However, Theresia knew that besides Lord Locke's fusion of different Laws through soul mutation, he had already walked a new path beyond the Paragon realm.
Although Theresia had yet to successfully touch the Spatial Laws, merely from the fact that Lord Locke referred to them as higher Laws above the elemental Laws, he could tell that the Spatial Laws were far beyond anything the elemental Laws could compare with.
Theresia's speculation was not wrong.
Ordinary elemental Laws, even when completely comprehended, merely allowed one to reach the Paragon realm.
As for the Spatial Laws, comprehending just ten percent was enough to become a Celestial Deity comparable to a Sovereign.
Comprehending the Spatial Laws in their entirety would allow one to reach the "God King" realm comparable to an Overgod.
Filled with incomparable reverence toward Lord Locke, Theresia closed his eyes and, just as he had done when he first cultivated in the material plane, used his complete Wind Laws as a guide, attempting to sense the Spatial Laws.
...
Locke paid no attention to what Theresia did.
Or rather, he paid no attention to the cultivation of those who had reached Paragon level in earth, wind, water, or fire.
After all, when it came to comprehension of the Spatial Laws, Locke, who possessed the spatial divine beast Dijiang, had no need for help from these four types of Paragons.
If they were Paragons of light, darkness, lightning, or the Edicts of Life and Destruction, Locke would definitely keep constant watch over them and continuously use Mirror Flower, Water Moon to copy their comprehension of the Temporal Laws and the unknown higher Laws.
Perhaps just as Locke had said before, Theresia's appearance signified the birth of the second generation of Sovereigns.
Over the following period, roughly every three trillion years, a new lucky individual would obtain a Sovereign spark compatible with their own attribute and become a Sovereign.
Of course, these newly born Sovereigns, once they appeared in Divine Planes or Higher Planes, would immediately attract the attention of the other Sovereigns, who would promptly explain all matters concerning Sovereigns to them.
As for what these newly ascended Sovereigns chose to do after learning this information, that was no longer their concern.
After all, they were merely carrying out Lord Locke's orders.
If these Sovereigns still violated the Sovereign Pact after being informed of it and were hunted down by higher-ranked Sovereigns, that had nothing to do with them.
Fortunately, after tens of trillions of years had passed and many vacancies among the Sovereigns had been filled, there had not been another reckless fool like Theresia who tore through another Divine Plane directly from the spatial turbulence.
Within the Water Mansion in the Netherworld, Locke opened his eyes.
"Fifty-eight percent. Not bad."
After more than ten trillion years of cultivation, Locke had completely comprehended all the Spatial Laws accessible through the complete Wind Laws.
At present, his understanding of the Spatial Laws had already surpassed half, reaching fifty-eight percent.
Before obtaining the complete Wind Laws, Locke's understanding of the Spatial Laws had already reached thirty-seven percent.
The complete Wind Laws allowed Locke access to twenty-five percent of the Spatial Laws.
If the Spatial Laws accessible through the Wind Laws had not overlapped with those Locke had already comprehended, he would have reached sixty-five percent comprehension.
But that was simply impossible.
After all, part of Locke's Spatial Laws had been comprehended through analyzing his own spatial bloodline, and their overlap with the one-tenth granted by the heavens upon becoming a god and the Spatial Laws connected to the Water Laws was not very high.
Now that he had completely comprehended all the Spatial Laws accessible through the Wind Laws, eighty percent of them overlapped with what he had already mastered, causing his understanding of the Spatial Laws to stop at fifty-eight percent.
In terms of the strength of the Spatial Laws alone, Locke's original body already possessed the power of an elemental Chief Sovereign.
Besides the Spatial Laws, Locke had also made some progress in understanding the higher Laws above the Four Edicts.
Through analyzing the higher Laws copied from Death Chief Sovereign Lilia and considering that he himself was already a Paragon of the Edicts of Fate, Locke had gradually formed some guesses regarding the higher Law corresponding to the Four Edicts.
Life, Fate, Destruction, and Death.
Life was the beginning, Death was the end, and everything experienced by living beings in between was Fate.
Through his analysis, Locke felt that the higher Law above the Four Edicts might be the Laws of Reincarnation.
Although the Laws of Reincarnation were not hidden by Hongmeng like the Spatial Laws and Temporal Laws, Locke's cultivation speed in the Laws of Reincarnation was nowhere near as fast as his speed with the Spatial Laws.
On one hand, as a spatial divine beast, he possessed extraordinarily high affinity with the Spatial Laws. As long as he possessed the corresponding lower Laws, he would encounter virtually no bottlenecks in comprehending the Spatial Laws.
Secondly, Locke knew very clearly that what he ultimately relied upon to transcend the Panlong Universe would still be the Laws of Space-Time.
Therefore, he devoted most of his energy to comprehending the Spatial Laws.
