Chapter 14 Divergence

Eastern Primordial main camp.

Di Jun was continuously revisiting his battle with Wu Tian, contemplating the details of the fight between him and Wu Tian.

After a long while, Di Jun opened his eyes.

Although this seemed perilous, it was actually a close call without danger, but brought him great gains.

One of Di Jun's purposes in coming to this battlefield was to witness various Dao paths, to accumulate essence for breaking through to Daluo Golden Immortal.

All the battles over the past three hundred years had become the foundation for Di Jun.

Di Jun could now break through to Daluo Golden Immortal, but the timing wasn't right yet, as he hadn't decided on his own Dao path.

Just a little longer, he believed that the day he would break through to Daluo Golden Immortal was not far.

"Is Daoist Di Jun available? East King has come to visit."

Hearing East King's voice, Di Jun got up to welcome him in.

"Daoist Di Jun, congratulations."

Upon taking a seat, East King immediately congratulated Di Jun.

At that moment, Di Jun looked at East King with a puzzled face and asked, "My friend, what is there to rejoice about?"

"Don't you know? The entire Eastern Primordial is spreading the news of your deeds."

East King said with a face full of envy.

"My deeds?"

"Yes, matching the Golden Immortal Wu Tian in battle, and even managing to escape from his hands after he broke through to Daluo Golden Immortal."

"It's said that Wu Tian was extremely furious after returning."

Di Jun now understood the situation but was still very puzzled: How could such news spread so quickly?

"It's merely a false reputation; besides, I barely managed to escape from Wu Tian's hands."

Di Jun indeed thought so in his heart.

Being able to escape does not show real competence; truly powerful would be making Wu Tian see me escaping.

Di Jun considered his own speed; if there had really been a chance, Wu Tian likely could not have escaped.

Seeing Di Jun's calm demeanor, East King felt a great deal of envy and even a bit of jealousy emerged.

Both entered this battlefield at the same time, and initially, when they cooperated, East King had always assisted Di Jun.

Back then, East King felt that he was always overshadowed by Di Jun, barely able to exhibit his prowess, so he proposed they split up.

He truly did not expect Di Jun to be so formidable.

After this battle, Di Jun has clearly become the foremost Golden Immortal on both the Immortal Dao and Demon Path sides.

To be the number one Golden Immortal, one knows just how impressive that is.

Although he has also made a name for himself now, it's nowhere near Di Jun.

"That's Luo Hou's disciple. Aren't you excited?"

"So what? Can it let me break through my current realm?"

Di Jun retorted.

East King couldn't understand Di Jun's indifferent response.

"Now that you can match Wu Tian, could it be possible that some ancient ancestor would take you as a disciple?"

Seeing that Di Jun was indeed uninterested in his newfound fame, East King changed his line of questioning.

"Probably not, there are many outstanding beings with talent, yet we haven't seen any ancestors taking them as disciples."

"That's different, they haven't matched Wu Tian in battle."

Di Jun glanced at East King, then spoke, "At such a crucial juncture in the struggle between the Immortal Dao and Demon Path, why would the venerable ancestors bother to take disciples?"

Four ancestors currently stand in distant opposition to Luo Hou, when one side makes a move, the other inevitably follows.

"Luo Hou also took Wu Tian as his disciple, didn't he? I heard it was also within the last ten thousand years, during the struggle of the Demon Path."

East King seemed to want to argue with Di Jun on this point, striving to triumph in this aspect.

Seeing this, Di Jun immediately lost the desire to speak with East King.

East King, however, did not want to let Di Jun off, continuing, "Daoist Di Jun, you should strive for it, or perhaps ask Senior Wang Shu to help you secure it."

Di Jun looked at East King before him and said, "I would not trouble Daoist with my affairs; perhaps focus on your own instead."

"My injuries from the battle with Wu Tian have not fully healed, I need to treat them as soon as possible, I won't keep you any longer."

Di Jun's words lacked the earlier politeness, even verging on showing the guest out.

East King's previous words had overstepped the bounds, actually beginning to instruct Di Jun on what to do.

Although it appeared to be for Di Jun's benefit, Di Jun did not feel any goodwill from it.

East King's words may sound good, but as a sole Golden Immortal, should he really exhaust his thoughts to find the four ancestors?

"Daoist Di Jun, you..."

"Take care, Daoist."

Before East King could finish, Di Jun spoke again.

East King, seeing the stern expression on Di Jun's face, could not help but show anger.

Di Jun's sudden sending away was incomprehensible to East King, thus naturally, he felt angered.

Eventually, considering the power gap between him and Di Jun, he left Di Jun's residence filled with anger.

Di Jun watched East King's departing figure, thinking, "The two who had once undergone trials together, now take different paths."

Di Jun didn't feel much lament over this; after all, East King was merely someone who had journeyed with him, and during the subsequent battles, they had parted ways, without much deep connection.

However, today's conversation gave Di Jun a deeper understanding of East King.

If East King wasn't intentionally trying to harm him, then East King must hold extremely high expectations for what he thought.

Of course, it could also be said to be foolish.

Thinking about the future legends where Hong Jun designated East King as the Head of Male Immortals, it seemed like he truly saw himself as the Head of Male Immortals.

And even established the Immortal Court, aiming to control everyone in the Immortal Dao.

East King might not be bad, perhaps just truly foolish.

Di Jun shook his head, casting aside these thoughts.

At least for now, how East King was, didn't much concern him.

What he needed to do was to rapidly accumulate the foundation for becoming a Daluo Golden Immortal.

When Di Jun re-entered the battlefield, he then realized the effects of his reputation.

This kind of reputation, for his own camp, besides earning the reverence of those below and at the level of Golden Immortals, didn't have much use.

However, for the enemy camp, the Demon Path side prepared for him the same treatment Wu Tian had enjoyed.

Once he entered the battlefield, seven or eight Golden Immortals would swarm around him, not to kill him, but just to entangle him until the battle ended.

Di Jun wasn't particularly reactive to this, only engaging in battle unless it was a path he had never seen before.

Once he encountered a path he had seen before, then he no longer fought with them but instead escaped these Golden Immortal demon cultivators.

After all, Di Jun ultimately wasn't Wu Tian; even Wu Tian, as a Daluo Golden Immortal, couldn't match his speed.

How could mere seven or eight Golden Immortals stop him?

Thus Di Jun participated in a battle every so often, then continued to internalize what he gained from the fights.