Joe Di's eyes lit up. The Lethe Bridge? He had one.
He rarely used the Lethe Bridge. At first, it was because he couldn't fully control the bridge in battle. Later, as his power surged, he mastered the Three and Four Strands of Time. With ordinary opponents, he no longer needed the Lethe Bridge to defeat them.
As for someone as powerful as Chi Yao, he had already prepared three "Arrows of Fleeting Time." The Lethe Bridge probably wouldn't be needed either.
Charles Bei did not notice Joe Di's expression and continued, "The Minor Reincarnation will never reach its peak. If a defiant cultivator appears, Chi Yao will instantly discover them. This is because all Minor Reincarnation cultivators have already been branded with Chi Yao's Dao Mark."
At this point, Charles Bei looked at Joe Di and asked, "Do you know why Chi Yao wants to control the Heavenly Dao of Reincarnation in the Five Elements Universe?"
"Why?" Joe Di asked instinctively.
Charles Bei gave a self-deprecating smile. "If Chi Yao wants to step into the Fourth Step, he must possess his own Heavenly Dao of Reincarnation. Unfortunately, without reaching the Fourth Step, he cannot construct such a universe-level Dao of Reincarnation. This is a contradiction. The only way is to first borrow the Heavenly Dao of Reincarnation from a universe, transform it into his own Reincarnation Dao, and use it to break through to the Fourth Step. Chi Yao chose the Five Elements Universe because it is one of the strongest universes in the vast cosmos."
Once Chi Yao borrows the Heavenly Dao of Reincarnation from the Five Elements Universe and steps into the Fourth Step, he will forcibly transform the Five Elements Universe into the Dao of Reincarnation for his Fourth Step. At that time, the Five Elements Universe will vanish, and all cultivators living within it will be reduced to mere laws under Chi Yao's Dao of Reincarnation."
Charles Bei sighed deeply. "Now that I've escaped, I'm certain Chi Yao will come here immediately to regain control of the Heavenly Dao of Reincarnation in the Five Elements Universe. If he gives up here, he forfeits the chance for a truly powerful Fourth Step and may not be able to break through at all. Even if he does, he'll be missing crucial Dao laws. Tell me, is a Fourth Step without the Dao of Reincarnation truly the Fourth Step?"
Joe Di was shaken to his core. If Charles Bei hadn't told him, when he and Ye Mo and Nick Ning fought Chi Yao, the Five Elements Universe would likely have already been doomed. Even if they could defeat Chi Yao, what was lost could never be recovered.
"How can we stop Chi Yao from turning the Five Elements Universe into his own Heavenly Dao of Reincarnation?" Joe Di asked, though he was already thinking that if there was no solution, he would have to find Nick Ning and Ye Mo immediately and intercept Chi Yao before he could fully step into the Fourth Step.
Charles Bei shook his head. "There's no way. You've seen the River of Divine Rebirth, haven't you..."
As he spoke, Charles Bei pointed to the vast, boundless gray river, roiling with endless blood and violence. "When the Five Elements Universe first formed, there was a bridge above this river—the Lethe Bridge of the Five Elements Universe. Unless that bridge is brought back here, allowing the Heavenly Dao of the Five Elements Universe to regenerate and merge with the universe itself, even if Chi Yao reaches the Fourth Step, he won't be able to sever the Heavenly Dao. He could destroy the universe, but he won't be able to strip away its Heavenly Dao and turn it into his own Dao of Reincarnation."
"Where is the Lethe Bridge?" Jaxon Di asked instinctively. His mother was still trapped before the Heavenly Dao of Reincarnation in the Five Elements Universe. If the Heavenly Dao was transformed into Chi Yao's Dao, she would be doomed.
Charles Bei pointed upward. "According to what I heard before Chi Yao crushed me, the Lethe Bridge is in Chi Yao's possession. Otherwise, how could he have obtained the Heavenly Dao of the Five Elements Universe and gained control over its cycle of reincarnation?"
But Joe Di felt Charles Bei must be mistaken. He was almost certain the black wooden bridge he had obtained was the Lethe Bridge of the Five Elements Universe.
However, Joe Di was worried about something else. He asked, "Even if the Lethe Bridge of the Five Elements Universe appears and a new Heavenly Dao is constructed, wouldn't Chi Yao just seek out another universe and turn its Dao of Reincarnation into his own?"
Charles Bei shook his head. "That's impossible. The only reason Chi Yao even has a chance to step into the Fourth Step is because he obtained the Heavenly Dao laws of the Five Elements Universe at the dawn of the cosmos. That was pure luck. No matter how weak a universe is, its Heavenly Dao laws can't be taken so easily. Otherwise, what would be the meaning of its existence?"
Joe Di breathed a sigh of relief and, with a wave of his hand, let a black wooden bridge float in the void.
Layers of reincarnation energy swirled around the black wooden bridge, resonating with the boundless Lethe Bridge. Even the bloodthirsty aura faded noticeably at this moment.