"Lora Shen, Junior Sister, is there something you need from me?" Joe Di looked at the group in confusion. Everyone had been extremely busy lately, and for five people to come find him together, it was surely something important.
Lora Shen hurriedly said, "Brother Joe, Brother Quinn said that Mortal Realm has had its planetary Dao resonance drawn away, and its planetary fortune is missing. I believe the grand array you set up here can surely keep out the powerful cultivators from Genesis City, but if we want to live here long-term, it's still impossible. I have a Creation Treasure called the Genesis Lotus, and I want to give it to you, Brother, so you can use it to fuse the Dao resonance rules of Mortal Realm."
Joe Di stared at Lora Shen in a daze for a long moment before sighing in admiration, "Lora, for a cultivator like you to offer up your own Creation Treasure, such people are nearly extinct."
Lora Shen blushed and quickly said, "Actually, Brother Ye, Brother Ning, and Senior Zixiao were all willing to offer their own Creation Treasures, but theirs are also somewhat incomplete..."
Lora Shen thought of her Genesis Lotus. Only after obtaining it did she realize that the Genesis Lotus was also incomplete.
Whether complete or not, having one is better than none. Lora Shen took out her Genesis Lotus and handed it to Joe Di.
Joe Di did not take the Genesis Lotus. Smiling, he said, "Lora, to have a friend like you is my good fortune. The Genesis Lotus is no ordinary Creation Treasure—you should keep it. If I ever meet the Lotus Sage, I'll ask her for a drop of Genesis Lotus Essence. Perhaps with the help of the Lotus Essence, your Genesis Lotus can regrow its remaining twenty-four petals."
"Brother Joe, do you have a Creation Treasure?" Quinn Moten's gaze instinctively fell on the Azure Veil Blade on Joe Di's back. In his view, even if Joe Di's Azure Veil Blade wasn't a Creation Treasure, it was surely close.
Was the Creation Treasure Joe Di mentioned really the Azure Veil Blade? If Joe Di even brought out the Azure Veil Blade, would he still be able to fight Lyle Yew next time?
Joe Di raised his hand and projected an image, saying, "It's this altar. But the altar hasn't been refined yet, so I can't bring it out."
"Heavenly Dao Altar?" Lora Shen, Shane Yun, and Grandmaster Gordon Bone exclaimed in unison.
Quinn Moten looked at the three in confusion. "Do you recognize this altar?"
Lora Shen's eyes reddened as she spoke, "This is Lyle Yew's artifact. Nearly a tenth of our Five Elements Universe's experts fell beneath this Heavenly Dao Altar. I can't believe Brother Joe managed to seize it from Lyle Yew. Without this altar, Lyle Yew is crippled."
"That's right, this altar is the greatest treasure of the Jitan Universe. Without it, Lyle Yew is no match for Senior Zixiao," Shane Yun declared loudly.
"In that case, I'll hurry and refine the altar. Shane, can you contact the other cultivators from the Five Elements Universe? If any are stranded in Genesis Universe, have them gather in Mortal Realm as soon as possible," Joe Di said immediately. Since this altar is so important to Lyle Yew, he might recover and bring reinforcements to seize it.
...
In Joe Di's world, he stripped layer after layer of Dao resonance from the Heavenly Dao Altar. With each strand removed, the altar's aura grew clearer.
Billions of miles away, inside a shattered meteorite, a tall blond man was coughing up blood. Every time Joe Di stripped a strand of Dao resonance from the altar, he spat blood.
He, who had been healing, suddenly stood up and glared at the void in Joe Di's direction, saying word by word, "Di, no matter what you are, stripping this sage's Dao resonance means we are mortal enemies..."
After uttering "mortal enemies," the blond man fell silent. He was Lyle Yew. In truth, from the moment he met Joe Di, their feud was already to the death. Would Joe Di care about his threats?
His altar's Dao resonance absolutely could not be stripped away by Joe Di. If Joe Di removed all of the altar's Dao resonance, Lyle Yew would lose all standing in Genesis City.
