Coiling Dragon: The System Only Activated After I Became an Overgod

Even the form of a Sovereign Artifact depended on its material.

Sovereign Artifact

Hearing Lota's words, Kakqi's heartbeat quickened slightly. He knew that Sovereign's envoys would receive gifts from their Sovereign, but if the Sovereign did not mention it, how would he dare bring it up?

A Sovereign Artifact was the strongest weapon in the world. Every Sovereign Artifact was immensely powerful, and obtaining one was incredibly difficult.

An ordinary Asura who possessed a Sovereign Artifact could even rival those Peak Asuras. Of course, ordinary Asuras were not qualified to receive Sovereign Artifacts.

Even though he had once believed himself to be very strong, if Morit used a Sovereign Artifact, he would have no good way to deal with him.

Sovereign Artifacts were simply too powerful!

Now, he was about to possess a Sovereign Artifact as well. Once he obtained one, he believed that, aside from Paragon High Gods, he would fear no one.

Because he still had a secret he had never revealed.

With that thought, Kakqi suddenly knelt before Lota. "Please forgive my offense, Sovereign."

Seeing Kakqi suddenly kneel, Lota, Pash, and Morit had no idea why he was doing so.

Lota's brows drew together slightly, but his tone did not change. "What is it?"

Lota was somewhat curious as well. Giving him a Sovereign Artifact, yet asking forgiveness? Forgiveness for what? He had only just become an envoy. What could he possibly have done? Even if it involved something from before, it had nothing to do with him.

"I concealed something from the Sovereign."

Kakqi felt somewhat nervous, but he still spoke. "I am a Soul Mutation, but not a Two-Element Soul Mutation. Rather, I am..."

After a brief pause, Kakqi continued, "...a Three-attribute Soul Mutation!"

As Kakqi's words fell, Lota, Pash, and Morit all looked at him.

Even Lota was somewhat surprised. "A Three-attribute Soul Mutation?"

"Don't you only have a Fate Clone and a Water Element Clone? How could you be a Three-attribute Soul Mutation?"

Pash frowned slightly and directly asked the question.

A Three-attribute Soul Mutation?

One had to know that, in all of Hell, there had only been one such person so far.

A Three-attribute Soul Mutation expert was far stronger than a Two-Element Soul Mutation expert. The divine power of a Three-attribute Soul Mutation alone was nearly comparable to Sovereign's Might.

In other words, if Kakqi truly was a Three-attribute Soul Mutation, then even if Morit's Fire Element Divine Clone used Sovereign's Might with all its strength, it might not necessarily be able to defeat Kakqi.

As an Asura-level expert, Kakqi had been a Prefecture Lord in the Life God Realm tens of billions of years ago. Information about him was hardly secret. Records all stated that his Life Clone and Water Element Clone were powerful. None mentioned any other clones, so it seemed those records were not so accurate after all.

Hearing Pash's words and seeing Lota looking at him, Kakqi no longer concealed anything. Divine power suddenly emerged around him.

First came Life Element Divine Power, followed by Water Element Divine Power. The two fused into the cyan-blue Fused Divine Power he had used earlier when his shield blocked the aftermath.

Then, a stream of black Destruction Divine Power tinged with dark red suddenly emerged from Kakqi's body.

That Destruction Divine Power fused into the cyan-blue Fused Divine Power. The three types of divine power showed no resistance whatsoever, perfectly merging together and finally becoming a unique dark-gray divine power.

This divine power looked unremarkable, but it truly contained an immense aura. Three-Element Fused Divine Power possessed power comparable to Sovereign's Might among God-level experts!

"Sovereign, aside from my Life Clone and Water Element Clone, I have always hidden a Destruction Clone."

Kakqi explained, "However, my Destruction Talent is ordinary, and my cultivation was slow, so it had never appeared before. Even friends close to me did not know that I had a Destruction Clone. After my Destruction Clone became a High God, my Main Body and Destruction Clone secretly left and hid within the Life God Realm to guard against unforeseen circumstances. My Life and Water Element Clones continued adventuring through the planes."

For powerful experts of the Divine Planes, it was common for clones to hide away or simply enjoy themselves.

"...However, several hundred thousand years ago, my Main Body and Destruction God Avatar encountered a battle and were caught in its aftermath. In the end, they fell unconscious. At the time, I thought my Main Body and Destruction Clone had perished."

Kakqi explained simply, "Later, when my Life Clone arrived, I discovered that my Main Body and Destruction Clone had begun a Soul Mutation..."

