Obtaining the Supreme Artifact

In the past, after reaching the Paragon level in the Fate Rule, a Sovereign clone's overall strength would increase a hundredfold, making it far more cost-effective than simply taking a Supreme Attack Artifact—after all, a Destruction Supreme Attack Artifact could only amplify Desterie's material attacks tenfold, which was inferior to a single portion of Willpower.

However, the current situation was different: the Four Divine Beasts had laid out the Supreme God Mirror, Uthred was exceptionally furious, and numerous Sovereigns were eyeing the prize like tigers stalking their prey. It could be described as being besieged on all sides, fraught with crisis, making survival the utmost priority.

Thus, with the premise of having the Companion White Jade to protect his soul, Desterie stated firmly, "I want a material defense Supreme Artifact!"

"I shall grant your wish!" the Destruction Supreme God said indifferently, extending a left hand filled with an aura of decay. A black soft armor slowly emerged, gradually solidifying, and a shocking power began to surge and permeate from the black armor, causing the surrounding space to tremble and shatter.

"This is a Destruction Supreme God Soft Armor, a material defense Supreme Artifact. Only by reaching the Sovereign realm can one truly withstand the terrifying energy contained within a Supreme Artifact and allow it to truly recognize its master." The Destruction Supreme God released the armor with his left hand and pointed from afar; instantly, the halo on the surface of the armor receded, becoming plain and unadorned as it fell into Desterie's hands.

Afterward, the Destruction Supreme God dissipated completely without a trace.

Desterie dripped his blood onto the black-gold soft armor to claim it, and immediately, this defensive Supreme Artifact merged into his body—thus, the strongest material defense in the Coiling Dragon Subsidiary Universe was born!

Having finished all this, Desterie immediately re-entered the Mulan Material Plane.

Meanwhile, more and more Sovereigns rushed to Hell upon hearing the news. But upon arriving, they were all surprised to find the four Sovereigns of the Rules standing in a silent, mutual stare-down.

It was the big brother of Hell, Uthred, who broke the silence. He said to Lilith, "Lilith, you were once Desterie's Sovereign; you should have him come out."

"Admittedly, with him holding the Termination Bead, none of us can complete the Supreme God mission, but if he never comes out, there is no chance of obtaining the other two Supreme God Tokens. Rather than this, if you have him give the Supreme God Token to me, the previous matters can be wiped clean, and I will even owe him a favor!"

Vivian also advised, "Big Sister, this matter cannot bypass Desterie in the end. We can't all go into the spatial turbulence outside his home material plane and then project ourselves inside. However, as for who gets the Supreme God Token in his hands, that will have to wait until he arrives."

Orloff stroked his beard and smiled, remaining silent while inwardly contemplating how to sway Desterie. Deep within his heart, Augusta was fiercely urging him to compete violently for this Supreme God mission, but he ignored him.

Lilith smiled and said, "Uthred, I will summon Desterie. But you should take back your favor; if his Supreme God Token is to be handed over, it will only be to me."

As she spoke, she took out a Sovereign Summoning Scroll—Sovereign Summoning Scrolls were not used only by Sovereign Envoys; on the contrary, Sovereigns with good relationships would leave them with each other to facilitate "calling," making them mere daily consumables, though they were precious treasures to Sovereign Envoys.

This scroll was ignited by Lilith's intent, and in an instant, Desterie, far away in the Mulan Material Plane, felt a call from the netherworld and roughly guessed what was happening.

Thus, his will followed the summoning upstream, descending across space, and in an instant, a large amount of Fate Sovereign Power gathered beside Lilith, forming an energy projection clone that took on Desterie's appearance.

Having completed the Supreme God mission, Desterie felt relaxed and at ease. He looked around with interest, observing Uthred, Xingyi, the Four Divine Beasts, and the Sovereigns who had arrived later—some were familiar like Lilith and Vivian, while others were mere acquaintances—before chuckling, "Everyone, I didn't expect to meet again so soon."

The gathered Sovereigns surrounded him, each harboring their own thoughts, hiding their inner wolves.

Seeing Desterie, the Four Divine Beasts glared at him, and the Sovereign of Destruction squeezed out a faint smile, "Desterie, you dared to snatch the Supreme God Token right under my nose. There aren't many among the Sovereigns with such guts!"

Orloff laughed and smoothed things over, "His courage is indeed beyond the ordinary, as can be seen from his self-imposed exile to seize a Chief God Spark back in the day."

Lilith also smiled, "Ever since I've known Desterie, he has never been timid."

At this moment, Augusta's voice rang out in Orloff's mind, "Orloff, why are you helping him instead? You should join Uthred and force him to hand over the Supreme God Token!"

"Augusta, for Desterie, his home material plane makes him inherently invincible; coercion will be useless. Even if we killed a Sovereign and threw the Chief God Spark to a Highgod in his home plane to refine, we still couldn't defeat him."

"Now, if we want to obtain the Supreme God Token, we must maximize Desterie's interests and make him realize that only by relying on me can his interests be maximized. Endless planes, endless gods—they gather for profit and disperse when the profit ends. This is the eternal truth." Orloff replied to Augusta in his mind, methodically.

The Sovereign of Life, Vivian, smiled, "Desterie, I remember asking you years ago why you were collecting those Heaven and Earth Exotic Items that looked like black pearls. You didn't say then that they were Supreme God Tokens!"

Desterie replied with a smile, "Lord Vivian, and all other Lords, regarding the question just raised by Lord Vivian, I can swear to the Supreme God of Fate that before the Four Divine Beasts brought out the Supreme God Mirror today, I had never seen or heard of the contents on this Supreme God Mirror. Otherwise, let the Supreme God immediately strip me of my Sovereign clones and take away my Willpower."

"Previously, I did feel that these black pearls had something strange about them, so I paid special attention to them, but it would be impossible for me to judge that this was a Supreme God Token based on intuition alone."

Being unable to get the Supreme God Mirror but knowing what the Supreme God Token was and deliberately collecting it—this situation was indeed contrary to common sense.

Vivian showed a look of realization. With the Supreme God oath as proof, she no longer doubted him, instead smiling gently, "So that's how it is. I originally pitied Edric for losing his life over this, but now it seems he wasn't so pitiful after all."

Desterie knew that although Vivian believed him, she was still dissatisfied with his "outward compliance but inward defiance" in killing Edric, but he had no need to indulge her or obey her.