The reprimands of the Emperor of Water weighed on the central command committee responsible for planning the Garg operation. Indeed, the moment he broke through to the Transcendent Realm and protected all of Gaia from the destruction that ensued, not a single one of them could stop themselves from subconsciously developing a reliance on him.
It couldn't be helped. It was the same psychology that afflicted pathwalkers of lesser ranks when led by pathwalkers of higher ranks. And the power gap between them and Rui was so utterly astronomical that they found it challenging to shed this mindset even after being reprimanded by him.
Regardless, the committee immediately took his advice to heart and began ironing out a plan to take down Garg as more and more intelligence from Pioneer VIII and its reinforcement fleets had begun.
