After the Asura Challenge, Bloodflame City quickly returned to calm, and the spectators soon dispersed. Filled with excitement and carrying the Floating Shadow of the battle, they spread Andrew's fame throughout the Infernal Realm.
"With the protection of the Bloodflame Prefecture's Prefecture Army, my family's safety should be no problem." After becoming the prefect, Andrew smoothly took over the entire Bloodflame Prefecture's Prefecture Army. Unlike the armies of empires and kingdoms in the Material Plane, Prefecture Army prefecture's army is not loyal to one person. Just as the armies of the Sovereign are loyal to the Sovereign of that continent, the Prefecture Army is loyal only to the prefecture's lord. As for who the prefecture's lord is, they don't care.
Having defeated Digelunsi, Andrew naturally became an object of loyalty for the Prefecture Army.
The Bloodflame Prefecture Palace's Prefecture Army is formidable. Andrew's initial assessment indicates that the Prefecture Army numbers in the millions, each Highgod. Among them, the five Commander are all Seven-Star Fiend, and there are hundreds of Six-Star Fiend as well. Within the Bloodflame Prefecture, apart from the Sovereign's army, no force can rival the Prefecture Army.
While things were settling down in Bloodflame Prefecture, Andrew sent people to gather information about the battles Four Divine Beasts Clan and the Eight Great Clans.
According to information from Fiend Castle, both sides seem to have exercised restraint over the past decade, with no large-scale battles occurring. Nevertheless, the fighting has not ceased. Overall, the Eight Great Clans have the upper hand. Although they have suffered greater losses than the Four Divine Beasts Clan, their strength is far greater, and in a war of attrition, the Four Divine Beasts Clan are no match.
"A war of attrition, this is truly brutal." Putting the information aside, Andrew sighed. According to the original book, in the end, the number of elders of the Four Divine Beasts Clan dropped from over three hundred to just a few dozen, and the Eight Great Clans suffered even greater losses. And this was only at the level of Seven-Star Fiend.
"Even with the bloodline talents of the Four Divine Beasts Clan, it would take millions of years to cultivate an elder. Faced with such a brutal war, Gaiseresen is ruthless. Family honor, countless years of glory, have now become a burden to the Four Divine Beasts Clan." Andrew understood that this war could not be stopped. The Eight Great Clans were fighting for revenge, while the Four Divine Beasts Clan were fighting for dignity. Hatred and dignity were more important than life itself to gods who had lived for countless ages.
His biggest hesitation now is about when he should get involved in this war. Deep down, he doesn't want to join in yet, at least not right now.
Firstly, there's the issue of strength. While Andrew is currently powerful, he's only at the level of the patriarchs of the Four Divine Beasts. Each of the patriarchs of the Four Divine Beasts, including their family's trump cards, possesses the strength of Asura, and they also have Sovereign Artifact and the Sovereign’s Might. The patriarchs of the Eight Great Clans are the same. Andrew estimates that in a one-on-one fight, he should be stronger than them, but if he were surrounded by several powerful enemies, Andrew wouldn't be able to cope.
This is the most important point: the Eight Great Clans are too powerful, and Andrew is very cautious before he has the ability to protect himself.
Secondly, the war originated with the Four Divine Beasts Clan Four Divine Beasts Clan, and to be fair, they brought it upon themselves. When the Four Divine Four Divine Beasts were still alive, their Four Divine Beasts Clan ran rampant across various planes, never showing any restraint and making too many enemies. Under the pressure of the Four Divine Beasts, these people dared not retaliate against the Four Divine Beasts Clan. But after the Four Divine Beasts perished, they had no more scruples and began to attack the Four Divine Beasts Clan frantically, especially the Eight Great Clans.
Andrew thought to himself that, having received the Azure Dragon's legacy, he should help the Four Divine Beasts Clan resolve their life-or-death crisis. However, he also needed to teach them a lesson. Otherwise, would he be willing to intervene if such a problem arose again?
Considering all this, despite Bernistan's repeated requests for Andrew's help, Andrew never made a move.
"Wait another hundred to two hundred years... By then, I should take Herbert and the others to the Four Divine Beasts Clan for baptism."
After briefly explaining the situation at Bloodflame Prefecture, Andrew went into seclusion to cultivate. This trip from the Zijing Continent to the Blood Peak Continent had been incredibly fruitful for Andrew. What made him happiest was that the Water Profound Mystery " Profound Mystery of Roundness " had found its point of convergence with the Fire Element Mysteries "Explosion" and the Lightning Element Mysteries " Shattering ".
Even Andrew himself hadn't expected this.
The point of convergence between Mysteries is the key to Mysteries fusion, and breaking through it is extremely difficult. Let alone Mysteries of different Laws, even among mysteries of the same Laws, finding the point of Mysteries is not easy.
Andrew originally planned that finding the three Mysteries points of convergence within ten thousand years would be quite an achievement, but the way things unfolded gave him a huge surprise.
