Chapter 134: The New Lord God Council

The anomalies that divine-level experts are gradually experiencing cannot be hidden from the Lord God either; however, most of the time the Lord God does not care about the actions of the ants below, but if too many ants act too conspicuously, they are occasionally noticed.

On the Blood Peak Continent, within Lianyun Island, the Blood Peak Lord God Pash was studying a graceful mural when a familiar divine consciousness suddenly probed.

"Xingyi, why are you here?" Pash hurriedly set down his brush and ink, smiling as he rose to meet her.

The newcomer was the mid-tier Destruction Attribute Lord God of the Hell Star Mist Sea, also a powerful being in Hell second only to the Destruction Sovereign, far stronger than Pash.

However, after years of interaction among the Lord Gods, everyone gets along well; mid- and lower-tier Lord Gods who are on good terms call each other by name, while the Sovereign level must always be respected, though they often interact as equals.

After Xingyi arrived on the island and saw the mural on the cliff below, she laughed, "Ha ha, Pash, this mural is excellent—was it painted by a top-tier Earth Law master?"

"Yes, I acquired it by chance, but I can't determine which Earth Law master painted it," Pash smiled and asked, "Xingyi, what brings you here? Or are you just here to catch up and chat?"

Xingyi shook her head, "We'll chat later; I have serious business. You've heard about the Four Beast Clan on the Blood Peak Continent, right?"

"I've heard of it, but I'm not involved. As you know, this is a Sovereign-level conflict, and even before, I didn't really meddle with the Heaven Sacrifice Mountains or even Yu Lan Mansion," the Blood Peak Lord God said, shaking his head.

As a lower-tier Lord God, he doesn't want to get caught up in a Sovereign-level dispute; a slip could cause his own downfall. The Lord Gods agreed only to avoid senseless killing, but if any conflict is magnified by a Sovereign, other Sovereigns might not truly avenge a fallen lower-tier Lord God.

The Four Beast Clan is also Sovereign-level and has always resided in the Heaven Sacrifice Mountains, which irritates him, but there's nothing he can do; he must treat that region as not his territory.

Xingyi said, "The Four Beast Clan in my Hell Star Mist Sea has also evacuated on a large scale; a messenger of mine told me that, and after checking other planes, they all look similar, so it seems true."

"Have you searched for the Four Beast Clan?" Pash retorted.

Xingyi shook her head, "No. Searching across eleven divine planes would inevitably rouse all the Lord Gods. Whoever undertakes this, once started, it becomes public. If the Four Beast Clan is merely hiding, that would offend them, and I don't want that bad luck."

Pash instantly sent a telepathic message, "Then let's leave it. If the Four Beast Clan truly fell, it might be the doing of some elder; we'd be better off not interfering."

"It's not that I want to intervene; you think I'm bored," Xingyi shook her head, "It's the Sovereign; he wants to verify this matter."

"Sovereign?" Pash also understood, saying, "So he wants the two of us to search? Why not ask Ziqing? She has a good relationship with the Vermilion Bird; wouldn't it be better for her to step forward?"

Xingyi replied, "I don't know. The Sovereign made a request, and I don't dare ask why; perhaps he wants us to investigate covertly, since it may involve other Rule Sovereigns. Ziqing's close ties with the Vermilion Bird could risk exposing the operation."

"Makes sense," Pash nodded, "Then we can only use divine-level experts to provoke the Four Beast Clan. If we find an opportunity to grant the Lord God's power to their enemies, a conflict will arise; if the clash is large enough and the Four Beast Clan doesn't intervene, that could cause trouble."

"You aren't planning to target the Four Beast Clan's offspring, are you? If the Four Beast Clan hasn't perished, that would cause a big mess," Xingyi warned.

Pash quickly replied, "No need for offspring; just the Seven-Star Demons. Kill them at will—if we kill many and there's still no response, then it's basically confirmed."

"Alright, let's try that first," Xingyi agreed.

In any case, they're only looking for a chance to "grant" some divine-level beings the Lord God's power and do nothing else; even if the Four Beast Clan is still alive, they can't do much, and they have the Destruction Sovereign behind them—so they won't directly offend the Four Beast Clan, and the Four Beast Clan won't dare act against them recklessly.

As time progressed, many Lord Gods and divine-level families noticed the Four Beast Clan's oddities, and that they hadn't seen the Four Beast Clan's Lord God for a long while.

