Quinn Moten barely hesitated. Light-Dark Way Resonance surged around him, and the black-and-white Dao radiance in his hand blossomed with power, striking with full force at the Chaos Realm.
Crack! Crack! The sound of realm fissures became even more pronounced as dense chaos energy billowed forth. Quinn Moten now realized he was truly about to break open the Chaos Realm.
At this moment, he frantically channeled the Light-Dark Way Formula, and as his cosmic cycle rotated, his realm boundary grew increasingly distinct.
Quinn Moten brimmed with confidence, his power soaring as the Light-Dark Disk swept up a resonance so vivid it seemed tangible, hammering against the edge of the Chaos Realm.
Boom! Crack! Quinn Moten's Chaos Realm was completely shattered. The dense chaos essence nearly condensed into mist, and his realm swiftly clarified until it was fully formed.
Quinn Moten had no time to observe the outside world; he hurried to stabilize his own realm. His domain had just been forged and needed to be quickly anchored with the help of the chaos energy.
Joe Di stopped cultivating. If he continued now, it might affect Quinn Moten. The sheer force with which he drew in spiritual energy would certainly interfere with Quinn Moten's domain creation.
Several months passed in an instant. Quinn Moten completely stabilized his realm, having consumed almost all of the chaos energy.
"Brother Di, it really was you who helped me." The moment Quinn Moten stopped cultivating and saw Joe Di, he understood exactly what had happened.
His Chaos Realm had been stuck for so long without breaking through, and now, as soon as it did, he saw Joe Di. If Joe Di hadn't helped, that would have been strange indeed.
Joe Di smiled, "I happened to catch you at the moment of breaking through your realm, so I decided to lend a hand."
"You didn't leave?" Quinn Moten realized immediately that this wasn't the main issue. He quickly followed up, "Brother Di, how did you strip away the outer chaos from my Chaos Realm?"
This was what truly shocked him. Until now, in the vast chaos, cultivators could only traverse it—no one could do anything else, as their divine sense would be trapped.
Yet Joe Di had stripped away the vast chaos outside his Chaos Realm—how formidable was that? If Joe Di hadn't separated the chaos, would Quinn Moten have been able to break through his realm?
"I already left once, and this is my second time coming in. Lately I've had some insights into the Grand Way, so I helped you out." Joe Di didn't elaborate. Quinn Moten had cultivated for far longer; back then, he might have already reached the Creation Realm and now had even severed and forged new domains. Joe Di himself was only in the Convergence Realm, nothing much to boast about.
"Brother Di, thank you." Quinn Moten offered Joe Di a heartfelt salute of gratitude.
To condense a Chaos Realm within the vast chaos and then break through—this was a true nirvana for Quinn Moten. In fact, his previous greatest achievements paled in comparison. Back then, his success was due to being a beneficiary of the universe's opening, his future more or less set. But today's achievement was forged by his own hand, and his future was limitless.
And all of this was thanks to Joe Di. From the jade slip Joe Di gave him, Quinn Moten could guess that Joe Di had already broken open the Chaos Realm here long ago.
"I didn't find your Chrono-Nail artifact. Because of other matters, I returned to the Chaos Realm and happened to encounter your breakthrough." Joe Di said apologetically.
Although Joe Di had remembered this matter ever since leaving the vast chaos, he truly hadn't had time to search for the Chrono-Nail alone. Fortunately, he managed to rescue Quinn Moten now.
Quinn Moten quickly said, "Brother Di, the Chrono-Nail is a fine artifact, but what I've gained now is even greater. If not for you, I'd still be hesitating. Now that I've broken open the Chaos Realm, it's like I've seen a new world—in fact, I truly have, and I've condensed a new domain. Before, my title of Supreme Sage was only nominal, but now I believe I'm not inferior to those others—except for you, Brother Di."
To Quinn Moten, Joe Di was simply too extraordinary.
To achieve so much in such a short time, and to surpass even a universe-forging powerhouse like himself, made Quinn Moten feel humbled.
"Old Qin, do you have any plans?" Joe Di didn't want to dwell on the topic. As Quinn Moten said, in the path of cultivation, Joe Di had already surpassed him.
