The Skyrite Mountains, peaceful for tens of thousands of years, welcomed several familiar faces.
Standing high above the Skyrite Mountains, Laius called out in a voice like a great bell that echoed throughout the range. "We're finally back!"
"Leiyuan, Zijing, Pash, this is where the four of us siblings were born, the Skyrite Mountains!"
At Laius's words, the four siblings' memories drifted back tens of thousands of years.
Redding's memories of when the Four Divine Beasts were first born had grown extremely hazy. It seemed that the Skyrite Mountains had originally been home to quite a few powerful Divine Beasts, all of whom the four siblings had joined forces to drive away.
It seemed the Four Divine Beasts Clan's future overbearing ways had been inherited from their ancestors!
For a moment, Redding's thoughts wandered.
"Come on, I'll show you around." Dispelling his memories, Redding looked at Leiyuan and the others, then took the lead in flying down toward the Skyrite Mountains.
As the birthplace of the Four Divine Beasts, the Horizon Mountains were no smaller than the Amethyst Mountains. The only thing they lacked was the Amethyst Mountains' ability to produce Amethyst that strengthened souls.
Redding swept the entire Skyrite Mountains with his divine sense. After refining the Sovereign Spark, his powerful soul allowed him to take in every part of the range.
The Skyrite Mountains were vast, and there were quite a few God Level experts there now, though not many at the very top. With his Might of the Will, Redding could clearly sense that the entire range had only a little over a hundred Highgods.
Most of them were ordinary Highgods who had not fused any Profound Mysteries. Only a dozen or so had fused two, and a pitiful few had fused three. Not a single one had fused more than three.
After ten thousand years of development, even Leijia in the Life Divine Realm had gathered over a hundred Highgods. The foundation Redding had casually established on Crimson Island in the Star Mist Sea had several hundred Highgods as well.
For the vast Skyrite Mountains to have so few Highgods was truly pitiful.
The small number of Highgods in the Skyrite Mountains actually had quite a bit to do with Redding and his siblings.
When the Four Divine Beasts had just become gods, Laius had taken Bowen all over the Skyrite Mountains, challenging others. The Divine Beasts who had broken through to God Level at that time had all been exceptionally talented.
Those Divine Beasts might not have feared Laius in a one-on-one fight, but the Four Divine Beasts' usual style was for all four to gang up on anyone who troubled one of them.
Whenever a fight went badly for Laius or Bowen, they would call for backup, bringing Redding and Nemo in to gang up on their opponent.
Dealing with one or two experts of the same level was already difficult enough. Faced with four at once, including Redding, who was a step stronger than his siblings, any Divine Beast would have fallen to its knees.
Because of the Four Divine Beasts' united, utterly overwhelming assault, the powerful Divine Beasts originally in the Skyrite Mountains had either been killed by Redding and his siblings or driven out of the range.
For so many Highgods to remain in the Skyrite Mountains today, their ability to survive had to be extraordinary.
After taking a quick flight around the Skyrite Mountains, Redding said to the others, "Everyone, I want to build a city near the Skyrite Mountains."
"Build a city?"
Hearing Redding's words, Leiyuan raised an eyebrow, seemingly considering the idea.
Apart from Zijing and her husband, Laius, Pash, and the others immediately voiced their support.
Although Laius and the others were somewhat puzzled by Redding's proposal to build a city, a habit formed over tens of thousands of years made them instinctively choose to follow his lead.
Redding had not decided on the spur of the moment to build a city in the Skyrite Mountains.
The Four Divine Beasts united as one possessed the combat strength of a Sovereign, but apart, they were merely four Lower Sovereigns.
To maintain Sovereign-level strength, Redding and his three siblings would have to act together even after the Seven Divine Planes were opened in the future.
That made it extremely important to have a territory where they could settle down and make a life.
Redding had chosen the Blood Peak Continent as their territory not only because the Skyrite Mountains were the birthplace of the Four Divine Beasts, but also because the Blood Peak Continent would be under Pash's control in the future.
The Sovereigns had yet to divide their territories, but none of the Four Divine Beasts had refined a Destruction Element Sovereign Spark. If they seized another continent, then given Uhtred's overbearing nature, no matter how prosperous Redding made it, he would still have to obediently give it up when he came into conflict with Uhtred in the future.
In that case, it was better to develop the Four Divine Beasts' ancestral land directly. Pash and the Four Divine Beasts were now practically one, and barring any accidents, the Blood Peak Continent was certain to fall into Pash's hands. Building a city in the Skyrite Mountains was a good choice, both for guarding against Uhtred and for developing their clan and forces afterward.
The more Redding thought about it, the more sensible building a city near the Skyrite Mountains seemed.
The Four Divine Beasts and Pash fully supported Redding's idea. Zijing and her husband, though not quite like the Four Divine Beasts, also said to come to them if he needed help.
They set to work immediately. Now that they were Sovereigns, their speed of action was astonishing.
They spent half a day settling on an open plain near the Skyrite Mountains as the construction site.
Apart from Leiyuan, the Four Divine Beasts, Pash, and Zijing-the six Sovereigns-acted at once.
Bowen raised a hand and pulled. Earth Elemental System Sovereign's Might liquefied, gathering around his wrist into two serpentine dragons.
"Rise!" Bowen shouted, and four broad city walls rose under the force of his Sovereign's Might.
Next, Laius used his palm as a blade, gathering Wind Sovereign's Might into a gigantic wind blade that swept over the walls Bowen had formed. Wherever it passed, the uneven surfaces were instantly cut smooth. As far as the eye could see, not a single irregularity remained.
Once Laius had finished cutting, Nemo immediately took over the work of building the city, scorching the smooth walls with blazing flames.
Wherever the flames passed, the walls gradually grew hard and blackened, even developing cracks.
Whenever a crack appeared, Bowen immediately repaired it with Earth Sovereign's Might, and Laius followed by cutting it smooth.
Nemo burned the walls for about a day. The walls formed from earth elements gradually solidified, and their rough surfaces became exceedingly smooth.
As Nemo's flames died down, Redding's Water Sovereign Power was ready.
Under Redding's control, the Water Sovereign Power slithered around the walls like a giant python.
Before the intense heat had subsided, Redding followed up with his Water Sovereign Power. As though being quenched in water, the walls instantly gave off a sizzling sound. The water elements drawn in by the vast amount of Sovereign's Might vaporized, and a white mist instantly enveloped the area around the walls.
After being tempered by fire and water, the black walls grew even darker, with a faint metallic sheen on their surface.
After the four stages of earth, wind, fire, and water, Zijing and Pash acted together, using Destruction Element Sovereign's Might to nurture the walls.
With that, the city the six had built together began to take shape.
After taking care of the all-important walls, Redding led the others in building the residential districts and planning structures such as marketplaces.
It had to be said that building a city as Sovereigns was astonishingly fast. Working together, they finished a city capable of holding tens of millions of people in just ten days.
Redding looked at the walls, which had a dark metallic luster and were as hard as a Highgod Artifact, and a faint smile of satisfaction appeared on his face.