Chapter 138: Challenge of the Light Ruler

After Xiao En heard the voice of the Destruction Ruler, he was overjoyed; with a thought, the space where he stood cracked, and he directly entered a spatial turbulence, the Destruction Ruler was not far away.

Xiao En laughed, "Did it really succeed? Only a few million years, that's impressive; I studied for a much longer time and got nothing!"

In fact, for a Lord Deity, twenty thousand years, a few million years, or even a few hundred million years make no difference; Xiao En was a bit disappointed at first, not expecting Wu Tereide to have succeeded.

"First, attend to the main matter…" the Destruction Ruler's voice was very cold, telepathically saying, "My move is called Temporal‑Spatial Chaos, similar to the Four Sacred Beasts' ultimate technique, but its power amplification cannot compare; the method is …"

Listening to Wu Tereide's description, Xiao En's eyes instantly brightened; as the Great Perfection of the Death Rule, his research on souls was deep, and the method Wu Tereide described cleverly bypassed the soul differences of the Four Sacred Beasts, allowing the use of the Four Sacred Beasts' essence blood within his body to execute a Combined Innate Divine Art.

Normally, soul matching and essence blood matching are required to wield an Innate Divine Art; after Wu Tereide's bypass, the power drops a lot, but considering the Four Sacred Beasts' ultimate technique's amplification of ten thousand times or more, even a thousandfold increase would far surpass the Supreme Artifact.

"Ha ha, impressive, Wu Tereide." Xiao En laughed, "Our transaction is concluded; from now on, we only need to keep our oath and not use this move on each other, and there will be no constraints."

"Very well." After Wu Tereide agreed, he said, "Then we part ways. Besides, I am preparing to challenge Ao Fu in a hundred years; I will invite all Ruler‑level beings, hoping you can also attend and witness the battle."

"You want to challenge Ao Fu?" Xiao En thought for a moment and asked, "Has Ao Fu agreed?"

"He has agreed; you need not inquire about the others." Wu Tereide said indifferently.

Xiao En nodded, "Alright, I'll be there on time."

……

A hundred years later, before the eyes of all Rulers, Wu Tereide challenged Ao Fu, but was still defeated by Ao Fu with a single move.

Whether it was Wu Tereide's Temporal‑Spatial Chaos or Ao Fu's ability to defeat Wu Tereide under a Temporal‑Spatial Chaos attack, all Rulers were greatly shocked.

Especially the Life and Death Rulers, at this moment they also realized that although they are all among the Four Great Rule Rulers, the two of them are far weaker than the other two.

Even the Death Ruler, who had obtained two points of Willpower Might, furrowed his brows and telepathically asked Xiao En, "Xiao En, did you give the Four Sacred Beasts' essence blood to Wu Tereide?"

"Yes, there was a transaction between me and him." Xiao En gave no further explanation.

All Lord Deities know that without a beast's essence blood, one cannot wield the corresponding Innate Divine Art; this is inevitable, even for ordinary divine beasts. The gods study the beasts' Innate Divine Arts mainly to bypass soul differences and use essence blood to execute the arts.

"Alas~" the Death Ruler added, "Xiao En, Wu Tereide's and Ao Fu's duel's stake is this technique's method; your essence blood, do not give it to Ao Fu any more."

"Rest assured, I won't give it to anyone else." Xiao En replied.

Even if he does not use Temporal‑Spatial Chaos himself, he could not give essence blood to anyone, let alone Ao Fu; otherwise, if Ao Gu Si Ta were to have this move, it could threaten him.

After the battle, the twelve Ruler‑level strongmen separated to return to the Underworld; Xiao En suddenly received a telepathic voice from Ao Fu: "Xiao En, come visit my Heaven when you have time; I am also very interested in the Death Rule."

"Very well, Lord Ao Fu." Xiao En answered with a smile.

……

Thousands of years later, inside the palace on You Luo Island where Xiao En resides, a massive influx of Light Lord Deity power gathered, quickly forming a towering man in a golden battle robe.

"Ao Gu Si Ta? What are you doing here?" Xiao En said calmly, looking at Ao Gu Si Ta.

Ao Gu Si Ta laughed, "Xiao En, I want to make a trade with you, how about it?"

"What trade?" Xiao En retorted.

Ao Gu Si Ta said, "I know you have an outstanding descendant, with Asura‑level strength, still cultivating the Dark Rule."

"And in my hand, I possess a Dark‑aligned Divine God Form, the one Fei Si Te has."

"Then what do you want?" Xiao En asked calmly.

Tuo Ya's innate talent is indeed impressive; on the material plane he had already cultivated to the third Fusion level, and after arriving in the Underworld, the cultivation environment improved greatly, with many strong ones; plus Xiao En, as a Lord Deity, also gathered multiple material‑plane faith forces for him, ultimately successfully cultivating the mysterious art to the fifth Fusion level.