Only after completely comprehending all the Spatial Laws available to him would he occasionally delve deeper into the Laws of Reincarnation.
As for the fusion of Water Laws and the Edicts of Fate, despite more than ten trillion years passing, Locke still had not found the point of compatibility between the final Water Profound Mystery and the Edicts of Fate.
However, Locke wasn't particularly concerned about this.
With his current strength, even if Chief Sovereign of Fate Orloff eventually assembled the complete set of three Overgod artifacts, Orloff would still pose no threat to him whatsoever.
On the contrary, only by obtaining all three Overgod artifacts would Orloff be able to preserve his life against Locke.
It was similar to a Prefect possessing a full set of Sovereign artifacts when facing a Paragon.
However, Orloff had one advantage over those Prefects with complete Sovereign artifact sets.
Although Paragons could not harm such Prefects, they could still exile them into the spatial turbulence.
But if Locke could not injure Orloff, then he truly had no way of dealing with him. At most, he could make Orloff lose some face.
Likewise, Orloff also had no possibility of threatening Locke.
"All that's left are the Earth Paragon and the Fire Paragon."
Rising from his throne, Locke walked out of the Water Mansion with his hands behind his back.
Without Paragon Laws to assist him, his cultivation speed in the Spatial Laws had returned to its previous snail's pace.
"Let me think..."
"As for Fire Paragons, I know of Bulo and the future Fire Sovereign Bluefire, Reisgem."
"But when it comes to Earth Paragons, I don't seem to know any at all."
"The strongest one, Hemmers, merely possesses a body comparable to a Sovereign artifact and can exchange punches with Paragons..."
After Hemmers' name flashed through Locke's mind, he dismissed it.
Admittedly, Hemmers was extremely powerful and belonged to the very pinnacle beneath the Paragon level.
In terms of Law comprehension, however, his talent was mediocre, having fused only four Profound Mysteries.
But because he possessed a body comparable to a Sovereign artifact, his actual combat power greatly surpassed that of Prefects.
His material attacks had even reached a level comparable to that of Paragons.
As for material defense, there was no need to mention it. Aside from Sovereigns, not even Paragons could destroy a Sovereign artifact.
However, what Locke needed was not a powerful earth-element expert, but a supreme genius capable of cultivating the Earth Laws to the Paragon level.
Hemmers might be strong, but in Locke's eyes, his Law talent was trash.
"The earth-element experts I remember include Leihong, Purplethorn Sovereign's emissary, Commander William of the Black Tortoise Army, and Umbrafier, the lord of Bluemoon City..."
"These are all experts who fused five or more Profound Mysteries of the Earth Laws."
"Troublesome..."
Standing upon the floating bridge, Locke tucked his hands into his sleeves.
Since these people had failed to become Paragons in the original timeline, even with Locke's interference, their chances of breaking through that bottleneck remained extremely low.
Even though the difficulty increased alongside his comprehension of the Spatial Laws, with the assistance of complete Paragon Laws, Locke could fully comprehend twenty percent of the Spatial Laws in around ten trillion years.
Without the aid of complete Paragon Laws, relying solely on excavating his own spatial bloodline, ten trillion years might only allow him to comprehend one percent.
Moreover, until his Dijiang bloodline encompassed all Spatial Laws, Locke would never be able to fully comprehend them simply through analyzing his own bloodline.
"Hm? Locke, you've come out of seclusion?"
"Come over here for a moment."
Just as Locke was considering how to find an Earth Paragon, Death Chief Sovereign Lilia's voice rang beside his ear.
"Alright."
Hearing Lilia's voice, Locke's figure vanished instantly and immediately appeared before Death Chief Sovereign's throne.
"Oh?"
Sensing Locke's method of movement, Death Chief Sovereign said in surprise:
"Locke, is this the Spatial Transfer you mentioned before?"
"It really is very similar to an interplanar teleportation array."
"But it seems much more convenient."
"Mm."
Locke nodded.
"With my current mastery over the Spatial Laws, I can instantly transfer anywhere within the range of my divine sense."
"Except for material planes."
This wasn't because Locke couldn't teleport directly from Divine Planes or Higher Planes into material planes.
Rather, his existence had become too powerful. Apart from his home plane, no other material plane could withstand the pressure of his arrival.
The moment Locke entered another material plane, it would likely collapse instantly.
Violating the laws of the universe in such a way would cause the Overgods to erase him according to the rules.
Naturally, Locke would never do such a thing.
"Right, Lilia. Why did you call me over?"
"Mm."
Death Chief Sovereign nodded.
"Previously, when the Planar Battlefield appeared, didn't you tell me that the Planar Battlefield was not only a place used by the Overgods to maintain the stability of the universe and reduce its burden, but also one of the paths through which Sovereigns could increase their strength?"
(End of Chapter)
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