Sovereign

Biodata

Nature and Authority

• A Sovereign is created by refining a Lord Godhead, a condensation of an element's supreme rules. The refined Godhead grants its holder control over those rules through Willpower. 170
• Lord Godheads are classified as Low-level, Mid-level, or High-level according to the amount of supreme rules they contain. 170
• The Willpower within a Sovereign Spark functions as permission from the Magic Universe: it enables acts ordinary Gods cannot perform, though a Sovereign may not inherently understand their underlying principles. 145
• Sovereigns are overwhelmingly above ordinary Gods. During Roy's ascension, he sensed that he could kill every God within his Spiritual Sense range with a thought. 98
• Sovereigns cannot enter Material Planes directly. 93
• Destroying a Material Plane violates the supreme rules and causes even a Sovereign to perish. 72

Sovereign Hierarchy

Powers and Abilities

Sovereign Power

Sovereign Power is an elemental energy vastly superior to High-level God divine power.

• A single drop can amplify a user's strength by roughly one hundredfold until it dissipates. 16
• Even an ordinary Demigod can temporarily reach Five-star Devil-level strength by using Sovereign Power. 59
• Sovereign families may possess large reserves; the Four Divine Beast Family distributes it in batches and uses it as both a reward and a safeguard. 36 59
• After refining a Lord Godhead, a Sovereign can store and use only Sovereign Power of their own element. 105

Willpower

Willpower is the authority granted by a Sovereign Spark and the central source of a Sovereign's superiority over Gods.

• It allows Sovereigns to exert pressure and perform acts inaccessible to ordinary divine beings. 145 170
• A sufficiently powerful Sovereign can destroy another's Lord God Artifact through an overwhelming difference in strength. 91
• Paragon High-Gods can communicate with Sovereigns because their own Willpower lets them withstand a Sovereign's pressure, but this does not place them on equal footing. 67

God Plane Creation

Sovereigns can create God Planes within spatial turbulence.

• Any Sovereign may create countless God Planes. 145
• Creation relies on Sovereign Power and a trace of Creation Law within the Sovereign Spark. 146
• This Creation Law is described as a wisp of Hong Meng Qi drawn through the Sovereign Spark when a Sovereign intends to create a plane. 146

Divine Bodies and Artifacts

• Some Sovereigns possess divine bodies comparable to Sovereign Artifacts; the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns gained such bodies through Sovereign Power tempering after their ascension. 36
• Defensive Lord God Artifacts can delay death in Sovereign battles, since a combatant remains protected until the artifact itself is destroyed. 91
• Sovereign-level artifacts can be bestowed upon Emissaries or children, but are restricted by the Sovereign pacts. 113

Sovereign's Emissaries

Sovereign's Emissaries serve as a Sovereign's elite agents and are often used to act where their patron cannot directly interfere.

• An Emissary receives Sovereign Power and a Lord God Artifact, increasing their combat strength tenfold. 26
• Sovereigns generally regard Emissaries as servants, making Gaia's simultaneous status as Roy's child and Emissary an unprecedented loophole in the pacts. 113
• A Sovereign may bestow only one Sovereign Artifact upon each child or Emissary. 113
• Emissaries commonly command Sovereign Legions and fight in Plane Wars. 108 111

Pacts and Restrictions

• The Four Rule Sovereigns forbade High-level Sovereigns from attacking Low-level Sovereigns without cause. 72
• Sovereigns are forbidden from attacking God-level beings without cause. 72
• Lord Gods cannot directly interfere in conflicts between Gods, making powerful High-Gods valuable targets for recruitment. 163
• The third Sovereign pact limits each Sovereign's child or Emissary to one bestowed Sovereign Artifact. 113
• Sovereign Legions were established so Sovereigns could defend their interests without personally intervening in disputes among Gods. 72

Plane Wars

Plane Wars are trillion-year conflicts between the forces of the eleven elemental Sovereigns. 108

• Participants are divided into Commanders and Soldiers; Commanders can issue unconditional orders to Soldiers. 108
• Ten Commander Badges can be exchanged for a Lord God Artifact. 108
• One hundred Soldier Badges can be exchanged for a drop of Sovereign Power. 108
• Sovereign Legions fight across paired galaxies, seeking either to breach and defeat the opposing force or to hold their own territory until the war ends. 108
• Consecutive Plane War victories can grant a Sovereign lineage additional Willpower, making ten consecutive victories a major political objective. 121 174

Selected Sovereigns