Originally, Lyle Yew had planned to return to Genesis City only after recovering from his injuries. Now, he had no choice but to go back and seek help.
Returning to Genesis City before fully recovering was risky. Though Lyle Yew was the renowned City Lord, if others learned he was left with only an empty shell, there were too many who wanted him dead.
...
At the same time, many of Genesis City's peak experts had gathered at the City Lord's mansion.
Several years ago, a cultivator purchased a cosmic edge estate with cosmic crystals, but even City Lord Zane Edge couldn't uncover this person's origins.
Also several years ago, a thunderous Dao resonance echoed through Genesis Universe, signaling someone had created a new path. To cause such a resonance here, it had to be an extraordinary Dao. Even Zane Edge himself couldn't create a new path that surpassed the rules of Genesis Universe.
Zane Edge hadn't cared at first, but when this breakthrough shattered a bottleneck, he devoted all his efforts to investigating who had created this new Dao.
"City Lord Yec, just now Lord Xiang described all the features of the 3315 estate cultivator. Do you think this person could be Joe Di? And could Joe Di be from the Five Elements Universe?" Zane Edge asked, almost casually, to the yellow-robed cultivator seated beside him.
This yellow-robed cultivator was the greatest artifact master in all Genesis City, and also the sixth deputy city lord, Yec Pingkun.
Though Yec Pingkun was the sixth deputy city lord, his words carried enormous weight. Even many powerful experts would speak to him respectfully, for he was not only a city lord but also a master of artifact Dao.
Yet faced with Zane Edge's question, Yec Pingkun seemed frozen, as if his whole body was encased in ice.
Zane Edge looked like an ordinary old farmer from the Mortal Realm, unimpressive in both appearance and aura. Yet, not only was he unassuming, his words were gentle and easygoing.
If you thought Zane Edge was truly a kind, approachable man, you would be gravely mistaken.
Yec Pingkun was one of the first cultivators to settle in Genesis City. Back then, the city had a first deputy lord, Dao Master Yan Yue from the Great Yan Universe.
Yan Yue was no ordinary cultivator. Even the publicly acknowledged fourth deputy city lord, Xiang Mochen, held Yan Yue in extreme respect.
Yet for some trivial matter, Zane Edge angered Yan Yue, and as a result, Zane Edge slaughtered all the Great Yan Universe experts, including Yan Yue himself. Rumor has it that the Dao resonance of the Great Yan Universe was stripped away by Zane Edge. At first, some doubted it, but later, when the Great Yan Universe's Dao resonance was publicly auctioned off, and not just one strand, everyone knew the rumors were true.
Now, with Zane Edge and Yan Yue interrogating him, Yec Pingkun couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.
"City Lord, although Joe Di took three Five Elements Universe cultivators from the Dao Lock Prison, I don't think he's necessarily from the Five Elements Universe. The Dao resonance and divine rules on his body have nothing to do with our universe. The aura on the cultivators from estate 3315 is somewhat similar to the laws of the Jitan Universe, but Joe Di..."
Yec Pingkun paused, a chill running through his body. He finally understood why Zane Edge was asking if Joe Di was the cultivator from estate 3315, and if he was from the Five Elements Universe.
If Joe Di was from the Five Elements Universe and also the cultivator from estate 3315, then everything would make sense. Joe Di could alter the rules and aura on his body at will—why would he change them to those of the Jitan Universe? Wasn't it because of his feud with Lyle Yew?
At that moment, Yec Pingkun suddenly sensed that Zane Edge's smile was filled with boundless killing intent. Did Zane Edge really not know all these things? Why was he still asking?
(Today is the last day of 2019. To wish everyone a fresh start in the coming New Year, Joe Di has pioneered a new Dao. Old Five sincerely wishes all readers and friends of 'Ninth Under Heaven' a smooth, healthy, and happy 2020! That's all for today's update. Good night, friends!)