Emperor Ye swept his divine sense over the area. Both of these men were in the Dao Nurturing Realm. Even though his power was currently suppressed, they posed no threat to him at all.
"Oh, no, that's not it. I was just about to go in, but there was a powerful Heaven-Earth Law suppression inside. I was forced to flee by that suppression, and ended up falling out of the void," Emperor Ye explained immediately.
From their conversation, he learned that the place he had just exited seemed to be quite dangerous, not a place just anyone could enter. As for the suppression of the Heaven-Earth Law, that was something he had personally experienced.
Upon hearing Emperor Ye's words, both men breathed a sigh of relief. One of them said, "I thought someone had really come out of the Grand Dissolution Realm."
So this place was called the Grand Dissolution Realm. Emperor Ye promptly asked, "I've heard that people have managed to come out of the Grand Dissolution Realm before."
The reason he asked was because he himself had just come out from there. In fact, the Grand Dissolution Realm wasn't all that dangerous—at least, he hadn't felt any danger. He hadn't even encountered many top-tier divine beasts along the way, and as for environmental hazards, he hadn't seen any at all.
The cultivator who had spoken earlier chuckled, "That must have been a long time ago. Back then, our Divine Continent still had people who could step into the Third Step, and there were quite a few Third Step powerhouses. Now, forget the Third Step—even reaching the Second Step is already the pinnacle."
This domain had no Third Step cultivators? Although his own cultivation had been suppressed to the extreme, he hadn't actually fallen below the Third Step.
"So the entire Divine Continent doesn't have any Third Step cultivators left?" Emperor Ye asked instinctively.
The cultivator looked at Emperor Ye in surprise, then replied, "Of course not. There are still Third Step cultivators, but each one is an extraordinary genius. They're destined to rule the Divine Continent in the future, and their breakthroughs into the Third Step probably didn't happen in this domain."
The other cultivator, who had remained silent until now, said, "Go to Jade Wall City. In another year or two, you'll see Third Step powerhouses arriving. There will be at least five or six Third Step cultivators coming here."
"May I ask how I should address you two?" Emperor Ye grew even more puzzled. Just a moment ago, they had said that reaching the Second Step in this domain was rare, so how could there suddenly be five or six Third Step cultivators in a year or two? He had many questions, so he cupped his fists and politely asked for their names.
Fortunately, these two Dao Nurturing cultivators were still quite patient and showed no signs of impatience.
The first cultivator to speak was slightly plump, and his Dao aura was more refined. He chuckled, "My name is Bei Ji, and this is my friend Xun Tianyi. If you go further from here, you'll reach the Minor Dissolution Realm. We're headed there this time."
From Bei Ji's words, Emperor Ye realized the man was already suspicious of his origins. Still, out of caution, Bei Ji explained the Minor Dissolution Realm in detail.
Emperor Ye had no interest in the Minor Dissolution Realm and asked politely, "Why do you say there will be many Third Step cultivators appearing in Jade Wall City in a year or two?"
Bei Ji explained in an even more courteous tone than Emperor Ye, "Jade Wall City has Lady Serena..."
"Lady Serena?" Emperor Ye's heart skipped a beat. He sensed that Qingru was also here—could this Lady Serena be Qingru?
Bei Ji nodded, his tone even carrying a hint of reverence. "Many years ago, Elder Nemo of Azure Balance Sect in Jade Wall City rescued a young woman. She bore a striking resemblance to the sect's founder, Serena Green, so Elder Nemo wanted to take her as a disciple."
"And then?" Emperor Ye asked impatiently.
Bei Ji continued, "I heard that this woman's name also contains the character 'Qing,' which made Elder Nemo even more fond of her. The people of Azure Balance Sect also liked their new fellow disciple and called her Lady Serena. Unexpectedly, after Lady Serena recovered, the first thing she requested was to find a Dao companion."
"What?" Emperor Ye was astonished. If it was Qingru, why would she immediately seek a Dao companion upon waking?
"Although Elder Nemo was reluctant, Lady Serena was her favorite disciple, and she suspected Lady Serena might be the sect's founder. So she couldn't keep opposing Lady Serena's wishes. However, Lady Serena didn't ask Elder Nemo to find her a Dao companion—instead, she proposed a Dao Selection to choose one."
