Hearing the guard's description, Demir's expression grew even more shocked. This person was actually this powerful? Judging by the description, he was probably at least a Seven-star Devil.
"Let's go take a look outside."
Demir flew straight toward outside the city.
Hell, Sea of Chaos.
This was the "Outer Sea" of Hell, as well as the largest region among Hell's five continents and two seas. Its area even exceeded the combined area of several continents.
At the same time, it was the most chaotic place in Hell.
And this Sea of Chaos fell within the territory of Destruction Overlord Uthred.
Deep within the Sea of Chaos stood an incomparably vast city—"Wu Kun City."
No one knew that this city was actually one of Destruction Overlord Uthred's strongholds, and also the place where Uthred spent the most time.
Wu Kun City had been built deep within the Sea of Chaos, amid a sprawling underwater mountain range. Or rather, the entire mountain range was part of Wu Kun City.
At the center of the mountain range stood a massive black castle surrounded by countless mixed water currents as sharp as blades and swords. The castle could not be seen from outside at all, and these water currents were extremely strange. Even High Gods could not keep their footing within them.
This region of water currents ranked among the top three Dangerous places in the entire Sea of Chaos.
At this moment, inside the castle surrounded by water currents, Destruction Overlord Uthred looked toward the northeast. His brow rose slightly in surprise. "Leiding and the others actually provoked Lota?"
As the Destruction Overlord, so long as he wished to know, almost nothing happening in Hell could escape his senses. In particular, when Lota was on Pash's Blood Peak Continent, Pash had informed him of this matter.
Naturally, he had paid Lota some attention.
Seeing something unknown, Uthred suddenly smiled. "Interesting."
Since the Sovereign God War, after the eleven Dominators had fought in a chaotic battle, he had kept an eye on Lota for some time. Especially after learning that Lota himself was merely human, he had paid even more attention.
After all, how could Lota lack something special if he could fight them back then in a human body without falling behind?
Perhaps Lota was like that madman Ofu and had also improved his strength through research.
However, Lota was different from Ofu. Lota's "mystery," or rather, his "caution," exceeded Uthred's expectations. All along, he and the other Dominators had not learned much about Lota.
Because of Lota's "caution," it seemed as though his own strength was simply at that level. Furthermore, after Supreme God missions and Supreme Artifacts appeared, the Rule Overlords' strength increased, and the other Dominators paid less attention to Lota.
After all, Supreme Artifacts provided far too great a boost to Overgods.
Especially after the four Rule Overlords obtained Supreme Artifacts, their strength far surpassed that of the Law Overlords. Under such circumstances, even if Lota was somewhat mysterious, it would not affect anything.
Of course, every Dominator had secrets of his own. Lota was simply relatively more mysterious.
"If Lota can join in, then with Augusta added, this matter will indeed be more certain."
Uthred suddenly said something seemingly out of nowhere, as though he were pondering something.
"However."
Uthred frowned slightly. "Lota is too cautious. If he discovers any clues, that will also be troublesome."
Ever since the Rule Overlords acquired Supreme Artifacts, their status had surpassed that of the Law Overlords. However, that did not mean the Rule Overlords could now disregard the Law Overlords.
After all, if the Law Overlords truly fought them, even if they could not defeat them, they could still escape easily. That would become quite a problem.
After thinking for a moment, Uthred still decided not to proactively "provoke" Lota, lest something unexpected happen. But if Leiding and the others continued provoking Lota, then it would no longer be his fault.
Thinking of this, Uthred looked in the direction of the Heavenly Realm, his gaze deep and distant as no one knew what he was thinking.
Hell, Blood Peak Continent.
You Lan Prefecture, Tianji Mountain Range.
Within the main hall of the Four Divine Beast Family, Leiding and the other three sat in the great hall. Their expressions all carried a trace of gravity.
The deaths of clan members were actually insignificant to them. As Overgods, they would not interfere in matters concerning God level beings. What truly concerned them was that Lota had stepped in and "interfered" in this matter.
"The Dark Overlord actually came to the Blood Peak Continent."
Vermilion Bird Sovereign God Nimo was the first to speak.
Since the Sovereign God Agreement had taken effect, although the four of them were merely Lower Sovereign Gods, according to the agreement, their status stood alongside the Seven Law Overlords. When the four joined forces, they were not permitted to fight Lower Sovereign Gods or Mid-level Overlords.
