Joe Di knew very well that he absolutely could not let his Spiritual Sea completely shatter. If it did, he would be finished. As for the little gray stone in his Spiritual Sea, Joe Di didn't even bother to hope—it was something he couldn't control at all. The only thing he could rely on was the Soul Tempering Technique.
The Soul Tempering Technique ran wildly, drawing streams of cool essence from the Spirit Marrow Pool. These refreshing currents struggled to halt the further splitting of his Spiritual Sea, working to repair the cracks within.
The Spirit Marrow Essence squeezed out by the Soul Tempering Technique could indeed slowly heal the fissures in Joe Di's Spiritual Sea, but the rate of repair was far slower than the speed at which it was cracking.
Joe Di could only rely on the Starstream Technique’s cosmic circulation, desperately drawing out the terrifying, searing energy from his Spiritual Sea and channeling it into his Stellar Meridian.
As for whether the Stellar Meridian would collapse from this, it was no longer within Joe Di’s consideration. If his Spiritual Sea shattered, living or dying would make little difference.
With the Soul Tempering Technique and Starstream Technique operating in tandem, Joe Di's Spiritual Sea finally stopped cracking further. Once the splitting ceased, his divine sense steadily surged and began to condense.
Joe Di had no idea how much time had passed when suddenly his Purple Mansion erupted in a thunderous roar. A faint golden aura radiated from the very center of his Spiritual Sea, instantly mending the previously split sea. Immediately, his Spiritual Sea expanded and his divine sense continued to strengthen.
Boom! Like a spring thunder exploding within his Spiritual Sea, its expansion accelerated, and his divine sense grew even faster. Joe Di knew his Spiritual Sea was about to advance, and the rate of growth after this breakthrough was astonishing. However, he had no time to marvel at it. The sole purpose of advancing his Spiritual Sea was to break into the Seabreaker Stage—he had to seize this chance. Now, he could only push the Starstream Technique to its limit and charge toward the Seabreaker Stage.
Boom! Boom! Boom! In just three cosmic cycles, Joe Di’s cultivation reached the peak of the Void Spirit Stage, and his true essence brushed against the barrier of the Seabreaker Stage.
The Starstream Technique’s frenzied cycles brought even more surging true essence, battering relentlessly against the barrier of the Seabreaker Stage. Joe Di’s physical body trembled from the impact, but as a Tri-King Realm body cultivator, he could still withstand it.
Crack! A bolt of lightning suddenly appeared overhead, but instead of fear, Joe Di was delighted—he knew he was finally facing the Lightning Tribulation of the Seabreaker Stage.
Whether he could survive the Lightning Tribulation and step into the Seabreaker Stage depended entirely on himself. Without waiting for the lightning arc to fall, Joe Di began channeling the Titan Body Technique.
Running the Titan Body Technique, Soul Tempering Technique, and Starstream Technique together was nothing new to Joe Di. This time, as he did so again, an unrelated thought emerged in his mind: What if he merged these three techniques—how would it affect his cultivation in the future?
Before Joe Di could ponder this question further, the Lightning Tribulation struck. The first wave consisted of nine arcs, each massive, crashing onto Joe Di’s body. Even his Tri-King Realm physique creaked under the impact.
It was the sound of bones fracturing, but Joe Di was prepared. Under the Titan Body Technique, his broken bones rapidly healed. The excess lightning energy was absorbed and, guided by the Starstream Technique, used to assault the barrier of the Seabreaker Stage.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Just as Joe Di anticipated, he could feel the barrier of the Seabreaker Stage, but it was incredibly solid—after several attempts, he still couldn’t tear open a single crack.
The second wave of Lightning Tribulation crashed down. Like the tribulation of the Void Spirit Stage, this second wave had eighteen arcs. The only difference was that this time, the intensity was more than ten times greater.
Bang! Bang! Blood mist exploded around Joe Di, but he remained calm and unmoved. He knew his cultivation progress was fast, but breaking through major realms was always difficult. Now, using the lightning arcs to attack the barrier of the Seabreaker Stage, he didn’t let his body shatter—only some blood mist burst forth, which was already quite fortunate for him.
The third wave, the fourth wave...
When the fifth wave of Lightning Tribulation struck, Joe Di—covered in blood and with half his bones fractured—heard a sharp crack. At last, the barrier of the Seabreaker Stage was blasted open.
Endless spiritual energy surged into Joe Di, causing his cultivation and strength to soar wildly. At this point, there was no way he would let the Lightning Tribulation go to waste.
During the Lightning Tribulation, cultivation progress was fastest; the laws of heaven and earth were at their clearest. What would usually take a year or more to achieve could be accomplished in just a few hours during tribulation.
Now that he had advanced to the Seabreaker Stage and the Lightning Tribulation was nearly over, Joe Di had to make the tribulation even more intense.
