Thirty million years passed quickly.
On this day, Shelley knocked on the door of Roy's cultivation chamber.
Roy, inside the chamber, didn't open the door immediately.
Of course, Shelley didn't continue knocking but quietly waited by the door.
Roy hadn't been in seclusion for these thirty million years; instead, he had been studying the vital essence of the four Sovereign Ancestors.
When she knocked earlier, Roy must have known. Since he hadn't come out now, he must have his reasons. She just needed to wait here.
Inside the cultivation chamber, Roy's figure flickered non-stop.
This wasn't a afterimage created by speed, nor was it the dispersion and reaggregation of Elementalization for movement. It was true "instantaneous movement" achieved by mastering spatial power to a certain extent.
After the blood-red mist on Roy's body completely dissipated, his perception and use of spatial power were as if obscured by thick frosted glass. Only then did he stop his movement.
"As expected, with a stronger Soul Power, the comprehension of Space Law also improves."
"With this, I'll see what other tricks Off has up his sleeve!"
Waving his sleeve, Roy tidied his appearance before opening the cultivation chamber door.
"Lord Roy."
"En, you've worked hard, Shelley."
...
Without making Roy wait long, the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods and the Purple Jasmine High God contacted Roy through their Spiritual Sense and immediately came to Star Island. Together with Roy, they tore open a spatial rift and traveled from the spatial turbulence on the Infernal Realm side towards the Plane War.
The other Sovereigns also tore open the spatial barriers of their respective planes and flew towards the spatial turbulence at the Plane War.
These Sovereigns rarely focused on the Plane War below. Instead, they would glance at Roy, then at Destiny Sovereign Off.
After all, everyone had heard the agreement between Star Sovereign and Destiny Sovereign after the last Plane War.
After the Plane War concluded, these two were going to have a battle between rule Sovereigns.
In this Plane War, aside from the battle between the Death Sovereign's faction and the Destruction Master's faction, which was somewhat interesting, the other Sovereigns seemed to have started slacking off.
Basically, Sovereigns from one God Plane would gather together, pooling their forces to form a Sovereign's Army, and then send them into the Plane War to their deaths.
Yes, that's right, to their deaths!
Gods have no limit to their lifespan.
As long as they are not killed, they can live for an infinite amount of time.
However, the Seven God Planes and the Four Supreme Planes have limits.
Even with the intentional indulgence of the Sovereigns, through bandits, robbers, and various dangerous missions in Demon Castles, wave after wave of Gods were filtered out, but the number of newly born Gods still increased every year.
Therefore, the Sovereigns would decide how many soldiers from their Sovereign's Armies to dispatch into the Plane War based on the number of God-level experts added every trillion years.
The Destruction Master's faction was currently on an eight-win streak.
Even against the Death Sovereign's faction, Destruction Sovereign Utred did not give up.
He brought along the Sovereign's Armies of the Sovereigns under his command.
Along with their respective Sovereign's Emissaries...
Well, having learned from the previous lesson from Destiny Sovereign's faction, every Sovereign on the Destruction Master's side had left behind one of their own Emissaries.
After all, not everyone was as "ruthless" as Augusta, the Light Sovereign, who had single-handedly created one hundred and eighty-two children with Lord God Artifacts, roughly equivalent to over a hundred Sovereign's Emissaries.
The battle between the Destruction Master's faction and the Death Sovereign's faction was the fifth match.
Like the other Sovereigns, Roy spent tens of thousands of years in boredom.
Well, it wasn't exactly true boredom.
The soldiers from the Fire Element God Plane and the soldiers from the Lightning Element God Plane seemed to have exchanged words before the battle, and then these two factions' soldiers put on a "grand show" for the Sovereigns.
The soldiers of these Sovereign's Armies, except for a few who were more active, were mostly slacking off. Even in the final days of the Plane War, they only made a show of it above the Galaxy.
Clearly, some of them were veterans who had participated in several Plane Wars and knew the cruelty of the Plane War. Therefore, both sides conspired to put on a show, striving for everyone to survive this Plane War!
