Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Background / History
- 3Personality
- 4Abilities & Skills
- 4.1Sovereign Authority and Projection Clones
- 4.2Concealed Combat Strength
- 4.3Strategic Manipulation
- 5Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 6Relationships
- 7Story Role / Major Arcs
- 7.1Interest in Ailin and the Four Divine Beasts
- 7.2False Mediation
- 7.3Alliance with Ailin
- 7.4Battle in Hell
- 7.5Loss of the Spoils
- 8Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Augusta (奥古斯塔) |
| Alias(es) | Light Sovereign; Ruler of the Laws |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Augusta Family; Light God Plane |
| Occupation/Role | Light Sovereign; strongest of the Seven Law Rulers |
| Status | Alive 175 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 108 |
Background / History
Augusta is the Light Sovereign and a Law Ruler closely tied to the Augusta Family, whose current patriarch, Hanjin Augusta, is identified as his most successful and powerful son. The family is based on Ao Wei Island in the Light God Plane and competes with the Four Divine Beast Family across numerous planes. 80
He is also deeply connected to Destiny Sovereign Ofu. Though the two maintain separate personalities and normally do not interfere with each other’s thoughts, they are described as the same person; their deeper relationship is deliberately concealed from other Overgods. 146 174
After learning of Ailin and the Four Divine Beasts’ combined Innate Divine Ability, Augusta began involving himself in their dispute. He publicly presented himself as a mediator concerned with stability under the Sovereign God Agreement, while privately seeking a justification to draw the Four Divine Beasts into a conflict he could exploit. 142 143
Personality
Augusta is consistently regarded as domineering and overbearing, traits that alienate both the Four Divine Beasts and other Law Rulers. His intervention in Ailin’s dispute was widely viewed as suspicious precisely because such restraint and mediation did not suit his reputation. 142 146 155
Behind his outward confidence, Augusta is calculating and patient when pursuing a major objective. He repeatedly approached Ailin, arranged Ofu’s limited intervention, concealed much of his own combat strength, and sought to ensure that any battle with the Four Divine Beasts would not violate the Sovereign God Agreement. 143 149 153 167
Abilities & Skills
Sovereign Authority and Projection Clones
As the Light Sovereign, Augusta can manifest Projection Clones through gathered light-element Sovereign’s Might.
- Appeared in the Heavenly Sacrifice Mountain Range through a radiance formed from light-element Sovereign’s Might. 142
- Visited Ailin on the Brinia Plane through a Projection Clone. 143
- Sent a Projection Clone to the Qingya Plane after Beirut took the Four Divine Beasts’ corpses and Sovereign Sparks. 168
Concealed Combat Strength
Augusta hid a substantial portion of his true power until the battle in Hell, where his speed and attack strength surpassed the expectations of the Law Rulers opposing him.
- Was considered the strongest among the Seven Law Rulers even before revealing his full strength. 155
- Broke through the four elemental Rulers’ attempts to restrain him and struck the Water Element Sovereign with overwhelming force. 166
- Killed both the Water Element Sovereign and Azure Dragon with a single sword strike. 167
- Pursued and killed White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise after the other Law Rulers fled. 167
- His displayed strength was assessed as far above ordinary Law Rulers, though still below the Four Rule Rulers. 167
Strategic Manipulation
Augusta actively exploited obligations, political tensions, and the Sovereign God Agreement to create a legal opening against the Four Divine Beasts.