However, no matter how strong, he is still a god‑level being; Xiao En could not violate the Divine Covenant by hunting a Dark‑aligned Divine God Form, especially since he is still in the Great Perfection stage and has a good relationship with the Dark‑aligned Lord Deities.

He also knows that Fei Si Te's Dark‑era Divine God Form was never refined; according to the soul bead memory description, it must now be in Ao Fu's or Ao Gu Si Ta's hands.

Ao Gu Si Ta laughed, "I want two things: one is the Supreme Divine Token You Yuan Crystal, the other is the Four Sacred Beasts' essence blood."

"Are you joking? One Divine God Form for so many treasures?" Xiao En asked coldly.

After Wu Tereide fought him, he did not disclose that he possessed the material‑plane defensive Supreme Artifact, so other Lord Deities between Heaven and Earth only know that Xiao En holds a Supreme Divine Token, but they do not know he has completed the mission.

Ao Gu Si Ta smiled lightly, "The value of these treasures varies by person; for those without a Dark God avatar, a Dark Divine God Form is essentially worthless, but for a Dark supreme deity, the Divine God Form's value exceeds everything, right?"

"That's true, but this trade still doesn't work for me." Xiao En added, "I still have lower‑tier Divine God Forms of wind, fire, and earth attributes. I can exchange two lower‑tier ones for your mid‑tier Divine God Form, how about that? As far as I know, your son Han Jin also has a fire‑type God avatar."

"That won't do; I only want the Supreme Divine Token and the Four Sacred Beasts' essence blood." Ao Gu Si Ta refused.

Xiao En laughed, "Seems you don't care whether your son becomes a Lord Deity, so why do you think I would be any different?"

Shawn then smiled and said, "It seems you don't really care whether your son can become a chief god, so what makes you think I would be any different?"

He was reluctant to speak of his family's descendants, which weren't truly his bloodline… and even if they were, they could not compare to treasures of Divine God Form or Supreme Divine Token level.

Xiao En said again, "Consider it carefully; if you're willing to trade, I'm always welcome, otherwise you may return."

"How about we try another method." Ao Gu Si Ta suddenly said, "We each place a hand, the stake being my Divine God Form against your Supreme Divine Token and Four Sacred Beasts' essence blood, how does that sound?"

"What? You think having an attack on a Supreme Artifact guarantees you can beat me?" Xiao En retorted with a laugh.

Ao Gu Si Ta smiled lightly, "Xiao En, judging by your Willpower Might, your strength should be that of a Great Perfection Ruler; a mismatched attribute Supreme Artifact is no match for you. However, I have recently devised some ultimate moves, so I also want a stronger opponent to test; the Four Great Rule Rulers are too strong for me, I can't match them, so you are more suitable."

"If I lose, I'll give you Fei Si Te's Dark Divine God Form; if I win, you must give me the Supreme Divine Token and the Four Sacred Beasts' essence blood."

"Ha ha, you want a duel, that's fine." Xiao En said indifferently, "But one Divine God Form can only be wagered for a single treasure, either the Four Sacred Beasts' essence blood or the Supreme Divine Token; you must choose one."

"If I lose, I will give you Feisite's dark chief god status; if I win, you must give me the token of the supreme god and the essence blood of the four divine beasts."

Xiao En shook his head, "Then that's that; I don't think it's worth it. One Divine God Form I can't use isn't worth that price."

Ao Gu Si Ta fell silent for a long time, finally saying, "Fine, I'll wager the Four Sacred Beasts' essence blood; I know you gave Wu Tereide half of the essence blood, I want the other half in full."

"That's impossible too; at most I can give you half of all I have." Xiao En said with a faint smile.

"You… Xiao En, you're being too much." Ao Gu Si Ta was very angry.

"As you wish; if you don't agree, that's that." Xiao En said nonchalantly.

Ao Gu Si Ta was about to speak, but suddenly received a soul telepathic voice from Ao Fu: "Ao Gu Si Ta, agree to him, a quarter of the essence blood is enough for my research."

"But that's too disadvantageous." Ao Gu Si Ta complained telepathically.

"Each takes what they need; how can it be a loss?" Ao Fu said calmly, "Moreover, you have learned my ultimate move; your material defense has greatly increased, and your soul is protected by a Supreme Artifact, you simply cannot lose. First obtain a quarter of the Four Sacred Beasts' essence blood, then my ultimate move research is now in a bind."

But this is too much of a loss. Aogusita complained via voice transmission.

Each takes what they need, how could there be a loss that's not good? Aofu said calmly: Moreover, you have learned my ultimate technique, your physical defense has greatly increased, and on the soul side you also have protection from a supreme divine artifact; you basically cannot lose. First obtain 1/4 of the Four Divine Beasts' essence blood, then we'll talk. My research on the ultimate technique has now run into a bottleneck.

