"Oh? So the people who were looking for you in the Netherworld back then were under Off's command."
In the Netherworld, within the Sovereign's Palace on Netherworld Mountain, the Death Sovereign listened with great interest as Shelley recounted her story.
How could the Death Sovereign not have known about that large group of people causing a commotion in the Netherworld back then?
However, no matter who was looking for Shelley, it was all just entertainment for the Death Sovereign.
So, the Death Sovereign didn't mention it to Shelley, simply watching these people wander aimlessly through the Netherworld.
There were even a few times when those people found their way to Netherworld Mountain. If they had walked a little further up Netherworld Mountain, they would have met many people who had seen Shelley, and even Shelley herself.
But clearly, the people behind them knew whose territory this was and had instructed them not to intrude carelessly, resulting in them finding nothing in the Netherworld.
The scenes of those people nearly brushing past Shelley were enough to keep the Death Sovereign happy for tens of thousands of years.
"Heh heh, what did Roy say about it?"
"Lord Roy said that it was too dismissive of Lord Roy for Destiny Sovereign Off to unilaterally trade a certain rare item to stop Lady Lilia's winning streak."
"If he wanted to stop Lady Lilia, he wouldn't need the help of Destiny Sovereign Off."
"Moreover, he strongly dislikes Destiny Sovereign Off's actions this time."
"Lord Roy also said that in some time, he will send some Lord God Artifacts into the Netherworld, but whether those who obtain the Lord God Artifacts can be recruited under Lady Lilia and join the Plane War will depend on Lady Lilia."
"Heh, that's truly Roy's style of doing things."
"Shelley, tell him now that I'm waiting for his Lord God Artifacts!"
"I also want to see how he plans to deliver those Lord God Artifacts into the Netherworld, violating the Sovereign's agreement, right under the watchful eyes of us Four Rule Sovereigns!"
...
"Lord Roy, what exactly is the Sovereign's agreement?"
On Star Island, Shelley suddenly asked Roy.
Although she had been Roy's maid for over three trillion years, Shelley rarely inquired about matters between Sovereigns.
After all, her main responsibility was to take care of Lord Roy.
However, regarding the issues with Death Sovereign Lilia, she didn't want Lord Roy to take risks for a mere accessory of hers.
"Oh? Did the Death Sovereign say something to you?"
Roy smiled at Shelley, "It's alright, Shelley."
"There are only three agreements between Sovereigns."
"First, Sovereigns are not allowed to hunt down lower-level Sovereigns without reason."
"Second, Sovereigns are not allowed to interfere in the affairs of Gods. In other words, Sovereigns and Gods are two different strata. If a Sovereign wants to do something, they can instruct their subordinate Sovereign Legions or Emissaries to do it, but they cannot personally intervene."
"Third, to maintain the balance of power between Gods, Sovereigns can only bestow one Lord God Artifact upon their own children and Emissaries."
"Any Sovereign who violates these three agreements will be pursued by the Four Rule Sovereigns."
"This..."
Hearing Roy's explanation, Shelley became anxious.
According to the third agreement between Sovereigns, a Sovereign could only bestow one Lord God Artifact upon their children and Emissaries. If Roy openly sent his Lord God Artifacts into the Netherworld, he would be violating this agreement and would be pursued by the Four Rule Sovereigns.
"Don't worry, Shelley."
"When I said I would send a batch of Lord God Artifacts into the Netherworld, I didn't say they would be my Lord God Artifacts!"
Patting Shelley's head to comfort her, Roy pointed towards the Sky Sacrifice Mountain Range and said to Shelley, "Don't you remember? Above Azure Mansion, I'm still holding five Asuras captive who are equipped with a full set of Lord God Artifacts!"
"Ah?"
"Heh heh..."
A cold smile flickered across Roy's lips.
"Those individuals obtained the Soul Defense Lord God Artifact, the Material Defense Lord God Artifact, and the Attack Lord God Artifact set even before I became a Sovereign."
"Back then, no Sovereign stepped forward to claim ownership of these Lord God Artifacts, and the Four Rule Sovereigns didn't proactively investigate their origins, or rather, they investigated but couldn't trace the Sovereigns behind these five individuals."
"I want to see what they can find out now about something they couldn't investigate back then!"
After speaking, Roy led Shelley out of the Sovereign's Palace.
