Cao Ya was slightly taken aback. She got up and walked out of her secluded meditation room, only to see Beirut, the Lord of the Azure Palace.
Beirut descended from the sky with a furrowed brow and a worried expression, conveying a sense of urgency.
"What's wrong?" Cao Ya asked with a smile, displaying a calm demeanor that remained unchanged even if Mount Tai collapsed before him.
His own realm is the Great Perfection of the Five Elements Laws. In addition to the five Great Perfection Will Powers that he originally possessed, he also had two additional Will Powers that were extra rewards from Heaven and Earth, totaling seven. With these seven powers stacked exponentially, his strength was extremely formidable, far surpassing that of ordinary Great Perfection Upper Gods, even exceeding that of Lower Gods, and not inferior to Middle Gods.
This doesn't even include the other universes connected to the system space... There are double-digit five-star Cao Yas, and even more below five-star, all accumulated... Without a doubt, their overall combat strength is at the peak of five-star, which, placed in this subordinate universe, would be at the level of a rule-dominating being!
Panlong is a supreme deity of the universe, revered as a ruler due to its terrifying power. Among them, the Law Ruler is slightly weaker, at the high level of five stars, while the Ruler of Rules is stronger, at the peak of five stars!
Moreover, the rulers of the rules all possess supreme artifacts, which are created by the supreme gods and are six-star items!
Furthermore, its attributes are perfectly compatible with those of the rule masters, with no rejection, which obviously greatly increases its combat power!
Cao Ya was confident he could defeat the rulers of the laws, but he had little confidence in defeating the rulers of the four major rule systems: life, death, fate, and destruction.
But he wasn't too weak. At worst, he could run back to the Magnolia Plane and cultivate the Great Perfection of the Laws of Light and Darkness. At that time, even without relying on other magic powers, he would be able to directly confront the Ruler of the Rules!
Therefore, Cao Ya remained calm and composed, even when the Lord of Destruction descended.
When Beirut saw Cao Ya's expression, he couldn't help but sigh. No wonder Cao Ya could walk the path of the seven laws and achieve great perfection in many of them, comparable to the main god. Just this kind of mentality alone is beyond the reach of others.
"Ah, I'm a god too, then it's alright!" Beirut thought to himself, he was a god of the wind element!
Living in hell, the one who serves as the Lord of the Azure Palace on the Bloodpeak Continent is merely an avatar of the Dark God.
The lower-level god avatar of the wind element has remained in the material plane to avoid being attacked by the Lord of Light.
“There’s a problem with Linley,” Beirut said, before recounting Linley’s predicament.
"Is it because of the Supreme God's mission?" Cao Ya raised an eyebrow, immediately guessing the problem.
The Supreme God of Life issued a Supreme God quest many years ago. The quest requires a Supreme God Mirror that records the quest information and three tokens. If you collect them all, you can summon the Supreme God to descend, make a request, and have it granted.
Originally, the Supreme Divine Mirror and one of its tokens—the nine spirit orbs—were in the hands of the former Lord of Tianshan Prefecture. However, Cao Ya killed Mold and became the new Lord of Tianshan Prefecture. Knowing this beforehand, he obtained the nine spirit orbs, but failed to acquire the Supreme Divine Mirror because it was inside Mold's spatial ring and was thrown into spatial turbulence, disappearing without a trace.
Cao Ya didn't mind, though. After all, the Supreme Divine Mirror only recorded the information, which he already knew, so it didn't matter whether it existed or not. However, the nine spirit orbs contained special principles of life rules, with various instances of death and resurrection that defied common sense—Cao Ya did gain some insights from studying the nine spirit orbs.
Of course, it's not a complete resurrection. The life force of the nine spirit orbs nourishes the soul. If the soul is destroyed, the life force immediately surges to help it heal. This is not much different from resurrection, but ultimately it's not about reuniting the soul after it has been completely shattered, so it doesn't violate the rules.
The Supreme Divine Mirror records the mission details, including the appearance and characteristics of the token. Even if Mold throws it into the spatial turbulence, it will not truly disappear. The Supreme God of Life issued the mission, hoping that someone would complete it. Under the covert guidance, the Supreme Divine Mirror will eventually appear somewhere in some supreme plane or god plane, be obtained by an unknown god, and then be exposed and spread throughout the universe.
In the past few missions to the Supreme Gods, several Rulers completed them, requesting the corresponding Supreme Gods to forge Supreme Artifacts for them to control. These artifacts were incredibly powerful and had astonishing destructive force, completely surpassing the Law Rulers.
The Lord of Light is the only exception; he also possesses a supreme artifact, but its attributes don't match, thus placing him somewhat inferior to the four Rule Lords. Currently, in the understanding of all the main gods, he is the fifth strongest, second only to the Rule Lords! The other six Law Lords are all inferior to the Lord of Light.