At this point, Emperor Ye was starting to understand. "Daoist Bei, do you mean that the date for Lady Serena's Dao Selection to choose a companion is approaching? But why are so many Third Step powerhouses coming? Lady Serena hasn't been here that long, has she?"
Bei Ji chuckled, "There are plenty of beauties in Divine Continent, but I guarantee there's never been one who could compare to Lady Serena—not even a fraction. Of course, cultivators appreciate beauty, but that's not the main reason."
"What's the main reason?" Emperor Ye asked urgently.
"The main reason is that Azure Balance Sect cultivates the Way of Life, and Lady Serena also practices the Way of Life—even surpassing her predecessors. We cultivators pursue higher realms, don't we? The Divine Continent is so saturated with dissolution energy that very few can reach the Third Step. If you find a Dao companion who cultivates the Way of Life, the Third Step won't be nearly as difficult. And Lady Serena is the number one beauty, too," Bei Ji said with a smile.
Hearing this, Emperor Ye's anger grew. Clearly, none of these cultivators who wanted to become Qingru's Dao companion truly wished to spend their lives with her.
Aside from coveting her Way of Life, it was also about her beauty.
"If you want to try your luck, now is the best time. But finding a place to stay in Jade Wall City isn't easy these days," Xun Tianyi said with a chuckle, hinting that Emperor Ye should hurry if he wanted to go, rather than waste time here.
"May I ask if you have a Jade Wall City location jade slip?" Emperor Ye knew the two were suspicious of him, but he couldn't be bothered to explain, so he simply asked for the location of Jade Wall City.
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Bei Ji had already taken out a jade slip and respectfully handed it to Emperor Ye. "This is the location jade slip for this region. Everything within billions of miles is contained in it."
"Thank you both." Emperor Ye cupped his fists in farewell and quickly departed.
After Emperor Ye left, Bei Ji wiped the sweat from his forehead. "That man must be a Second Step powerhouse—maybe even in the Convergence Realm. I suspect he's been in the Grand Dissolution Realm for a long time before coming out. The two of us together couldn't even compare to a finger of his. Thankfully, he doesn't like killing."
If it had been a cultivator who enjoyed killing, knowing that he wasn't from this region, he might have killed them both to keep things quiet.
Xun Tianyi hurriedly said, "Brother Bei, let's get going. This isn't a place to linger."
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Joe Di didn't care which domain it was—he tore through and charged straight in. Fortunately, after entering the void of the torn domain, he finally breathed a sigh of relief as the threat of death gradually faded. Joe Di knew very well that unless he got rid of that rule inside his body, he'd always be prey in someone else's eyes.
He had no idea how many domains he'd torn through, but Joe Di finally came to a stop on a fragment of void meteorite in a broken stretch of space.
As soon as he stopped, Joe Di immediately set up more than a dozen grand arrays of all kinds: defensive, concealment, and masking formations.
In Joe Di's view, the one most likely to plot against him was Chi Yao, whose strength far surpassed his own. But when it came to formations, Joe Di never thought himself weaker than anyone. Even Chi Yao couldn't see through his arrays unless he truly stepped into the Fourth Step.
Once the arrays were complete, Joe Di immediately entered his own universe world, shielding himself with the World Book, and then focused all his attention inward.
Even though Joe Di cultivated the Path of Rules, in this short time, that particular rule was about to vanish completely.
Joe Di couldn't help feeling a bit fearful. If that rule disappeared, even if he were reincarnated, he might never escape Chi Yao.
At this moment, Joe Di deeply understood how Miles Gray had felt. Miles Gray was powerful, but he couldn't remove the enslavement rule within himself, so he could only choose to fall.
Joe Di didn't think much of Miles Gray's fall. As long as Chi Yao wasn't killed, even after reincarnation, Miles Gray would still be prey in Chi Yao's bowl.
Clearing his mind of all distractions, Joe Di's Path of Rules began its cycle, activating all his Dao rules. The nearly vanished rule instantly became clear, wrapped in the midst of Joe Di's Dao rules.
(That's all for today's update. Good night, friends!)