Conspiracy Theory of the Four Divine Beasts

After a hearty and satisfying battle, Desterie and Iluka floated above the white clouds, enjoying the breeze brushing against their faces.

Desterie laughed, "Even with the eighty percent Willpower granted by a Chief God Spark, I didn't expect that I could fight a Paragon to a standstill while lacking a set of defensive Sovereign Artifacts."

Although a Sovereign's divine clone could easily crush an Asura and appear like a Paragon to others, the gap compared to a true Paragon was still significant, both in terms of the gap in Rule comprehension and the twenty percent difference in Willpower.

Iluka gazed into the distance at the sun and said, "Don't be surprised. Your talent is immense; to have reached this stage in a mere thirty million years is remarkable."

Seeing Desterie hesitate as if wanting to say more, he continued, "If you still want to ask for the reason, wait until you have defeated me! Besides, ever since I made this decision, I never thought I would survive. If it weren't for you, I should have died in the Netherworld long ago."

Desterie's gaze was firm, "Then just wait. Defeating you is only a matter of time!"

It wasn't just that Desterie was full of confidence in reaching the Paragon level in the Destruction Rule; even if he hadn't succeeded, obtaining two more portions of Willpower wouldn't be difficult—the Intermediate Sovereign Spark of Fate was the first he had refined, but it certainly wouldn't be the last.

Hell, Tianji Mountain Range, the main hall of the Four Divine Beasts Clan.

The four Sovereigns—Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise—gathered here, the atmosphere heavy and oppressive.

"Bang—" Vermilion Bird slammed her hand violently onto the long table, and the table, crafted from precious and sturdy wood from the Divine Plane, turned into powder.

"Truly hateful!"

"I never expected that the fool Angnak would force us to reveal our true strength. Hmph, now that the Water Overlord is on guard and we have been classified as Sovereign-tier, it will be even harder for us to obtain a Sovereign Spark," Black Tortoise sighed.

"Bang—" This time, White Tiger smashed another table. "The most hateful thing is that Desterie who snatched our spoils. A mere newcomer, yet he dares to look down on us, and for some reason, he isn't afraid of our combined Innate Divine Ability. How is this possible!"

"That is the truly absurd part!" As the eldest brother, Azure Dragon did not vent his anger but instead analyzed the intelligence. "I have collected information on this Desterie. He is just an ordinary human born in an ordinary material plane, with no special talents and no Paragon status. How could he have such outrageous defensive power!"

"No special talent?" Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise were all stunned. "Then how could he withstand our combined Innate Divine Ability's soul attack? Even a Paragon Intermediate Sovereign couldn't do that!"

Leiding, the Azure Dragon, nodded in agreement and voiced a shocking conjecture, "Therefore, after thinking it over, there is only one possibility: a soul-defensive Supreme Artifact!"

Supreme Artifacts were extremely important treasures to Sovereigns, and as far as Leiding knew, only four had been born to this day.

White Tiger asked in surprise, "Big Brother, do you mean that a new Supreme God Mission has been issued and this kid completed it? Can a Highgod even complete a Supreme God Mission?"

Azure Dragon looked at White Tiger, feeling a sense of despair, and sighed, "Who decreed that a Highgod cannot complete a Supreme God Mission? Must it be a Sovereign to complete it?

However, it is indeed impossible for him to have completed a Supreme God Mission, because of this!"

As Azure Dragon spoke, he took out a piece of black paper. "I obtained this in the spatial turbulence not long ago."

Nemo and the others gathered around. The paper read: Three tokens—the Slaying Order, the Termination Bead, and the Golden Triangle. These three Supreme God Tokens can be combined into the Destruction Token. When the three tokens are fused into one and the Destruction Token is formed, it can be offered to the Supreme God of Destruction to make a request.

"Big Brother, you actually obtained the Supreme God Mirror!" Vermilion Bird exclaimed.

Azure Dragon also revealed a gratified smile; this was the only good thing to happen after the series of blows today. "I have already tested it. Although this paper looks ordinary, I could not damage it even with a full-strength strike from a Sovereign Artifact. It is indeed the Supreme God Mirror. The Supreme God is still favoring us; we lost a Sovereign Spark, but we gained the Supreme God Mirror.

Everyone knows that countless years ago, when Sovereign Sparks descended, it triggered a power struggle in the Supreme Planes, leading to bloodshed. The four Rule Overlords each ruled over the four Supreme Planes. At that time, Orloff and Uthred fought a battle. Orloff won, and from then on, everyone tacitly assumed he was the strongest Overlord, though only slightly stronger than the other three.

Later, the Supreme God of Destruction was the first to issue a Supreme God Mission, which was completed by Uthred. Afterward, the Supreme Gods of Fate, Life, and Death each issued missions, which were completed by Orloff, Vivian, and Lilith respectively, successfully cementing the status of the four Overlords.

According to the sequence, this current Supreme God of Destruction mission should be the fifth. That is why I said there is no way that kid Desterie could have completed a Supreme God Mission."

The Four Divine Beasts did not know that this Supreme God Mirror of Destruction had actually been obtained by Angnak long ago and hidden in his spatial ring. After he died, the spatial ring was destroyed by the spatial turbulence, and this Supreme God Mirror subsequently appeared nearby.

Originally, if Orloff had successfully killed Iluka, Augusta would have luckily discovered the Supreme God Mirror in the spatial turbulence. However, because Desterie intervened, Orloff's attempt to kill Iluka failed, causing Augusta to become so angry that he ran off to the Netherworld, missing this Supreme God Mirror instead, which ultimately benefited Leiding, the Azure Dragon.

Bowen, the Black Tortoise, recovered from his surprise and, connecting it to Leiding's previous conjecture, said solemnly, "So, Big Brother, you suspect the Sovereign of Fate, Orloff? You think this is his design? But why would Orloff give a Highgod a Supreme Artifact? Could it be because he looks handsome?"

The Four Divine Beasts, who had never completed a Supreme God Mission nor possessed a Supreme Artifact, did not know that only a Sovereign could bind a Supreme Artifact.

Leiding pondered, "I also think it's impossible, but when you eliminate all other possibilities, the final option, no matter how impossible, must be the truth.

If he didn't have a soul-defensive Supreme Artifact, one would at least need to be at the level of Hullei to have a chance of defending against our combined Innate Divine Ability. And currently, in the endless planes, the only one who possesses a soul-defensive Supreme Artifact is Orloff.

Perhaps Orloff is playing a very large game. In this game, there is not only Angnak, but also us, and perhaps... it even includes the Sovereign of Death!"

The more Leiding analyzed, the more terrified he felt—Orloff was already in the top tier of Sovereigns; why would he scheme against them? Previously, the four brothers had never revealed the power of their combined Innate Divine Ability. Where exactly had they attracted Orloff's attention?

Bowen added, "That's right. Come to think of it, it's also very strange. Iluka caused the Sovereigns of Fate to lose a portion of Willpower; how could Orloff let him off so easily? How could Desterie, no matter how strong his soul defense is, save someone from under Orloff's nose? Why would Iluka, a Paragon, be bored enough to offend a Sovereign?

If what Big Brother says is true, then everything is clear. Orloff somehow learned of the power of our Innate Divine Ability, and this was a trap he set! He must have other goals!"

Orloff was a research fanatic; everyone in the Panlong world knew that.