- Offered to protect Ailin from the Four Divine Beasts while intending to provoke a direct conflict. 143
- Proposed that Ailin lure the Four Divine Beasts into attacking first, allowing Augusta to intervene without violating the Agreement. 149
- Used a favor owed by Ofu to secure protection against the Four Divine Beasts’ combined Innate Divine Ability. 149 153
- Sought the Four Divine Beasts’ Blood Essence and showed interest in studying principles related to their four-element fusion. 146
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Supreme God Sword — Augusta’s principal weapon; its power allowed him to kill the Water Element Sovereign and Azure Dragon in one strike. 154 167
- Supreme soul-defense artifact — An artifact associated with Ofu that Augusta possessed access to during his plans against the Four Divine Beasts; its soul-defense properties were especially relevant against their combined Innate Divine Ability. 151 153
Relationships
- Ofu — Destiny Sovereign and Augusta’s concealed counterpart; the two are described as the same person despite functioning as separate individuals. Ofu honored a favor to assist Augusta’s plan, but imposed limits on how Augusta could act against the Four Divine Beasts. 146 149
- Ailin — Temporary ally and political pretext. Augusta offered protection, then persuaded Ailin to participate in a plan against the Four Divine Beasts; both understood they were using each other. 143 149 153
- Four Divine Beasts — Longstanding rivals whose family was already hostile to the Augusta Family. Augusta ultimately killed Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. 142 167
- Beirut — Enemy after Beirut seized the Four Divine Beasts’ corpses and Sovereign Sparks from Augusta’s battlefield spoils. Augusta reacted in fury and dispatched a Projection Clone to the Qingya Plane. 168 175
- Hanjin Augusta — Son and current patriarch of the Augusta Family. 80
- Utrered — Fellow Rule Ruler whose unusual interest in the Four Divine Beasts made Augusta suspect that he was researching their Innate Divine Ability. 146
- Water Element Sovereign — Opponent during the battle in Hell; Augusta killed her with the same sword strike that killed Azure Dragon. 166 167
Story Role / Major Arcs
Interest in Ailin and the Four Divine Beasts
Augusta learned of Ailin’s rise and the threat posed by the Four Divine Beasts’ combined Innate Divine Ability. He traveled to the Netherworld to investigate after Ailin killed Andrew and Gaisreisen’s group. 108
False Mediation
Augusta entered the Heavenly Sacrifice Mountain Range claiming that he wanted to resolve Ailin’s dispute with the Four Divine Beasts for the sake of stability. The Four Divine Beasts rejected his intervention, recognizing his domineering nature and doubting his stated motives. 142
He later approached Ailin directly, promising support if the Four Divine Beasts acted against him. Augusta’s true purpose was to create an opportunity to involve himself in the conflict and eventually attack the Four Divine Beasts. 143
Alliance with Ailin
Augusta convinced Ailin to cooperate in a plan that would make the Four Divine Beasts the aggressors. He then secured Ofu’s commitment to block their combined Innate Divine Ability once, provided the Four Divine Beasts did not abandon their hostility toward Ailin. 149 153
Battle in Hell
Augusta arrived in Hell with Ailin and several Overgods from the Light God Plane, where the Four Divine Beasts and four elemental Rulers moved against them. Initially restrained by the elemental Rulers, Augusta ultimately revealed his hidden strength. 161 166
He killed the Water Element Sovereign and Azure Dragon in a single sword strike, then hunted down and killed the remaining three Divine Beasts. 167
Loss of the Spoils
While Augusta was occupied, Beirut stole the Four Divine Beasts’ corpses and the Water Element Sovereign’s Sovereign Spark. Augusta discovered the disappearance of the bodies after the battle and became enraged, but Beirut had already taken the spoils into the Qingya Plane and refined the Wind Sovereign Spark. 167 168
Augusta later remained locked in a stalemate with Beirut, with reports suggesting that he might seek Ofu’s intervention to recover what was taken. 175
Trivia
- Augusta’s public claim that he wanted to preserve stability among the Overgods was treated with open skepticism by the Four Divine Beasts because it conflicted with his established temperament. 142
- His decision to target the Water Element Sovereign first was influenced by her being the nearest opponent, the youngest Law Ruler, and comparatively weaker in offensive methods. 162
- The other Overgods were shocked by the scale of Augusta’s hidden strength, as his known power had not suggested he could instantly kill a Law Ruler. 167