Sovereign of the Netherworld

The giant face smiled and asked, "Which of you has experience in recording war merits?"

"The aftermath of the Sovereign's attack just now wiped out all living beings here. Therefore, whoever has experience in this, take over this task temporarily until the people from the Yangu Army arrive."

Immediately, a hand was raised. Desterie looked over and discovered that it was actually a Jiuyou Territory Lord.

"Sovereign, billions of years ago, I once served as a war merit recorder."

"Hahahaha, good, the task of recording war merits is entrusted to you!" Desterie's voice boomed like thunder, and a drop of Fate Sovereign power instantly appeared before the Jiuyou Territory Lord. "Take this as your reward! Dalayer, you come first to register your war merits and exchange them for Sovereign artifacts!"

The other commanders and soldiers who hadn't raised their hands immediately felt regret; just recording war merits earned a drop of Sovereign power, why hadn't they volunteered?

Dalayer also quickly snapped out of it, took out a spatial ring, and produced a full twenty-plus golden commander badges.

"How could there be so many!" Everyone who saw them began to whisper. This meant at least twenty-plus commanders had been killed—those weren't cabbages, they were commanders!

In a single Plane War, there weren't many commanders in total. For most people, ensuring their own survival was already a stroke of luck, and killing even one or two enemy commanders was considered impressive.

The experts who sensed the extraordinary relationship between Dalayer and the Sovereign began to wonder how much the Sovereign had favored her during the process of collecting those commander badges.

"Hmm, the three extra ones will be recorded on the books. Dalayer, you can exchange for two Sovereign artifacts. How about exchanging for a material attack and a material defense Sovereign artifact?" Desterie was equally surprised to see twenty-three commander badges; he clearly remembered only giving Dalayer five earlier.

Surprise aside, he made the choice for her directly—the borrowed soul defense Sovereign artifact was damaged, but it could naturally be returned to Dalayer after being repaired.

The key was that he had only just become a Sovereign, and he didn't have any spare Sovereign artifacts himself; he could be described as penniless. The ones he intended to bestow upon Dalayer were the two he had used previously.

"I obey the Sovereign's command!" Dalayer didn't care at all about what Sovereign artifacts she received now; she was only happy for Desterie.

After unbinding the only two undamaged Sovereign artifacts he possessed and bestowing them upon Dalayer, the giant face of Sovereign Desterie said directly, "You all proceed with registering your war merits first. After all, this is still the Netherworld, and a Netherworld Sovereign will arrive shortly to preside over your war merit exchanges."

Having said that, the giant Sovereign face dissipated, reverting into Sovereign power, and swept Dalayer along to the area outside Yangu Mountain.

At the same time, Desterie's divine sense covered the entire Netherworld, and, aside from bypassing Nether Mountain, he located the other few Netherworld Sovereigns.

"Haha, Lord Desterie, is there something you need from us?" A light, airy voice rang out.

"Lord Desterie, have the Overlords returned?" Another heavy voice sounded.

Simultaneously, a private divine sense transmission arrived: "Lord Desterie, I am the Canglan Sovereign residing on Canglan Island. The first person to speak to you just now was Diting, an Intermediate Sovereign of my Netherworld, and the one after that was the Lianhuo Sovereign, also an Intermediate Sovereign. You are welcome to visit my Canglan Island often, sir."

Desterie smiled slightly. It seemed everyone was quite enthusiastic about him, this newly appointed "Overlord-tier" Intermediate Sovereign, though that enthusiasm likely did not include the Heavenly Realm Sovereigns.

"Lord Orloff has already returned to the Heavenly Realm, and Lady Lilith and Lady Vivian have matters to discuss, so they have also returned to Nether Mountain. I am seeking you all primarily to invite you to Yangu Mountain to distribute the Sovereign artifacts. As you know, I am a Fate Sovereign, and it is not quite appropriate for me to preside over the Netherworld's war merit exchanges and Sovereign artifact distribution. Furthermore, having just become a Sovereign, I truly have no Sovereign artifacts on hand," Desterie explained.

"Since that is the case, I shall come over," the light voice replied; it was indeed Sovereign Diting.

At the same time, Diting also sent a divine sense transmission: "Lord Desterie, Lord Orloff's arrival earlier was so aggressive that we dared not meet him. As for now, it is naturally up to us Netherworld Sovereigns to complete our duties. Please wait for me a moment; I will gift you some Sovereign artifacts and death Sovereign power. Perhaps they will be useful when you recruit Sovereign envoys."

Diting's voice was extremely melodious; she was a female Sovereign.

Upon hearing this, Desterie did not wait any longer and instead said directly, "Sovereign Diting, I will not wait. I have just rescued Iluka, and as you know, every extra minute he stays in the Supreme Plane is dangerous. I will take him back to the Material Plane first, and we can chat again when there is an opportunity."

Orloff's personality was such that he would definitely not return, but Augusta might not necessarily sit idly by.

Moreover, Desterie's true strength at the moment was only equivalent to that of an ordinary Intermediate Sovereign, and he did not wish to face a potentially powerful Intermediate Sovereign alone.

From the earlier exchange and observations, as well as the positioning of the Netherworld Sovereigns in the spatial turbulence, it could be inferred that Diting was the second strongest among the death Sovereigns—in the spatial turbulence, Lilith, the death Sovereign, stood at the very front, followed closely by a female Sovereign, and there were only two female death Sovereigns in total.

Diting heard this and quickly said, "Sovereigns generally cannot enter the Material Plane, or they will be erased by the Supreme God. Are you aware of this, my lord?"

This Diting was actually kind enough to remind him, so Desterie laughed, "I am a life born in the Mulan Material Plane, so I can return to the Mulan Material Plane."

Diting laughed, "A Sovereign born in a Material Plane is truly enviable. You are right; Iluka has performed a great service for us this time. Since that is the case, I will arrange for my Sovereign envoy to deliver the items I mentioned to the Mulan Material Plane later."

After exchanging a few more brief words, Desterie had a very good impression of this Diting.

In truth, Desterie would indeed send Iluka back to the Material Plane immediately. But regardless of Iluka, Desterie himself had to return to the Material Plane, and sending Iluka was a perfect excuse.

Jiuyou was located deep within the Nether Sea region of the Netherworld, so Desterie directly swept up Iluka and Dalayer, transformed into a beam of pure white light, and sped toward the Nether Sea teleportation array.

"That light is so fast, it must be another Sovereign!" As the beam of light tore across the sky, the other Territory Lords and Asura experts in Jiuyou looked up at the light and sighed.

Below the Sovereigns, all are ants.

Flying to the Nether Sea teleportation array, Desterie directly took out the Sovereign token Lilith had given him when he was a Sovereign envoy, flashed it in front of the guards, and said coldly, "Mulan Material Plane!"