Huosi Recuperates

"Should I go and ask Father for instructions?"

As soon as Gaiselesen said this, the entire Azure Dragon Palace fell into silence.

The few people who had been clamoring just a moment ago instantly shut their mouths and began to play dumb, not saying another word.

There was no helping it; outside, they were the prestigious patriarchs of the Four Divine Beasts Clan, and everyone had to give them a modicum of respect.

But in front of the four Sovereigns, they were merely children, juniors who dared not show the slightest bit of disrespect.

Although they called them Father and Mother, their relationship with the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns was not particularly intimate.

It could be said that the way Gaiselesen and the others interacted with the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns was more like that of an emperor and his crown prince in an empire; the bond of ruler and subject outweighed that of father and son.

While there was a father-son bond between them, it lacked a sense of intimate human warmth and instead carried a sense of distance; the Sovereigns were high above, and the Highgods were filled with awe toward them.

Within the Augusta Clan, the relationship between Hanjin and Augusta was much the same.

In this regard, Raystine and the Bauhinia Sovereign were completely different.

The Bauhinia Sovereign did not have the slightest air of a Sovereign in front of her son; instead, she was just like an ordinary mother, calling him "Jingjing" at every turn.

Raystine also had the personality of a child, acting very casually in his daily life and feeling no fear toward his own mother.

On the contrary, when the Bauhinia Sovereign called him Jingjing, he would blush and loudly retort, though it was of no use; yet, in this mode of interaction, there was no sense of the Sovereign being high above, nor was there the awe of a god toward a Sovereign.

The relationship between Raystine and his own Sovereign's Emissary was also completely different; as the Sovereign's Emissary, Leihong was nominally a subordinate of the Sovereign, and by extension, his subordinate as well.

However, Raystine never looked at Leihong as a subordinate; instead, in his eyes, Leihong was his good brother, a brother for life and death.

For many years, Leihong had called Raystine "Young Master," but the feelings he held for Raystine in his heart were genuine brotherly love.

To say something quite disrespectful, even if one day the Bauhinia Sovereign were to fall and someone wanted to kill Raystine, Leihong would definitely help him with all his might.

But the Sovereign's Emissaries of the Four Divine Beasts Clan were completely different; there were only interests between them and Gaiselesen's group, no affection.

Therefore, after the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns fell, none of the Sovereign's Emissaries helped the Four Divine Beasts Clan; instead, they all ran away.

This was one of the reasons why the Four Divine Beasts Clan was suppressed by the Eight Great Clans; having lost their Sovereign's Emissaries, their clan's five Asuras were ultimately lacking when facing eight Asuras.

Sovereigns usually do not interfere in battles between gods, so for all these years, everything the Four Divine Beasts Clan did across the various planes was basically handled by Gaiselesen and the others.

The Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns only replenished a batch of Sovereign Power for them every trillion years or so; otherwise, very few people in the entire clan had ever seen their ancestors.

The early second and third generations might have been fortunate enough to see them, which was how Emmanuel came to know of the Azure Dragon Ring.

Of course, Gaiselesen and the others possessed the magic scrolls to summon the Sovereigns, but they had never used them in all these years.

After all, among the people they had encountered, none had been worth using such a thing on.

"That's true. This matter really should be discussed with Father and the others."

After a long silence, the Xuanwu patriarch nodded and spoke.

"The Augusta Clan is, after all, a Sovereign clan. I agree with asking Mother and the others."

The Vermilion Bird patriarch also nodded, expressing his agreement.

The remaining two did not object, signaling their tacit approval.

"Then, I will contact Father."

Gaiselesen looked around, and seeing no objections, he turned and walked into the secret chamber.

"Hoo!"

After taking a deep breath, Gaiselesen ignited the scroll. A surge of Sovereign Power instantly condensed, and a figure slowly emerged.

"Father!"

Gaiselesen immediately bowed and saluted, his tone respectful.

"What has happened?"

The Azure Dragon Sovereign Reding asked in a flat tone.

"It is like this, Father. The Augusta Clan..."

Gaiselesen spoke rapidly, explaining the whole situation as concisely as possible.

"Oh? The Augusta Clan, you say?"

Reding frowned slightly and remained silent for a moment.

Gaiselesen did not dare to breathe loudly, just waiting quietly for a reply.

"Let this matter end here. As for that Barbary, as long as he does not leave the Radiant Plane, do not concern yourselves with him."

