"How is it, Brother Louis...?"
"Is it really possible to refine pills here?"
As soon as Louis Banner emerged, he was immediately surrounded by a crowd. Although he was eager to find a place to enter seclusion, he had no choice but to answer their questions. Moreover, he was genuinely grateful to Joe Di, so he simply stopped and said, "Fellow Daoists, Senior Joe is truly a top-tier Pill Saint, and he is magnanimous and fair. I, Louis Banner, sincerely respect Senior Joe from the bottom of my heart."
After speaking, Louis Banner gave a respectful salute toward Joe Di's Pill & Artifact Pavilion, then swiftly departed.
Both in his tone and actions, Louis Banner's respect for Joe Di was genuine—there was absolutely no sense of coercion. At this moment, all the cultivators grew excited. After so many years in the Void Sea, who among them hadn’t acquired some top-tier treasures?
But without a top-tier pill master or artifact master, these treasures could only remain unused. Previously, they had suspected Joe Di of being a fraud and hesitated. Now that they were certain he wasn’t a fraud, who would hesitate even for a moment?
Almost in a frenzy, the crowd of cultivators surged toward the Pill & Artifact Pavilion.
Yet once again, they were stopped by the protective array. Joe Di appeared within the formation and announced loudly, "Fellow Daoists, I have recently made some discoveries and need to enter seclusion for a while. During my retreat, please do not disturb me. If you wish to have pills or artifacts refined, wait until I emerge."
With that, Joe Di took out several array flags and quickly concealed the entire area.
A chorus of regretful and frustrated voices rang out. If only they had been the first to enter the Pill & Artifact Pavilion, they wouldn’t have to wait until Joe Di finished his retreat to request pill refinement.
Unfortunately, now that Joe Di had entered seclusion, with his formidable presence, who would dare cause trouble here?
Some cultivators, eager to turn their Dao Fruits into Dao Pills, even decided to secretly wait near the place where Joe Di was in seclusion. As soon as he emerged, they would be the first to seek him out for pill refinement.
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By now, Joe Di had already finished setting up both the protective and trapping arrays—a level five Godslayer Trapping Array and a Divine Protective Array. If anyone tried to attack, Joe Di could instantly use the surrounding array flags to upgrade the formation to a pseudo-level seven. Even if a group of Unity Realm Emperors came, they would be held at bay.
As Joe Di closed the formation, Ding Chi was left stunned. The surge of divine spirit energy was so rich and pure that even the most concentrated spot on Great Buddha Mountain couldn't compare.
This was absolutely divine spirit energy surpassing even that formed by top-grade Dao veins.
Lightning had already screeched and found a spot to absorb spirit energy on its own, while Joe Di, in the main cultivation chamber, grabbed a handful of God Origin Pills.
He was eager to head to the Void Market—advancing his cultivation was the top priority. If not for obtaining two Stellar Breakthrough Fruits, he might have waited longer. Now, with two Stellar Breakthrough Fruits in hand, why delay cultivation any further?
Joe Di had no intention of relying on the divine spirit energy of Crimson Sanctuary; the array he set up here was a Spirit Confinement Array, meant to prevent his own spirit energy from leaking out. With a supreme Dao vein at his disposal, why would he ever use someone else's spirit energy?
Swirls of divine spirit energy quickly formed around Joe Di, eventually merging into a single whole. Gradually, layer upon layer of hazy mist began to envelop the Pill & Artifact Pavilion.
Any cultivator who swept their divine sense across the outside was immediately blocked by the mist. All could sense the intensely rich flow of spirit energy where Joe Di was cultivating in seclusion.
As Ding Chi frantically absorbed the spirit energy, he suddenly felt the cosmic laws around him become startlingly clear and orderly. Insights into Dao that would normally take him ages to comprehend now flowed to him effortlessly, as if breaking through was as natural as water finding its way.
"This..."
Ding Chi was stunned. If cultivation was always like this, how could he still be at the Dao Nurturing stage today? Forget Dao Nurturing—he might have reached the Dao Integration stage long ago!
But Ding Chi quickly came to his senses. Such a clear and optimal cultivation environment for comprehending the laws of heaven and earth was most likely related to Joe Di. Why waste time overthinking? The right path was to seize the opportunity and cultivate as much as possible.
