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"Because that represents that I still have room for improvement."

"But if I were to keep winning, I would lose the direction in which to improve."

"I think, Lord Aier, you should have the same sentiment as I do."

Aier was silent.

He understood Pash's feelings.

In the Coiling Dragon Universe, the end of cultivation is the Paragon realm.

Pash's attainments in the way of chess were like a god-level expert who had cultivated a series of Laws and Profound Mysteries to the Paragon level; he no longer had a direction to move forward.

However, Aier could not empathize with Pash.

After all, Aier knew that the Paragon realm was only the end of the Coiling Dragon Universe, not the end of the Hongmeng Universe.

He had a cheat, so even if he became a Paragon, he could still move forward.

Therefore, facing Pash's lament, Aier did not say anything.

Seeing that Aier did not respond, Pash smiled slightly.

"Here, I want to thank you, Lord Aier."

"These new rules of chess have given me great inspiration."

"Not at all."

Aier shook his head: "This is your own ability."

"To me, the way of chess is merely a form of entertainment. That you can gain inspiration from these chess rules has nothing to do with me."

"Hahaha..."

Hearing Aier say this, Pash pointed his finger at Aier and laughed loudly.

He was a Sovereign!

Even if he was only a low-level Sovereign, he was still an existence untouchable by gods.

If someone else had received his direct thanks, they would not know how happy they should be.

Yet looking at Aier, he had practically handed the favor to him on a silver platter, and Aier had simply spat it away.

When the two of them played chess, both the board and the pieces were composed of soul power.

From the game, both sides could roughly perceive the strength of the other's soul power.

Pash could judge from the strength of the soul power that Aier was a Paragon.

He did not believe that Aier did not know what kind of existence would have a soul stronger than his own.

Other Paragons, or Sovereigns!

But even so, Aier still treated him as an ordinary "chess friend," clearly not wanting to have too much entanglement between them.

However, this did not align with the wishes of Blood Peak Sovereign Pash.

"It seems you have guessed who I am."

"Mm, in Hell, there are only a few who have soul power above mine."

"Dunnington, the Paragon of the Death attribute—if we look solely at attainments in the soul, it would not be an exaggeration to call him number one."

Among the seven elemental Laws and four rules, the Death rule and the Fate rule focus on the soul, making them the most bizarre and unpredictable of the eleven systems.

In the Fate system, there are two Paragons: Fate Chief Sovereign Ao Fu and Magnus.

In the Death system, only Dunnington is a Paragon; even the Chief Sovereign of Death has not been able to cultivate the Death rule to the Paragon level.

Of course, this does not mean that the Fate rule is inferior to the Death rule just because there are more Paragons.

Rather, the three of them each have different specialties.

Fate Chief Sovereign Ao Fu is dedicated to researching how to improve his own strength. From the fact that he created the "Samsara Golden Body," which can raise his body's strength to the level of an Overgod Artifact, one can tell that Fate Chief Sovereign Ao Fu focuses on being "comprehensive."

Body strength, comprehension of Laws and Profound Mysteries, and the creation of techniques—Fate Chief Sovereign Ao Fu wants it all.

As for Magnus, he is quite a bit worse; at the very least, his body strength is no different from that of an ordinary god-level expert.

As for Dunnington, there is little written about him.

However, Aier guessed that Beirut's friend, who could strip away the soul fragments of a Saint Realm expert's comprehension of Laws, was Dunnington.

Even Aier could not currently strip away the Law fragments comprehended within the soul of a peak Saint Realm expert.

From this point alone, one can see just how terrifying Dunnington's attainments in the soul are.

Aier even believed that in the entire Coiling Dragon Universe, only Dunnington could achieve this.

This gave Dunnington a great deal of face, even among the Sovereigns.

After all, not all Sovereigns are solitary figures.

Some Sovereigns still have descendants.

If a favored descendant lacked talent in cultivation, Dunnington was practically their final savior.

By directly refining the fragments of Laws comprehended at the peak of the Saint Realm, one could bypass the bottleneck of entry; they would only need to break through the bottleneck of "Great Success" to achieve the status of a High-God.

The difficulty of cultivation was reduced by more than half.

It was precisely because Bebe had obtained the soul fragments of the Darkness Laws that he was able to reach the High-God realm in such a short amount of time.

If someone still couldn't break through the bottlenecks of the Divine Realm, Mid-God, and High-God with such assistance, then that person was simply a lost cause.

Of course, those who improved by refining Law fragments would not be completely stagnant on the path of fusing Profound Mysteries like those who refined a Godhead, but it would be significantly more difficult for them compared to an ordinary High-God.

However, those who needed to use Law fragments generally didn't have much cultivation talent to begin with.

As for Bebe, he possessed the Innate Divine Ability God-Slaying, and his physical strength was comparable to a Godhead. With one being invincible in attack and the other invincible in defense, it made Bebe the most terrifying existence below a Paragon, even without fusing any Profound Mysteries.

Without a Soul Defense Overgod Artifact and without Willpower, anyone facing Bebe would be killed by him in an instant!

However, if the opponent possessed a Soul Defense Overgod Artifact, then even with the boost from his physical strength, Bebe could only unleash attacks at the level of a Six-Star Fiend; he was essentially a specialized warrior with lopsided strengths.

These thoughts flashed through Aier's mind, but he did not speak them aloud. Instead, he continued, "However, Dunnington has always been in the Sea of Chaos. Even if he knew about the news spread by the Four Divine Beasts Clan, it would be impossible for him to arrive in such a short time and find me so precisely."

"Therefore, you are a Sovereign!"

"This is the Blood Peak Continent. If I am not mistaken, you must be the Blood Peak Sovereign, right?"

"What? The Blood Peak Sovereign?"

Eric, standing behind Aier, was shocked to the core after hearing Aier's words.

He never imagined that the red-haired youth who had been playing chess with Lord Aier for thousands of years was actually a great Sovereign!

"Eric pays respects to the Lord Sovereign!"

It was fine when he didn't know, but now that he was aware of the red-haired youth's identity, Eric's legs went weak. He knelt on the ground, prostrating himself to pay homage to Pash.

However, neither Aier nor Pash was paying any attention to Eric at the moment.

After the two stared at each other for a while, Pash was the one to finally speak.

"Your guess is correct. I am the Blood Peak Sovereign, Pash."

"Greetings, Sovereign."

Seeing Pash directly admit his identity, Aier became solemn and bowed slightly to Pash.

Although a Sovereign would treat a Paragon with a nearly equal attitude, Aier knew that the gap in strength between a Paragon and a Sovereign was simply too vast.

Facing an existence that could kill him with ease at any moment, no matter how proud a Paragon might be, they could not afford to be arrogant.

Otherwise, did they really think a Sovereign wouldn't kill a Paragon?