Watching Bomer's departing figure, Reisgem's eyes were filled with envy.
Although Bomer hadn't answered his question just now, the fact that he had returned directly to his residence to continue cultivating instead of leaving Mount Nether for the Yulan Plane to compete for the Sovereign sparks was answer enough.
He simply didn't care who ultimately obtained the Sovereign sparks in the Yulan Plane.
Thinking about it, that made sense.
Hadn't every Sovereign of Locke's lineage become a Sovereign through cultivation rather than by refining a Sovereign spark?
As a Fire Paragon, Bomer had undoubtedly obtained the core cultivation methods of Locke's lineage.
It wasn't as though Reisgem had never fought Paragons before.
The Wind Paragon Bayer and the Water Paragon Pahours had both crossed blades with him in the Planar Battlefield.
However, in Reisgem's perception, the aura Bomer now emitted was even stronger than Bayer's or Pahours'.
In other words...
Bomer himself had already embarked upon a path that allowed him to become a Sovereign without the need for a Sovereign spark.
To him, a fire-element Lesser Sovereign spark truly held little attraction.
Moreover, after joining Locke's lineage and learning that none of Locke's Sovereigns had relied upon Sovereign sparks to become Sovereigns, Bomer naturally possessed his own pride.
Well...
Chief Sovereign Locke didn't count.
Although Chief Sovereign Locke had refined a Fate Lesser Sovereign spark, everything he had demonstrated convinced everyone that even without a Sovereign spark, he would still have grown to a realm surpassing that of Sovereigns.
If Bomer himself actually refined a Sovereign spark to become a Sovereign...
He probably wouldn't even have the face to call himself a member of Locke's lineage.
"Reisgem, how much longer are you planning to stand outside?"
Just as Reisgem was sighing over Bomer's actions, a cold, proud voice sounded beside his ear, causing him to shiver involuntarily.
"Hahaha... Big Sis, I'm coming! I'm coming!"
The fear that Rena had instilled in him over the years immediately sent Reisgem hurrying into the Sovereign's Palace.
"Hehe, Big Sis, it's been a long time."
"Hmph."
"So you still remember that it's been a long time?"
Inside the Sovereign's Palace, Rena slowly opened her eyes and glanced at Reisgem.
"Haha..."
Reisgem scratched his head sheepishly.
"Go on."
"What brings you here this time?"
Seeing him like this, Rena shook her head.
Having traveled with Reisgem for many years, she understood him well.
He wasn't particularly good at much else, but he certainly excelled at playing the fool and acting shameless.
"It's like this, Big Sis..."
Reisgem then explained how the Amethyst Sovereign wanted him to go assist the Four Divine Beasts clan.
However...
After receiving Bomer's reminder, Reisgem wisely refrained from asking Rena to inquire about what Locke thought regarding the Sovereign sparks left behind by the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns.
"So..."
"The Amethyst Sovereign wants you to repay part of the favor owed to the Azure Dragon Sovereign Redding."
After hearing Reisgem's explanation, Rena immediately understood the Amethyst Sovereign's intentions.
Several decades earlier, when Locke had created a new plane outside the Yulan Plane to support the battles of the Deities entering it, he had already told the Sovereigns of Locke's lineage that over the next million years, the Yulan Plane would become the center of the universe, where an extraordinary expert capable of shaking the entire magical universe would emerge.
Because of this, every Sovereign within Locke's lineage paid close attention to the Yulan Plane.
To allow his descendants to observe the life of the true protagonist of the Coiling Dragon universe from a higher perspective, Locke had also explained the relationships between the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns, the Light Chief Sovereign, and the others.
Thus, Rena naturally knew about the relationship between the Amethyst Sovereign and the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns.
It was obvious.
The Amethyst Sovereign knew that, among Sovereigns, she lacked the strength to contend directly against the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta.
Thus, she could only have her son provide whatever assistance he could within the realm of Deities.
Given Reisgem's current strength, aside from Paragons, there were very few Deities capable of matching him.
After all...
Compared to those supreme experts who also possessed three Sovereign artifacts, Reisgem additionally possessed a vast reserve of Sovereign's Might.
When it came to using Sovereign's Might, Reisgem was far more extravagant than even the Four Divine Beasts clan had been before the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns fell.
After all...
If Reisgem happened to like someone, he measured Sovereign's Might by the jug when giving it away.
There was no helping it.
Who told him he was the Amethyst Sovereign's son?
Although the Amethyst Sovereign couldn't violate the Sovereign Covenant by giving Reisgem multiple Sovereign artifacts and thus had only provided him with a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact...
