Dwelling as an Overlord

Bowen immediately retorted, "Desterie, when have we ever been disrespectful to our superiors?"

"Not bad, you finally understand a bit of etiquette." Desterie chuckled. He didn't answer the question first, which caused the Four Divine Beasts' anger to flare up again. They all wanted to rush forward, but were held back by Bowen.

This newly appointed Fate Sovereign was truly too mysterious; they shouldn't act rashly!

"I heard it clearly just now. You twice attempted to kill the Fate Sovereign in front of Lord Orloff, ignoring even his intervention. Where did you place Lord Orloff?" Desterie said with a smile.

"Hmph, Bowen has already made it clear. Angnak attacked first, and you were the one who was disrespectful first!" This time, it was Leiding who spoke.

"Fine! We are at an impasse here, so let's not argue it. What about just now, when the Sovereign of Death told you to stop?" Desterie asked again.

"The same answer: you were disrespectful first!" Bowen repeated.

Desterie smiled slightly, guiding everyone to look toward the four Rule Sovereigns. "It seems everything is decided by you few. I think we should ask you to reach a conclusion!"

Vivian, Uthred, Orloff, and the Sovereign of Death stood silently, observing the situation while analyzing the pros and cons.

Seeing Uthred preparing to speak first, Bowen hurriedly said, "Regardless of what rank Desterie ultimately deems us, he is still alive. We were by no means wantonly killing a Sovereign!"

After this interruption, it was Orloff who spoke first. His eyes flickered as he smiled and said, "Although the actions of Leiding and the others were a bit aggressive today, they did have their reasons. I believe the Four Divine Beasts are innocent."

Once Orloff's words were out, the Sovereigns were astonished. After all, the Four Divine Beasts had caused the Fate Sovereign to lose significant face today. Coupled with the fact that the Heavenly Realm had suffered a major setback—though unrelated to the Four Divine Beasts—it still affected the mood. No one expected Orloff to let the Four Divine Beasts off so easily.

One could only sigh; he was truly the "good guy" Orloff.

Augusta asked via soul transmission at this moment, "Aren't you interested in their Innate Divine Ability and why that brat could resist it? Why let them go!"

Orloff replied softly, "If I sentence them to death now, I might not be able to harvest all their essence blood. It is not a good time!"

Uthred had intended to speak first to stand up for the Four Divine Beasts. The Four Divine Beasts were quite respectful to him, their leader, in Hell. But since Orloff had relented first, he followed suit, saying, "I agree with Orloff's view."

To him, the combined Innate Divine Ability of the Four Divine Beasts was indeed tempting. If they died, he would not hesitate to collect their essence blood for research, but since they were still alive, he was willing to show some loyalty and preserve their lives.

The Sovereign of Life smiled and turned to look at the Sovereign of Death, waiting for her to speak.

The Sovereign of Death sighed. Even if she insisted, with Vivian's support, she would at best get a tie today. It was better to gain some benefits. "Other matters aside, saying you are innocent is plausible. But you ignored my words and treated me as if I were nothing; how can this be brushed aside so easily?"

Leiding gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "I apologize to you on behalf of my siblings!"

"Heh, is an apology enough?" Desterie interjected at the right moment.

The provocative words predictably drew eight burning, angry eyes. Leiding suppressed his temper and said, "We will owe you a favor!"

Desterie smiled and said nothing more. He knew that, generally, a super divine beast's Innate Divine Ability could only be used twice in succession, but what if the Four Divine Beasts were special? Or what if a Sovereign-level super divine beast could use it more often?

Looking at the situation, he couldn't keep the Four Divine Beasts here today, so it was better not to push them too far. It was best to stop while they were ahead.

After all, his own "Innate Divine Ability—Soul Protection" wouldn't be available to use again until tomorrow.

The Sovereign of Death nodded reluctantly, leaving only the Sovereign of Life, Vivian, who had yet to speak.

She smiled slightly, looking radiant. "My opinion is also that the Four Divine Beasts are innocent. Additionally, I propose that we include the Four Divine Beasts group and Sovereign Desterie in the Sovereign ranks. Let's decide it now to avoid future complications. What does everyone think?"

The first to agree was Orloff. "The Four Divine Beasts could easily kill Angnak, and Desterie was able to block the Four Divine Beasts. I think it is acceptable!"

Following closely, the Sovereign of Death and Uthred also expressed their agreement.

After that, the seven Law Sovereigns each played their part as tools, expressing their views—all in agreement.

With this, the Sovereign trial finally came to an end. The newly promoted Intermediate Fate Sovereign, Desterie, successfully attained the status of a Sovereign with the strength of an ordinary Intermediate Sovereign!

The dust had settled, but the Sovereigns did not leave. It was destined that the Heavenly Realm could not achieve ten consecutive victories, and whether the Netherworld won or tied no longer mattered. However, they were still curious why the Destruction Rule Paragon Iluka would do such a thing.

Thus, the gazes of the Sovereigns turned once again toward the Galaxy Channel.

Inside the Galaxy Channel, the fighting and killing, which had briefly paused due to the phenomenon of Desterie becoming a Sovereign, had already resumed. Unexpectedly, the Netherworld was also about to achieve victory in this channel.

Because the Heavenly Realm had no hope of winning, Augusta directly ordered the Angels to group together for defense and stop attacking, so as to avoid the senseless consumption of these humanoid weapons—this did not count as Sovereign will interfering in the Plane War.

Having lost the assistance of the Angels, and with the Paragon Highgod Iluka attacking from the other Galaxy Channel, the Heavenly Realm camp quickly fell into a rout.

Desterie looked at Iluka with a strange expression. Only now did he realize that the Netherworld had won the previous Galaxy Channel, and the biggest variable was actually this Paragon Highgod Iluka, who was clearly fighting on behalf of the Heavenly Realm!

He felt that this Paragon, who had survived since the ancient era, was even more unfathomable.

Thus, Desterie asked, "Isn't this Iluka fighting on behalf of the Heavenly Realm? Why... why did he turn around and help the Netherworld side?"

The Sovereign of Death let out a laugh like silver bells. Compared to her former Sovereign envoy, the newly promoted Fate Sovereign, she now preferred this Destruction Paragon Highgod Iluka. "We don't know why either, but if it weren't for his defection and backstabbing, Angnak wouldn't have been so enraged as to attack the Four Divine Beasts, and there wouldn't have been the birth of you, a new 'Sovereign'!"

Afterward, the Sovereign of Death concisely explained to Desterie the entanglement between the Four Divine Beasts, Manlu, Angnak, and Iluka, and also briefly described the situation of the great battle between Angnak and the Four Divine Beasts.