"How did your divine body reach the level of a Sovereign Artifact?" Wind Chief Sovereign continued asking.
Everyone present was a Sovereign, but aside from the Four Rules Sovereigns and Augusta, who was hiding his true strength, not one of them had a divine body at the level of a Sovereign Artifact. Even Wind Chief Sovereign, whose true form was a divine beast, was still a long way from reaching that level.
The Sovereigns present had been Sovereigns for an incredibly long time. Yet even after enduring the tempering of endless Sovereign's Might and Willpower, none of them had achieved a divine body like a Sovereign Artifact. And it only took ten thousand years for a Sovereign to create a Sovereign Artifact.
Hodan had cultivated for less than a million years, yet he had become a Dual-Element Paragon and gained a body like a Sovereign Artifact.
"Chief Sovereign, I came across a droplet-shaped Heaven and Earth Wonder by chance. Through its transformation, I was fortunate enough to reach the level of a Sovereign Artifact," Hodan replied calmly. "It also cost me a great deal of Sovereign's Might."
"So that's why you asked me for so much Sovereign's Might—you used it to strengthen your divine body," Augusta said, suddenly understanding. In truth, Hodan's divine body had already reached the level of a Sovereign Artifact by then, but no one else knew that.
Augusta was helping Hodan make his story believable because they were partners.
"That's right, Chief Sovereign. And after strengthening my body, the droplet disappeared completely," Hodan added. He didn't want a Sovereign killing one of his Divine Clones just to extract the droplet-shaped wonder he'd mentioned.
"Enough. We're all Sovereigns. Stop coveting a god's lucky find. Everyone has had a few lucky breaks, haven't they? Our greatest stroke of