Once Bebe's soul power was depleted to the point where he could no longer use his innate divine ability, then in the eyes of other experts, he would merely be a Six Star Fiend with somewhat stronger defenses.
It had taken Beirut hundreds of calendrical eras before he finally welcomed a grandson like Bebe, one who shared the same bloodline as himself. How could he possibly allow Bebe to perish in the Planar Battlefield?
To be honest, after learning that Bebe and Linley had entered the Planar Battlefield, Beirut had nearly regretted it to death.
The reason he had sent Linley to the Netherworld to seek the Death Chief Sovereign's help in reviving his family and friends was, on one hand, to give Linley motivation to continue cultivating diligently.
On the other hand...
Beirut still remembered that Doehring Cowart, who had once taught Linley and whom Linley regarded as his "grandfather," had been taken away by Nanessa, the Lightning Paragon of Locke's faction.
According to Nanessa herself, protecting Doehring Cowart and bringing him to the Netherworld had been Lord Locke's orders.
Thus, Beirut wanted to see whether Linley could establish a connection with Chief Sovereign Locke.
If Linley truly managed to establish ties with Chief Sovereign Locke, then Beirut would hand over the three remaining Sovereign sparks to Linley.
After all, after receiving the Four Divine Beasts clan's Ancestral Baptism, Linley had gained a Water divine clone and, within a very short period of time, had fused two Water Laws Profound Mysteries to become a God.
Thus, Linley had the opportunity to cultivate both his Water divine clone and Fire divine clone to the Highgod realm.
Other than lacking the potential to become a Paragon, Linley fit Beirut's requirements extremely well.
From a personal standpoint, Beirut naturally favored Linley.
Giving the three Sovereign sparks to Linley would produce roughly the same result as giving two Sovereign sparks to Zacharias Leylin.
Of course, if the Sovereign sparks were given to Zacharias Leylin, Beirut also knew that Zacharias Leylin's upper limit was already fixed.
Even if Zacharias Leylin became a Fire Paragon, possessing two Sovereign sparks would only make him ten times stronger than an ordinary Intermediate Sovereign. He would still be another tenfold weaker than a Law Chief Sovereign.
With that level of strength, surviving against the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta would be impossible.
If the Sovereign sparks were instead given to Linley...
Then if one of Linley's three divine clones was fortunate enough to become a Paragon, they would finally possess the qualifications to contend against the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta.
Yes...
Only the qualifications to contend.
Over the years, the more Beirut learned about matters concerning the Sovereigns, the more hopeless he became.
The Light Chief Sovereign was the strongest Law Chief Sovereign beneath the Edicts Chief Sovereigns.
Even during the ancient era, he already possessed the power to kill other Law Chief Sovereigns.
During the Sovereign War, two Law Chief Sovereigns had fallen.
One of them, the Water Chief Sovereign, had been slain by the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns while joining forces with the Wind Chief Sovereign Tia in their assault.
The other was the first-generation Darkness Chief Sovereign, who had been personally killed by the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta.
In addition...
The Light Divine Plane had once achieved ten consecutive victories in the Planar Battlefield.
As a result, every Sovereign of the Light element had received an additional portion of Will.
More importantly...
The Light Chief Sovereign Augusta had also completed an Overgod Mission, obtaining an Overgod artifact.
It was even rumored that Augusta had once attempted to advance another step further and become a new Edicts Chief Sovereign.
Although the Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred ultimately rejected the proposal, it did nothing to diminish Augusta's prestige among the Sovereigns.
At present, it was already publicly known that both the Darkness Chief Sovereign and the Wind Chief Sovereign had become subordinates of the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta.
Unfortunately...
Linley and Bebe's entry into the Planar Battlefield completely disrupted all of Beirut's plans.
For the current Beirut, he had already been marked by the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta.
Barring unforeseen circumstances, one day countless years in the future, he would inevitably die at Augusta's hands.
Beirut had almost accepted such a future.
