Chapter 133: The Great Retreat of the Four Sacred Beasts Clan

Bulaier said, "It's a pity that Tuoya doesn't have elemental divine avatars of earth, water, fire, and wind, and you, Father, also lack a Prime Deity Form of the dark attribute."

"Prime Deity Forms are hard to obtain, and there is a covenant among Prime Deities, let me explain briefly." After informing Bulaier of the Prime Deity covenant, Xiao En said, "Although you are now a water‑type Sovereign, your occult knowledge is still lacking; first stay in the Qingyuan Plane to cultivate in seclusion."

By harnessing the power of faith and establishing a water‑type divine plane, you should be able to fuse the occult into the five elements; only upon reaching that level can one be considered an ordinary Sovereign in strength. When that time comes, we will inform the other Prime Deities, and do not tell Tuoya.

"Yes, Father." Bulaier replied, then asked, "But the previous water Sovereign and the Four Sacred Beasts vanished; this matter may not stay hidden for long."

Xiao En smiled, "If it truly cannot be concealed, then never mind; you can appear first as an energy avatar to meet the other Prime Deities."

Bulaide said, "I have no problem here; I'm only worried about Father. Since you have slain so many Prime Deities, could there be trouble, especially as you mentioned that the essence blood of the Four Sacred Beasts is exactly what many Rule Sovereigns covet."

Regarding the Prime Deities' power, she roughly understood; although she knew her father's strength was great, compared with the Rule Sovereigns, there still seemed a considerable gap.

Xiao En, unconcerned, said, "Don't worry, I fear not the Four Great Rule Lords; you need not be concerned. First cultivate the occult to the Five Fusion."

He did not tell Bulaier about the Supreme Divine Artifact, because it was unnecessary.

With a protective object against the Supreme Divine Artifact, he now fears none of the other Rule Sovereigns; even if he cannot deal with them, they likewise cannot deal with him. Only a temporal‑spatial anomaly involving the Destroyer Sovereign, as described in the original work, could threaten him. Yet the essence blood of the Four Sacred Beasts is in his hands, and he cannot decipher it.

"Yes, Father." Bulaier, seeing that Xiao En gave no further explanation, asked no more.

Hell, Heaven‑Sacrifice Mountain Range:

Gaisileisen was at this moment inside the palace of the Four Sacred Beasts Clan, his emotions soaring, because a few days earlier the Four Sacred Beasts Prime Deity had told him that they would soon duel the water Sovereign; if they killed him, they would bind the water to a higher Prime Deity Form and refine it.

The thought of soon becoming a great water Sovereign kept his mind from ever calming.

"It's been several days; could something have gone wrong?" After overthinking, Gaisileisen suddenly felt a hint of worry: "Or perhaps Father and the others were forced to use two combined innate divine techniques, leaving them weakened, so they cannot yet appear in Hell?"

Regarding the Four Sacred Beasts' combined innate divine technique, Gaisileisen naturally knew a bit; this ultimate move is truly world‑defying, but after using it twice in succession there is a very long cooldown before it can be employed again, unlike the innate techniques of ordinary divine beasts.

After waiting another month, Gaisileisen's complexion was no longer as calm as before: "That's not right; even if Father and the others cannot appear in Hell, they could still send a voice through an energy avatar. It is impossible that they have not contacted me for so long."

At that thought, fear rose in his heart; under normal circumstances, even if the Four Sacred Beasts Prime Deity did not contact him for billions of years, he would not worry at all. But this is a duel pact with other Sovereign‑level beings; the longer the silence, the worse the omen.

After pondering for a long time, he took out a parchment scroll; as divine power surged, the scroll ignited, emitting a strange vibration. It burned for a long while until the parchment turned to ash, yet the great hall remained completely still.

"This can't be~" Gaisileisen's face turned deathly pale.

"Elder brother, let me try to summon my mother." The leader of the Vermilion Bird Clan said, his complexion also poor; the other two clan leaders were the same, and they were all worrying about their elders' safety.

Another parchment scroll quickly ignited, but just like the first, it burned out without any sign of movement.

The dissatisfied Xuanwu and Baihu clan leaders also lit their own scrolls, yet the result was the same.

"Father and the others have perished." Gaisileisen felt the heavens collapse onto him.

Not only could he no longer become a Sovereign, but the Four Sacred Beasts Clan's Prime Deity patron was also gone.

