Rihanna began experimenting with the profound mystery of Music, most of which she had already comprehended. The uncontrolled Soul Attacks of that profound mystery always struck everyone indiscriminately.
Lucas was a God in the Death Edict, so he could naturally withstand them with ease. Windsor also had the God-level Soul Defense Divine Artifact Lucas had given her, so she had no trouble either. That left him, whose soul was only at the Lowgod level, frequently injured. Seeing him like this, Lucas did not begrudge him Soul Gold Beads.
From then on, his soul fell into a cycle of being injured, recovering with a Soul Gold Bead, being injured again by Rihanna's indiscriminate attacks as she experimented with the Profound Mysteries of the Laws, and recovering with another Soul Gold Bead.
Lucas's Death Divine Clone was not idle either. He had already begun experimenting with Master-Servant Contracts back in the Material Plane. Now that he had reached a Divine Plane and become a God in the Death Edict, his understanding of souls and his ability to manipulate them were far greater than they had been then.
Eight thousand years passed in a flash. During that time, several major battles broke out in Qingxuan City, all caused by reckless Gods who gathered the Gods from the surrounding area, hoping to kill Lucas and seize Qingxuan City.
But none of them caused the slightest stir before the Earth Divine Clone, who had nearly finished fusing three Profound Mysteries of the Laws. They were ruthlessly suppressed every time, greatly affirming the prestige of Qingxuan City's lord.
Over those eight thousand years, Rihanna's Wind Divine Clone also comprehended most of the profound mysteries of Sound Waves and Music, though she had only now begun trying to fuse them.
The light-element Lowgod was cultivating in his