Amid the seven-colored Spatial Turbulence, the once-dazzling space had fallen silent, with only a few blue-white energy currents remaining.
Hope slowly lowered his longsword and moved to the Four Divine Beasts' corpses. With a sweep of his hand, the four enormous bodies and their Sovereign Sparks vanished into his Spatial Ring.
"Drip!"
Hope took out Reding's Spatial Ring. After a drop of blood fell on it, he quickly released his divine sense to investigate. A gray sheet of paper and a crystal radiating golden energy appeared before him.
"As expected, this Five-Colored Blood Crystal is the Supreme God Token of Destruction."
Hope looked at the gray paper, a hint of excitement coloring his expression.
Written plainly on the gray sheet were the words: [Wutie Black Sword, Soul Essence, and Five-Colored Blood Crystal fuse to form the Sword of Destruction. It can summon the Supreme God of Destruction, who will grant one request.]
Ever since the world was created, Hope had kept an eye on the Overgod Missions, hoping to get his hands on one or two Supreme Artifacts.
But when he actually tried, he discovered it was impossible. The Supreme God Tokens appeared to be entirely random, with no pattern to their time or place. When the first Overgod Mission appeared, Hope didn't learn of it until Oufu obtained the Soul Defense Supreme Artifact.
By the time Hope heard about the second Overgod Mission, Utrade had already acquired two of its tokens. The final one appeared in the Material Plane. At that time, there were no Paragon High-Gods in the divine planes, and Utrade sent dozens of Asuras to seize the last token.
Hope had tried for the later tokens as well. It wasn't until Augusta obtained the Supreme Destiny Sword that he finally put the matter aside for a while. He hadn't expected to end up with the Supreme God Token of Destruction by such a strange twist of fate.
"Vmm..."
Hope took out the Five-Colored Blood Crystal. At once, its markings began to shine in many colors. A blood-red light gathered at the crystal's core and resonated with the golden bead.
As the two continued to draw toward each other, the golden bead settled above the Five-Colored Blood Crystal. They fused into a strangely shaped crystal.
"So all that's left is a Wutie Black Sword?"
Hope quickly put away the crystal and murmured softly. Then he transformed into a stream of blue water and flew toward the Water Elemental Plane.
Meanwhile, on the Water Elemental Plane, the other Sovereigns finally came to their senses after Hope and the Four Divine Beasts plunged into the Spatial Turbulence.
"My God! How dare Reding and the others?"
"We should notify the Rule Sovereign at once!"
"Why isn't Palhouse here at a time like this?"
The four remaining Water Sovereigns were briefly thrown into disarray, but soon recovered and began notifying the other Sovereigns.
As for entering the Spatial Turbulence to watch the battle, they didn't have the nerve. The Four Divine Beasts and a Sovereign were right near the Water Elemental Plane. If the battle had taken place deep in the Spatial Turbulence, they might have gone to watch, but entering now could get them caught in the crossfire.
On the Fire Elemental Plane, a massive, fiery-red Metal Lifeform flew over the Blazing Continent.
Inside, two figures sat facing each other. A man in a robe patterned with red flames stood nearby.
If anyone from Fire Fighter Castle on the Fire Elemental Plane had seen him, they would have been stunned. The man standing there was Tuls, a Sovereign Legion Commander and a Prefect-level powerhouse, one of the strongest figures on the Fire Elemental Plane.
Yet even someone of his stature stood like a servant. Only a Sovereign could command such deference from him.
At the table before Tuls, two figures sat across from each other, each holding a wineglass as they chatted amiably.
One wore a water-blue robe and had a round face. He was none other than Palhouse, who had come to the Fire Elemental Plane in search of a Sovereign Envoy.
Seated opposite Palhouse was a middle-aged man with short, fiery-red hair. He wore a golden robe, its flame patterns covering him from head to toe. A flaming mark on his forehead radiated scorching light.
Meige, the Sovereign of Fire.