Additionally, the Lord Gods discovered that the Water Sovereign had vanished; some Water Lord Gods, knowing the Water Sovereign's birth plane, sent a divine consciousness‑descended energy avatar to communicate with his life‑Lord God avatar, but upon reaching that plane, they found the Water Sovereign was nowhere to be found.

It should be noted that the Water Sovereign Inas is extremely cautious; his life‑Lord God avatar has remained in his own material plane since the primordial Lord Gods first descended, while the Water Sovereign's avatar operates on divine planes, yet now both avatars are missing.

The Water Sovereign's avatar may have suffered some accident, but the avatar residing in the material plane would, unless the Supreme God intervenes, theoretically be unbeatable.

The disappearance of two Sovereign-level beings also caused unease among the Lord Gods.

"Inas's material plane? He's not there?" Shawn thought, after learning this from a lower-tier Death Lord God, and understood.

He probably knows his Lord God avatar's fall would eventually be discovered, so he fled deliberately; picking any random material plane makes it nearly impossible even for a Lord God to locate, like those once‑vanished Great Perfections that can never be found again.

Skull Stone Lord God said, "Indeed, it's strange; the Four Beast Clan also seems to have trouble. Could both sides have perished together? No matter how they might, Lord Inas's life‑Lord God avatar cannot have perished."

"Inas has no offspring?" Shawn asked again.

Skull Stone Lord God shook his head, "No, he's always been alone."

Shawn then asked, "Then there's no Lord God to consult the Four Beast Clan? Gaisu Leysen might know what happened to the Four Beast Clan, right?"

Skull Stone Lord God smiled, "Perhaps, but the Four Beast Clan is in Hell; even if we inquire, it would be the Destruction Sovereign himself."

"Makes sense." Shawn didn't ask further, saying, "Never mind them; it's Hell's business anyway, let's continue our chess game."

He also knew the matter was about to be exposed, since the Four Beast Clan's actions clearly aim at self‑preservation, which presupposes that the Four Beast Clan has already fallen.

For the Lord Gods, millennia are but a blink, and they aren't particularly concerned with events on divine planes, so they paid little attention at first; as time passed, they naturally became informed.

Because on the Blood Peak Continent, many elite families have been besieging the Four Beast Clan's members, which is a test; they are still slaughtering ordinary clan members, and if they ever kill the Four Beast Clan's core members—or even the Lord Gods' descendants—that will inevitably alert all the Lord Gods.

Moreover, the simultaneous disappearance of the Water Sovereign convinced other Lord Gods that the two events are linked, since the probability of simultaneous occurrence is virtually zero.

But for him, it doesn't matter; he has already prepared to make this matter public.

On the outer rim of the Azure Origin Plane, a new plane was gradually forming; a woman was enveloped entirely by a massive amount of teal water‑sovereign power, and the terrifying might rendered the surrounding spatial turbulence powerless.

"Blaire." Shawn suddenly appeared behind the new Water Sovereign.

"Father." Blaire startled, her heart racing; as a Water Sovereign, even if her strength is inferior to her father's, she shouldn't be unable to notice him approaching so closely.

Shawn looked at the forming material plane and asked, "How is the Water Law fusion progressing?"

Blaire laughed, "Father, I have already fused five mysteries. Initially, with the aid of faith power, it took me several thousand years to fuse four, then I created the Water Divine Plane, and using the cultivation opportunities there, I successfully fused the fifth;

However, that's only the initial five; the sixth has not yet begun to fuse."

Even with the same five-way fusion, having just completed the five, the gap to the sixth is still vast; in terms of power it may not decide life or death, but moving from the former to the latter requires breaking through many bottlenecks, an extremely difficult task.

Shawn smiled lightly, "That's already impressive; achieving five-way fusion puts your strength barely at Sovereign level, but you're still of a common race, so you should remain low‑key in the future."

Although Shawn considered several other Rule Sovereigns to be trash‑level, overall they were still far stronger than the newcomer Blaire.

Blaire laughed, "Yes, Father. With you here, I doubt anyone would be rude to me. Your strength should be at Rule Sovereign level, right?"

"Perhaps." Shawn said nothing more, then added, "Continue your seclusion. Over on the divine plane, the Four Beast Clan's movements have attracted all the Lord Gods' attention; I expect a Lord God council will convene soon. When that happens, I'll bring you forth so you can meet the other Lord Gods."

