The Supreme God Token

Holding the Black Token in his hand, Desterie sent his consciousness into the Companion White Jade. "Foresight!"

"Rumble—"

The White Jade suddenly blazed with light, radiating Brilliant Starlight. A strange "gate" opened, releasing a powerful suction that dragged Desterie's consciousness into a terrifying, endless torrent. It seemed as though he was about to dissipate and vanish forever.

At that moment, the White Jade's starlight enveloped Desterie, as if using the reality where the White Jade existed as an anchor to bind and protect him.

Then the terrifying torrent gradually calmed, and several scenes appeared before Desterie's eyes, drawing nearer from afar.

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

"Could there be many things connected to this Black Token?" Desterie guessed.

The first scene gradually came into focus. It showed a place resembling a bustling marketplace, filled with a constant stream of people and thriving business. A Black Pearl lay inside a red wooden box, wrapped in exquisite packaging.

"Is this the Tower of Fate Masters, or somewhere else that looks much like one? But even if it is the Tower of Fate Masters, there are nearly a thousand of them in the Heavenly Realm alone. And if I have to search the Fiend Castle and an even wider area, finding it won't be easy."

The Tower of Fate Masters, like the Fiend Castle in Hell, the Demon Castle in the Netherworld, and the Fairy Pavilion in the Life God Realm, was a gathering place for the upper and middle ranks of the Divine Realm, as well as a hub for the powerful.

The Heavenly Realm had seven continents, arranged like a spoon across its vast ocean. Each continent was immense, containing between eight and ten prefectures, for a total of sixty-eight. The boundless seas were also divided into twenty-seven prefectures, each centered around one of the twenty-seven larger islands, making ninety-five prefectures in all. With ten cities per prefecture and one tower per city, that made 950 towers.

The first scene gradually faded, and the second appeared.

It showed a vast, boundless grassland, dotted with small blue-and-white flowers like stars in the sky. Not a cloud marred the heavens, and a blazing white sun hung high overhead. Hidden beneath the thick grass, a triangular piece of metal lay "asleep," almost impossible to notice.

"This is the Blue Star Grass Sea in the Heavenly Realm. It's enormous, so it won't be easy to search, but it should still be easier to find than that Black Pearl.

"Perhaps I can issue a Fate Master mission and have countless Fate Masters help me search for these things. Cloud Stone is just a worldly possession to me, but to the Lowgods and Midgods struggling to survive in the Heavenly Realm, it's another matter."

The final scene gradually came into focus. It showed a place whose surroundings were difficult to make out.

In the scene, the Black Token in Desterie's hand floated in midair. Then the Black Pearl arrived silently and set itself into the token's underside. The golden triangular piece of metal followed, settling into place at the top of the token. A mysterious power surged forth, and the scene burst like a bubble, shattering into fragments!

"The scene from Foresight exploded?" Desterie wasn't frightened. Instead, he was delighted.

The all-conquering power of Foresight had actually encountered something it couldn't peer into. That meant a power on a higher level had to be preventing the vision.

Besides, the scene of the Black Token, the Black Pearl, and the triangular metal combining felt eerily familiar. If he thought in terms of higher powers, wasn't it just like the way the Crown of Wutie, the Nine Spirit Orbs, and the Red Diamond Crystal combined to summon the Supreme God of Life?!

"Whoosh—"

The chains of White Jade Starlight contracted sharply, pulling Desterie back through the boundless torrent and returning him to reality.

Desterie opened his eyes and gazed at the Black Token in his hand, overjoyed. Who would have thought that this utterly ordinary token might be a Supreme God Token!

After a moment's thought, Desterie took out his Sovereign Artifact Heavy Sword and brought it down with all his profound mysteries and divine power. It didn't leave a scratch. Even if it wasn't a Supreme God Token, it was a Heaven and Earth Exotic Item as tough as a Sovereign Artifact. Of course, that possibility was slim. Anything Foresight revealed was exceptionally precious to Desterie.

If it was a Supreme God Token, then judging by the writing on it, it had to be the Token of the Supreme God of Destruction. He just didn't know whether it belonged to the first or the second Supreme God Mission of Destruction.

Regardless, he could be certain that a long time remained before the Four Divine Beasts fell and Linley was born.

Although the Four Divine Beasts Clan was currently flourishing across the four Supreme Planes—the four divine planes of earth, water, fire, and wind—it still couldn't be called a dominant force. Making a somewhat irresponsible guess, this must be near the early days of the world's creation. Otherwise, once the Four Divine Beasts had established their dominance, their clan wouldn't still be developing so cautiously.

As for Beirut and creatures like the God-Eater Rat, he had never heard any related news.

Holding the Black Token and examining it over and over, Desterie finally remembered the question he had to answer: should he hide the token and quietly search for a way to complete the Supreme God Mission himself, or offer it to a Sovereign in exchange for the Sovereign's favor and a reward?

The thought had barely surfaced when Desterie made up his mind. Of course he'd complete the mission himself, on the sly. What use was a Sovereign's favor? What use was a reward? Could it make him a Sovereign?!

Once he completed the Supreme God Mission, he'd have far more choices than a Sovereign's gift could offer.

Better to act today than wait for tomorrow. Having made up his mind, Desterie immediately gave a few brief instructions and left. If another reckless Seven-Star Fate Master wanted to challenge him to make a name for himself, they could wait ten thousand years!

Not everyone could be a treasure-delivering fool like Kurado.

Three thousand years later, on the Yete Continent, Desterie bent down and picked up a triangular piece of metal from deep in the grass. He couldn't help laughing. "If I didn't have a cheat, I'm not sure I'd ever have found this thing."

He toyed with it in his hand for a moment. After confirming that no one was nearby, Desterie took out the Black Token.

The moment the Black Token appeared, it resonated with the triangular piece of metal. Both treasures floated into the air, then joined together seamlessly, as if they had always been one. As they combined, a terrifying power stirred faintly, making his heart tremble.

Once they had joined, the Black Token fell back down, and Desterie caught it with ease.

"Next, I need to find the Black Pearl." After resting for a while, Desterie decided to start searching the Heavenly Realm. If he couldn't find it there, he would search the other planes one by one.

As he put the Black Token into his Spatial Ring, Desterie noticed a crystal ball inside flickering and trembling without pause, emitting urgent flashes of light.

"The Sovereign wants to see me?" Desterie was slightly surprised and hesitant.

He had been a Sovereign's Emissary for nearly thirty million years, and that Sovereign had never once sought him out of their own accord.