"At first, I believed my Main Body and Destruction Clone were doomed. After all, the chances of surviving a Soul Mutation involving three clones were far too small..."

Even now, Kakqi's tone carried lingering fear. Even if he were given another chance, he was not certain he could successfully mutate again. He had no idea how he had succeeded in the first place.

But then Kakqi grew excited. "Yet later, to my surprise, my Main Body and Destruction Clone actually succeeded in mutating!"

"Afterward, following several thousand years of assimilation, my Life Clone and Water Element Clone slowly mutated as well."

Very quickly, Kakqi recounted his experiences.

In truth, once Kakqi fused his Destruction Divine Power, Lota and the others had already confirmed that Kakqi truly was a Three-attribute Soul Mutation.

"I truly did not expect you to be a Three-attribute Soul Mutation."

Lota did not blame Kakqi for hiding it before. After all, Kakqi had not been an envoy then, so there was nothing wrong with concealing his strength.

"A Three-attribute Soul Mutation... Even I am a little envious of you. Not bad."

Pash looked at Kakqi with some admiration as well and praised him. "In Hell, only Aiken is like you."

Aiken was known as the number one person beneath the Overgods of Zijing Continent. The true reason was that Aiken was Hell's sole Three-attribute Soul Mutation High God.

Relying on his Three-attribute Soul Mutation, no one besides Paragon High Gods dared claim they could certainly defeat Aiken.

Moreover, Three-attribute Soul Mutation experts possessed exceptionally powerful souls. Aiken relied on this to extract Sovereign's Might from Ink Stones.

This was what spread Aiken's reputation throughout the Divine Planes.

At this moment, Kakqi's strength was no weaker than Aiken's.

As for his own envoys, Reynalds and Mold, although they were quite strong, they still fell somewhat short compared to Three-attribute Soul Mutation experts.

When an envoy was powerful, the Sovereign gained face as well.

This was why Sovereigns were willing to grant Paragons such high status. Taking a Paragon as an envoy was a matter of great prestige.

Although Three-attribute Soul Mutations could not compare to Paragon High Gods, they were indeed the strongest existences beneath them. Their rarity was not much lower than that of Paragons either.

The Dominator's luck was truly good.

Morit was extremely shocked as well. Kakqi was actually a Three-attribute Soul Mutation?!

At this moment, Morit also put away some of his disdain for Kakqi. Even his Light Divine Clone might not necessarily be able to do anything against a Three-attribute Soul Mutation Kakqi.

Especially once Kakqi obtained a Sovereign Artifact, his strength would not be inferior to Morit's at all. In fact, if Kakqi used Fused Divine Power, his endurance in battle would exceed Morit's use of Sovereign's Might.

Unless Morit used Sovereign's Might continuously without pause.

"You are a Three-attribute Soul Mutation, and your soul is powerful."

Looking at Kakqi, Lota said, "In that case, I shall grant you a Material Attack Sovereign Artifact. What kind of attack Sovereign Artifact do you want?"

In truth, Sovereigns rarely asked their envoys what kind of Sovereign Artifact they wanted.

However, Kakqi was a Three-attribute Soul Mutation, and Lota was in a good mood, so he asked one extra question. With a suitable attack Sovereign Artifact, Kakqi would become a High God without any weaknesses.

He would likely be called a "suspected Paragon" High God.

Kakqi's eyes brightened slightly. What he wanted was precisely an attack Sovereign Artifact.

After all, he knew very well how powerful his mutated soul was. Whether it was Soul Attack or Soul Defense, he was extremely confident. Furthermore, he was skilled in Life Law, which itself excelled in matters of the soul.

Defeat him in terms of the soul?

He believed that even Paragons might find that somewhat difficult.

As for material defense, the Water Element Law was inherently adept at defense. Combined with his Fused Divine Power, it would not be easy for others to break through his material defense.

In contrast, his material attack was relatively weaker.

Of course, with Fused Divine Power, his material attack would not be much weaker. It was only because his Destruction Talent was relatively poor that its power was somewhat inferior to his defense and soul abilities when compared with the absolute peak experts.

With an attack Sovereign Artifact, that gap would be more than enough to make up for it.

"Reporting to the Sovereign, I wish for a spear-shaped attack Sovereign Artifact!"

Kakqi looked at Lota with glowing eyes, speaking respectfully and excitedly.

"A spear-type attack Sovereign Artifact. Very well."

Lota nodded, then continued, "Have your Main Body and clones come to the Dark God Realm. When the time comes, I will grant you a spear attack Sovereign Artifact."

