Dual-Body Sovereign

The vast, boundless spatial turbulence eternally flows with multicolored streams of light. These brilliant rays are strong enough to disintegrate anything that lacks the durability of a Sovereign Artifact, making them a terrifying sight to behold.

Among the densely packed material planes, there is a tiny plane with a pure white color and a distinct aura. This is the Fate God Plane created by Desterie, and it clings tightly to the Mulan Material Plane.

Suddenly, Desterie, who had been waiting calmly within his miniature god plane, gently tore through space and stepped inside.

Xingyi was already waiting outside, while in the far distance, at a safe range where their divine sense could still reach, the Sovereigns gathered together to watch the battle and enjoy the show.

Seeing Desterie emerge, Xingyi raised his Sovereign Artifact halberd. "Desterie, take the oath!"

At this moment, Zijing also condensed a projection avatar to arrive. The two of them swore an oath to the Fate Supreme God regarding their previous agreement concerning the Soul Stone and the Supreme God Token, after which Zijing's projection avatar dissipated.

The moment Zijing's avatar vanished, Xingyi immediately launched his attack. The Destruction Rule has always been about striking first!

Xingyi's halberd shimmered with rippling starlight, its tip pointed forward, the sharp edge polarized with a purple glow. This was the Innate Divine Ability of the Star Beast, Armor-Piercing Star Radiance, capable of amplifying physical attacks tenfold. Xingyi intended to finish Desterie in one go!

Desterie stood his ground, fearless, and smiled gently. "What a pity, Xingyi. If you were wielding Uthred's Supreme God Spear, perhaps... there might have been a sliver of hope. But for risking your life for him, you will only receive a tragic end."

Xingyi raged, "With your physical defense, why would I need the Supreme God Spear to kill you! Besides, you are merely an Intermediate Sovereign of Fate who hasn't reached the Paragon level. How dare you say my end will be tragic? Even Lord Orloff, as a Fate Paragon Overlord, wouldn't dare claim to see through the future!"

But in the next second, facing Xingyi's surging attack, Desterie simply raised his left hand and easily caught the halberd in his palm without suffering the slightest injury.

Under Xingyi's stunned gaze, he smiled firmly. "What I determine is the future!"

With his strongest move having no effect, Xingyi became panicked. "Impossible! Your defensive power just now was clearly!"

The Sovereigns watching from afar all exclaimed in shock, "Desterie's physical defense is clearly so strong, why would Xingyi lie!"

"Impossible. If Desterie truly possessed the strength of an Overlord, Xingyi would not have risked his life to fight him! There must be something wrong here." Diya, the Wind Overlord, judged. As one of the two major rules most adept at physical attacks, he had interacted with Xingyi many times and they had a decent relationship.

Orloff's smile also faded slightly. Desterie was actually able to catch Xingyi's strongest blow so nonchalantly and without a scratch. Considering he lacked extra Willpower, did he really not have a body at the level of a Sovereign Artifact?

After all, it was clear that Desterie had no other Sovereign avatars, had not reached the Paragon level, and had not achieved ten consecutive victories in the Plane War, meaning he had no additional Willpower.

"No, impossible!" The moment Xingyi thought about being judged for reporting false information and deceiving an Overlord, he found it hard to accept. Desperate, he resorted to a soul attack—two beams of starlight shot out from his eyes, rushing into Desterie's soul space without obstruction.

But let alone the fact that Desterie's white jade "Soul Protection" energy had already recovered, at the same level, trying to kill a Fate Rule Sovereign with a soul attack is incredibly difficult.

Simply by imbuing his Willpower into his soul-defensive Sovereign Artifact, Xingyi's attack was completely blocked, leaving not a single ripple.

With both his physical and soul attacks failing, Xingyi no longer had the time to worry about whether he would face Uthred's wrath; he only wanted to leave this place immediately and stay far away from this trouble.

But Desterie would not let him leave so easily, gripping his Sovereign Artifact halberd tightly.

Seeing this, Xingyi was decisive. He immediately abandoned his Sovereign Artifact and resolved to pull away—he had tried to be clever but ended up losing out. His original intention was to curry favor with Uthred, but now he had offended both Uthred and Desterie. At worst, he would just stay in his home material plane forever and never come out again.

"I've just witnessed the Innate Divine Ability of the Star Beast; now, please experience my ultimate move, Xingyi!" Desterie smiled slightly. The moment Xingyi let go and turned to leave, the Companion White Jade in his soul space began to spin rapidly.

The white jade glowed intensely, emitting Brilliant Starlight. These rays of light shone through Desterie's soul ocean and through the crown of his head, making him appear incredibly sacred.

Following this, the starlight condensed above Desterie's head into a strange "gate." The gate opened, creating a massive suction force that instantly enveloped Xingyi.

Under normal circumstances, can a Fate Paragon kill a Destruction Paragon? No. Therefore, Desterie never thought of killing Xingyi through his own soul attacks.

The immense suction force emitted by the Strange Torrent within the gate instantly dragged Xingyi's consciousness into it, then completely engulfed it. His consciousness dissipated in an instant, ceasing to exist—it was a pity that the Star Beast had no protection from the white jade starlight.

In the eyes of all the watching Sovereigns, they only saw the gate open above Desterie's head, and then Xingyi fell into a complete stupor. Only Desterie could see the scene of Xingyi's consciousness being swallowed by the Strange Torrent.

Although he lost consciousness, Xingyi's soul had not yet dissipated; his movements and expression remained exactly as they were a moment ago.

Taking this opportunity, Desterie immediately launched a soul attack. The Sovereign Power of Fate condensed into a large number of white magnolia petals, which, like a swirling vortex, heavily pierced through Xingyi's body—without consciousness to command his Willpower and Sovereign Power, a single soul-defensive Sovereign Artifact simply could not block a Sovereign's attack!

"Boom—" Xingyi died, his body blooming like fireworks under the erosion of the spatial turbulence.

Only the Intermediate Destruction Chief God Spark was manipulated by Desterie into his hand, and he immediately dripped his blood onto it.

"Stop—!" Uthred's divine sense transmission rang out suddenly, but Desterie ignored him—refining the Chief God Spark of a Sovereign who had just died in front of all the other Sovereigns was likely his destiny.

In an instant, roaring, rampant, and destructive black light illuminated this patch of spatial turbulence. With a thought from Desterie, his Destruction divine avatar emerged from his soul ocean. A terrifying, concentrated Sovereign Power of Destruction appeared out of thin air, transforming into "bared fangs and brandished claws" black currents that circled him, crowded around him, and praised him.

A new dual-body Sovereign was born!