The First Gathering of Sovereigns

Inside the Spatial Turbulence, Redding and the others did not rush to search in all directions. Instead, they headed toward the Spatial Turbulence around the Zijing Continent.

This was what Redding and Ziyuan's Divine Clone had agreed upon before entering the Spatial Turbulence.

Many Sovereigns would surely go to watch the creation of the Water Divine Plane, so Redding thought it best to meet up with Zijing and her husband first.

After all, the Four Divine Beasts had yet to demonstrate Sovereign-level combat strength. Though Redding and the others had numbers on their side, they lacked a Sovereign-level deterrent, and there was no guarantee that an unperceptive High-level Sovereign would not attack them.

Redding led his siblings toward Zijing and her husband, while the couple flew toward Redding's group.

Several hours later, the two groups met in the Spatial Turbulence.

Zijing and her husband smiled when they saw Redding and the others.

Redding nodded slightly and said nothing more, leading the others in the direction indicated in his mind.

As a Water Sovereign and one of the principal figures in the creation of this Divine Plane, Redding had the guidance of the Laws of the Universe in his mind. The Laws of the Universe would bring all the Water Sovereigns together, and all they had to do was follow the method for creating a Divine Plane in their minds and create the Water Divine Plane.

The process could not be called simple, but it could be described as foolproof.

Redding led the Sovereigns of the Four Divine Beasts' lineage in the direction indicated in his mind.

As they drew closer to the location in his mind, Redding's divine sense could already detect the presence of quite a few Sovereigns in the Spatial Turbulence.

Outside the Life Divine Realm, Leijia and Vivian flew side by side, with no other Sovereigns accompanying them. This was due to Vivian's personality: although she was the Life Sovereign, she had not recruited other Sovereigns as the Sovereign of Death had.

As a result, Leijia had been Vivian's only ally all these years. Unlike other Sovereign-level experts, she did not have multiple Sovereigns following her.

Leijia did not particularly mind. At present, the Four Rules Sovereigns were not much stronger than the Law Sovereigns.

After all, none of the Rules Sovereigns had become Paragons or obtained Overgod Artifacts yet. The time when the Four Rules Sovereigns had the final say had not yet arrived.

With the coming creation of the Seven Divine Planes, the start of the Overgod Missions, and the outbreak of faith wars and planar wars, few of the first Sovereigns in the universe would survive.

Some Sovereigns might be riding high now, but they would most likely fall in the struggles to come.

Besides, Leijia was only a Mid-level Sovereign and did not want to draw too much attention. If certain Sovereign-level experts set their sights on him, even with Vivian protecting him, there was no guarantee that some Sovereign-level expert would not hunt him down in secret.

Leijia led Vivian at an unhurried pace in Redding's direction.

Suddenly, Vivian's expression changed, and she said to Leijia in delight, "Leijia, I can sense big sister's aura. She's not far behind us."

The big sister Vivian spoke of was none other than the Sovereign of Death.

Hearing that the Sovereign of Death was not far from them, Leijia suggested, "Then shall we meet up with her?"

Although Vivian had Sovereign-level combat strength, Leijia judged from the information Redding had sent him that an estimated eighty percent of the Sovereigns would go to watch the creation of the Water Divine Plane. With his and Vivian's strength, they had no trouble protecting themselves.

But the Sovereign of Death would certainly be traveling with the Sovereigns who followed her. Joining her would undoubtedly make them far safer.

The two flew at full speed toward the Sovereign of Death, and in less than half a day, her figure appeared before them.

"Big sister!"

"Big sister."

As soon as she saw the Sovereign of Death, Vivian greeted her. Leijia, who was beside Vivian, followed her example and called her big sister as well.

Calling the Sovereign of Death big sister had not been Leijia's original intention.

Based on his memories of his previous life, Leijia had initially had a poor impression of the Sovereign of Death: she killed without compunction and was unpredictable.

In Leijia's view, the Sovereign of Death was probably the hardest of the Four Rules Sovereigns to get along with. The other Sovereigns, including Uhtred, might act tyrannically, but at least one could still talk to them reasonably. As for the Sovereign of Death, without strength comparable to hers, even an ordinary Sovereign was little more than a plaything before her.

Over hundreds of thousands of years and several encounters with the Sovereign of Death, Leijia discovered that she was not as rigid as he had imagined.

When Vivian even proposed trading the Dark Sovereign Spark in Leijia's possession with the Sovereign of Death, she readily agreed.

The spark Leijia had refined was a Lightning Element Mid-level Sovereign Spark, while the one he traded with the Sovereign of Death was a Lower Sovereign Spark.

The Sovereign of Death did not ask Leijia for further compensation. She merely smiled and said, "If you feel bad about it, you can call me big sister, just like Vivian..."

As the ruler of the Netherworld, the Sovereign of Death had no shortage of Sovereigns following her: eight in all.

All the Death Element Sovereigns in the Netherworld served under the Sovereign of Death, as did a Darkness Element Sovereign and a Life Element Sovereign.

Looking at Leijia and Vivian, the Sovereign of Death chuckled. "Leijia, Vivian, are you two going over to watch the excitement too?"

Yes, to watch the excitement.

Neither the Sovereign of Death and her followers nor Vivian and Leijia had a Water Sovereign Clone among them.

The plane being created this time was the Water Divine Plane, so what else would they be going there for if not to watch the excitement?

Hearing the Sovereign of Death's question, Leijia nodded slightly. "Yes, big sister. Cultivation is too dull, so I came out for a walk with Vivian. The Water Divine Plane happens to be opening, so I thought I'd go have a look. When the Lightning Element Divine Plane is created in the future, I'll have something to refer to."

Leijia offered a casual excuse in response to the Sovereign of Death's question. He had no intention of revealing his relationship with Redding yet.

As for appearances, unless he faced a life-or-death crisis, Leijia did not intend to show openly how much contact he had with Redding.

Although the Four Divine Beasts had Sovereign-level combat strength, separately they were just four Lower Sovereigns. With Leijia hidden in the shadows, if a Sovereign-level expert or another Sovereign tried to attack Leijia or Redding, the two could work together to catch their opponent off guard.

Besides, once Redding and his three siblings displayed a Fusion Innate Divine Ability capable of threatening Sovereign-level experts, they would surely be feared by many such experts. Leijia did not want to be drawn into that vortex so soon.

Staying out of it and acting in secret was the best way to help the Four Divine Beasts.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with the Sovereign of Death, the group grew from nine to twelve.

With the Sovereign of Death and the Life Sovereign, two Sovereign-level experts, joining forces to lead the way, many Sovereigns who sensed their group along the way quietly sped up or slowed down, trying to put some distance between them.