Ten Thousand Years
In Iron Saber Gorge, above a courtyard, two figures constantly crossed paths.
One of them was a young man dressed in a blue robe. He held Purple Longsword and moved with the speed of the wind. When he struck, the space seemed to freeze.
The man was Andres, and at that moment he was sparring with Lulutia.
Lulutia wielded a scimitar as thin as a cicada's wing, slashing out streaks of Gray Blade Light.
The blades were incredibly powerful, distorting even the space of Hell, but Andres handled them with ease, casually deflecting each strike.
"Phew, I'm not fighting anymore, I'm no match for you!" Lulutia stopped, pouted, and looked somewhat unwilling.
Andres smiled and comforted him, "You've made great progress."
Ten thousand years have passed, Lulutia's current strength is close to that of Six-star Demon.
This speed is not slow, after all, the speed of improvement slows down as you progress in cultivation.
Moreover, Lulutia's talent is only Seven-star Demon; the closer she gets to the upper limit of her talent, the harder it is to improve.
It could take hundreds of millions of years to fully realize one's talent.
"What move did you just use? Why do I feel like I'm being compressed by space?" Lulutia recalled the scene of her sparring with Andres.
Each of Andres strikes made her very uncomfortable, making her feel restricted and slowing her down.
Andres smiled slightly and said, "That is my newly perfected sword technique, which incorporates the Profound Mystery of 'Wind Space' from the Wind Elemental Law."
Compared to Lulutia, Andres has made greater progress in the past ten thousand years. He has successfully mastered the "Wind Space" and completed the overall integration of the seven Profound Mystery of the Wind Elemental Law.
In terms of the Law Profundity, he is now equivalent to a top-tier Seven-star Demon, close to Commander.
After his "Dimension Slash" merged with the Profound Mystery of "Wind Space", it gained an additional layer of spatial pressure, making it far more powerful than before.
"We are still missing two Profound Mystery: 'Cloning Technique' and 'Wind Travel Technique'."
Of the nine Profound Mystery of the Wind Elemental Law, Andres still hasn't comprehended the last two.
Neither of these two profound Profound Mystery are High-level Profound Mystery. With his talent, if he simply wanted to comprehend them to a high level, it wouldn't even take a hundred years. However, if he wanted to comprehend and integrate them at the same time, it would be much more difficult.
"It took 10,000 years to fuse seven types, and fusing eight types would be even more difficult. It might take 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of years to succeed. As for fusing all nine types, it would probably take millions of years or even longer."
Having the memories of the original work, Andres was already mentally prepared for the difficulty of achieving the Paragon.
Although Teresa possessed Wind Elemental Grand Perfection Talent, in the original story, Teresa only broke through the final bottleneck after becoming Sovereign and gaining immense Faith Power.
"After my Soul Mutation, my talent should surpass Teresa's. I hope I can reach the Paragon before the arrival of the Sovereign Spark," Andres thought to himself.
"You've fused with another Profound Mystery? How exactly did you cultivate?" Lulutia felt extremely shocked when she heard that Andres had fused with yet another Profound Mystery.
Over the years, Andres has told the Iron Saber Gorge people about the power division of the Profound Mystery fusion and some basic information about the laws and rules, so Lulutia can roughly know what level her strength is at.
Ten thousand years ago, she was Five-star Demon; ten thousand years later, her strength is close to that of Six-star Demon.
The Death Law and the Life Law she cultivated were not Profound Mystery, but if converted into the seven elements of law, it was equivalent to her progressing from fusing two Profound Mystery to nearly fusing three profound Profound Mystery in the past ten thousand years, but she had not completed the overall fusion of the third Profound Mystery. Compared with Andres' progress, she was much inferior.
Just as Andres and Lulutia were discussing their training progress, Leighton arrived outside the courtyard.
"Master, I have brought you the latest intelligence."
Leighton's voice drifted into the courtyard.
"Come in."
The gate opened, Leighton's tall figure walked in from outside.
Ten thousand years have passed, and Leighton has cultivated both his Earth God Clone and Fire God Clone to the level of Highgod. However, his progress in the fusion of the profound mysteries of different Law Profundity is only average. If he were to combine the Fused Divine Power, he would be close to the strength of Six-star Demon.
Andres originally suggested that Leighton focus on the fusion of Profound Mystery first, but later considered that Leighton's talent was only at the level of Six-star Demon, and that it would take a long time to complete the fusion of two Profound Mystery arts of different laws.
In the original work, Lirmons cultivated for countless years and experienced various life-and-death battles before he was able to achieve enlightenment and break through, completing the Profound Mystery fusion of two different types of laws. Leighton's talent is at most comparable to Lirmons'. Rather than struggling with the Profound Mystery fusion at the Middle God stage, it would be better for him to cultivate to the Highgod first.
