Joe Di had visited the Taiji Realm once before, but upon returning this time, he was truly astonished. As his divine sense swept across the realm, he found that nearly half of the area within its range was shrouded in blackness.
Joe Di cultivated the Grand Way of Laws. With a single sweep of his divine sense, he immediately knew that Lord Voidbreaker had not been mistaken—this was very likely the work of Lord Nightshade. Others could not probe into the black mist, but Joe Di's divine sense could penetrate it clearly. Although his sense was still at the edge of the mist, he could already discern that the black fog itself was a kind of law.
Though Joe Di had never encountered the dark laws before, he could sense that this was an entirely new kind of rule—most likely the very 'dark laws' Lord Voidbreaker had mentioned.
"Sect Master Di, just give the order. Even if you ask us to charge in right now, not a single one of us would hesitate!" Seeing Joe Di observing at the edge of the black mist, Jason Ren thumped his chest and declared.
By now, news of Joe Di's plan to establish a sect in the Taiji Realm and then found a Grand Court to eradicate the black mist had already spread throughout the realm. Countless cultivators rushed toward this place; no one wanted to abandon their homeland. Since someone capable had stepped forward to lead the rescue of the Taiji Realm, naturally, no one would fall behind.
Watching the steady stream of arriving cultivators, Joe Di stepped into the void and spoke loudly, "Fellow Daoists of the Taiji Realm, we must enter the black mist and eliminate it. But before we do, I want to set up a defensive array at its edge to block its advance. We must prevent the black mist from further corrupting the unaffected areas, so I need some array masters to help me."
"Sect Master Di, I'm afraid that's not possible. Even the best divine arrays may not be able to stop this black mist..." The sect leader of the Grand Array Guild, He Yi, stepped forward, looking uneasy as he spoke.
He worried that arranging such a grand array would consume an enormous amount of manpower and resources. It was very likely that before the array was even completed, the black mist would have already swept across the entire Taiji Realm.
Joe Di waved his hand. "Don't worry. I have a way."
As Joe Di spoke, thousands of array masters had already stepped forward, and even more cultivators took out materials to help.