Purelight Sect's Transformation Realm Revealed

With the identity of a Transformation Realm cultivator, Joe Di easily left the Grand Ruins and once again arrived at Clearhaven City. As soon as he entered Clearhaven City, Joe Di disguised himself as a scholar.

Clearhaven City was still bustling with activity, with many teleportation arrays connecting to various places. Wanting to inquire about Jaden Dai, Joe Di went straight to the largest Resthaven Inn in the city—Grand Resthaven.

Joe Di was prepared: if Jaden Dai was hiding in his lair, he would give up seeking revenge. But he was certain Jaden Dai wouldn’t be hiding. Just looking at the wanted notice Jaden Dai left in Clearhaven City, Joe Di knew—the first person wanted was him.

Since Jaden Dai was hunting him and had even sent people to guard the Grand Ruins’ array gate entrance, he definitely wouldn’t be hiding in his lair waiting.

......

Jaden Dai was indeed not in his Harmony Hall; he had come again to the Purelight Sect.

Originally, he had planned not to provoke the Purelight Sect unless his cultivation advanced further. But after years of studying the soil from the site of the Chaos Essence, he discovered that it had nurtured all kinds of Dao Fruits. Even after more than a hundred years, the soil still contained faint traces of Dao Fruit Dao Rhythms.

Joe Di had entered the Grand Ruins as a team with Serena Yu. Since Joe Di obtained a Dao Fruit, it meant Serena Yu must have gotten one too.

He could hold back on other things, but Dao Fruits were too precious—even Jaden Dai only had a few. If there was a top-tier Dao Fruit, he might be able to use it to break through to the Integration Realm. Even if not, a half-step into Integration would be worthwhile.

"Jaden Dai comes to visit the Purelight Sect." Standing at the entrance to the sect’s grand array, Jaden Dai called out in a loud voice.

He had just announced his visit to the Purelight Sect when his communication bead lit up rapidly. The bead had only one purpose—it would only relay news if it was about Joe Di. Now that it was lit, it meant there was news of Joe Di.

When the Purelight Sect learned that Jaden Dai had come knocking again, nearly all their Hunyuan experts and peak Prime Realm cultivators left seclusion to confront this madman.

The news on the communication bead shocked Jaden Dai: Felix Wu of Blood River Sect was also secretly searching for Joe Di. Felix Wu’s reason was that Joe Di had severely wounded his son, Vincent Wu.

Joe Di was supposedly just a Dao Nurturing cultivator—how could he severely injure Vincent Wu? As far as Jaden Dai knew, Vincent Wu was a Prime Realm expert.

Jaden Dai immediately realized something was off—Joe Di wasn’t just formidable in the Dao Nurturing stage; he even possessed the strength to challenge Vincent Wu?

Moments later, another message arrived: Joe Di had disguised himself as a rogue cultivator and participated in the Dao Exchange at Hundred Nights Artifact Pavilion, where he traded many God Origin Pills for a top-tier fire attribute advancement treasure—the Fire Elemental Chaos Essence.

Because Joe Di was so generous, he caught Vincent Wu’s attention. After Joe Di left, Vincent Wu immediately pursued him. But during the chase, Joe Di severely wounded Vincent Wu. No matter how strong Joe Di was, he shouldn’t have been able to confront a Prime Realm cultivator head-on with just Dao Nurturing cultivation. The only explanation was that Joe Di had set up a lethal trapping array and used it to injure Vincent Wu.

If Joe Di truly possessed the strength to face Vincent Wu...

Jaden Dai’s heart sank. That meant Joe Di had the power to kill the Transformation Realm guardian he left outside the Grand Ruins.

Even though he believed Joe Di couldn’t pass through the second and first layers of the Grand Ruins without being detected by his surveillance arrays, what if? What if Joe Di managed to slip past?

And it wouldn’t be the first time—Joe Di had already evaded his pursuit several times, showing that Jaden Dai had underestimated him more than once. Moreover, if Joe Di could use arrays to seriously injure Vincent Wu, perhaps his array skills weren’t as weak as Jaden Dai had thought...

While it was unlikely for a cultivator who had just entered the Dao Domain to achieve anything in arraycraft without tens of thousands of years, Jaden Dai didn’t want to take that risk. If Joe Di escaped from Harmony Hall, it would be extremely difficult to catch him again.