"Shelley, tell the Death Sovereign to get ready. I'm starting now!"
After receiving Shelley's nod, Roy waved his hand. Four drops of blood from the White Tiger Sovereign and the Black Tortoise Sovereign appeared in his palm and dissipated into mist.
...
"Rumble..."
Above the Blood Peak Continent's Azure Mansion, a spatial rift suddenly tore open, and Roy's figure emerged from it.
An immense pressure emanated from Roy, causing everyone within Azure Mansion to be forced to their knees.
"A Sovereign has descended!"
"We welcome the Sovereign."
"Welcome, Lord God."
Ignoring the people kneeling below, Roy extended his hand and slapped down at the small plane hanging above Azure Mansion for over three trillion years.
"Boom!"
Perhaps due to the immense power used, the space of the Infernal Realm could not withstand Roy's attack. Before the attack even reached the small plane, the space around it completely shattered, revealing colorful spatial turbulence.
"Bang!"
A giant phantom hand directly struck the small plane, pushing it into the spatial turbulence.
Afterward, Roy tore through space and returned to Star Island.
Only after sensing the pressure dissipate did the people kneeling on the ground slowly get up.
The first thing the people in Azure Mansion saw were the massive spatial rifts in the sky and the small plane that had vanished.
"What..."
"Which Lord God made that move just now?"
"They actually banished that thing above Azure Mansion into the spatial turbulence. Aren't they afraid the Star Sovereign will seek trouble?"
"Heh, are you an idiot?"
"This place is not far from the ancestral land of the Four Divine Beast Family, where the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods reside. If it weren't for the Star Sovereign himself acting, the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods would likely have already arrived!"
"That's true..."
"It's just that I wonder why the Star Sovereign suddenly exiled those people. I thought those five might live tens of trillions of years longer than me."
...
"Boom boom boom boom boom..."
Within the spatial turbulence, a large, dark yellow hand pushed a small, hundred-meter-wide plane, making it fly rapidly through the spatial turbulence.
The endless spatial turbulence scoured the plane's barrier, seemingly intent on destroying it.
However, under the obstruction of the dark yellow hand, no damage was inflicted upon the small plane.
When it reached a massive planar membrane, the hand suddenly pushed, forcefully creating a huge spatial rift in the membrane and shoving the small plane through it...
...
"Have they arrived?"
On top of Netherworld Mountain, the Death Sovereign and Shelley flew to the peak of the palace, looking up at the sky of the Netherworld.
Possessing treasures like the "Netherworld Heart," the Death Sovereign's control over the Netherworld had reached an incredibly profound level.
The moment the Netherworld's planar barrier showed the slightest ripple, the Death Sovereign knew that the "Lord God Artifacts" Roy had mentioned had arrived!
She just didn't know if these Lord God Artifacts of his could prevent the other three Rule Sovereigns from finding evidence of him violating the Lord God agreement.
"Rumble..."
On this day, the Netherworld's sky was filled with lightning and thunder. Countless powerful beings personally witnessed a massive hole being blasted into the sky, making it seem as if a second black sun had appeared.
Then, to everyone's astonishment, a white, semi-transparent plane entered the Netherworld through this hole.
What followed was even more terrifying.
A giant hand emerged from the spatial black hole and struck the semi-transparent plane.
Instantly, the small plane shattered, and fifteen entities burning with fiery light fell from the sky like meteors, scattering to every corner of the Netherworld.
"This, this is..."
Seeing that transparent plane in the sky, the Death Sovereign was stunned.
She could never have imagined that the Lord God Artifacts Roy said he would bring to the Netherworld were the Lord God Artifacts of those five people from above Azure Mansion.
The Death Sovereign had a vivid memory of this matter.
Five people, fifteen Lord God Artifacts – this had been a huge slap in the face to their four Rule Sovereigns.
The Death Sovereign hadn't failed to investigate the source of these people's Lord God Artifacts. With her mastery over souls, she had thoroughly examined the souls of those five individuals multiple times.
However, the Lord God behind them was very cautious.
He had never appeared before those five, nor had they ever heard his voice.
One day, the five simply found a piece of paper in their rooms, with a rough map on it.
Following the map on the paper, they dug up the buried Lord God Artifacts at specific locations.
