A Terrifying Presence

12/19/2025

"This person's cultivation is definitely not at the Golden Core stage, yet he was able to instantly kill a ninth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator. Even if he sacrificed his own warhammer for a sneak attack, his true strength must be at least at the early Golden Core stage..." At the edge of the Skyveil, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator stared in shock at Joe Di's disappearing figure, speaking in astonishment.

After he finished speaking, he seemed to sense something and subconsciously glanced at the Soul Ancestor of the Qi Family Trading House.

A Foundation Establishment cultivator capable of killing a Golden Core cultivator—who else could it be besides that audacious Joe Di? He was now ninety percent certain that the Foundation Establishment cultivator who just entered was the one who had seized several branches of the Qi Family Trading House: Joe Di.

There were two reasons for this. First, this guy could kill Golden Core cultivators while still at the Foundation Establishment stage. It was said that on the Aurora Continent, only two Foundation Establishment cultivators could kill Golden Core cultivators—the last one appeared thousands of years ago and was the legendary Patriarch Starstream of the Starstream School. Even if Patriarch Starstream were still alive, he’d be far too old to enter the Skyveil.

Second, this guy had even abandoned his own warhammer to kill his opponent. A cultivator would never discard their own magical weapon unless absolutely necessary. When Joe Di killed that Mariner Alliance Foundation Establishment cultivator before, it wasn’t out of desperation—it was intentional. Besides, it was rumored that Joe Di’s true magical weapon was a blade, so he was certain that this outrageously arrogant Foundation Establishment cultivator was Joe Di.

Goodness, can you even call this cultivator merely audacious? Just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, yet he seized several branches of the Qi Family Trading House and still dared to enter the Skyveil right under the eyes of the Qi Family’s Soul Ancestor.

And that’s not all—this guy didn’t even try to keep a low profile. Right before entering, he took out a ninth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Mariner Alliance. Is this just arrogance and recklessness, or does he truly not know what death is?

No matter how formidable you are at the Foundation Establishment stage—even if you can kill a Golden Core—you’re still just a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Yin’er, did Ring Qi say that this Foundation Establishment ant who killed the Mariner Alliance was the one who harassed you before?" A narrow-eyed woman stared at Joe Di as he rushed into the Skyveil, her tone laced with murderous intent.

This narrow-eyed woman was none other than Yuan Jie, a late-stage Soul Ancestor and powerhouse of the Trueblade Sect.

The leader of the Mariner Alliance was a cultivator at the peak of Golden Core, halfway into the Soul Ancestor realm, and he had just arrived. Joe Di had killed a Mariner Alliance Foundation Establishment ninth-layer cultivator right in front of him, and he was trembling with rage. However, when his gaze swept over the Qi Family’s Soul Ancestor, he suddenly calmed down.

There was no doubt that the person the Mariner Alliance had offended was Joe Di. Joe Di wasn’t even afraid of the Qi Family’s Soul Ancestor—he openly killed a Foundation Establishment cultivator in front of him, then strode into the Skyveil. Would someone like that ever care about the Mariner Alliance?

This man was already terrifying in the Foundation Establishment stage—once he stepped into Golden Core, what would the Mariner Alliance amount to? With such talent, entering the Skyveil and advancing to Golden Core would be as easy as breathing. And he was ruthless; the Qi Trading House had merely issued a bounty for him, and he destroyed seven or eight of their branches, then wiped out their headquarters in the Northern Domain. Rumor had it he even stole one of their treasures.

But what the Mariner Alliance leader didn’t know was that Joe Di destroyed the Qi Trading House not for the bounty, but because they had crossed his bottom line. They killed Yu Jingyan, who had shown kindness to both him and Geng Ji, and destroyed Geng Ji’s hometown, Rongyi Village. If his strength was greater, he would have openly wiped out every last Qi Trading House branch.

Understanding this, the Mariner Alliance leader felt a chill in his heart and resolved to immediately order his people to abandon any thoughts of revenge against Joe Di.

