Upon hearing Emperor Ye's words, Joe Di and Nick Ning's eyes lit up. Learning that Chi Yao's Fourth Step has a weakness was the best news they'd received.
Nick Ning chuckled, waving his hand to cast several Grand Dao Principles. "Emperor Ye, take a look at this."
With a gesture, Emperor Ye locked those Grand Dao Principles with his Dao resonance. In just a short moment, Emperor Ye exclaimed in surprise, "These are Chi Yao's Grand Dao Principles! How did you obtain them and even deduce their origins?"
Emperor Ye had fought Chi Yao before. The moment the source of Chi Yao's Grand Dao Principles appeared, he recognized it immediately.
Knowing the origin of Chi Yao's Grand Dao Principles was a huge deal. At the very least, they were no longer completely in the dark about Chi Yao, and their chances of victory were much higher. In a battle between powerful cultivators, the greatest fear is not understanding your opponent at all.
"Now I remember. When I fought Chi Yao, he suddenly tore open space and left. At that time, my Dao was incomplete, and I wondered why he didn't kill me. It seems he must have sensed you two were stripping away his Grand Dao Principles, right?" Emperor Ye recalled.
"That's right," Joe Di replied. "After I sent you the message, I immediately left that continent. Actually, Chi Yao had already placed a Grand Dao Principle on me. But I managed to strip it away, and with Nick Ning's help, we broke through it."
The three of them exchanged glances, then burst into hearty laughter.
Now that they knew Chi Yao's Fourth Step lacked a vital Principle of Life, and had obtained his Grand Dao Principles as well, the trio's confidence soared.
"It's a pity Senior Zixiao isn't here. Otherwise, we could definitely establish the Gate of Destiny in the shortest time possible. Now, it will probably take much longer," Nick Ning sighed. For them, time was life itself.
Emperor Ye smiled, "If Senior Zachary Zephyr were here, we could certainly speed things up. But with the three of us working together, it shouldn't take too long either."
After speaking, Emperor Ye looked at Joe Di and asked, "Joe Di, your cultivation path is the Path of Rules, isn't it?"
Joe Di nodded, "Yes, I cultivate the Path of Rules."
He didn't fully understand Emperor Ye's Dao, but it wasn't surprising that Emperor Ye knew his cultivation path. After all, Joe Di had managed to strip away the Grand Dao Principle that Chi Yao had planted in him, and even shared those principles with Emperor Ye and Nick Ning for research. It would be strange if Emperor Ye didn't know his Dao.
"My Dao and Joe Di's Dao complement each other," Nick Ning said.
Emperor Ye nodded. If Nick Ning wanted to break through after leaving the Rift of Annihilation, he absolutely couldn't continue with the Way of Unity.
"After my Dao's nirvana, it gives rise to all things. Joe Di, you will construct new cosmic rules at the location of the Gate of Destiny. Nick Ning, you will evolve rules outside these new rules, linking them to the vastness. I'll be responsible for the formation of the Gate of Destiny..."
Upon hearing Emperor Ye's words, Nick Ning and Joe Di were overjoyed.
With this division of labor, there was truly no need for Zachary Zephyr to be present. The three of them were enough to restart the Gate of Destiny.
......
Knowing that time was of the essence, Joe Di, Emperor Ye, and Nick Ning immediately began constructing the rules and refining a new Gate of Destiny once their plan was set.
The others couldn't help, so they could only retreat to a distance and wait.
Nora Xiu naturally seized Dylan Lethe again, repeatedly asking about Diana Di's whereabouts. Unfortunately, Dylan Lethe had no idea where Diana Di was either.
"Hahaha..." A wild laugh rang out, and a black figure landed on the outskirts of Nora Xiu and the others.
Destiny Sovereign, Jane Yan, and Serena Green, who were speaking, were all startled, their gazes fixed on the black-clad figure.
Rather than calling him a person, he looked more like a skeleton.
The newcomer wasn't tall, dressed in a black starry cultivator's robe, with black hair tied into a Dao topknot. He held a thick, black thread-bound book, looking rather strange.
Yet the aura around him surged as if about to explode; even Destiny Sovereign felt a hint of oppression.
"Oh? Destiny Sovereign? Didn't you enter the Gate of Destiny? And you even gained a minor sovereign seat—how did you come out?" The black-robed man exclaimed upon seeing Destiny Sovereign, clearly recognizing her.
Destiny Sovereign suddenly understood, "So it's you, Zefron Ye?"