Di Jiu's sea of consciousness was already saturated with the spiritual energy of the ninetieth floor. Now, with the addition of the Scorching Spirit Grass, it was as if a volcano had reached its limit and suddenly erupted within his mind.
A terrifying, violent aura nearly tore Di Jiu's sea of consciousness to pieces. "Bang!" Streams of blood mist exploded from the center of his brows.
Not good—Di Jiu realized he had been too eager for success. If this continued, his sea of consciousness might burst. His only option was to push the Divine Tempering Art to its limit. At the same time, his Galaxy Technique and Body Refining Technique began to operate wildly.
Crackling sounds echoed from his sea of consciousness. Di Jiu suspected that if he didn't disperse this terrifying aura soon, his skull might explode like a crushed watermelon.
Di Jiu forced himself to calm down. Each new crack in his sea of consciousness slightly weakened the violent aura, thanks to the Divine Tempering Art.
Under the Body Refining Technique and Galaxy Technique, part of the violent energy was guided into Di Jiu's body. The process was so rushed that traces of blood seeped from his skin. But compared to the blood mist erupting from his brow, this was nothing.
Everyone was frantically tempering their own spiritual sense; no one paid attention to Di Jiu's predicament.
Di Jiu was sure his sea of consciousness was now like a web of shattered porcelain. Even the slightest external force could cause it to collapse completely.
The Divine Tempering Art saved his life. As it continued to grind away the spiritual energy and Scorching Spirit Grass aura in his sea of consciousness, the violent tearing gradually subsided. Di Jiu's sea of consciousness slowly expanded, and his spiritual sense grew increasingly refined.
Once Di Jiu was completely out of danger, he immersed himself in tempering his spiritual sense.
After more than half a month had passed, Joe Di heard another thunderous roar within his sea of consciousness. He clearly sensed the barrier of the Void Spirit Stage—if he tried to break through now, Joe Di was certain he would succeed in a single attempt.
But Joe Di wasn't in the mood to attempt the Void Spirit Stage. What truly excited him was his sea of consciousness—not because it had split open again, but because it had suddenly expanded to a whole new level. Not only that, his divine sense had grown several times over.
Joe Di opened his eyes, and in that instant, his gaze shone as brightly as starlight piercing the night.
Everything became clear. In this moment, whether it was the state of his sea of consciousness, his divine sense, or even his control over his own strength, Joe Di could perceive it all with perfect clarity.
Seven concentric rings formed from within his sea of consciousness, each like a defensive wall, thoroughly protecting his mind. Compared to before, his sea of consciousness was at least ten times sturdier. At the innermost ring, Graystone and the World Tome rested quietly.
So that's how it is, Joe Di thought, and he ceased the Soul Tempering Technique.
His divine sense had reached the Seventh Level, and his sea of consciousness was also at the Seventh Level.
Entering the Fivefold Dao Tower, Joe Di's strength had advanced to Soul Perfection, leaping several minor realms. But for Joe Di, the greatest gain was tempering his divine sense to the Seventh Level and expanding his sea of consciousness to match. After his divine sense reached the Seventh Level, he also sensed the barrier of the Void Spirit Stage—a pleasant surprise.
Aaron Xu had said that some weaker Ascendants might not even possess Seventh Level Divine Sense. Now, Joe Di's divine sense at the Seventh Level was truly formidable.
Joe Di was eager to test how far his current divine sense could take him if he used Mindshift.
Joe Di did not continue using the Soul Tempering Technique. After comprehending the Foundational Law of the Ninetieth Tier, he chose not to send this law into the array disk, but instead extended his spiritual sense to its utmost limit.
Originally, Joe Di wanted to check on the cultivation progress of his team members. But just as his spiritual sense reached its maximum, a faint ray of light appeared within it.
Jamie Redriver was about to make his move. Without hesitation, Joe Di used his spiritual sense to cast several restrictions onto the array disk once again.
Before his spiritual sense reached the Seventh Level, Joe Di needed to rely on certain methods for his sense to penetrate the array disk. Now, he could easily engrave several self-detonation restrictions onto the disk.
Almost as soon as Joe Di finished, Jamie Redriver's figure appeared on the Ninetieth Tier.
Just as Joe Di had predicted, after Jamie Redriver arrived, no new grass patch appeared on the Ninetieth Tier.
Jamie Redriver's gaze landed on the array disk between the six cultivators, then swept around the group before finally settling on Joe Di.
At that moment, everyone stopped tempering their spiritual sense and turned their wary eyes to Jamie Redriver.
Jamie Redriver didn't even bother to draw his blade. He simply pointed at Joe Di and said, "You—get out."
This guy really is at the Third Layer of the Seabreaker Stage—truly formidable. Joe Di sighed and replied, "So you know your own weakness. The moment you show up, you put on airs. Is it just to ensure you don't get killed?"