"Muba, please continue." Lin Lei listened carefully.
Muba smiled and said, "The master of Azure Flame City is none other than Lord Azure Flame, one of the Five Great Kings! Lord Azure Flame is extremely mysterious. His power goes without saying — he rarely shows himself, and whether he's even in Azure Flame City is uncertain. The most famous figure in Azure Flame City, second only to Lord Azure Flame himself, is Lord Adkins. A powerful Highgod!"
"A Highgod?"
Lin Lei's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but sigh inwardly: *Olivier, if you want to avenge your brother, that's going to be difficult.*
The ones who had destroyed Martial God Mountain were Adkins and a group of powerful experts he led.
Could Olivier possibly kill Adkins?
"Lin Lei, even among Highgods there are vast differences. Reaching the Highgod realm by refining a divine spark is completely different from achieving it through one's own strength, and knowing a Law doesn't mean you can use it well. In the Gobad Dimensional Prison, among those of the same level, the weak are weeded out and killed."
Muba continued his explanation. "Lord Adkins has been famous for billions of years. In the Gobad Dimensional Prison, he is one of the most formidable Highgods."
"I understand. We wouldn't dare provoke this Adkins," Lin Lei said self-deprecatingly.
Only by knowing the strength of all parties could Lin Lei determine how to approach them.
"What else? The Yulan Continent can't possibly have only this many powerhouses," Lin Lei pressed.
Muba nodded. "The Luo'ao Empire has already suffered a calamity — a hundred million dead, the bulk of the population has fled, and the empire is virtually empty. Naturally, it doesn't count. Currently, the Rhine Empire, the Yulan Empire, and your Baruch Empire are all controlled by Mid-level Deities. As for the O'Brien Empire, it has been claimed by Lord Adkins."
"All Mid-level Deities?" Lin Lei felt a bitter taste in his heart.
Olivier's sword strike had truly unleashed a great many powerhouses — even several Mid-level Deities among them.
"The Mid-level Deity controlling the Yulan Empire, I know — his name is Olsop. As for whoever controls the Rhine Empire, I'm not certain. And regarding the Holy Alliance and Dark Alliance, I'm not too familiar with that side, so I don't know," Muba explained.
Lin Lei nodded slightly.
No matter what was happening with the two great alliances west of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, the four great empires to the east had all been occupied.
"Muba." Lin Lei suddenly thought of something.
"What is it?" Muba noticed Lin Lei's expression and grew somewhat puzzled.
Lin Lei asked quickly, "You said the master of Azure Flame City is 'Azure Flame,' one of the Five Great Kings of the Gobad Dimensional Prison. When the Spatial Gate briefly opened, could this 'Lord Azure Flame' have escaped back to the Yulan Continent plane as well?"
Muba froze.
"That... I'm not sure," Muba said with admiration. "If Lord Azure Flame came to the Yulan Continent plane, that would be extraordinary. I'm afraid even Lord Belut, a Messenger of the Sovereign, might not be able to match him."
Lin Lei, who knew the origins of the Gobad Dimensional Prison, nodded inwardly in agreement.
*The Five Great Kings...*
Even Lin Lei felt a trace of awe.
Kings!
The Gobad Dimensional Prison had existed since the formation of heaven and earth. The number of powerful beings imprisoned within was astronomical. To reach the peak among countless experts and become one of the Five Great Kings of the entire prison plane — such figures were at the absolute apex even among Highgods.
"But Lord Azure Flame never shows himself in Azure Flame City. He might not even have been there at the time," Muba added.
"Muba, there's something I'm quite curious about," Lin Lei said, frowning.
"Please, go ahead," Muba replied in a friendly tone.
Lin Lei nodded slightly. "I've always been puzzled — I can understand why Demigods and Mid-level Deities would remain on the Yulan Continent. They're hoping to obtain divine sparks in the Tomb of Gods. But... Lord Adkins is a Highgod, isn't he? Why would he remain on the Yulan Continent plane as well? He's already a Highgod. Could the Tomb of Gods really contain a Sovereign's divine spark?" Lin Lei joked.
He knew very well.
The number of Sovereigns was fixed. Among the seven elemental systems — Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, Lightning, Light, and Darkness — each system had exactly seven Sovereigns. Across the countless planes and over infinite ages, the number of god-level experts born was absolutely astronomical.
Just look at the Gobad Dimensional Prison — and that was only a single plane.
Imagine the total across all planes.
And especially the four Supreme High Planes and seven Divine Planes — the numbers were staggering. How many god-level experts existed? The quantity defied imagination.
But Sovereigns?
Take the Earth system — there were only seven! Only when one fell could a Highgod obtain a Sovereign's divine spark and inherit the position. But could a being as mighty as a Sovereign fall so easily? Besides, the Tomb of Gods was the game of the Sovereigns.
Would a Sovereign actually place a divine spark inside?
Even if a Sovereign wanted to, they would need to have one to give.
"No."
Muba shook his head. "Lin Lei, you don't know this — the Tomb of Gods actually contains Sovereign Artifacts!"
"Sovereign Artifacts?" Lin Lei was somewhat surprised. "Even a Sovereign needs to nurture a divine artifact with their whole being over a vast stretch of time to produce a Sovereign Artifact. Would the Sovereign who created the Tomb of Gods really be willing to place a Sovereign Artifact inside?"
"Not just Sovereign Artifacts..."
Muba said mysteriously, "Legend has it that on the eighteenth floor of the Tomb of Gods, there is a Sovereign's divine spark!!!"
"You're joking. That's completely a joke," Lin Lei laughed.
"That's not necessarily the case," Muba said seriously. "Lin Lei, you don't understand. Those imprisoned in the Gobad Dimensional Prison are generally historical powerhouses from the Yulan Continent plane. But ten thousand years ago, and five thousand years ago, most of those imprisoned were actually experts from other planes. What drew these experts here from other planes?"
"For the Tomb of Gods?" Lin Lei replied.