The other three were also in panic; after a while, the Vermilion Bird Clan leader suddenly said, "Something's off. If Father and the others have fallen, that means the water Sovereign has won, so why is there not the slightest stir? The entire divine plane is unusually calm."

"I don't know either; that's not the main point." Gaisileisen said, "The most important thing now is to protect the clan's safety. If a Prime Deity intends to annihilate our clan, we cannot escape, not even by fleeing to a material plane, so we disregard that scenario."

Once news of Father's fall spreads across the divine planes, families in each plane will surely launch massive attacks on our clan's members, so I now issue an immediate order: all clan members from every plane must withdraw to the Heaven‑Sacrifice Mountain Range.

"No, we cannot make such a big spectacle." Baihu clan leader immediately objected, "If we do that, it would be tantamount to informing other clans and even the Prime Deities;"

I estimate that the other Prime Deities still do not know Father has already fallen; otherwise the divine plane wouldn't be this calm. If that's the case, the clan will only face even stronger attacks before we can retreat.

Moreover, even without any obstruction, our clan has too many members across the eleven major planes; the Heaven‑Sacrifice Mountain Range simply cannot accommodate so many people.

The Vermilion Bird Clan leader also agreed, "Second brother is absolutely right; we indeed cannot act that way, it will surely draw attention."

Gaisileisen thought for a moment, let out a slow sigh, and said, "Then, issue an order: all independently ascended Upper Deities, as well as gifted Middle or Lower Deities, should return to the Heaven‑Sacrifice Mountain Range; the others, stay where they are."

In this way, the number of relocated people will not be large, avoiding attention; for now we can only try to ensure that the clan retains some gifted members.

In the divine planes, even top‑tier families possess abundant resources, yet the probability that clan members can independently become gods and cultivate to Upper Deity status is extremely low; many

The Four Sacred Beasts Clan indeed has abundant resources, but among the Upper Deities, those who ascend independently are only a few elites, representing a small fraction of the total; if only these individuals relocate to Hell, there will be no significant stir.

Yet as the clan leader of the Four Sacred Beasts, making such a decision means abandoning the vast majority of other clan members, since the elites will gather at the Heaven‑Sacrifice Mountain Range; once the Four Sacred Beasts Prime Deity

Xuanwu clan leader thought and said, "I have two ideas. First, we should still select some people, especially those with exceptionally high talent, and send them to various material planes to hide, scattering them, because we cannot be sure we can defend the Heaven‑Sacrifice Mountain Range;"

Second, when elite members from other planes arrive at the Heaven‑Sacrifice Mountain Range, the clan members elsewhere, if capable, should go to the various cities as much as possible; as long as they are not targeted by a Prime Deity, they will be absolutely safe."

In the cities, even a Grand Perfection dares not kill openly, for

"Your two ideas are good; cities can indeed protect the other clan members," Gaisileisen also agreed.

Baihu clan leader said, "Ordinary clan members just need to survive, but we must still hold the Heaven‑Sacrifice Mountain Range; it is the clan's lifeline. Even if we die, we must die here."

Gaisileisen said, "Right, even death must be here. Our Four Sacred Beasts Clan cannot disgrace Father; however, we must avoid unnecessary sacrifices. Immediately set up a large defensive magical array; we must prepare for the worst."

When the Prime Deities were still present, none of the Four Sacred Beasts Clan's bases required magical arrays, not even the clan armies; they merely maintained order.

Even the clan armies only upheld order; even a Grand Perfection would not dare cause trouble in the Prime Deity families.

The Four Divine Beast Clan's retreat in all planes could not be hidden from Shawn; his fused main god power divine sense could easily, in any plane, avoid any other main god, including the strongest Ofu.

The Four Sacred Beasts Clan's retreat across all planes cannot be hidden from Xiao En; his fused Prime Deity power consciousness can easily, on any plane, evade any other Prime Deities, including the strongest Ao Fu;

However, the Four Divine Beast Clan's reduction in numbers may not be many, but the experts in each plane have almost all left; plus the order from the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range demands everyone act low-key, go to cities, and furthermore forbids casual use of main god power, even directly informing that there will be no more replenishment.

However, the reduction in the Four Sacred Beasts Clan's numbers may not be large, but the elites from each plane have almost all vanished; combined with the order from the Heaven‑Sacrifice Mountain Range demanding everyone act discreetly, go to cities, and also forbidding

such a comprehensive command, over time, will inevitably produce entirely different outcomes, and even within the Prime Deity families, the Four Sacred Beasts' internal affairs are not absolutely secret; many Asura families from other planes

even among Prime Deity families, the Four Sacred Beasts' internal matters are not absolutely secret; many Asura families from other planes

An elder beside him said: "Could it be that the Four Divine Beast Clan has some major matter, summoning the experts from each plane back to discuss?"

