Chapter 518: Seeking an Audience

The grudge between Chief Sovereign Linley and Light Chief Sovereign Augusta had temporarily come to an anticlimactic end.

No one could have imagined that Light Chief Sovereign Augusta was actually a divine clone of Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff.

Even though Chief Sovereign Linley's fourth divine clone had become a Sovereign, causing his strength to increase by a hundredfold, he was still incapable of defeating Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff, who possessed three Overgod artifacts.

In the end, their confrontation came to an end when Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff forcibly seized one of Chief Sovereign Linley's Sovereign emissaries.

And under Chief Sovereign Linley's disclosure, the Sovereigns also learned that Bresle, the Sovereign emissary seized by Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff, was, like Orloff, a member of the Bula Tribe.

No one knew what sort of fate awaited Bresle after falling into the hands of Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff.

However, all the Sovereigns had also heard the threat Chief Sovereign Linley had issued to Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff at the end.

The other Sovereigns watched the show with leisure.

As for the Sovereigns of Orloff's and Augusta's faction, they lived in constant fear every day, worried that Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff would kill Bresle and cause Chief Sovereign Linley to attack them.

Fortunately, Bresle's life aura had remained extremely stable.

From this aura, it could be sensed that Bresle had not suffered any abuse at the hands of Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff.

As time passed, aside from Linley and Orloff's and Augusta's faction of Sovereigns, who were concerned because the matter directly involved them, the entire Magical Universe seemed to have returned to the same peaceful state as before.

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"I have absolutely no clue…"

"How should I continue my cultivation?"

Within the Infernal Realm's Skyrite Mountains, Linley was cultivating in seclusion inside his cultivation chamber.

However, Linley felt that his strength seemed to have reached a bottleneck. It had already been a thousand years since he had made even the slightest progress.

At present, among Linley's four divine clones, only his Earth Sovereign divine clone had reached the Paragon level. His other Fire and Water divine clones had stopped after fusing five Profound Mysteries, while his Wind divine clone had stopped after fusing eight Profound Mysteries. All of them were stuck at the threshold of becoming Paragons.

Therefore, during these thousand years, Linley had focused his cultivation on the Laws of the Earth, wanting to use his Paragon-level Laws of the Earth to come into contact with and comprehend the Laws of Space.

However, what disappointed Linley was that during this thousand years of cultivation, he had indeed sensed the existence of the Laws of Space, but he had been unable to enter the threshold of understanding them.

"Looks like I have to ask Chief Sovereign Locke for guidance."

Linley opened his eyes and secretly made up his mind.

Given the difficulty of cultivating the Laws of Space, Linley felt that if he wanted to reach the threshold of understanding the Laws of Space, he would need at least another ten thousand years.

And if he wanted to completely comprehend one-tenth of the Laws of Space, he feared it would take tens of millions of years, or perhaps even require using "yanji" as the unit of time.

But Linley could not wait that long.

His mother was still under the control of Light Chief Sovereign Augusta's soul, forcing Linley to seal his mother away.

Every time Linley's divine sense sensed his father guarding his mother at her side, he would feel extremely guilty.

If he had not been so concerned back then and had directly killed Light Chief Sovereign Augusta instead of listening to Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff's so-called "mediation," his mother Lina would have regained her freedom long ago.

Furthermore, his Sovereign emissary Bresle had also been taken away by Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff, yet Linley was unable to rescue him from Orloff's hands…

Linley shook his head and quickly steadied his emotions.

Afterward, Linley directly tore through the Infernal Realm's spatial barrier and entered the spatial turbulence.

Whoosh!

After several breaths, Linley tore through space from within the spatial turbulence and appeared above the nearest planar teleportation array to him in the Infernal Realm. He infused the planar teleportation array with Sovereign power, transforming into a streak of white light that disappeared from the Infernal Realm…

In the Netherworld, Linley's figure appeared at the Necropolis of the Gods.

Without revealing his Sovereign aura, Linley transformed into a gentle breeze and instantly disappeared into the planar teleportation array, leaving behind the astonishment of the many lifeforms.

Whoosh—

Naturally, Linley did not dare to spread his divine sense recklessly as he had in the Infernal Realm.

In the Infernal Realm, even Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred was no longer Linley's opponent.

Even if Linley acted somewhat recklessly, Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred would not step forward to confront him.

The Netherworld was different.

Apart from an existence as supreme as Chief Sovereign Locke, there was also the Death Chief Sovereign of the Netherworld.

In addition to being Chief Sovereign Locke's wife, Death Chief Sovereign was also publicly acknowledged as the strongest Sovereign.

Chief Sovereign Locke did not count. Although everyone was still accustomed to calling Chief Sovereign Locke a "Chief Sovereign," everyone knew that Chief Sovereign Locke had long since transcended the confines of the Sovereign realm.

Of course, Linley had also learned a secret from Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred.

Within the Netherworld, Death Chief Sovereign possessed strength comparable to that of an Overgod.

Whether this statement was true or not, Linley did not know.

But presumably, Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred would not use such a lie to toy with him.

Moreover, Linley had come this time to seek guidance from Chief Sovereign Locke.

How could he possibly offend Death Chief Sovereign?

After arriving at the Netherworld Mountains, Linley followed the rules established by Chief Sovereign Locke, passed through the three layers of mist, entered the foot of the Netherworld Mountain, and waited for an audience with Locke.

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"Linley is here?"

Within the Sovereign palace, Locke opened his eyes.

"What did he come to find me for?"

Sensing Linley's aura appear in the Netherworld, Locke was somewhat puzzled as well.

During this period, his original body was devoting all its effort to analyzing the Profound Yellow Qi. Most of the attention of this divine clone was also participating from the perspective of an observer, helping his original body identify omissions and make corrections in its analysis.

Although he was somewhat puzzled, Locke did not intend to make Linley wait for long.

After all, Linley had already gathered Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire Sovereign divine clones. He was only one step away from breaking through to becoming a Hongmeng lifeform: fusing the four different Laws.

With Linley's current soul power, even without an epiphany, he could grind his way to becoming a Hongmeng lifeform through sheer passage of time.

After all, fusing the four types of Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire Sovereign power into Hongmeng Spiritual Energy did not require Linley to completely fuse the four different Laws. He only needed to completely fuse one Profound Mystery from each of the four Laws to accomplish it.

The fusion of the four different Laws was indeed extremely difficult, but it was only slightly more difficult than becoming a Paragon.

Locke casually waved his hand.

Immediately, ripples appeared in the space before him, eventually forming a spatial gate.

On the other side of the spatial gate was none other than Linley.

"Come in, Linley."

"Yes, Lord Locke."

After receiving Locke's permission, Linley stepped through the spatial gate and entered the Sovereign palace.

"Greetings, Lord Locke."

"No need for formalities."

Locke waved his hand and asked Linley, "Linley, why aren't you cultivating in the Infernal Realm? What have you come to the Netherworld to find me for?"

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