Time Waits for No One

"So, you're now competing with that old Seven Nights in comprehending the Dao?"

On Aurora Island, Chi Wanning asked Ning Ye this.

Ning Ye answered with a smile, "A contest of Dao comprehension is better than a heavenly killing trap or a trial of life and death. Some matters can't be resolved at the time, so you set them aside and drag them out. Perhaps they can be resolved later."

Chi Wanning understood what he meant. "So you think you'll lose?"

Ning Ye gave an affirmative hum. "Do you know? Filtering Dao laws is like playing a jigsaw puzzle. When is a jigsaw puzzle hardest? Right at the beginning! Countless Dao laws crisscrossed and densely interwove. You didn't know which pieces were useful and which were not, so you had to pick them up one by one, compare them over and over, and finally choose the right ones to piece together. Comprehending Dao laws, by comparison, didn't come with so many troubles. You just had to crack them bit by bit, lift the veil, comprehend them, absorb them, and use them."

"But didn't you already obtain the Dao pattern of Greed from Purple Leaf?" Linlang Tian asked in confusion.

Ning Ye sighed. "The Great Dao cannot be passed on. Did you think merely looking at its shape would solve the problem? At most, it could serve as a reference. Besides, this was left behind by a Sovereign God. It had long since been shattered and fused together—you within me, me within you—unlike the Dao of Greed in the secret realm, which had been a complete whole. Furthermore, the Demonic Dao was inscrutable and adept at disguise, sharing similarities with the Righteous Dao. It was difficult to distinguish true from false. And that wasn't all..."

After a pause, Ning Ye said,