The vast void. Chaotic spatial storms.
Two streaks of rainbow light shot toward the blue-robed figure standing in the void!
"Grandpa Belute, Qing Huo." Lin Lei smiled as he looked at the two.
"How does it feel after refining the Highgod Spark?" Belute asked urgently through soul transmission. Beside him, Qing Huo was equally anxious: "How much has your strength increased?"
The entire purpose of this operation was to allow Lin Lei to surpass the Light Chief Sovereign!
"It feels... incredible!" A smile spread across Lin Lei's face. "After refining the third Highgod Spark, my willpower has grown even stronger. With the three Highgod powers fused together, my fused Highgod power is roughly a hundred times that of an ordinary Highgod's power. In terms of willpower and fused Highgod power alone, I surpass an ordinary Chief Sovereign tenfold!"
Indeed, through the soul mutation of his four divine clones, Lin Lei possessed one portion of willpower.
Compared to an ordinary Lower Highgod, Lin Lei had refined two additional Highgod Sparks, granting him two more portions of willpower. Combined, that gave him three extra portions.
The gap between a Lower Highgod and a Mid-Level Highgod, or between a Mid-Level Highgod and a High-Level Highgod, was typically a hundredfold — roughly equivalent to two portions of willpower.
Add to that the fact that his fused Highgod power was itself a hundred times stronger!
Now—
Disregarding the profound mysteries of the Laws entirely, in terms of raw willpower and energy alone, Lin Lei was ten times that of an ordinary Chief Sovereign!
"The four Great Law Chief Sovereigns, some of whom have reached Perfection, and their supreme divine artifacts are compatible with their attributes. I have no absolute confidence in defeating them, but facing them, I'm confident I can protect my own life!" Lin Lei transmitted. "As for dealing with the Light Chief Sovereign 'Augustus' — hmph, his supreme divine artifact is not compatible with his attribute either. Killing him? I'm confident."
Supreme Gods possessed only the four Great Laws.
Supreme divine artifacts could only be of the four Great Law attributes. Of course, neither Lin Lei nor Augustus had attributes that fully matched their respective supreme divine artifacts.
"Haha..." Belute and Qing Huo exchanged a glance, unable to contain their laughter.
Joyful, exultant laughter!
"It's been nearly twenty thousand years!" Belute was overcome with emotion. "Since becoming a Highgod, I've been cowering in the Yulan Plane for nearly twenty thousand years. Haha... At last, I can finally walk out freely."
"No more need to fear that Augustus," Qing Huo breathed, letting out a long sigh of relief.
"Augustus!" A thread of killing intent harbored deep in Lin Lei's heart.
That Light Chief Sovereign, Augustus — he had to be killed at the first opportunity! Once Augustus was dead, there would be no obstacle to rescuing his mother. He was certain the other Light Highgods would not dare obstruct him, Lin Lei.
While the three Highgods of the Yulan lineage gathered together in high spirits, the Wind Chief Sovereign 'Diya,' hurtling toward them at extreme speed from the distance, wore a grim expression. Diya had golden hair like flames, with a faint cyan luminescence flowing along the edges of the locks. His eyes were sharp as an eagle's.
After all, his true form was the divine beast 'Jade-Winged Golden Eagle.'
"Utterly outrageous!" Diya's fury surged. "I repeatedly ordered him to stop, yet this Lin Lei still went ahead and killed Terei!"
"Moreover, his weapon just now—"
A trace of dark light flickered through Diya's golden pupils.
Diya's divine sense spread across an enormous range. He had naturally detected Lin Lei's Life Supreme Divine Sword. "A supreme divine artifact! And it's of the Life attribute. Without a doubt, he has completed the seventh Supreme God task since the birth of heaven and earth! A supreme divine artifact, wasted in his hands. If I obtained it, with my strength..."
Diya could not help but conceive the notion of seizing the treasure.
This was hardly surprising. At the level of a Chief Sovereign, very few things could still capture his interest — and a supreme divine artifact was the most tempting of all!
"Chief Sovereign, this Lin Lei actually killed Terei, and he even refined that Wind Highgod Spark! This behavior is far too excessive!" Other Wind Highgods transmitted to Diya.
"Chief Sovereign, I believe we should capture Lin Lei and have the four Great Law Chief Sovereigns pass judgment."
The Wind System had a total of seven Highgods, and Diya, as their Chief Sovereign, was naturally the leading figure of this lineage.
When a Chief Sovereign spoke, the other Highgods would obediently comply.
Even someone as unruly as Terei had shown deep respect toward the Wind Chief Sovereign 'Diya.' For countless years, Diya had grown accustomed to looking down from the pinnacle. The only others who could stand as his equals were the other ten Chief Sovereigns. Lin Lei's previous disregard for his commands had already caused Diya some loss of face.
Killing Terei and refining the Highgod Spark was nothing less than a slap across 'Diya's' face.
Combined with the allure of the 'supreme divine artifact,' Diya made his decision in an instant.
"This kind of tyranny! This outrageous behavior! Slaying another Highgod — it's far too much! You others, spread this news to all the Highgods immediately. Especially the four Great Law Chief Sovereigns! It must reach them... This Lin Lei has violated the Highgod Agreement, and it is for the four Great Law Chief Sovereigns to deal with him." The Wind Chief Sovereign 'Diya' issued his command.
"Yes, Chief Sovereign." The other Highgods tore through the sky one after another, returning to the Wind Divine Plane to rapidly disseminate the information, notifying the Highgods of every other system.
"Hmph, this Lin Lei..." The Wind Chief Sovereign 'Diya's' golden pupils fixed on the distant figures as his own form streaked across the void at extreme speed.
Colorful spatial storms flowed rapidly all around them, but Lin Lei and the other two were chatting and laughing without a care.
"The Wind Chief Sovereign 'Diya' is coming," Lin Lei informed Belute and Qing Huo through soul transmission.
Just then, a streak of green light shot toward them from the distance. In nearly an instant, it halted roughly a hundred meters from Lin Lei and resolved into a tall figure. Diya was entirely clad in a jade-green robe trimmed with gold at the edges. His chin was slightly raised, and his cold, haughty eyes swept over them.
"Lin Lei, do you acknowledge your crime?" Diya said coldly.
"Acknowledge my crime? What crime have I committed? Even if I had committed a crime, what does that have to do with you, Diya?" Lin Lei met Diya's gaze from a distance, without a trace of deference.
Diya was instantly enraged.
"Lin Lei, you refined a Wind Highgod Spark, which makes you a Wind Lower Highgod — a Highgod under my command! And this is the attitude you show me?" Diya transmitted furiously.
Diya was not wrong.
The seven elemental systems and the four Great Law systems — every trillion years, a Planar War would erupt. During each Planar War, the Chief Sovereigns would orchestrate arrangements, and the Highgods under their command would obediently comply. After all, the gap in strength was plain for all to see. The Chief Sovereign of any given system was naturally the leading figure among that system's seven Highgods.