As Quinn Moten finished his sentence, he too sensed the spatial fluctuation. In just a brief moment, a streak of crimson light landed before Joe Di's spaceship.
It was a woman, dressed in a pomegranate-red starry gown, with a wishful tassel sash tied at her waist. Her hair was styled in a celestial maiden's bun, exuding an air of nobility.
Joe Di had seen many female cultivators, but none paid as much attention to their attire as this woman. She was already quite plump and radiant, and with her current outfit, that aura of nobility was even more overwhelming.
Yet, no matter how noble she appeared, Joe Di instantly sensed the murderous intent in her eyes—this was a woman who had slain countless powerful cultivators.
"Even two Convergence Realm ants dare to touch the fugitive from Genesis City." The woman sneered coldly at Joe Di and Quinn Moten, striding directly toward Joe Di's spaceship, clearly disregarding both of them.
Joe Di was amused by her arrogance. She herself was nothing more than a Convergence Realm cultivator, yet she dared to call him and Quinn Moten 'Convergence Realm ants.' Did she believe her Convergence Realm was the only real one, and everyone else's was fake?
In fact, in this woman's eyes, Joe Di and Quinn Moten's Convergence Realm was indeed 'fake.'
Quinn Moten was about to summon his artifact and attack, but Joe Di waved his hand, signaling him not to act. Joe Di had already drawn his Azure Veil Blade and struck down with a single slash.
If he needed help to deal with a mere Convergence Realm woman, what was the point of coming to the Genesis Universe?
Seeing Joe Di dare to draw his blade and face her alone, the woman in pomegranate-red showed a mocking sneer at the corner of her eyes. Her hand seals radiated a majestic aura.
Joe Di showed no mercy. With the Azure Veil Blade, he unleashed Time's Third Loom. The first three strikes of Time's Third Loom erupted almost simultaneously, blade intent surging and momentum building rapidly. Waves of blade energy formed instantly, crashing out like a furious sea.
Before the fourth slash of the Azure Veil Blade was unleashed, the blade waves had already surged to a height of ten thousand feet.
Joe Di marveled at how much stronger Time's Third Loom had become—at least ten times more powerful than before. If he fought Henry Vaughn now, Henry wouldn't last until the sixth slash.
Not only had his strength advanced into the Convergence Realm, but his blade was now the Azure Veil Blade. Compared to ordinary weapons, the Azure Veil Blade was far more attuned to Time's Third Loom.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The waves from the first three slashes collided with the woman's hand seals. Cracks immediately appeared in the Dao resonance of her hand seals. This was just the beginning—Joe Di's fourth slash raised blade waves tens of thousands of feet high, crashing over.
Crack! The woman's domain shattered. Before the fourth slash even reached her, her arm was torn apart into a mist of blood.
Joe Di realized that this woman's strength was likely on par with Henry Vaughn before he entered the Genesis Universe. The fact that she couldn't withstand even his first four slashes was because she hadn't taken him seriously. For a mere Convergence Realm cultivator to rival a former Creation Realm expert like Henry Vaughn—this universe must be filled with top-tier powerhouses.
"You..." The woman clearly hadn't expected Joe Di's divine art to turn her arm into a cloud of blood.
Her fury erupted like a volcano. She summoned a massive pink bell, its Dao resonance swirling as murderous intent swept through the void, as if summoned by her rage.
Yet before she could fully unleash this divine art, she sensed something was wrong. After Joe Di's four slashes destroyed her arm, the blade waves didn't subside—instead, the fifth slash surged forth, sending waves over a hundred thousand feet high crashing down.
The terrifying waves of murderous blade intent made the woman realize that even if she unleashed her strongest divine art, she would still be no match for Joe Di.
When did the Genesis Universe ever have such a terrifying Convergence Realm powerhouse? This was definitely not a fake Convergence Realm, but the real thing. The person who saved the Five Elements Universe's cultivator with the Genesis Lotus surely wasn’t from the Five Elements Universe, right? The Five Elements Universe's laws are incomplete—the strongest, Zixiao, is just so-so. How could it possibly produce such a powerhouse?
"Stop!" the woman shouted angrily, switching her attack technique to defense.
Stop? Joe Di could only sneer inwardly. To demand a truce just because she was losing—what a joke. The fifth slash surged, its murderous blade waves still intensifying, and before they even peaked, the sixth slash swept down in an even more violent torrent.