However...
He felt that while he himself could die...
Bebe absolutely had to survive.
Thus, after learning that the two of them had entered the Planar Battlefield, Beirut abandoned his original plan altogether.
He found Zacharias Leylin, bestowed the Fire Lesser Sovereign spark upon him, and ordered Zacharias Leylin's Earth divine clone to enter the Netherworld's Planar Battlefield to protect Linley and Bebe.
In fact...
Even before Beirut sent Zacharias Leylin into the Netherworld's Planar Battlefield, Reisgem, the Infernal Realm's Purgatory Commander, had already brought Leihong to the Netherworld as well.
They entered the Planar Battlefield almost immediately after Linley and Bebe.
For Reisgem, this was a task assigned to him by Big Sister Reina.
At the same time...
It also served as a test for his disciple.
Everything unfolded as though following lines already engraved in one's palm.
Linley and his companions experienced battle after battle within the Planar Battlefield.
Eventually...
Even the Wind Paragon Bayer appeared, hunting Linley and the others.
Linley's soul suffered catastrophic damage.
In the end, with the help of the Soulstone, he successfully underwent soul mutation, becoming the only person in the Coiling Dragon Universe to survive a four-element soul mutation.
As a result, he obtained a surge of Will even greater than that possessed by a Paragon.
After sparring with Zacharias Leylin's Earth divine clone, Zacharias Leylin confirmed that, empowered by his Will, Linley now completely possessed the strength of a Paragon.
Furthermore...
Linley's soul power had become nearly a hundred times greater than that of an ordinary Paragon.
With such overwhelming strength, Linley easily hunted down more than a dozen Commanders, collecting seven Commander badges.
At the same time...
News that Linley had become a Paragon rapidly spread throughout the Planar Battlefield.
...
"Bebe, wait here for me for a while."
Returning once again to the third layer of mist surrounding Mount Nether, Linley no longer felt the fear he had experienced during his previous visits.
After completing the four-element soul mutation and obtaining Will, the soul-protecting Sovereign artifact Azure Dragon Ring had been completely restored under the nourishment of his Will.
Thus...
The current Linley now possessed a completely intact soul-protecting Sovereign artifact.
During his previous attempt to cross the mist, he had already learned that a fully intact soul-protecting Sovereign artifact could completely resist the soul attacks within the third layer of mist, allowing one to reach the foot of Mount Nether.
Furthermore...
Linley now possessed Will, a power even greater than a Sovereign artifact.
Protected by that Will, he himself could remain completely unaffected by the third layer of mist and pass through it.
After giving a few instructions to Bebe, Linley stepped into the third layer of mist.
Sure enough...
Everything happened exactly as Linley had expected.
This time, after entering the mist, he wasn't affected in the slightest.
As a result, he saw numerous Deities wandering aimlessly through the mist like headless flies.
Perhaps...
When he first entered, he had been no different from them.
After sighing softly, Linley ignored the countless Deities wandering within the mist and walked straight toward the depths of Mount Nether.
Emerging from the third layer of mist, the familiar waterfall of lightning chains once again came into view.
However...
This time was different from before.
Previously, those lightning chains had given Linley the terrifying feeling that they could easily annihilate him.
Now...
He experienced an inexplicable sense of certainty.
If he wished...
Those waterfalls of lightning chains wouldn't be able to harm him in the slightest.
This feeling had already appeared after Linley completed his four-element soul mutation.
At that time, he had felt capable of casually tearing open spatial rifts within the Planar Battlefield while exercising absolute control over them.
The facts proved that...
Will truly was that powerful.
Just as Linley was preparing to rely upon his Will to force his way through the waterfall of lightning chains and enter Mount Nether...
The chains before him slowly separated, revealing the outline of a doorway.
Then...
An elderly man with white hair, a white beard, and white robes—someone Linley knew extremely well—appeared before him with a gentle smile.
"Grandpa Doehring?"
(End of Chapter)
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