"Something's wrong. Something's very wrong."
Lucas ignored Vivian, the Sovereign of Life, as she muttered to herself. As the fight went on, Vivian realized she would still come off worse if they continued. She told Lucas directly, "Stop. There's no need to keep fighting."
After testing her strength, Lucas discovered that she was not a Sovereign who had risen from the ranks of inferior Highgods. She truly lived up to the original story's description of her as a Sovereign who had reached Paragon in the Life Law. Her current strength already matched that of a greater Sovereign who had fused three Profound Mysteries of the Laws.
Although Lucas enjoyed the advantage of having fused five Profound Mysteries of the Laws, his weapon was only a Midgod Artifact. It was only about as durable as the Sovereign of Life's Divine Body. Without a high-grade offensive weapon, he really could not do anything to her.
"All right. Let's leave it at that."
Lucas glanced at the Fire Element Sovereign beside them, uncertain about his relationship with the Sovereign of Life. He had just fought the Sovereign of Life; if he now fought this Fire Element Sovereign, Vivian probably would not stand idly by. Seeing no opportunity, Lucas went straight to the Plane Teleportation Array. Relying on his sense of his home Material Plane, he teleported directly back there.
After returning, Lucas stepped onto one of the other two teleportation arrays. When he activated it this time, he discovered that he seemed to have reached the Netherworld. His spiritual perception had detected the Undead Sacred Mountain mentioned in the original story.
Lucas also knew that he would probably have trouble defeating the Sovereign of Death, so he used the same method to choose another Death Sovereign. That time, the Sovereign of Death had