Coiling Dragon: An Unconventional Transcendence. Chapter 316 316 – Bearing Children

"Hah, Lilia, I'm not extravagant enough to bestow sothing like this upon Sovereign Emissaries yet."

Hearing the Chief Sovereign of Death's warning, Locke shook his head and said, "Only after successfully forging this Sovereign artifact did I discover the limitations involved in creating this type of Laws Sovereign artifact."

"For a single Paragon-level Law, at most only one Sovereign artifact of this level can be forged."

"If I forge another one, then at best it would only be a Laws Sovereign artifact fused with five Profound Mysteries. It would be impossible to forge another Paragon-level Laws Sovereign artifact capable of drawing down willpower."

This ti, Locke truly wasn't deceiving the Chief Sovereign of Death.

Every expert capable of reaching the Paragon level had a great deal of randomness involved in their success.

Take the current three Paragon Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts, for example. If they were forced to cultivate again from the beginning, they themselves would not dare guarantee they could once more train their Edicts to the Paragon level.

The process of forging a Laws Sovereign artifact was also the process of cultivating that Law once more.

If it wasn't a newly appearing Laws Profound Mystery, then just like how Saint-level experts refining divine sparks would not receive the acknowledgnt of the Laws of the universe, the Laws of the universe likewise would not respond.

It was only because Locke's soul power was so powerful, and his comprehension of the Laws Profound Mysteries so profound, that he was able to comprehend the Water Laws to the Paragon level a second ti.

But this was also the limit of Locke's ability regarding a single Law.

He could sense that with his current capabilities, he might still be able to forge one Fate Edicts Paragon Laws Sovereign artifact, as well as one Sovereign artifact containing the fusion of three Water Laws Profound Mysteries and the Fate Edicts, a Laws Sovereign artifact exceeding the level of a Paragon Law.

After forging these three Laws Sovereign artifacts comparable to or surpassing Paragon Laws, any future Laws Sovereign artifacts forged by Locke would at most only reach the level of five fused Laws Profound Mysteries.

"So that's how it is. There's actually such a restriction."

After hearing Locke's explanation, the Chief Sovereign of Death was surprised, yet also felt that such a limitation was only natural.

After all, if Paragons could casually forge these kinds of Laws Sovereign artifacts, then the other three Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts would probably be willing to pay any price to obtain the forging thod for these Sovereign artifacts from Locke.

A restriction like this was actually quite good.

If you truly had the confidence to cultivate yourself back to the Paragon level a second ti, then go ahead and forge one.

No one envied Paragons. People only admired and revered them.

After experiencing the might of the Azure Dragon Spear Laws Sovereign artifact, another thought once more arose in the Chief Sovereign of Death's mind.

This thought had already once appeared within her heart when Locke beca the spatial divine beast "Dijiang."

She wanted to bear a child together with Locke.

It was just that before this, the Chief Sovereign of Death had so concerns.

Perhaps this was a concern all parents had, no matter how powerful they were.

This world was not peaceful.

Battles and slaughter between Deities, and even between Sovereigns, were incredibly common.

Indeed, she and Locke were the strongest Chief Sovereigns, unmatched among Sovereigns.

But who could guarantee that their child would possess strength equal to theirs?

Because the Netherfruit existed as a safeguard, the Chief Sovereign of Death believed that the child between herself and Locke would at minimum be a Prefect-level expert.

And with Sovereign artifacts bestowed by two Sovereign parents, their child would definitely rank second only to Paragons among Deities.

Even so, the Chief Sovereign of Death still felt that her child would not be safe enough.

If the future Sovereign of Redbud learned of the Chief Sovereign of Death's current ntality, she would probably feel she had found the person who understood her most.

In Locke's mories, among all Sovereigns' children, it seed only the Sovereign of Redbud had such an excessive protective ntality toward her child, Reisgem.

One had to understand that Reisgem was a Redbud divine beast, a Destruction-elent Prefect-level expert. In addition, he possessed Sovereign artifacts bestowed by the Sovereign of Redbud and the innate divine ability of the Redbud divine beast.

Apart from Paragons, Reisgem's strength could rank within the top twenty throughout the Seven Divine Planes and Four Higher Planes.

Yet despite this, the Sovereign of Redbud still believed Reisgem was far too unsafe, constantly fearing he would be killed by other experts if he went outside. Thus, she had always forbidden Reisgem from leaving the Redbud Mountains.

Even when Reisgem traveled outside, there would definitely be a Sovereign Emissary skilled in defense following beside him for protection.

There was no helping it. In the eyes of powerful Sovereigns, any Deity who had not reached the Paragon level—even Prefect-level experts—were rely ants that could be killed with a single thought. They were simply too fragile.

It was precisely because of this that although the Chief Sovereign of Death had always wanted to bear a child, she had never actually acted upon that thought.

But now, with this kind of Laws Sovereign artifact forged by Locke, the Chief Sovereign of Death no longer worried too much about their future child.

As long as the child between herself and Locke possessed either Water affinity or Fate Edicts affinity, then after obtaining such a Sovereign artifact, they would possess power comparable to a Paragon.

As long as this kind of Sovereign artifact was not exposed, who would know that their child's Paragon-level strength ca from a Laws Sovereign artifact?

