The Water Element God Plane, Frost Flame Continent.
This was the most peculiar continent in the Water Element God Plane.
Most of the continent was covered in glaciers, but its center was scorching hot, like a world of ice and fire.
This was the place where the Fire Element Lord God, Manlu, resided.
Generally speaking, without any special circumstances, it was best for a Lord God to reside in their own God Plane.
However, if a Lord God was not originally from another God Plane and chose to remain in the plane they grew up in after becoming a Lord God, no one would expel them.
It was just that if all the continents in a God Plane were already occupied by Lord Gods, and you wished to claim territory, you would have to forcefully seize a continent and declare your dominion to the major Lord Gods of that God Plane.
If you failed, you would have to slink away to another God Plane.
Just like the Mu Ya Lord God, when he was previously following the Destiny Sovereign Off, he had claimed a continent in the Heavenly Realm.
But later, a Lord God from the Destiny Element saw the continent that the Mu Ya Lord God commanded, challenged him, and ultimately defeated the Mu Ya Lord God. This forced the Mu Ya Lord God to shamefully return to the Infernal Realm and pledge allegiance to the Destruction Sovereign Utred, where he occupied a continent and renamed it "Muya Continent."
To make his residence more comfortable, Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God, created a volcano beneath this continent, resulting in this strange phenomenon in the heart of this glacial land.
Even its name was given by Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God, as "Frost Flame."
At this moment, a burly man, three and a half meters tall, with green hair and beard, stood pale-faced beneath Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God's divine throne.
This man was none other than the patriarch of the Babari family, a Water Element Asura-level expert, and Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God's Emissary – Babari!
Looking at the spatial ring Babari handed over, Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God, was furious. "Babari, what have you been doing all these hundreds of thousands of years?"
"Why are there so few corpses this time?"
When a Lord God was angered, their divine might was as deep as an abyss, as oppressive as a prison. A vast pressure emanated from Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God, directly forcing Babari to his knees.
Babari was a Water Element Asura-level expert and possessed an offensive Lord God Artifact. His strength ranked within the top three hundred among Asuras.
Furthermore, he was the Lord God's emissary, a status that would make ninety-nine percent of people envious.
But before the Lord God, an emissary was no different from a servant.
"Lord God, please calm your anger."
Large drops of cold sweat dripped from Babari's forehead.
"Lord God, I don't know what happened. We lost contact with the group that entered the Infernal Realm, and that's why we haven't received any corpses from the Infernal Realm for over a hundred thousand years."
"Hmm?"
Hearing Babari say that there was a problem in the Infernal Realm, Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God, shivered in fear.
Could it be that 'that person' has noticed?
With this thought, Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God, felt utterly uneasy.
"Babari, I don't care how you do it, but I'm reminding you again, all your actions must not attract the attention of the Four Divine Beast Families."
"Send a few people to investigate what happened in the Infernal Realm. Also, during this period, take all the soldiers from the Sovereign Legion who survived the last Plane War and expand the Babari family's strength."
"From now on, you are only the patriarch of the Babari family and my Emissary. You are no longer the Commander of the Raging Flame Legion. Do you understand?"
"As you command, Lord God."
There was no punishment, which made Babari breathe a sigh of relief.
This time, by acquiring the remaining Sovereign Legion soldiers, his family's strength would be greatly enhanced. It seemed like he could expand the scope of friction between his family and the Four Divine Beast Families to the entire Frost Flame Continent.
After Babari left with the soldiers who survived the last Plane War, Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Babari is no longer the Commander of the Raging Flame Legion, and these departing Sovereign Legion soldiers have nothing to do with me. Babari promised them great benefits, and they joined the Babari family. Everything is unrelated to me!"
"Even if the Star Sovereign comes looking for me, they will have no reason to attack me."
Having shed a burden that could have implicated him, Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God, felt relieved.
However, he was still filled with fear.
This was the Star Sovereign, who was even stronger than the Destiny Sovereign Off.
"No!"
"I need to go to Off's place to hide for a while."
"Coincidentally, Babari gave me these things. Off probably won't refuse me, right?"
With this thought, Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God, directly tore open a spatial rift in the Water Element God Plane and entered the spatial turbulence.
Perhaps due to his guilty conscience, Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God, dared not traverse the spatial turbulence near the Infernal Realm. Instead, he made a detour around the Water Element God Plane, passing through the Life God Realm, before entering the Heavenly Realm.
"Lord Off."
Generally, if a Lord God arbitrarily tore through space to enter a God Plane, it would be considered a provocation to the Sovereigns within that God Plane.
But Manlu was under the Destiny Sovereign, and normally, if there were no issues, Manlu would not tear open a spatial rift to enter the Heavenly Realm.
Therefore, when Manlu's aura appeared in the Heavenly Realm, the Destiny Sovereign Off was already waiting for him in his Lord God Palace.
"Lord Off."