There were no such restrictions regarding Sovereign's Might.
Reisgem constantly carried more than ten jugs of Sovereign's Might with him.
A single jug contained no fewer than ten thousand drops.
More than ten jugs meant well over a hundred thousand drops of Sovereign's Might.
Even for a Sovereign, that was enough to sustain an entire battle.
"Big Sis."
"You know my strength isn't bad."
"But compared to a Paragon, there's still quite a gap."
"And this competition for the Sovereign sparks will most likely attract Paragons."
"If they fail to obtain a Sovereign spark, then I'm not particularly afraid of them."
"At worst, I'll just take a trip through the spatial turbulence."
"But if one of them obtains a Sovereign spark and becomes a Sovereign..."
"I'm afraid my life will be in danger."
Possessing both a divine spark defensive weapon and three Sovereign artifacts, Reisgem was confident that even a Paragon using Sovereign's Might couldn't truly injure him.
At worst...
He could be exiled into the spatial turbulence.
But with his mother being the Amethyst Sovereign and Big Sis being Sovereign Rena, if he were exiled into the spatial turbulence, both of them would simply retrieve him.
However...
A soul-protecting Sovereign artifact and a divine spark defensive weapon could only preserve Reisgem's life against Paragons.
Before a Sovereign...
Forget merely possessing three Sovereign artifacts.
Even a Paragon equipped with all three Sovereign artifacts could still be dispatched with a single slap.
"Hahaha!"
"Reisgem, you can relax about that."
Rena burst into laughter.
Even after all these years, Reisgem was still as afraid of death as ever.
To this day, Rena still remembered that the primary reason Reisgem had chosen to follow her back then was because he had mistaken her for a second Godeater Rat possessing the invincible innate divine ability Godslayer.
To prevent himself from becoming the target of Godslayer, Reisgem had simply acknowledged her as his big sister.
That way...
His own safety would be guaranteed.
Although he later realized he had misunderstood everything...
Rena's true background turned out to be far more terrifying than that of a second-generation Godeater Rat.
So Reisgem simply went along with the misunderstanding and firmly clung to Rena's thigh.
"There are no native Paragons within the Yulan Plane."
"Even if Paragons from outside obtain a Sovereign spark within the Yulan Plane..."
"They cannot refine it on the spot."
"Otherwise, the sudden appearance of an off-plane Sovereign would cause the Yulan Plane to collapse."
"The newly ascended Sovereign would also be executed by the Overgods for violating the laws governing the world."
"So..."
"As long as those Paragons competing for the three Sovereign sparks aren't fools..."
"They'll never refine the Sovereign sparks within the Yulan Plane."
"I see..."
Hearing Rena's explanation, Reisgem finally relaxed.
In that case...
Even if he encountered a Paragon within the Yulan Plane, he had nothing to fear.
Having powerful backing...
Really was wonderful.
"Also, Reisgem."
"In truth, you don't need to worry so much about encountering Paragons."
"The Four Divine Beast Sovereigns were killed by the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta."
"But their corpses were stolen by Beirut."
"After refining the wind-element Lesser Sovereign spark, Beirut refused to return either the corpses or the remaining Sovereign sparks to the Light Chief Sovereign."
"Because of this..."
"The Light Chief Sovereign has long since declared among the Sovereigns that anyone who helps Beirut, or anyone who refines one of the Sovereign sparks left behind by the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns and becomes a Sovereign, will suffer his retaliation."
"So..."
"Paragons with reliable sources of information may not be willing to offend the Light Chief Sovereign over a mere Lesser Sovereign spark."
"As for those without such intelligence..."
"They'll first have to see whether they can even pass Beirut's tests."
"After all, Beirut placed the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns' Sovereign sparks inside the Necropolis of the Gods precisely because he wanted to find people who could help divert the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta's attention."
"If those Paragons can't help share Augusta's attention..."
"Or if they receive a Sovereign spark from Beirut only to immediately become a Sovereign and then join the Light Chief Sovereign's side..."
"Wouldn't Beirut suffer a tremendous loss?"
"Looking at it from this perspective..."
"The Four Divine Beasts clan actually has fairly good odds of obtaining one of the Sovereign sparks."
"After all..."
"Beirut only became a Sovereign because he inherited the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns' legacy."
"If the Four Divine Beasts clan has suitable candidates, Beirut certainly won't be stingy about giving one of the Sovereign sparks to them."
After leaving Mount Nether, Reisgem's mood improved considerably.
On one hand...