"Based on my current calculations, I should be able to fuse 90% of the three Mysteries in another 100 to 200 years. Achieving perfect fusion will still be difficult. However, once I've fused 90%, I'll fear no one below the Paragon. I'm even confident I can defeat Leisjing and Mosi!"
Andrew assessed his current strength. If he used all his abilities, he was confident he could rank in the top ten among the Asura of the Infernal Realm. Besides Dunnington, Aiken, and Beirut, there might be a few other reclusive Paragon experts or those comparable to Paragon in the Infernal Realm, but they were definitely not many. Apart from them, the only ones who could threaten Andrew were people like Mosi.
Both Mosi and Leisjing are top-tier powerhouses. The former possesses Three-element Soul Mutation and is Blood-Veined Titan, a natural cultivator of the Laws of Destruction. The latter is Amethyst Divine Beast, exceptionally gifted. Both have fused five Mysteries, only a hair's breadth away from the Paragon. Furthermore, they both possess Sovereign Artifact. In terms of talent, they are slightly inferior to Andrew, but they have an overwhelming advantage in Mysteries and combat experience.
At least for now, Andrew is no match for them.
Thinking of this, Andrew was filled with pride. He had only been in the Infernal Realm for a few hundred years, yet he could already see the figures of these powerful beings who had lived for countless years. Given another few hundred years, he would be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with them! Who but Andrew could accomplish such a feat?
On the Yulan Continent, Beirut lay comfortably in a chair, his eyes slightly closed, a smile on his face. Just now, his Darkness Divine Clone had delivered a message that Andrew was challenging the Lord of the Bloodflame Prefecture.
"This little guy Andrew has really surprised me. He's cultivated for hundreds of years and become Asura. I've traveled through countless planes and never seen such talent before." Beirut was overjoyed. As the king of the Yulan Continent, he was very happy that a strong person had emerged from the Yulan Continent.
"He specifically chose Bloodflame Prefecture, it seems he also wants to help the Four Divine Beasts Clan. That's fine, I obtained the Sovereign Spark of the Four Divine Beasts, and I'll return it to them as a genius disciple, thus settling this grudge." Thinking of this, Beirut took out the remaining Four Divine Beasts Essence Blood from his spatial ring.
Looking at this essence of blood, he couldn't help but ponder.
" The Four Divine Beasts Clan became one of the top clans in countless planes, partly due to Four Divine Beasts Four Divine Beasts themselves, but also because of their descendants. Could it be that the bloodline of the Four Divine Beasts is truly so powerful that it grants their descendants extraordinary talents?"
Beirut felt that, in terms of talent, the God-Eater Rat was second to none. However, his descendants were completely incomparable to the descendants of the Four Divine Beasts. This made him very unwilling. He once tried to research a method similar to the baptism of the Four Divine Beasts Clan to improve the bloodline of his God-Eater Rat descendants, but unfortunately he failed.
"A single drop of Azure Dragon Essence Blood created Andrew... If I find another human who can fuse with the Four Divine Beasts Essence Blood, will it create another Andrew?" Beirut's small eyes shone like stars. In fact, he had experimented before, trying to fuse the Four Divine Beasts Essence Blood into an ordinary person's body, but he stopped after several failures.
When Beirut heard the news that Andrew had successfully challenged the lord, this idea became even stronger.
"Perhaps I can discover the secret of the Four Divine Beasts Essence Blood from this..." Without a sound, Beirut vanished into thin air.
Infernal Realm, the Indigo Prefecture, the Skyrite Mountains.
The Battle Projection of Andrew Digelunsi was transmitted from Fiend Castle, and the Four Divine Beasts Clan also witnessed the battle. At this moment, the four clan leaders and several clan aces were discussing something together.
"Brother, do you think this Bloodflame Prefecture Master is a member of our family?" The White Tiger Clan Chief frowned as he watched the battle in the Floating Shadow and couldn't help but ask.
At this moment, Gaiseresen was also struggling with his dilemma. As the patriarch of the Azure Dragon Clan and the only son of the Azure Dragon Sovereign, he had never encountered such a situation before.
Gaiseresen stared intently at the Floating Shadow for a long time.
"Brother, is it true or not?" the White Tiger Clan Chief urged. The Black Tortoise Clan Chief and the Vermilion Bird Clan Chief also looked at Gaiseresen, their eyes full of anticipation.
Gaiseresen let out a long sigh, "Well, I'm not sure either. Judging from the Floating Shadow, his transformation is quite different from ours, unless we see him in person... However, given his strength, that seems unlikely."
The group exchanged glances and immediately understood. Among the Four Divine Beasts Clan, besides a few direct descendants of the Divine Beast, only one third-generation disciple, Blu, possessed the strength to Commander. Although the Four Divine Beasts Clan had many members, none of the disciples within the fifth generation had been lost. If the other party truly possessed the Azure Dragon Bloodline, wouldn't that mean he was a disciple beyond the sixth generation?
It is virtually impossible for a disciple beyond the sixth generation to possess the strength to Commander.