Reding spoke in a deep voice, and then, to Gaiselesen's astonishment, he vanished directly.

"This?"

Gaiselesen was somewhat puzzled by this order, but he dared not defy his father's will and could only offer a bitter smile. Now, pacifying the clansmen would likely become very difficult.

"How is it? Big Brother, what did Father say?"

After Gaiselesen came out, Gaia was the first to ask.

"Sigh! Father said that this matter ends here; do not continue to pursue it."

Looking at the expressions of his younger brothers and sisters, Gaiselesen sighed slightly and replied.

"What? This, why?"

The Xuanwu Patriarch could not help but voice his skepticism.

"I don't know, but since it is Father's order, we only need to execute it!"

Gaiselesen regained his composure and spoke directly.

"This, alright, but appeasing the clansmen will likely be very difficult!"

The Vermilion Bird Patriarch wiped his forehead and spoke with some reluctance.

"Do your best to appease the ordinary clansmen. As for the elders, if necessary, you can tell them that this is the decision of our ancestor."

Gaiselesen was silent for a moment before finally issuing the instruction.

On the other side, within a hidden space in Hell, the true body of Reding slowly opened his eyes.

"Big Brother, what happened?"

Vermilion Bird Moni immediately asked with concern.

"It's about the Augusta Clan."

Reding nodded. He did not hide anything and briefly explained the situation.

"Big Brother, do you suspect that this matter was secretly instigated by Augusta?"

After hearing Reding's decision, Xuanwu Bowen immediately realized something and asked.

"It is just a guess. After all, there are quite a few people who want us dead!"

Reding's expression was somewhat gloomy as he spoke.

Outsiders think the Four Divine Beasts Clan is incredibly powerful and arrogant, acting like a bunch of brainless fools, and that is naturally true to an extent.

However, the four divine beasts are Sovereigns who have lived for countless years; how could they truly be fools?

Although their personalities are indeed tough and overbearing, part of the reason is that they act this way intentionally.

Others may not know it, but they know their own situation; the four of them are said to be comparable to Sovereigns.

This is both an affirmation of their strength and a restriction on their actions.

The regulations of the four Rule Sovereigns cannot be violated; they cannot kill Lowgods or Midgods and can only fight against other Sovereigns.

This means that if they want to obtain new Sovereign Sparks, they can only go and seize them from other Sovereigns.

However, Sovereigns are not so easy to kill. As the eleven strongest beings in the entire world, none of them are simple.

Over countless years, many Sovereigns have fallen in battles between Sovereigns, including three Sovereigns.

Having experienced so many battles, every Sovereign who has survived until now has their own trump cards.

Their ultimate moves can kill Sovereigns, but these moves are not omnipotent; they consume a great deal of energy and there is always the possibility of them being dodged.

They do not have enough confidence to kill a Sovereign in a direct confrontation.

On the contrary, the Sovereigns are the ones eyeing the four of them.

As the only super divine beasts in the world capable of fusing innate divine abilities, many Sovereigns are interested in their bloodlines.

Whether it is the Destruction Sovereign or the Fate Sovereign, they have likely been coveting them for a long time.

Once an opportunity arises, they would likely not mind killing them to seize their Sovereign Sparks and essence blood for research.

However, the Destruction Sovereign will not strike first due to the balance between the four Rule Sovereigns.

The Fate Sovereign's personality is not one to actively target them, but the Chief Sovereign of Light, Augusta, is different.

It is well known that Augusta is a close friend of Oufu and once used the favor of a Twelve-Winged Angel to ask Oufu to take action, thereby obtaining a Supreme Artifact.

Augusta would absolutely not mind killing them and giving their essence blood to Oufu. Although Oufu would not actively kill them himself, he would not mind accepting the essence blood after they died.

Conversely, the gentle Life Sovereign and the Death Sovereign, who is too restless to conduct research, do not have much interest in them.

"Forget it, don't think too much about it. Just focus on your cultivation."

Reding sighed with a headache.

Over the years, they have been cautious and dared not separate, fearing they would be picked off one by one.

To break the deadlock, they have been trying to find a way to reach Grand Perfection.

However, this Grand Perfection seems infinitely far away. The limitations of being a super divine beast are significant; currently, the only super divine beast at Grand Perfection is the Destruction Sovereign.

