Life and Death

Life and Death

Vivian sighed, shaking her head helplessly. "I knew it. You say you're here to return things, but you're actually here to sponge off me. I have plenty of Main God Artifacts, and although they are all of the life attribute, it doesn't really matter if the attributes match when used by a god-level expert. However, you must carefully refine and nurture the Main God Artifact you use yourself; don't be sloppy with it. Take this Main God Token as well. You haven't made one yet, have you? As a dignified Sovereign, it wouldn't look right if you had to pay a fee every time you used a teleportation array."

A Main God Artifact requires a Sovereign to nurture it with Sovereign Power and Willpower for at least ten thousand years. For a god-level expert, the material, production process, and nurturing time of the artifact make no difference to the effect, but for a Sovereign, it is vastly different. As for the Main God Token, it is essentially a simplified, incompletely nurtured Main God Artifact. Its texture is incredibly tough, making it impossible for god-level experts to replicate or destroy, yet it cannot truly be used as a Main God Artifact—at best, it serves as an indestructible brick.

Vivian took out a spatial ring and placed the Main God Token and the Main God Artifact she had just retrieved inside, along with over a hundred other various Main God Artifacts. "However, I must remind you: according to the Sovereign agreement, a Sovereign can only give one Main God Artifact to their kin or Sovereign Envoy. Don't give out too many, or you'll give people something to gossip about. Also, to avoid endless strife between Sovereigns, Sovereigns of different strength tiers are not allowed to fight. This tier refers not to the rank of the Main God Spark, but to actual strength. For example, the Four Divine Beasts—although they were only Low-level Sovereigns, they once joined forces to kill a Mid-level Sovereign, so they could not attack ordinary Mid-level Sovereigns or weaker ones. Once violated, you will be hunted down by the four of us, the Chief Sovereigns of the Rules!"

Hearing the mention of the Four Divine Beasts, Lincoln couldn't help but wonder if the conflict with them would still occur now that Augusta no longer possessed the Supreme God Sword. Thinking of the friction that had occurred with the Four Divine Beasts clan over the years, Lincoln couldn't help but shake his head. Come to think of it, although the Four Divine Beasts were tyrannical and overbearing, the true reason for their fall was actually Orf wanting to use their essence blood to study the fusion of innate divine abilities. The attack of the Supreme God Sword was at most a minor addition; the real key was Orf's Soul Defense Supreme Artifact, which directly ignored the attacks of the Four Divine Beasts.

"As for the Sovereign Power of various elements, I haven't specifically collected them, but these are what remained from the last time I gathered some. Take them all." As she spoke, Vivian took out six more jars and two buckets and placed them inside. "These two buckets contain Life Sovereign Power and Death Sovereign Power respectively. That should be enough, right?"

Vivian's slightly teasing and probing tone made Lincoln quickly reply, "Enough, it's enough. I won't need as much as last time; I'm just stocking up a little." As he took the spatial ring from Vivian, he handed her one of his own, which contained exactly one hundred thousand drops of Darkness Sovereign Power.

Come to think of it, Lincoln was very glad he had chosen to become a Sovereign Envoy of the Life Sovereign and succeeded. Firstly, the Life Sovereign had significant influence, and secondly, she had a gentle personality. Of course, Lincoln didn't mistake her for a pushover. Back when he first sought to rely on a Sovereign, his first choices were naturally the four Chief Sovereigns of the Rules. However, among them, Orf was a research maniac who appeared to be a kind old man but would do anything for his research; Lincoln himself was a special super divine beast and naturally didn't want to take that risk. The Death Chief Sovereign was a thrill-seeker; interacting with her was like walking on eggshells, and you never knew when you might trigger a disaster. In the original story, her companion serpent begged her to avenge its children, yet she remained indifferent—countless years of affection were worth less than her amusement, so she was not a good master. Lincoln had considered the Destruction Chief Sovereign; although he was reckless, he was also trustworthy and powerful. However, after weighing his options, he found a way to approach the Life Sovereign first and became her Sovereign Envoy.

After Lincoln bid farewell to Vivian, she walked to a broad leaf to gaze into the distance. After a moment of contemplation, she mobilized her Sovereign Power and flew toward the Moonlight Mountain teleportation array.

In the Underworld, at Nether Mountain, Heaven and Earth Chains hung down like waterfalls. Billions of thunder chains, each as thick as a waist, covered the surface of the three-colored mist, brewing energy sufficient to destroy a Seven-Star Fiend. At the summit of Nether Mountain, a red-haired girl was bored, watching the god-level experts struggling in the three-colored mist. Suddenly, she felt a wave of Sovereign Power sweep over. After a brief identification, she returned to her palace to wait, instructing her maid to open the palace gates and await her guest.

"No need for formalities," Vivian said with a smile. "You may leave. My eldest sister and I have some private matters to discuss."

After Iwina left, Vivian sat down beside the red-haired girl, who smiled and asked, "What wind blew you here today?"

Before long, a dignified and beautiful woman walked over and said softly to the red-haired girl, "Eldest sister, it has been a long time."

When the maid Iwina saw her, she immediately knelt and saluted, "Greetings, Lady Life Sovereign!"

Vivian interrupted her and recounted the cause and effect of what she had learned. Only then did the red-haired girl understand. As she pondered, she smiled, "He is indeed a lucky kid, but it is very strange that the Darkness Mid-level Main God Spark collected by Augusta would appear in a Material Plane. Perhaps only Augusta knows the reason for that. But regardless, it ended up being a windfall for that kid."

"One of my Sovereign Envoys has become a Sovereign!"

Sovereigns have infinite time and immense power, and it is very difficult to make further progress in cultivation, so most are very bored. Even when they meet, it is usually dull; they generally only gather when something interesting happens.

"Become a Sovereign?" the red-haired girl asked in surprise. "Which of your envoys satisfied you enough that you actually bestowed a Main God Spark upon them?"

The red-haired girl was even more surprised. "Could it be that Augusta...?"

"It wasn't bestowed by me; it was that Darkness Mid-level Main God Spark."

"However, according to what you told me, Vivian, his Main God Spark wasn't given by Augusta. Although he is a Mid-level Sovereign with a body at the level of a Main God Artifact, he is ultimately not a Paragon. Augusta will definitely give him trouble." As for Lincoln's claim of catching a glimmer of inspiration, neither Vivian nor she took it seriously; the bottleneck of a Paragon was not so easily broken.

Vivian also smiled. "Yes, eldest sister. The previous owner of this Main God Spark, Aikes, was a true Paragon Sovereign, yet he was still schemed against and killed by the joint efforts of Augusta and Dark. Compared to Aikes, this Lincoln is still a bit lacking. But he is clever; his Sovereign clone is still staying in the Material Plane, and he even sent a divine clone to meet me."

The red-haired girl sighed suddenly. "Aikes... even counting him, there are only five of you among the Sovereigns who have achieved the rank of Paragon."