The Beginning

It was Destiny Sovereign Off and Destruction Sovereign Utred.

Both had set their sights on the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods' Innate Divine Abilities, wanting to thoroughly study them and turn them into their own foundation.

Later events proved that they had succeeded.

Destruction Sovereign Utred's "Time-Space Distortion" and Destiny Sovereign Off's "Transcendence of Reincarnation" were their final results.

After the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods died, if his strength was sufficient, Roy would protect a few more members of the Four Divine Beast Family. After all, as long as they had their eyes on the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods—

Before they had fully researched those ultimate moves, neither Destruction Sovereign Utred nor Destiny Sovereign Off would allow the Four Divine Beast Family to perish.

They needed test subjects.

This was also why the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods had oppressed Blood Peak Lord God Pash so severely, even turning Blood Peak Continent into the "Four Divine Beast Continent," yet after the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods died, Blood Peak Lord God Pash allowed Beirut to use his status as a "Sovereign's Messenger" to protect the Four Divine Beast clansmen in the Sky Sacrifice Mountain Range.

Blood Peak Lord God Pash belonged to Destruction Sovereign Utred's faction. Beirut had given Destruction Sovereign Utred the Four Divine Beasts' Sovereign Essence Blood in exchange for the right to let a Divine Clone walk Hell, while also securing protection for the Four Divine Beast Family, allowing them to barely survive without being wiped out.

Without saying anything more to the little maid, Roy returned to the castle and once again immersed himself in secluded cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, a hundred thousand years passed.

On this day, Roy opened his eyes in the Cultivation Room, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his lips.

After more than a hundred and two thousand years, the strength of his soul had increased tenfold compared to the beginning.

Of course, by "the beginning," he meant after Roy had absorbed and refined the Soul Gold Beads.

In other words, Roy's current Soul Power was more than thirty times that of an ordinary High-level God, and more than three times stronger than that of a High-level God who had undergone Soul Mutation through two types of Profound Mysteries of Element Laws.

What made Roy even happier was that after his Soul Power reached ten times that of a High-level God, the second profundity formed from the fusion of five types of Profound Mysteries of Element Laws had also completely fused under the surge in Soul Power.

Roy now possessed two moves at the level of an Asura Prefect, bringing him another step closer to becoming a true Asura.

Sweeping out with his spiritual sense, Roy discovered that the little maid was cultivating as well. He nodded in satisfaction.

Now that a hundred thousand years had passed, Chris was still a Low-level God.

With Roy's guidance, Chris had also taken the path of comprehending Profound Mysteries of Element Laws while fusing them at the same time.

Unfortunately, Chris's talent could only be considered average.

Over the full hundred thousand years, Chris had gained an initial grasp of four Profound Mysteries of Water Element Laws and five Profound Mysteries of Fire Element Laws. As for fusing the Profound Mysteries of Element Laws, she had yet to find even the slightest opportunity.

Roy knew that Chris lacked Training Journey experience and did not have enough talent, so she could only make up for it through sheer effort.

After leaving the castle, Roy suddenly noticed that the number of elders in the Sky Sacrifice Mountain Range seemed to have doubled.

A sudden premonition arose in Roy's heart.

The Four Divine Beast Family's major operation was about to begin.

That day, Roy was explaining the mysteries of fusing Profound Mysteries of Element Laws to the little maid when a powerful spiritual sense suddenly swept across the area.

"Hmm? Gaisleith's aura?"

Roy fell silent and raised his head.

From that powerful spiritual sense, Roy sensed a familiar aura. Moreover, he could feel an extremely terrifying might within it.

Roy's heart stirred. By the standards of the outside world, his current strength also placed him among the ranks of Asuras, on the same level as Gaisleith, Gaia, Gus, Tia, and Mokorei.

Of course, all five of them possessed Sovereign Artifacts bestowed by the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods. If they truly fought, Roy naturally would not be their match.

Even so, Gaisleith's spiritual sense should not have been able to make Roy feel oppressed.

Roy's soul was more than thirty times stronger than those at the same level.

For Gaisleith to make Roy feel oppressed, it meant he had used Sovereign's Might to amplify his spiritual sense. That was why his spiritual sense carried a trace of Sovereign's Might, giving Roy this sense of pressure.

"He's even used Sovereign's Might. It seems the family's 'major operation' has begun!"

Sure enough, before long, all the elders within the range of Gaisleith's spiritual sense heard his Spiritual Sense Transmission.

"Elders of the Four Divine Beast Family, I am Gaisleith, Patriarch of the Four Divine Beast Family. It has been a Million Years since the family summoned its elders back to the Ancestral Land, and at present, nearly all the elders have arrived at the Sky Sacrifice Mountain Range."

"Tomorrow morning, the family will hold an elders' meeting. Please attend on time to receive your family assignments."

"Boom!"

Once Gaisleith's spiritual sense withdrew, powerful auras erupted one after another throughout the Sky Sacrifice Mountain Range. These auras stirred the winds and clouds beyond the mountain range, like sharp swords shooting straight into the heavens.

"HAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHA..."

"It's here, it's here! It's finally here..."

Beneath the pressure of these auras, many people began laughing loudly.

It was as though they had always known what the family's assignment would be.

Roy sensed them. The auras of those speaking were very similar, belonging to Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire alike.

He immediately understood.

These people had to be elders from the Four Divine Beast Family itself. Unlike external elders such as Roy, they would not reveal the assignment's details to outsiders before the mission began, in order to maintain secrecy.

But these people were different. They were members of the Four Divine Beast Family to begin with. Letting them know the contents of the family assignment earlier would greatly raise their enthusiasm and allow them to contribute to the family more effectively.

"Elder Roy..."

A trace of worry flashed through Chris's eyes.

For such a large-scale mission involving the entire family, mobilizing more than four thousand Seven-star Demon Level elders and nearly two hundred thousand Six-star Devil Elders, the danger would certainly be immense.

Although Chris knew that Elder Roy was very strong among Seven-star Demons, and that over the years he had fought at least several hundred battles in the arena without ever losing—

What if they encountered a hidden Asura or the prefect of some prefecture during the mission?

"Don't worry, Chris. My strength is even greater than you imagine."

Seeing the concern in Chris's eyes, Roy smiled faintly.

"I still have three hundred drops of Sovereign's Might. As long as I don't encounter a Paragon High-level God, no one can kill me if I don't want to die!"

"Mm."

Hearing Elder Roy say this, Chris relaxed.

Indeed, with Elder Roy's Seven-star Demon strength, once he used Sovereign's Might, he would be capable of facing the family's grandfathers. Even if he could not win, escaping would not be a problem.

"Oh, right, Chris. Tomorrow, when I attend the elders' meeting to receive the assignment, tidy up the things in the castle. Take whatever can be taken, and throw away whatever cannot."

"Mm."

Volume One, "Dragon in the Abyss," concluded.

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