Simultaneously, the paper attached to the Lord God Artifacts instructed them on what they should do after obtaining them.
Otherwise, they would face the wrath of the Lord God.
With just a piece of paper, the Death Sovereign naturally could not pinpoint which Lord God had violated the Lord God agreement.
It was likely that the results from the other three Rule Sovereigns were similar to hers.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have allowed Roy to hang those five people in the air above Azure Mansion like monkeys.
By not releasing the five, Roy had saved them a sliver of face.
But at this moment, Roy, who had almost fallen out with Destiny Sovereign Off, directly tore off this fig leaf and threw all fifteen Lord God Artifacts into the Netherworld. If the other three Rule Sovereigns wanted to investigate the origin of these Lord God Artifacts, then let them do it!
Perhaps this was within Roy's expectations?
If they couldn't find out, the recipients of these Lord God Artifacts would join the Plane War of the Death Sovereign's faction, becoming a powerful force to counterattack the Destiny Sovereign's faction.
If they found out, Roy could use this as an excuse to kill all the Sovereigns involved in this incident at the time and seize their Lord Godheads.
By then, how many more Sovereigns would the Four Divine Beast lineage have?
"Heh heh, interesting..."
...
Star Sovereign Roy was definitely a hot topic among Sovereigns for the past trillions of years.
Starting from a mysterious Star Yi Sovereign, to Destiny Sovereign Off dispatching subordinates to search for someone, only to be ambushed and killed by the Star Sovereign, making Destiny Sovereign Off a commander without troops for the second time.
Then, Destiny Sovereign personally intervened, had a confrontation with the Star Sovereign in the Infernal Realm, and gave an evaluation that made all Sovereigns' jaws drop.
After Destiny Sovereign retreated, the Star Sovereign inexplicably threw a previously sealed plane into the spatial turbulence.
A few days later, Sovereigns from other planes learned from Sovereigns in the Netherworld that the small plane thrown into spatial turbulence by the Star Sovereign had crashed into the Netherworld and shattered. Many people saw the fifteen Lord God Artifacts from the small plane fall into various corners of the Netherworld, causing many powerful High-level Gods in the Netherworld to celebrate.
At that time, the Sovereigns were still mocking the Star Sovereign, thinking that his palm strike had caused him to lose fifteen Lord God Artifacts.
However, after the dispute between the Star Sovereign and Destiny Sovereign Off spread from the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns and Purple Jasmine High God, everyone fell silent.
They dared not casually get involved in the conflicts of the big shots.
They could only vent their frustrations in their hearts.
Destiny Sovereign Off wanted to seize a piece of jewelry that the Star Sovereign had given to his maid. He privately set a condition to exchange a winning streak in the Plane War against the Death Sovereign's faction for the ownership of this piece of jewelry.
And looking back at the Star Sovereign's actions at this moment—
Was that small plane really thrown into spatial turbulence out of anger by the Star Sovereign?
Why did this plane not fall into the other Seven God Planes and the remaining three Supreme Planes, but instead enter the Netherworld?
These were fifteen Lord God Artifacts. Was the Star Sovereign really so unwise?
Considering the previous situation, everyone had an answer in their hearts.
It seemed that the Star Sovereign was willing to fund the Death Sovereign with fifteen Lord God Artifacts, allowing the Death Sovereign's faction to achieve a nine-win streak, rather than give this piece of jewelry to Destiny Sovereign Off.
In the Heavenly Realm, when Destiny Sovereign Off heard this news, his body froze for a moment.
Finally, the six Sovereigns who had joined Off's faction gathered in the Heavenly Realm and left a few hours later.
Afterward, these Sovereigns also began to expand their Sovereign Legions.
Furthermore, they sent people into the material planes to search for powerful Asuras, intending to take them as their Sovereign's Emissaries.
In short, in the God Planes and Supreme Planes, the atmosphere between the Star Sovereign and Off was extremely tense.
Now, the Netherworld seemed like an outsider.
Of course, Roy did not pay attention to these matters.
He had already devoted himself to cultivation.
It was still two trillion years until his Soul Power broke through.
If he could endure this trillion years, and as long as the Death Sovereign could hold back the Destiny Sovereign for this trillion years, then in the next trillion years, he wanted to personally gauge Destiny Sovereign Off's strength.
As long as his hard power improved, everything else was just superficial!
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