At that moment, Five asked, "Where are One and that kid?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Three said, "Forget it. Never mind them. Let's begin. Who knows how long we'll have to wait for another chance like this?"
They exchanged glances, then summoned their Divine Wills and poured them into the stone stele before them.
Five Divine Wills converged upon the stele, like five rivers flowing into the sea.
As their Divine Wills gathered, the stele erupted with white light.
The light surged out like a tide, illuminating the entire clearing. Then a huge character, "Dao," appeared behind the stele.
The character was ancient and bold, its strokes holding an indescribable resonance.
It hovered above the stele, slowly rotating and radiating a pressure that made their hearts tremble.
But that was not all.
One character after another sprang from the stele.
"Humanity follows earth."
"Earth follows heaven."
"Heaven follows the Dao."
"The Dao follows nature."
Thirteen characters appeared in succession, each shining with white light, surrounding everyone in a ring.
The next moment, those thirteen characters began rearranging themselves.
"Humanity follows earth, earth follows heaven, heaven follows the Dao, and the Dao follows nature."
The thirteen characters rearranged themselves into a complete sentence, like a chain of laws winding tightly around everyone.
The white light grew stronger and brighter, swallowing their figures whole.
At that moment, all five opened their eyes.
Something burned within their gazes.
It was the sign of Divine Will driven to its utmost limit-the instant when martial artists connected with the laws of heaven and earth through their own wills.
The five people's auras merged into one, resonating with the stele, the thirteen characters, and the laws of this space.
Then the thirteen characters suddenly blazed.
The light burst like an exploding sun, so dazzling that no