In terms of strength, they had indeed been classified at the Dominator level.
However, the four of them also knew that the other Dominators did not truly treat them as equals.
"Is Lota deliberately provoking us?"
Black Tortoise Sovereign Bowen also frowned slightly as he spoke.
Though the four were displeased, they had not been blinded by this so-called "friction." Having lived for countless years, they were no fools. Whatever impression they left before outsiders was one thing; in private, there was naturally no need for the four of them to hide themselves.
"A Law Overlord actually thinks he is invincible."
White Tiger Sovereign God Lius did not seem afraid of Lota. "If he truly has designs on us, it may not necessarily be a bad opportunity for us."
At this point, Lius looked at Leiding. His golden ring-shaped eyes gleamed faintly as he switched to Voice Transmission. "Once our family has even one High-level Overlord clansman, we may not necessarily be at a disadvantage even against the Rule Overlords."
They knew very well that only their fused Talent Divine Power had reached the Dominator level. In all other aspects, they were far too distant from High-level Overlords.
Thus, the status of the four of them had always been awkward. In particular, in their eyes, the Sovereign God Agreement was simply a restriction imposed upon them by those eleven Dominators.
Was a powerful Lower Sovereign God no longer a Lower Sovereign God?
What bullshit logic!
By that reasoning, a Paragon Lower Sovereign God could not be considered a Lower Sovereign God either. If Overgods had different levels of strength, then they could not fight!
Other than their "Dominator-level" group of four, among the remaining seven Law Overlords and four Rule Overlords, although their strengths varied, no matter who fought, the other could escape if he did not wish to fight.
But what about the four of them?
Once a battle began, the outcome was self-evident. They had no choice at all.
Kill their opponent, or be killed by their opponent!
Even if they could kill their opponent, would the other Dominators simply stand by and watch?
They had never placed their hopes on the so-called Sovereign God Agreement.
In their view, the reason no one had ever caused them trouble was that aside from those who were not confident they could block the four's Combined Talent Divine Power, the rest restrained one another, and taking action against them was not worth the cost.
It was precisely because of the Sovereign God Agreement that the four of them did not dare to separate at all.
Leiding was not excited by Lius's words. He remained very calm. "Since the War of Faith, this is already the third time something like this has happened. Other than the Rule Overlords, the others do not dare act recklessly."
"However, we must still be on guard."
Leiding continued, "Lota is too mysterious. He may have some hidden card."
"Hmph, as long as he dares attack us head-on, no matter what moves he has, I refuse to believe he can withstand our Ultimate move. When the time comes, we'll strike with all our strength and kill him directly."
Lius narrowed his eyes. "How about we start selecting and training clansmen with Darkness System talent now? Once we kill Lota, they can directly refine his Sovereign Spark. The other Dominators may not react in time."
"By your logic, we would need to train more than just clansmen with Darkness System talent. So just think about it."
Nimo shook his head helplessly. "Lota is the Dark Overlord. He will not fight us over such a trivial matter."
Though his tone was helpless, Nimo was also confident that Lota would not dare face the Ultimate move of the four of them.
"So we're just letting this matter go?"
Bowen could not help frowning.
The four of them were already "restricted" at the Dominator level. If they truly backed down, their position would become even more awkward.
"There is no need to back down. No matter how powerful Lota is, can he be stronger than Mith? We never backed down before Mith, that Paragon Water Element Overlord. A mere Lota is not enough to make us retreat."
Leiding spoke directly. "However, there is no need to confront Lota directly. Send clan members to the Dark God Realm to kill some Seven-Star Shadow Walkers. Especially Fallen Angels—kill some of them."
Fallen Angels were exclusive to the Dark Lord Gods. In particular, only Lota could create Fallen Angels at the level of Seven-Star Shadow Walkers.
It could be said that every Seven-Star Fallen Angel was connected to Lota.
Lota had no clansmen, so they could only strike at the Fallen Angels.
It could also be considered a way to secretly state their attitude and recover some face for the Four Divine Beasts.
"Fallen Angels, Bright Angels."
Lius curled his lip. "The things Lota and Augusta created really are disgusting."
"But it must be said that merely by relying on these Fallen Angels and Bright Angels, the two of them have found it much easier to rule the Dark God Realm and the Light God Realm."
Nimo said.
Overgods were different from gods. Aside from being more powerful and existing on a different level of life, once one became an Overgod, one also had one's own "duties."