Ding Chi immediately began frantically absorbing the dense spirit energy, breaking through barrier after barrier and comprehending one Dao insight after another that had previously eluded him.
At the same time, Joe Di had already swallowed a Stellar Breakthrough Fruit.
As the cosmic Dao operated, a whirlpool of divine spirit clouds formed in Joe Di’s starry meridians, merging with the outside vortex of spirit energy. His cultivation, previously stuck at the early Transformation stage and progressing slowly, finally loosened, and he began to absorb spirit energy at a frenzied pace.
Once Joe Di began refining the Stellar Breakthrough Fruit according to the method in the World Book, his cultivation soared explosively.
With his cultivation rising, he naturally needed ever more spirit energy.
Fortunately, Joe Di had already placed a supreme spirit vein here. At this moment, the spirit energy transformed from the supreme Dao vein and the God Origin Pills around Joe Di had condensed into tangible clouds of spirit mist, enveloping him completely.
The Dao Cocoon, which hadn’t appeared around Joe Di for a long time, began to form in layer after layer as a result of his frenzied cultivation.
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As Joe Di’s cultivation soared, Sid Lu stared in astonishment toward his location. He could distinctly sense the terrifying intensity of Joe Di’s cultivation—even with spirit-confining and shielding arrays in place, the fluctuations of spirit energy and the changes in cosmic laws within that space could not be concealed.
"So powerful..." Sid Lu murmured to himself.
He had witnessed many scenes of Unity Realm Emperors cultivating in Crimson Sanctuary—the City Lord himself was a Unity expert—but he had never seen one as fearsome as Joe Di, with such clear comprehension of the cosmic Dao. And Joe Di wasn’t even in the Unity Realm yet. If he ever broke through...
Heh, then Jaden Dai...
Sid Lu sneered. No matter how formidable Jaden Dai was, he was in no position to be compared with Joe Di.
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Surging Alchemy Hall in Crimson Sanctuary wasn’t even considered one of the top three powers. But ever since Joe Di threw the young master Ang Yuan into the Void Sea and took over Surging Alchemy Hall, the rampant bullying in Crimson Sanctuary seemed to have diminished considerably.
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Joe Di hadn’t made any declarations, yet many people instinctively regarded him as a taboo. Lately, many strangers had arrived in Crimson Sanctuary—who could say which cultivator might be a friend of Senior Joe Di?
But today, a young man in gray robes arrived in Crimson Sanctuary. He looked frail, but his eyes seemed to have been tempered underground for millions of years—their gaze was almost tangible. Standing outside the city, he carefully observed Crimson Sanctuary for a long time before suddenly declaring in a loud voice, "Fellow Daoists, I wish to inquire about two people. I have one thousand God Origin Pills here; whoever knows anything, these pills are yours."
After speaking, the gray-robed man tossed out a handful of God Origin Pills. These pills floated at the city gate, their potent pill aura and spirit energy mixing together. Even a sweep of divine sense made one’s cultivation feel loosened. These were truly the finest supreme God Origin Pills.
A crowd of cultivators immediately gathered, but not a single one dared to snatch the pills. Everyone understood that this gray-robed, frail-looking youth was no ordinary figure.
The gray-robed young cultivator spoke again, "The two people I'm looking for are Joe Di and Jaden Dai. Who knows of them?"
"I know..." A Dao Master called out, beating everyone else to respond.
He was preparing to leave the Void Sea, and since Joe Di was still in seclusion, he wasn’t afraid of offending him. As for Jaden Dai, he feared him even less.
The gray-robed youth was instantly delighted. He hadn’t expected to find out about Joe Di and Jaden Dai’s whereabouts so easily in the Void Sea—it was almost too good to be true.
He knew that Joe Di had escaped into Lostlake, and that Jaden Dai had pursued him there. He himself had also entered Lostlake, but quickly left after.
He then left the Dao Domain through the Guardian Array’s exit and arrived at the Void Sea, certain that Jaden Dai would never catch up to Joe Di. Xavier White had witnessed Joe Di’s cunning and craftiness firsthand. If it were that easy for Jaden Dai to kill him, Joe Di wouldn’t be someone to be wary of.
Joe Di could even escape between two realms of the void—Lostlake would hardly pose any obstacle to him.
"Speak," Xavier White pointed at the Dao Master.
(Heading out tonight, so likely only this chapter today.)