After all, the fusion of the divine power of two Highgod avatars would directly grant them the strength of Five-star Demon, resulting in a huge boost to their power.
As for the Profound Mystery fusion, one can gradually cultivate it after becoming Highgod.
When Lulutia saw Leighton, she suddenly joked, "Leighton, what brings you back from the Purple Thorn Continent? I thought you were going to stay there!"
Leighton hearing Lulutia's words, a rare hint of embarrassment appeared on Layton's rugged face. "Lulutia, don't talk nonsense! I'll be wherever my master is!"
Andres smiled as he looked at Leighton. He had learned about Leighton's affairs over the years.
Since the Alliance was formed 10,000 years ago, Andres has actively cooperated with Zijing, Xing Yi and others to sell Metal Life and Death God Puppet to various parts of Hell.
Zijing also provided Andres with a large amount of Amethyst, which was sold on the Blood Peak Continent.
As they went back and forth, the two sides inevitably exchanged information.
During this process, Leighton met Agni.
Agni was Zijing's capable subordinate, and had accompanied Zijing to the Sea of Stars Mist to attend the Alliance Conference.
After Leighton met Agni, Andres learned from Leighton that Agni, like Leighton, was also Earth Giant.
The two gradually took a liking to each other, and Leighton often used his business dealings between Iron Saber Gorge and Mirror Moon Cliff to travel to the Purple Crystal Mountain Range.
Andres didn't care about this; if Leighton and Agni really did get married, he would be happy to see it happen.
"Alright, Lulutia, stop teasing Leighton. Leighton, give me the latest intelligence," Andres said with a laugh.
"Yes, Master." Leighton quickly took out a large box from his Space Ring.
Leighton opened the box, inside were some books and Shadow Projection Crystal Ball.
Andres picked up a book and opened it; it contained intelligence on powerful figures collected from Iron Saber Castle throughout Hell.
Over the course of ten thousand years, Andres had successfully established an intelligence agency, named after Iron Saber Gorge, which was called "Iron Saber Castle".
Today, Iron Saber Castle are scattered throughout the cities of Hell.
When Iron Saber Castle was first built, it aroused suspicion among Xing Yi, Zijing and others, who thought that Andres wanted to extend his reach into their territory.
But when they discovered that Iron Saber Castle was simply collecting information on powerful individuals, they stopped interfering.
Of course, this is also because they are wary of Andres's strength. If Andres were just an ordinary Highgod, they would not mind destroying Iron Saber Castle with ease.
After the Iron Saber Castle was established, it began to collect information on powerful individuals from various regions.
Information about these powerful individuals was gathered partly by the people of Iron Saber Castle themselves, and partly through acquisition at high prices.
The information on powerful individuals is compiled every five hundred years and then sent to Andres.
Over the years, Iron Saber Castle has yielded remarkable results, and Andres has discovered many prominent characters from the original work.
For example, the Blood Peak Sovereign "Pash" had just begun to emerge in the Lianyun Mountain Range in the central part of the Blood Peak Continent three thousand years ago when he was discovered by Iron Saber Castle, and Andres decisively brought him under his command.
Currently, Pash possesses the strength of Six-star Demon, making him second only to Andres as a powerful figure in Iron Saber Gorge.
There is also the Lightning Sovereign "Hulley", who appeared on the Kaluosha Continent and already possesses the strength of Seven-star Demon. He is Elaina's subordinate.
Elaina is the controller of the Teleportation Array on the Kaluosha Continent and possesses Asura level talent. Andres has never fought her and is unaware of her specific strength.
However, through the system, Andres can determine that Elaina is not a divine beast and is likely not physically strong. Even if she has many Profound Mystery fusions, Andres is confident that he can defeat her by using "Tiger Roar".
However, Andres did not intend to take action. Firstly, "Tiger Roar" was one of his trump cards, and he did not want to expose it unless necessary.
Secondly, he had no grudge against Elaina. On the contrary, as Alliance, they had cooperated a lot over the years and had some friendship. Andres did not want to fight Elaina because of Hulley, after all, he did not necessarily want to take Hulley as his subordinate.
Hulley doesn't have the talent of the Paragon, so he's not much of a threat to him.
Hulley's greatest role for Andres was to help him pinpoint the location of the Lightning Supreme Godhead.
"From this perspective, it's very likely that the Lightning Supreme Godhead appears in Hell."
He had wondered where the eleven High Godhead might appear.
Although the original work did not explicitly state it, based on the situation of the Four Rules Sovereigns, he guessed that the High Godhead of the Four Great Rules would most likely descend to the corresponding Supreme Plane.
Of the Four Rules Sovereigns, two are already clearly stated in the original work.
One is Uthered, the first being in Hell, who eventually attained the Destruction Supreme Godhead.