Therefore, all the main gods are ambitious and eager to complete this latest mission from the Supreme God.
Even the rulers of the rules who already possess supreme artifacts are eager to acquire more, plotting their own schemes. Who wouldn't want to master a second supreme artifact, surpass everyone else, and claim the title of the strongest in the universe?!
Of course, Cao Ya knew that the Fate Master "Auf" was extremely well hidden, possessing multiple supreme artifacts, and that the Lord of Light was actually his other body! The two were originally the same person!
Cao Ya had known about the new mission to the Supreme God of Life for a long time, and now he had the nine spirit orbs, one of the three tokens. Logically, he should have pondered and tried to find the other two tokens to complete the mission, summon the Supreme God of Life, and also make his own request, hoping to refine the Supreme Artifact.
But then he realized it was troublesome—the main point was that as a special main god, he had also mastered the supreme artifact. What would the other dozens of normal main gods think? They would probably all have opinions and want to target him.
Not only is it prone to causing trouble, but its attributes are also unsuitable, preventing it from fully unleashing the power of the supreme artifact. In addition, finding the other two tokens is no easy task and is extremely tedious. Moreover, he doesn't have Linley's good luck...
Cao Ya felt that it would be better to spend this time on cultivation. If he could achieve the Great Perfection of one or two more laws, the improvement in his strength would be immediate, and he would have an even greater hope of transcending!
After much deliberation, Cao Ya stayed in the Hellish Heavenly Mountain Mansion after leaving the interdimensional battlefield, focusing solely on his cultivation and rarely concerning himself with external affairs. Even when the Supreme Divine Mirror was discovered and the news spread, along with the whereabouts of the Crimson Diamond, he still paid no attention to it.
Beirut, on the other hand, knew very well that his divine avatar was only a lower-level divine being and not particularly strong.
Furthermore, due to the threat from the Lord of Light, he was unable to leave the Yulan Plane. Relying solely on a Dark God avatar—even if he was very strong, with a physical body comparable to the Great Perfection Realm and material attacks comparable to the Great Perfection Realm—he was ultimately not qualified to complete the Supreme God's mission and possess the Supreme Artifact!
But he never expected that Lin Lei would actually set his sights on this Supreme God mission and actually make a profit!
For Linley, completing the mission of the Supreme God was not for the Supreme Artifact, but to resurrect the Delin Corvault of yesteryear!
Delin Corvault guided Linley onto the path of a magician, offering him much guidance. Kind and gentle, he was like a grandfather to Linley, whom he deeply respected and loved.
However, Delin Corvault died saving Linley, his soul scattered, and Linley always hated that his own power was not strong enough!
If one simply dies of old age, under the influence of the rules, the soul will enter the underworld, lose its mind, and fight with countless undead. There is a chance to awaken later, or it may be directly devoured by other undead and completely annihilated.
But if the soul is scattered, then both body and spirit are destroyed, and there is absolutely no chance of entering the underworld.
In order to save his loved ones, Lin Lei went to the underworld to plead with the Lord of Death. After being rejected, he went to the dimensional battlefield to fight. In blood and fire, he finally fulfilled the Lord of Death's request and resurrected his loved ones.
Linley never considered the possibility of resurrection after Inderin Kowert's death. When he asked the Lord of Death, the answer was negative, and he completely gave up on the idea.
However, the appearance of the Supreme God's mission rekindled his long-dormant thoughts.
What the Lord of Death cannot accomplish, perhaps the Supreme God of Life can?
Lin Lei wasn't sure, but he didn't want to deny it either, so he decided to give it a try. Anyway, by chance, his four-element soul mutated on the interdimensional battlefield, and he also possessed a power of will. Furthermore, he could fuse with the divine power of the four-element laws, making his overall strength quite formidable, even slightly better than an ordinary Great Perfection cultivator!
There is another crucial point—he obtained a token during the interdimensional battlefield!
Therefore, when news of the Crimson Diamond spread, Linley also went there, and finally, in the Okaren Plane, one of the material planes, he defeated all the Great Perfection experts and obtained the Crimson Diamond.
According to the message from the Supreme Divine Mirror, the three tokens are: the Crimson Diamond, the Iron Crown, and the Nine Spirit Pearls. Lin Lei obtained the first two, but the whereabouts of the third one are unknown.
Of course, outsiders only knew that Lin Lei had seized the Crimson Diamond, and were unaware that he also controlled the Iron Crown. However, there were only three tokens, and none of the various gods were willing to relinquish any of them.
The Crimson Diamond was brought to the material plane, which the main god could not enter. Therefore, it became the battlefield for various high-level gods who had reached the Great Perfection. They were invited by the main god and offered great benefits.
