him.
"This technique might not be inferior to your spiritual sense escape, and could even be stronger. Sometimes, spiritual sense can't be used, but places without five element attributes are rare," Zhong Ao said, noticing Di Jiu's attitude.
"No matter how strong the Five Elements Escape Technique is, doesn't it still need spiritual sense to work?" Di Jiu asked, puzzled.
Zhong Ao snorted, "That's only because you haven't mastered it, or it's a fake Five Elements Escape Technique."
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