His own daughter being a Water Sovereign naturally warrants a public reveal; after all, he is now nearly invincible—though he might not defeat Ouf, he shouldn't lose.

Even outsiders are unaware of his strength and that he has completed the Supreme God mission; if someone provocatively comes after him, it would be an opportunity to grant him a Lord God core, especially now that he has long plotted to obtain the Augusta Lord God core.

However, if he suddenly strikes, he might not be able to kill them quickly; once his power and target are exposed, Ouf, Utrede and others could unite to stop him, and he cannot be certain of an absolute victory.

"Yes, Father," Blaire replied.

Hell, Sea of Chaos, inside a deep‑sea palace beside Wukun City:

Xingyi and Pash bowed and said, "Sovereign, according to our investigation, the Four Beast Clan is definitely not on the divine plane; they cannot enter the material plane, so if they are still alive they must be hiding within some spatial turbulence."

The spatial turbulence is so vast that even a Lord God searching would take a very long time, and if those inside are moving, it becomes even harder to locate.

Utrede frowned, "It's unlikely. The Four Beast Clan's actions clearly indicate they are preparing to evade attacks from other divine-level experts, and given the massacres on Blood Peak Continent over the years, it seems the Four Beast Clan has truly fallen."

The chief deity of the Four Beast family does not care about the death of ordinary clan members or even Seven‑Star Demon‑level elders, but if the Four Beast still exist, the Four Beast family will not permit such a thing and will retaliate completely.

Recent observations show that the Four Beast family is truly low‑key, and even the use of the chief deity's power has become much more cautious.

Xing Yi suggested: "Sovereign, how about I capture an elder of the Four Beast family and try to soul‑seed him? My subordinate Mo Si should be able, albeit with difficulty, to soul‑seed a weaker Four Beast Seven‑Star Demon elder."

Mo Si is the top master of the Star Mist Sea, proficient in the Destruction and Death rules, having cultivated to an extremely high level, nearly reaching Great Perfection, and can easily soul‑seed a typical Seven‑Star Demon.

However, the Four Beast family is rather special; deep within their souls lies innate energy protection, making both attacks and soul‑seeding more difficult than for peers of the same level.

"Fine, give it a try. If any trouble arises, I'll explain," the Destruction Sovereign finally agreed.

In truth, we could have done it long ago; the only doubt is whether the chief deity of the Four Beast has truly fallen. They are reluctant to overstep; if the Four Beast chief deity is unharmed, the situation becomes awkward, and even the Destruction Sovereign often does not disregard the face of other sovereigns.

Xing Yi replied, "Yes, Sovereign, I'll arrange it right away."

Half a month later, Xing Yi and Pa Shi returned to the Sea of Chaos. Xing Yi said, "Sovereign, I have confirmed that Gai Si Lei Sen and several others issued orders long ago, withdrawing a large number of Four Beast elites to the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range, while the rest go to the cities."

The elders within the Four Beast family also suspect that the Four Beast chief deity has fallen, but it seems only Gai Si Lei Sen and a few others can confirm. Should I go capture Gai Si Lei Sen directly?

"No need; even a deceased chief deity deserves respect. Even if Gai Si Lei Sen is killed or disgraced, our sovereign cannot act against him," the Destruction Sovereign said coolly. "It seems the Four Beast truly has fallen, but why has Yi Na Si also disappeared?"

"Perhaps after killing the Four Beast, he went into hiding?" Pa Shi speculated. It had been many years since a chief deity fell, and no one expected four to die at once now.

The Destruction Sovereign said, "Perhaps. In any case, let's convene a chief deity council. Several sovereigns have been speculating about this for a long time; if we're wrong, let those few step forward to correct it, even an energy avatar can come."

If the Four Beast truly has fallen, then he also must obtain the Four Beast's essence blood.

After speaking, his spiritual consciousness suddenly spread, covering Hell: "Everyone, the matter of the Four Beast and Yi Na Si must be puzzling to all, so let's hold a chief deity council. Please travel to other divine realms and contact the other chief deities."

"Yes, Sovereign," many chief deities residing in Hell replied.

Communication among chief deities is simple and swift; in no time, dozens of chief deities from other realms arrived in Hell, either via teleportation arrays or spatial turbulence, gathering above Wukun City.

Shawn and the Underworld Sovereign also arrived here, as did the Four Great Rules Sovereign and six Law Sovereigns.

The only absences were the Four Beast and Yi Na Si.

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