No, he had to go to the Grand Ruins immediately.

Just as this thought crossed his mind, several Hunyuan experts from the Purelight Sect had already surrounded him in a pincer formation. Sect Master Evelyn Yuan spoke loudly: "I wonder what brings Hall Master Jaden to my Purelight Sect again?"

Although Jaden Dai was eager to check the Grand Ruins, he still replied, "Sect Master Evelyn, I heard that Saintess Serena obtained some Dao Fruits in the Grand Ruins. I’d like to borrow a few."

Evelyn Yuan frowned. Most of the Dao Fruits Serena Yu obtained had been left in the sect, but how did Jaden Dai know about this?

Regardless of how Jaden Dai found out, Evelyn Yuan immediately replied, "Whether Serena obtained Dao Fruits is her own affair and has nothing to do with the sect. She isn’t in the sect right now. Even if she did obtain Dao Fruits, it’s none of Hall Master Jaden’s concern. If you have no other business, please leave."

From Evelyn Yuan’s response, Jaden Dai realized that Serena Yu had indeed obtained Dao Fruits. He laughed, "The Dao Fruits Serena acquired were originally left behind by me in the Grand Ruins. If Purelight Sect doesn’t hand them over today, don’t blame me for being rude."

Jaden Dai didn’t think he was making things up. He believed that without Joe Di’s Five Directional Banners, it would have been impossible to open the Dao Fruit Orchard in the third layer of the Grand Ruins.

And the Five Directional Banners were something he had left in the Immortal Realm; now that Joe Di had taken them, it was as if Joe Di had stolen his chance at the Dao.

"Hahaha..." A burst of laughter echoed from deep within the Purelight Sect, followed by a gray shadow falling among the crowd. It was a short gray-robed Daoist nun. As soon as she arrived, the surrounding world seemed to blend seamlessly with her presence.

The gray-robed Daoist nun stared coldly at Jaden Dai. "Since Hall Master Jaden thinks he can take on my Purelight Sect, let me see just how strong you are. Since its founding, Purelight Sect has never been threatened by anyone."

As her words fell, a flurry of rainbow sword light swept toward Jaden Dai.

Jaden Dai felt a chill run through him—Purelight Sect truly had an Integration Realm powerhouse. Such a violent suppression of true essence and domain could only belong to someone of the Integration Realm.

Even Evelyn Yuan was shocked—Purelight Sect’s Integration Realm expert, Yi Jin, had long been on the verge of exhaustion. How could she emerge unscathed now?

......

As soon as Joe Di entered Grand Resthaven, the first thing he heard was people gossiping about him. Many were analyzing why Jaden Dai was hunting Joe Di.

Some said Joe Di was a very young alchemist, and Jaden Dai wanted to bring him to Harmony Hall to train him in pill refinement. Others claimed Joe Di had stolen Jaden Dai’s Dao companion—truly courting death.

Joe Di walked to a large table and, feigning surprise, asked a Dao Forging cultivator who was discussing Joe Di’s recklessness, "Fellow Daoist, I heard Joe Di is only at the Dao Forging stage. If he offended Hall Master Jaden, wouldn’t that be a dead end for him?"

"It’s definitely a dead end. Even if there were a way out, he wouldn’t be able to take it." The Dao Forging cultivator didn’t answer, but an old man nearby chuckled and answered Joe Di’s question.

"There’s probably no way out, right? In the entire Dao Domain, where could he possibly hide?" Joe Di shook his head, blending naturally into the conversation.

The old man chuckled again. "He could still go to the Void Sea."

"What is the Void Sea?" Joe Di was pleasantly surprised. He had only wanted to find out if Jaden Dai was in his lair, but this was an unexpected bonus. If the Void Sea was really viable, he could go there.

Just as the cultivator was about to answer Joe Di, a young Dao Forging cultivator burst in, his face flushed with excitement, shouting, "Hall Master Jaden and Purelight Sect are fighting! I hear it’s a cataclysmic battle—anyone want to come watch with me?"

Joe Di was stunned—Jaden Dai had actually gone to battle at the Purelight Sect.