And if their luck was even better in the future, and they obtained a compatible Sovereign spark, then the child between herself and Locke would at minimum possess the power of an Interdiate Sovereign. That definitely wouldn't be considered weak.

Thinking of this, the Chief Sovereign of Death raised her head and said to Locke, "Locke, let's have a child."

Hearing these words from the Chief Sovereign of Death, even Locke felt sowhat surprised.

He had never expected that soone as domineering as the Chief Sovereign of Death would one day desire to bear children.

However, Locke did not reject such an idea.

After all, to walk the Great Dao alone was to endure the loneliness of the entire world. Only with the companionship of family could one walk farther and longer.

Whether it was Linley or Qin Yu, both of these transcendents had families of their own.

Thus, within the Coiling Dragon Universe, Locke did not reject emotional entanglents.

It was simply that before eting the Chief Sovereign of Death, Locke had never encountered soone whose soul was compatible with his own, and so he had never considered such matters.

Now that the Chief Sovereign of Death had such thoughts, Locke naturally supported them.

"Lilia, although I also greatly wish for the two of us to have a child, you also know that the rarer and more powerful a divine beast or special lifeform is, the harder it is for them to bear offspring."

"You are the Netherworld's first plant-type special lifeform, while I am the spatial divine beast Dijiang that originally did not exist within this universe."

"So, you should prepare yourself for the possibility that we may not have children for a very long ti."

"But don't feel discouraged or disappointed."

"As long as the probability of sothing happening isn't zero, then if the tiline is extended long enough, it will eventually happen with absolute certainty."

"So, in the future, we will definitely have children. Of this, I am absolutely certain."

"Mm."

The Chief Sovereign of Death nodded.

It was indeed as Locke said. The more special and more powerful a lifeform was, the harder it was for them to bear offspring.

But as long as there was a probability, then she and Locke would definitely succeed in bearing children.

…

After the success of the Water Azure Dragon Spear, Locke next began forging the Fate Laws Sovereign artifact, the Spear of Fate.

Like the Azure Dragon Spear, the Spear of Fate also drew down Paragon-level willpower.

As for the dual-elent fused Laws Sovereign artifact containing both the Water Laws and Fate Edicts, Locke did not begin forging it yet.

He still wanted to see whether he could advance another two steps in his fusion of Water and Fate.

At present, he had already completed the fusion of four Water Laws Profound Mysteries with the Fate Edicts. If he could eventually fully fuse the Water Laws with the Fate Edicts, then the Water-Fate fused Laws Sovereign artifact he forged would probably beco even stronger than a Chief Sovereign spark.

After all, the willpower generated by fully fused Water-Fate Laws alone would at minimum equal three strands of Paragon-level willpower, only one strand short of the four strands of Paragon-level willpower contained within a Lesser Sovereign spark.

And this dual-elent fused Law, comparable to eighteen fully fused single-elent Laws, would still retain the equivalent of twelve fused Laws after subtracting six to compensate for the gap with a Lesser Sovereign. That would be enough to allow the lifeform refining this Sovereign artifact to reach Locke's current level.

Previously, Locke's cultivation regarding Water-Fate fused Laws had already entered a "let things happen naturally" state.

After all, no matter how powerful he beca now, he could only dominate within the Coiling Dragon Universe. To transcend the Coiling Dragon Universe required spatial Laws, temporal Laws, and even the spaceti Laws above them.

Thus, after breaking through in the fusion between four Water Laws Profound Mysteries and the Fate Edicts, what Locke had wanted was rely to forge Laws Sovereign artifacts capable of matching Overgod artifacts, so as to deal with the other Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts who might obtain Overgod artifacts in the future.

But now that the Chief Sovereign of Death had expressed her desire to bear children, Locke felt he should leave sothing behind for his future children.

Things like Sovereign sparks depended heavily on luck.

With both Locke and the Chief Sovereign of Death valuing and abiding by the rules, it was basically impossible for them to obtain more Sovereign sparks.

No…

Inside the cultivation chamber, Locke's eyes glead sharply.

For the majority of lifeforms within the Coiling Dragon Universe, their destinies were already determined from birth.

As long as they were not influenced by people with uncertain destinies, they would develop according to the trajectory of fate.

More than a thousand calendrical cycles into the future, the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns would be killed by the Chief Sovereign of Light Augusta. Then, because their battle would take place within the spatial turbulence outside the Yulan Plane, the Godeater Rat Beirut would rely on his body, which had reached a level comparable to divine sparks, to extend his tail into the spatial turbulence and drag the corpses of the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns into the Yulan Plane.

Locke rembered that among those four Lesser Sovereign sparks, aside from the Wind Sovereign spark refined by Beirut, there were also the two Sovereign sparks belonging to the true protagonist of the Coiling Dragon Universe, Linley.

Locke stroked his chin.

At that ti, could he perhaps exchange for one of those Sovereign sparks from Beirut by allowing Beirut's Sovereign true body to move freely within the Netherworld?

After all, wasn't Beirut's greatest wish in giving the Fire Sovereign spark to Bluefire Leylin and the Water and Earth Sovereign sparks to Linley simply to allow his Sovereign true body to leave the Yulan Plane without being hunted down by the Chief Sovereign of Light Augusta?

(End of Chapter)

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