An Accidental Encounter with the Fire Element Sovereign

"I've heard that Paragons rarely participate in the Plane War, but a Paragon actually appeared in the one ten thousand years ago!" a soldier remarked.

"That's not even the half of it; your information is way too outdated. In the last Plane War, not only did a Paragon Highgod appear, but I heard a Sovereign was born as well!"

"A Sovereign! Where did you hear that from? You must be bragging!"

"Why would I lie to you? Heh, one of my elders works in Qingteng Prefecture, and he told me himself. He heard it from the Prefect of Qingteng after he returned from the Plane War. It's absolutely true!"

"The Prefect of Qingteng? I suppose only a powerhouse like that would have the confidence to join the Plane War and make it back alive."

"A Sovereign... that's a legendary Sovereign! If I could just catch a glimpse of a Sovereign, I wouldn't care if I died on the Plane Battlefield!"

"Stop daydreaming. To join the Plane Battlefield, you need to be at least a Six-Star Fiend. Do you even have the level of a Four-Star Fiend right now?"

"Enough!" Seeing the soldiers getting excited and neglecting their duties, the squad leader barked, "Look at yourselves! Get back to your posts and focus on your cultivation. Who knows, maybe many years from now, you'll be the Paragon that everyone envies!"

"Captain, stop joking. A Paragon Highgod is not something we can even dream of..." One soldier, caught up in the conversation, reflexively retorted, but upon seeing the squad leader's chilling gaze, he immediately shut his mouth and went back to work.

Meanwhile, standing to the side with a very low presence, the Saint-level and Lowgods who had just arrived in the Life God Realm from their material planes looked at each other in confusion.

Paragon, Sovereign—what were these things? They sounded incredibly powerful!

Desterie, who was traveling at high speed, naturally did not care about the chatter of these soldiers. He flew forward according to the direction in his memory, when suddenly, a strand of divine sense swept over him unintentionally, pausing on him with slight surprise.

Under normal circumstances, no god would dare to probe someone moving at such a terrifying speed. But if the person wasn't a god, they would naturally be more casual.

That divine sense transmitted a voice, the tone very respectful, "Lord Desterie, it is you! I thought it was some Paragon. When did you arrive in the Life God Realm? Why not come over and have a chat?"

He had run into a Sovereign the moment he arrived in the Life God Realm.

Desterie smiled and said, "Is that Infillia? I just arrived as well. I didn't expect you to be in the Life God Realm too. Since you've kindly invited me, I won't refuse!"

Not long after, in a valley on the edge of a broad-leaf forest, a small, elegant bamboo house stood hidden beneath layers of thick fog. Desterie sat face-to-face with a youth whose hair looked like flames. The youth had a bright smile, very similar to Nawi.

"I didn't expect you to be in the Life God Realm. Let's see, of the four Low-level Sovereigns of the Fire Laws, Nemo is in Hell, the Four Divine Beasts Clan is a faction unto themselves, Moerzha has defected to Lord Uthred and is also in Hell, Boteer has defected to Lord Orloff and is in the Heavenly Realm, and you have defected to Lady Vivian and are in the Life God Realm. Doesn't that make the Fire Overlord a commander without an army?" Desterie said with great interest.

"Hehe, I was the last one to run out. Otherwise, being the only Fire Low-level Sovereign left, it would have been very difficult for me in the Fire Divine Plane," Infillia laughed loudly.

"The south of the Life God Realm is full of vitality amidst the heat; it's actually very suitable for cultivating the Fire Laws. So, I chose to settle down here."

Desterie nodded upon hearing this. "Actually, I heard that the Undying Volcano where Nemo's clan resides is even more suitable for you, but I suppose you wouldn't dare to contend with Nemo."

Infillia sighed, "Nemo and the others, the four of them combined, hold the rank of Overlord. Not everyone has your strength and courage to stand against them, my lord."

Desterie comforted him, "You can consider yourself lucky. You are a Sovereign, high and mighty; Nemo shouldn't think of you if he has nothing going on. Look at those gods who are bullied miserably by the Four Divine Beasts Clan. Take the Edric Clan, for example; they are a powerful force in their own right, yet when the descendants of the Four Divine Beasts go and defecate on them, they don't even dare to resist."

Infillia said, "The Four Divine Beasts Clan bullies the Edric Clan, but hasn't the Edric Clan oppressed other god-level beings? It's just big fish eating little fish. However, it is strange—ever since the last Plane War ended, the Four Divine Beasts Clan has been much more restrained."

Desterie became curious as well and analyzed, "The Four Divine Beasts Clan is restraining their temper? That situation is indeed unusual. Logically, if they knew the Four Divine Beasts were ranked as Overlords, they would be even more arrogant. Even if they weren't, they wouldn't restrain their tempers. They surely wouldn't be wary of me, would they!"

Infillia explained, "They seem to be concentrating their efforts on collecting rare treasures of heaven and earth, accepting anything that comes their way. Perhaps because they have real work to do, they don't have time to bully others. Hehe, I don't know what got into the Four Divine Beasts; they never had any interest in such treasures before."

Collecting rare treasures? Accepting everything?

Desterie immediately perked up. There must be something going on with the Four Divine Beasts.

At a time when a suspected Supreme God mission had been issued, why else would the Four Divine Beasts Clan be doing this? This "accepting everything" approach was likely just to avoid alerting the enemy.

It was highly probable that the Four Divine Beasts had obtained the Supreme God Mirror. Unfortunately for them, they had run into a prophet like him; no matter how deep they hid, it was useless. Since he and the Four Divine Beasts were at odds, he could take advantage of the situation to complete the Supreme God mission and let the Four Divine Beasts do the hard work for him!

Fenglin City was one of the ten cities of Qingteng Prefecture. The area around this city was rich in frost maples, and the leaves were used in food year-round, which had the slight effect of purifying soul power and could help slightly in increasing the speed of deducing laws.

Desterie was currently sitting in the best restaurant in Fenglin City, enjoying frost maple leaf fire phoenix marrow and ice dragon liver.

Just then, a squad of soldiers rushed in. "Move, move! This floor has been reserved by the City Lord. Everyone, finished or not, get out now! For those who leave now, I'll give you a compensation of one thousand Cloud Stones!"

Seeing that they were the City Lord's men, everyone else quickly took their compensation and went downstairs, except for Desterie, who was still slowly drinking his wine.

The Highgod squad leader saw this, his eyes flashing with malice. "Why haven't you left yet? Do you want to die?"

Desterie smiled slightly. "The Sovereigns have decreed that no fighting is allowed in the city. How can the City Lord violate the Sovereigns' decree?"

The squad leader choked on his words. He certainly didn't dare to say that. After observing him and feeling that Desterie didn't look like someone easy to provoke, he gritted his teeth and said, "This is the City Lord's banquet. You've interfered with it—do you think you can stay in the city forever?"

Desterie looked at the squad leader with amusement. "If you want to keep me outside the city, your City Lord would need to have the capability to do so."

"You?!" The squad leader was furious. "Our City Lord is a Seven-Star Fiend! You're just an ordinary Highgod, you don't even have a Fiend badge on you, yet you dare to speak so boldly!"