Joe Di's attention quickly fell on the Divine Herb Garden. For him, the greatest concern wasn't whether the garden held the Duality Blossom, but whether the Duality Blossom inside had already withered.
He had just come from the Lost Dao Domain, a place filled with treasures and chaos, yet all the spiritual plants there had perished. The conditions here should be better than those in the Lost Dao Domain. Though this place lay between two realms, at least it possessed a trace of vitality, no matter how faint.
Wait, something was off. Joe Di suddenly turned his gaze back to the Indeterminate Lord sitting before the Divine Herb Garden. The Lost Dao Domain had existed for countless years, and many Third Step cultivators had not died of old age, especially since there was no vitality there. Yet this Indeterminate Lord, even if not at the Third Step, had surely reached the peak of the Second Step. How could he have died of old age? Was his lifespan burned away?
But he had clearly passed away naturally, without any sign of burning his lifespan...
Just as Joe Di thought of this, an aged laughter echoed in his sea of consciousness, "Hahaha..."
Possession? Joe Di shook his head speechlessly—someone actually wanted to possess him.
"I really dislike that sissy with the octagonal beard, but you suit my tastes. Not bad, my luck is good..." A faint soul shadow appeared in Joe Di's sea of consciousness.
Joe Di was puzzled, "How did you enter my sea of consciousness?"
Joe Di cultivated the Dao of Laws, and he could sense even the slightest fluctuation in rules. Yet this soul shadow had managed to enter his sea of consciousness, leaving him baffled. If his sea of consciousness was so easily infiltrated, how could he have reached his current level?
"Oh? You're not afraid of me possessing you?" The soul shadow exclaimed in surprise, then unleashed a violent soul force, trying to seize control of Joe Di's sea of consciousness and devour his soul.
But the next moment, he was dumbfounded and asked in a daze, "What kind of sea of consciousness is this? And where is your primordial soul?"
Joe Di's Voidmount transformed into a phantom peak and smashed down directly. The Primordial Soul Shade panicked and tried to escape, but this was Joe Di's sea of consciousness. While he had used tricks to enter, leaving so easily was nearly impossible.
Boom! Voidmount struck the Primordial Soul Shade, sending it tumbling away and instantly dimming. Yet Voidmount pursued relentlessly, smashing toward the soul shade again and again.
"Stop, stop..." the Primordial Soul Shade pleaded urgently. He knew well that Joe Di did not intend to destroy him—if Joe Di had wanted, Voidmount could have obliterated him with the very first strike.
Had he known Joe Di possessed an innate treasure, he would never have attempted possession. Possessors feared innate treasures most, for such artifacts innately suppressed soul entities and could be wielded freely within a sea of consciousness. Encountering an innate treasure meant half the battle was already lost.
With a spiritual sense hand seal, Joe Di easily seized the possessor from his sea of consciousness and casually tossed him before him.
The Primordial Soul Shade, who had tried to possess Joe Di, sensed the surrounding space had completely solidified. He abandoned all thoughts of escape, sighed, and looked at Joe Di. "You are the first cultivator I've ever seen who can form spiritual sense hand seals within the sea of consciousness."
Joe Di secretly chuckled. Even if he couldn't form spiritual sense hand seals, he had ten thousand ways to finish off this Primordial Soul Shade. Whether by Law Array Banner, his treasures, or even the unrefined Creation Brush, any of them could easily crush this soul shade.
"Speak. How did you enter my sea of consciousness?" Joe Di asked, staring at the Primordial Soul Shade. He couldn't rest easy until he understood this vulnerability.
"I possess a Creation Jade Plate Fragment..." The Primordial Soul Shade seemed to realize he could not hide it. Above his head, a fragment no larger than a fingernail suddenly appeared.