Four Divine Beasts

"Plane War?" Croken was taken aback. Ever since he participated in one during his youth, the extreme danger had kept him from ever joining again.

Why would this top-five powerhouse of the Celestial Realm care so much about the Plane War, and why had he sought him out so inexplicably?

"When I was still a Seven-Star Fate Master, I once participated out of sheer ignorance. Luckily, the Supreme God favored me, and I survived that desperate situation. I haven't participated since." Croken fell into his memories, then asked, "Lord Desterie, are you curious about how the Plane War is conducted?"

"Badges, war merits, the River of Stars passage—I know all of that." Desterie shook his head. Dalayer was also an old antique who had participated in the Plane War, and she had told him many stories about the early days of the wars.

However, that period was too early; there were few experts, and the methods for defense and setting traps were outdated, offering little reference value. But regarding the Plane War of the Linley era, Desterie had gained some understanding through the original records.

"To be honest, Prefecture Lord Croken, I have heard that several Chief Gods have personally arranged for Chief God Envoys to participate in this upcoming Plane War."

"This strikes me as very strange. The Plane War has been conducted this way for countless years, and the Chief Gods have never cared about the outcome. We all speculate that the Plane War is simply a tool used by the Chief Gods to reduce the number of experts in the various divine planes."

"If that is the case, why send Chief God Envoys in?"

"Prefecture Lord, has your Chief God made any arrangements?"

Desterie feigned ignorance, both to explain why he was there and to probe for any arrangements in the Celestial Realm—though he knew there was a nine-in-ten chance he would gain nothing, as how would a Chief God tell such things to an ordinary god-level expert?

Croken gave the response Desterie had expected. He knew nothing of these matters; in fact, he had not yet received any orders to participate in the Plane War.

This was normal. There were still nearly two hundred thousand years left, enough time for the Chief Gods to make their deployments. If one were lucky, like Linley, they could hastily recruit a few Chief God Envoys, form a Samsara Battle Formation, and directly sway the outcome.

After staying as a guest for several hundred years, Desterie and Dalayer left Tianluo Prefecture and set off once again to travel through the various planes.

Desterie thought that it would be best to find the final Supreme God Token before the Plane War began, so he could face the fleeting Chief God Spark with more thorough preparations.

About ten thousand years after Desterie left, one day, while Croken was listening to his subordinates report on the major events of Tianluo Prefecture over the past ten thousand years, a massive amount of Fate Chief God power suddenly appeared out of thin air. It condensed into a giant face of the Chief God in the sky, radiating majestic power.

The moment the Chief God's power appeared, Croken rushed to the courtyard and knelt straight down. "Croken pays respects to the Chief God!"

The giant face of the Chief God looked terrible, filled with a hint of anger. "Croken, immediately expel all members of the Four Divine Beasts Clan from the Angnak Continent. Anyone who dares to linger, kill without mercy!"

"Chief God, but, the Four Divine Beasts Clan..." Croken stammered. He was indeed the Chief God's envoy, but the Four Divine Beasts Clan were the descendants of the Chief God!

"What, are you afraid of those four bugs too!" The giant face of the Chief God boomed, the power and terror causing Croken to tremble uncontrollably.

"I will complete the mission!" Seeing the Chief God's rage, Croken hurriedly kowtowed.

"Hmph!" The voice of the giant face echoed in the courtyard. "Additionally, in over a hundred thousand years, a new round of the Plane War will begin. The first battle will be between the Celestial Realm and the Netherworld. You will represent the Celestial Realm in battle. You must ensure the Celestial Realm achieves victory!"

Plane War? Croken's pupils dilated. Desterie had truly predicted it!

"Heh, once the Plane War is over, let's see what those four bugs have left to contend with me!" The giant face of the Chief God seemed to still be seething with rage, blurting this out. Seeing Croken's lack of reaction, he shouted, "Croken, do you understand?"

Croken hurriedly responded in a loud voice.

Meanwhile, in the Infernal Realm, Bloodridge Continent, Tianji Mountain Range.

As the birthplace of the Azure Dragon Chief God, the Tianji Mountain Range held extraordinary significance for the Four Divine Beasts Clan; it was their true place of origin.

Deep within the Tianji Mountain Range, inside a luxurious palace, three men and one woman sat around a round table. The woman, dressed in red as vibrant as fire, said angrily, "Big Brother, that Angnak has provoked us many times. We should not tolerate it any longer, or people will only think that we, the Four Divine Beasts, are weak and easy to bully!"

"Second Sister, don't be impulsive. There is no harm in enduring for a moment right now." The speaker was a young man in white. "Killing Angnak is not difficult, but once Angnak is dead, according to the Chief God agreement, the four of us will be classified as a Sovereign-level group. At that point, it will be even harder to hunt down high-level Chief Gods!"

The middle-aged man in green robes also said, "That's right, sister. Although the four of us have extraordinary innate gifts, our luck is too poor. We only obtained these few low-level Chief God Sparks back then. Fortunately, our innate divine abilities can be combined. According to our estimates of the power of our combined innate divine ability, we cannot defeat the four Rule Sovereigns; we can only target those ordinary Sovereigns."

"Therefore, we must plan carefully to avoid wasting our opportunity on middle-level or low-level Chief Gods."

"Besides, the Fate Chief God Spark is very useless to our Four Divine Beasts Clan. These family disciples have terrible talent for the Rules of Fate."

The man in yellow, who had been silent, also spoke up. "Big Brother, Third Brother makes sense. Even if we let a family disciple refine Angnak's middle-level Fate Chief God Spark, relying on the power of faith to comprehend the Rules of Fate to the Asura level, it would only be at a level similar to one of us individually. It is meaningless."

"What we need is individual Sovereign-level combat power. Only then can we increase our confidence in facing Sovereigns and avoid the risk of being picked off alone."

"Hmph, what you say all makes sense, but this Angnak is truly going too far. I cannot quell the hatred in my heart without killing him. Why don't you tell me how the plan against the Water-type Sovereign is going?" The woman in red remained furious.

"The Water-type Sovereign, Polk, is a coward. I have provoked him many times, but he still hasn't reacted. Do you think any of the other Sovereigns would be more suitable?" The man in green sighed and asked for their opinions.

"We have been fighting with the Water-type Sovereign for a long time. If we rashly provoke other Sovereigns now, will it cause them to join forces against us?" The man in white raised a different opinion. "Facing one Sovereign, we still have a chance of winning. If we truly have to face two at the same time, I'm afraid even Big Brother couldn't hold them off. After all, although our innate divine ability can be used twice in a short period, it cannot be used on two people simultaneously."