This was only Lota's Projection Clone, a body condensed from divine power. Naturally, it could not carry a Sovereign Artifact.

"Yes!"

Kakqi answered respectfully.

Suddenly, Lota seemed to recall something. Looking at Kakqi, he asked, "Did you previously have designs on Calorona?"

Kakqi froze slightly before respectfully answering, "Reporting to the Sovereign, I noticed Calorona only because of her connection with Quinsang."

"Mm."

Lota nodded and did not explain anything. He simply said, "Do not affect Calorona."

If an ordinary Asura had noticed Calorona or even become involved with her, Lota would not have said anything. But Kakqi was a Three-attribute Soul Mutation, and his strength was a little too great. If anything truly happened and it affected Beirut, then Beirut would almost certainly die.

The current Beirut was still too weak.

For the system's reward, he was willing to help Beirut out.

"Yes."

Although he did not know why Lota had said that, Kakqi did not dare disobey.

Besides, now that he had exposed his secret before the Sovereign and become the Sovereign's envoy, there was no longer much need to challenge Quinsang.

Initially, his reason for wanting to challenge Quinsang was to gradually attract the attention of certain Sovereigns.

Over the past several hundred million years, he had traveled through the planes without exposing his true strength. In secret, he had also sought information about the Sovereigns and eventually learned some rumors. Among the Sovereigns, the Overgods of the Four Divine Beast Family seemed to hold extremely high status.

Combined with the Four Divine Beast Family's standing in the Divine Planes, this indirectly confirmed it.

That was why he had come to Blood Peak Continent with his own plans.

However, although he had not attracted the attention of the Four Divine Beast Family's Overgods, he had attracted a Dominator instead. That exceeded his expectations.

Pash said nothing from the side, but when he heard Lota mention Calorona, he understood that Lota's appearance on Blood Peak Continent was not truly due to boredom.

Earlier, that Morit had been watching Calorona and that Beirut fellow.

"So that's how it is."

As Lota watched himself lose another piece, he felt a trace of admiration for Pash's arrangement. It had to be said that Pash's mastery of 256-piece War Chess truly ran deep.

The stronger one's soul, the more interesting 256-piece War Chess became. Likewise, the better one became at playing it.

In his Earth Memory, Uthred and Pash had played chess for a Thousand Years. No matter what the two discussed, Uthred had not won a single match. That was truly unbelievable.

After all, Pash was merely a Lower Destruction Sovereign God, while Uthred was a Paragon of the Destruction Law. His attainments in the soul were already the strongest.

Now, Lota himself was also a Dark Paragon, yet he still could not gain the slightest advantage over Pash in 256-piece War Chess.

Pash was no ordinary guy either.

Although Pash appeared quite often in his Earth Memory, there were not many descriptions of him. Furthermore, Linley's growth in the later stages had been too fast, so Pash naturally received no further attention.

But setting aside the influence of Linley, this so-called Protagonist of Destiny, not a single Sovereign in heaven and earth was simple. Everyone had some secrets of their own.

In his Earth Memory, the only one whose secrets were truly fully exposed in the end was Ofu.

For instance, Lota himself knew some details about certain Sovereigns, though only a few. Pash was a Destruction Overgod, and Lota did not know much about his background.

"My lord's arrangement is truly exquisite. Pash only won through luck."

Pash looked at the chessboard and smiled, half sincerely and half falsely. Lota's chess skill had actually alarmed him somewhat. This was only the second game, yet Lota's improvement had far exceeded his expectations.

To achieve this, this Dark Dominator before him likely ranked near the top even among Dominators in terms of soul attainments.

For some reason, he felt that this Dark Dominator might soon be comparable to the Destruction Overlord. It seemed that, over these countless years, the Dark Dominator had improved tremendously.

"Luck is also part of strength."

Lota spoke casually and continued, "We can continue this game another time. When will the battle involving the Four Divine Beast Family that you mentioned begin?"

Earlier, Pash had mentioned a battle between members of the Lius Family and another family.

Any family capable of challenging the Four Divine Beast Family to battle on Blood Peak Continent could not be a small family. At the very least, it had to be an Asura-level family. Ordinary families would not have such Guts.

Leiding and the others would likely spare the battle a glance as well. After all, in the current peaceful climate between the Sovereigns, the Sovereigns had been bored for countless years.

With a thought from Pash, the chessboard before him vanished. Only then did he smile. "In three months. At Gray Blood Mountain in Red Maple Prefecture, Wai of the Xue Na Family will challenge Stuke, an elder of the Lius Family, in a battle to the death."