Coiling Dragon: I Became a Sovereign God Before the System Activated

"Recently, the Four Divine Beast Family's reputation has grown quite a bit."

There was no discernible emotion in Lota's voice.

Although he rarely paid attention to matters in the Divine Planes, he still occasionally heard about the Four Divine Beast Family. Especially when traveling through the planes, he often encountered members of the Four Divine Beast Family.

Before the Four Divine Beasts became Sovereign Gods, the Four Divine Beast Family had already been established. At the time, however, it was merely a somewhat stronger Asura family. After the battle for Sovereign Sparks, the Four Divine Beasts became Sovereign Gods, and only then did the Four Divine Beast Family truly grow powerful. Yet aside from the four Sovereign Gods—Leiding, Lius, Nimo, and Bowen—there were no truly top-tier Peak Asuras among their Second Generation children.

However, members of the Four Divine Beast Family could freely use Sovereign's Might at this time. That alone was enough to give top-tier Asura experts a headache, and no one dared to truly kill the children of Sovereign Gods.

Later, Leiding and the others developed something as Defying the Heavens as the Awakening Pool, increasing the number of Seven-star Devil and Six-star Devil-level members in the Four Divine Beast Family. That was the true foundation of the family's strength.

Though the Awakening Pool was miraculous, it could not affect Sovereign Gods. Therefore, the other Sovereign Gods did not pay much attention to such matters.

After countless years of development, it would not be an exaggeration to call the Four Divine Beast Family the number one family in the Divine Planes.

Along with the rise of the Four Divine Beast Family, their arrogance and tyranny had also become unquestionably number one across countless planes.

Pash merely smiled. "With Leiding and the others around, it is only natural for the Four Divine Beast Family to be powerful."

Although the Four Divine Beasts as a group were classified at the Dominator level, the four of them were merely Lower Sovereign Gods. Thus, Sovereign Gods like Pash did not need to treat them as they would a true Dominator.

The Four Divine Beasts were only somewhat stronger because of their Combined Talent Divine Power. Other than that, the four of them still had a considerable gap compared to true Dominators.

"Are Leiding and the others still in the Tianji Mountain Range?"

Lota looked at Pash and suddenly asked.

After the Four Divine Beasts became Sovereign Gods, they each had their own territories in the Divine Planes of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind. However, the four of them primarily remained in the Tianji Mountain Range of the Blood Peak Continent.

It was where the Four Divine Beasts had been born, and it was also the Ancestral Land of the Four Divine Beast Family.

Pash nodded. "A few hundred years ago, I paid a visit to the Tianji Mountain Range. At that time, Leiding and the others were still there."

There was a trace of emotion in Pash's voice as well. "The Four Divine Beast Family's Awakening Pool is truly miraculous. Once one awakens their Bloodline Power, as long as they do not perish, they will sooner or later become a High God."

In the Divine Planes, only one High God might emerge among hundreds of millions of deities. Yet for family members possessing the bloodline of the Four Divine Beasts, their lowest possible achievement was becoming a High God. That alone was enough to crush most families.

He was also very curious about the Awakening Pool, but he had never had the opportunity to come into contact with it. Moreover, it was said that the Awakening Pool was only useful to members of the Four Divine Beasts. Even if he had the chance to approach it, it would be meaningless.

Lota nodded, then suddenly seemed to think of something and gave Pash another look.

The Four Divine Beasts were on the Blood Peak Continent. As the Blood Peak Sovereign God, Pash probably was not all that comfortable with it. Especially since the Four Divine Beasts themselves were hardly good people; otherwise, the Four Divine Beast Family would not have become so arrogant.

At that moment, Lota suddenly felt that the deaths of Leiding and the others perhaps had not been solely Ofu's or Augusta's intention.

Pash noticed Lota's gaze, but his expression did not change. Instead, he changed the subject. "My lord, there are still three days left. Why don't I accompany you in a game of 256-piece War Chess first?"

As he spoke, Pash sounded somewhat proud. "Ever since I discovered this War Chess game, Lord Destruction Overlord has taken quite a liking to it as well."

"Oh?"

Lota smiled. "Then it is worth trying. If it truly is so interesting, I will have another way to pass the time in the future."

Uthred.

In his Earth Memory, there had been a description: Pash and Uthred had once played chess for a Thousand Years.

Although Uthred was not a lunatic like Ofu, he was also someone who would stop at nothing to catch up to Ofu. Relying entirely on his own talent and perseverance, he had ultimately developed Time-Space Distortion.