The second is the Death Sovereign, the oldest being in the Netherworld, who attained the Death Supreme Godhead.
Therefore, the location of these two High Godhead can be basically determined.
The original work does not explicitly mention which Supreme Plane Ofu, the Destiny Sovereign, and Vivian, the Life Sovereign, existed in before becoming Sovereign. However, after Ofu cultivated the Laws of Fate and left the Material Plane, he likely went to the Heaven Realm.
Vivian, the Life Sovereign, is at the Paragon of the Life Law and is very likely cultivating in the Life God Realm.
If this is indeed the case, the locations of the Destiny Supreme Godhead and the Life Supreme Godhead can also be determined.
As for which Supreme Plane the Seven Laws' High Godhead will descend upon, Andres has little clue.
"If it's an equal distribution, then each of the Four Supreme Planes might have one or two High Godhead of law. If that's the case, in addition to the Destruction Supreme Godhead and Lightning Supreme Godhead, Hell might also have another High Godhead," Andres thought to himself.
However, these are all just his conjectures, without sufficient factual basis to support them.
He needed more intelligence, which was also the purpose of establishing "Iron Saber Castle".
Andres flipped through the intelligence sent by Leighton; the Shadow Projection Crystal Ball contained recordings of powerful figures.
He quickly finished reading it and felt a little disappointed.
"Diya" was not mentioned in this intelligence report.
In the original work, Diya is the Wind Master, and finding him is crucial for Andres to seek the Wind Elemental High Godhead.
But over the years, he has not been able to find out any news about "Diya".
"Could it be that Diya wasn't the first Wind Master? Or perhaps he wasn't even born yet? Or maybe he wasn't even in Hell?"
Several guesses flashed through Andres's mind.
Of the eleven Sovereign in the original era, only eight have lived since their descent from the Sovereign Spark. Three perished over the long years, and the High Godhead also changed hands.
Andres was unsure whether Diya had acquired the Wind Elemental High Godhead later.
If Diya was indeed the first Wind Master, he might not have grown up yet, or perhaps he wasn't in Hell.
Andres' current intelligence all comes from Hell. As for the Netherworld, the Heaven Realm, the Life God Realm, Iron Saber Castle has not yet ventured into these realms.
Firstly, due to limited manpower, Iron Saber Gorge currently does not have enough powerful individuals to establish Iron Saber Castle in other Supreme Plane.
Secondly, the Plane Teleportation Array of other Supreme Plane are still in chaos and battles frequently occur, Andres does not want to get involved in.
The ownership of the Teleportation Array in Hell has been basically determined and has not changed in the past ten thousand years, but the situation in other planes is not as stable as that in Hell.
There are seven Teleportation Array in Hell, and their distribution is relatively even. Information about the Teleportation Array spreads from these seven locations, and basically, the powerful figures on each continent learn of Teleportation Array existence around the same time.
But the situation is different in other Supreme Plane.
For example, in the Netherworld, there are only two Teleportation Array, one of which is located on the Undead Sacred Mountain in the northern part of the Netherworld.
Unlike Netherworld, the Hell consists of only one continent and one ocean. However, this continent is larger than all five continents of Hell combined, and the ocean, the "Nether Sea," is larger than the Sea of Chaos.
The Undead Sacred Mountain is located in the northern part of the Netherworld Continent. North of the Undead Sacred Mountain, countless undead live, and it is also known as the "Undead Realm".
When ordinary beings in various planes die, their souls enter the Undead Realm and become undead. In the Material Plane, the undead summoned by necromancers also come from the Undead Realm.
North of the Undead Sacred Mountain lies the "Netherworld," where God-level expert live and fight.
It can be said that the Undead Sacred Mountain is located almost in the far north of the Netherworld.
The original work did not mention the location of the other Teleportation Array in the Netherworld, but Andres now knows that it is located deep in the Nether Sea, at the southernmost point of the Netherworld.
The two Teleportation Array are almost separated by the entire Netherworld. The news from the Teleportation Array has to spread from the north and south to the center, which is very slow and much slower than the news from Hell spreading from seven different places.
Furthermore, the lack of Metal Life makes communication even more inconvenient.
Even now, many powerful beings living in the central part of the Netherworld are unaware of the existence of the Teleportation Array.
The situation is similar in the Netherworld, the Heaven Realm, and the Life God Realm.
The Heaven Realm has four Teleportation Array, more than the Netherworld, while the Life God Realm has only one.
The more Teleportation Array arrays there are, and the more evenly they are distributed, the faster the Teleportation Array will spread.
Currently, in the Netherworld, the Heaven Realm, and the Life God Realm, powerful individuals who have just received the news are still rushing towards the Teleportation Array, and the battles and struggles have not yet ceased.