Joe Di tore through the boundaries of the realm, determined to reach the Lost Dao Domain as quickly as possible.
Bryan Bay's message was fragmented, but Joe Di still gleaned from Bryan's memories the nature of his relationship with Lucas Tyrant. Strictly speaking, he was only a nominal disciple of Lucas, perhaps not even that. Lucas Tyrant accepted him as a disciple solely because of the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram.
Bryan Bay hailed from the Bay of Legends and had long known that the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram was the supreme treasure of the Taiji Realm. In fact, the Bay Family had coveted the Taiji Realm for ages, but Zachary Kong always stood in their way. Zachary Kong was not someone the Bay Family could bully; if they tried, the Bay Family might vanish from this void altogether.
After Zachary Kong's downfall, the Bay Family suffered internal strife due to Gavin Bay. Since then, no outstanding talents emerged until two Third Step experts appeared in the family.
Unfortunately, according to the Bay Family's investigation, the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram had disappeared from the Taiji Realm, and its whereabouts were unknown.
When Bryan Bay met Lucas Tyrant, Lucas was also searching for the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram. Bryan told Lucas that the Diagram had appeared in the Taiji Realm, and according to the Bay Family's methods, they might even deduce its current location through the Taiji Realm. Moreover, Bryan handed Lucas a wooden spindle, claiming it once held the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram.
Because of that wooden spindle, Lucas Tyrant taught Bryan Bay some Dao techniques and even crafted a Dao Severing Gourd for him.
However, Lucas Tyrant never went to the Taiji Realm. Midway, he suddenly claimed to have sensed the location of the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, then parted ways with Bryan. Clearly, Lucas went off to search for the Diagram.
Bryan Bay only knew that Lucas Tyrant must have sensed the Diagram through the wooden spindle. He had no idea where Lucas was searching, but Joe Di did. The Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram was with Samuel Shang in the Lost Dao Domain. Joe Di had been too busy with cultivation and other matters to retrieve it from Samuel Shang.
Now that Lucas Tyrant had sensed the Diagram, it was obvious he had gone to the Lost Dao Domain as well. With the Diagram still in Samuel Shang's possession, Joe Di could easily reclaim it. If Lucas got there first, retrieving the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram would become far more complicated.
That was why Joe Di left immediately—he had to go to the Lost Dao Domain and reclaim the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram.
Joe Di originally entered the Lost Dao Domain through the Hell Vortex, but with his current power, he no longer needed that route. Still, the location of the Lost Dao Domain was peculiar. If Joe Di hadn’t visited once before, he would have had to use the Hell Vortex again. The Lost Dao Domain was like a universe within the vast expanse, completely separate from the Five Elements Universe.
Having been there once, Joe Di retained a vague impression. He had even used the Lethe Bridge to breach the Lost Dao Domain. Despite that, it still took him nearly a month to tear open the domain’s boundaries again.
When Joe Di landed in the Lost Dao Domain for the second time, he was momentarily stunned.
Was this really the Lost Dao Domain? When he first arrived, the place was shrouded in layers of deathly energy, and most cultivators gathered in Lost Dao City—not because it was rich in divine aura, but because it had the strongest vitality in the domain.
Because so many powerful cultivators had absorbed and ravaged the Lost Dao Domain, there wasn’t a single other Third Step expert besides Samuel Shang.
But now, what was going on? Not only was the Lost Dao Domain brimming with vitality and perfected laws, but the world’s energy was incredibly rich—something was clearly off.
In Joe Di’s eyes, the Lost Dao Domain was a completely isolated realm: its laws, energy, and even the resonance of reincarnation were all cut off. Such a place should have ultimately perished.
Joe Di swept his Spiritual Sense outward, and soon his awareness reached Lost Dao City.
To Joe Di’s delight, he spotted Samuel Shang. As long as Samuel was still here, all was well. Not only had Samuel reached the Creation Realm, but nearly all the powerful cultivators in Lost Dao City were now Third Step experts.
It made sense, after all—the group trapped in Lost Dao City back then were all Third Step experts. It was only due to the domain’s missing laws and depleted energy that their cultivation kept declining.
Now that the world’s laws were complete again, they were simply restoring their lost strength.
In the span of a breath, Joe Di landed just outside Lost Dao City.
"You’re Joe..." As soon as Joe Di appeared, a cultivator at the peak of the Realm Genesis Stage recognized him, exclaiming in surprise. Judging by the Dao resonance swirling around him, Joe Di guessed that with a little more time, this fellow would soon enter the Boundary Fusion Realm.
"That’s right, I’m Joe Di." Joe nodded, his Spiritual Sense catching Fabian Farr approaching through the void. Clearly, the moment Joe arrived at the city gate, Fabian was alerted.
"Joe... Joe Di, you dare come back to Lost Dao City?" Fabian Farr stared at Joe in shock, unable to fathom why he would return.
Back then, Joe Di killed hundreds of Boundary Fusion experts in Lost Dao City and took Samuel Shang’s Creation Brush. Didn’t he know that coming back meant certain death?
Joe Di’s first question was, "Has anyone arrived here wielding a gourd artifact?"
He was worried Lucas Tyrant had already come and taken the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram and the Book of Life and Death. Joe Di had no intention of letting Samuel Shang keep those two items any longer.
"Heh, you should be worrying about yourself," Samuel Shang’s voice rang out just in time, and a dozen cultivators surrounded Joe Di.