Chapter 31: Reunion
Linley had already spent over five hundred years establishing the Wind-type divine plane.
"Whoosh, whoosh—the violent wind raged, and the entire space was a chaotic blur.
In this hazy space, even the sky and earth had not fully formed. Deep within the blurry expanse, a faint human silhouette stood, streaks of pale cyan light shooting out from his body in all directions, causing the indistinct space to continuously expand and stabilize.
His pale cyan hair flowing, Linley stood there with his eyes closed.
He had been standing like this for over five hundred years.
"Wind. Formless, shadowless. Condensed into a sharp blade, scattered into nothingness."
Within Linley's mind, countless sword images flashed, constantly demonstrating various insights.
Boundless faith energy surged into Linley's mind like a mighty river. This faith energy allowed Linley to improve at a shocking speed. In particular, establishing the Wind-type divine plane had also enabled Linley to comprehend many things, directly breaking through numerous difficulties and bottlenecks.
Over the past five hundred years, Linley's understanding of the Wind Elemental Laws had soared at an astonishing rate.
This was because Linley had already possessed a foundation.
In five hundred years, Linley had fused five types of profundities in the Wind Elemental Laws. Of course, the Wind Elemental Laws had a total of nine types of profundities. Linley could only be considered to have achieved minor success.
"Haha..."
Suddenly, a hearty laugh echoed through the blurry space, even causing the space to tremble. "Five hundred years. I've finally completely fused the Dimensional Edge and the Explosion Profundity. Now, the Explosion Profundity has been fully fused with the other three Law Profundities." A smile involuntarily appeared on Linley's face. Almost instantly, Linley had begun the path of fusing all four Law Profundities together.
The profundities of the four different Laws began to gradually improve.
"So that's how it is!"
As his insights deepened, Linley's conception of his strongest sword strike, his sword intent, constantly changed. However, the sword energy was too chaotic, completely unable to condense into a single point.
Now, with the four types of profundities beginning to fuse step by step, Linley was also able to gradually condense that chaotic sword energy.
Back when Linley had not yet become a god.
As his profundities gradually improved, his strength also increased step by step.
Now, as the fusion of the four progressed, the power of Linley's sword intent strike continuously increased.
"This plane will take another four to five hundred years to form. These four to five hundred years are enough for me to improve further." While establishing the Wind-type divine plane, Linley also cultivated. It wasn't just his Wind-type Sovereign clone; his Fire-type clone, Water-type Sovereign clone, and Earth Sovereign clone were all immersed in cultivation.
Linley wanted to improve with all his might!
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Earth Divine Plane, Azure Dragon Continent.
The Azure Dragon Continent was the sphere of influence controlled by the Azure Dragon Ancestor back when he was a Sovereign. Although the Ancestor had fallen nearly twenty thousand years ago, the Azure Dragon Continent remained as it always had.
The grass was lush and green. A group of people was walking leisurely across a prairie.
At the head were a brown-haired young man and a youth, followed by four men and two women. It was the Sovereign Linley and his group.
"So that's how it is."
Walking along, a smile suddenly appeared on Linley's face. He waved his right hand slightly, and a blurry sword shadow shot out from his hand, instantly shattering the space.
"The Sovereign..."
The six people, including Russell, were filled with confusion. Lately, Linley couldn't help but test out some techniques even while traveling. This inevitably surprised the six of them. However, they didn't dare to disturb Linley.
"Boss, you're cultivating. Your other avatars are cultivating too, so why are you still...?" Bebe couldn't help but speak up.
Linley, immersed in the mysteries of the technique, was startled awake and smiled awkwardly: "Bebe, I couldn't help it!" Besides his main body, his other four avatars were all immersed in the fusion cultivation of the four Laws. Every day, Linley had new insights into the fusion of the four Law Profundities.
The power of his sword intent strike was also increasing by a tiny margin every day.
Being able to perceive improvement every day—what a terrifying thing that was!
"Boss, you're really a cultivation maniac!" Bebe snorted. Then he rubbed his nose and laughed. "But Boss, don't rush. We've already recruited five Sovereign's Emissaries. We only need one more! On this Azure Dragon Continent, there are over a thousand at the Seven Star Fiend level. And Boss, didn't you say two of them are not far ahead?"
Linley nodded.
He turned to look at the six people behind him. These six were William, the commander of the Azure Dragon Legion from the Earth Divine Plane, and the other five Emissaries. These five Emissaries, three men and two women, all had special traits.
There was a Golden Crown Mermaid from the Mermaid race, a Nine-tailed Whistling Wind Fox divine beast, a Via Giantess...
In short, these five were either strong in material defense or strong in soul defense. Paired with Sovereign artifacts, they could perfectly compensate for their weaknesses.
Linley's prerequisite for selecting people was—to do his best to ensure they could survive the planar war.
"In the blink of an eye, it's been over five hundred years." Linley sighed. "Ahead, there are two people. According to the intelligence, they are both Seven Star Hunters. One is named Breler, a kind-hearted old good man. The other, Gonsa, is considered top-tier among Seven Star Hunters."
Linley had learned all this from the intelligence handed to him by William, the commander of the Azure Dragon Legion.
"William, their detailed information." Linley said indifferently.
Linley had only looked at the briefest intelligence; he hadn't read the details.
"Breler. This person cultivates the Light Laws. He is very sincere with others and would risk his life for his friends. As a result, he has made many good friends. I'm just surprised that with this kind of personality, he has managed to survive until now. Unbelievable." Commander William laughed.
Linley couldn't help but nod.
That Breler, based solely on the description in the intelligence, could be called a perfect person!
