Chapter 199: Linley First Hears of Roy
After arriving in the Infernal Realm, Linley and the other two were assigned to the Black Dragon Tribe by the Zijing forces.
However, after a battle, Linley unleashed "Dragonization" and was recognized as a member of the Azure Dragon Clan, one of the Four Divine Beast Families. Not only were the approaching bandits scared away, but even the people of the Black Dragon Tribe treated Linley and his companions with exceptional courtesy.
Steddon, the chief of the Black Dragon Tribe, a Wind Element High-level God and a member of Green Serpent Castle, personally escorted Linley and the other two to the closest city, Emperor Wing City, upon learning that Linley was from the Four Divine Beast Family. This was to prevent any misfortune from befalling them within his tribe, which would bring trouble upon himself.
Although the Four Divine Beast Family no longer possessed the vast numbers that once roamed the various planes, their long-standing dominance over Azure Mansion made it not an exaggeration to consider them the foremost family in the Infernal Realm.
Moreover, the Four Divine Beast Family was notoriously protective of its own. If they discovered that a family member had perished in the Black Dragon Tribe, the culprit would face dire consequences, and their Black Dragon Tribe wouldn't fare much better.
In Emperor Wing City, Linley purchased some cultivation knowledge. He learned about the nine Profound Mysteries of Laws for the Wind Element, the six Profound Mysteries of Laws for the Earth and Fire Elements, and the secret to merging Profound Mysteries of Laws, which guided his path forward.
After passing the Demon Assessment, Linley and his companions began their journey towards the Blood Peak Continent.
Linley was also somewhat concerned about the Four Divine Beast Family.
After all, based on the existing intelligence, the so-called "Four Divine Beast Family" bore a striking resemblance to the "Four Ultimate Warriors" from the Yulan Continent.
This led Linley to unconsciously suspect whether the "Four Ultimate Warriors" of the Yulan Continent were indeed a branch of the Four Divine Beast Family in the Infernal Realm.
And had the five Dragonblood Warrior ancestors recorded in the Four Divine Beast Family all reached Azure Mansion to acknowledge their lineage?
Along the way, Linley and his companions encountered numerous dangers, but this also accelerated the improvement of Linley's strength.
Especially in the Purple Jasmine Mountain Range, out of respect for the Four Divine Beast Family and Beirut, Leisjing gave Linley and Beibei special training, allowing Linley to learn his signature ability – the Purple Crystal Space.
Of course, there was a significant difference in how Linley used it compared to Leisjing. Linley named "Purple Crystal Space" as "Blackstone Prison." This move instantly surpassed the strength of his Wind Element Divine Clone with his Earth God Clone. As a God, he possessed the power of a Seven-star Demon.
Over a thousand years, having participated in thousands of battles, Linley's Earth God Clone successfully merged the Profound Mysteries of Laws of the four elements, advancing his strength further. With the ultimate move "Blackstone Prison," he could barely touch the realm of an Asura.
With such strength, Linley received a warm welcome from the Four Divine Beast Family upon entering Azure Mansion in the Blood Peak Continent.
As a result, the status of Baruch, a branch of the Four Divine Beast Family, was significantly elevated.
As his horizons broadened, Linley also learned that after death, the souls of beings below the God level would enter the Undead Realm of the Netherworld. If they were fortunate, they could even cultivate to the God Realm again, regain their memories, and live a second life.
Upon receiving this news, Linley was overjoyed.
This meant that his parents, Boss Yale, George, Dixie, and Beibei's parents, could all potentially be resurrected.
Therefore, after participating in the ancestral ritual, gaining a Water Element Divine Clone, and awakening his innate divine ability "Dragon's Roar," Linley and Beibei entered the Netherworld, seeking the Sovereign's help to restore the memories of their parents and siblings.
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"Heh, this little fellow's luck is truly remarkable."
In the Primordial Space, Hong Meng couldn't help but praise Linley's fortune.
Wielding the Purple Blood Soft Sword, coupled with Linley's inherently compatible sword-shaped soul with the Destruction Rule, Linley had come close to grasping the Destruction Rule several times, only to successfully avert disaster each time.
The first time was when Linley encountered the Abyssal Blade Demon in the "Graveyard of Gods." If they had continued fighting for a few more years, Linley's Destruction Rule would have been initiated, but ultimately, Linley first merged the "Speed" and "Slowness" profound mysteries of the Wind Element, greatly increasing his strength and resolving the crisis.
The second time was during Linley's battle with Olivia against Pomont.
The third time was when they were besieged by the four Seven-star Demons of the Bagshaw Family on Guoluo Island.
Only after Linley's Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire Element Divine Clones appeared did the Purple Blood Soft Sword truly become an aid in Linley's hands.
Both Profound Mysteries of Laws and Rules are easier to comprehend when one is weak.
When one becomes powerful, the difficulty of comprehending Profound Mysteries of Laws and Rules increases exponentially.
With Linley's current strength, unless he deliberately sought to comprehend the Destruction Rule, his talent for the Destruction Rule could practically be considered useless.
