As for why he had separated his clones, it was because only this could give the Death God Clone enough pressure. If the Destruction God Clone remained by his side, he would subconsciously know that he was absolutely safe, and that would not achieve the desired tempering effect.
Of course, the necessary safeguards could not be omitted. After all, every elemental-law clone was tied to whether Hodan's Laws could form a self-sustaining cycle. Unlike his Thunder Element clone, whose strength had already reached its limit and could be discarded.
He left the Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact, the Azure Dragon Ring, and the Zhengdu Blade to the Death God Clone, along with a large amount of Sovereign's Might of Death. It had been given to him by the Sovereign of Death and was just what he needed.
Most importantly, the Death God Clone was Hodan's own clone. Should it encounter unavoidable danger, it could reveal its identity or exile itself. Supported by such a large amount of Sovereign's Might, it would still be able to hold on until rescue arrived.
However, in order to achieve the tempering effect, he secretly made up his mind that he would absolutely not reveal his name.
After leaving behind sufficient means of self-preservation, Hodan left the Death God Clone where it was while his true body and his other clones flew toward the Radiant faction's headquarters.
However, he flew very slowly. Besides tempering himself, one of his main purposes for coming here was to earn military merits in exchange for Sovereign Artifacts, so naturally, he strolled about at a leisurely pace, waiting to catch something.
For the time being, though, he did not directly slaughter those Commanders. The Plane War had only just begun—what if he went too far and those Commanders stopped coming in?