These were duties inherited from the Supreme Gods.
For example, reducing the number of God level experts on the Plane Battlefield, reclaiming Divine Sparks in the Divine Planes and submitting them to the Supreme Gods, and so on, all fell within the scope of their duties.
Just as the guardians of Material Planes were sent by Overgods to manage those Material Planes.
To a certain extent, Overgods could also be regarded as guardians of the Divine Planes. However, their authority was greater—so great that so long as they remained within the rules, they could do as they pleased.
This was why every Overgod, regardless of whether he hid himself away, had his own territory and army.
All of this was for the sake of managing the Divine Planes more effectively.
However, among all Overgods, those for whom managing Divine Planes was the "simplest" were the Light Lord Gods and Dark Lord Gods. The reason was that Overgods of these two systems could create angels.
This was an innate ability of Light Sovereign Sparks and Dark Sovereign Sparks.
Overgods of other systems, even Rule Overlords, did not possess this ability. They had to devote much more thought than Darkness System and Light System Overgods to managing the Divine Planes.
The true purpose of Overgods was not to be powerful, but to cooperate with the Supreme Gods in maintaining the balance and operation of heaven and earth.
Yet few Overgods had deeply considered such matters.
In truth, even Lota, who possessed Earth Memory, had overlooked one point: why were Overgods born in this world?
After all, becoming an Overgod was not a cultivation realm. What was the purpose behind the birth of Overgods? Was it merely to create a new realm beyond the God level?
In Lota's Earth Memory, there was almost no description of this. Ultimately, in Earth Memory, this world was merely a "novel," and its story covered only a little over twenty thousand years.
Yet this world had actually existed for more than a thousand Eons. Compared to over a thousand Eons, twenty thousand years could not even be considered an instant.
Moreover, throughout those twenty thousand years, everything centered around "Linley." Even after Linley later became an Overgod, it had been less than ten thousand years. How could he possibly understand all of this clearly?
Perhaps Linley learned the truth after "transcending," but there was no need for him to explain too much. It was like how Linley later restored the missing Sovereign Sparks.
However, there were still traces to follow regarding this.
This world used "earth, fire, water, and wind" as its foundation, giving rise to darkness and light energies, while lightning emerged as the power of judgment.
As for the Four Major Rules, they were the rules governing the normal operation of the universe.
This was one of the few descriptions of heaven and earth found in Earth Memory.
Furthermore, this heaven and earth had originally been a Subordinate Universe created by Hong Meng for the stability of the so-called Main Universe. If the Subordinate Universe itself could not exist for long, how could it stabilize the Main Universe?
Therefore, Sovereign Sparks were actually an additional component Hong Meng had added to stabilize this Subordinate Universe.
Their purpose was to repair the instability of the Subordinate Universe.
Refining a Sovereign Spark, to a certain extent, meant becoming "integrated" with the laws and rules of this Subordinate Universe.
This explained why Overgods and gods were already completely different. Why were Overgods' abilities far beyond those of God level experts? Under a restriction resembling a difference in "authority levels," no matter how powerful a God level expert was, he could not affect an Overgod in any way.
Furthermore, aside from battle, Overgods of different systems emphasized different "duties."
This was actually because their respective laws and rules differed, and the special characteristics of Overgods from different systems were also different.
For example, Earth Element Overgods were originally integrated with the universe's "Earth Element Law." What they represented more was the operation and existence of the "Earth Element Law" throughout heaven and earth. Much of the time, they maintained the number of Earth Element lifeforms within heaven and earth.
As for Rule System Overgods, to a certain extent, they were much like "messengers" of the Supreme Gods. More often than not, they served the rules of the Supreme Gods.
The derived darkness, light, and lightning, on the other hand, were more inclined toward supplementing the deficiencies of the other laws.
For example, for life in Material Planes, light and darkness were necessities for survival. The other laws and rules could not accomplish this.
Therefore, the birth of Light System and Darkness System Sovereign Sparks was more for stabilizing the Material Planes. Their focus differed somewhat from that of the earth, fire, water, and wind Sovereign Sparks.
It was precisely because of this that Light System and Darkness System Sovereign Sparks developed abilities different from other Sovereign Sparks, possessing Angel Rebirth Pools that could directly transform the souls of eligible Material Plane lifeforms into angels.
Of course, regardless of system, the basic duty of every Overgod was to maintain the normal operation of the regions under his jurisdiction.
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