Six waves of blade energy rose in billions of layers, turning this region of the void into a sea of blades. Wherever the blade waves swept, not a trace of life remained.
"I am Zoe Belling, Outer City Steward of Genesis City. If you kill me, you will never survive in the Genesis Universe. Even if Lord Lyle Yew, the Honorary City Lord of Genesis City, has to hunt you across the entire Genesis Universe, he will never let you go…" Feeling the killing intent in Joe Di's blade, Zoe Belling was finally terrified, blurting out her plea as fast as she could. She desperately hoped Joe Di would withdraw his deadly blade waves; she couldn’t withstand even the fifth slash, let alone the sixth.
Since when could a Convergence Realm cultivator in the Genesis Universe crush Zoe Belling? Even those at the Creation Realm were ants before her. The Five Elements Universe had many Creation Realm cultivators, but every one of them was easily crushed by her.
Joe Di's gaze remained calm and unyielding. Even if the City Lord of Genesis City himself came and tried to kill him, Joe Di would not hesitate to retaliate.
But Zoe Belling was simply too weak—she couldn't withstand even six slashes, or rather, not even five. This made Joe Di lose the opportunity to create an eighth slash.
Ding! A terrifying explosion resounded.
Crack! Boom!
The Dao resonance of Zoe Belling's giant bell was shattered by Joe Di's blade waves, reduced to fragments.
Spurt! A trace of despair flashed in Zoe Belling's eyes as she clearly felt herself swept up by the blade waves, her physical body shattering inch by inch...
"I will never let you go..." Zoe Belling rasped, her giant bell swirling around her soul as she tried to escape the blade waves.
Joe Di continued to unleash wave after wave of Dao resonance, muttering speechlessly, "How superior must you think you are to say something like that?"
Zoe Belling's primordial spirit gradually dimmed. Her giant bell failed to carry her away, and she couldn't understand why Joe Di kept unleashing Dao resonance even after locking her down, leaving her unable to resist. Yet one thing was clear—in the Outer City of Genesis City, any cultivator who saw Zoe Belling treated her with utmost respect. How many years had it been? Zoe Belling had long forgotten what it was like to be disrespected.
But this young cultivator before her not only disrespected her, he dared to kill her. Did he not know that in the Genesis Universe, killing Zoe Belling meant only one thing—awaiting soulfire torment?
Crack! Another rending sound echoed as Zoe Belling's dim primordial spirit stared in terror at a massive gate in the void.
It was a world opened by Joe Di—a world that seemed so familiar... No, it was her own world.
"You... you can actually open my world..." Zoe Belling's primordial spirit faded completely, her soul dissipating beneath the blade waves. She had never imagined that anyone could open her world—a Convergence Realm cultivator she had deemed an ant.
Even the City Lord of Genesis City could kill Zoe Belling, but he could never open her world.
Joe Di paid no heed to Zoe Belling's pride. With a sweep of his hand, he took everything from within her world.
He was deeply shocked—how many treasures could there be? He had no time to sort through them now, so he simply swept them all away. Then, Joe Di was overjoyed: the Genesis Universe was full of powerful cultivators. If he could open the worlds of those he defeated, he'd never lack for resources.
A profound sense of despair and darkness swept in as Zoe Belling’s soul vanished without a trace. Her world, under the influence of Joe Di’s laws, collapsed into ruins.
"Brother Joe Di, you can open the world of a Third Step cultivator?" Quinn Moten, who had been watching the battle, was stunned by Joe Di’s heaven-defying feat.
To open the world of a Third Step cultivator in such a short time was ten thousand times more terrifying than Joe Di’s six slashes. Quinn Moten had been shocked by Joe Di’s blade waves, but now he realized that wasn’t even the most astonishing part.
Joe Di’s six slashes were formidable, but they were just a divine art. To casually open the world of a Third Step cultivator—that was true power.
Any cultivator who steps into the Third Step condenses a world of their own rules. Such a world can only be opened by its creator—no one else. In other words, you can kill a Third Step cultivator, but you can’t take their possessions.
But Joe Di shattered all these rules. Not only did he kill Zoe Belling, he forcibly split open her world and took everything inside.
Landing on his own spaceship, Joe Di smiled and said, "It’s related to the cultivation technique I practice. It’s a pity we haven’t even reached Genesis City yet, and we’ve already taken out an Outer City Steward. Now it’s going to be troublesome when we head to Genesis City."
(That's all for today. Good night, friends!)