Shelley's Worry

The "Strength" Law Profound Mystery and the Earth Pulse Law Profound Mystery had already reached mastery. As for the most crucial "point of convergence" in fusing Law Profound Mysteries, Roy had found it long ago. Before fusing the "Strength" Law Profound Mystery and the Earth Pulse Law Profound Mystery with the other four Law Profound Mysteries to mastery, progress was slow, but it was still possible.

Therefore, Roy shifted his focus to cultivating his soul.

Why did Roy believe that this opportunity of his was even greater than becoming a Paragon?

Naturally, it was because what Roy had obtained was far more important than Willpower.

While in the state of "Unity of Heaven and Man," Roy's mind had merged with the Laws of the World, allowing him to clearly sense how the Laws of the World elevated his soul from a Mid-level God to a High-level God.

After the Laws of the World dispersed, Roy spent more than a hundred years in seclusion. Based on what he had sensed at the time, he finally created a method for strengthening the soul.

Looking across the worlds created by Tomato, there were basically three paths to transcendence.

The body, divine power, and the soul.

Linley of Coiling Dragon fused four types of Sovereign's Might, which counted as transcendence through divine power.

Qin Yu of Stellar Transformations connected his dantian to the Primordial Space, which also counted as transcendence through divine power.

Roy, however, possessed only an affinity for Earth Element, and his soul had not mutated either. From the very beginning, that had cut off his possibility of transcending the Coiling Dragon Universe.

Yet the method Roy had created based on the descent of the Laws of the World could continuously strengthen his Soul Essence through cultivation. His ultimate achievements would certainly surpass even becoming a Paragon.

A Paragon was the endpoint for the gods of the Coiling Dragon Universe.

Even Sovereigns derived most of their power from the Willpower within their Sovereign Sparks. In terms of Soul Essence alone, they were inferior to Paragons.

Over more than three hundred years, Roy cultivated according to the method he had created and felt that the strength of his soul had increased by roughly one-tenth.

That was already equivalent to one-tenth of the improvement brought by a single descent of the Laws of the World.

At this rate of cultivation, after tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of millions of years, Roy believed that with Soul Power alone, even if he did not become a Sovereign, his strength would be no weaker than a Sovereign's.

This was also what gave Roy the confidence to become an elder of the Four Divine Beast Family.

"Elder Roy, we've arrived at Nichols City."

Outside the Metal Life, Shelley spoke to Roy with a hint of respect.

Shelley's Wind Element Divine Clone also possessed the strength of a Five-star Devil.

Her Fire Element Divine Clone possessed the strength of a Six-star Devil, placing her among the upper ranks of the Four Divine Beast Family.

Within the family, Shelley had also met other Seven-star Demons.

But while Roy cultivated, the pressure Shelley sensed from him was no weaker than what she felt from Tia Nemo, the Patriarch of the Vermillion Bird Clan within the Four Divine Beast Family.

This secretly shocked Shelley.

Although this did not prove that Roy possessed strength comparable to Patriarch Tia Nemo, it was safe to say that even among Seven-star Demons, Roy was no weakling.

He truly deserved to be called a peerless genius who had become a Mid-level God within a thousand years. Within the Four Divine Beast Family, not a single person's talent could compare to his.

Thinking of this, Shelley could not help regretting giving the Soul Gold Beads to Roy.

If not for the Soul Gold Beads, there had been a great chance that Roy would become the first Paragon of the Four Divine Beast Family.

But now, the odds of Roy becoming a Paragon High-level God were far too small.

I only hope that when his strength can no longer advance after hundreds of millions of years, he won't bear a grudge against me.

The hatred of a murdered father or a stolen wife ranked among the most profound grudges.

But for gods, the Grudge of Blocking the Way meant a fight to the death!

It was only because she had the Four Divine Beast Family and their four Sovereign ancestors behind her that Shelley was unafraid of Roy attacking her after hundreds of millions of years.

Otherwise, if it were some family without a Sovereign, they would likely try every possible means to nip Roy in the bud.

Of course, whether they could even kill Roy, who had already completely fused four Law Profound Mysteries, was another matter altogether.

"Phew..."

Shelley's voice reached his ears. Roy ceased his cultivation, and the ripples around him, resembling the Laws of the World, slowly faded away.

"Alright, I'll be right out."

After putting on his Demon Medal, Roy and Shelley flew directly over the gates of Nichols City. The guards at the gate and the people waiting to enter all watched them with envious gazes.

A Demon Medal was a symbol of strength, and it also came with certain conveniences.

As long as one was strong enough, one could stand above the vast majority of the world's rules.

The weak submitted to rules, but the strong were not bound by them. On the contrary, they made the rules.

Roy had no desire to challenge any rules, but he wanted the strength to remain unrestricted by them.

"Lord Star, this way, please."

Roy and Shelley had just landed before the Demon Castle in Nichols City when a staff member came out to greet them.

"Star Demon" was the most renowned powerhouse of the past ten thousand years.

Ten thousand years ago, he had been a Mid-level God and was suspected of possessing the strength of a Five-star Devil.

Ten thousand years later, "Star Demon" was already a High-level God and possessed at least the strength of a Six-star Devil.

"We received word from Sanhe City that the force to subjugate the Gers Tribe was assembled three years ago. They have been waiting only for your arrival, Lord Star."

As he led Roy into the Demon Castle, the Low-level God attendant explained the current situation.

"Lord Star, according to our intelligence, the Patriarch of the Gers Tribe seems to have noticed something recently and has been in frequent contact with several nearby tribes. We suspect they have already formed an alliance."

"The rating of this Demon mission has now been raised to six stars..."

"It's fine. Six stars it is. Now that I've advanced to a High-level God, I'm qualified to accept this mission as well."

"Yes."

"Then have the Devils participating in the campaign prepare themselves. I'll lead this operation. We depart in three days and wipe out the Gers Tribe in one stroke."

"Yes, Lord Star."

After the attendant left, Shelley fell into thought and asked as if casually, "Elder Roy, I feel that you seem especially concerned about this mission?"

"Haha, Shelley, don't laugh at me."

"I rose from being a mortal. Though it lasted only a little over a hundred years, I still remember that helplessness from back then..."

"Every day, we feared that our tribe would be breached, that we would be sold to other heartless tribes, or simply have our souls extracted by evil powerhouses to refine Soul Gold Beads."

"That terror remains vivid in my memory even after more than ten thousand years."

"So when I hear about things like this, my reaction is somewhat stronger."

Shelley was stunned. She truly had never looked into Elder Roy's past life, so she did not quite understand such feelings.

However, the Four Divine Beast Family also seemed to specially raise mortals and periodically harvest their souls to refine Soul Gold Beads.

If Elder Roy learned of this, what would he choose to do?