Huosi did not know how much of an impact he had inadvertently caused on the Divine Plane.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. In the end, the matters concerning the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns and the Four Divine Beasts Clan were their own choices.

At this moment, Huosi was in his room, in seclusion.

During this period, the Federation had stopped its expansion and begun to recuperate. Huosi had also temporarily stopped his research and started to focus on refining a Midgod Divine Spark.

Regarding the matter of whether to refine a Godspark, Huosi had actually hesitated for a long time.

In his original plan, there were two directions: one was to increase investment in computers through the foundations of mathematics and logic, attempting to enable himself to fuse Profound Mysteries and break through to Midgod on his own.

The reason why gods who refine Godsparks cannot break through is that their souls are incompatible with the Godspark, making it impossible to continue comprehending the Laws and Profound Mysteries; this point could not be changed.

The other path was to refine a Godspark to break through, and once reaching Highgod, conduct in-depth research into the essence of the soul to find a way to make the soul compatible with the Godspark, allowing himself to refine a Sovereign Spark.

As long as the soul could be made compatible with the Godspark, one could refine a Sovereign Spark, and it would not matter whether the Highgod Godspark was obtained through one's own breakthrough or not.

Huosi had hesitated over this for a long time, but in the end, he decided to refine the Godspark. The reason was simple: regardless of which path he chose, deep research into the soul was required.

The soul is the foundation of the Coiling Dragon universe. As long as the soul does not perish, the death of the physical body is not true death; only when the soul is scattered is it true death, which even the Controllers cannot save.

Research into the soul is far more complex than research into various materials, domains, or even space.

Huosi truly had no confidence. In his projections, he thought that if he chose the first method, perhaps after hundreds of millions of years, he might still be a Lowgod, unable to break through.

In such a world, being a Lowgod for hundreds of millions of years was clearly not a wise decision, as the Coiling Dragon universe was full of dangers.

Therefore, after deep contemplation, he decided to first follow the rules of this universe, refine the Godspark, and wait until he became a Highgod to continue seeking a solution.

A Highgod, in the Coiling Dragon universe, even at their weakest, possesses the strength of a Three-Star Fiend. In the Divine Planes, they would barely have the strength to protect themselves.

Moreover, Huosi knew that he could not be an ordinary Highgod. As his Interstellar Battle Armor continued to upgrade, he had sufficient confidence that he could gain a foothold and a place for himself in the Divine Planes.

At the same time, Adkins and Pusiluo also began to go into seclusion to cultivate.

This battle had brought a certain sense of crisis, and they were eager to improve their strength.

Lowgods are barely sufficient for a Material Plane, but looking across the countless planes, they were truly too weak.

Both of them were people who refused to admit defeat, and this battle had made them feel the pressure, so they decided they must break through as soon as possible.

The talent limits of these two were far beyond this; they possessed the potential to become Seven-Star Fiends, or even Asuras.

As for the entire Federation, under Huosi's orders, it temporarily ceased its expedition, only stabilizing the thousands of Material Planes it currently held.

After all, they had just killed members of the Four Divine Beasts Clan in the Gorbachev Plane. The Four Divine Beasts Clan might send people to investigate, and even if the probability was low, Huosi did not want to gamble.

Therefore, for the next hundred thousand years, the Federation temporarily halted its expansion plan. Once the storm had passed, they would reconnect to that plane and continue to expand.

With the orders from the Federation's high command, the atmosphere throughout the Federation became a bit more relaxed.

At the same time, the Godsparks obtained previously began to be refined by a group of loyal subordinates, forming specialized inspection teams that would irregularly travel back and forth between various planes to ensure stability and the development of scientific progress.

Unknowingly, a hundred thousand years passed, and the Federation saw countless generations of old and new people replace one another.

Below the Saint Realm, lifespans were no more than a few hundred years; in a hundred thousand years, a full two hundred generations had passed.

Only the researchers at the Saint Realm level and above remained unchanged, just as they had always been.

Over the years, basic science had also seen some progress. Although progress was relatively slow due to limited resources, fortunately, it was still moving forward.

In the 103,563rd year of the Federation calendar, a set of Laws of the World descended, and Adkins finally broke through, becoming a Light-element Midgod.

"Well done, Adkins."

When Adkins descended, Huosi looked at the newly broken-through Adkins and nodded.

"Compared to you and Pusiluo, I am still a bit slow."

Adkins rubbed his hands and said.