Watching Locke turn away, this ti Dunnington did not call out to stop him again.
After this exchange with Teacher Locke, all of Dunnington's previous doubts had finally been completely resolved.
And regarding his revenge, Teacher Locke had also clearly expressed his stance.
Sovereigns would not interfere in matters between Deities. That was Teacher Locke's answer.
However, Figaroa was a captain within the Sovereign Army. Killing Figaroa would be equivalent to provoking a Sovereign.
If the Sovereign did not act against him, then in the future, would anyone still be willing to join the Sovereign Army and serve the Sovereigns?
To kill a mber of the Sovereign Army and still remain unhard, the only way was exactly as Teacher Locke had said—to find a Sovereign to act as one's backing.
Furthermore, the identity, status, and strength of that Sovereign could not be inferior to the Sovereign standing behind the Sovereign Army one intended to provoke.
Only then could it be viewed as rely a personal conflict between soldiers under two Sovereigns, rather than an escalation into provocation against a Sovereign.
And Teacher Locke had already given him three Chief Sovereigns to choose from.
Only by obtaining the protection of one of those three Chief Sovereigns could he safely leave after killing Figaroa.
"The Chief Sovereign of Destruction, the Chief Sovereign of Life, and the Chief Sovereign of Fate…"
Dunnington raised his head and looked toward the far-right region of Lotus Rock Island.
That was where Locke's Sovereign Army was stationed within the Nethersea.
And the one stationed there was the Commander of Locke's Sovereign Army—Oakes.
One of the squads under Figaroa's command was stationed directly on Lotus Rock Island.
"Just wait, Figaroa…"
"The next ti I return here will be the day you all pay the price for everything you did in my ho plane!"
After saying these words, Dunnington turned around and transford into a gray streak of light, flying toward the direction of the Netherworld's interplanar teleportation array.
"What incredible speed!"
On Lotus Rock Island, Oakes, who had been cultivating, suddenly awakened from his training after sensing Dunnington's departing aura.
As a wind-style Asura most skilled in speed, Oakes had always considered his own speed to already be extrely fast.
Yet before this suddenly erupting expert, his speed was simply not enough to compare.
"Who exactly was that person? To actually remain hidden on Lotus Rock Island for so long?"
"And why expose himself and choose to leave at this mont?"
Oakes let out a sigh before closing his eyes and resuming his cultivation.
Back when he had still been the Prefect of Shadowmoon Prefecture, Oakes had possessed considerable confidence in his own strength.
After obtaining the material-defense Sovereign artifact bestowed upon him by Lord Locke, Oakes had even felt that he could practically be considered invincible beneath the Paragon level.
However, the battle that had lasted tens of millions of years against Algerniss of the Nine Nether Pirates a million years ago had allowed Oakes to understand his own limits.
Indeed, when neither side used Sovereign power, he could rely upon fused divine power to occupy a dominant position among Asuras and Prefects, suppressing Algerniss, who possessed both an attack Sovereign artifact and Bloodshadow Fla.
But once both sides used Sovereign power, the situation imdiately reversed.
It was only because he possessed wind-elent Sovereign power compatible with himself—bestowed by Lord Locke—while Algernis only possessed incompatible Death Sovereign power, that their battle had ultimately entered a stalemate.
Later, it was only by joining forces with Reisgem that they had finally driven Algernis into desperation.
Over these years, Oakes had deeply co to understand the phrase Lord Locke once told him—
"The Laws are everything!"
Yes, the Laws were everything!
So, what if he was a soul mutate?
Before using Sovereign power, he could rely upon fused divine power to secure a place among the Asuras and Prefects.
But after Sovereign power entered the equation, he was imdiately reduced back to his original state.
If it were not for the material-defense Sovereign artifact on his body, Oakes even felt that Reisgem—who used Sovereign power compatible with himself—might not be any weaker than him solely by relying on his terrifying physical strength.
Now, if he wished to continue increasing his strength, then either he needed to create an even stronger ultimate technique, discover the point of compatibility between the ninth Profound Mystery of the Laws of Wind and the other eight Profound Mysteries, or attempt to fuse the Laws of Wind and the Laws of Water.
However, once one's strength had reached Oakes' level, no matter which direction one wished to improve in, it would never be an easy matter.
…
"Lilia, I'm back!"
After returning to Mount Netherworld, Locke directly entered the Chief Sovereign Palace of the Chief Sovereign of Death.
The Chief Sovereign of Death, seated upon her throne, opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was the Blackstone Robe in Locke's hand, imdiately causing her brow to rise slightly.
"You got that thing back already?"
"Could it be that fellow truly beca a Death Paragon?"
This was not the first ti the Chief Sovereign of Death had seen this Blackstone Robe.
Over five hundred thousand years ago, Locke had already obtained the third token of the Death Overgod.
However, what surprised the Chief Sovereign of Death was that, after gathering all three Death Overgod tokens, Locke had not imdiately intended to summon the Death Overgod. Instead, he had dragged her into the Necropolis Realm and handed that Overgod token to an undead who had only recently entered the Necropolis Realm from a material plane.
