"Among them, any expeditionary force that involved members of the Four Divine Beast Family basically failed, and the corpses of those Four Divine Beast Family members also mysteriously disappeared."
"I suspect that besides us, there are others stirring up conflict with the Four Divine Beast Family and seizing the corpses of their members."
"Oh?"
Destruction Sovereign Utred frowned slightly.
Besides himself, someone else was targeting the Four Divine Beast Family?
Who could it be?
The faces of the other three Rule Sovereigns flashed through Destruction Sovereign Utred's mind.
Life Sovereign Vivian could be ruled out first.
That woman didn't value strength much and disliked fighting.
Death Sovereign Lilia could also be ruled out.
She possessed an extra portion of Willpower compared to the rest of them, and according to Destruction Sovereign Utred's estimation, Death Sovereign Lilia should have also completed a Supreme God mission.
Finally, the image of a kind old man in white clothes and white robes appeared in Destruction Sovereign Utred's mind.
Life Sovereign Vivian and Death Sovereign Lilia didn't seem like people with obsessive pursuits of strength. Only Destiny Sovereign Off, who didn't have a Sovereign title, would have the same idea as him – to study the essence blood of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods to enhance his own strength.
"Heh, this guy, is he trying to roast me on a fire?"
Destruction Sovereign Utred snorted coldly and said to Blood Peak Lord God Pash, "Since someone is acting in the Infernal Realm, to avoid attracting the attention of the Four Divine Beast Family, you should have your envoys collect them from other planes."
"I think the Heavenly Realm would be good."
"Yes, Lord Utred."
After Blood Peak Lord God Pash exited Destruction Sovereign Utred's Lord God Palace, he let out a long sigh and wiped away the non-existent sweat on his forehead.
He was just a small Low-level Lord God, how did he become a mosquito leaping between several Rule Sovereigns?
If his secret collection of the Four Divine Beast Family members' corpses were discovered, even Lord Utred might not be able to save him, right?
But what could he do, he had already boarded this adult's ship.
He couldn't get off now.
However, what brought some peace of mind to Blood Peak Lord God Pash was that, besides him, there were other forces collecting the corpses of the Four Divine Beast Family members.
Judging from Destruction Sovereign Utred's reaction, the one behind them was also one of those adults.
Lord Utred telling him to go to the Heavenly Realm meant that the other black hand was the adult from the Heavenly Realm.
Shaking his head, Blood Peak Lord God Pash abandoned the idea of going to the Heavenly Realm.
He wouldn't choose any of the Four Supreme Planes.
The Water Element God Plane was out, as a Sovereign was stationed there from the Four Divine Beast Family.
He would randomly choose one of the other six God Planes.
However, he shouldn't send Mold this time.
He would find a new envoy, someone nobody knew...
...
Heavenly Realm.
In Destiny Sovereign Off's Lord God Palace, Off waved his hand and opened up a small plane within the Heavenly Realm's space.
"I say, let there be light in this world."
"I say, let there be land in this world."
"I say, let there be a magic array for refining bloodlines in this world."
As Destiny Sovereign Off spoke, on the land of this small plane, countless white Sovereign Powers transformed into white flames, drawing a massive magic array on the ground according to a certain pattern.
Space rings were thrown by Off into the plane, and then, a rain of corpses fell into the center of the magic array.
Unlike the obviously evil magic array set up by Destruction Sovereign, the magic array for refining bloodlines that Destiny Sovereign Off laid out exuded a sacred aura.
The sacred flames burned these corpses, and countless blood-colored light spots converged in the very center of the magic array, condensing into a drop of bright red blood.
This drop of blood also emitted a powerful pressure.
Reaching out and taking this drop of blood from the small plane, Destiny Sovereign Off shook his head in disappointment.
"Only about forty percent."
"Is it that these people were too weak, or that there weren't enough of them?"
After collecting this drop of essence blood, Destiny Sovereign Off casually shattered this plane and sent it into the spatial turbulence, watching as it was completely pulverized by the spatial turbulence and became a part of it before closing the spatial rift.