It could be said that there was room for nothing in his eyes besides Ofu. How could he have had the mood to play chess with Pash for a Thousand Years?

Lota became suspicious.

In particular, after the Four Divine Beasts died, Ofu had not immediately sought out Beirut to demand the Four Divine Beasts' blood essence. Instead, Uthred had been the first to step forward and obtain it.

An immature speculation surfaced in Lota's mind.

If that was truly the case, then Leiding and the others had not died unjustly.

Three days passed.

Lota remained in his room at the inn, playing chess with Pash the entire time.

It had to be said that the 256-piece War Chess game Pash had found was indeed interesting. Though it was only a game, it was endlessly variable, with countless arrangements and combinations.

A powerful arrangement of one's own pieces did not guarantee victory. There was still a great chance of being countered by the opponent's layout.

In 256-piece War Chess, victory or defeat did not merely require considering one's own formation. More importantly, one had to understand the opponent's intentions. It could be said that this was a replica of war.

The stronger one's soul was, the more combinations one could deduce. The more factors one had to consider, even increasing exponentially. Naturally, that made the game more interesting.

Lota lost the first game.

It had to be said that Pash had truly put some effort into studying 256-piece War Chess.

"Interesting."

After losing, Lota was not upset. Looking at the board, he found it rather entertaining.

"My lord has only just come into contact with 256-piece War Chess and is not yet familiar with the arrangements of the pieces. Pash merely took advantage."

Pash smiled as well.

"A loss is a loss."

Lota casually shook his head, not particularly concerned about losing.

Then Lota changed the subject. "Morit and Kakqi should be ready by now. Let's go take a look. Perhaps we can see some of Kakqi's special methods. Since this fellow is confident he can deal with Quinsang, he must have made some major breakthrough."

Lota had paid Kakqi a bit of attention. If this fellow truly possessed strength close to Quinsang's, then he intended to take Kakqi as an emissary.

He had previously had several emissaries, but after countless great battles, only Morit remained. With Beirut and Zacharias appearing, there were many matters he needed emissaries to handle. One Morit was ultimately too few.

"My lord thinks more highly of Kakqi?"

From Lota's words, Pash sensed that Lota seemed somewhat interested in Kakqi. He secretly guessed that perhaps Lord Lota wanted to take in another emissary.

Among the Sovereign Gods, Lota was one of those with the fewest emissaries. As a Dominator, he now had only one emissary.

"Not necessarily."

Lota did not give a definite answer.

Ten thousand miles west of Red Maple City lay a mountain range called the Cluster Mountain Range.

Many tribes and bandits lived within those mountains.

Above a barren mountain peak, Kakqi stood in the air, his robes fluttering as he rested with his eyes closed.

Occasionally, Metal Lifeforms flew past in the distance. Even when they spotted Kakqi, few dared to approach. A High God standing in the air above the Cluster Mountain Range was surely an expert.

Even the surrounding bandits quietly moved away from the area.

After learning that Lota and Pash were Sovereign Gods, Kakqi had actually regretted stepping forward. It was not that he did not wish to fight, but that he feared angering the Sovereign Gods.

However, since the Sovereign Gods had spoken and asked him to spar with Morit, they presumably were not angry. That put his mind somewhat at ease.

This battle was also an opportunity for him.

Even if he could not fight Quinsang after battling Morit, he still had to fight.

Most importantly, Morit's strength was not inferior to Quinsang's in the slightest, and might even be somewhat greater.

Therefore, he intended to go all out in this battle.

"Kakqi arrived quite early."

Pash and Lota rode a Metal Lifeform to the vicinity of the Cluster Mountain Range.

Morit was controlling the Metal Lifeform. Naturally, he spotted Kakqi immediately, and his Golden eyes narrowed slightly.

After the Dominator had spoken, he had purchased the most detailed information on Kakqi from the Devil Castle.

For this fellow who had stepped down from the position of Prefecture Lord tens of billions of years ago, Morit had studied him again, especially the Shadow images of Kakqi's battles over the past several million years.

Kakqi's strongest Divine Clone was his Life Law Clone, but the battle Shadow images from the past million years had instead shown his Water Element Divine Clone. Moreover, its strength did not seem any weaker than that of his Life Divine Clone.

"Morit, go."

The Metal Lifeform came to a stop, and Lota spoke.

