"So you mean that if you gave me the Sovereign Spark, the Chief Sovereign of Light would kill me?"
Bayer also understood why Huosi had said that the Sovereign Spark could not be given to him.
Bayer was not a lifeform born in a Material Plane. If he refined the Sovereign Spark, he could only go to a Divine Plane.
And the Chief Sovereign of Light would discover him sooner or later. The only recent Sovereign Sparks were those of the Four Divine Beasts, so there was no way he could hide.
Under normal circumstances, a Sovereign could not kill a lower Sovereign. However, the Sovereign Sparks of the Four Divine Beasts were the Chief Sovereign of Light's spoils of war—they had merely been stolen from him.
When the time came, even if the Chief Sovereign of Light killed Bayer, it would not count as violating the agreement among Sovereigns.
"This, I..."
A Sovereign Spark was right before his eyes, yet he did not dare refine it at all. Bayer could not help but feel driven mad.
Although his relationship with Huosi was not necessarily close enough for Huosi to give him a Sovereign Spark, there had at least been hope.
As a Paragon, if he became Huosi's subordinate and worked for him for hundreds of millions of years—or even longer—there would always be a chance.
But the Chief Sovereign of Light was simply too towering an obstacle, making Bayer hesitate.
"You don't need to be in such a hurry. Sovereigns aren't eternal either."
Huosi patted Bayer's shoulder again and spoke soothingly.
Bayer instantly shuddered. What did he mean, Sovereigns were not eternal either?
Could this guy be thinking of killing a Sovereign?
Upon reaching that conclusion, Bayer instinctively felt that Huosi was insane. Yet soon after, he suddenly felt