Seeing that the flashes of inspiration within Loran's soul had reached their limit, Locke flipped his palm.
The next instant, the space containing Loran was severed by Locke and condensed into a fist-sized pocket of space that floated in the center of his palm.
Upon witnessing this scene, both Levlenxia and the Life Chief Sovereign, Wawaya, were utterly astonished.
Neither of them had any idea how Locke had accomplished such a feat.
However, they knew one thing.
If the other Sovereigns were to witness this technique, then from this day forward, there would never again be a single Sovereign who harbored even the slightest trace of disrespect toward Chief Sovereign Locke.
Although, even before this, there hadn't been any Sovereigns who dared disrespect Chief Sovereign Locke in the first place.
Still, in the eyes of the other Sovereigns, Chief Sovereign Locke had remained a "Sovereign."
But after displaying a method like this...
How could this possibly be something a Sovereign was capable of?
Only an Overgod could possess such supreme might!
"Buzz..."
The Laws of the Universe descended.
What shocked Levlenxia and the Life Chief Sovereign once again was that, this time, when the Laws of the Universe descended, neither of them felt themselves being restrained.
The Laws of the Universe were the supreme Laws of the Magical Universe.
Whenever they descended, regardless of what kind of living being was present, all would be affected by them.
Within the area covered by the Laws of the Universe, every living being would be rendered immobile. Only the one receiving the blessing of the Laws of the Universe would be able to undergo soul division or receive an increase in Will, among other things.
Now, although Levlenxia and Wawaya clearly sensed the descent of the Laws of the Universe, they themselves remained completely unaffected.
Naturally, this aroused their curiosity once more.
Very quickly, before Levlenxia had figured anything out, Wawaya had already discovered that the Laws of the Universe had descended... onto Chief Sovereign Locke's palm.
More precisely...
They had descended upon the place where Loran was located within the space contained in Locke's palm.
The fluctuations of the Laws of the Universe, which ordinarily spread over a radius of a hundred meters, had not extended beyond the tiny space within Locke's palm.
This sight once again left the Life Chief Sovereign utterly dumbfounded.
After taking a deep look at Locke, Wawaya did her best to recall everything Locke had explained earlier.
At the same time, she resolved that once her elder sister, the Death Chief Sovereign Lilia, finished cultivating, she would immediately ask her about this mysterious higher Law.
However, Wawaya wasn't certain whether she would actually be able to obtain any additional information from her elder sister.
If the cultivation method of this unknown higher Law were ever spread throughout the universe, Wawaya was certain it would trigger an entirely new upheaval within the Magical Universe.
Yet after witnessing the effects caused by Locke's casual display of power, Wawaya understood that what seemed like a tremendous upheaval to her would probably appear to Locke as nothing more than an ant attempting to move a mountain.
Glancing at the flashes of inspiration within Lilia's soul and seeing that they remained active, Locke shifted his attention to his son, Loran.
Back when Locke himself had become a Spatial Deity—a Lower Deity—his original body had possessed no divine spark.
Thus, under the effects of the Laws of the Universe, his soul had been directly elevated from the Soul Golden Core realm to the Soul Nascent Soul realm.
The same was now happening to Loran.
Loran possessed both a Water divine clone and a Death divine clone.
However, his true body was likewise still at the Saint-level.
Because he possessed no Spatial divine spark, the Laws of the Universe likewise inscribed the Spatial Laws directly upon Loran's soul.
The difference was that when Locke experienced this, it had been the blessing granted by the Laws of the Universe upon a divine beast reaching adulthood.
Loran, however, was merely the offspring of a divine beast.
Without receiving innate comprehension of the Laws from the Laws of the Universe, his soul realm naturally became unable to withstand the pressure exerted by the Spatial Laws.
Seeing pain begin to appear on Loran's face, Locke naturally understood what his son was experiencing.
The moment Locke saw Loran's soul beginning to be tempered by the Laws of the Universe, he wasted no time.
From his interspatial ring flew a mountain of amethyst.
Sweeping over it with his soul power, Locke instantly refined the soul essence contained within the amethyst mountain and directed that soul power toward Loran.
The immense soul power contained within the mountain of amethyst was refined by Locke into a purple river of soul energy that completely enveloped Loran.
Afterward, this river of soul power gradually fused into Loran's soul, becoming nourishment for it.
Gradually, as the river of soul energy diminished, a faint golden radiance began to emerge from within Loran's soul.
Soul Golden Core!
Because the living beings of the Coiling Dragon Universe lacked the intermediary "Immortal Realm" that connected the lower and higher stages of cultivation, their souls were fundamentally incapable of bearing the Laws.
Thus, the cultivation system of the Coiling Dragon Universe transformed the Laws and Edicts into something akin to "spiritual treasures" in the form of blood-bound divine artifacts, allowing living beings to temper their divine sparks by comprehending more Laws, gradually advancing their divine sparks from Demigod sparks to Highgod sparks.