Like Destruction Sovereign Utred, Destiny Sovereign Off was also targeting the fused innate divine abilities of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods.
However, due to the existence of Star Sovereign Roy, even with his soul-defense Supreme Treasure, Augusta, the Light Sovereign, dared not make a move against the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods.
Fortunately, the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods used their essence blood periodically to create "Dragon Transformation Crystals," "Tiger Transformation Crystals," "Phoenix Transformation Crystals," and "Mystic Transformation Crystals" for their descendants with insufficient bloodlines to purify their blood, enhance their talent, and have a certain chance of awakening the exclusive innate divine abilities of the Four Divine Beasts.
Destiny Sovereign Off and Destruction Sovereign Utred were targeting members of the Four Divine Beast Family who had undergone the ancestral rite.
They arranged for people to secretly instigate conflicts with the Four Divine Beast Family. After the battles concluded, these individuals would then collect the bodies of the Four Divine Beast Family members. Once a sufficient number of bodies were gathered, they would use a magic array with a "bloodline purification" effect to extract the vital blood of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods from these corpses.
Unfortunately, over several cycles, the purity of the vital blood they extracted was far inferior to the vital blood of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods' divine beasts.
Destiny Sovereign Off fared better, as his mastery of magic arrays was considerable, and he possessed the Great Prophecy Art. With it, approximately forty thousand bodies of Four Divine Beast Family members could yield one drop of vital blood with 40% purity of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods' vital blood.
Destruction Sovereign Utred, however, was less successful.
Fifty thousand bodies were roughly needed to extract one drop of vital blood with 30% purity.
Over these past few cycles, they had refined drop after drop of inferior vital blood from the divine beasts of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods, using the bodies collected by their subordinates, to further their research.
Although the research proceeded at a slower pace, it had the advantage of being safe!
Indeed, neither the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods nor the Star Sovereign had discovered anything amiss over the years.
...
The Infernal Realm.
Roy and the other two began moving forward again.
However, this time, instead of flying directly towards the Star Mist Sea in a straight line, they progressed through cities managed by the Four Divine Beast Family, completing various bandit extermination missions.
As expected, this course of action allowed Roy and his companions to discover the traces of numerous Lord God soldiers.
Under Shelley's overwhelming strength, these bandits, who were former Lord God soldiers, were unable to escape and all met their demise at Shelley's hands.
What puzzled Shelley was that she discovered several corpses within a bandit leader's spatial ring.
Moreover, they were the corpses of members of the Four Divine Beast Family.
However, Shelley didn't dwell on it. Upon returning to the city, she handed over the bodies to the family members for them to arrange their final resting places.
Over the years, Tina had also undergone significant training, and her demon rank had advanced to two-star.
More commendably, Tina's understanding of the "Life Force" law and the "Earth Travel Technique" law was nearing complete fusion, making her "Mirror Flower Water Moon" illusionary techniques even more difficult to guard against.
Even Gods had fallen to Tina's blades, numbering no less than ten.
"Wow, I see it! Is that the Star Mist Sea?"
From atop the metal life, Tina pointed towards the sea ahead, shrouded in purple mist, and excitedly asked Shelley.
"Yes, that is Lord Roy's territory, the Star Mist Sea."
"Don't be fooled by the beauty of this purple mist; it's actually very dangerous inside."
"Even a six-star demon could perish if not careful."
"So, you need to listen to me later and don't run around. Otherwise, don't blame me if I speak ill of you to your teacher."
"I know, Shelley. Don't worry, I cherish my life very much."
In the more than a hundred years since becoming a demon, Tina had witnessed many powerful individuals and had shed her arrogance.
Although her talent was considerable, and her strength was among the top tier for her age group.
Roy, her teacher, had repeatedly instilled in her the belief that any genius who had not yet grown was still weak.
They could easily die if they encountered a powerful enemy.
Only geniuses who had grown to fruition could be considered "geniuses" or "experts."
At Tina's current strength, she could contend with Gods. However, any High-level God, even one who had refined a Godhead, could easily defeat her.