This directly opened the eyes of the Sovereigns.
If the soldiers in every Plane War acted like this, then within a quadrillion years, the phrases from the textbook Roy learned in his first life, "shouldering each other, sleeves brushing to form clouds, sweat raining down," would become a reality in the God Planes and Supreme Planes.
Even more terrifying was that not only the land, but even the space in the sky would be crowded with Gods flying in the air.
"This..."
The Sovereigns looked at each other, unsure of how to handle such a situation.
They all knew that if these two armies were allowed to successfully muddle through, then in the future, other soldiers participating in the Plane War would definitely follow suit.
At this moment, Roy suddenly remembered the commander guarding the Plane War teleportation gate during Linley's first Plane War, over a thousand cycles later, and the rules of the Plane War that the commander had explained to him.
So, one of these rules was born under such circumstances!
And judging by the current situation, it seemed to have been proposed by myself.
Death Sovereign Lilia's expression turned cold. If it weren't for the loss of dignity in attacking Gods, she would have slapped these soldiers on the Plane War below to death with one palm!
The Sovereigns of the Fire and Lightning Element Planes, however, also looked quite displeased at the moment.
These were soldiers they had pooled together, and the soldiers' disgrace also meant they themselves had lost face.
At this point, Death Sovereign Lilia suddenly noticed Star Sovereign Roy's unusual expression and directly asked, "Star Sovereign, do you have any ideas regarding the current situation?"
Prompted by Death Sovereign, the other Sovereigns also turned their gazes towards Roy.
"I do have a thought or two."
"Then, tell us."
"Alright."
Roy waved his hand, and immediately, a pale yellow light screen appeared before the assembled Sovereigns.
The image displayed the soldiers fighting in the Plane War.
Roy's action startled the Sovereigns.
"This technique... it's so similar to the Water Element's Projection Art?"
"But, Projection Art can only record images, right?"
"Roy's projection is synchronized with the soldiers below. Is this really something Projection Art can do?"
Ignoring the Sovereigns' surprise, Roy explained that this ability was indeed developed based on the principles of the Water Element's Projection Art.
However, while the Water Element used "Misty Illusions" for projection, Roy had achieved it through his monstrous control over the Earth Element.
In Xianxia worlds, this spell also had a more resounding name – the Mystic Light Mirror!
"Well, most competent Immortals know a thing or two about it."
"Everyone, look. Perhaps because they were acting, these people didn't pay much attention to their badges."
Indeed, in the heat of battle, everyone would rely on the different glows emitted by the badges to distinguish friend from foe.
But now, everyone was acting, and they were all clear-headed. The glows from the black and white badges didn't serve much purpose.
As a result, nearly a tenth of the people accidentally dropped their badges while messing around. They didn't bother picking them up; instead, they laughed and tore off the badges of their friends and enemies, even stomping on them on the ground.
As more and more people joined in the badge-tearing, the battlefield grew dimmer and dimmer. In the end, less than one percent of the gods still held onto their badges.
"We can now add a new rule to the Plane War—"
"After the Plane War concludes, anyone without their faction's badge will be considered to have fallen on the battlefield and will be executed by the Sovereign, unless they possess at least three enemy soldier badges."
"What do you think? After all, in the previous Plane Wars, those who survived all had badges. If other gods have any objections, we can simply say this is a hidden rule of the Plane War."
"Also, starting from the next Plane War, ten percent of the soldier badges we distribute will be of inferior quality, the kind that will break within a thousand years. This will prevent the gods below from exploiting loopholes."
"How ruthless!"
Upon hearing Roy's proposed new rules and actions, the Sovereigns couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.
If Star Sovereign hadn't explained, they might have genuinely believed these were hidden rules of the Plane War.
Even more ruthless was Star Sovereign's plan to mix in defective soldier badges.
This way, even if the commanders of both sides agreed beforehand, the soldiers whose badges broke would be forced to fight desperately for enemy badges to save their lives.
"Alright, this time it's the soldiers of the Fire Element and Lightning Element Sovereigns. Let them handle it."
"Mm."