"First, let's find a way out. Before breaking open and forging a new realm in the Chaos, I could barely move in here. Now, I believe we can get out. Besides, since you've already left once and dared to come back, I'm even more confident." Quinn Moten said boldly.
"Getting out won't be a problem. I believe it won't be long before we can leave this vast chaos. After I leave, I plan to visit the Trinity Universe—the Supreme Sage there owes me something, and I'm going to settle the score." Joe Di said.
Joe Di had never worried about leaving the vast chaos. His divine sense could already sweep thousands of miles, and the longer he was trapped, the further his divine sense could reach. No matter how vast the chaos, one day he would get out.
"You're going to the Trinity Universe to settle accounts with its Supreme Sage?" Quinn Moten stared at Joe Di in shock. He, too, was a Supreme Sage, but compared to the one in the Trinity Universe, he was worlds apart.
Though he was the founder of the Light-Dark World, in truth he was merely one of the first cultivators born from the Light-Dark Way Resonance after the universe's birth. He then used the Grand Way and the aura of creation to forge his own Light-Dark World. His title of Supreme Sage only applied to his personal domain, not to the entire Light-Dark Universe.
Later, his Light-Dark World was seized by the Evil Corpse, and that's how he ended up in the state Joe Di first saw him. Saying Joe Di gave him new life was no exaggeration.
That was why Joe Di's plan to settle accounts with the Trinity Universe shocked him—the Supreme Sage of the Trinity Universe was on par with the true Supreme Sage of the Light-Dark Universe.
Joe Di nodded, "That's right. Henry Vaughn, the Supreme Sage of the Trinity Universe, sent over a hundred Convergence Realm cultivators to cause trouble in my Five Elements Universe. After I dealt with them, he intercepted me at the edge of the vast chaos. Of course I have a score to settle with him. Besides, I want to use the Trinity Universe as a gateway to Genesis City."
"Genesis City?" Quinn Moten asked in surprise. He didn't even ask how Joe Di had dealt with Henry Vaughn.
Joe Di didn't hold anything back and told Quinn Moten everything he knew.
After hearing everything, Quinn Moten said without hesitation, "Brother Di, I'll go with you. I want to see Genesis City for myself. Maybe there, I'll meet the Supreme Sage of the Light-Dark Universe."
"Aren't you the Supreme Sage of the Light-Dark Universe?" Joe Di asked, puzzled.
Quinn Moten gave a self-deprecating smile, "I'm only the Supreme Sage of the Light-Dark World I created. My Light-Dark World was also taken by the Evil Corpse. Compared to the Supreme Sage of the Light-Dark Universe, I'm far inferior."
Joe Di immediately understood—the relationship between Quinn Moten and the Supreme Sage of the Light-Dark Universe was like that between Morgan Du and Dominic Du.
This time, Joe Di didn't leave any marks in the vast chaos, and Lightning had disappeared to who knows where. Even a powerhouse like Quinn Moten couldn't break open his own Chaos Realm, so if Lightning tried to forge a realm here in the future, it would likely be just as difficult.
If one day he reached the Genesis Realm, he'd return to the vast chaos once more.
Walking through the vast chaos with Quinn Moten, discussing the Way as they went, Quinn Moten soon realized with shock that his understanding of the Way was far inferior to Joe Di's.
For Quinn Moten, several years passed in a flash, as if only an incense stick's time had gone by. He was still absorbed in Joe Di's explanations of the Way when he suddenly heard Joe Di say they'd emerged.
"What do you mean, we've come out?" Quinn Moten asked instinctively. Then, looking up and seeing he was already outside the vast chaos, he finally understood. He and Joe Di had exited the vast chaos—in just a few years!
"Brother Di, it's only been a few years, and we've already left the vast chaos?" Quinn Moten still couldn't believe it.
Joe Di pointed at the vast chaos. "If I went back in again, I believe I could get out in half a year at most."
Joe Di wasn't bragging—he'd entered the vast chaos twice and exited twice. Now, with his divine sense, he could already sense certain directions within the chaos.
(That's all for today's update. Good night, friends!)