Joe Di stood at the center of Stormhaven Island, letting all kinds of thunder arcs and lightning waterfalls fall upon him. Yet these thunder arcs and lightning waterfalls could no longer leave even the slightest mark on his body.
His spiritual sense now completely covered all of Stormhaven Island. His mastery of arrays had long surpassed the ninth-rank Immortal Array Emperor, and combined with the powerful spiritual sense from his Starstream Sea of Consciousness, no change on Stormhaven Island could escape Joe Di's notice.
In just half a stick of incense's time, Joe Di detected a different law aura within Stormhaven Island. It was an extremely hidden spatial teleportation. Normally, no one would notice such a teleportation array. To enter through it, one would need a special teleportation talisman.
No wonder Loraine Puregate and Lucas Infinity both said Stormhaven Island had an exit—he himself had once entered the void through it.
Now it seems the rumors Loraine Puregate and Lucas Infinity heard were probably not because this exit led to the void, but rather that it connected to another place on the Quadrant Immortal Continent. They just weren’t very clear about it.
Joe Di didn’t have a teleportation talisman, but since he could see the hidden teleportation array, he naturally didn’t need one.
With a single step into the teleportation array, Joe Di didn’t even spend an immortal crystal before a surge of spatial teleportation power swept him away.
If this place was what Garrett had mentioned, Joe Di was sure Garrett hadn’t entered from the spot he just used. Still, with so many people coming to Stormhaven Island, someone was bound to stumble into this teleportation array sooner or later.
Boom! A tremendous force swept over, and Joe Di’s feet landed solidly on the ground. He was certain that this teleportation array had been tampered with—if not for his nearly half-Saint physical body, his leg bones would have shattered from the impact.
The teleportation distance within the Quadrant Immortal Continent should never cause something like this.
As soon as he landed, Joe Di’s spiritual sense swept out in all directions, vast and overwhelming.
Joe Di’s cultivation technique was the Rule Cycle. At least in the Immortal Realm, no one could claim a deeper understanding of the laws of heaven and earth than him.
The moment Joe Di released his spiritual sense, he sensed that this place had already been refined by someone—or was about to be. Aside from the void he had entered, this entire area had become someone’s territory, like a private True Spirit World.
Joe Di was sure he wouldn’t make wild guesses, but if this place was about to be refined into a private world, how did Garrett manage to leave?
Not to mention Garrett—even Joe Di was certain that as soon as he landed here, someone would know.
Joe Di wasn’t worried. Even if this place was almost completely refined, or even if it was fully refined, he wouldn’t become someone else’s prey.
He didn’t care if others knew he was here. He was too lazy to even pretend his legs were broken, and continued to set down wave after wave of law array banners.
In Joe Di’s view, since his arrival was quickly noticed, the other party should send someone to take him away.
But even after Joe Di casually placed tens of thousands of law array banners, no one came.
After a stick of incense’s time, someone finally appeared within Joe Di’s spiritual sense.
He was probably at the early Immortal King stage, his elemental energy bound by a restriction. This person stood at the edge of a Ninth-Tier Deathtrap Array’s entrance—likely a guard.
"You…" Seeing Joe Di walk over so casually, the guard was almost dumbfounded.
In the Quadrant Immortal Continent, could anyone else just appear so freely outside the array’s protection?
"Just passing through…" Joe Di said, and had already stepped into the protective array.
In a matter of moments, Joe Di vanished from his sight. The Quadrant Immortal Continent was filled with restrictions that blocked spiritual sense. The guard stared blankly at the spot where Joe Di disappeared, completely unable to understand what had just happened.
If you were outside the array, that meant you were already free, right? If you’re free, why go inside the array again?
Soon enough, the guard realized this wasn’t something he should be worrying about. What mattered now was reporting the outsider’s entry into the array as soon as possible.
Inside, there were restrictions everywhere, but these couldn’t trouble Joe Di. His spiritual sense swept out, and under its power, the restrictions seemed like mere decorations.
Joe Di saw an altar under construction, with hundreds—maybe thousands—of cultivators laboring to build it.
"Miles Phantom?" Joe Di was overjoyed—he had actually spotted Miles Phantom.
Joe Di raised his hand and tore open the protective array outside the altar, landing beside Miles Phantom. "Senior Miles, how did you end up here?"
"You’re… Joe Di…" Upon recognizing him, Miles Phantom’s first reaction was not joy, but despair.
Joe Di had clearly come here for the same reason as the rest of them—to build this altar. Miles Phantom knew all too well what this altar was for.
Under Joe Di’s spiritual sense, he noticed that Miles Phantom’s cultivation had reached early Grand Celestial. But Joe Di immediately realized why—it wasn’t because Miles Phantom was especially talented, but because his cultivation was fake, built up by sacrificing his lifespan and vitality.
Only a fool would use their lifespan and vitality to artificially boost their cultivation. Why do people cultivate? Isn’t it to extend life and seek immortality? If you use up your own lifespan and vitality, what’s the point?
Sensing something was off, Miles Phantom quickly asked, "Sect Master, you entered the Ascension Array before us. By rights, you shouldn’t still be here…"
Crack! Dozens of whip shadows lashed out, cutting Miles Phantom off. The whip shadows locked Joe Di and Miles Phantom in a space of death.
Joe Di responded with a single punch. The man who unleashed the rain of whip shadows had no power to resist—Joe Di’s punch shattered him completely.
Boom! Blood mist exploded—the whip-wielding man was reduced to fragments by Joe Di’s punch.
Miles Phantom stared blankly at Joe Di. He seemed different—not forced here like the rest of them. But Joe Di hadn’t ascended much earlier than he had… so why was his cultivation so much stronger?