"This is… the aura of a Life Sovereign!"
Although he had already realized from this Sovereign's aura that he had misunderstood, Theresia now understood that Mount Nether housed not only Sovereign Locke and the Death Sovereign, but also a Life Sovereign.
Though he didn't know why this Life Sovereign wanted to see him, before a Sovereign, Theresia naturally didn't dare act disrespectfully.
"Theresia pays his respects to Your Sovereignship."
"Theresia, I know of you."
A mellow voice came from the face on the Netherworld Tree, making people instinctively feel that this Sovereign must be a gentle and amiable elder.
"You are the most talented and gifted person since Dunnington, and at present, one of only two confirmed Paragons."
"Your Sovereignship praises me too highly."
"No, this is not praise, but fact."
Facing Theresia's modesty, the Netherworld Sovereign smiled.
"From the creation of heaven and earth until now, nearly six trillion years have passed. Countless living beings have forged ahead one after another, but only a handful have ultimately reached the Paragon level."
"Even including the Sovereigns, the number of Paragons does not reach ten."
"Less than ten?"
The speaker had no special intention, but the listener immediately paid attention.
Among god-level experts, as far as Theresia knew, only Dunnington and himself had become Paragons.
In other words, there had to be at least three Paragons among the Sovereigns for the Netherworld Sovereign to say such a thing.
If there were fewer than three, she should have said "less than five."
Thinking of this, Theresia asked,
"Your Sovereignship, aside from Lord Locke, how many Paragons are there among the Sovereigns?"
Theresia wanted to know what status Paragon Sovereigns possessed among the Sovereigns.
"Among all the Sovereigns, aside from Lord Locke, there are four other Paragons."
"These four Paragons are Chief Sovereign of Fate Orloff, who commands the Celestial Realm Sovereigns; Chief Sovereign of Destruction Wordred, who commands the Infernal Realm Sovereigns; Chief Sovereign of Life Wawaya, who governs the Life Realm..."
"And Chief Sovereign of Death Lilia, who rules the Netherworld."
"Chief Sovereigns?"
Theresia pondered.
From the Netherworld Sovereign's words, he at least learned that among Sovereigns, "Chief Sovereign" was a title above the others.
What interested him even more was that there were actually five Paragons among the Sovereigns. Compared to god-level experts, this probability was far too high.
Could it be that becoming a Sovereign made it easier to break through the shackles of the Paragon realm?
"Thank you, Your Sovereignship, for informing me."
"However, I still have some doubts. May I ask why Your Sovereignship summoned me?"
"If there is nothing else, I would like to request an audience with Sovereign Locke."
Hearing Theresia's words, the Netherworld Sovereign revealed an expression that said, just as expected.
"Theresia, Mount Nether is the cultivation ground of Lord Locke and Lady Lilia. During their secluded cultivation, neither Lord Locke nor Lady Lilia receives visitors."
As one half of Death Chief Sovereign Lilia, the Netherworld Sovereign knew many things.
Before Theresia had become a Paragon, Locke had indeed valued him greatly.
However, after he became a Paragon and allowed Locke to obtain the complete Wind Laws, he had basically lost all usefulness before Locke.
After all, Theresia wasn't like Dunnington. He wouldn't become the messenger of either Locke or the Death Chief Sovereign simply because of some guidance.
Since he was of no use to them, neither Locke nor the Death Chief Sovereign wished to waste any more time on him.
The two of them were different from those idle Sovereigns with nothing better to do.
Whether it was the newly touched Space Laws brought about by Locke's Wind Paragon Laws, or the higher Laws above Death Edicts being studied by the Death Chief Sovereign, which one wasn't more important than idly chatting with Theresia?
Because of this, after sensing Theresia entering Mount Nether, the Netherworld Sovereign directly instructed Gold to bring him over.
"So, at the very least, before Lord Locke and the others finish cultivating, it is impossible for you to meet them."
"Oh?"
Theresia raised an eyebrow.
From the Netherworld Sovereign's words, he became certain that Lord Locke had definitely grasped a higher level of cultivation.
Otherwise, after already reaching the Paragon level, Lord Locke wouldn't still be so obsessed with cultivation.
Just like himself.
Before becoming a Paragon, Theresia had also been somewhat fanatical about cultivation. For even the slightest hope of a breakthrough, he would do anything.
But after becoming a Paragon, he had already reached the end of the road of the Laws.
Now, even if he wanted to cultivate, he didn't know how.
"Then may I ask when Lord Locke will emerge from seclusion?"
After confirming that Sovereign Locke possessed a method to continue cultivating beyond the Paragon level, Theresia became even more eager to see him.
"I'm sorry. That question exceeds the limits of my knowledge."