Manlu first bowed respectfully to the Destiny Sovereign before being led by Off into Off's Lord God Palace.
"Lord Off."
Manlu took out over thirty spatial rings from his embrace and handed them to Off.
Seeing the number of spatial rings, Off frowned slightly. Manlu, startled, quickly explained, "Lord Off, there have been some accidents over the years, these are all that's left."
"Lord Off, the Water Element God Plane is, after all, guarded by a Sovereign from the Four Divine Beast Family, so my emissaries dare not get into major conflicts with the Four Divine Beast Family in the Water Element God Plane."
"Previously, I handed over the soldiers who survived the last Plane War to one of my Sovereign's Emissaries, instructing him to secretly send them to the Infernal Realm to become bandits, and to try to seize the corpses of members of the Four Divine Beast Family without attracting attention."
"But recently, I don't know what happened, but all my subordinates in the Infernal Realm seem to have lost contact. I don't dare to enter the Infernal Realm to investigate, for fear of delaying your important matters, Lord Off, so I immediately gathered the existing corpses to bring to you."
"The Infernal Realm?"
Hearing Manlu Lord God's explanation, Off's expression softened slightly.
If it was related to that person, Manlu's reaction was not surprising.
After storing the spatial rings presented by Manlu Lord God, Off's divine sense moved slightly. Soon, a woman quickly entered the Sovereign Palace and knelt before Off.
"Lord Sovereign, what are your orders?"
"Brianna, are there any noteworthy pieces of intelligence from the Infernal Realm in the last tens of thousands of years?"
Ever since Off lost a Supreme God mission due to the Shelley incident, he realized the importance of intelligence and specifically established an intelligence team covering the Seven God Planes and the Four Supreme Planes.
Brianna was the manager of this intelligence team.
"Replying to Lord Off, in the last tens of thousands of years, there are three noteworthy matters in the Infernal Realm."
"The first matter is that about 100,000 years ago, a troop entered the Infernal Realm through a Planar Teleportation Array and disappeared, scattering across five continents excluding the Star Mist Sea and the Sea of Chaos. After some time, the strength of the bandits in various parts of the continents increased significantly, leading to speculation that those people had become bandits."
Upon hearing this, Off glanced at the shocked Manlu and shook his head slightly.
It seemed these people were the ones Manlu had sent to the Infernal Realm.
"The second matter is that 70,000 years ago, the Vermilion Bird Lord God, one of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods, had a daughter. The Star Sovereign and the Water Sovereign both went to the Sky Sacrifice Mountain Range to celebrate her birthday."
"It is rumored that the Vermilion Bird Lord God's daughter has been taken as a disciple by the Star Sovereign and is being taught by him. She became a God within a hundred years and is very powerful. It is said that those who fought her never survived."
"Even those with Divine Clones couldn't clearly explain how they died."
"The Vermilion Bird Lord God's daughter?"
Off's gaze was distant.
Of course, he wasn't thinking about how the Vermilion Bird Lord God's daughter managed to kill people without them knowing how they died.
He was thinking that if he could obtain the corpse of the Vermilion Bird Lord God's daughter, he could refine at least 70% pure Divine Beast Essence Blood.
However, Off shook his head soon after.
Currently, 40% pure essence blood was enough for him to research.
However, the collection of corpses and the optimization of the magic array were essential.
This was related to whether he could obtain higher purity Divine Beast Essence Blood in the future.
"The third matter is that a super expert has appeared in the Infernal Realm. It is suspected that he was once a victim of bandit raids in his youth, which led to the destruction of his family, and therefore, in the past 70,000 years, he has almost swept through all the bandits in the Infernal Realm for revenge."
"Those who have witnessed this super expert's battles have said that this super expert is 'suspected to be Paragon'!"
"'Suspected to be Paragon'?"
Upon hearing the final evaluation, both Off and Manlu were stunned.
Before a confirmed Paragon expert appeared, 'suspected Paragon' was the strongest existence.
Currently, among the Seven God Planes and the Four Supreme Planes, including the one in the Infernal Realm, there were only three experts with the title 'suspected Paragon'!
This showed the rarity of experts at this level.
However, as long as they were not Paragon, they were no different from ants below the Saint Realm in the eyes of the Lord Gods.
It was just that with every new super expert, there would be a certain impact on the forces under the Lord Gods.
However, this news also made Manlu Lord God's heart relax a bit.
Those soldiers were dead, so be it.
As long as the Star Sovereign's attention wasn't drawn, it was fine.
However, if this 'suspected Paragon' expert were to come to the Water Element God Plane, he could consider taking him as a Sovereign's Emissary.
His quota for emissaries still had vacancies.
However, Manlu Lord God was merely thinking this in his heart.
There were a total of eleven Lord Gods in the Infernal Realm, and each of them was stronger than him. If he were to compete for a Sovereign's Emissary, there would be no chance for him.
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