The Laws of the Universe could not be defied!
But the Spatial Laws possessed no Spatial divine spark.
Therefore, the Laws of the Universe of the Coiling Dragon Universe could only inscribe the Spatial Laws directly upon a living being's soul.
Under such circumstances, the soul naturally had to be strengthened until it became capable of bearing the Laws.
Had Locke not supplied Loran with such an enormous quantity of soul power earlier, then even if the Laws of the Universe had ultimately elevated his soul to the Soul Golden Core realm, his remaining soul energy would probably have amounted to nothing more than a wisp of mist, requiring countless years of recuperation before it could fully recover.
Now, however, with this river of soul energy continuously replenishing him, Loran's soul was simultaneously being tempered by the Laws of the Universe while constantly restoring itself through absorbing soul power.
Gradually, Loran's soul condensed into a thumb-sized golden sphere.
Under the guidance of the Laws of the Universe, the Spatial Laws began to be inscribed upon Loran's Soul Golden Core.
When the Laws of the Universe finally dispersed, Locke let out a sigh.
Still, he understood why.
Back then, the reason the Laws of the Universe had elevated his soul directly into the Soul Nascent Soul realm was primarily because Locke had already tempered his soul to the Soul Golden Core realm beforehand.
Thus, under the tempering of the Laws of the Universe, his soul broke through its bottleneck and advanced into the higher Soul Nascent Soul realm.
As for Loran...
His soul realm had originally been little different from that of ordinary living beings.
Reaching the Soul Golden Core realm, which was capable of bearing the Laws, was already exploiting a loophole in the Coiling Dragon Universe's Laws of the Universe.
"Hahaha! I succeeded! I succeeded!"
After the Laws of the Universe dispersed, Loran opened his eyes.
Feeling the tremendous power surging through his body, he immediately shouted with excitement from within Locke's palm, venting the joy in his heart.
As a deity, he had stepped into the realm of the Sovereigns.
Aside from his father...
Who else had ever achieved such a feat?
However, after calming down, Loran suddenly realized that his surroundings seemed rather strange.
He remembered that just a moment ago, he had been listening to his father's teachings together with his mother and Xia.
So where exactly was he now?
And where had Mother and Xia gone?
After looking around, Loran noticed five enormous pillars not far away.
Now that he had become a Spatial Deity, Loran's control over the Spatial Laws had become more than a hundred times greater than before.
Taking a single step, it felt as though he had crossed a hundred times the normal distance.
This was one of Loran's rudimentary applications of Spatial Transposition.
Although it couldn't yet be considered true teleportation, it could drastically shorten the space before him, producing an effect akin to shrinking the land into an inch.
After several steps, he arrived beneath the enormous pillars.
Looking around, he found no trace of his father, mother, or Xia.
Just as Loran was about to walk past the pillars, he suddenly felt the urge to relieve himself.
Extending his divine sense and finding no living beings within its range, he began reaching for his waistband.
"Ahem... Ahem..."
After refining an entire mountain of amethyst into a river of soul power to replenish Loran's soul, Locke had focused all of his attention on the Death Chief Sovereign, Lilia, continuing to explain the Laws of Reincarnation in an attempt to deepen her comprehension.
However, Locke had never expected his son to be so mischievous.
Now that he had successfully broken through, why wasn't he simply tearing open the space and coming out?
The moment Locke saw Loran beginning to loosen his belt, he was startled.
Loran could be Sun Wukong.
But Locke had absolutely no desire to become the Buddha!
Allowing someone to urinate in the palm of his hand...
That was better avoided.
Thus, Locke deliberately coughed twice to remind Loran.
"Who's there?"
Hearing someone cough, Loran was immediately alarmed.
By all rights, Loran now possessed strength comparable to that of a Lesser Sovereign.
In terms of soul realm, he was second only to Locke himself.
Yet he hadn't sensed even the slightest aura from the owner of that cough.
After a brief moment of panic, however, Loran quickly reacted.
That cough sounded extremely familiar.
If nothing unexpected had happened...
It was his father's voice.
Given his own strength, failing to sense his father's aura wasn't anything unusual.
Still, Loran couldn't help but wonder.
Just where exactly had his father placed him?
When Loran raised his head, he suddenly saw a colossal figure towering into the heavens.
"Whoa..."
Tilting his head back, Loran sucked in a sharp breath.
When did Father become so gigantic?
"No... Father didn't become bigger."
"I became smaller!"
Very quickly, a flash of understanding appeared in Loran's mind.
"Rip!"
Stretching out a hand, Loran tore open the space before him and stepped through.
The instant he emerged from the pocket space within Locke's palm, Loran's body instantly returned to its normal size.
Only then, seeing the posture of his father's raised hand and the pocket space still resting in his palm, did Loran immediately realize where he had been.
The five enormous pillars he had seen...
...had actually been his father's five fingers.
(End of Chapter)
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