At the ti, Locke had said that once that undead beca a Paragon, he would retrieve the Overgod token.
"Mm. Just now, he triggered the descent of the Laws and beca a Death Paragon."
"I'm really envious…"
The Chief Sovereign of Death let out a sigh.
"Then shall we summon the Death Overgod now?"
"No. There's no rush for that yet."
Locke shook his head and said to the Chief Sovereign of Death, "If we summon the Death Overgod, it would be best to first convene a Sovereign Assembly and spread the news of the Overgod mission, summoning her before everyone so the Sovereigns will have sothing to look forward to regarding increases in strength."
"As for now…"
"Lilia, do you trust ?"
Locke walked before the Chief Sovereign of Death, his eyes seriously fixed upon hers.
"Isn't that obvious?"
The Chief Sovereign of Death smiled. "In this world, if I can't even trust you, then things would be far too boring."
Although this answer was already within Locke's expectations, personally hearing those words spoken from the Chief Sovereign of Death's mouth still ward his heart.
"Then this ti, let grant you the opportunity to choose again!"
As he spoke, Locke waved his hand.
Imdiately, one magic formation after another appeared throughout the Chief Sovereign Palace. Dense white mist completely enveloped the entire palace.
Afterward, Locke pressed his forehead against the forehead of the Chief Sovereign of Death, his soul force instantly invading her soul.
As expected, when the Chief Sovereign of Death said she trusted Locke, she had not rely been speaking casually.
Upon sensing Locke's soul force, the Chief Sovereign of Death's soul offered not the slightest resistance, allowing Locke's soul force to invade freely.
With the cooperation of the Chief Sovereign of Death, Locke's soul quickly rged into her soul. Then Locke used his powerful soul force to pull the consciousness of the Chief Sovereign of Death into the illusion he had created.
"Mirror Flowers, Water Moon!"
"Reversal of Ti!"
In an instant, the Chief Sovereign of Death felt as though she had passed through a tunnel of ti and space, returning to the mont of her birth.
She beca a Deity, obtained the Heart of the Netherworld, and beca the unquestioned ruler of the entire Netherworld.
She traveled through the other three Higher Planes for amusent, beating up Wodred, beating up Vivian…
After growing tired of playing within the other three Higher Planes, she returned to the Netherworld to cultivate.
She beca a Highgod and obtained the Death Chief Sovereign spark and a Lesser Sovereign spark of Life, refining them to beco the Chief Sovereign of Death and a Lesser Sovereign of Life.
Lilia's Life Sovereign divine clone, with the assistance of faith power, advanced rapidly in comprehension of the Edicts of Life.
Yet every ti Lilia attempted to use faith power to assist in comprehending the Death Edicts, she would feel a massive resistance preventing her.
Under such circumstances, Lilia repeatedly struggled against that resistance, attempting to use faith power to increase her comprehension of the Death Edicts.
But unfortunately, no matter what Lilia did, that imnse resistance firmly isolated the faith power outside the soul of her Death Chief Sovereign true body.
This forced Lilia to rely solely upon herself to cultivate the Death Edicts.
Fortunately, although that resistance prevented Lilia from using faith power to assist in comprehending the Death Edicts, the resistance itself also contained certain vague and indistinct fragnts of the Death Edicts.
By relying on those indistinct Death Edicts, the Chief Sovereign of Death's comprehension of the Death Edicts gradually deepened little by little.
Inside the Chief Sovereign Palace, cold sweat erged upon Locke's forehead as he pressed his forehead against that of the Chief Sovereign of Death.
He had never imagined that reconstructing cultivation mories for the Chief Sovereign of Death would consu so much of his strength.
That's right—what Locke was doing now was using the abilities of Mirror Flowers, Water Moon to block the Chief Sovereign of Death's comprehension of the Death Edicts, while using the perfected Death Edicts copied from Dunnington to re-correct the cultivation path of the Chief Sovereign of Death.
Throughout this process, Locke continuously used his own soul force to sever the connection between Lilia's soul and faith power.
Every ti Lilia attempted to use faith power to assist in comprehending the Death Edicts, she would be blocked by Locke's soul force.
Naturally, this consud a trendous amount of Locke's soul force.
At the sa ti, the portion of Locke's soul force that had invaded Lilia's soul also needed to constantly monitor the state of Lilia's comprehension of the Death Edicts.
Once Lilia comprehended a portion of the Death Edicts without relying on faith power, Locke would overwrite the corresponding portion of the Death Edicts that Lilia had previously comprehended through the use of faith power.
In this manner, once the Chief Sovereign of Death successfully comprehended ninety-nine percent of the Death Edicts, the influence of faith power upon her would be completely erased by Locke.
After all, to the Chief Sovereign of Death imrsed within Locke's Mirror Flowers, Water Moon illusion, the reason she had reached this level in her cultivation of the Death Edicts was entirely due to her own hard work!
Of course, because every individual possessed different insights into the Edicts, the perfected Death Edicts taken from Dunnington and used by Locke as a reference felt sowhat vague and indistinct to the Chief Sovereign of Death.
(End of Chapter)
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