Reprimanding the Four Divine Beasts

Desterie's projection avatar communicated with two Rule Sovereigns amidst the spatial turbulence. Within the Mulan Plane, however, Desterie was introspectively observing his Companion White Jade.

At this moment, the jade pendant's light was dimmer than it had ever been. After some calculations, Desterie let out a long sigh, "To 'Foresight' myself and condense starlight for protection, it only took a 'recharge period' of one hundred thousand years. I never expected that pulling others into that Strange Torrent, which resembles the River of Fate, would consume such terrifying amounts of energy, causing the recovery speed to decay to this extent. At this rate, it will take a full ten trillion years for the white jade to be ready for Foresight again—the Plane War will have passed ten times by then!"

Fortunately, 'Foresight' and 'Soul Protection' are counted separately; otherwise, I would have to continue lying low. Besides, when I used the 'Gate of Spirituality' just now, that strange feeling...

Desterie closed his eyes to recall the moment, his expression gradually becoming certain, "My Willpower and Sovereign Power underwent a miraculous cancellation with Xingyi's Willpower and Sovereign Power. If Xingyi's Willpower or Sovereign Power had been even slightly higher than mine, I wouldn't have been able to strip his consciousness away. It was truly a kill that relied on extreme coincidence; it is worthy of being called 'Strong Luck'."

As for Sovereign Power, everyone is the same, so Desterie was not worried. Unless a fused Sovereign appeared, but that probability was far too small. How many could be as lucky as him to refine two or more Chief God Sparks, while also being a soul mutant?

But Willpower was different. Previously, he could not kill any Intermediate Sovereign or higher who met one of the conditions: having multiple Sovereign avatars, achieving Paragon status, or obtaining ten consecutive victories. But now, having refined an additional Chief God Spark, he possessed one more portion of Paragon Willpower than other Intermediate Sovereigns. Aside from High Sovereigns, he could easily kill even Karin, the Intermediate Sovereign of Fate who had received the reward for ten consecutive victories.

It was just that he needed to wait ten trillion years.

"Well, it has been ten thousand years; it is time to let my Sovereign avatar truly go out and get some fresh air." With all the pressure vented, Desterie felt refreshed.

In Hell, there was a sea area floating with vast stretches of blood; as far as the eye could see, slaughter was occurring at every moment.

If Hell was the most chaotic and bloody place among the four Supreme Planes, then this place—the Sea of Chaos—was the most chaotic and bloody place in all of Hell.

This was also the birthplace and permanent residence of Uthred, the Sovereign of Destruction.

Deep within the Sea of Chaos, in Uthred's palace, there were ruins and broken walls everywhere, remnants of past battles.

Uthred had dismissed almost all the Sovereigns, leaving only the Four Divine Beasts and Zijing.

He stared at the Four Divine Beasts with great displeasure, his face livid, his tone filled with disappointment, "Leiding, I, Uthred, have treated you four quite well. For countless years, I have supported and helped you a great deal. I never expected that when you obtained the Supreme God Mirror, you had no intention of telling me at all. If it weren't for the scene Desterie caused today, I fear I would still be kept in the dark even after the mission was completed."

Leiding's face turned red, partly from anger at Desterie and partly from shame at Uthred's words, but he still stared fixedly at Uthred, "My Lord, we intended to hand it directly to you after completing the mission!"

Zijing couldn't help but stifle a laugh, while Uthred was so angry he laughed, saying, "Look at that, even Zijing is laughing; who would believe that statement?

Leiding, what use do you have for a Supreme Artifact? Your combined Innate Divine Ability is a soul attack; an offensive Supreme Artifact would only amplify your material attacks tenfold, which is useless for you. As for a defensive Supreme Artifact, you four are inseparable—who would use it, and who wouldn't? Would it be to defend against material attacks or soul attacks?"

Nemo was impatient and immediately replied, "We'd give it to Big Brother!"

Uthred exhaled a long breath again, shook his head, and said, "Fine, give it to Leiding. Then what if I attack you, or if I attack Ers and Bowen? When encountering a true powerhouse, one defensive Supreme Artifact cannot save the lives of all four of you!"

The atmosphere fell into silence. After a long while, Bowen tentatively spoke up, "My Lord, actually, we have a guess... perhaps we could sow discord between the Sovereign of Death and Desterie, or even pull the Sovereign of Death and the Sovereign of Life to our side."

"Hmm?" Uthred's eyes lit up, and he immediately stared at Bowen, and Zijing was no exception.

Thus, Bowen recounted his theory: "Orloff lent a soul-defensive Supreme Artifact to Desterie and intends to join forces to trap and kill the Four Divine Beasts, as well as the Sovereign of Death."

But he didn't notice that as he spoke, Zijing's expression indeed grew heavier, while the hidden rage in Uthred's eyes continued to rise. So, he became even more enthusiastic, "My Lord, as long as you analyze the stakes clearly for the Sovereign of Death, she will surely be furious and assist you in killing Desterie, shattering Orloff's conspiracy!"

"Bang—", Uthred finally couldn't hold back, slamming his right hand onto the armrest and shattering it to pieces, "How absurd!"

"It is indeed unreasonable!" Ers chimed in, but as he looked up, he suddenly realized that Uthred's rage was directed through his eyes at the four of them.

"Are you not satisfied with me being embarrassed enough, that you actually want me to go and give Lilith such a ridiculous and laughable analysis?"

Seeing Uthred in a towering rage, the Four Divine Beasts had not expected such a thing to happen at all. Bowen hurriedly explained, "My Lord, this is absolutely not our wild speculation. My Lord, our four brothers' combined Innate Divine Ability is absolutely enough to kill an ordinary Sovereign, yet that Desterie, an ordinary lifeform, an ordinary Intermediate Sovereign, was actually able to defend against our soul attack. Aside from a Supreme Artifact, we truly cannot think of any other means he could have to defend!"

"And the fact that the Sovereign of Fate, Orloff, could lend out a soul-defensive Supreme Artifact definitely means he is plotting something significant!"

Zijing's voice rang out at this inopportune moment, "Bowen, according to what you said, Xingyi's material attack is ten times stronger than an ordinary Intermediate Sovereign's. Desterie is just an ordinary lifeform, an ordinary Intermediate Sovereign; how could he block it? Yet the facts are right before our eyes: he not only blocked it, but even counter-killed Xingyi."

"Following your logic, did some other Sovereign lend him a material-defensive Supreme Artifact? Ha, no, that's not right; I forgot, there hasn't been a material-defensive Supreme Artifact born yet."

Zijing was naturally unhappy. Because of this incident caused by the Four Divine Beasts and Desterie, not only did an Intermediate Sovereign lose his life, but she herself was forced to pay a Soul Stone—the only consolation being that this Soul Stone had at least earned her a favor from the Sovereign of Destruction.