Chapter: The Past of Sovereign Sparks
Chines Material Plane, Azure Sea.
Lincoln toyed with the Life Divine Spark in his hand, an object capable of driving countless Deity-level powerhouses to risk their lives for it. Yet, his mind was lost in thought, contemplating how to utilize it. Over the past century, he had taken the time to converse with veteran Sovereigns like Zijing, Blood Peak, and Refining Fire, as well as Sovereigns like Hela and Valeria, regarding the whereabouts of other available Sovereign Sparks. He had actually managed to uncover some information.
Over countless years, many Sovereigns had fallen. Before he refined the Dark Mid-level Sovereign Spark, it was common knowledge that four new Sovereigns would likely emerge in the world. This was because everyone knew of three Sovereigns who had been killed, their Sovereign Sparks either missing or held by powerful individuals. There was also another Sovereign who had been missing for countless years. He was not a life born in a Material Plane, so he could not enter one, yet he was nowhere to be seen in the Supreme Planes or Divine Planes either. It was unlikely he had been hiding in the depths of Spatial Turbulence for all these years; he had most likely been killed.
It wasn't until Lincoln burst onto the scene that the Sovereign Spark held by Augusta finally had an owner.
Of the remaining three, two were linked: the Life Lesser Sovereign Spark and the Fate Lesser Sovereign Spark.
This incident occurred countless years ago, right after the first ten-game winning streak in the Plane Wars had been achieved. Every Sovereign of the Fate element had received a reward of Willpower. A Fate Lesser Sovereign had been struck by a greedy thought; he also possessed a Life Divine Clone. If he could refine another Sovereign Spark, he would be comparable to an ordinary Mid-level Sovereign. His strength had been insufficient before, but after receiving the Willpower reward, he was strong enough to kill an ordinary Life Lesser Sovereign.
This Fate Lesser Sovereign was named Zhudingyaosi. The seed of greed took deep root in his mind, overpowering his fear of judgment by the Sovereign Council, and he became unable to extricate himself. After careful planning, he secretly observed and recorded the habits of the Life Sovereign Daomei. Finally, he struck when Daomei entered the Spatial Turbulence alone. Daomei was naturally no match for him and was quickly killed, the Sovereign Spark falling into the hands of Zhudingyaosi.
Regrettably, to ensure success, Zhudingyaosi had not brought his Life Divine Clone when hunting Daomei. Just as he placed the Sovereign Spark into his spatial ring, he was discovered by the Life Sovereign Vivian. Vivian was furious. Ignoring Zhudingyaosi's pleas for mercy, she killed him on the spot. Before his death, Zhudingyaosi crushed his spatial ring, and the Life Sovereign Spark vanished without a trace. As for Zhudingyaosi's Life Divine Clone, after Vivian persuaded two Paragons to enter the Material Plane to exile it, she personally executed it within the Spatial Turbulence.
Possessing eighty percent of a Paragon's Willpower, a single Paragon would indeed have been unable to kill or even easily exile Zhudingyaosi's Life Divine Clone.
Several Sovereigns had witnessed this event at the time, as Daomei had entered the Spatial Turbulence after arranging to meet several other Sovereigns to view an immovable Heaven and Earth Wonder in a Material Plane.
From then on, the Fate Lesser Sovereign Spark fell into the hands of Vivian and had remained ownerless ever since.
As for the one who went missing, he was a Thunder Lesser Sovereign.
Unlike Zijing and the others who were half-guessing and half-deducing, Lincoln had an absolutely reliable source of information: that Thunder Lesser Sovereign was indeed dead.
However, there were many powerhouses capable of killing a Lesser Sovereign, and it was difficult to deduce who had the motive. This Sovereign Spark must be in the hands of some Sovereign, and furthermore, that person did not yet have a Thunder Divine Clone.
Lincoln sighed. There were too many Sovereigns without a Thunder Divine Clone; this method of elimination was very difficult to execute.
"It seems I can only do as Beirut did and seal the Sovereign Spark within a Material Plane."
Years pass easily in the mountains, while the world bustles for ten thousand years.
Teluzake's talent was not good; he only possessed an affinity for the Destruction Element. Although he had access to an infinite supply of resources from a Sovereign, after several million years, he had only reached the level of a Six-Star Fiend. He was also an ordinary human, lacking a formidable body, a powerful soul, or any peculiar talents, making him far from the standards of a Sovereign Envoy.
Moreover, he only had an affinity for the Destruction Element; even if he hadn't met Aofen and Lincoln, he would have had no hope of becoming a Sovereign.
Although he didn't know it himself, his status as a disciple had indeed been traded for a Sovereign Spark. Therefore, upon discovering that his strength was struggling to progress, Lincoln generously opened up a supply of Sovereign Power to him and used special materials to help him refine even more powerful artifacts.
Relying on these artifacts and Sovereign Power, Teluzake made a name for himself in the Divine Planes. There were even rumors that he was a child of a Sovereign; otherwise, how could he consume so much Sovereign Power?
Days passed in such a dull and peaceful manner. Suddenly, after an "operation," Aier, who had been traveling through the Material Planes for years, felt a change in her aura. She couldn't help but stroke her belly, saying joyfully, "Lincoln, I think I can feel a new life gestating. You're going to be a father!"
Lincoln was also somewhat flustered. After trying for ten thousand years, he was suddenly at a loss when the fruit of their labor finally appeared.
"It seems we will have to stay in this plane until the child becomes a Deity!" Lincoln sensed the child's still-faint aura.
Limited by the laws of heaven and earth, a soul must gestate completely within the plane where it was born. Otherwise, they could have gestated in a Material Plane and given birth in a Divine Plane, resulting in a child born at the Saint-level.
Once a soul has matured, changing planes cannot strengthen its foundation. In fact, if a child is born as a mere mortal in a Divine Plane, they might die prematurely because they cannot adapt to the environment.
Soon, ten months passed, and the child was born. He was just an ordinary human boy, but Lincoln could feel the power hidden within his bloodline. If it could be awakened, he would certainly be able to avoid many detours.
The schedule for researching the ancestral hall baptism needed to be accelerated.
Lincoln dared not let his son attempt an immature method of awakening.
"Waa~!" Daniel was toddling along when he suddenly lost his footing, fell to the ground, and burst into tears.
Lincoln flicked his finger, and Daniel suddenly floated into the air. After a brief moment of confusion, he began to laugh happily.
Before Daniel was born, Lincoln had never protected a small life with such caution. This feeling was incredibly fresh to him, but after some playful teasing, a trace of worry couldn't help but appear in his eyes.
Seeing this, Aier understood. "Are you worried about his elemental affinity again?"
Lincoln nodded and sighed, "It wouldn't matter if he lacked elemental affinity; he could still reach the Saint-level by cultivating battle-qi. What I am truly worried about is that he also lacks talent for the Laws."
In the Coiling Dragon World, talent is closely linked to achievement. Even if one can rely on cultivation and the investment of vast, precious resources to become a Saint-level and gain eternal life, if one truly has no potential, they are destined to be unable to become a Deity on their own. At best, they would become a High-God who refined a Godspark, a weak four-star existence that could never progress further.
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