Bebe muttered, "This kind of goody-two-shoes personality, surviving in the brutal divine plane and even reaching the Seven Star Fiend level. Unbelievable."
"Let's go. These two are sparring again." Linley said with a faint smile.
Immediately, the speed of Linley's group increased dramatically. With a blurry flash, Linley and his group vanished from the spot.
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At the edge of the prairie was a building condensed from elemental energy. In front of the building was a shimmering, rippling lake.
Two figures were flashing and intertwining above the lake.
"Swish!" A figure in a cyan robe had lightning flickering across his body as he moved, his speed far surpassing that of the other figure in a white robe.
The figure in the white robe was also extremely fast, but still inferior to his opponent. However, his defense was very strong.
"Hmph!"
With a low grunt, the white-robed figure's body suddenly swelled. His skin instantly turned cyan, and his arms and legs all expanded by one size. White patterns appeared on his body. Veins bulged all over his body like twisted earthworms, and two antennae grew from his forehead.
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
The cyan-robed figure's attacks landed on the white-robed figure one after another. The white-robed figure's leather-like skin surface glowed with white light, and he used the force to retreat.
"These two. Their strength is only close to the Commander level." Linley watched the two figures high above the lake from afar and made his judgment with a faint smile.
"Sovereign." Commander William said respectfully, "This Gonsa is extremely fast and has fairly strong attack power. He has no weaknesses. But at the same time as having no weaknesses, he has no major strengths either! As for this Breler, his most special trait is his physical defense! His physical defense is extremely strong, especially after transforming. Even a powerhouse of the same level would generally find it hard to kill him. Look, although Gonsa relies on his speed to land several attacks on Breler, Breler is unaffected."
Linley nodded slightly.
Although the white-robed figure Breler had strong defense, it was clear that Gonsa held the advantage in this fight.
"Let's stop." The white-robed figure laughed. "If you use a really vicious move, my soul won't be able to defend against it."
"Breler, your body's defense is too strong." The cyan-robed figure also laughed.
At this moment, the white-robed figure's body began to revert to normal. The two antennae on his forehead disappeared, and he returned to his human form.
"My strong body is a talent, but in terms of strength, I am still a bit weaker than you, Brother Gonsa." The white-robed figure laughed. Suddenly, he frowned and turned to look into the distance. The cyan-robed figure beside him also looked in the same direction. In the distance, Linley and his group were walking slowly towards them.
Among Linley's group, only William, the commander of the Azure Dragon Legion, was from the Earth Divine Plane.
Given William's status, these two had never met him.
Of course—
These two had no idea who Linley's group was, but they could sense that Linley's group was not to be trifled with.
"Breler, be careful. I think their strength should be very high." The cyan-robed figure transmitted.
"It should be fine, Gonsa. We haven't provoked them, so they won't attack us for no reason." The white-robed figure said cheerfully.
"Don't imagine everyone is like you." The cyan-robed figure, Gonsa, became visibly wary, staring at Linley's approaching group.
Then, Gonsa shouted coldly, "Everyone, I don't know what business you have coming to my place?"
"I want to speak with him alone." The brown-haired young man at the head of the approaching group pointed at the white-robed figure, Breler.
"My name is Breler. And you are?" Breler laughed and stepped forward.
"Breler!" The cyan-robed figure, Gonsa, immediately became anxious and transmitted to stop him, "You don't even know them! Don't get close to them!"
Linley glanced at Gonsa.
Then, with a thought—
"Boom!" A surge of Earth Sovereign power immediately spread out. Containing the might of a Sovereign, the Earth Sovereign power instantly separated Gonsa and Breler, forming a barrier that enveloped Breler and Linley's group, isolating the cyan-robed figure outside.
The cyan-robed figure, Gonsa, was shaken by the Sovereign power and sent flying. He tumbled, righted himself, and looked at the group inside the earthen-yellow transparent barrier. His expression changed drastically: "Sov... Sovereign..."
The power of that casual move was simply too terrifying.
The white-robed figure, Breler, also realized this and immediately knelt down: "Breler pays homage to the Sovereign. May I ask what business the Sovereign has with me? Whatever it is, please command me."
"Breler, I have a trial here. If you are willing to participate, I will make you my Sovereign's Emissary and grant you a Sovereign artifact of your choice." Linley said with a faint smile.
"Ah!" Breler was stunned.
Sovereign's Emissary? Sovereign artifact?
This heaven-sent fortune made Breler's head spin. After countless years of cultivation, who didn't want to reach the peak? But even becoming a Lord or a Prefect-level figure didn't guarantee obtaining a Sovereign artifact. After all, there were only so many Sovereign's Emissaries. The number of Commander-level figures far exceeded the number of Sovereign's Emissaries.
"I, a Sovereign's Emissary?" Breler couldn't help but ask again.
"Of course." Linley nodded. "The prerequisite is that you need to go and participate in a trial."
"May I ask the Sovereign, what is the trial?" Breler asked excitedly, his face slightly flushed.
Linley smiled calmly: "Don't agree so quickly. Listen carefully to this trial! I need you to participate in a planar war, and this planar war is different from the past..." Linley began to describe in detail just how dangerous this planar war would be.
As he listened, Breler's gaze grew firm.
He believed that even entering this terrifying planar war, he would have a chance to survive!
"Sovereign, I hope to obtain a soul defense Sovereign artifact." Breler quickly said.
"Done. The sixth one." Linley felt a surge of joy in his heart.
"Lord Linley!" At that moment, a voice rang out in Linley's mind.
"Hmm?" Linley turned to look. In the distance, two streaks of light flashed and vanished, and two figures landed on the ground. "Two Sovereigns?"