Coiling Dragon: Snatching Food from the Tiger's Maw
Chapter 3

Token of the Supreme God

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Holding the black token in his hand, Desterie allowed his consciousness to descend upon the Companion White Jade. "Foresight!"

"Boom—"

The white jade erupted with brilliant starlight. Immediately after, a strange "gate" swung open, emitting a powerful suction force that dragged Desterie's consciousness into an endless, terrifying torrent. It felt as if he were about to dissipate and cease to exist for eternity.

At that moment, the starlight from the jade enveloped Desterie's body, acting as if the reality where the jade resided was an anchor, binding and protecting him firmly.

Then, the terrifying torrent gradually calmed, and several images appeared before Desterie's eyes, moving from the distance to the foreground.

"Three images?" Desterie wondered in surprise; in the past, there had only ever been one.

"Could it be that there are many things related to this black token?" Desterie speculated.

The first image gradually sharpened. It was a bustling marketplace, crowded with people and thriving with business. A black pearl sat inside a red wooden box, wrapped in exquisite packaging.

"This layout—is it a Tower of Fate Masters? Or perhaps another place very similar to one? But even if it is a Tower of Fate Masters, there are nearly a thousand of them in the Celestial Realm. If I have to cover the Fiend Castle and an even wider range, searching won't be easy."

The Tower of Fate Masters, much like the Fiend Castle in the Infernal Realm, the Demon Castle in the Netherworld, and the Fairy Pavilion in the Life God Realm, was a gathering place for the upper echelons of the God Realm and a hub for powerful experts.

The Celestial Realm consisted of seven continents distributed like a spoon in the Celestial ocean. Each continent was vast, containing between eight to ten prefectures, totaling 68. In the boundless seas, 27 larger islands were divided into 27 prefectures, making a total of 95. One prefecture had ten cities, and one city had one tower, totaling 950 towers.

The first image faded, and the second appeared.

It was a vast, boundless prairie where small blue and white flowers bloomed like stars in the sky. The sky was cloudless, and a white, scorching sun hung high above. Beneath the dense grass, a triangular piece of metal lay silently "asleep," difficult to detect.

"This is the Blue Star Grass Sea of the Celestial Realm. Although this grass sea is enormous and won't be easy to search, it is still easier to find than that black pearl.

Perhaps I can issue a task through the Tower of Fate Masters and let countless Fate Masters help me find these items? Cloud Stone is an external object to me now, but for those lower gods and middle gods struggling in the Celestial Realm, it certainly isn't."

The final image also gradually became clear. It was a place with an indistinguishable background.

In the image, the black token in Desterie's hand floated in mid-air. Then, the black pearl arrived quietly and embedded itself beneath the token, followed by the golden triangular metal, which settled and connected to the top of the token. Suddenly, an inexplicable power surged forth, and the image shattered like a bursting bubble, breaking into pieces!

"The vision exploded?" Desterie didn't feel frightened; instead, he was pleasantly surprised.

The fact that his infallible power of foresight had encountered something it could not peer into meant that a higher level of power was inevitably blocking the vision.

Moreover, the sense of familiarity with the combination of the black token, the black pearl, and the triangular metal was too strong. If one were to associate this with higher-level powers, wasn't this exactly like the summoning of the Supreme God of Life using the Crown of Wutie, the Nine Spirit Orbs, and the Red Diamond Crystal?!

"Swish—"

The chains formed by the white jade starlight retracted violently, quickly pulling Desterie back from the boundless torrent and returning him to reality.

Desterie opened his eyes, looking at the black token in his hand with wild joy. This ordinary-looking, plain token was actually a suspected relic of a Supreme God!

After a moment of thought, Desterie took out his Sovereign artifact heavy sword. Using his full strength and profound mysteries, he struck it with all his might—it remained unscathed. Even if it wasn't a Supreme God relic, it was a rare treasure of heaven and earth with a hardness comparable to a Sovereign artifact. Of course, that possibility was slim; anything that could be "foreseen" was extremely precious to Desterie.

If it were a Supreme God relic, judging by the markings on the token, it was undoubtedly a relic of the Supreme God of Destruction. He just didn't know if it was for the first or second mission of the Supreme God of Destruction.

But regardless, it was certain that there was still a considerable amount of time before the fall of the Four Divine Beasts and the birth of Linley.

Although the Four Divine Beasts Clan was currently flourishing across the four supreme planes and the four elemental god planes, they could not yet be considered the sole masters of a region. It was a reckless assumption, but it should be near the early days of the world's birth; otherwise, after the Four Divine Beasts had established their dominant status, the Four Divine Beasts Clan would not still be developing cautiously.

As for Beirut or the God-Eater Rat, he had never even heard any news regarding them.

Observing the black token in his hand repeatedly, Desterie finally remembered one thing: should he hide the token and quietly search for the items to complete the Supreme God mission? Or should he offer it to a Sovereign in exchange for a favor and a reward?

As soon as the thought emerged, Desterie made his decision. Of course, he would complete the mission secretly. What use was a Sovereign's favor or a reward? Could it make you a Sovereign?!

Once the Supreme God mission was completed, the choices would be far greater than any gift from a Sovereign.

There is no time like the present. With his mind made up, Desterie immediately gave brief instructions and arrangements before taking his leave. If any short-sighted Seven-Star Fiend wanted to challenge him to build their own reputation, they could wait ten thousand years!

Not everyone would be a gift-bearing fool like Kurado.

Three thousand years later, on the Yete Continent, Desterie bent down and picked up a triangular piece of metal from deep within the grass, laughing involuntarily, "If I hadn't been cheating, I really might not have been able to find this thing."

He toyed with it in his hand for a moment, and after confirming that no one was around, he took out the black token.

As soon as the black token appeared, it resonated with the triangular metal. Both treasures floated in mid-air and combined seamlessly, as if they had been one all along. During the combination, a terrifying power vaguely emerged, making one's heart tremble.

Once the combination was complete, the black token fell, and Desterie caught it with ease.

"The next step is to find the black pearl." Desterie rested for a moment and decided to start searching from the Celestial Realm. If he couldn't find it there, he would search the other planes one by one.

As he placed the black token into his interspatial ring, Desterie noticed a crystal ball inside the ring flickering and trembling, emitting an urgent light.

"The Sovereign... is looking for me?" Desterie felt a hint of surprise and hesitation.

He had been a Sovereign's envoy for nearly thirty million years, and that person had never taken the initiative to find him.

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