Resolving Doubts

After exchanging Overgod Power, the atmosphere between Aier and Pash eased significantly.

"By the way, Aier, there is something I am very curious about."

"I wonder if you could clear up my confusion?"

"Oh?"

Aier raised an eyebrow: "Is there actually something in this world that can make a Sovereign feel puzzled?"

"Aier, don't put Sovereigns on such a high pedestal."

Pash shook his head and said: "You are a Paragon, so you naturally know the power of Will."

"Most of a Sovereign's strength comes from the Will contained within their Godhead."

"Other than that, Sovereigns aren't particularly special."

Aier smiled.

He naturally knew all of this.

Moreover, he suspected that even Pash didn't know as much as he did.

It was true; Sovereigns were not inherently special.

What was special was the Godhead!

A Sovereign's strength relied almost entirely on the Will within the Godhead.

What Pash kept hidden was that the Will within a Godhead was nearly infinite.

Even though the limitations of the Godhead's rank restricted the amount of Will a Sovereign could utilize, it still far exceeded that of a Paragon.

The range of one's divine sense could, to a certain extent, be considered a symbol of strength.

With a single thought, a Sovereign's divine sense could radiate across the entire Hell.

Even when Aier used the power of Will and Overgod Power, the range of his divine sense was only that of a large city, roughly equivalent to one-tenth of a prefecture, which was simply incomparable to a Sovereign.

"Ask away. Whatever I know, I will tell you."

"What exactly are the Laws or Rules in the eyes of a Paragon?"

"I knew it!"

When Pash asked this question, Aier understood instantly.

This question was perhaps the one thing every non-Paragon wanted to know most.

They knew that the end of cultivating the Laws or Rules was the Paragon realm.

That was a realm one could only reach by completely fusing or comprehending a set of Laws or Rules.

Over countless years, as seas turned into mulberry fields and the world changed, there were still over sixty Sovereigns.

Yet, the number of Paragons didn't even reach the count of one's fingers.

Some Sovereigns might have asked other Paragons this question, but that certainly did not include the Blood Peak Sovereign, Pash.

After all, given Pash's strength, he dared not leave Hell to travel to other Divine Planes or the Supreme Plane, fearing he might be ambushed by other Sovereigns who possessed Destruction clones.

The only Paragon in Hell was Dunnington, the envoy of the Destruction Chief Sovereign, and Pash had no real connection with him.

Having finally become the first Sovereign to befriend Aier, Pash took the opportunity to ask this question.

"The Laws in the eyes of a Paragon, you ask?"

Aier pondered for a moment.

Regarding this question, perhaps no one in the entire Coiling Dragon Universe had a deeper understanding than he did.

On one hand, other Paragons focused their energy on a single set of Laws and Profound Mysteries; aside from the Fate Chief Sovereign Ao Fu, Aier didn't know if any other Paragons possessed additional divine clones.

As for Aier, he had refined so many Godheads that even if there were other Earth Element Paragons, they could not possibly compare to him in the comprehension and application of the Laws and Profound Mysteries.

Furthermore, besides his Earth Element, his Wind Element divine clone was now only a hair's breadth away from becoming a Paragon.

Therefore, Aier was arguably the person most qualified to speak on how the Laws and Profound Mysteries appeared to non-Paragons versus Paragons.

"Let's put it this way..."

"In the eyes of a Paragon, the Laws have no secrets!"

"Before becoming a Paragon, everyone cultivating the Laws or Rules is like a blind man touching an elephant, trying to piece together the elephant using the fragments they've touched, like a puzzle."

"If you piece it together correctly, you have found the point of convergence for the Laws and Profound Mysteries."

"If you piece together an elephant's trunk or a leg, that counts as having completely fused two Laws and Profound Mysteries."

"Being able to assemble the complete elephant is what it means to be a Paragon."

"If the elephant is missing a nose or eyes, or even if it is missing just a single hair, one can only fall before the threshold of the Paragon realm."

"But a Paragon has gained a pair of eyes; they can see the true form of the elephant that is the Laws, and they can manifest the Laws into the shape of an elephant at will."

"So that's how it is..."

"Blind men touching an elephant; that description is truly apt."

After listening to Aier's explanation, Pash sighed.

However, even though he now understood the difference between a Paragon and those who were not, it didn't really help Pash in any practical way.

After all, on one hand, the four Edicts were different from the seven Elemental Laws; the four Edicts were a complete, singular whole.

Cultivation of the Elemental Laws progressed from easy to difficult, following a spiraling upward staircase.

Cultivation of the Edicts tested a practitioner's comprehension far more, belonging to the type that was difficult right from the very beginning.

Having received the answer to the questions that had plagued him for countless years from Aier, Pash chatted with him for a few more moments before bidding him farewell and departing.

Aier did not try to make him stay.

It wasn't as if they wouldn't have the chance to meet again in the future.

As long as Pash wanted to, and Aier was still in Hell, Pash could find Aier within a short amount of time whenever he pleased.

And if Aier wanted to find Pash, he could simply head to the center of the Blood Peak Continent, Tianshan Prefecture, to chat with him.

In any case, neither Aier nor Pash felt that there wouldn't be another opportunity for them to meet.

Watching Pash's retreating figure, Eric suddenly slapped himself hard across the face.

"Smack!"

"Hey, Eric, what are you doing?"

Eric's sudden action startled Aier, who quickly asked.

With half his face swollen and red, it was clear that Eric had not held back at all with that slap.

"Lord Aier, I was just checking to see if I was dreaming."

Eric gave Aier a fawning smile and said, "It seems I'm not dreaming; I really did see an Overgod!"

Overgods were extremely mysterious, even in the hearts of the many beings of Hell.

They were the rulers of the entire Hell, as well as the creators and guardians of its order.

Everyone knew that the Overgods possessed boundless divine power; even powerhouses standing at the peak of the god-level, such as Asuras or Prefects, would be instantly killed if they offended an Overgod.

Furthermore, the projections of Overgods that circulated throughout Hell always featured that massive face covering the sky.

Yet, even if it were merely an Overgod projection, the might emitted by the Overgod Power filling the sky would cause everyone beneath it to prostrate themselves on the ground, showing the utmost reverence to the Overgod.

"Sigh..."

Seeing Eric like this, Aier shook his head, not intending to change Eric's perspective.

After all, Eric was merely a High-God who had achieved his status by refining a Godhead, and although his horizons had broadened significantly since becoming Aier's steward, he was still limited.

Even among the Asuras and Prefects, there were many who had never seen an Overgod in their entire lives, so Aier could understand Eric's state of mind.