"All the Four Sacred Beasts Clan's elites have returned to the Hell Heaven‑Sacrifice Mountain Range, leaving only a pile of refined divine forms?" After the Bolin clan leader received the precise

an elder beside him said, "Could it be that something major is happening on the Four Sacred Beasts side, prompting the gathering of elites from all planes for consultation?"

"Impossible. Even if our Bolin Clan has a big issue, only the Seven‑Star Destiny‑Bearer level elites need to negotiate; why involve those four‑star or five‑star ones?" another elder added.

"Our Bolin Clan is merely on the Xiūyà Continent in Heaven; gathering elites of this caliber is a massive trouble;"

"And now the Four Sacred Beasts Clan has actually recalled elites above four‑star from ten other divine planes,"

"Financial resources are trivial to the Four Sacred Beasts Clan." Bolin clan leader naturally knew that wealth is essentially Prime Deity power; for Prime Deity families,

"Such turmoil inevitably signals a major event," a blond‑haired elder said, "Chief"

Karloss bowed and said, "Yes, Clan Leader, rest assured, I will be careful."

As a family of the Four Beast Family that was once notorious across many planes, they have countless enemies; in the original work there are seven super families that, even if they abandon their own plane's territorial interests, will transfer all their elite members over, losing many core masters yet still fighting desperately with the Four Beast Family.

And those that did not relocate are even more numerous; these families have more or less noticed the Four Beast Family's oddities and have all dispatched some experts to the Yolan Villa on the Blood Peak Continent.

The native families of Hell, and the chief Divine Sovereign envoy Lei Naersi of the Blood Peak Continent, were the first to spot the anomaly; after some investigation they obtained a result that even he found unbelievable: "The Four Beast Family is constructing a super defensive magical array on the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range?"

It is normal for a great family to build magical arrays to defend against outsiders; Lei Naersi's own family has them too, but for the Divine Sovereign family to do so, isn't it just idle pastime?

One of his subordinates, an elder, continued: "Yes, clan leader, I can confirm this. Not only me, many seven‑star demon‑rank masters from other planes are also investigating this matter, and they reach the same conclusion;"

All the Four Beast Family's numerous masters have gathered at the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range; many clan members elsewhere have begun moving into the city in great numbers, which clearly shows the whole family is contracting.

"How can the Four Beast Family be contracting? Hundreds of millions of years ago, so many families targeted the Four Beast Family, yet they didn't do this!" Lei Naersi knows the events from ten trillion years ago.

At that time, the Divine Sovereign covertly aided other Asura families that bore a grudge against the Four Beast Family, causing considerable losses to the Four Beast Family, but later, for unknown reasons, the Divine Sovereign stopped intervening, and the matter gradually faded away.

The elder analyzed: "The only plausible reason the Divine Sovereign family would contract its front lines is that its backing has encountered trouble."

"You mean the Divine Sovereign?" When he spoke further, Lei Naersi's voice grew softer, fearing other Divine Sovereigns might hear.

The elder said: "This is merely speculation, but I think it's correct; otherwise there's no other possibility. Shall we gather information about the Divine Sovereign?"

"When dealing with the Divine Sovereign, one must not be careless, nor disturb any Divine Sovereign arbitrarily," Lei Naersi frowned, adding: "Let's observe quietly for now. Anything we can think of, the other families' masters should also consider;"

If after ten thousand years the situation remains the same, I reckon some families will conduct probes; then, by watching the Four Beast Family's reaction, we can roughly determine the truth.

Unless forced, we Asura will not approach the Divine Sovereign; a single word that displeases the Divine Sovereign could be a death sentence.

If the Four Beast Family's Divine Sovereign truly dies, time will eventually reveal it. For us, time is ample; there's no need to risk it. We have been at odds with the Four Beast Family for countless trillions of years; even waiting another few ten thousand or hundred million years makes no difference.

The elder replied: "Very well, I'll go investigate further."

"Hmm, also forge good relations with families from other planes," Lei Naersi's eyes were filled with battle intent, saying: "If our conjecture is true, revenge will be inevitable, but the Four Beast Family's strength still far exceeds ours; we must cooperate with families from other planes."

"Yes, clan leader," the elder laughed.

(End of chapter)