Joe Di summoned the Azure Veil Blade, transforming it into a streak of blue light that slashed into the Lightning Tribulation!
Sure enough, provoked by Joe Di, the sixth wave of lightning arcs grew even thicker. This time, they didn’t fall all at once but came in a relentless stream, each one hammering directly at the crown of Joe Di’s head.
The Spirit Marrow Pool beneath Joe Di’s feet had long since been shattered by the Lightning Tribulation. The surrounding ley line fragments and a single, intact Prime Ley Line provided him with endless spiritual energy.
The concentration of spiritual energy drawn from the ley lines now was on a completely different level compared to Joe Di’s previous cultivation. All of it was swept up by Joe Di, as if falling into a bottomless pit.
Joe Di could clearly feel his cultivation rapidly stabilizing, then advancing toward the peak of the first layer of the Seabreaker Stage.
When the seventh wave of Lightning Tribulation fell, Joe Di had already broken through the first layer and stepped into the second layer of the Seabreaker Stage.
At this moment, Joe Di could truly feel the benefits of the lightning arcs. Seeing the eighth wave of Lightning Tribulation about to weaken, he immediately unleashed the Seventh-Rank Skyveil Blade Array. Joe Di knew that as long as he hadn’t crossed the cultivation barrier, the tribulation would try to reduce him to ashes. But once he advanced to a new realm, his cultivation would rise and the tribulation’s intensity would quickly drop.
Thousands of blade artifacts shot out, shredding the lightning arcs across the whole space into fragments.
Joe Di’s actions completely enraged the Lightning Tribulation. The eighth and ninth waves of lightning arcs fell nearly simultaneously, their relentless, massive bolts seeming intent on obliterating Joe Di.
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This was exactly what Joe Di wanted. He had no time to marvel at how easily he could now deploy the Seventh-Rank Skyveil Blade Array; instead, he pushed the Starstream Technique and Titan Body Technique to their limits.
Crack! Boom!
Even though Joe Di had entered the second layer of the Seabreaker Stage and could absorb the lightning energy, under this terrifying barrage of dense arcs, his bones fractured once again. The Titan Body Technique caused his shattered bones to hum and vibrate, and then, guided by a mysterious force, they began to knit themselves back together.
Bang! Bang! The final few lightning arcs struck his newly reformed body, leaving only a few bloody marks on Joe Di’s skin.
With a sudden surge, Joe Di’s true essence burst forth, and his cultivation naturally broke through to the third layer of the Seabreaker Stage.
The space grew quiet. Joe Di stood in midair, as calm and steady as an ancient pine tree.
At this moment, he stopped cultivating, ceased tempering his divine sense, and halted his body refinement. He simply stood there, quietly sensing the changes within himself.
His Spiritual Sea was now as vast and boundless as an ocean. Joe Di was certain that if he faced the Spectral Empress again and she condensed her divine sense sword to attack his Spiritual Sea, it would remain utterly unshaken.
The gray rings that once circled his Spiritual Sea had vanished, replaced by a golden ring. Such a vast Spiritual Sea—Joe Di couldn’t have imagined it before. Compared to the ninth level, his current Spiritual Sea was several times stronger; this was a fundamental transformation.
This was truly a tenth-level Spiritual Sea, or perhaps even a higher tier. The Spectral Empress who once ambushed him also had a tenth-level Spiritual Sea, but Joe Di was sure hers couldn’t compare to his.
With his current Spiritual Sea, even a Ninth-Rank Skyveil Blade Array made entirely of Prime Spirit Artifacts would be no challenge for him.
Compared to his breakthrough to the tenth-level Spiritual Sea, advancing to the third layer of the Seabreaker Stage was almost insignificant. More importantly, under the Lightning Tribulation, his physical body had reached the true Tri-God Realm—though only the Exalt Stage, it was still a fundamental leap from the Tri-King Realm.
The Spirit Marrow Pool had been destroyed by his Lightning Tribulation, and the remaining Prime Ley Line had been shattered into several pieces. Joe Di didn’t care at all—what are cultivation resources for, if not to increase one’s strength?
After nearly three years in seclusion, he could finally leave.
The first thing Joe Di planned to do upon leaving was to head for Nightlake. Without the Firegod Herb, his divine sense could never have reached the tenth level.
Now, the green and half-red Firegod Herbs were useless to him; only the red and the legendary black Firegod Herb would be of true benefit.
With his tenth-level divine sense, he was confident he could obtain the black Firegod Herb from Nightlake.
But before leaving, he had to take all the Earthcore Patterned Gold from here, and he wouldn’t leave the shattered ley lines behind either. Even the ley line fragments shredded by his Seventh-Rank Skyveil Blade Array would go into his small world.
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