"I'm sorry, Brother Di..." Ruby Lan took the initiative to apologize to Joe Di. She knew that Fubu Wen had attacked Joe Di's Dao companion, and how could she not realize that Manna Zhen was involved? If it weren't for her, Manna Zhen would never have had the chance to contact Fubu Wen.
Joe Di waved his hand, "It's not your fault."
After speaking, Joe Di took out a ring and handed it to the skinny male cultivator who had come forward with information. "There are some things in this ring. If you need anything else, just let Sister Ruby Lan know."
Almost at the same moment he did this, Joe Di stepped into the depths of Immeasura Palace.
The skinny cultivator accepted the ring and casually swept his divine sense over it. When he saw what was inside, his hand began to tremble. He quickly put away the ring and bowed deeply to Joe Di. "Thank you, Senior."
He never dreamed that simply providing a bit of information would earn him such a generous reward.
After Joe Di left, the cultivators who had come to Immeasura Palace finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fubu Wen had been killed by Joe Di in public. Although everyone knew Immeasura Palace held a wealth of treasures, no one dared to enter it like Joe Di.
Immeasura Palace had deep foundations, and it was rumored that a Third Step powerhouse once emerged from here. Even though Fubu Wen was killed, who knew if there were other powerful figures still inside?
The cultivators gathered here were basically sect leaders or influential figures from various factions. It was only because Fubu Wen had reached Dao Fusion that everyone came to offer gifts. Now that Fubu Wen was dead, all previous plans were meaningless. Many cultivators who wished to avoid trouble started to leave Immeasura Palace.
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At this moment, Joe Di had already arrived at the cave residence where Fubu Wen had trapped Nora Xiu. The cultivators guarding the entrance had long since fled. Even some of the Immeasura Palace disciples had quietly slipped away. Joe Di had no mind to care about anyone else; his greatest worry was that he, like Fubu Wen, might be unable to open Nora Xiu's world.
After breaking through to the Third Step, a cultivator could open up their own world—Joe Di had heard of this before. But Nora Xiu was only at the Dao Shaping Realm; how could she possibly open a world, let alone enter one? Joe Di truly couldn't figure it out.
Joe Di's divine sense meticulously swept through the entire space, but the spatial rules hadn't changed in the slightest. He couldn't detect a single anomaly.
This made Joe Di somewhat anxious; he worried that he too would be unable to find the space where Nora Xiu was hiding.
He forced himself to calm down and began to comprehend every basic law in the area. Even the laws he had already understood, Joe Di went over them once more.
At the same time, he continuously circulated the Rule Cycle, trying to communicate with any spatial laws similar to his own. Nora Xiu cultivated his Rule Cycle technique, though it hadn't been perfected at the time. Logically, there should have been traces left during her cultivation. Joe Di believed that if he was patient enough, he would definitely find some clues.
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Charlotte Ling suddenly stood up—she had finally broken through to the middle stage of Dao Fusion.
Ever since she entered the Sacred Sun Pearl and rushed into the Chaotic Magma, she felt as if her entire body was about to be burned away. The chaotic yang energy in the Sacred Sun Pearl and the primal aura in the Chaotic Magma caused the chaotic elemental energy in her sea of consciousness and meridians to surge uncontrollably. If this accumulation wasn't converted into cultivation in a short time, it really might burn her up.
Fortunately, when she burst out of the Sacred Sun Pearl, the Chaotic Magma outside was gone, and the Sevenfold King Cyrus Flame was nowhere to be seen. She didn't even have a chance to look for a safe place to enter seclusion—she simply stayed where she was and refined the chaotic aura on the spot.
It was only when she broke through to the middle stage of Dao Fusion that the burning sensation from the chaotic aura finally vanished.
Charlotte Ling stepped out of her simple seclusion spot, sweeping her divine sense outward. She was delighted to find her divine sense far stronger than before—this was not just due to her advancement, but a qualitative change in her foundation, surely related to the Chaotic Magma.
But soon, Charlotte Ling realized something was off. The area was still shrouded in gray, no different from the Realm of Sevenfold Rebirth she had entered before. The ground was littered with fragments, like broken porcelain plates paving the way.
Is this still the Realm of Sevenfold Rebirth?
Charlotte Ling was instantly filled with joy—she remembered that Joe Di had come to save her before she rushed into the Chaotic Magma. No matter what, she had to find Joe Di in the Realm of Sevenfold Rebirth.
From the moment she entered the Chaotic Magma and saw that flash of green blade light, she realized what she truly wanted. Perhaps, in that instant, she had finally matured.
The crunching sound of shards beneath her feet almost made Charlotte Ling think she'd entered an abandoned kiln. Her thoughts drifted back to long ago, when she was young and her home was beside such a kiln. She loved walking on the broken tiles, savoring the crunching sound underfoot.
She most enjoyed that snow-like crunching sound, walking alone among the broken tiles. Until one day, her master saw her and took her away.
From then on, she never walked on those broken tiles again, nor heard that crunching sound.
Immersed in memories, Charlotte Ling thought that if she could find Joe Di and walk slowly with him among these broken tiles, listening to the crunching sound, perhaps that would be the true peace she sought.
A sudden figure appeared in Charlotte Ling's divine sense, jolting her out of her daydream.
It was a tall figure, and Charlotte Ling was certain it was not a cultivator from the Realm of Sevenfold Rebirth. Even the Sevenfold King, Cyrus Flame, or Bu Youyan did not possess such a substantial body and divine sense.
As her divine sense swept over the figure, their divine sense met hers—it was nearly as tangible as her own, and not much weaker.
Charlotte Ling stopped in her tracks, suddenly realizing this was not the Realm of Sevenfold Rebirth. Although the color and terrain looked similar, the atmosphere was completely different. Not only was the chilling aura absent, but even the laws of heaven and earth were entirely different.
The laws of heaven and earth in the Realm of Sevenfold Rebirth were incomplete, but here, they were even more complete than in the Sacred Dao World.
The figure in her divine sense also stopped, turning his gaze toward Charlotte Ling and slowly walking in her direction. Charlotte Ling didn't move, knowing that if she did, the other party might rush over. Besides, she wanted to know where this place was.
Her greatest desire was to return to the Realm of Sevenfold Rebirth as soon as possible, to see Joe Di.
With her current strength, she believed she would not fear facing the Sevenfold King again.
Although she didn't leave, Charlotte Ling also didn't deliberately approach. She bent down and picked up a piece of broken rubble.
Charlotte Ling detected a faint trace of Dao resonance, making her scalp tingle. This wasn't just broken rubble—it was definitely fragments of top-grade artifacts.
Charlotte Ling bent down again, grabbing a handful of fragments.
In just a moment, she confirmed that the rubble beneath her feet was all fragments of top-grade and high-grade artifacts—mostly top-grade, with few high-grade pieces. Over time, the artifact shards had been eroded by endless Dao resonance, and with a little force, they would split further.
Charlotte Ling drew a sharp breath, a sense of foreboding rising within her. The best treasure she had was the Sacred Sun Pearl, likely an innate artifact, but besides that, she had no top-grade artifacts. Yet here, the ground was covered in top-grade artifact fragments. How many top-grade artifacts must have been shattered here?
At that moment, the cultivator had already walked up to Charlotte Ling, stopping just over ten meters away, watching her without moving.
Suppressing her inner shock, Charlotte Ling cupped her fists and greeted, "Greetings, fellow Daoist. May I ask, where is this place?"