"Hahaha, Palhouse, what do you think of this Lusi?"
Meige swept his divine sense over the two Seven-Star Fire Fighters battling below and burst into laughter.
Ever since the Water Elemental Plane had won ten consecutive victories in the Plane War millions of years ago, its Water Sovereigns had each received a boost in Willpower. Palhouse, the Water Element Paragon Midgod Sovereign, had since become a true powerhouse on the level of the veteran Sovereigns.
So when Palhouse came to the Fire Elemental Plane to recruit a Sovereign Envoy, Meige had personally met with him. Though Meige wasn't afraid of Palhouse's strength, he still showed him every courtesy, accompanying him as they toured the Fire Elemental Plane in search of a suitable envoy.
"He's a little weak. Let's keep looking."
Palhouse shook his head slightly, showing little interest in Lusi below.
Veteran Prefect-level envoys like Barbary were hard to find, but Palhouse wasn't about to pick just anyone to fill the position. After briefly assessing Lusi's strength, he looked away.
"Hahaha, then let's keep looking."
Meige raised his glass and downed the fiery-red specialty wine without a care.
Most of a Sovereign's life was dull. For Meige, accompanying Palhouse on a tour of the divine plane was at least something to do.
"Hm?"
Palhouse and Meige raised their eyebrows at the same time and looked toward a corner inside the Metal Lifeform.
"Whoosh!"
A blue-haired young man in a blue robe slowly appeared, then spoke anxiously:
"Lord Palhouse, the Four Divine Beasts just came to the Water Elemental Plane and started fighting Lord Hope."
The young man was named Norris, one of the Lower Sovereigns of the Water Elemental Plane. He was also one of the Sovereigns who had existed since the creation of the world. Before Palhouse appeared, he had served under Hope.
Norris looked flustered, his voice tinged with urgency. He didn't even bother greeting Meige, the Sovereign of Fire, and spoke directly to Palhouse.
As one of the Water Sovereigns who had followed Hope from the early days, Norris had served him for a long time. When he saw the Four Divine Beasts attack the Water Elemental Plane, he was completely stunned. Worried for Hope's safety, he could only notify Palhouse at once.
"What did you say? Reding and the other three went to fight Hope?"
Meige had initially frowned at Norris's manner. After all, he was the Sovereign, and Norris's decision to ignore him and address Palhouse directly was disrespectful.
But when he heard what Norris had said, Meige shot to his feet. His expression shifted repeatedly before he turned to look at Palhouse.
What Meige couldn't understand was that Palhouse showed no surprise at Norris's report. Instead, he remained completely calm, leaving Meige at a loss.
In Meige's view, the Four Divine Beasts wouldn't have dared fight Hope unless they were confident of winning. They had also clearly avoided Palhouse. If they succeeded, the four of them would undoubtedly give the Water Element High Sovereign Spark to either Gaislesen or Gaia.
No matter how he looked at it, Palhouse should have rushed over to help and stop the Four Divine Beasts. At the very least, even if Hope fell, Palhouse should have taken advantage of their weakness and dealt with them before they could give the Sovereign Spark to Gaislesen or Gaia.
Could Palhouse be absolutely certain that Hope could kill the Four Divine Beasts? But why?
Meige's expression grew much more serious as his mind raced.
In Meige's eyes, although Hope had gained an extra measure of Willpower through ten consecutive Plane War victories, he had no Divine Beast Bloodline and no special protection for his soul. His soul was not necessarily stronger than those of the other Law Sovereigns.
Could Hope have reached Paragon after all?
A suspicion suddenly surfaced in Meige's mind. He shuddered, then pushed it away.
Yesterday, a lot of readers said something about the spoils being stolen, and the author was puzzled. Why would anyone think that? If readers hadn't brought it up, the author never would have considered that direction for the story. Had someone written a fanfic like that before? The author had never seen one. That kind of plot was ridiculous.