Assigning Tasks

"Edric will certainly go all out to complete every task the Sovereign has entrusted to me, even if it means death!" Edric, suddenly receiving such unexpected favor, immediately stood up and knelt down. He thought to himself, the Sovereign had laid so much groundwork in his speech, clearly intending to take action against the Four Divine Beasts Clan. This was the perfect opportunity for him to exact his revenge!

Seeing Edric pledge his loyalty, Desterie smiled with satisfaction. "Very good, that is exactly the attitude I want. Now, I am giving you your first task.

You are to go to the Water Divine Plane to contact the Barbary Clan, the Earth Divine Plane to contact the Deen Clan, the Wind Divine Plane to contact the Venna Clan, the Netherworld to contact the Ashcroft Clan, the Fire Divine Plane to contact the Saint-Nair Clan, the Heavenly Realm to contact the Bolin Clan, and go to Hell to contact the Rernas Clan. Ask them to conspire in a great undertaking.

The patriarchs of these seven clans, just like you, have been oppressed by the Four Divine Beasts Clan for years. They all hate the Four Divine Beasts Clan to the bone and would not hesitate even if it meant mutual destruction. As long as you put in a little effort, you will be able to persuade them to help.

The task you must perform is simple: find ways to deepen your contact with the Four Divine Beasts Clan and find out exactly which Heaven and Earth Exotic Items they have collected. Nothing else is important. Only the Black Pearl I just showed you matters. Once you find any trace of it, no matter how small, report it to me at the fastest possible speed!

This pearl is of vital importance to the decline and even the destruction of the Four Divine Beasts Clan. Do you understand?"

Desterie spoke at great length, and Edric could only nod like a chick pecking at rice.

Afterward, Desterie took out an empty spatial ring, placed a few items inside, and handed it to Edric. "The Material Attack Sovereign Artifact you requested, as well as the Sovereign Summoning Scroll and the Sovereign Token, are all inside. Additionally, I have placed one thousand drops of Fate Sovereign Power in there.

You can use this Sovereign Power to win over the seven patriarchs—one hundred drops for each, and the rest will belong to you.

Everything regarding the Black Pearl is to be known only to you. No one else, including the seven patriarchs, is allowed to be told! Otherwise, I will surely kill you!"

After giving these instructions, Desterie picked up his wine bottle, laughing as he walked out to resume his journey of leisure.

So-called leisure is meant to be comfortable and carefree. Desterie wandered through the Life God Realm in this manner for several hundred years.

During these years, he had fought and exchanged pointers with many experts, but unfortunately, the bottleneck of the Paragon realm remained like a natural chasm, difficult to overcome. Because of this millennium of travel, his reputation spread far and wide throughout the Life God Realm.

Time passed without a trace. One day, he wandered into the territory of the Guancong Prefecture in the east of the Life Continent, the domain of the Moon God Elf Clan.

The Moon God Elf Clan is an ancient family of the Life God Realm, possessing three Asuras, yet none of them dared to challenge a Paragon. One of Desterie's original targets for a Sovereign Envoy was an Asura from this Moon God Elf Clan. However, since Edric himself was an expert in the Laws of Life and had already been accepted as an envoy, there was no need to recruit an envoy from the Moon God Elf Clan.

Currently, the clan leader Luluna—who is also the mother of Ocarowell, the one killed by Bebe's Innate Divine Ability in the original story—was enthusiastically hosting Desterie, introducing him to the line of beauties before him.

Watching the beautiful elf maidens file out one after another, the charming Luluna smiled. "Mr. Desterie, these are all women of our clan with excellent appearance and talent. If you like them, you may take them as you please."

Desterie's mouth twitched—this was far from the pure and elegant elf clan he had imagined.

"You are too kind, Clan Leader. I have no interest in taking what others love. You should educate these people well; perhaps they will become the backbone of the Moon God Elf Clan in the future." Desterie politely declined.

Luluna, however, laughed. "To be able to follow a super expert like you, sir, would truly make them the backbone of our clan.

To be honest, sir, my Moon God Elf Clan's foothold in the Life God Realm does not rely solely on us few Asuras. Our deep-rooted connections and years of management are our true foundation.

If we could be on good terms with you, sir, that foundation would be even stronger."

After chatting for half a day, just as Desterie was about to take his leave, an unnoticed divine sense suddenly descended, and a voice rang out: "Desterie, you came to the Life God Realm, yet you didn't come to visit me?"

As the words fell, a massive amount of Sovereign of Life power gathered, forming two figures.

One figure had a handsome face, a slender and upright posture, and a pair of jewel-red eyes.

The other figure was equally beautiful and very familiar; it was the Sovereign of Life, Vivian.

Luluna was shocked to see this and hurriedly knelt down, crying out for the Sovereign's well-being.

Desterie, however, merely stood up and smiled. "My Lord, I was just traveling and playing with my divine avatar. I had intended to visit you soon, as I had already reached the vicinity of the Lake of Life."

Luluna was so frightened that she hurriedly reminded him, "Mr. Desterie, these two are Sovereigns, why don't you..."

Before she could finish, she caught a glimpse of the handsome Sovereign raising a hand to signal her to be silent. She immediately quieted down, only to see the Sovereign speak to Desterie quite respectfully: "Dracula greets you, my Lord. It seems my envoy has been hosting you quite well?"

Luluna was stunned. The Sovereign she served was calling Desterie "my Lord"? Then Desterie was...!

A feeling of frustration inexplicably arose in her; why hadn't any of those elf maidens earlier satisfied Desterie!

Desterie was naturally unaware of Luluna's inner thoughts and smiled. "It is rumored that Sovereign Dracula is second only to Lady Vivian among the Sovereigns of Life. Seeing you today, the rumors are true; both your appearance and strength are admirable."

Dracula, the ancestor of the vampires, though this "race" had a huge population, it lacked cohesion.

Dracula waved his hand to signal Luluna to leave, then said, "To receive such praise from you, my Lord, makes this trip worthwhile. Since ancient times, no one other than High Sovereigns has been able to rank among the Sovereigns. For you, my Lord, to be able to rival the Sovereigns as an Intermediate Sovereign immediately after becoming one is truly admirable."

Desterie smiled modestly. "If we are to speak of that, aren't the Four Divine Beasts, who rank among the Sovereigns as Low Sovereigns, even more worthy of admiration?"

Who would have thought that this handsome Sovereign would immediately show a look of disdain. "Four-in-one fools. While I do not wish to provoke them, I do not fear them either."

It seems there is quite a bit of bad blood between the Four Divine Beasts and Dracula.

Desterie did not intend to continue this topic and turned to ask Vivian, "Did you have any specific arrangements for seeking me out, my Lord?"