And so, as these soldiers rejoiced in their survival of the most brutal Plane War, two colossal projected faces of Sovereigns descended upon the battlefield.
With emotionless tones, the giant faces of the Sovereign projections announced the "hidden rule" that Star Sovereign had just added. Then, under the despairing gazes of these soldiers, immense willpower emanated from the giant Sovereign faces.
In an instant, all soldiers without soldier badges had their souls shattered, their lives extinguished.
Even one of the commanders perished.
"Hahaha, hahahaha..."
"I knew it, I knew it. How could the Sovereigns leave such a huge loophole for us to exploit..."
"Wuwuwu..."
Those who survived, while grateful they hadn't lost their badges, cried out loudly, releasing their emotions.
If they had truly fought, perhaps more people could have survived.
Now, if there were five thousand survivors, that would be considered a lot.
...
The fifth Plane War was won by the Death faction.
However, this war also came at a heavy cost for the Death faction.
Four out of Death Sovereign's five Sovereign Emissaries, each bearing two Lord God Artifacts, were killed.
The Destruction Sovereign faction was completely annihilated.
And for this battle between the two factions, perhaps besides the Sovereigns of the Death faction, the happiest person was Roy.
After witnessing how the Destruction Sovereign's soldiers killed Death Sovereign's four emissaries, Roy knew that his future path was now clear.
Magic circle!
How could Roy forget that in the Magic Universe, magic circles arranged according to certain principles can achieve certain magical effects.
And aren't these magical effects precisely because the magic circles connect to the Magic Universe?
After understanding this, many ideas suddenly appeared in Roy's mind. Even the descent of heavenly rules, which increased the willpower of the four existing Death Sovereigns, couldn't disturb Roy.
At this moment, Roy wished he could go back and enter seclusion immediately.
But…
"Very good, Star Sovereign. You are very good."
Seeing the Death Sovereigns bathed in the laws of heaven and earth, how could the Sovereigns present not know the secret to the winning streak in the Plane War?
After achieving ten consecutive victories in the Plane War, one would receive a portion of willpower bestowed by heaven and earth, increasing their strength tenfold!
Off stared intently at Roy.
Was this the condition of the contract between the Star Sovereign and him?
Without the Star Sovereign needing to tell him, he already knew the answer.
If it weren't for the Butterfly Dance Chain, Off might have truly been angered to the point of spitting blood.
"Star Sovereign, now that the Plane War has ended, it's time to start our battle, isn't it?"
His thoughts interrupted by the Destiny Sovereign Off, Roy felt extremely annoyed and nodded.
"Alright, the sooner I finish fighting you, the sooner I can go back."
"Fourth Brother, Purple Jasmine, Theresia, you all retreat further back."
"Mm, Fifth Brother, be careful."
The Four Divine Beast Lord Gods nodded and cautioned Roy.
Although they knew Roy possessed the combat power of a Rule Sovereign, that was the Destiny Sovereign, who was rumored to be the strongest among Rule Sovereigns. How could they not worry?
Well, of course, that "number one" might have already been replaced by the Death Sovereign!
"Don't worry, dear brothers. When have you ever seen me do something I wasn't sure about?"
After the other Sovereigns had retreated, Roy flew in front of the Destiny Sovereign Off.
"Let's begin, Lord Off!"
"Boom!"
There was no probing. Roy and Off immediately unleashed their willpower and attacked each other.
A faint yellow light appeared on Roy's skin, while golden light emanated from Off's body.
"Boom!"
Their fists collided in the spatial turbulence, and the immense power unleashed shattered the surrounding spatial turbulence.
A powerful shockwave, a blend of gold and yellow, erupted from the point where Roy and Off met, like a Big Bang, obliterating everything around them.
"This…"
Death Sovereign Lilia and Destruction Sovereign Utred's expressions drastically changed upon seeing this.
In their understanding, Roy merely possessed some move that could harm a Rule Sovereign, which was why they considered Roy to have reached the level of a Rule Sovereign.
But now, it seemed that Roy's willpower had also reached the level of a Rule Sovereign?
What was going on?
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