He had confirmed that the Yulan Plane itself wasn't particularly dangerous.
On the other...
Being able to repay part of the debt owed to his father—a father he had never even met—gave Reisgem a strong sense of satisfaction.
"I wonder..."
"How many old friends I'll run into in the Yulan Plane this time?"
"I'm really looking forward to it..."
In truth...
Reisgem really was looking forward to it.
Back then, in order to obtain an offensive Sovereign artifact, he had participated in dozens of Planar Wars before finally collecting ten Commander Medallions and exchanging them for one.
The number of Prefect-level experts who had escaped from his hands back then...
If not three hundred...
Was certainly no fewer than two hundred.
Now that Reisgem possessed an offensive Sovereign artifact, his offensive power had increased another tenfold.
Those experts who had once managed to escape from him...
Probably wouldn't have much ability to resist him now.
...
Because Locke knew that the great events of the Coiling Dragon universe were about to begin, his divine sense had remained focused upon the Yulan Plane all these years.
The Necropolis of the Gods created by Beirut ultimately opened only three times.
By then...
More than half of the Prefect-level experts who had entered the Yulan Plane had died within it.
Even the Four Divine Beasts clan, despite receiving Reisgem's assistance, was nearly wiped out.
Although the Wind Paragon Bayer ultimately reached the eighteenth floor...
He finally shrank back when forced to choose between becoming a Sovereign and offending the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta.
He himself was a Wind Paragon.
Even if he refined a Lesser Sovereign spark and became a Sovereign, his strength would merely become comparable to that of an ordinary Intermediate Sovereign.
Such strength remained over a hundred times weaker than that of an ordinary Law Chief Sovereign.
Not to mention...
The Light Chief Sovereign Augusta also possessed the additional Will earned from ten consecutive victories in the Planar Battlefield...
As well as an offensive Overgod artifact.
A disparity of more than ten thousand times in strength made Bayer understand that even after becoming a Sovereign...
He still couldn't withstand the Light Chief Sovereign's wrath.
Rather than becoming a punching bag among the Sovereigns...
Bayer would much rather continue reigning supreme among Deities.
At the very least...
As a Paragon, even the Four Edicts Chief Sovereigns treated him with a certain degree of respect.
But if he became a Sovereign...
He would merely become an ordinary Intermediate Sovereign.
Neither here nor there.
Pleasing no one.
Bayer's withdrawal also awakened those Prefects whose minds had been clouded by greed for the Sovereign sparks.
If even an invincible Paragon ultimately failed to obtain a Sovereign spark...
How could they possibly succeed?
Thus...
After burying nearly a thousand Prefects, tens of thousands of Seven Star Fiends, and even more Highgods...
The surviving experts who had competed for the Sovereign sparks all left the Yulan Plane one after another.
Of course...
Those experts had lived in the Yulan Plane for more than three thousand years.
Although the survivors eventually departed...
The traces they left behind remained within the Yulan Plane.
The Pouant Empire was one such legacy.
After all...
Prefect-level experts, who ranked among the greatest powers even within the Seven Divine Planes and Four Higher Planes, naturally couldn't personally handle every trivial matter after arriving on the Yulan Continent.
Under such circumstances...
Organizations serving those experts naturally emerged.
Eventually...
After several centuries of warfare and bloodshed, the Prefect-level experts reached a truce.
The forces under their command were ultimately merged into the Yulan Continent's one and only empire—
The Pouant Empire.
After those experts departed from the Yulan Plane...
The upper echelons of the Pouant Empire all developed ambitions of their own.
The entire empire gradually entered a state of fragmentation.
...
"Doehring Cowart..."
Locke's soul power observed the white-haired, white-bearded Saint-level peak expert being killed, his soul escaping into a damaged soul-protecting Sovereign artifact, and a strange look appeared in his eyes.
This...
Was the greatest regret of the future Hongmeng Controller, Linley.
However...
With the death of the Pouant Empire's Chief Court Magus...
It seemed the fall of the Pouant Empire wasn't far away either.
After confirming that Doehring Cowart's soul had safely entered the Coiling Dragon Ring...
Locke shifted his attention toward the Four Ultimate Warriors.
After all those experts from the Seven Divine Planes and Four Higher Planes had departed from the Yulan Plane...
Beirut had continued observing the native inhabitants of the Yulan Continent for some time.
If possible...
He hoped that the owners of the remaining three Sovereign sparks would all be natives of the Yulan Plane, just as he was.
That way...
They would all share the same position when facing the pressure exerted by the Light Chief Sovereign.
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