After Linley succeeded, many gods made trade requests, but he refused them all. Because it concerned the resurrection of Delin Corvault, Linley would not waver in his will because of any divine artifacts or divine power.
After all, due to the unique rules of this world, unless the main god originates from this plane, external main gods are not allowed to enter the material plane. Otherwise, it will provoke the material plane's resistance, because the main god's enormous power will destroy the plane, thereby allowing the supreme god to appear and erase such beings that violate the rules.
Countless years ago, there was a bloody lesson, therefore, the gods could not force Linley.
Most of the main gods retreated because of this, ultimately only having one or three items available, and they wouldn't waste any more time on it. It should be understood that only when the conditions are met can one summon the supreme god and make a request.
Of course, they still sent their subordinates to keep an eye on the Okaren Plane, as well as the four supreme planes and the seven god planes—especially Hell! That place is home to Cao Ya and the Zijing God, both of whom are god-level beings and have close ties with Linley.
However, Beirut, the main god of the wind element, was an avatar of the main god and dared not leave the Yulan Continent, so he was not valued.
The gods waited patiently. Linley would eventually leave the Okaren plane and travel to the higher plane or the divine plane via a spatial teleportation array. A single supreme god's token was of little significance.
At that time, the true form of the Supreme God will descend, a Great Perfection being—what right will he have to resist?!
In the supreme plane and the divine plane, as well as the infinitely vast spatial turbulence region, the actions of the main god are unrestricted, unlike the material plane, where the strongest avatar of the main god cannot enter, and other avatars cannot defeat those at the Great Perfection stage.
“My main god avatar is staying on the Yulan Continent, and Linley’s fire god avatar has also returned to the Yulan Continent. He has already contacted me…” Beirut said, recounting the whole situation.
Cao Ya listened, but he already knew, yet he still gave some appropriate surprised reactions, such as when Beirut mentioned that the Iron Crown was also in Linley's hands.
Seeing this, Beirut laughed and said, "When Linley's fire god avatar mentioned this to me, I was also very surprised! I never expected that the kid would be so lucky, already having two tokens in hand. Moreover, no one else knows about the Iron Crown, so they won't be too wary."
"Only the last Spirit Orb remains. If I hear any news, I will help him—well, only within the material plane! In the supreme plane and the divine plane, the main god will have to send out his avatar upon hearing the news!"
“My divine avatar… you know, can’t come to hell.”
Beirut spoke with a hint of frustration, but it didn't last long before he couldn't help but laugh, quite pleased with himself.
Back then, he snatched food from the tiger's mouth, seized the opportunity, and took advantage of the Lord of Light's inattention to steal the corpses of the four divine beasts, thereby obtaining their lower-level divine status. This was the most daring and proud act in Beirut's millions of years of life!
Beirut had mentioned this to Cao Ya before, and even wanted to give him the remaining two main godheads for Cao Ya to refine, so that he could become a dual-system lower-level main god. With the power of his perfected will, he might be able to surpass the limit of a lower-level main god and be comparable to a top-tier mid-level main god!
However, Cao Ya ultimately refused, worried that the incompatibility of divine power would cause changes to the matter of transcendence.
His seven elemental law god avatars are all high-level gods—the Great Perfection, the strongest among gods, but still within the scope of high-level gods—they can possess the power of high-level gods, are equal to each other, and only have differences due to their profound fusion.
However, if one refines the main godhead, one will have two systems of laws, directly possessing the power of a main god, completely surpassing the power of higher gods, creating an imbalance. This could be a hidden danger for Cao Ya.
Although she couldn't be sure, Cao Ya declined out of caution.
In any case, relying on his other self, his combat power can still be improved unexpectedly, so there is no need to take the risk of refining the main godhead and actively creating trouble.
Could it be that in the end, they will have to kill five lower-level gods to achieve a balance of divine power?
That would become a target of everyone's disapproval, prompting the ruler to take action, or even launch a siege!
"His luck is indeed good, but Hong Lingjingzuan's ability to defeat a group of Great Perfection cultivators invited by the main gods is enough to show his strength." Cao Ya nodded. The mutation of his four-element soul is unprecedented. He has received the power of will rewarded by heaven and earth, and is even slightly stronger than ordinary Great Perfection cultivators.
Lin Lei's strength relies on the profound mysteries of a single law he has fused with, as well as the profound mysteries of the fusion of four elements, the power of four superior gods, and the power of his will. Yet, he surpasses the normal Great Perfection level and can be called the strongest below the main god!
"The opportunity to complete a mission to the Supreme God and summon the Supreme God has only come five times in history, and this is the sixth! Such a golden opportunity cannot be missed! Especially... Linley has already gained so much!"
Beirut spoke, his small eyes shining, his emotions running high.
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