Revelation of Fate

After meeting Infillia by chance in the Life God Realm, Desterie gained a slight understanding of the residency status of the various Sovereigns across the major Divine Planes—simply put, the brain drain was severe. Among them, the Fire Divine Plane was in a rather dire state, with only three resident Sovereigns, and that count even included the Chief Sovereign of the element. The Earth Divine Plane was slightly better off, with four Sovereigns present: the Overlord Arturo, as well as Proda, Atra, and Anfis.

The Sovereign Komodo had fallen countless years ago, and his Chief God Spark had been obtained by Hullei. Hullei styled himself as the Chief Sovereign of the First Law and was unlikely to take orders from Arturo in the Earth Divine Plane. The Sovereign Manlu had his heart set solely on Orloff and was fixated on the Heavenly Realm. As for the Black Tortoise Sovereign Bowen, he and his three brothers were of one mind, possessing formidable innate combined divine abilities, fearing neither heaven nor earth.

Within the territory of Wanlin Prefecture on the Leiming Continent, there was a city called Liujin City, which was the place where Desterie and Vivian first met.

At this moment, inside the God Hunter Secret Vault of Liujin City, Desterie and Vivian were standing before the counter, casually browsing for missions on the task board.

The God Hunter Secret Vault was to the Earth Divine Plane what the Fiend Castle was to Hell.

"Heh, Vivian, look. The missions officially posted by the God Hunter Secret Vault can be accepted regardless of their star rating. Searching for the Supreme God Token Slaying Order in the Golden Triangle—anyone who can provide valid information is directly rewarded with one hundred million Yao Stones. Anyone who can accurately locate one of them is rewarded with one trillion Yao Stones, and if one is handed over directly, the reward is ten drops of Sovereign's Might. Tsk tsk, Arturo has certainly put in the effort to find a token. Hmm... though he probably isn't looking for it for himself; he likely wants to offer it to Vivian or someone else," Desterie said with a shake of his head and a smile.

"That's not all, Desterie. Look, it even explicitly states here that these are Supreme God Tokens, and it even describes their size and appearance," Vivian said. "Don't you intend to go look for one yourself?"

Desterie smiled. "Since it's information everyone knows, Arturo naturally doesn't need to hide it, as that would only increase the difficulty of the search. Besides, even if he didn't disclose it, there are plenty of Sovereigns who would post more detailed information, so there's no need to tie his own hands. As for me, I'll leave it to fate. If I'm lucky, it might even be delivered to my doorstep without me having to look for it."

Vivian raised an eyebrow and laughed, "You'd fool someone else with that, but you're not the type to be so carefree."

"Ms. Vivian, I think this mission is quite suitable for you two. I wonder what you think?" The person behind Desterie, seeing that it had taken Desterie and Vivian a long time to select a mission, stepped closer and suggested in a soft voice.

Vivian had been smiling, but her expression vanished the moment she heard the voice. She glared at the burly man behind her with annoyance. "Taylor, I've told you, if you bother me again, I won't be polite! This is your final warning. Stay away from us. If you really make me angry, you won't have a good end!"

The burly man kept smiling apologetically, his gaze sweeping dismissively over the one-star God Hunter badges worn by Vivian and Desterie. However, under the pressure of Vivian's gaze, he retreated to a table ten meters away and sat down, only to be teased by his friends.

Vivian turned back, only to see Desterie wearing a mysterious smile, and she couldn't help but complain, "Someone is harassing me, and you're still laughing!"

Desterie chuckled happily. "The fact that someone is harassing you just proves that I have good taste. Besides, the more decisively you reject him, the happier I am to see how miserable he feels."

Vivian didn't dwell on it and changed the subject. "Have you decided what mission to pick?"

"Let's go with this two-star mission: escorting the employer from here to Lanyu City in Shenhuang Prefecture on the Turo Continent. The star rating is appropriate, and the route is suitable, too. Plus, it looks like there will be quite a few companions along the way, so it won't be too boring," Desterie said with a smile.

As a Prefecture Lord of the Heavenly Realm, Desterie had never taken a God Hunter mission before, which was why he had only recently become a one-star God Hunter. Of course, he could have used his Master of Fate badge as proof to directly apply for a seven-star God Hunter badge, but unfortunately, Vivian didn't have a God Hunter badge either. They decided to just experience life and take the assessment with her—Vivian had become famous too early, and her name was long forgotten. When she rose to fame, institutions like the God Hunter Secret Vault and the Fiend Castle didn't even exist, so she had never participated in any such assessments in any Divine or Supreme Plane.

Therefore, as one-star God Hunters, the highest level of mission they could accept was a two-star one.

Back at their seats, Vivian asked curiously, "Desterie, why did you choose this two-star mission? Is it just a simple escort mission? Is it because of the location, or the employer?"

Desterie pinched Vivian playfully and teased, "This escort mission isn't just a simple one. Didn't you notice when we were looking at it earlier? It's a mission where two-star, three-star, four-star, six-star, and seven-star missions are intertwined. They are recruiting one seven-star God Hunter, three six-star ones, and ten each of four-star, three-star, and two-star hunters. There is definitely more to this than meets the eye. However, the reason I chose it is that I just used my soul connection to have my Fate Sovereign clone calculate things. Heading toward the Turo Continent might bring us some opportunities, though there is no precise time or location. Since this mission happens to be heading to the Turo Continent, we can just travel and play along the way and see if we have any chance encounters."

Vivian looked nostalgic and sighed, "I was thinking of staying here a bit longer, but since your Sovereign clone has received a revelation, we should follow it."

The conversation between the two, regarding the parts involving Sovereigns, was conducted entirely through divine sense transmission.

Desterie smiled. "On this journey, I can also look into recruiting some Sovereign Envoys. I currently have eight slots for Sovereign Envoys, but I only have Bolin. It's a waste to leave them empty. However, I don't have any interest in ordinary Sovereign Envoys, and those long-famous Paragons wouldn't agree to be my Sovereign Envoys anyway. The only ones left to consider are beings with special innate talents."

"You even dare to think about Paragons; you're truly greedy," Vivian laughed.

Desterie didn't offer further explanation, only smiling and shaking his head.

With his advantage as a prophet, he could have gone to find those famous experts from the original story who hadn't yet become Paragons. However, after years of inquiring, he found that they were either already Highgod Paragons—like Magnus or Clementine—or they had absolutely no reputation at all, like Bayer or Dannington, making them impossible to track down.

This was actually normal. In the original story, there were only twenty or thirty Highgod Paragons, even including those who were only suspected to be, and they had accumulated over more than a thousand epochs. In reality, the time it took for a Paragon to grow was likely only tens of millions of years. The probability of encountering a Paragon who hadn't yet reached their peak in such a vast river of history was simply too small.