While Lord God Artifacts and Sovereign Power could boost Tina's strength by more than a hundredfold, Roy did not recommend her using these external aids frequently.
It was like in Roy's first life, there was a communication tool called a "mobile phone," which had a feature called "beautify." This feature could make a woman with a 30% attractiveness appear to have 70-80% in photos.
Most importantly, after prolonged use of the "beautify" function, the woman with 30% attractiveness would actually believe she possessed 70-80% attractiveness!
Roy didn't want Tina, with only 30% of her strength, to become addicted to the power boost from Sovereign Power, making her appear to have 70-80% strength, ultimately leading her to misjudge her own capabilities and make a fool of herself.
Within the Four Divine Beast Family, after the ancestral rite, their innate talents were not lacking. So why were there so few high-level and top-tier experts?
If they had put in just a little more effort, even if not Five-star Devils, achieving the strength of Three-star or Four-star Devils would have been possible.
It was precisely because many of them used Sovereign Power too often, mistaking the strength it provided for their own, and then began to mock those who cultivated diligently, that their potential was capped at that level.
"Buzz!"
Shelley's divine power surged, and she quickly erected a shield of azure divine power around the metal life.
For safety's sake, Shelley was currently using her Wind Element Divine Clone.
"Rumble!"
"Hiss hiss hiss..."
"Boom!"
As the metal life entered the Star Mist Sea, the mists seemed to discern the intruder and swarmed towards the vessel. Streaks of purple lightning shot through the mist, striking the metal life piloted by Shelley.
"Oh? Have we reached the Star Mist Sea?"
Inside the metal life's cabin, Roy was awakened by the thunderous sounds. He looked up through the metal life's window and saw the familiar purple mist.
About ten years ago, Roy sensed a connection through his own stars and the countless planes of the Magic Universe, realizing one plane was on the brink of collapse. Roy had not yet managed to merge this plane with others to form a "star core."
Once this plane collapsed, Roy would gain a "dead star."
To slow down the collapse, Roy used a magic array to transfer his power to this plane. Over ten years, he successfully extended the lifespan of this dying plane, delaying its destruction by a century.
However, this was merely a temporary solution, like drinking poison to quench thirst.
Currently, there were only two ways to completely resolve this issue.
The first was for Roy to successfully merge the star represented by this plane with other meteorites to form a "star core" within this century, thereby freeing himself from the plane's influence.
This way, even if the plane collapsed, it would have no impact on Roy.
The second was to personally visit the plane and investigate the reason for its impending collapse.
If he could eliminate the cause, the crisis would naturally be resolved.
Emerging from the room, Shelley was the first to spot Roy.
"Lord Roy."
"Master."
"Mm."
Roy, unlike Shelley, didn't waste time. With a wave of his hand, the Power of the Earth High God enveloped Shelley and Tina, and within moments, they arrived at Star Island.
"Wow…"
Anyone seeing Star Island for the first time couldn't help but marvel at the floating island amidst a sea of purple clouds.
After bringing Shelley and Tina onto the island, Roy gave Shelley a few instructions before tearing open a spatial rift and entering the spatial turbulence.
Guided by the stars within him, Roy spent about ten years before finally finding the plane on the verge of collapse.
"This plane?"
Standing before the plane, approximately fifty thousand kilometers in diameter within the spatial turbulence, Roy felt a sense of confusion.
His vast spiritual sense passed through the plane's barrier, and immediately, Roy felt his divine power significantly weakened.
However, even with the weakening, it was still able to permeate the entire plane.
At the same time, Roy understood why this plane was on the brink of collapse.
Population!
A massive population.
On this plane, the sky, the land, and the oceans were all occupied by living beings.
For a plane with a diameter of only fifty thousand kilometers, it housed over thirty billion living beings.
What a terrifying number!
Furthermore, the number of experts in the Saint Realm and God-level experts was not small.
In Roy's perception, there were over fifty thousand High-level God experts.
Sensing so many people, Roy was startled.
Every plane had its own carrying capacity.
When the population exceeded the plane's limit, the plane would begin to collapse.
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