"Only when Lord Locke ends his cultivation will I know when he plans to emerge."
"However, if you truly wish to meet Lord Locke, Theresia, you can go to the Water Divine Plane."
"Lord Locke has a Sovereign clone currently acting as the temporary Water Chief Sovereign there."
"If Lord Locke's Sovereign clone isn't in seclusion, you should be able to meet him there."
After obtaining news of Sovereign Locke's clone, Theresia thanked the Netherworld Sovereign before leaving Mount Nether.
As the Netherworld Sovereign had said, Sovereign Locke on Mount Nether was currently in seclusion. At such a critical stage of cultivation, Lord Locke would never interrupt his cultivation simply because Theresia sought an audience.
In the Water Divine Plane, Locke's Fate Sovereign clone was leisurely lying atop a cloud-bed, taking a nap.
After successfully fusing the fifth Water Law with the Edicts of Fate, Locke's Fate Sovereign clone had also worked hard for a period of time, attempting to find the point of compatibility between the final Water Profound Mystery and the Edicts of Fate.
Unfortunately, after several hundred thousand years, Locke had not made the slightest progress.
Thus, Locke felt that although he had not necessarily reached the end of the path of fusing different Laws, unless he experienced another moment of enlightenment, there was no way he could find the compatibility point between the sixth Water Law and the Edicts of Fate through ordinary means.
During this time, Locke had also attempted other artistic pursuits, hoping to stimulate his spirituality once more through perfecting some skill.
However, the final result proved that this method no longer offered him any help.
Therefore, Locke's Fate Sovereign clone simply gave up and stopped wasting time on such illusory luck.
Suddenly, Locke raised an eyebrow and opened his eyes.
Just now, a Sovereign had directly torn through space from the spatial turbulence and entered the Water Divine Plane.
"This aura... it's Theresia. Has he become a Sovereign?"
"Who dares intrude into the Water Divine Plane?"
The disturbance caused by space being torn open from the spatial turbulence naturally attracted the attention of all the Sovereigns of the Water Divine Plane.
When they saw that the intruder was merely an unfamiliar Lesser Sovereign of Wind, Sovereign Snowfall was overjoyed. Immediately, she rushed toward the intruder at top speed.
Among the three Water Sovereigns, Sovereign Snowfall was the only one carrying a punishment.
All these years, besides fulfilling her duties, Snowfall had also been thinking about how to display her worth before Lord Locke and hopefully persuade him to reduce her sentence.
Unfortunately, all the Sovereigns now understood Lord Locke's terrifying strength and would never provoke him without reason.
Now, however, an unfamiliar Lesser Sovereign of Wind had actually barged into the Water Divine Plane and challenged the authority of Chief Sovereign Locke.
How could Snowfall possibly let such an excellent opportunity for merit slip away?
To reach the offender as quickly as possible, Snowfall even tore through space and traveled via the spatial turbulence.
In only a dozen breaths, Sovereign Snowfall crossed from her Snowfall Continent and appeared before the intruder on the Azure Dragon Continent.
"Your Sovereignship, may I ask—"
Theresia had only just refined a Sovereign spark and become a Sovereign. He had absolutely no idea that it was taboo for Sovereigns of different elements to directly tear through space when entering another Divine Plane or Higher Plane.
After seeing Sovereign Snowfall appear before him, Theresia intended to ask her about Sovereign Locke.
Unfortunately, Snowfall, eager to earn merit, only wanted to capture Theresia and bring him before Lord Locke.
"Whatever you have to say can wait until after I've delivered you before Lord Locke!"
"Frozen World!"
Snowfall shouted and struck out with a palm.
To capture Theresia as quickly as possible, Snowfall immediately used the technique she had learned from Locke—Frozen World.
After more than five trillion years of cultivation, this Frozen World had already undergone enormous changes compared to when she first learned it.
White light spread outward, and everything before Snowfall's palm was instantly frozen solid.
It could be said that aside from a few Lesser Sovereigns whose bodies possessed Sovereign artifact-level toughness, this move alone was enough for Snowfall to defeat the majority of Lesser Sovereigns.
Unfortunately, this time Snowfall's opponent was Theresia—the Wind Lesser Sovereign who was also a Paragon!
After sensing the power of the attack, Theresia's Will erupted. His Paragon-level Wind Laws exploded forth with a single punch.
Boom!
Crack! Crack!
The frozen space created by Snowfall's Frozen World was directly shattered by Theresia through brute force.
Huge sections of broken space were swept into the spatial turbulence, while the remaining fragments carved countless black spatial tears throughout the Water Divine Plane as they scattered in all directions.
(End of Chapter)
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