The Qi Family’s Soul Ancestor looked at the dozen or so people gathered around him and said, “This time, our Qi Trading House has thirty-seven people entering the Skyveil, seven of whom are Golden Core cultivators. Joe Di definitely hasn’t reached Golden Core. Every time he attacks us, it’s a sudden ambush. If you encounter him alone, ignore him; try to gather together and ambush him as a group. If he’s already a Golden Core cultivator, get as far away from him as you can. Once we’re out, I’ll deal with him myself…”

Bang! Suddenly, a large foot landed before the Qi Family’s Soul Ancestor, sending dust flying. All the Qi Family cultivators saw a blue-haired, demonic-looking youth appear.

“Who are you?” the Qi Family’s Soul Ancestor asked in astonishment, realizing he couldn’t discern the youth’s cultivation level.

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The blue-haired, demonic youth completely ignored the Qi Family’s Soul Ancestor. He raised his hand and grabbed a Qi Family Foundation Establishment first-layer cultivator.

The Qi Family’s Soul Ancestor hurried forward to stop him, saying, “Fellow Daoist…”

He had only spoken four words when a massive palm print slammed toward him. The surrounding space seemed completely controlled by that palm; the Qi Family’s Soul Ancestor felt his whole body go cold, terror flooding his heart.

What kind of cultivation was this? How terrifying!

Smack! Blood mist exploded. The Qi Family’s Soul Ancestor, at the fourth layer, didn’t even have a chance to resist—he was slapped to pieces by the blue-haired, demonic youth. In the next instant, the youth vanished, dragging along a Foundation Establishment second-layer cultivator.

All the surrounding cultivators fell silent. What kind of power was this? To slap a fourth-layer Soul Ancestor to death with a single blow—this was simply...

Even the only Void Spirit Realm cultivator present turned pale, certain that facing that blue-haired, demonic youth would mean certain death.

There was such a terrifying existence on the Aurora Continent—they had never known.

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Joe Di guessed that after he killed the Mariner Alliance cultivator, the Qi Family would notice, but he didn’t care at all. A few Mariner Alliance cultivators had blocked him in a hall for a whole day—if he didn’t kill one of them, they’d think he was easy to bully. The Mariner Alliance was nothing; they shouldn’t think they were the Qi Trading House.

As soon as he stepped into the warped Skyveil, Joe Di felt his body was no longer under his control. It was as if he’d been swept into some terrifying centrifugal force, being hurled about at high speed and tumbling through shifting spaces. Each time he thought he’d be smashed to pieces, another space swept him away.

He had no idea how much time had passed before he finally crashed into a pile of sand and gravel. Pain radiated from his back, but Joe Di climbed up, delighted.

He sensed an incredibly dense spiritual energy, richer than any amount of spirit stones he’d ever seen…

But something was off. Joe Di quickly realized that although the spiritual energy here was abundant, it lacked a sense of harmony with heaven and earth. In other words, it couldn’t be used for cultivation at all.

Joe Di’s understanding of the path of cultivation far surpassed most cultivators. He quickly grasped the reason: this place was missing a certain law of heaven and earth.

There was only spiritual energy, no laws—so cultivation was impossible.

Yet Joe Di wasn’t disappointed. He knew the gray stone in his sea of consciousness, which contained a strand of golden lightning, possessed a powerful aura of laws.

Joe Di tried cultivating while connecting with the gray stone. Sure enough, the spiritual energy that couldn’t be absorbed before was now transformed into true essence under the influence of those laws.

Overjoyed, Joe Di stopped cultivating. He hadn’t come to the Skyveil just to train. With his current strength, there was no need to reach a higher realm here before seeking treasures.

In a new place, you have to search for treasures early—wait too long and you’ll only get the leftovers.

Here in the Skyveil, Joe Di unleashed his Divine Sense Shift without any reservations. When he first learned the technique, he’d only tried it once, not daring to use it further. Now that conditions were right, he intended to practice it as much as possible.

When he used Divine Sense Shift, his divine sense stretched to the limit. Everything within its range was crystal clear to him.

This way, he could both practice Divine Sense Shift and hunt for fortune in the Skyveil—the only downside was that it was exhausting.

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