"Yes."

Morit bowed slightly to Lota and Pash, then flew directly toward Kakqi.

Sensing Morit's aura, Kakqi abruptly opened his eyes and looked toward Morit.

However, he did not see Lota or Pash. Still, he knew that the Sovereign Gods were definitely spectating.

"Morit."

Kakqi drew all his focus back and completely spread out his Spiritual Sense across the surroundings.

Morit stopped steadily a thousand meters away from Kakqi.

Though this was not his strongest Light Divine Clone, he was still extremely confident in the strength of his Fire Element Divine Clone. In terms of attack power alone, his Fire Element Divine Clone was not much weaker than his Light Divine Clone.

This was the difference between different laws.

The Fire Element Law was naturally adept at attacking. Whether it was material attacks or Soul Attacks, both were powerful.

Of course, in terms of overall strength, his Fire Element Divine Clone was far inferior to his Light Divine Clone. Even if their attacks were nearly equal, the Light Divine Clone could still easily defeat the Fire Element Divine Clone.

"Morit, this is not your Light Divine Clone. Bring out your strongest clone directly."

Kakqi sent a voice transmission.

If Sovereign Gods had not been spectating, he would not have said anything unnecessary. But now, with Sovereign Gods watching, whether he won or lost, he had to fight with momentum. Moreover, if he went all out, he was not afraid of Morit's Light Divine Clone.

"Hehe, that depends on whether you have the ability."

Morit chuckled, and a flaming saber appeared directly in his hand. It was an extremely powerful High-level Sovereign Artifact.

Although Morit possessed two Sovereign Artifacts, one was a Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact and the other a Material Defense Sovereign Artifact. Furthermore, both Sovereign Artifacts were with his Light Divine Clone.

His Fire Element Divine Clone had no Sovereign Artifact. On that point alone, it was far inferior to his Light Divine Clone.

Seeing Morit like this, Kakqi merely snorted and did not try to persuade him further. A barbed Long Whip appeared in his hand. As he flicked it, Vibration Marks appeared even in space.

As Kakqi danced his Long Whip, the surrounding space seemed to become rippling water, layer after layer appearing and overlapping as they continuously spread outward.

Morit was far more straightforward. His entire body transformed into elemental energy and directly merged with the saber in his hand. The saber instantly expanded into a massive blade dozens of meters long, and space was cleaved open by the strike, creating a huge crack.

Both were using the advantages of the laws corresponding to their Divine Clones. The Water Element Law excelled at defense, and Kakqi's move was primarily defensive. Morit, on the other hand, was the complete opposite; his move was purely offensive.

"Kakqi is actually using his Water Element Divine Clone to fight."

Pash raised an eyebrow.

Lota said nothing and merely watched the battle quietly.

Boom~~~

As an explosion of energy rang out, countless streams of divine power spread in every direction, and several mountain peaks instantly vanished.

The enormous energy spread dozens of miles away, drawing the attention of some nearby bandits, who came out one after another to investigate.

"Experts are fighting!"

Very quickly, the news spread throughout the surrounding area. More experts came after hearing it, though most were merely Middle Gods and Lower Gods. They did not dare approach and could only spectate from afar.

After Kakqi and Morit exchanged a direct blow, Kakqi showed little reaction. Morit, on the other hand, reverted from the form of the giant saber.

Morit's expression became more solemn than before. Kakqi's defense was incredibly strong!

He knew that the Water Element Law excelled at defense, but Kakqi's defense was at least several times stronger than that of any Water Element Asura expert he had encountered! It would be extremely difficult for that strike of his to break through Kakqi's defense.

When he had watched Kakqi's battle Shadow images earlier, he had not discovered such powerful defense. Of course, that was also somewhat related to Kakqi's relatively weak opponents.

Kakqi might truly have taken a great step forward in the Water Element Law.

Moreover, Kakqi also had a Life Divine Clone. If Kakqi deployed both Divine Clones, then Morit's Fire Element Divine Clone might truly not be Kakqi's match.

Morit's expression could not help becoming much more solemn.

However, he would not stop here. Even if he lost, his Fire Element Divine Clone still had to defeat one of Kakqi's Divine Clones.

With that thought, Morit mobilized divine power again. Countless elements began to gather. After the probing exchange, the battle was about to erupt once more.

Like Morit, Pash, who was spectating, was also slightly surprised by the defense Kakqi had displayed.

"Kakqi's defense is actually this strong."