"Joe..." As soon as Joe Di returned to the Halfmark Marsh Pit, Quentin Wood rushed over in excitement. Charlotte Ling also breathed a sigh of relief—she'd been worried that Joe would try to kill Samuel Shang before leaving. She'd heard from Quentin that Samuel Shang's true strength was far from simple.
"We can leave now." As Joe spoke, he summoned the Lethe Bridge.
The resonance of reincarnation swept forth once again, and in a brief moment, a passage formed in the void.
Quentin Wood and Charlotte Ling watched Joe with excitement. Since Joe hadn't given the order to act, neither dared to make a move. Yet with the appearance of the reincarnation passage, half the task was done. At least one thing was clear—Joe hadn't been wrong; it was possible to open a reincarnation passage here.
At this moment, Joe didn't tell Quentin or Charlotte to act. Instead, he pulled out several array flags and tossed them down.
Violent shockwaves erupted from the reincarnation passage, and the laws of heaven and earth were thrown into chaos by the explosive force. The void passage became clearer—ripples of Cycle Resonance appeared within the trio's divine senses.
Quentin Wood and Charlotte Ling were overjoyed. They hadn't expected Joe to set up a Void Explosion Array. Quentin knew well that he could never arrange such a Dao-rending formation himself.
"Now!" Joe shouted.
Quentin Wood and Charlotte Ling struck at the rippling resonance of the reincarnation passage simultaneously. The resonance trembled even more violently, yet showed no sign of cracking.
Joe's Heaven-Sable Blade swept out in a tearing arc, slashing directly at the resonance ripples of the reincarnation passage.
"Crack!" At last, a faint fissure appeared—so thin it was even finer than a strand of hair.
Without hesitation, Joe rushed in. Quentin Wood, alarmed, tried to grab him. At this moment, Joe's Void Explosion Array was still relentlessly tearing at the void domain—charging in like this should have meant being shredded to pieces.
But to Quentin's astonishment, Joe was completely unharmed. Before Quentin could grasp what was happening, Joe was already burning his essence blood, both hands frantically ripping at the slender crack.
A void fissure a full foot wide appeared before the three. The vast breath of the void nearly made Quentin cry out in excitement—he was certain this was a tear in the Lost Dao Domain itself. And Joe's physical body was terrifyingly strong.
"Go—now!" Joe roared. Quentin and Charlotte knew this was no time for courtesy; in a flash, both shot through the void fissure like streaks of shadow.
Joe swept up the Lethe Bridge and charged out right behind them.
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As Joe tore open the passage out of the Lost Dao Domain, nearly every cultivator within the realm stopped what they were doing and turned to look in his direction.
Many had been trapped in the Lost Dao Domain for countless years. If even a trace of outside energy seeped in, none would miss it. When they realized the domain barrier had been torn open, every cultivator rushed toward the Halfmark Marsh.
Before this, Samuel Shang had already stopped comprehending the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram. He sensed something was off—but what, he couldn't say. After all, Joe's Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram was indeed in his hands.
At the same time, Joe was indeed in Nexis Bay. He could sense his Creation Brush slowly moving, probably searching for forging materials. Samuel Shang's lips curled into a cold smile—could Nexis Bay really yield anything useful?
Something still felt off, though. A mere million miles—did he really need to search so persistently? With Joe's power, a sweep of his divine sense should reveal everything.
Suddenly, Samuel Shang stood up. He finally realized there was something even stranger than what he'd noticed before.
Back when Joe and he traded treasures, the first thing Joe wanted wasn't the Creation Brush, but the Genesis Opening Incantation. When Samuel exchanged the Creation Brush and deliberately ignored the Incantation, Joe also let it slide.
It made sense for Samuel to ignore it—he didn't want to hand over the Genesis Opening Incantation. But how could Joe have missed it?
With that thought, Samuel Shang hurriedly put away the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram and dashed out of Lost Dao City.
When Samuel arrived at Nexis Bay, his eyes were bloodshot. Joe was nowhere to be seen, but Joe had stripped away some Dao resonance from the Creation Brush, along with Samuel's own divine sense imprint.
At first, Joe had placed these imprints in one spot. After a while, they began to drift away, carried by the grand array Joe had set up.
That made Samuel think Joe was searching for materials in Nexis Bay. He'd even mocked Joe for it not long ago.
Samuel clenched his fists, eyes blazing with fury. If he didn't realize by now that Joe was after his Creation Brush, he'd be a fool.
The only reason Joe could hide his Creation Brush was that he possessed a world even more advanced than the Five Elements World.
Samuel Shang snorted. Within ten thousand years, Joe could never refine his Creation Brush. The Lost Dao Domain was only so big—he refused to believe he couldn't find Joe.
Boom! Faint rumblings echoed through the void, making Samuel's heart tremble—he had a bad feeling.
Soon after, Samuel sensed an immense void aura. In just a moment, he was certain—this was the aura of the Lost Dao Domain being torn open.
Samuel was both shocked and furious. He now understood that Joe had figured out the secret of the Lethe Bridge connecting to the reincarnation passage. If regret could tear open the Lost Dao Domain, he'd have done it ten thousand times—Samuel dashed toward the Halfmark Marsh like a madman.
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Almost the moment Joe burst out of the Lost Dao Domain, the small void fissure behind him vanished, restoring itself to its original state.
By now, even if Samuel arrived, he couldn't tear open the domain here. If he couldn't even touch the barrier, how could he rip it apart? Without the Lethe Bridge, Joe couldn't have sensed the barrier either.
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Bang! Joe's feet slammed into the ground. The moment he landed, he knew he had arrived in the Reincarnation Realm. Whether it was still called the Netherworld or not, the Yin energy here was far stronger than anywhere else.