Death Sovereign's Reward

Following the passage they had entered through earlier, Sean returned to the castle on Flame Bone Mountain in the Nine Nether Domain.

"Line up in order. Don't make a mess." Gao Lun, Flame Bone Mountain's Commander, roared loudly. But when he saw Sean, Audebeu, and the others, his expression immediately changed. He stepped forward and said to Audebeu, "Mr. Audebeu, you're out?"

"Mm. I've earned enough military merit on my end. I'm going to exchange it for a Sovereign Artifact," Audebeu said with a faint smile.

"Really? Congratulations, Mr. Audebeu. You'll soon possess your third Sovereign Artifact." Gao Lun immediately became even more courteous.

A Commander with three Sovereign Artifacts—aside from the legendary Paragons, such an existence was invincible.

Audebeu asked, "Has the Sovereign appeared yet?"

"Not yet. I'll tally everything up first. Please hand your badges over to me." Gao Lun smiled. "I need to register them here, and the Sovereign has records as well."

Soldiers and Commanders leaving the Plane Battlefield had to carry badges from their own side. Without one, they would be executed.

The enemy Commander badges they had acquired also needed to be gathered together, verified, and handed over to the Sovereign. Commander badges in particular—each one was effectively worth one-tenth of a Sovereign Artifact.

"Alright." Audebeu agreed, and Sean and Torres did the same.

"Mr. Sean!"

Quite a few Commanders who emerged from the spatial passage saw Sean's group and immediately greeted them.

Though Paragons generally couldn't be bothered with them, they still had to offer a respectful greeting when they encountered one.

"Mm." Whenever Sean heard someone call out, he merely glanced over.

This left Gao Lun stunned.

He knew of Sean as well—the Death Sovereign's new emissary, someone who had clashed with the Four Divine Beasts Family and still come out ahead. He had to be a super expert.

But compared with Audebeu beside him, Sean seemed far inferior. Audebeu was one of the Netherworld's foremost experts and was about to acquire his third Sovereign Artifact.

Still, the situation was too strange. Gao Lun did not dare ask directly, so he sent a voice transmission to a friend who had just come out. "Budley, what's going on with this Sean? Why are so many people being so polite to him?"

"Haha, you don't know yet? Mr. Sean is a Paragon," Budley replied via voice transmission.

"A Paragon?" Gao Lun was shocked, an incredulous expression appearing on his face. He immediately asked, "What happened? Tell me."

Too many people were asking questions, which irritated Sean. With a thought, he sent out divine sense infused with Sovereign's Might, directly covering an area tens of thousands of kilometers wide.

"The Four Divine Beasts Family, along with seven Lord God Emissaries. They really sent a lot of people. If I hadn't broken through to Paragon, this might truly have been dangerous."

He also discovered enemies within roughly a thousand kilometers. With such a massive lineup, if he had not become a Paragon and been surrounded, they might not have been able to kill him, but they truly could have exiled him.

During the hundred thousand-plus years he had spent on Nether Mountain, he had already thoroughly investigated the Four Divine Beasts Family and the Four Divine Beasts Lord God Emissaries. He even had information on experts down to the six-star level. As long as they were active in the outside world, there was generally plenty of public information about them.

He also knew who had close ties to the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns. Among those who had come this time were even grandchildren of the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns.

Though it was aggravating, reality was simply like that. No matter how much the Sovereigns' direct descendants or especially favored people provoked Paragons or other peak experts, they could only be taught a lesson. Just like Leis Jing—no matter how he provoked Bayer, Magnus, or even Augusta's clan leader, they could not kill him.

Just as Sean was considering how to deal with this group, he suddenly received a voice transmission. "Sean, come see me at Qingyan Mountain nearby."

"The Death Sovereign." Sean's divine sense instantly spread out and locked onto nearby Qingyan Mountain. A small palace had already appeared there, yet his divine sense found no one inside.

Knowing that he could not detect a Sovereign's presence, he said to those around him, "Audebeu, Torres, I'm going to see the Sovereign. Wait here for me first."

After a Plane War ended, a Sovereign would appear to tally the badges and bestow Sovereign Artifacts, Sovereign's Might, and so on.

However, Sovereigns generally did not handle such matters themselves and simply left them to the lesser Sovereigns.

Sean quickly arrived at the palace atop Qingyan Mountain. After entering, he found the Death Sovereign seated upon the throne above.

"Greetings, Sovereign," Sean said with a bow.

As a Paragon, he did not need to kneel before any Sovereign. This was a rule tacitly accepted by all Sovereigns.

The Death Sovereign laughed. "Hahaha, Sean, although I said before that you might break through to Paragon at any time, I never expected you to truly do it. Impressive, impressive. Even I admire you."

Sean replied, "I was lucky. I only achieved a breakthrough while caught between life and death."

If Magnus's attack had not posed a mortal threat to him, he could not have broken through. And if not for the Soul Pearl protecting his life, he might have been killed outright.

To become a Paragon, strength alone was not enough; luck was also important. Most of the other Paragons in the world had likely broken through by chance as well. Even if they were given another opportunity, they might not necessarily succeed.

"No matter what, you succeeded." The Death Sovereign smiled. "When you have time in the future, visit Nether Mountain or the Nether Hotel more often. You can spar with me."

"No problem." Sean naturally agreed.

Most Sovereigns in the world were not Paragons, so they naturally sought out Paragon Highgods to spar with, hoping to find an opportunity for a breakthrough. But the chances were infinitesimal.

"This time, you helped my Netherworld win the Plane War. By the rules, I will reward you as well." The Death Sovereign manipulated a Space Ring with her right hand, sending it flying toward Sean. "Inside are ten thousand drops of Death Sovereign Power, along with one thousand drops each of Sovereign's Might from the other ten elements."

Sean accepted the Space Ring and bound it with blood. Besides the Sovereign's Might the Death Sovereign had mentioned, he found a token and several magic scrolls inside. He understood what they were and said, "Thank you, Sovereign."

A Paragon could perfectly control Sovereign's Might, but that did not mean he would ever think he had too much of it.

"This is only your first reward." A hint of amusement suddenly entered the Death Sovereign's tone.

Sean asked in surprise, "There's a second?"

For a Paragon, only Sovereign's Might and Sovereign Artifacts held any appeal. The latter could not be given as a second artifact due to the agreement among Sovereigns, while the former had already been given. What other reward could there be?

"The people from the Four Divine Beasts have come. You know that already, don't you?" the Death Sovereign said with a smile.

Sean nodded. "Yes, I discovered them too. I was planning to teach them a lesson. Is the reward you mentioned related to this matter?"

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