Unlike Hong Meng's astonishment, Roy, watching Linley's growth trajectory, fell into deeper contemplation.
It was a contemplation of destiny.
From Hong Meng's perspective, Linley was a person whose destiny was uncertain.
But from Roy's perspective, Linley was both a person whose destiny was uncertain and, at the same time, a person whose destiny was predetermined.
In the Magic Universe, Linley was a person whose destiny was uncertain; even Hong Meng and Roy could not see through Linley's fate.
However, from the perspective of the Primordial Space, Linley becoming the controller of Hong Meng was a kind of destined fate.
It was as if a higher level of destiny had overshadowed a lower level of destiny.
Especially when Roy witnessed Linley successfully completing the four-element soul mutation in the Plane War, his understanding deepened.
Suddenly, Roy entered a state of enlightenment.
Hong Meng quickly understood Roy's situation, and even Hong Meng was happy for Roy.
Of course, after seeing Linley complete the four-element soul mutation, Hong Meng also knew that he had lost the bet with Roy.
If Linley's soul had not mutated, then for Linley to achieve the Hong Meng Body, he would have needed to research, like Roy, how to merge the Sovereign Power of the four elements into Hong Meng Qi.
But now, Linley had reached the heavens in a single step. With the four-element soul mutation, as long as he obtained the Sovereign Power of these four elements, Linley would be able to merge it into Hong Meng Qi with a hundred percent certainty and cultivate the Hong Meng Body.
Although Linley was not aware of these matters yet, sooner or later, he would come into contact with the Sovereign Power of the four elements and reach the level required to enter the Primordial Space.
Shaking his head, Hong Meng dispersed the light screen before him and returned to his thatched cottage to continue his closed-door cultivation.
His third brother was about to arrive, and as the elder brother, he had to set a good example!
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"Not bad, Linley. In all these years, there are few people I admire, and besides that guy, you are one of them."
In the Sovereign's palace on Netherworld Mountain, the Death Sovereign gazed at Linley, a look of astonishment on his face.
"Of course, I admire that fellow for his thoughts, actions, habits, and the achievements he has made."
"As for admiring you, it's purely for your luck."
"Soul mutation, many have survived dual-element soul mutations. For triple-element soul mutations, over countless years, only two have managed to survive."
"And for quadruple-element soul mutation, from ancient times to the present, you are the only one who has succeeded."
"What?"
Linley's mind was shaken within the Sovereign's palace.
On the Plane War, after his soul mutated, he had gained "Willpower," which was possessed only by Sovereigns and Paragon experts. Moreover, he had even sparred with the true Paragon expert of the Wind Element, Mr. Qinghuo Leilin, and found that his own Willpower was 1.4 times stronger than that of a Paragon expert.
This allowed him, despite being only a Seven-star Demon who had fused four Profound Mysteries of Laws, to contend with a true Paragon expert, and even gain a slight advantage.
However, at Qinghuo Leilin's reminder, Linley also knew that although Paragon experts were few, there were at least seven or eight of them.
But a quadruple-element soul mutation was truly unprecedented.
To prevent the secret of his quadruple-element soul mutation from being discovered, Linley had publicly declared that he had already reached Paragon.
Yet, Linley never expected that he would be seen through by a Sovereign as soon as he emerged from the Plane War.
Were Sovereigns truly this terrifying?
It had to be said that the Death Sovereign's perverse sense of humor had not changed one bit over the years.
Linley's terrified expression only brought the Death Sovereign greater pleasure.
"Lord Sovereign..."
"Don't be so surprised."
The Death Sovereign leaned back in his throne, resting against the chair's back, and said leisurely, "If it were any other Sovereign, they would at most be astonished that you could achieve Paragon in just over three thousand years."
"But unfortunately for you, I know a guy who, relying on his own talent, pioneered the cultivation of the soul path, forcibly increasing his soul power to over a thousand times that of an ordinary High-level God, possessing Willpower far exceeding that of a Paragon High-level God."
Hearing the Death Sovereign's words, Linley's heart tightened.
Pioneered the cultivation of the soul path? Increased his soul power to a thousand times that of a High-level God, thereby possessing Willpower beyond Paragon?
What kind of freak was this?
Linley silently calculated in his mind.
Dual-element soul mutation, soul power increased tenfold.
Triple-element soul mutation, soul power increased a hundredfold.
He was a quadruple-element soul mutation, so his soul power had increased a thousandfold, which was why he possessed Willpower.
"Oh, right, that guy is also a Paragon High-level God of the Earth Element."
Linley was numb.
Was such a person even human?
Being both a Paragon High-level God and possessing the Willpower from a thousandfold soul power, who else besides a Sovereign could be this person's opponent?
"Heh heh..."
The Death Sovereign seemed to relish Linley's expression of a genius being struck down, so she continued, "Besides all this, he also refined his divine body to the level of a Sovereign Artifact."
Linley, Beibei, and even Ivina, who stood behind the Death Sovereign and looked at Linley and Beibei with hateful eyes, were all utterly shocked.
How strong was such a person?
Could they already rival a Sovereign?
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