"Fine, it's up to you." Ao Gu Si Ta replied, then looked at Xiao En: "Fine, I accept, on this condition."

"Then how shall we duel? Where, and when?" Xiao En asked.

Ao Gu Si Ta smiled lightly: "A Sovereign‑level war, of course, must be like the previous Lord Wu Tereide and Lord Ao Fu, inviting Sovereign‑level beings to observe.

However, I wish to invite all Gods to observe. What do you think?"

"Invite them to join the battle?" Xiao En furrowed his brows, unclear of the fellow's intent, thought for a moment, then agreed: "Fine, how about a thousand years later, within the spatial turbulence outside the Underworld plane?"

"Alright, see you in a thousand years." After Ao Gu Si Ta finished speaking, his humanoid form dispersed, and a great amount of Light God's power returned to heaven and earth.

……

The news that Light Sovereign Ao Gu Si Ta and Xiao En would schedule a duel a thousand years later quickly spread throughout the God community of the divine plane, and many Gods began discussing it among themselves.

Bu Lai Er, upon learning this, immediately came to the Underworld and asked Xiao En: "Father, Ao Gu Si Ta possesses a supreme artifact, and the Light Law's soul defense is not weak either; are you confident?"

Everyone knows that Xiao En's strength lies in his soul, while his material aspect is average; this is determined by the law's attributes, and he is not of a special race.

As for Ao Gu Si Ta, he has an offensive supreme artifact; although its attribute does not match, its deterrent power is immense, since the supreme artifact can easily shatter any primary artifact and can also threaten other Gods' bodies.

"Rest assured, I am fully confident," Xiao En said with a faint smile.

Even against Ao Fu now, he is untroubled, having a material‑defense supreme artifact plus temporal‑spatial distortion.

Fortunately, Wu Tereide did not disclose these two matters; otherwise Ao Gu Si Ta would certainly not have come to challenge him.

Seeing his father's confidence, Bu Lai Er no longer asked further, and simply said: "Please, father, be careful."

"Hmm…" Xiao En nodded.

Hell, Sea of Chaos:

"Ao Gu Si Ta challenges Xiao En?" Wu Tereide, upon hearing the news, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Star God Xing Yi Dao: "It is said they also wagered a treasure, but what kind of treasure, we do not know."

"Whatever treasure Ao Gu Si Ta seeks is surely because he intervened on behalf of Ao Fu," Wu Tereide said with a faint smile. "But Ao Fu clearly underestimated Xiao En; counting only on Ao Gu Si Ta, defeating Xiao En is impossible."

Star Yi asked in confusion: "Sovereign, Ao Gu Si Ta's power is not to be taken lightly. He has a supreme artifact, and his relationship with Lord Ao Fu is so close; I reckon Lord Ao Fu will surely give him some formidable techniques."

"Perhaps, but I doubt it will be useful unless Ao Gu Si Ta also reaches great perfection," Wu Tereide said without further explanation;

The last time he fought Xiao En, the opponent blocked his supreme artifact with a material‑defense supreme artifact, yet there was still a clash of strength; although Xiao En was knocked back, he could feel Xiao En's power was so strong that it was not much weaker than his own.

From the perspective of willpower, both sides should be equal, but he is a super divine beast while Xiao En is of an ordinary race, so the gap in strength should be considerable.

The only explanation is that Xiao En must still be hiding his strength, or perhaps, like Ao Fu, he has enhanced his body or material attacks through research;

Moreover, how the four divine beasts and the water‑type Sovereign Inas died back then, and whether Xiao En opportunistically took advantage, are all described by Xiao En; if both parties were killed by him, his strength would be far greater than everyone knows.

Underworld, the Death Sovereign also came to Xiao En's domain; the two drank tea together while chatting.

The Death Sovereign asked: "Xiao En, are you confident facing Ao Gu Si Ta? If not, I can lend you my supreme artifact."

The supreme divine oath of the Water‑type God's essence exchange also restricts the Death Sovereign, which makes her hope that Xiao En can borrow the supreme artifact as soon as possible;

She doesn't mind the conflict with Ao Gu Si Ta; even if Xiao En kills Ao Gu Si Ta, she wouldn't care. What she worries about is Xiao En facing other rule Sovereigns.

Xiao En smiled faintly: "There's no rush for now; facing Ao Gu Si Ta, I have my own confidence."

"Fine." The Death Sovereign asked no further; when the duel comes, if Xiao En truly cannot win, borrowing again would be the same.

A thousand years later, within the spatial turbulence on the outer fringe of the Underworld, all Gods of heaven and earth had arrived; the Sovereign‑level war, though it occasionally erupts, is generally unseen by other Gods.

"Swoosh~"

A black and a white silhouette appeared in a stretch of sky, namely Xiao En and Ao Gu Si Ta.

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